Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09
I'm 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.

William Jolliffee Of Rolla made
quite a record by killing twelve ducks
with two shots.
A loss of about $4,000 was sustained
in the destruction of the Callib Hasse
dry goods store at Mandan.
T. D. Willis of Glenburn in Elm
township received S2,425 from one
quarter section of rye this year.
Less than $25 was obtained by rob-
Eers who blew open the safe in the
Northern Pacific depot at Buttzville.
Live stock will be made an impor'
tant feature of the annual fair and
festival at Devils Lake Nov. ID, Is
and 16.
Charters to thirteen new state
banks have recently been issued by
the secretary of state. The total cap
ital is S215,0 900.
Eighteen horses on the w. Fl. Co.
fell farm, near Edgeley, have died OF
CHAMBERS. State veterinarians are in
charge Of the situation.
During a one-day campaign for new
members the Commercial club of Far.
go recently added 40 new members
to it's already large roll.
]. A. Brazea of Fort Clark was
shot by hunters near Mandan. Game
wardens are seeking a party of hunt
ers believed responsible.
George Sowden, one Of the earliest
settlers of Barnes county, is dead fol.
lowing a long illness. A widow and
seven children survive.
open houses" and social sessions
for the benefit of the public for the
coming winter months are planned by
the Jamestown Y. M. C. A.
More than 500 tons of hay were
destroyed in a prairie fire which
swept over four sections Of land ton
miles south of jamestown last week,
The North Dakota Live Stock asso,
citation has selected Jan. % and Is
as the dates for the annual conven'
ton, which will be held at Bismarck
Electric storms still seem to be
quite numerous. During a recent
storm lightning struck the Lutheran
church at Gardar and destroyed the
steeple.
For the year 1916, Fargo's paving
operations cost approximately SOL,
01S; ~31,047.62 square yards Of pave,
| ment having been laid or are now be.
ing finished.
j. E. Boyle, formerly of the Uni
versity of North Dakota, has been ap
pointed agent in this state for the
national conference on marketing and
farm credits.
The city of Bismarck is going tc
modernize it's fire department by add
ing a fire truck to it's equipment. A
| street flusher also will be used on the
newly laid paving.
A big community revival meeting
will begin in Edgeley on Sunday
Dec. 81. The services of the w. A
erwin evangelistic party of Amarillo
Tex, have been secured.
Edward John Schafer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Schafer of Stanton
who enlisted with the British, has
been killed in action, according te
word received by his parents.
Ole Kjonaas, pinned under his auto
mobile near Amidon, supported al
most the entire weight Of the car fol
an hour and a half, before being res
cued by a passing auto party.
Many improvements in the build
ings and equipment of the state re
form school at Mandan are reported
necessary in the third biennial repor'
Of the state board Of control.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred SHERMAN O
Lehr were killed last week when {
Northern Pacific passenger train hi
their automobile at a crossing neal
Apple Creek, four miles from Bis
marck.
Frank Gragg, colored, was killet
and Goldie Brown, colored, was in
jured in a shooting ARRAY at Minot
Claude Peoples is being held. The al
ldll was LllC SullllllldIlOl VI d QudTTG
at a dance.
The police of surrounding cite:
have been notified to be on the look
out for the seventeen-year-old daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Iverson o
New Rockford, who disappeared from
home recently.
Alfred Steel, president of the
jamestown board of education was re
elected president Of the North Da
kota state librarians at their conven
ton in Williston. Valley City was Sc
lected as the next meeting place.
Loss estimated at $50, 900 resulted
from the destruction of the Sheyennt
Valley bank, the Tho-eson Runcl
general store, Larson's hardwar,
store, the telephone exchange ant
the Kathryn drug store at Kathryn.
Not a passenger was killed on TIL,
railway lines in the state in the bi
ennial period ended Aug. 81, 1916
according to a report Of. the stat,
i $50 I.- al