Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-06-08
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From Many
Sections Of The State.
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written in Order
10 Make P2rusaI Easier for
Busy Readers.

Construction of a $4,000 addition
to st. Lnke's hospital at Fargo has
been approved by the board of direc-
tors.
Sheriff Price of Steele was called to
futile and arrested 4 number of per-
sons connected with Il street carnival
company, Selling a quantity of gaming
devices.
A t~wo-year-old child of Dallas Gun
der. a farmer near New Salem, was
burned to death when the home was
destroyed by fire. Mrs. Gunder was
seriously burned trying to rescue the
baby,
Max Rabinoyich of Grand Forks has
received notice of his appointment as
aide-dc-camp of the North Dakota ma
tional guard. He succeeds the late
Colonel Alex Scarlet of Minot on the
governors staff.
Ed Manlcy. residing near Pettibone,
was struck by lightning and killed,
His team &C horses, which he was
driving, also was killed. A boy rid
ing with Manley was stunned. but
quickly recovered.
Professor George ST. John Pcrrott,
member of the University OF North
Dakota faculty for twenty-five years,
died at Grand Forks. He was born in
England lifty-nine years ago and was
an Oxford student.
i2lfred Teare, five years Old, whose
parents reside car Paramount, was
killed by a mi spreader, The lad
was hanging to the rear OF the ma
chine. when the horses backed up. He
fell under the wheels.
In a roundup OF alleged violaters OF
the prohibition law officials OF Grand
Forks county Jailed seven men, three
Of them negroes. Detectives provided
the authorities with information on
which to base the raids.
Articles OF incorporation for Bow
mans third bank. the Bowman County
State bank. have been filed with The
county auditor. The controlling stock
holders are George T. Nelson, j. c.
Nelson and J, l.. Barrett. all Of Wat.
ford.
James Holes, resident Of FARGO
since 1871. and who is gwen credit for
being the first man to prove that farm
inc can be conducted protitably in
North Dakota. is dead. Holes owned
the Pioneer farm, located adjacent to
Fargo.
Charles w. Ilardin's balloon FERGUS
Falls was destroyed by fire at HaZen
while being inflated for an ascension.
Hardin was exhibiting at the third an
nual baseball tournament. William
Selewert, his assistant. was burned,
probably fatally.
rural credits act, as it will affect
North Dakota farm owners, a commit,
tee OF thirty leading members of the
North Dakota Bankers association
has been formed. The committee will
report to the general convention.
Rev. Guy r. Burleson, formerly a
pastor at Langdon and Lakota, was
drowned at Oweska Lake, n. Y. His
brother, Rev. J. X. Burleson Of Grand
Forks, received the notification. 1t is
the first break in a family of five
brothers, all ~Episcopalian ministers.
Patrick Brennan, who had been a
brakeman on the Northern Pacific out
OF Fargo for the last forty-three years,
is dead. He was the oldest employee
in point Of service on the Fargo divi-
sion and one of the Oldest trainmen
in point Of service on the entire sys-
TEN.
George T. Slade, vice president Of
the Northern Pacific railway, will
take his herd of Jerseys to the North
Dakota state fair at Fargo July Il 10
-. The Slade herd will add greatly
to the live stock snow. which gives
promise this year Of being exception
ally strong.
Nels Caldwell, colored. employed at
the iewelry store of Max Rabinovich
at Grand Forks, pleaded guilty to steal
ing from his employer and was SEN
fenced to pay q fine OF $50 or serve
twenty-five days in the county Jail on
a charge Of petit larceny. Caldwell
decided to spend the next month in
the county Jail.
The pOstofIice at Kuhn was entered
by yeggs, who dynamited the safe, but
the job yielded only SO in cash and
stamps for the operators. The bulk
of cash in the safe, a~ggregating sew
nral hundred dollars, had been placed
in a small bag in a pigeon hole out
side the cash drawer Of the safe and
was overlooked.
William Smith, aged seven years, a
son of l.. C. Smith, was killed while
herding cattle on his fathers place
about a mile and a half southwest of
Griffin. The little fellow was riding
a gentle horse and there was no
| fhODpht IF anvthipp hannapipO to him