Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02
BRIEF NEWS
Events Throughout North Dakota
ConciSe|y Related.

oPoSS Ill 1OlJy-t$No
newspapers of Northern North Da-
kota. Two page announcements ap-
peared simultaneously. 81 have
learned" says Mr.. Gilbertson, that
the successful business man of today
is the liberal patron of the
Freak schemes have been tried, but
for consistent results there is but one
medium-the newspaper"
Thirty-seven bushels of Grimm al
ialfa seed from seventeen acres is the
yield reported by J.. E. Raze, a Nc
kenzie county farmer. This means
about 1000 pounds of seed and at rs
cents a pound, which it will probably
sell for locally, a return of $SS an
acre. Mr.. Rae has twenty acres in
alfalfa. He cut only three acres of it
for feed and threshed the remainder.
He grew the crop by drilling it in
rows four feet apart and using but
one pound of seed to the acre.
demonstrating and operating a cigar
factory are the combined interests
sponsored by George d. Graham. liv-
ing near Almont, Morton county, and
so successful has he been in both pur-
suits that he is enthusiastic over the
business opportunities open to the
man who is holding down a claim
Graham has manufactured a total of
$4,000 cigars a month, about a thou
sand each working day. In addition,
he is proving up on his homestead.
Miss F]Sjo Souorcop couo,+oo-
years old, and Captain N. A. Mar
shall, e~ighty-seven, both former resi-
dents Of Sheldon, have been married
at Daytona, Fla, according to word
received at Sheldon. The girl, for
several months past, has been nurse
II companion to the aged man, driv-
ing his automobile and assisting him
In many ways. The aged man was
widowed last March by the death of
his wife after a married life of fifty
six years.
The element of mystery injected in
to the actions of j. H. Schwartz, an
employe of the Minot postofice, who
disappeared when a checking up of
his accounts was commenced by post
office special agents, has been deep
ened by the report of the postal
agents, revealing all accounts in per-
feet condition. Schwartz friends de-
clare he became angered at the postal
agents and just decided to quit.
T%hreshing 1900 bushels of grain
from $50 acres l.. A. Mann of Lone
Tree has a crop valued at more than
he paid for his land. A year ago Mann
purchased the farm and this year the
single crop brings back to him the en-
tire purchase price and then some. On
his 800 acres Mann raised $4,000 bush
els OF grain, breaking his previous
record.
A chicken bone swallowed accident
ally caused the death of Olga, the
tW~elve-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. OLAF Havig of Finley, hemorrhage
setting in shortly afterwards. The bone
lodged in her throat in such a man
her as to puncture the wall of the
food canal.
Williston will get a 100000 hotel
next year. w. e. Payton, owner of the
Great Northern in that city, having
completed plans for the construction
OF the building. The new hotel will
be operated as an annex to the pres.
ent hotel property owned by Mr..
Payton.
Benjamin Taylor, a retired farmer
OF Rlchland county, has given $500 to
Wahpeton library. The one will be
used for equipment. The gift was
made on the eve Of Mr.. Taylor's de-
parture from the state for California
for the winter.
Minot will eXpend approximatelv
100000 for paving e. year, twelve
to fifteen blocks being proposed for
pavement. Plans for the work are be-
ing prepared by the city engineer. II
is proposed to advertise for bids early
in the spring.
Using an electric sad iron with
which to warm her bed and neglecting
to turn off the current Miss Sadie
Thompson Of Bowman was awakened
a half hour after retiring to find her
bed in flames. The girl was severely
injured. -
Gustaf Itrich, sixty years old. one
of the pioneer settlers of the New So
lem district, is dead from injuries in.
liicted when his team ran away. Ha
was run over by a heavily loaded
grain wagon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William %eroa's two
children, a boy and girl, three and two
years old, respectively, were burned to
death by a fire which destroyed their
home near Hamilton. They were alone.
The State Federation of Commercial
Clubs will meet at Fargo for a two
days session Dec. Is to 16. "Immi.
grafton and Farm Labor" will be the
subject under discussion.
Dickinson's annual corn show will
be held Dec. Is, l6, II and Is. A poul-
try show, under the direction of the
Stark County Poultry association, will
be a feature.
julius ullrich, janitor at the De Len
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