Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-06-22
I'm NORTH DAKOTA
hsu3 Of the Weok From Many
Sections Of The State.
MANY ITEs.S OF Interest
s-,,ox+e h.z P.:-rt. >aJ
Ev9nts Are Briefly Written In Order
to Make Pcrusal Easier for
Eusy Readers.

+H-. II Is lIG Qdlt SET tb- I't' DnHa-
Ing OF the annual tournament Of the
North Dakota Tennis associattca al
Fargo.
r. r. Mckee. residing near Shey-
wood, was instantly kjlIH! Nr tho kick
OF IL horse which he Was ~harness.N..
lie received the blow above the heart.
Thomas Collins, twoOty-onc years
ola, OF Mckenzie, was Instantly killed
lander the wheels OF Il truck in Bis
marck. Collins wa movnting the
truck when he missed his f~ootina.
The reelection OF \. l.. Bishop as
president and the selection OF Fargo
rs the place for the 1872 meeting
marked the close OF the &tate Sunday
School convention at Devils Lake.
Richard c. Kittel of Casse1;0n. foc-
mer banker, entered a plea OF not
guilty in federal court at Fargo to
embezzlement charges. Mr.. Kittel ap-
peared in person. His brother, through
an attorney, entered a like plea.
Fighting with its mother to escape
an administration of medicine a
young % Of d. c. Burke Of Beach
kicked an Oil lamp from Mrs. Burke's
hands. Bed clothes were saturated
and caught fire. The home was de-
stroved at q loss OF about $1,000.
Melvin Hildreth, Jr., of Fargo likely
VII have charge OF organizing Wilson
cubs among the young men of the
'nited States. Mr.. Hildreth, who is
Jast concluding his work at Columbia
university, has been offered the post
by Henry Morgenthau, a former am.
bassador to Turkey.
Death from starvation was the ver-
dict of the %coroner's jury that inves-
tigated the case OF Henry Anderson,
who was picked up near the Great
Northern right Of way six miles north
of Grand Forks. The man was taken
to Mimic, but succumbed a few min
utes after his arrival there. He had
eaten nothing for days.
j. w. Bliss, state engineer, is send
ing a copy of Governor Hanna's good
roads week proclamation to the coun-
ty commissioners, secretaries Of COM
mercial clubs and heads Of good roads
associations in the state. He has ac-
companied this with a letter Offering
the assistance of the department. in
making surveys or in other ways aid
ing the cause of better roads.
Bismarck was selected as the next
annual meeting place of the North Da-
kcta German-American alliance, in
convention at Dickinson, and the fol
lowing officers were elected: Jacob
R~othschiller, president; Paul Messer,
first vice president; William Hamme,
second vice president; Arthur Stein
ecker of iceland, secretary; Ernest
Nickel, financial secretary, and John
Iegen, treasurer.
Indications are that that part of
Northwestern North Dakota which
has become known as the famous
Crosby country on account Of the
crops it has raised, is to have another
year of crop prosperity. The acreage
is almost equal to the 1915 acreage
and the grain is far ahead of what it
was last year at the corresponding
time. Prosperity in all lines of bust
ness is noticeable.
Nearly half OF the proposed half
million dollar endowment fund for
Fargo college has been raised, reports
laid before the board of trustees at
their annual meeting showing that
$s24o. 600 either is already paid in or
pledged. r. NJ. Pollock was reelected
president of the trustees. The board
named Professor Herman G.. Beyl,
University Of Chicago. as sociological
and economies instructor, succeeding
Professor M. G. Elmer.
The North Dakota Sunday School
convention at Devils Lake was STAN.
pedcd when Dr.. Wilbur f. Crafts OF
Washington launched a movement fol
Judge G.. A. Pollock Of Fargo, a ma,
tional figure in the anti-liquor battle,
for the place Oh the supreme bench
made vacant by the resignation OF
Justice Charles f.. Hughes. In a mes
sage to President Wilson, Pollock is
referred to as u man of high ideals
and national reputation.
Miss Esther Jack Of Williston holds
the distinction Of being the first wo-
man to graduate from the college of
engineering of the North Dakota uni
versity at Grand Forks. She received
her %sheepskin as a full hedged civil
engineer at the commencement exer
cises last week. Prolonged applause
greeted Miss Jack as she received the
diploma at the hands of President F.
i. McVey. She is the daughter of J.
Jack, who is a civil engineer.
A mysterious telephone message to
States Attorney Owens at Williston
has brought to light murder in con-
nection with the death Of Samuel
Smith, colored, a wealthy Civil war
veteran. Cocaine was used in killing
Smith, Mr.. Owens said. While Smiths |
funeral was in progress q month ago
Owens re- we'd q message from an
unknown source suggesting an inquiry
into the negro's death. The burial
was not stopped, but the body WAS
secretly eXhumed and poison was