Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-12-07

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burns on the face resulted when Will
lam H. Van Buskirk, forty years old,
a farmer living near Regent, recently
tried to solder a gasoline tank filled
with oil. 1t is thought the injured
man will not survive.
Peter Dolenberg, a we'll driller, was
probably MORALLY injured and his
companion, Herman Weisenhutter, a
farmer, suffered serious injuries when
the automobile in which they were
riding was struck by a passenger train
neal Steele last week.
The first loan association to be Or
gained in this state under the federal
rural credits act has been launched
at Ray, where twenty farmers have
combined as provided in the law. The
organization is known as the Ray Ma
tional Farm Loan association.
A child's hand, clinging to ice
about an airhole in the Mouse river.
near Minot, attracted the %attentirn OF
j. B.. Trottoir, a passerby. Trutjcir
arrived int time to save the life of
the t~hree-year-old child of MI. and
Mrs. Edward l.oberg of Minot.
The European war has given DR..
kai Bonnieshen of Minot a wife. DR..
Bonnieshen vas engaged in field hos.
pital work in Serbia when he met his
future wife, then a Red Cross nurse
and a member of the Danish amb1..
lance corps assigned to Monastir. tn:
couple has arrived in Minot to live.
Jacob Mathaler. a man of many
aliases, and said to be wanted by the
Russian and Canadian governments,
was arrested in st. Paul by city de-
t%ectiyes last week and held for author
tiles fom this state in connection with
the passing OF a bad check for SLIGO
at the First State Band of Underwood.
Grand Forks will be host to the
state high school basketball tourna-
ment this year, March 16 and II. The
athletic board of control of the State
High School league has picked Valley
City, Mandan, Minot and Crank Forks
as the places for the four district
tournaments, to be held March 2
and 3.
Upon receipt of an anonymous tele-
phone message saying that suicide
was a murder" the Cass county sher-
If began an investigation into the
death OF j. r. Calf, a young man,
whose body was found in a street
in Fargo's fashionable residence dis
trict early last week. Most of the
marks OF Identification had been re-
moved from his clothing.
r. G. kitteI must serve seven years
and six months in the federal penl-
tertiary at Leayenworth, Kan. Sen
tence was passed by Judge Amidon
at Fargo last week. Misappropria-
ton OF funds and classifying of ac-
counts while he was an officer of the
First Natioual bank Of Casselton was
charged. W. f.. Kitte1 is still in Cas-
selton arranging his affairs, and it is
not known when he will be sentenced.
With the returns of five counties to
be received. indications are President
Wilson'S official majority in the state
will be less than 1000. The official
vote on all counties gives the state
treasurership to John Steen by 200
over p. NJ. Casey, Democrat. The
Dickinson normal school amendment
was approved by a margin of $4,000;
the Bookkeeping law was approved by
5000.
State loans have shown a remark
able gain in popularity since the re-
ductlon or the rate from 6 to 5 per
cent two years ago. The state land
office records show that of the $780,
100 which was outstanding in first
mortgage farm loans, $1,431,350 had
been loaned the last two years, while
for the remainder of the period the
department has been in operation the
loans have aggregated only $~2,234.S10.
John Murphy fought desperately
with jamestown officers last week
when jailed for alleged theft of an
automobile in Minneapolis. Several
shots were fired by the officers but
no one was injured. Murphy's wife
escaped, leaving, it is believed, for
st. Paul. Two railroad tickets to St.
Paul and a box of cartridges were
found on he arrested man. He threw
a gun away when pursued by the
police.
jamestown sportsmen held a meet
ing last week for the purpose of lay
ing plans for a legislative program
that will bring about the conservation
OF wild game. 1t was emphasized
that the game bird situation in the
state is rather critical, and that a
long closed season is essential If the
birds are to be preserved. The
proposal for a %tive-year closed period
is meeting with favor among the
sportsmen.
L. T. Cook OF Glendale was elected
president of the Minnesota-North Da.
kota Athletic conference at the annual
meeting Of the organization in Fargo
last week, A. Van Ward of Wahpeton
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