Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-02
Mrs. Calet Hasse of Mandan a

meal exploded, causing the destruc-
ton of her husbands store by fire.
NJ. Miller of Fargo, ffty-six years
old, has a % caliber bullet in his
neck and IS partly paralyzed follow
ing an accident on a farm near Cas-.
SETON. A fellow laborer had just re-
turned from a hunt and was cleaning
the gun when an explosion occurred.
According to a report received at
Grand Forks John S. Sullivan, son of
Captain Sullivan of the Grand Forks
police department, is in a field hos
pital at Rouen, France, recovering
from a wound received while fighting
with a Canadian regiment in France.
Mandan is assured of a 500, 900
hotel, Is a result of announcement
made by Gov. l.. B. Hanna, who. With
others, is interested in the pro t.
Lewis and Clark" is the name .:los-
Ell for the hotel, which will be ON
structed on the site of the present
Inter-Ocean hotel.
Several students were injured and
other damage was lone in a class
fight between freshmen and sophie
mores at jamestown college. The
trouble began when a band of sopho-
mores started to raid the kitchen at
Sanford hall, where the freshmen
were holding a party.
A farmers railroad company, pra-
posing to construct a line from Die
inson to Amidon, will be organized
| with a capital of $4,000 according
to preliminary plans. A temporary
organization already has been effected
with Alfred White, president, and T.
D. Casey, vice president, both of Dick
inson.
Sweet Briar, neal jamestown, es-
tablished a new matrimonial record
involving three members of one fam
lily and two members Of another.
While Frank Barth married Miss Mary
Zahnderl. nuptial knots were tied for
Joseph Zahnderl and Miss Eugena
Barth and Fred Fried and Miss Rosa
Barth.
John Aamdahl, member of a hunt
ing party near Minor, was killed by
the accidental explosion of a shot
gun carried by himself. The victim
had been warned repeatedly by other
members of the party to use greater
care in handling the weapon, but was
carrying it with the hammer cooked
when the accident occurred.
F. Chance, who eloped with the
daughter Of Fred Riddle of Happen.
and was arrested at Jamestown, was
bound over to the district court OF
Kidder county after a hearing in
which bonds were fixed at $1,000,
which Chance was unable to furnish.
The girl was located in Minneapolis
and was returned to her fathers
home.
Sprayed with gasoline, Harland
Shea of Ryder, fifteen years old, be-
came a living torch when a gasoline
lighting plant in a drug store at
Ryder exploded. The lad rushed out
of the store, his clothing af1ame, and
pedestrians e~xtinguished the flames,
but not until he had been seriously
burned. The drug firm sustained a
loss of $500.
A charter for the Equity Cooper
ative Packing company has been is
sued by the secretary Of state. The
company is capitalized at 81, 1000, 900.
The board Of directors is composed
of NJ. P. Johnson, Tolley; A. M.
Baker, Fargo; G. ]. Lee, Valley City;
Anthony Walton, Minot; P. NJ.
Casey, Lisbon; j. S. Leum, Mayville,
and j. G. Bergh, Hendrum, MINI.
Lars Egeland of plaza figured in an
accident in which he displayed some
grit. In doing the chores he was
kicked by a colt and sustained an
injury in which both bones ware
broken above the ankle. With the
broken limb dangling he crawled to
the autoshed and succeeded in get
ting his Ford started and hen drove
to a %neighbor's house for assistance.
Use of a welding device in the re-
pair of a gasoline tank brought I'M
expected results at Havana. The
tank contained just enough gasoline
to generate a supply of gas that
ignited from the red-hot welding iron.
In the explosion the tank was ripped
to pieces and windows half q block
distant were shattered. Two work
men engaged on the job escaped un-
injured.
j. y. Blair of Beach was serious
ly injured while teaching his wife
to drive an automobile, With the
woman at the wheel the car turned
turtle when driven over the edge Of
a bridge. Mrs. Blair was thrown
clear of car, but her husband was
pinned under the back seat in the
fall. The fact that the machine was
going at slow speed probably saved
both from death.
Grand Forks officials are wondering
what to do with Mrs. Ella Behring of
Saskatchewan, who says she was
forced to quit Canada when her hus-
band joined the German forces. Mrs.
Behring has three sons, the Oldest be-