Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-25
NEWS ITEMS
Events Throughout the State
Terse|y Told.

Central North Dakota can use sew
eral thousand farmhands at once, &C.
cording to Otto zetterberg, secretary
or the Valley City Commercial club.
who says that the farmers of that Sec
tlon are at a loss to find sufficient help
to put In the spring grain. Eastern
employment agencies are being re-
quested to notify all laborers that
there is plenty to do in this section of
the Northwest and that several thou
sand men can get work the day thew
reach he state. The lateness of the
spring has retarded work and with the
present favorable weather there is a
rush to get the seed into the soil.
The municipality of Grand Forks
owns public improvements valued at
$2,O35,964.71 and the fact that the city
mas a population of about $4,000 makes
the showing exceedingly interesting.
The value of city property is set forth
In the reports of the various depart
ment heads made to the council. Dur
ing the last twelve months the city
made new Improvements costing near
ly a quarter million, including 45-S6O
square yards of paving, LIST feet of
water mains, 2,019 feet of sewers, 9S,-
3lS square feet of cement sidewalks
n a new city hall.
Bismarck is laying plans for the an
nual exposition which will be given
under the direction of the commits
sioner of agriculture and labor, W. C.
Gilbraith. The event this year will be
on a larger scale than last year and
Mr.. Gilbraith believes he will be able
to command the interest of more coun-
ties in the enterprise. The exposition,
as carried out in Bismarck, is used for
immigration purposes. The dates will
be Oct. l to II, after all fall work has
been completed, and in that n
better results are obtained.
Grand Forks is laying plans for a
Homecoming week, the plan being
to hold the event July % to Aug. 3,
during the same time as the Grand
Forks fair is held. The convention
committee of the Grand Forks Com
mercial club is backing the enterprise
S"io IlOpooCS w Ildh6 Tic event d UlS
success. Come back to see the old
town." is the form of invitation which
will go to every man, woman and
child who has ever, at any time, made
Grand Forks their home.
Teachers of Pembina, Walsh and
Grand Forks counties will hold their
annual convention in Grand Forks
May 3 and 4. The Tri-County Educa-
tional association, which is the name
OF the organization comprising the
three counties, has an interesting pro-
gram for the meeting. Sessions will
be held in the city hall and the Cen
trail school.
Three hours after he had reached
his homestead near Ambrose, intend
ing to make his permanent home
there. Raymond Hanseal of Chicago
was accidentally shot and killed. Han
seal and his companion were unpack-
ing their equipment, when in some
manner Hanseal accidentally dis
charged a shotgun.
United States Senator A. J.. Gronna
of North Dakota is picked to present
Senator La Follette's name for the
presiden initial nomination at the Chica-
go convention. 1t is declared that
Gronna is the most available selection.
His loyalty to La Toilette, especially
through the crucial North Dakota cam
paign, is remembered.
w. T. Coleman of Cando was found
dead on a road near that place by his
son. The elder Coleman was driving
a grain tank and when some distance
ahead Of his son he stepped out of the
rig and to the ground, where he toppled
over dead. His son reached the place
a few minutes later.
BY the explosion of a can of kero.
sene, which he had thrown into a bon
fire and was attempting to remove,
Raymond Treiber of Kenmare, aged
nine years, was seriously burned. The
blazing oil was thrown over him and
his clothes were completely burned
from his body.
Death by his own hand was the
verdict of the %coroner's inquest held
over the body of e. A. Gullickson, a
prominent druggist of Minot, who shot
himself with a rifle. Gullickson had
been in i'll health. He was thirty
eight years old and a widower.
Falling into a tub filled with scald-
ing water, Lillian Johnston of Het-
finger, eleven years old, suffered such
serious burns that she may die. Only
her arms and head remained out of
the water.
Attempting to pull a shotgun into a
carriage with his hand on the barrel
Earl Burns, aged twelve years, was ,
shot and instantly killed while hunt
ing geese neal Tolna. His mother is
q widow