Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-05-04
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 Perusal Easier fo~
Busy Readers.

John G.. Younekin. scveEty-siN y H"&
nld. was instantly killed by a So line
express train at Minot. Nine CHI. 'Nen
survive.
Warren Childs, q Portal business"
man. attacked Ivy thugs who beet ans
robbed him. is in u s~ericNi 'cn1i ION.
| Fifty dollars was obtained by tn" rob
hcrs. of whom there is i" clue. Guilds
was found lying by the railroad tracks
several hours Afterwards.
Thomas Johnson. siNtH-five years OF
age, living the life Of Il hermit at for-
tuna. killed himself b. drowning in Il
small pond of water. He Mad decided
over all his property to relatives resld-
ing there. Though wealthr Johnson
lived in a filthy and Squ2lid little
shack.
d. j. Burrill of Nolva. a retired ma
chine dealer, suffered burns by the en-
plosion of gasoline poured on wood tc
hasten a kitchen fire. He may die.
With his clothing aflame Burrill rush
ed upstairs to aid his wife in escap-
ing from the burning home. Both
leaped to the ground.
John Martin has been elected presi-
at the annual banquet and business
! r.epting. e. S. Harris was elected
Vice president and A. w. McNair sec
Rotary and treasurer. The three eN-
e"utive officers, with Gordon Nesbit
and ~. II. Wooledge, will compose the
board of governors.
Control of the Grand Forks golf
links, owned by the city of Grand
Forks, has passed to the Grand Forks
Golf club for the coming year. The
Golf club will apply dues to the main
tenance Of the links. relieving the city
of that work. In a few days Eddie
McElligett, professional instructor in
golf, will arrive in Grand Forks.
A. w. Holmes of ST. Paul, president
of the Midland Produce company OF
Fargo, was in Fargo recently and
completed preliminary arrangements
for the construction of a three-StOrY
creamery building there. The new
creamery will be 30 by 100 feet and
Of concrete construction to the second
floor, the second and third floors be.
ing of brick.
Several Twin City and other Mime
sofa dentists are on the program Of
the North Dakota Dental association,
which will convene at Grand Forks
May 8 and 10. Among the speakers
are DIR. H. IT. Barrett of the University
OF Pennsylvania; DR.. w. M. Randall
of the University of Kentucky; DR.. j
A. Heidbrink and DR.. Walter MacNeil
OF Minneapolis.
Devils Lake aims to establish a e
record in the matter of convention en-
tertainment when the North Dakota
Sunday school convention is hel(
there June 13, IA and 10. Thirteen
men of national reputation, headed by
John Alexander OF Chicago, the "teer
age specialist, are on the program
which has been prepared by Waite,
a. Snow, secretary.
President A. l.. Johnson Of thu
North Dakota Laundrymen's associa
ton has prepared the program for tn
annual convention at Fargo May s ant
8. The speakers will be O. Hegge
w. A. Collins, Grand Forks; Len L
Rollins, Minneapolis; J.. e. Halstead
Jamestown; Professor Remington
Fargo, and w. E. Fitch, Chicago,
The Mindak Motorcycle club, con
posed Of the cyclists of Fargo an,
), Moorhead, will stage a big meeting a
the North Dakota racetrack in Farg
May so. The events will be a five-mil
stock race, five-mile sidecar race, five
mile stripped race and twenty-five
mile stripped stock race. Details c
the meet will be worked out by p. "
. F%'renette, Charles II. Stems and Hal
rison Blunt.
Expert farm clubs of Benson count
have joined forces for what the
promise will be the greatest rural pit
kOta. Governor l.. B. Hanna, PrOfe.
: sor Thomas Cooper, director Of the e.
pertinent station; j. d. Bacon, Gran
Forks; l.. ]. Bricker Of the Norther
Pacific; e. r.. Crane Of the Gres
Northern and T. A. Hoverstad of tn
; 500 will speak.
A steel corset stay, diyerting til
tines of a pitchfork in the hands of
jealous lover, probably saved the lii
Of Miss Helen Nelson of Minot. TIL
man, who was employed by Miss Ne
;. sons father, attacked the young w
: man first with the handle of the pitc.
4; fork, striking her several severe blow
3 Oh the head, and then with the tine
She is said to be recovering at tt