Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-12-14

Proposal thai a fiFe-year closed sea.
son on prairie chickens be maintained
iii the First congressional district will
be considered at the annual meeting
OF the Game and Fish commission
at Bismarck Dec. S. Relative matters
TO be brought to the attention OF the
commission will include a proposed
bag limit Of five birds and a delay il
the opening of the season.
Charles Brunette, a district school
officer of Cass county, found the
American flag nonprotective in his et-
fort to oppose school directors who
sought to remove school supplies. The
directors insisted on the removal and
Brunette ran UP the national colors on
the schoolhouse %tlagpole. Judge Pol
lock Of the district court issued an
order demanding surrender of the
supplies.
Creation OF a state coal commission,
on which representatives of various
commercial centers of the state would
act, is proposed to avoid the POSSIBLE
ity OF a coal shortage. The Fargo
commercial club considered the coal
problem last week and discussed the
~advisability Of calling upon Governor
Hanna to create the commission.
With calls for coal supplies already
coming from numerous towns. the sit,
uation is considered rave.
The adoption at the recent election
Of the bootlegger amendment to the
state constitutional prohibition law
has placed in the hands of the new
attorney general. William LANCER of
Mandan, a powerful instrument. Tn
der the new amendment anyone who
solicits or purchases or acts as All
agent in the purchase Of liquors fo'
any second or third party is held
guilty OF b~ootlegging and is punish.
aDle by the same severe penalties i'll
iicted for any other violation OF thu,
prohibition act.
j. A. Heder, an attorney Of Mandal.,
has made preliminary application 10:
an original writ of certiorari, asking
the supreme court to issue an order
commanding Superintendent T.. r.
Thomas of the Mercer county schools,
and superintendent Taylor to certify
fully to the court all records of action
on which they based a decision pre-
venting the maintenance of a school
in Mercer county established by the
German Lutheran church. The ma.
tional synod Of the German Lutheran
church is supporting the plaintiffs
and Catholics have interested them
selves in the proceeding. The matter
is before the court this week at Bis
marck on an order by Judge Nuessle
to show cause why parochial school
students are not exempted from at
tendance upon public schools and are
guilty Of truancy if absent. The plain
tiffs in the suit seek to set aside his
ruling.
With construction work on more
than 100 miles Of highway, Morton
county established a new record for
the past season. Plans for next year
call for even greater operations.
Although the new $4,000 Northern
Pacific depot at jamestown will be
completed Dec. 10, it is announced
that it will not be opened until spring,
pending the completion Of additional
rail lines.
Fargo banks made a net gain of
$41S,O71.73 in deposits from Sept. u
to the date of the last banking de-
partment call, while the deposit gain
from June 80 to the present time was
81, 097, 946.67.
Grain growers Of Stark county have
indorsed standards worked out by
Professor T.. F. Laid, pure food com
missioner, as the basis for the nation
al grain standard provided for in re-
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