Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-06-08

lnarck 10 two years in LeaVen worth
~pcnitentiary for emDezzlement Of pos
tai funds. Schmidt used worthless
checks of his VI and placed them il
the cash box of the Fort Rice post
office against money orders made pay.
allie ut the Mandan p~ostofiice.
An executive committee of citizens
Hardin and Sheridan, Mont, at a
meeting with members Of the Grow
tribe recently at the Crow reservation,
outlined in general the program for
the commemoration on the battlefield,
June -, Of the fortieth anniversary Of
the battle Of the Little Big Horn.
Governor Hanna of North Dakota
issued a proclamation calling on citi-
Zcns of North Dakota to cease their
labor between the hours of 2 and 4
p. M, May 81, in memory Of James J.
Hill, whose funeral was held at st.
Paul on that day. IN the death Of
James J. Hill" read the proclamation.
North Dakota has lost its best
friend"
Professor J. G.. Flaaten Of Duluth
Will direct the monster chorus that
will be q feature of the annual Saen-
| gerfest of the Northwestern No.we-
2ian Singers association in Grand
Forks, July &, : and s. The Bjern"
chorus OF Grand Forks is lost to the
general association this year. Tho
program calls for three big concerts,
| one on each day of the festival.
Mrs. L. II. Harrison, aged siNty-fivo,
and her daughter, Mrs. Harry Har-
| grave. forty, were killed when a Great
Northern train struck the auto in
which they We're riding at Michigan
and his cousin. George Wright, the
ether occupants CT the machine, wer"
injured, but are expected to recover.
a view Of the train vas prevented by
Representatives of the Great North
ern Railway company have been in
~Fessenden and vicinity securing right
OF way for the extension from New
Rockford to Lewistown, Mont. and IT
is believed w0>k ON the line will Ge
| started this year. The new road will
tap Il rich agricultural country and its
operation will be OF great value to ter
ritory tributary to it. enhancing farm
land values and creating several new
towns.
Charges were brought against F. l..
Hovde at Stanley, register of deeds,
signed by several Parshall people. that
he had employed the time which
should have been used in conductive
the affairs Of his Office and the duties
in connection herewith for the pur-
pose Of private gain, making severn!
allegations that the services OF him
self and others We're used otherwise
than in the discharge of The duties to
be performed. The paper was filed
with the county commissioners and
the board, in conjunction with the
| states ATTORNEY. investigated the
charges. The alterations could not be
sufficiently sustained to press the
charges further and the commissions
ers decided to drop the matter under
the charges filed.
IN the case of A. y. Reiseker
| against the Royal Indemnity company
of New York, on trial in federal court
at Bismarck before Judge Lewis OF
Denver, Judgment was given in favor
of the plaintiff for %S,019.14 and costs.
The suit was brought to recover upon
three indemnity bonds to ecu three
certificates OF deposit of $500 each
by the First International bank of
Southbend. Wash, for money loaned
each bank by Reiseker. The c%ertiti-
Gates We're presented to the bank for
payment shortly after they became
due. The bank failed to pay and
shortly after failed and a receiver was
appointed for it. A demand was made
upon the bond company to pay the
amount due and upon its refusal &C
ton was brought.
The closing period for the filing of
petitions for the primary election
brought several surprises in North
Dakota, principal among which was
the failure of Leslie Simpson to file
as a candidate for congress in the
lnlrd dlStrlct. AS a result, L. -.
Norton will be nominated by the Re
puhlicans without opposition. Her
man Midtbo of Minot has filed as a
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for United States senator. The
t~hree-cornered fight predicted for the
Democratic ~gubernatorial nomination
has come to pass, for Halyor ~FIalvor-
son of Minot has fled as a candidate.
l.. A. Platou, d. II. Macarthur and Hal
vorson will fight it out. The Repub-
lican candidates for governor are: U.
J.. Burdick. Williston; j.. H.. Frame,
Grafton; George j. Smith. Plaza;
Lynn j. Frazer, Hoople.
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