Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-04-06
,n.."S Of Tie Week From Many
Sections Of The State.
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written in Order
to Make Perusal Easier for
Eusy Readers.

go OF the charge of firing his hone on
March 20, 1915, to obtain $l4,ooD in
surance The jury deliberated fifteen
hours.
Eight graduates of the Valley City
Normal school werc given their de-
grees at the mihyear commencement
exercises. All @enhe-s Of the class
who sought positions have found them.
II. j. Wisl,es OF EIicNson was elected
president and Rev. c. Nasseth OF Val
ley City secretary of Tive lter River
Valley conference OF the Norwegian
synod at the annual meeting at Cliff
ford.
Minnt was selected by the North Da-
kota Independent Telephc"a associa-
ton as the next meeting place at the
New Rockford convention. Fl. Fl. Will
son Of New Rockford was chosen pres
ident.
North Dakota Gideons held their an
nual convention at Fargo. A mass
meeting was the concluding feature,
Rev. Frank Hollett and several travel
ing men participating in the exer-
cises. Cartwright Hawley of Fargo
was chosen president.
Organization of a grand council of
the Royal and Select Masters, Ma
sons. a perfected at Fargo, and new
, l. elected officers were installed. An
drew p. Swanstrom of st. Paul con
ducted the ceremonies. E. George
Guthrie of Fargo is grand master.
Sixty dollars in money and stamps
were stolen from the Rugby postoffice
and about $500 in jewelry was stolen
from the J. G. Johnson jewelry store
there. The raiders gained entrance
through a back window of the jewelry
store. which contains the p~ostoffice.
George Lee Of Clifford, a merchant
who was accused of burning his store
to obtain insurance, was found not
guilty in district court at Hillsboro.
Lee vas accused of firing his store in
1913 and the state relied almost en-
tirely upon circumstantlal evidence.
Secretary w. C. Macfadden of the
North Dakota Bankers association is
working on the program for the annual
convention, which will be held in Mi
not on June Is and 16. Arrangements
for addresses are being made with
some of the officers of the national as.
ISOLATION.
In a shallow pool of water at the
side Of the road, into which he had
Nu;x1cr+1v ct,,,,LJ.I ,,I Io1 &c.,
stunned, the dead body of Henry
Weber, residing neal Ashley, was
found by his two sons. Weber had
been absent from home several hours
before his body was found.
The Northern Pacific roundhouse
and machine shops at Dickinson have
been destroyed by fire. Five engines.
including two of the heavy passenger
type, were damaged. Railroad men
think that the fire caught from defec,
mated at more than 100000.
Prohibition forces of the state, rep.
resented by the North Dakota Enforce.
ment league, the state w. C. 7. u. and
AC AOLdl ftDoLlllC1lCG lSdS uS, VIII lOiU
a conference in Fargo on April II, at
which time policies with respect to
several present day problems in the
state will be considered and will be
determined upon.
Probably this year will see more
Improvement in North Dakota roads
than any previous five years in the
states history. The reasons for this
are many. The state is prosperous
and its people are buying automobiles
as never before. This means more
people and more farmers interested
in road improvements.
Sam Reasey Of Mott, aged twenty.
five, was nearly burned to death by a
gasoline explosion. Both of his hands,
both of his legs to his knees and his
neck and upper part of his back were
burned. The explosion occurred when
he miStook gasoline for kerosene in
starting a fire. The buildingn and its
contents were destroyed.
The Imperial Lumber company O,
Minneapolis has sold it's yards at
Breckenridge, Mimi, and Walcott. La.
kota, Aneta and Tolna, this state, to
the Nortz Lumber company of Devils
Lake. The addition of these yards
gives the Nortz company one of the
biggest lines in the Northwest. Dew.
lis Lake will be the headquarters.
: Announcement Of the fifth annua]
corn contest for boys of North Dakota
, has been made by the extension de.
: partment of the State Agricultural
, college at Fargo. The contest will be
on the same lines as previous events,
the winners to be judged on the basis
of acre yield and quality. A total of
1910 will be distributed in prize money
Kid Clemmer and Neil Tierney. Far
, go boys, fought to a draw in a six.
l round classic staged in the Athletic
club rooms there, before a crowd Of
300. Both men were badly punished
, but were game to the end. In the nre
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