The Oakes times., 1916-04-06
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From Many
Sections Of the State.
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written In Order
to Make Perusai Easier for
Busy Readers.

John Wyman was acquitted at Far.
go Of the charge Of firing his home on
March 20, 1915, to obtain $4,000 in.
surance. The jury deliberated fifteen
hours.
Eight graduates Of the Valley City
Normal school were given their de-
grees at the midyear commencement
exercises. All members of the class
who sought positions have found them
H. ]. Wisnes Of Hickson was elected
president and Rev. c. Nasseth of VAL
ley City secretary Of the Rer River
Valley conference Of the Norwegian
synod at the annual meeting at Cliff.
ford.
Minot was selected by the North Da.
kota Independent Telephone associa.
tion as the next meeting place at the
New Rockford convention. H. H. Will
son of New Rockford was chosen pres
ident.
North Dakota Gideons held their an.
nual convention at Fargo. A mass
meeting was the concluding feature.
Rev. Frank Hollett and several travel
ing men participating in the exer-
cises. Courtwright Hawley Of Fargo
was chosen president.
Organization OF a grand council Of
the Royal and Select Masters. Ma
sons, was perfected at Fargo, and new
ly elected officers were installed. An.
drew p. Swanstrom of st. Paul con-
Quoted the ceremonies. e. George
Guthrie OF Fargo is grand master.
Sixty dollars in money and stamps
we're stolen from the Rugby postofflce
and about $500 in jewelry was stolen
from the ]. G. Johnson jewelry store
there. The raiders gained entrance
through back window of the jewelry
store. which contains the postoffice.
George Lee of Clifford, a merchant
who was accused Of burning his store
to obtain insurance, was found not
guilty in district court at Hillsboro.
Lee was accused OF firing his store in
1913 and the state relied almost en-
tirely upon circumstantial evidence.
Secretary w. c. Macfadden of the
North Dakota Bankers association is
working on the program for the annual
convention. which will be held in Mi.
not on June Is and 16. Arrangements
for addresses are being made with
some of the officers of the national as.
sociation.
In shallow pool Of water at the
side of the road. into which he had
evidently stumbled and had been
stunned, the dead body of Henry
Weber. residing near Ashley, was
found by his two sons. Weber had
been absent from home several hours
before his body was found.
The Northern Pacific roundhouse
and machine shops at Dickinson have
been destroyed by fire. Five engines
including two Of the heavy passenger
type. were damaged. Railroad men
think that the fire caught from defec
tive electric wires. The loss is esti
mated at more than 100000.
Prohibition forces of the state, rep
resented by the North Dakota Enforce
ment league. the state W. c. T. U. ant
the Total Abstinence league. will holt
a conference in Fargo on April IL. a
which time policies with respect t.
several present day problems in thu
state will be considered and will b,
determined upon.
Probably this year will see more
Improvement in North Dakota road
than any previous five years in tn,
states history. The reasons for thi
are many The state is prosperous
and its people are buying automobile
as never before. This means NOR
people and more farmers intereste'
in road improvements.
Sam Reasey of Mott. aged twenty
five. was nearly burned to death by ,
gasoline explosion. Both of his hands
both Of his legs to his knees and hi
neck and upper part of his back wer
burned. The explosion occurred whel
he mistook gasoline for kerosene Il
starting fire. The buildingn and 1t
contents were destroyed.
The Imperial Lumber company Q
Minneapolis has sold its yards a
Breckenridge. Minn.. and Walcott, La
kota. Aneta and Tolna. this state. t
the Nortz Lumber company of Devil
Lake The addition Of these yard
gives the Nortz company one OF tn
biggest lines in the Northwest. De,
lis Lake will be the headquarters.
Announcement of the fifth annua
corn contest for boys of North Dakot
has been made by the extension dt
partment of the State Agriculture
college at Fargo. The contest will b
on the same lines as previous events
the winners to be judged on the basi
of acre yield and quality. A total c
1870 will be distributed in prize none!
Kid Clemmer and Neil Tierney, Fal
go boys, fought to a draw in 81!
round classic staged in the Athleti
club rooms there. before a crowd {
500. Both men were badly punished