Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-16
BRIEF news ITEMS
Events Throughout North Dakota
ConciseIy Related.

Leon Ruder of killdeer, q clothing
merchant. was killed almost instantly
when thrown from a buggy when his
horse ran away.
August A. DIN, a farmer hear Mi
not, working in a straw pile, was sui
located when a portion of the stack
toppled over on him.
Earl Byers Of Grand Forks, brake
man on the Great Northern railway,
was crushed to death between an en-
CINE and car at Larimore.
Twenty-one hundred acres of real
estate near Luverne, owned by Peter
kimball, was sold to the Granger
Land company for approximately
$4,000.
1t costs $3.50 for failing to commit
suicide in Dickey county. That fee,
in the form Of a fine in district court
at Cakes, was assessed against
Charles Shortall, who was round
guilty Of attempted suicide.
Arrangements are being made at
Fargo for the state convention of the
Nonpartisan league on March 81 and
April /. The convention will be com
posed Of delegates from each county
in the state, Various candidates will
be endorstd.
j.. II. Worst, former president of the
State Agricultural college, has an
nounced acceptance of the post of
editor of the North Dakota Farmer,
published at Lisbon. 1t formerly was
edited by r. f. Ladd. new president
of the Agricultural college. -.
That the North Dakota State Grange
will take q hand in the political cam
paign became evident when Charles
T. Schick of Lark, Morton county, an
nounced himself as a candidate for
representative from the Thirtieth dis
trict. Schick is state master of the
grange.
Selection of Il site for the Society
Of Equity packing plant, to be built
in this state, will be made about June
/, according to committee members.
The committee will consider ten cit
les, Wahpeton, Valley City, James
town, Mandan, Bismarck. Minot,
Grand Forks, Devils Lake, New Rock.
ford and Fargo.
The hospital facilities of Fargo are
to be greatly increased. The directors
of st. Luke's have decided to build
an additional wing that will cost in
the neighborhood of $50, 900, of which
it is expected to raise $4,000 by pop
ular subscription. st. Johns hospital
will launch a campaign for the rails
ing Of funds for the construction Of q
150-room addition.
Farmers Of the Northwest will at
tend the next presidential Inaugural
ton in a body to impress on the ad-
ministration the agriculturalists are
to be reckoned with, according to a
plan of r. M. Anderson, president OF
the North Dakota Society of Equity.
Mr.. Anderson said he is planning a
special train to take a delegation of
farmers to Washington next March.
Frederick c. Howe. United States
commissioner Of immigration at Ellis
Island, New York city, will address
the graduating class OF the North Da-
kota Agricultural college at Fargo at
the short course commencement,
March 10 and 20. Features Of the
commencement exercises will include
the Howe address, class day exercises,
class play and the commencement din
ner.
Andrew A. Good has been sen
fenced at Dickinson to eighteen years
in the penitentiary and taken to Bis
marck. He pleaded guilty to a statu-
tory charge, his thirteen-year-old
daughter being the complaining wit
ness. Good, who is forty-fve years
River, Mimi. and a lew years ago was
engaged in reform work in the Twin
Cities.
Leaping from al upper window of
his home near Hankinson, when awak-
ened by fire, Fl. w. Stern succeeded
in saving his W life and the lives
of his father and mother. When
Stern leaped out he broke q down
| stairs window and found his parents
still asleep. They escaped through
the window. All members of the fam
lily suffered from exposure. They
saved nothing from the residence.
June will be convention month in
Devils Lake. The State Sunday School
convention, which is expected to have
1000 visitors, is dated June 10, IA and
Is. The State Retail Merchants con
vention will be held June 20, 81 and
%. The German Catholics will meet
June "a, 25 and 26 and the Grand
Army and Woman's Relief Corps will
select dates in June, probably the first
week. The State jewelers. associa-
ton will meet April 1S and 10 and
the State Medical association May 10,
IL and IL.
Governor l.. B. Hanna declared he
has no apologies to make for his mem
bership in the Ford peace expedition.
The governor was in Minneapolis to
attend a meeting Of the board Of di-