Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-05-04

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Cassius Clay Hammond, fifty-fiyc
wears old, capitalist and former MEM
her of the North Dakota railroad CON-
mission, is lead at st. Paul.
A number of prominent Fargo bust
ness men will make the race for the
state legislature from that district
this year on the Republican ticket.
Gil w. Haggart is a candidate for
state senator and Stewart Wilson, c.
C. Smith and B. G.. Tenneson are the
candidates for the house of represen-
tatiyes.
Contracts entered into q year ago BY
the Gray Construction company of Wa
tertown and the Healey Plumbing and
Heating company of st. Paul with the
| Grand Forks board Of education for
the construction of a high school cost
Ing approximately 100000, will be
| carried out as q result Of a decision
| by the state supreme court. The court
| held the proceedings of the board werc
valid.
Attempts to eliminate Or. L. S. Pla-
tou of Valley City and ID. II. Near
! thur Of Fargo as candidates for the
| Democratic nomination for governor
have failed. Mr.. Platou has formally
announced his candidacy and Mr.. Nc
Arthur is expected to do likewise at
once. The deal vas proposed in the
interest of Halvor Halvorson of Minot
in the hope OF eliminating a factiona!
contest.
Carrying eleven passengers in
of the new English aeroplanes Clifford
B. Prodger, former Mandan ~schoolboy,
broke the worlds record for altitude
and is now the champion flyer of the
world. J. H. Prodger, his father, re-
ceived q cable to this effect from Lon
don, where Clifford went at the open
ing OF the war to aid in instructing
pupils at the British government avia-
ton school.
Because our inches of rain fell at
Dickinson. within a nine-hour period.
the Northern Pacific railway must pay
a group Of Dickinson merchants be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 for damage
to their stocks Of goods stored in base.
ments. The state supreme court holds
that the railroad was negligent in fail
ing to provide a culvert of sufficient
dimensions to carry away the great
flood of water.
Supporters Of John Bruegger of Will
liston are authority for the statement
that the election Of II. H. Perry of
Glendale. Democratic national COM.
mitteeman at the presidential pri-
mary, will be contested in the courts.
1t is asserted that Grand Forks coun-
ty, which gave Perry a majority of 81
votes, failed to keep a separate poll
list for Republicans and Democrats as
required by law.
A motorcycle race meet will be held
in Grand Forks, probably the latter
part of May, with the Crookston Mo-
torcycle club working with the Grand
Forks club in making the event a sue
cess. The Grand Forks Motorcycle
club will meet within a few days to
lay plans for the event. The meet
will be held at the North Dakota state
fair grounds in Grand Forks, where a
splendid half-mile dirt track is avail
able.
Fargo citizens, paying 10 cents a
quart for milk, are being "milked" by
Il combination of local milk dealers, in
the opinion Of United States District
Attorney NJ A. Hildreth of North Da-
kota, who has announced his decision
to make a thorough Investigation. Hill
, dreth cites retail prices in other cities
: and, with Minneapolis paying Z cents,
/, CHICAGO S cents and Boston 8 cents a
, quart, he feels there is something rad
ically wrong.
Williston has turned the 1000 pon.
, Glation post. with sparks flying from
every wheel. George p. Keller. who
has been i'll charge Of the work of com.
! plllng 81 directory OF the city and COM
munity, says that the figures arrived
:. at by the directory company as the
present population Of the city are
1901. A careful anvas of the city
shows many new residences either oc-
cupied or in course OF construction
and very few vacant houses.
! News of the tragic death of her
= nephew, Max Stern, on his twenty-frst
- birthday has been received by Mrs. S.
= Friedman Of Grand Forks. The young
man was shot down while doing scout
duty for the German forces on the
e Western battle front. The lad, accord.
, ing to a letter from his mother, was
;, picked off by a French sniper. The
victim had a brother wounded in the
early part OF the fighting, while the
y father, Ludwig Stern, is preparing tc
y go to the front in behalf of the Ger
: man cause.
: In his annual address delivered be-
. fore the directors OF the North Dakota
Development league press bureau al
- Grand Forks recently the president oil
II that organization called attention +c