Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-19

Oct. 2S at the state university.
Librarians of the state will gather
at Wil!iston Oct. 26. o and 2S. Miss
Jeanette Dranke OF Sioux City, Ia,
will be the only outside speaker.
Williston celebrated = year OF pros
perity last Saturday with a steer bar,
becue, Stale officials, prominent rail
way and merchantmlen we're 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 a 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 n a hon
spiel.
Plans for a public library of attrac-
tive colonial design have beer ac-
certed 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. II. G. Wick of Cavalier was
elected president of the North Da
knta Federation OF Women's Clubs
at the annual session OF the fedora
ton at Valley City. Mrs. Wick for
merly was state treasurer ct the or
ganiZation.
The cost Of feeding prisoners at
the state penitentiary has been re-
duced almost two cents a. head daily
by the adoption of the "family STYLE
OF serving, all the convicts eating at
large tables instead Of individually
from trays.
Edward Foster Of jamestown. who
obtained a divorce from Adeline Eos
ter and two days later remarked her
in South Dakota to evade the three
months remarriage prohibition of this
state, has been granted a second di-
vorce. Mrs. Foster did not contest
the latest suit.
Locking a deputy sheriff in the
main cell room of the Bowman county
Jail, George McCree, colored prisoner.
secured a big enough start on pur-
sucrs to enable him to escape. Nc
Cree passed through the cell room
door while the deputy was making an
inspection.
Lars M. Olson. twentv-three years
old, whose home is in Wisconsin, and
who was returning to that place from
Ray. where he had been employed in
harvesting and threshing work. was
held up and instantly killed by thugs
in Stanley. The assassins fled with
out securing $50 which Olson was
carrying.
That James Scherr, killed in a gun
fght on the North Coast limited. near
Valley City. met death as the result
OF an attempted holdup is the belief
Of officials who have investigated.
They are holding James Weir. COM
panion Of Scherr, who escaped with
Scherr from the jamestown Jail the
night prior to the shooting.
Final statistics covering the 1915
grain production in the state. recently
announced by the commissioner of
agriculture, show that Mclean coun-
ty leads in the production of wheat,
with q total of 4,056,690 bushels. Nc
Lean also produced 1894. 159 bushels
of oats, G03,G04 bushels of barley,
3o3.GI2 bushels of flax. a total of
7,121, 1925 bushels of small grains.
The state health board is going to
recommend to the legislature the
naming Of a commission to investi.
gate conditions generally in the state.
with a view to proposing s~tricter mar
rage regulations. Too many defec-
tives are allowed to marry, it is said.
Actual work on the foundation of
the new Masonic temple, to be erected
at New Rockford, was commenced re.
Gently.
Plans for a monster Farmers
Week, to be conducted under the di.
rection of the state agricultural col.
lege next summer, have been an.
nounced by President Ladd. The
state board Of regents has approved
the scheme. Under the plan a COM
plete weeks course in agriculture,
dairying, stock raising, farm machin-
cry, will be given at the college, prob
ably the week after July 4 next sum-
mer.
Plans approved by the Presbyteri-
an Synod in session at Fargo, provide
for the construction of a gymnasium,
a music hall and a chapel on the
campus Of Jamestown college at
jamestown. The building program
was submitted by the college board of
trustees. In reporting on the work of
the institution, President Kroeze de-
clared that the growth of the college
the past seven years has been the
greatest attained by any Presbyterian
college in the country. jamestown
property holdings total nearly a half