Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-04-13
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I'm NORTH DAKOTA
k,GWs Of The Week From Many
SECTORS Of the State.
MAily ITEMS OF Interest
Events Are Briefly Written in Order
to Make Perusa! Easier Tor
Busy Readers.

Financial worries caused Re nan
Biel of Sonora to hang himself. 'lS
body was found in the sarret &: LIS
granary.
The United States Supreme COT
has held as constitutional the NO" l.
Dakota statute %forbidding hard i'll yGl.
tanners to be sold except ii e.
pounds.
N. G. Koentz, superintendent of the
Jamestown schools. was elected pre-
ident Of the Central l-dg"ational - =
citation at the annual meeting at Ellen
dale. About 200 educators attended
Ross H%utsinpilar. deputy auditor o.
Dickey county, has resigned to be
come a Methodist Episcopa! minister.
He will occupy the pulp!t II Gale
donia, Mimi, until the conference
meets in September.
The Fargo Y. NJ. C. A. will be thirty
years old in June and plans for a eel
ebration of the anniversary will be
made by the directors. The associa-
ton has become the strongest in
North Dakota in point of work and
members.
While hunting rabbits John Thomas,
fourteen years old, son of e. II.
Thomas OF Stanton, county supeiin-
tendent of schools, fell through thin
ice un ~ba:kwaters OF the Knife river
and was drowned. The body has been
recovered.
James Evans and A. Bush Lee Of
st. Paul, who are charged with at
tempted robbery, We're bound over to
the district court on $4,000 bail at
Fargo. Several witnesses identified
them as being implicated in the at
tempted robbery.
North Dakota's law creating a state
bonding department is suspended I'M
der an order by the United States SD
preme court. Under the order the law
is imperative till such time as the
case, now pending in the supreme
court. is disposed of.
Harry Walcott, who was shot sew
eral days ago at Stanley by John Ro-
land, is dead. Roland now faces a
murder charge. Roland declares he
was first attacked by Walcott before
he shot. An old grudge is said to
have existed between the men.
Iva Borosky, twelve years old, was
drowned in the Red river at Fargo,
falling through ice that had formed
over night. He IA sliding on the ice
when he dropped through. His body
was recovered in fifteen minutes, but
the pulmotor failed to restore life.
Congressman II. T. Helgesen of
Milton will introduce a bill in con-
gress declaring the Red River of the
North unnavigable at Grand Forks.
Should the bill be passed Grand Forks
will construct a dam to provide wa
terpower for local factory purposes.
Governor B%urnquist of Minnesota
and Governor Hanna of North Dakota
will address the convention of United
Commercial Travellers of Minnesota,
North Dakota and Western Canada in
annua session at Minot June 8. Other
features Of the program are being ar
ranged.
The North Dakota Agricultural col
lege baseball team will open the sea-
son of 1916 with Concordia college at
Dakotah field at Fargo April "a. The
season will close June Z by the final
game of the series between the Aggies
and Fargo college to be played at the
Stadium.
A double funeral took place at
Grand Forks for Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Ready, who died within twenty-four
hours of each other. MIR. Ready, fifty
years old, died of heart disease and
his wife, forty-two years old, died the
following day from a complication OF
diseases.
Indians in the vicinity of Fort Yates
are enthusiastic over the proposed
plan to organize Indian cavalry. The
idea originated among some of the
younger Sioux on the South Dakota
section of the Standing Rock Indian
reservation. A petition to congress
is being considered.
Attorney Abe Ginsberg of Minneap.
oils was slapped by Arthur Fowler,
states attorney of Cass county in a
heated argument in the Fargo police
court when the men became involved
in a controversy in connection with
the cases of James Evans and A
Bush Lee, charged with robbery.
Formal announcement of his candi.
dacy for United States senator from
North Dakota came to Devils Lake
from United States Treasurer John
Burke at Washington in this message:
ION Progressive endorsement and ne.
titions Of voters Of North Dakota !
accepted endorsement and will run
for senate"
A verdict in favor Of the defendants
in the Youmans $255,O0O damage suit
against Governor l.. B. Hanna, other
state officials and several Minot bank.
ers, was directed by Judge Kneeshaw
in the district court at Minpt. Judge
kneeshaw e%xonerated the defendants
Of onv Hpraoc noara;o,