Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-10

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old, was drowned in a small pond
near Lakota when he went swimming
While o%verheated from playing base
ball. He suffered an attack of cramps.
That the federal and state labor
bureau, created to aid farmers in OBJ
tanning men for, the harvesting opera
tions, may become a permanent in
stitution, is indicated in a statement
by 7. l.. Stanley, labor agent.
According to an announcement at
Mandan four more western North Da-
kota counties have organized branch
es OF the North Dakota Insurance
federation, Morton, Golden Valley, Bill
Hngs and Stark falling in line.
Deputy Sheriff Odin Oderby dis
played marked interest in the effort
OF a stranger to start an automobile
IN a down town street at Grand Forks
and was about to offer the man aid
when the engine finally was started
and the car drove away. The deputy
later learned that the car had beer
stolen.
G. S. Van Syke and Lloyd Berry are
in a Bismarck hospital suffering from
Injuries received when the buggy in
which they were riding a struck by
a Northern Pacific train near Bis
marck. Van Syke is internally injured
and physicians say he has little
chance to recover Berry's hip was
broken.
Six business places and one resi-
dence at Dickey were destroyed by
fire which started when a bolt OF
lightning struck the Vigro drug store.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. For
several hours volunteer fremen fought
the flames, but were unable to check
their spread until nearly a half block
Of buildings had been destroyed.
Important changes among officials
of the Great Northern railway, just
announced, include the following: F.
D. Kelsey, Minot, division superintend-
ent, goes to Great Falls, Mont, as as
sistant general superintendent of the
Central district; c.. e. Mclaughlin,
division superintendent at Grand
Forks, goes to the Minot division; r.
A. McCandless, Great Falls, Mont,
comes to Grand Forks; e. e. Botaw,
formerly with the f. B. and O., hav-
ing headquarters at Portland, Ore,
goes to Great Falls as superintendent.
At least two persons were killed in
the rain, hail and wind storm which
swept through a wide area of North
Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota
last Thursday night. Near Hamar,
Henry Burgeson was killed and his
father seriously injured when every
building on the Burgeson farm was
wrecked. The other victim was James
Wright, fourteen years old, who was
killed near Orrin when the cook car
of a threshing outfit was overturned
by the wind. Wright's mother, Mrs.
Matt Wright, and her daughter Jessie
were probably fatally injured.
A hail storm in the Walhalla dis
trict, sweeping toward Svold and
Hallson, neal Hensel and st. Thomas,
did serious damage to he growing
crops, according to reports. Thou
sands of acres of grain were dam
aged Is to so per cent, while in other
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stroyed. The hail was so thick in
places that it covered the ground for
ten hours. At Richardson the storm
was only about a mile wide, extend
ing about eight or ten miles. About
$500 acres were hit heavily. Most of
the crops on 1000 acres around Glad
stone suffered severely.
Charging unjust discrimination in
freight rates against the shippers OF
North Dakota, as compared with he
Northwestern states similarly situat-
ed, a committee of Fargo jobbers and
manufacturers, representing the Far
go Manufacturers association, has
filed a complaint with the state rail
road commission asking a flat reduc-
ton Of 10 per cent OF all freight rates
between thirty and a hundred miles
from point of origin, and a Is per cent
reduction on all freight rates for
greater distances. The state commits
sion will take up the complaint at q
hearing in Fargo Oct. S.
President Wilson has nominated
Marjorie J. Bloom to be postmaster
at Devils Lake n 1t is UNDERSTOOD
that the controversy over the post
office which has lasted more than a
year is over. Mrs. Blooms husband
was nominated for the office and re-
jected by the senate and she was
nominated twice and rejected each
time. Last May, H. S. Davis was
nominated to the position, but later
resigned. Senator Gronna, who held
up the first three nominations because
Bloom was personally obnoxious to
him, now has withdrawn his objec-
ton and Mrs. Bloom will be con-
firmed.
Natura, gas has recently been found
by we'll drillers in the vicinity of
Crosby. The gas found is present
only in small quantities, but it is
there, and it is likely that some sys-
tematic prospecting will be done in