Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-09-14
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when he suffered cramps while swim
ming.
Despite vigorous attempts to locate
him, Ole Viadahl. a farmer near
Aneta, who disappeared Aug. Is, still
is missing.
Otto Verone's clothing was torn
from his body and he was scared and
stunned when lightning struck a wag-
on which he was riding near Flaxton.
After handling $4,000 bushels OF
grain this year at Lisbon, stockhold.
ers Of the Venlo Farmers Elevator
company declared a dividend OF 20
per cent.
William Ryan Of Bathgate, accost-
ed by armed robbers while driving
near the outskirts, applied his whip
vigorously on the highwaymen and
escaped.
Captain Fl. L. Briggs of the James.
town police force, experienced a thrill
with a wild man. in which a portion
of the thumb on his left hand was
taken Oft.
Football fortunes as we'll as the
other athletic interests If the normal
industrial school at Glendale will be
under tho direction of Louis p. Cook
this year.
PAY payday" is the slogan adopted
by the Grand Forks Merchants as
ISOLATION, which urges the paying of
all bills between the first and fifth OF
the month.
Though dynamite which exploded
in his hand tore the clothing from his
body, Joe Wilhelmi of LangAon, ten
y ;se ACCIDENT old; lost only 'h's1lss's in
Two automobiles cralHed headon
on a highway near Scranton and
both cars were badly battered. John
Giese, a youth, was injured, but eight
others escaped injury.
Lewis C. Morris, owned by L. l..
Haggin, of Louisville, and driven by
W.. d. Gilchrist, won the all-age stake
IN the course of the Continental
Field Trials association at Towner.
On reports that eight cases Of in
fantile paralysis have developed in
Clay county, Minnesota, Fargo has es-
tablished restrictions against travel
from districts infected with the NAL
ady.
The Remington centennial statue,
presented to the national guard of
the state by the citizens of lion, was
delivered to the state capitol in
charge Of Adjutant General Tharald-
son IT,.
Dates for the annual fall Masonic
events at Grand Forks have been an
nounced. The KEN temple ceremon-
ial session, which will attract Shriners
from over the Northwest, will be held
December s..
Caught under a hayrack which he
was driving when overtaken by a
storm, Joe Kinaalski, a laborer, was
killed near Calvin. The rig was
picked up by the wind and turned
completely over.
With t%wenty-one building permits
issued in August, the total construc-
ton operations in Minot thus far in
1916 is placed at S970,5 making it
certain the $1,0O0,0O0 mark will be
passed before 1917.
Word has reached Valley City that
John Bridges, a former resident of
that city, was killed in the trenches
on the western battlefield of Europe.
He enlisted in Canada at the out
break of the war.
No state ticket was put into the
field by the Prohibitionists, in con.
venton at Fargo, nor were there any
Endorsements except for the national
candidates of the party. Presidential
electors were chosen.
The first positive case of infantile
paralysis in the state ehas been dis.
covered. A fo~ur-year-old child on a
farm ncar Perth is suffering from the
malady and state officials have taken
quarantine precautions.
Grand Forks bakers have decided
hat no profit can be made by selling
bread loaves at 5 and 10 cents each
and as a result a raise of 1 cent has
been made. Six and 12-cent loayes
will be sold in the future.
James Lawler, engaged in the sale
of liquor in violation of the state pro-
hibition act, was arrested, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced at Langdon,
to the state penitentiary for a year,
all within forty-eight hours.
Farmers wives in the vicinity of
Flaxtcn will be compelled to furnish
"eats" for t%hreshers this season, as
owners Of threshing rigs will not
take out their cook cars owing to the
small amount of threshing to be done.
Personal service work, under which
farmers Of the state will benefit by
personal attention from two experts,
one in stock and the other in &C.
counting. has been launched by Thorn
as Cooper, director of the North Da'
kato Better Farming association.