Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-20
BRIEF news ITEMS
Events Throughout North Dakota
Concise|y Related.

cultural college defeated the Oregon
Agricultural college team at Fargo by
a two to n decision.
The Darlington Light, Heat and
Power company has disposed of it's
holdings to the United States Public
Service company of Minneapolis. The
deal becomes effective Feb. 1.
The assessed valuation of Ward
county shows an increase of So, 00O, 900
over 1914. The figures for 1915 are
S12,739,770. The increase means that
Ward county people will pay the state
government about $4,000 more this
year than a year ago.
The chance visit of a neighbor saved
the lives of Frank Sommer, his wife
and three children, near Bantry. Every
member of the family was semi-con-
scious when V. A. Naslund arrived.
The latter's failure to get a response
caused an investigation. He found the
house filled with coal gas.
Jacob Schwartz, former money order
clerk at the p~ostotfice in Minot, has
been indicted by a special grand jury
at Fargo. The Indictment charges en-
bcZZlement. 1t is charged by postofice
inspectors that during nine years in
which Schwartz was employed in the
postolfice SS,125.06 was misappropri-
ated.
Fire, said to be of incendiary orr
gin, destroyed f. f. S%ullivan's livery
barn at Watford City, burning four
horses. Sullivan barely escaped death
when he was kicked and knocked
down by a frightened horse. An empty
kerosene can was found near where
the fire had been started. The loss
is $1,000.
Jealousy is supposed to have
prompted George H. Faber, a travel
ing salesman, to fire three shots at
Covnick, proprietress Of a rooming
house at Fargo, one bullet striking
her in the breast. She will ecover.
Faber was arrested. Miss Mary Jor-
| genson, a sister of Mrs. Covnick, shot
! twice at Faber, but neither bullet took
effect.
The first rural night school in North
Dakota has been launched in Trier
township, near Langdon, under the di-
rection of John Hoffman, and he al
ready has a class Of eight students
all men, five Of them we'll known farm
ers of the district. The night school
has been organized in response to the
Learn English appeal recently Sent
forth from Washington.
Walking eleven miles with the tenn
peratpre 20 degrees below zero and
the wind blowing a gale was what A.
a. Ieomans Of Devils Lake did in or
der to open his moving picture house
at Crazy. The train service wasn't
running just right for Yeomans. When
he reached his destination he was thor
oughly chilled, but when the theater
opened he was the hero of the mo-
ment.
Plans for a statewide grade school
athletic meet in Grand Forks are be-
ing made by Harry E. Butler, director
OF grade school athletics of that city.
and correspondence already received
indicates the plan will be well re-
celVed. n Grand Forks grade school
athletics are on Il firm basis, with
hockey, basketball, baseball, football
and field work occupying places on
the program.
Williston, Minot. Mandan. nickin-
son and Bismarck are rival cities see
ing the chambers OF the proposed new
federal district court division, provid-
ed for i'll q bill introduced in congress
by Representative George Young. The
new district would be made I'D of
counties i'll the western part Of the
state. The entire state is now in
Guided in q single district, with cham
bers at Fargo.
ABOUT $50 persons, mostly women
INT children, walked calmly from the
Princess theater, Il motion picture
house, at Fargo, while an operator
was battling with flames that were de-
stroying three reels of films. A cotton
scene was being thrown on the screen
when the spectators observed a 1ut-
teflng. One mar arose and looked to-
ward the operators booth. He walked
out and others followed. Just as they
lett the tleater the lights went out.
The damage was small.
Arthur NJ. Knight, said to be an en-
bezzler and %absconder in Fargo; big
amlst, Sunday school superintendent.
iorger and bail jumper in Kentucky;
white slave lecturer in Texas and a
preacher to the p~ickaninnies and their
ntammies at st. Louis, will be returned
to North Dakota, "if it's in the w
OF the officials outside the courts" de
clared Sheriff ]. G.. Ross of Cass coun-
ty. Since the time Knight left Fargo,
in May, 1912, taking, it is alleged, some
5000 from Dacotah Tribe No. /, Red
Men, for which he was collector, Sher-
if Ross has in his travels for various
fugitives maintained a constant watch
for him. Knight has been arrested in
Providence, r. /.