Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-07-13
News Of the Week From MANY
Sections Of the State
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written in Order
to Make PerusaI Easier for
Busy Readers.

she was riding overturned in a ditch
near New Rockford.
Eugene Leion was drowned in the
railroad water reservoir at Buffalo
Springs. He was swimming with sew
eral other men and went down with
a cramp.
Fred Erickson, missing the grade
after crossing a bridge over Wild Rice
river at Rutland, was drowned. His
team also was lost. Both approaches
were submerged.
Organization of the North Dakota
branch of the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage was perfected at Far.
go with the election of officers. Mrs.
Elizabeth barrow O'Neill of Fargo was
chosen chairman.
All the equipment of the Valley City
normal school and practically all of
the faculty members have been placed
at the disposal of the summer term
students. Six special instructors are
serving in addition.
Arrival of additional equipment for
the First infantry, North Dakota NJ
tional guard, placed the state troops
at Bismarck in a better condition for
service. Not a member of the North
Dakota national guard eligible to take
the federal oath has refused.
More than 600 students registered
the first wv days of the summer ses-
sion at the state normal school at Val
ley City. Practically every county in
the state is represented, also a dozen
outside states. Students have come
from as far as points in Indiana.
The Progressive party will put a
ticket in the field in North Dakota
and a convention to make nominations
will be held shortly. o. e. Engen,
national committeeman, announced
the plan. The date and place of con-
vention will be determined in a few
days.
Enthusiasm marked the close of the
second day of the sangerfest of the
Norwegian Singers association Of
America at Grand Forks. The second
of the grand concerts was given at
the Auditorium and was even more
enthusiastically received than the in
itial number.
That many members of the North
Dakota regiment have failed to pass
federal physical examinations became
known the other day and many men
will be dropped, several of them being
officers. twenty-five members of M
company of Grand Forks failed to
pass the tests.
Father James Hunt, o. S. R., of
Fort Totten, has just observed the
fortieth anniversary of his work
among the Indians of that section.
While Father Hunt cares for the spir-
itual sideaof the Indian life his brother
Charles publishes a newspaper in the
Sioux language.
Only two accidents caused by fire
works marred the Fourth of July eel
ebration in Western North Dakota.
Mrs. Peter Aller of Bismarck was
burned severely by a giant firecracker.
Powers livery barn at Beach was de-
stroyed by fire. Firecrackers ignited
the hay. The loss was $4,000.
The cornerstone of a new Sc, 900
church, which is being erected in
Brocket by the Wage congregation of
the United Lutheran church, has been
laid. The ceremonies were conducted
by Rev. Shurson of Minneapolis, Rev.
Sunde of Webster and Rev. M. o. Sill
seth, the congregations pastor.
Melvin Hildreth of Fargo has ar
rived in that city from New York and
will at once undertake the work of
organizing a group of Wilson clubs
operating under the direction of the
national Democratic committee. He
believes there is a splendid chance to
carry North Dakota for the Demo-
cratic candidate.
County support of the better farm
ing movement was refused at the
polls when the proposition was placed
before the voters of Grand Forks
county as a special issue in the pri-
mary election. The Grand Forks Bet
ter Farming association, which main
tains a county agent, will continue to
do so, in spite of failure to obtain off,
| cial aid.
Militia reserves have been organ.
lied at Fargo and at Bismarck and
the movement for the creation of
such units is welt under way in sew
eral other,cities. The purpose, as out
lined by the sponsors, is to maintain
a lively interest in military affairs
lo~cally--and should the United States
call for volunteers hundreds of u
men would have considerable train
ing.
Four deaths, about fifty families in
Fargo and Moorhead have been forced
to abandon their homes and the
destruction of several thousand acres
of crops along the Red river and
tributaries constitute the loss so far
by t%orrential rains in that section the
past week. With a record of more
than a week the Red river at this
mint iS within ni0hf Foot of tho h;oh-