Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-02-24
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Events Throughout North Dakota
Concise|y Related.

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marck after an illness of eleven
months. He was %forty-eight years old.
Caught in a cavein of coal and dirt
Harry Dranick was killed in the John
Denton mine neal Sentinel Butte. His
body was recovered. 1t is believed
death was instantaneous.
The explosion of a gas filled stove
started a fire that destroyed the Col
gan Mercantile company's store in
Colgan. The loss is about $4,000.
The store was owned by w. H. Feehan
of Kenmare and Lee Feehan, his
brother, of Colgan.
A special election at Willisten on
the question of issuing bonds tn the
sun Of $4,000 to complete a $50 5000
auditorium and armory was carried by
a majority of 10 votes. w. S. David
son was elected to fill the vacancy on
the city commission.
Governor Hanna, who sailed from
The Hague Feb. s on the New Amster-
dam, is expected to reach Fargo in a
few days. One of the most important
duties to confront him is the naming
of two members of the state board Of
control to fill vacancies.
Coal haulers and miners who went
on strike at Williston reached an
agreement with mine operators and
dealers through a conference Of COM
mittees. The operators conceded the
men an advance of 20 cents a ton for
hauling and 10 cents for mining.
S. Krieger, whose arrest cost En-
mons county several hundred dollars
and created quite a stir when he es-
capped from the sheriff who was bring
ing him from Michigan by jumping
from a moving train, was acquitted at
Linton of the charge Of horse stealing.
The n%ine-year-old son of Brent Doug
las was burned fatally in a fire that
destroyed his fathers home at Elk
Landing. Mr.. Douglas was seriously
burned in attempting to rescue his
son. The boy was alone in the house
and it is believed he attempted to
start a fire with gasoline.
Firemen battled six hours with
flames that they confined to the base
ment of the Stutsman county court
house at jamestown. The building
vas saved and the loss held to about
$4,000. The origin Of the fire is not
definitely known, but it is thought that
spontaneous combustion in oil soaked
rags caused the blaze.
Attacked by a pack of ten coyotes
while putting out torpedoes ahead Of
a freight train on the Soc Line, James
Shaw of Washburn fought the hungry
animals for an hour and when finally
rescued most of his clothing had been
torn from his body. After attempting
to beat the coyotes Off Shaw climbed
a snow fence and there, armed with a
club, was at bay until a freight train
came along. Members of the crew
drove the coyotes away and Shaw was
taken aboard.
To jump from a second story win
dow and sustain a cash on the right
side of the abdomen. then walk a mile
to a neighbours farm during 20 below
zero weather, clad in a nightshirt only,
all while sound asleep, was the record
established by John Kuck, a farmer
near New Leipzig. A physician was
called and found Kuck's feet and legs
were frozen and it required several
stitches to close the wound in his alb
domen. He was taken to a hospital
for treatment.
Approximately 100000 worth of
stock was shipped from La Moure
county during 1915, according to fig
ures furnished to S. H. Splitter, presi-
dent Of the Western La Moure Better
Farming association, by D. S. O'Neil,
agent for the Northern Pacific at
Edgeley. The total shipment aggre-
gates 1851 cars, La Moure leading with
"a cars, Edgeley second with Is, Ma
rion "a, Verona 35, Dickey 80, Berlin
"a, Jud 20. Alfred 10, Grand Rapids 8
and Adrian ). Practically all Of this
stock was raised in the county and
consists of cattle and hogs.
After seven years Of wheat milling
experiments conducted in cooperation
with the grand Standardization service
of the United States department of
agriculture, Professor E.. S.. Ladd of
the North Dakota experiment station
st Fargo says there is not much differ
ence in the quality Of flour milled
from the various grades OF wheat, but
that "any differences are more often
in favor of the lower grades" The
result of his experiments, which were
conducted in a mill built especially for
the purpose, is expected to furnish a
new basis for grading wheat, or at
least a new ratio of prices for the sew
eral grades.
Northern Pacific detectives, assisted
by Dickinson authorities, have round-
ed up a wholesale lot Of parties who
have been breaking into cars Of mer-
chandise along the line for many
months. There are more arrests to be
made and the m of all will be
made nublic within a short time. The