The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
IN NORTH DAKOTA
nsws Of the Week From Many
Sections Of the State
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
evsnts Are 0rlss,y Written In Order
- Make POrueal Easier Tor
Busy Readers.

Extensive plans are being made at
Grand Forks for homecoming day"
Oct. 20 at the state university.
Actual work on the foundation OF
the new Masonic temple, to be erected
at New Rockford. was commenced re-
Gently.
Librarians Of the state will gather
at Williston Oct 26. q and %. Miss
jeanette Dranke Of Sioux City. la.
will be the only outside speaker.
Williston celebrated year Of pros
perity last Saturday with steer bar
becue. State officials. prominent rail
way and merchantmen were on the
program.
Paul, four-year-old son Of George
Urban of Hebron. was instantly killed
when he fell from the automobile in
which he was riding with his father.
being crushed to death by the rear
wheels OF the machine.
Grand Forks will hold big winter
sport carnival. At a meeting this
week, the sponsors of the carnival
plan will outline preliminary features
Sporting events will feature the car
nival. including hockey and q bon
spiel.
Plans for public library of attrac-
tive colonial design have been ac'
.cepted by the Bismarck public IL
brary commission. Work is expected
to begin on the structure early in the
spring Frederick w. Keith is the
architect
Mrs. H. G. Wick Of Cavalier was
elected president of the North Da-
kota Federation of Womens C!uhs
at the ann,:al session of the fedora
tion at Valley City. Mrs. Wick for
merly was state treasurer of the or
ganization.
The cost of feeding prisoners at
the state penitentiary has been re-
duced almost two cents head daily
by the adoption OF the family style"
OF serving, all the convicts eating at
large tables instead of individually
from trays.
The state health board is going to
recommend to the legislature the
naming Of commission to investi
gate conditions generally in the state
with view to proposing stricter mar
riage regulations. Too many defec
tives are allowed to marry, it is said
Edward Foster of jamestown. who
. obtained divorce from Adeline Eos
ter and two days later remarked her
(, in South Dakota to evade the three
months remarriaee prohibition of this
state, has been granted second di
vorce Mrs. Foster did not contest
the latest suit.
ng Locking Il deputy sheriff in the
"a. main cell room Of the Bowman county
JAIL George McCree, colored prisoner
!. secured big enough start on pur
j, suers to enable him to escape. Nc
/ Cree passed through the cell room
\ door while the deputy was making al
Il inspection.
u Lars NJ. Olson, twenty-three year!
| old whose home is in Wisconsin. ant
\ who was returning to that place from
n Ray. where he had been employed j!
A harvesting and threshing work, wa!
\ held up and instantly killed by thug
\ in Stanley. The assassins fled with
Y out securing $50 which Olson wa
\ carrying.
Il That James Scherr. killed in gul
i fight on the North Coast limited. nea
q Valley City. met death as the resul
! of an attempted holdup is the belle
OF officials who have investigated
They are holding James Weir. con-
panion of Scherr, who escaped will
Scherr from the jamestown jail tn
night prior to the shooting.
Final statistics covering the 1871
grain production in the state. recentl
announced by the commissioner o
agriculture. show that Mclean cour
ty leads in the production OF wheat
with total of 4.O56.69O bushels. Nc
Lean also produced 1,s94,l5a bushel
II Of oats, 6O3,604 bushels of barle!
II 303.672 bushels of flax. total q
7121.125 bushels of small grains.
Plans for monster Farmers
Week. to be conducted under the d
rection OF the state agricultural co
lege next summer. have been ar
II nounced by President Ladd. TIL
state board Of regents has approve
the scheme Under the plan con
plete weeks course in agriculture
dairying. stock raising, farm machil
II cry, will be given at the college. prof.
ably the week after July next sun
mer.
Plans approved by the Presbyter
an Synod in session at Fargo provid
3 for the construction OF gymnasium
music hall and chapel on til
campus of jamestown college q
Jamestown The building progral
" was submitted by the college board {
vII trustees. In reporting on the work {
Al the institution, President kroeze d.
-, of a.,