The Dickinson press., 1916-02-19


the ankles down badly frozen, and
later, both feet from the ankles al
most to his knees burned almost to
a crisp.
The old Davidson building at Portal
burned. Ed. Bremen of Estevan, a
tailor, vas trapped in the building
and burned to death. The building
was occupied by the Walsh tailor shop
and it is presumed that the fire
started from gasoline. y
N. M. Mus, a well-known Velva
citizen, has received the old family
clock that was in use for many years
in his boyhood home in Norway. The
clock was made by a tenant on the
Mus farm and has been in the fam
lily for many years.
Reopening of the First National
Bank of Casselton, closed three
months ago by bank examiners, was
! declared last week by President M. E.
Straus to be practically certain. With
the r%e-opening of the bank, 100000
in deposits will be guaranteed to the
depositors.
The opera house at Mohall came
near being destroyed by fire. The
floor caught on fire from a red hot
stove. The floor having burned
through, the stove tipped over, The
firemen carried the stove out doors
and put the blaze out with snow.
Chas. Stanley and little son, Earl,
of Sherwood became lost in q storm
recently. The boy got to a fence
and followed it to the house. The
father unhitched the horses and made
his way to the house. Next day the
horses were found a mile away, so
badly frozen that they died.
/ Although thought to be paralyzed
by a rifle bullet severing his spinal
cord, Harold, aged IL, son Of P. K.
Hauge of Leith, has recovered. The
bullet grazed the spinal column and
caused paralysis for two weeks, but
he is now apparently recovered. He
was accidentally shot by a brother
while hunting rabbits.
Three young men and three young
uomen Of Crosby, who were return
mo from Ambrose, became lost and
thew took refuge in an empty ssaack
out on the prairie. The night was
bitter cold and they kept from freez-
ing to death by tearing down a par
; tition and building a fire on the floor.
They were found next morning about
II o'clock.
Martin Ronning, living in the hills
south of Ignite, met with a. painful
accident when he tipped over with a
load of hay and fell on the tlnes
of a fork. A tine penetrated the
feshy part of the leg, entering just
above the knee and coming out be-
low the groin. MI. Ronning removed
the fork and Immediately sent for DR.:
Grogan, who states that the injured
man will soon recover if no complica-
lions set in.
The North Dakota Farmers Non.
partisan league, organized several
months ago, gives promise of becom-
ing a potent factor in state politics.
Organizers declare the membership
is $4,000. The leagues platform de-
clares for state-owned terminal ele-
vators; state supervision OF grain
dockage; single tax on farm lands;
state hail insurance; state rural credit
banks operated at cost to farmers
and state control Of other utilities.
Uniform gowns for girl members
of the high school graduating class
are contemplated by the Bismarck
l board of education. The elimination
of unnecessary expense in graduation
gowns and the doing away with rlv-
airy among the girl graduates as to
dresses, are reasons for the actor
Of the board in this matter. In fact
the board of education may ask the
domestic art class to sew the gradu.
alton gowns, that being the means o1
bringing about uniformity. Tit
board Of education Of Minot are con
templating a similar plan.
A famine in fuel has forced home
steaders at the west end Of the Sol
1 line branch, running west Of Kenmar,
I to White Tail, Mont, to tear5sdow1
small buildings for frewood. Tn
first train in 20 days, equipped witt
Ia rotary snow pillow, four engines an,
eight train crews, reached Flaxton i
: time to relieve the shortage. Til,
train contained SO cars Of food an,
: fuel supplies. Some towns were com
pletely out Of supplies and farmer
were hauling 80 and 40 miles from
points where the stocks were holdini
out, sleighing being good. Success .
the relief special in breaking throug!
the line, relieved conditions, whic
were becoming more serious each day