Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-06-06
BRIEF news ITEMS
Events Throughout the State
Terse|y Told.

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from the primaries. This will likely
cut down the vote both among the
Democrats and Republicans on June
rs. States attorneys announce that
they will enforce the corrupt prac-
tice act to the letter. Among the pro-
visions of this law is one prohibiting
the transportation Of voters to the
polls, a provision which will also tend
to reduce the vote in the cities and
villages where there are many tran
silent voters.
Another gift from A. j. Sayre of Cal
gary, N. W. T., to Wesley college of
Grand Forks, has just been announced.
1t is an income Of $1,000 annually, to
be used toward the current expenses
of the college. This $1,000 is given
by Mr.. Sayre as the interest on a
gift of 100000 which he has pledged
toward a 100000 endowment fund for
the college, and the entire principal
will be given Immediately when the
college completes that amount. The
conditions of the gift were announced
by Mr.. Sayre at the general confer
ence in Minneapolis and was made
college.
The rails for the new Fargo-Surrey
main line cutoff of the Great North
ern are laid into Juanita. The COM
pany has spared no epense and for
nearly forty-four miles in Foster
county it has eliminated all curves
and the track will be as straight as
a bullets course. The soil in that
section is in the best condition for a
bountiful crop, as the rainfall has
been ample. Buildings are being rap
idly built and the town is expected to
be m of the trading centers of Eos
ter county.
There still are about $4,000 quarter
sections of land open for settlement
in the Williston district of the federal
land department. Announcement to
this effect was made at the conclusion
of the checkup made as a result of eff
forts at procuring information to be
used in furthering the cause of the
three-year homestead bill. The acre
age yet unified upon is about $4,000
acres and the number of entries not
proved up is 1888.
By following out instructions which
came to her in a dream Mrs. D. F.
Olmsted of Medora has recovered a
gold watch she lost some weeks ago.
Mrs. Olmsted dreamed that one of
her boarders told her the watch was
behind the trunk In her room. Though
she thought the act foolish she looked
behind the trunk on awakening the
following morning and found the lost
article in the pocket of a blue riding
shirt.
In the United States court at Fargo,
Judge Amidon directed a verdict for
the defendant in the case of Caroline
Hove against the Northern Pacific
railway. The plaintiff asked $4,000
damages because her husband, Peter
K. Hove, was killed by a train Oct. 8,
1910. Hove. was struck by a passen-
ger train and the injuries he received
resulted fatally.
Lewis Johnson's injury from an at
tack by a bull at his farm home near
Sverdrup was three broken ribs. The
presence of the hired man at the time
the animal attacked him probably
saved him from death, for he was IN
able to help himself. One of the
broken ribs punctured his lung.
John Danielson of Belfeld was
killed by a Northern Pacific train
neal Beach. Danielson was walking
on the tracks and failed to notice the
approaching train. He was a farmer
and we'll known at Belfeld. Daniel.
son was in Beach for the purpose of
purchasing land.
Jim Hall, en- route from Coopers.
town to Bismarck to serve a n and
a half year sentence for bootlegging
jumped through the window of a rail
way coach at Steele. A deputy fired
two shots from the window. Hall
later was captured.
Burglars robbed the safe of the
Hewett drug store at Park River, pro
curing about $38 in cash and carrying
away valuable papers. The men
gained easy admittance to the safe
evidently being acquainted with the
combination.
Robert Mcconnell, a pioneer O.
Pembina county, and for many years
a resident of Bruce, was drowned
while on the way from Cavalier to his
home. Mcconnell was subject to faint
ing spells and fell into a ditch filled
with water.
Mrs. Charles Hill, one of the best
known charity workers in this sec
tion of the country, died in Northwest
ern hospital at Fargo. Her family
was at the bedside when the enc
came.
BY falling into a concrete cister1
Mrs. Otto Paulson of Steele wa.
killed, her neck being broken. She
was twenty-five years old and was
subject to epilepsy.
$350,000 Fire at Adrian, Mich,
Adrian, Mich, June 3.-F1re de
stroyed the factory Of tho inn Mo+o,