Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-06-20
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Events Throughout the State
TeTse|y Told.

America will be held in Fargo on July
IL, IL and IA. Plans are being per-
fected to make this convention
eclipse all previous ones. Special at
tention is being paid to the artistic
Side of the concerts and to the enter
tainment of the singers. The asso-
citation. as its name implies, is an or
ganization of Norwegian singers re-
siding in all parts of North America.
Numerically it is almost as strong as
the alliance of German singers,
though it still is comparatively young.
Organized for the sole purpose of fos-
tering the beautiful Scandinavian mu-
sic it has grown from a little singing
society of less than eighty members
to IN organization containing more
than fifty societies and upwards of
1000 members.
The 1912 convention Of the North
Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs.
to be held in Grand Forks in the fall,
is likely to be a lively affair. Activ-
1ty became coincident with the call
for the state suffrage convention in
Fargo and means that the p%resenta-
ton of the suffrage movement for en-
dorsement at the next state gathering
OF club women will not be passed by
without action of some kind. Mrs. N.
G. Young of Fargo, state president,
was elected to a term of three years,
which expires at the next convention.
She is not a suffragist. Though, per-
haps, not bitterly opposed to it she
has been successful so far in keeping
the question out of the federation
conventions. AS yet, however, no
names have been prominently men
toned as candidates for president.
Harry M. Holbrook of the Chau-
tauqua Managers association of Chi
cage has just completed arrange
ments whereby Minot will have an
annual C%hautauqua. The
ments for this years session have
been completed. Halvor l.. Halvor-
son has been elected president, Major
E. S. Persons vice president and
Frank L.. Sherman secretary and man
ager for the ensuing year. The Mi
not park board has something like
$4,000 on hand and it is the inten-
ton to locate a large park in the
Mouse River valley accessible from
the city by boat, rail and boulevard
drive. This is to be known as Chau-
tauqua park. This year the Chautau-
qua will be held in Minot's new ar
mory, which has a seating capacity
of over 1000.
The Beach city council has called
for plans and specifications for the
construction of a city waterworks
system at a cost of about $4,000.
Though Beach is only a little more
than six years old it is rapidly estab-
fishing modern facilities and is deter
mined to go to the front. Bids will
be called for about June 20 and it is
expected the plant will be complete
and in operation obout Oct. 1. The
city engineer presented three differ
ent plans for the construction of the
system to the committee. One pro-
viding a 125, 000-gallon tank, on a 100
foot steel tower, with 1O,14O feet of
main, was favored and will be rec
commended to the council.
The North Dakota grand lodge.
Knights of Pythias, will meet in
Grand Forks July "a and rs, the
dates having just been announced by
Grand Chancellor Frank Henry. The
lodge has had such a substantial
growth in membership during the
past year that the state meeting un-
doubtedly will be largely attended.
The local lodge will meet Immediate
ly to lay plans for entertainment at
that time. The state meeting of the
Pythian Sisters, the women's auxil-
larry to that order, will be held at the
time and their entertainment
be in the hands of the Grand
branch.
Seventy-eight students of the North
Dakota school for the deaf left Dew
lis Lake for their homes in various
parts OF the state where they will
spend the summer The work of the
school year has been completed.
There r no students to graduate
and no exercises we're held. Super
intendent and Mrs. D. F. Bangs will
complete a long term of service at
the institution on July 1, when they
will leave for their new home at Lin
coin, Neb.
Hail, accompanying a heavy rain
and electric storm, did considerable
damage to growing crops east of Shell
don. Anton Lisdal's field of sixty
acres of rye just ready to head out
was practically ruined. Several other
pieces of rye were struck, with heavy
damage, but the wheat was hardly
far enough advanced to suffer.
Another fight over Sunday baseball
in North Dakota is under way at Mi
not. Members of the Minot and Stan
ley baseball teams were placed under
arrest for playing on Sunday. In an
effort to determine the effect of the
state Sunday law the Ease will be