Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-02-10
IN NORTH DAKOTA BRIEF news ITEMS
Events Throughout North Dakota
Concise|y Related.

delegate to national conventions must
present individual petitions, as to Of
fer collective petitions would be to
violate the spirit of the primary law.
A new candidate for the Republican
nomination for insurance commission
er has been brought forth in the per-
son Of A. f. SWas of Golden Valley
county. Swas has been treasurer of
Golden Valley county for three years.
The Town and Country club of
Fargo has taken an option on eighty
acres OF land one mile south of Fargo
for the clubs golf links at $4,000. An
nouncement to this effect was made
by Sam Stern, secretary Of the organ
%iZation.
Some changes are being brought
about in the list of candidates for del
egate as nominated by the North Da-
kota Progressive league recently. In
Grand Forks it is proposed to substi-
tute the name OF O. B. Burtness for
that OF Harry Bronson.
Reopening of the First National
bank Of Casselton, closed three months
ago by bank examiners. was declared
by President NJ. Z. Straus to be prac-
tically certain. With the reopening of
the bank $500, 900 in deposits will be
guaranteed to depositors.
Ed Brennan of Estevan, sask., was
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroved the Davidson building at
Grand Forks. 1t was not known that
Brennan was in the building until his
body was found in the ruins. The
identity, however, was Immediately
established. brennan had been in the
city only a few hours.
Asbjorn Johnson. sixty-fve years
old. employed by the Robertson Lum-
Der company at Grafton for many
years, was killed by a Great Northern
freight train. Johnson was climbing
between two cars which started I'm.
eNpectedly, dropping him onto the
rails. The cars passed over his neck,
de%capitating him. He is survived BY
his widow and four children.
John Brown, convicted in district
court at Dickinson of shooting his
fourteen.year-old son with intent to do
injury and sentenced to serve three
years in the p~enitentiary, procured his
freedom for thirty days after serving
three days. His bond was placed at
$1,000. II was announced at the time
OF sentence new evidence had been
obtained on which to base a plea for
a new trial.
The gift of Z. P. Wells of Minneap-
oils Of sos, 900 to jamestown college
increased the endowment fund to
s2ol,013 and thereby made it possible
for the college to claim pledges OF
$4,000 that were made on condition
that a 100000 fund be created. The
college authorities will now undertake
to boost the fund to 100000. II sue
~cessful they will be able to claim addi-
tional pledges OF s71,5OO.
a. T. kraabel. lieutenant governor
two Years ago., when he was defeated
by j. H. Frame, is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for his old
post. \. p. Hanson OF Litchville.
speaker of the house at the last SEES
sion. has announced that he will not
seek the nomination. Mr.. H~anson's
announcement was made, he says. on
finding that hraabel had entered.
Hanson assures kraabel Of his sup
port in the coming election.
The North Dakota Federation OF
Nomen's Clubs will hold its next an
nual meeting i'll Valley City. such de
clslon being announced at the execu-
two hn1rl ,N,,;>- @--- NJ
The federation will meet next Octo-
Der and will celebrate the twentieth
| anniversary OF its establishment. The
board elected Mrs. II. l.. Bolley of
Fargo as vice president for the Fargo
district and Mrs. l.. NJ. Cary OF Man
dan as vice president for the Mandan
district.
August Little Shield. a Sioux Indian,
who lived in the Cannonball district
OF the Standing Rock reservation. com
united suicide by shooting himself
through the heart. Little Shield had
had considerable trouble OF late, hay
ing recently been arrested for hitting
a nelghbor over the head with a club.
and the death Of several OF his chill.
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brought on the deed. He was among
the prosperous Indians Of the reserra-
1lon. having sixty head OF cattle and
considerable land.
! II. 1t. Macarthur OF Fargo is to be
appointed collector OF customs for the
district of North Dakota to succeed
hudson l-aMoure. Jr,, who has held
) the nffIrp SinrA llD- r>,,.
tiers OF the district is at Pembina and
! the Office pays $500 a year. There
was strong pressure for the appoint
ment or Judge B. II. Conmy Of Penn
! olna. and other candidates were B.
/ r. Brockhof OF Grand Forks. Robert
Mcbrioe of Cavalier and Alexander
Morrison of Bathgate. Macarthur has
! eeen chairman of the state Demo.
cratic committee several years.