Courier Democrat., 1916-05-18

The $4,000 sch0olhouse at Ed
munds Was destroyed by fire. 1t wa
the second schoolhouse to burn there
in a year.
There Will be no Vote this year
on the question of suspending the
state prohibition law With the ex-
piration of the time limit Oh MAJ
6. within which petitions for such
election might be held, and with no
such petitions filed, the first serious
attempt that has been made in sew
eral years to abolish the states EN-
barge on the liquor traffic has come
to naught.
With eight announced candidates
for the state supreme court and with
but three vacancies to be filled North
Dakota has an interesting judicial
fight Chief Justice Charles j. Fisk
and Associate Justices e. B. Goss and
E. II. Burke are members of the court
whose terms expire at this time and
their successors, for siX-year terms,
will be chosen at the general election
in November.
Valley Baseball league, comprising the
cities of Grafton, Cavalier, Park River
and Mimic, will open on Memorial day,
the schedule just being announced At
the leagues annual meeting at Graf
ton, DR.. ]. +. Galbraith of Cavalier
was elected president and j. Wal
strom Of Park River secretary and
treasurer. Park River Won the league
championship last year.
Adoption by the North Dakota state
board Of equalization Of a tax sched-
ule similar to that employed in Min
nesota has aroused a bitter discussion
i'll North Dakota, the charge being
made generally that the schedule is
aimed at bringing farming property to
the tax rolls, discriminating against
the farming interests. The charges
have been circulated industriously by
the Farmers Nonpartisan league.
Famed by a gale fire destroyed
three business blocks, including twen-
ty-four business buildings and sixty
residences at Ellendale. Scarcity Of
fire fighting apparatus and an made
quate water supply hindered efforts
to check the spread of the flames.
The fire started in an old livery barn.
The flames swept through the main
business and residence section and
then into the country where several
farm buildings were also destroyed.
The loss is estimated between 5000,
eco and $3.50 900 with about S130,000
insurance.
From all sections Of Northern North
Dakota come reports of high winds
blowing out seed grain, wrer';ng
small buildings and blowing down
trees and poles. LariiHor reports
said it was the worst wind and dirt
storm OF years. Farmers in that sec
ton, it is said, will find it necessary
| 70 reseed practically all their grain
Reports from points on the Neche.
Walhalla and Hannah lines declared
| that large acreage Of the grain were
| blown away. Drayton and Grafton
| also report heavy wind storms with
great damage to the crop
Fifty automobiles will join the Ma
tional Park highway tour, running
from Bismarck to Medora, according
to word received by r. J. p Hardy of
| Fargo. secretary Of the organization
that is handling preliminary plans for
the Twin Cities 10 Yellowstone Park
automobile run the latter part of July
| The Bismarck Commercial club will
make the run from Bismarck to Me
dora part of its trade extension pro-
gram for this season. The Bismarck
party will go as far as the Medora
bridge and will participate in the fes-
tivities that will be conducted there in
connection with the Dedication