Courier Democrat., 1916-07-06

9ahlZeu' lie Danu is IN need OF some
new music and subscriptions for this
need will be circulated
| A dull jackknife prevented Adolph
Peterson of Mona from taking his own
life. The would be suicide is fifty
years old and has large family.
Auto bandits robbed a hardware
store, jewelry store and the office of
general store at New Salem. They
obtained approximately $500.
Beginning July merchants of Val
ley City started a consolidated deliv-
cry system. There will be but two de-
liveries a day Motor trucks will be
used.
Stock shipments in the state arc
continuing and are heavy for this sea
son OF the year. Many farmers are
hauling grain sold from last years
crop and elevators are shipping freely
To show that Germans and those of
German descent are true Americans
and real patriots full militia COM
pany composed only of Germans is be-
ing organized at Beulah AS soon as
organized services will be offered the
president
States Attornty H. A Hanson and
Sheriff Heath of Burke county seized
valuable gambling devices at Portal.
Superintendent Watkins of the En-
forcement league made the complaint
The league is determined to stop gam
bling at fairs and carnivals.
Excitement at a baseball game
killed H. M. Squier of Hazelton, who
while roofing" for the home club
was stricken with heart disease and
died almost instantly. Squier arrived
at Hazelton a few months ago from
Minneapolis. He was painter.
Fargo and Moorhead Commercial
clubs Joined in paying tribute to the
late James J. Hill at banquet where
S. G. Comstock, former Minnesota rep
resentative, and Judge N. G. Young Of
Fargo spoke The speakers dealt with
Hills part in the upbuilding of Fargo
and Moorhead.
Strong intimations that Fort Will
iam's Northern league team will be
transferred to Grand Forks are being
waited around the circuit. At Grand
Forks it was stated that, so far as can
be learned, no definite proposition has
| been made, but it is intimated the
matter has been considered.
Fire broke out in the Stanton Auto
and Supply company's garage at Stan
ton and destroyed the building and
contents The fire started in the
office and is thought to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion in
bunch of oily cveralls. All of the
autos except one were saved.
A meeting of the directors of the
Bott1neau County Fair association
was held at Bottineau and appropria-
tlons made for various attractions at
the coming fair, including baseball
games, band music and motorcycle
races number of splendid platform
attractions have already been secured
Captain l.. L. Eckman of the ma
chine gun company was honored by
Illustrious Potentate Tracy r. Bangs
and his divan Of KEN temple, Grand
Forks, when they presented him with
ring emblematic of the Mystic
Shrine. Captain Eckman is chief Of
| the divan and second officer of the
| temple.
| All state employees who respond to
the call to arms will find their posi-
tions open when they return, under an
agreement reached between Governor
Hanna and members of the several
employing boards Of the state The
ruling covers all state employees, in
Guiding teachers and employees of vari-
Gus educational and penal Institutions
Establishment of a state agricul-
tural school in connection with the
federal Great Plains field station was
endorsed by the North Dakota Grange,
which held it's annual meeting at Man
dan. The movement was instituted
three years ago. The school in Man
dan would be operated on the same
basis as the group of district agricul
tural schools in Minnesota.
Two gifts for Williston, memertoes
of the late James J. Hill, have been
announced, one of them large por-
trait of the empire builder and the
other tiagpole, to be erected near
the Great Northern station. The por-
trait was presented to the city by
Louis w. Hill and will be placed in
the James Memorial library. The flag
pole is the gift Of the widow
Mrs. Martha Olson died at the age
of ninety years at the e. c. Wangred
farm in Black Loan township. near
Litchville, where she had made her
home since 1889, when she came to
this country. Deceased was born in
Solor, Norway. Her husband died be-
fore she came to this country. She
was the rsother of ten children, Of
whom five are living
can old Indian am I, but no white
man loves his country more. If my
country needs me and l can serve in