Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-25
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tending h session of the federal
court. While there he contracted a
sore throat. Becoming worse he re-
turned home, where he found he had
diphtheria. Mr.. Young was a thirty
second degree Mason, a Shriner and
an Elk and was prominent all over
the state. He leaves a widow and
five children.
That the Devils Lake Commercial
club is doing things is shown by the
announcement of Secretary Arthur
Powell that eight of the largest state
conventions that will meet in 1916
have been secured for Devils Lake.
The State Sunday School association,
the State Bar association, the jewel
ers, the Medical association, the re-
tail merchants, the we'll drillers, the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
German Catholic association have all
selected Devils Lake Tor their conyen-
ton city.
Give worked just seven days in my
life and l had mighty good reason for
working then" remarked James Glea-
son when pleading guilty before Judge
Frank Fisk at Williston to the charge
of numbering E. Denton near Coulee.
He was sentenced to fifteen years in
prison. "Those seven days l worked
l was watching a fellow with money
and when l found out where he kept
it 1 grabbed it off and hiked," said
Gleason.
Judge ]. M. Hanley at Mandan has
just handed down a decision in the
scales testing case which has attract
ed considerable attention owing to the
refusal of Sheriff Charles Mcdonald to
test scales in Morton county as re-
CURED by law, on the ground that the
county commissioners had failed to.
provide him with the necessary equip
ment. Judge Hanley ordered the sher-
if to procure the necessary equip
ment.
Hit in the face and thrown to the
ground by a thug who accosted her
as she was returning home along a
dark road Miss Margaret Moran of
Cando brought aid by her lusty
screams, although not until her assail-
ant had robbed her of a purse con
tanning $22. AS the man seized her
he pulled her hat down over her face,
at the same time striking her.
Failure on the part of the plaintiff
to show that n witnesses could be
accommodated in the trial in the dis
trict court Of Cass county at Fargo in
the case of Youmans against Governor
Hanna, the state banking board and
several Minot bankers, sued for $780,
600, resulted in Judge Pollock ruling
with the defendants in their order to
send the case to Minot.
G. H. Potter, veterinarian, was
killed in an automobile accident near
Glendale while answering a call. Pot
ter's car toppled over a high grade
when he lost control of the machine,
which he was driving at a terrific
speed. Two companions had left the
car twenty minutes before the mis-
hap, fearing to travel further because
of the speed.
The first elevator built in Park
River, owned in the early days by the
Minneapolis and Northern Elevator
company, is being dismantled and will
be rebuilt at Marston. The elevator
was built in 1884 and for years was
the only marketing center for a large
territory, farmers hauling their grain
forty and fifty miles to that point.
A prairie fire has wiped out the
grain and hay on a wide strip from
Cottonwood lake west, the total loss
to the homesteaders being heavy. The
town of Cottonwood was threatened
with destruction for some time, but
the flames were stopped in a slough
about a mile from the city. About
fifteen farmers suffered damage.
Fred Buchanan pleaded guilty at
Stanley to the murder of a man whose
identity has not been established and
was sentenced to twenty years in the
state prison. Buchanan killed the
man while the two we're on a Great
Northern passenger train at White
Earth.
When Frank Pietzsch, eighteen
years old, was hunting cottontails
along the James river zeal New Rock
ford, he slipped and fell and his shot
gun was discharged. The load of shot
passed through the hollow of his left
hand, which had to be amputated.
Edwin Ross was sentenced to twelve
years in the North Dakota peniten-
tiary. He pleaded guilty to the at
tempted robbery of four men in a
Grand Forks hotel a few days ago.
Ross was released from the North Da-
kota prison about a month ago.
The general store of John Bassford
at New Leipzig was entered and a
safe blown. Less than $500 in cash
was obtained, but considerable valua-
BILE jewelry was taken.
j. P. Nelson of Palermo was in
stantly killed by a Great Northern
passenger train. Nelson failed to see
the train because of a fog.
Ships to Sail as Usual.