Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-04-20

DdkOtd FeueIdtlCH " LdUol VIII U6
held at Grand Forks, June 4, accord
ms to rlar.1 made by the executive
committee of the organization.
The in~terscholastic debate held at
Lidgerwoo3 between the Cooperstown
high school ana the Lidgerwood school
upon the question, "Resolved, That
the United States navy should be sub
stantially increased" was won by the
Lidgerwcod debaters, who upheld the
affirmative. L~idgerwood has won three
debates in the series in the state. The
final contest Will be held in Grand
Forks in May.
North Dakota. in e. series of suits
started against a group of five Twin
City liquor concerns, opens a new at.
tack on the liquor business under the
provisions of the pure food act. Such
announcement was made by District
Attorney M. A. Hildreth in Fargo.
Federal authorities will present evil.
dence bearing Oh these cases at the
June term OF the federal grand jury at
Fargo and will ask for the Indictment
of dealers for violating pure food laws.
United Temperance Societies of
North Dakota went IN record at
Fargo in favor of the candidacy of
U. L.. l3urdick for governor, based
upon his past as a man." Societies
represented were the w. C. T. u,
the Scandinavian Total Abstinence
society and the North Dakota En-.
forcement league. A. T. Krabble of
Milton was recommended as a can
didate for lieutenant governor, and
William LANCER of Mandan for at
torney general.
w. c. Coils of Medora has com-
menced an action against Arthur M.
Knight for forgery. Knight, alias
Thompson, was recently sent to the
~penitentiary for embezzlement. Coils.
who is a brother-in-law Of the prisoner,
has already paid a bank in Fargo two
notes which he declares Knight forged
and declares that there are thirty per-
sons of small means in the eastern
part Of the state who are joining
forces with him in bringing actions
against the embeZzler.
The ninth annual interstate high
school athletic and declamatory con-
test will he held at the North Dakota
Agricultural college in Fargo on May
26 and q. In addition to the track
and field meet and the declamatory
contests there will be baseball and
tennis tournaments and band and vo-
cal musical contests. The contests
are open to all high schools in North
Dakota and to some thirty in the west
ern part OF Minnesota. In all events
three prizes will be offered-gold, ;il-
Yer and bronze medals.
Fargo and Moorhead will celebrate
the Shakesperean tercentenary from
May s to IS. Six Sha%kespearean plays.
all by colleges and schools in dual cit
les, feature the program that has been
outlined. + pageant will take place
the first day, Practically everp club
in Fargo and Moorhead has Joined in
the movement to make the week a big
success. Fargo college, the North Da-
kota Agricultural college, Concordia
college. Moorhead normal school and
the high schools of both Fargo and
Moorhead will participate.
That more thar 1000 blind pigs and
open saloons have been closed by the
North Dakota Enforcement league dur
ing sever years Of activity was report
ed to the executive board of the league
at its meeting at Fargo. Hundreds of
red light houses have been padlocked
and the league has brought about a
removal of nearly a score of county
and city officials for negligence in the
performance Of their duties. f. L.
Watkins, superintendent, also told the
league officials that he had secured
sufficient funds with which to direct
the work the coming year.
Comparatively little of the 90.n0O
yards Of paving proposed for this sea-
son in Fargo will be laid. The fact
that much preliminary underground
work is necessary is responsible for
the delay. The underground work in,
cludes the extension of the sewage
system and water supply service and
provision for an adequate surface
drainage plan. Three paving con-
tracts have so far been allowed, for a
total of about $50, 1000 worth of work.
Bids are to be advertised for two or
three more jobs, but most of the paw
ing will be delayed until next year.
Burleigh leads all counties of the
state in Ignite coal production. Ward
county is next with the plant at Ken
mare. Divide county with it's large
production at Noonan, is third. and
Stark, Williams and other counties
follow in order. Mines from which
lignight coal is shipped are operated
in eighteen of the tifty-two counties
OF the state and mines used only for
private consumption are found in
many other counties. The United
States geological survey of the state
shows that Ignite coalbeds are found
under $4,000 square miles, and the
total deposits are estimated at 500
Q O,000, 900 tons, or a quantity sutfi-
cient to supply the entire United