Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-29
Brief news ITEMS
Events Throughout the State
TerseIy Told.

Tho Farmers and Merchants bank
and the Williams County bank, both
of Williston, have been merged and
the consolidated institution will be
known as the Williams County State
bank, with a capital stock and sur
plus of $4,000. The majority of the
stock is owned by bankers Of Chicago,
Minneapolis and other Minnesota
points. Cashier Hayes Of the Will
Jams County bank will be vice presi-
dent and managing director of the
new concern and A. Wingate, former
cashier of the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank, will be cashier. The
board of directors will include men,
bers from the boards of both former
institutions.
Barnes county's soil survey, which
has been under way since last year,
Will be completed this fall. This will
be the first county in the state to
have such a survey and the benefits
expected from the work are many.
When the report is made the county
will be In possession of accurate in
formation concerning the soils of ev-
cry quarter section in the county.
The survey includes the condition of
the farm, the road building elements
n all features that go toward pro-
d~ucttveness. The state survey board,
in charge of the work, has been as
sisted by federal authorities.
Officials in charge of the govern
ment irrigation project at Williston
have received word to close the sea.
o Aug. 81 and remove the pumping
barge from the river. This cuts the
season for pumping to practically one
month, as no water was needed until
the latter part of July, when the first
crop Of alfalfa vas cut. The second
crop cannot be cut in time to irrigate
before the close and none of the land
under crop car be watered for Sep
TENDER. blowing. Many Of the farm
ers are inclined to believe that the
government authorities are acting
blindly in the matter.
A. N. and e. D. Mead of Green
witch, Conn.,, who arrived in Fargo
en- route home on a transcontinental
automobile tour, related an expert
ence in which their car almost was
lost in Mouse river, in the western
part of the state. In an effort to ford
the river the car ran on to a bed of
quicksand and for twelve hours it
gradually sunk deeper into the bed of
the river until two teams of horses
were procured to pull it out.
Harold D. Johnson, accused of en-
bezzling about $500 from the North
ern Pacific while ticket agent in
Grand Forks, was removed to the
state asylum for the insane in James
town. Johnson vas captured in De-
troit, Mich, after a search of fifteen
months. His arrest resulted in a
complete mental breakdown. AS a re-
suit the criminal prosecution was
dropped and he was sent to the asy-
lum.
In a letter of resignation sent Frank
S. Talcott of the Republican state
committee Gilbert johnson of Mohall,
elected in the primaries as presiden-
tial ~elector, re%pud1ates Taft and en-
dorses Colonel Roosevelt. This follows
close on the heels of H. H. Aakers'
resignation and may be followed by
similar action on the part of some of
the other electors, who are also Pro-
gressives.
The Great Northern Railway COM
pany is being prosecuted for failure
to install a telephone in the station
at Choteau, which is required by the
state law. This is the first case of
the kind to be tried since the law
was passed and is being watched
with interest. If convicted the COM
pany will be fined.
The Fargo Eagles have expelled A..
w. knight on the ground that he had
deserted his family and was a fugi-
tive from justice and guilty of con-
duct unbecoming an Eagle. knight
was secretary of the Fargo lodge and
also secretary of the state associa-
ton. He disappeared last spring.
The ~six-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Vetter of Carson was killed
when thrown from an auto which
turned turtle. The little girl was rid
ing with a friend of the family when
a tire exploded and the auto left the
road. The child's head was crushed
under an axle of the car.
Edward P. Grain, former superin-
tendent of schools of Fond du Lac
county, Wisconsin, and a graduate of
the University of Wisconsin, has &C.
cepted the position of head of the
arithmetic department of the North
Dakota state normal school at Valley
City.
Fred M. Wilson, now If St. Paul,
was successful in retaining his title
of North Dakota tennis champion by
defeating Theodore Elton in the finals
of that event at Grand Forks.
Construction on the extension of
the Northern Pacific from Stanton
into Mckenzie county has been COM