Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-09-28
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written in Order
to Make Perusal Easier for
Busy Readers.

Va '' ! w IA OAH''
where she was employed.
Voters of Castlewood at a special
election authorized the issuance OF
$4,000 worth of bonds to finance a
municipal waterworks plant.
Accused of transporting a girl of
eighteen years from Calgary, Can,
to North Dakota, Martin Fremstead
was placed under arrest near Sarles.
S. Severtson, a farmer. was killed
when his automobile overturned near
Wellsburg. 1t is believed the head
light of an approaching car blinded
him.
A full-grown bald eagle. the talons
Of which were as large as a mans
fingers, was shot in the Twin Lake
region in the vicinity Of La Moure
by Albert Diesem.
John Garfield of Dawson is in a
Bismarck hospital with severe in
juries suffered when the automobile
which he vas driving turned over
pinning him beneath it.
Mrs. Alex Lech, tifty-eight years
old. OF Neche, a run over by an
automobile at Devils Lake driven by
Mrs. w. f. Bryant Of that city. She
suffered injuries from which she died
later.
Driving into a granary, Andrew
Lovine, a farmer near New England.
misjudged the height Of the door and
was caught between the top Of the
door and his wagon. His neck was
broken.
At a meeting of the city council Of
Minot an electrician presented to the
board plans and particulars for the
installation of a white way along
Harvey n The plans were &C
cepted.
l. w. WIS are believed responsible
for the partial destruction of Albert
Harwick's t%hreshing machine at Ray.
Rocks and implements were fed into
the separator by members of the OPP
Grating crew.
Ralph Countryman Of Mandan may
lose the sight of an eye as a result
of the boyish prank of a playmate,
who shot a burned match with an air
rifle. The match penetrated the
pupil in the eye.
The Mandan Commercial club had
a sociability run to Flasher, Raleigh,
Brisbane, Leith, New Leipsic, Elgin,
| Carson and Lark, this week. A SIM
! liar run was recently staged to points
west of the city.
Mrs. F. C. Wills, in trying to stop
a team of runaway horses at the
| Wills farm home near Velva,
| stumbled directly in their path and
was killed as her husband and twelve
year-old son looked on.
Public improvements at Minot made
during the construction year now
| drawing to a close, total approximate
ly $500, 900, over a third of this sum
being for paving. The establishment
of a city sewage disposal plant is
one OF the improvements.
Eddie McNiece, ten years old, may
lose an ear as a result of an accident
that occurred While he and another
ivy "ClC SuIIll1E NClA lCd1 oGoSIA,
A corn knife slipped from his com
panion's hand, nearly severing Nc.
Niece's ear from his head.
The best yield and grade of wheat
reported in the vicinity Of Hamilton
is that secured by William Argue OF
North Carlisle-92O bushels from
forty acres, or twenty-eight bushels
to the acre. The grade is No. l hard
and Mr.. Argue will hold all of it fol
seed.
The price of bread and other bak
cry products has been advanced al
Valley City. The advance in prices
follows a similar advance by the
bakers of Fargo, Grand Forks anc
other points, and is attributed to the
high cost of flour and other materials
used in baking.
Railroads ana elevators in Crane
Forks report a heavy falling off in the
shipments and receipts of grain a
the present time as compared will
the situation a rear ago.. In genera
the receipts and shipments this yea,
are averaging between 33 per cen
and so per CEN of those Of a yea
ago.
Miss Mary G. Yabsley, saleswomal
for a Chicago book company, ha'
filed suit against George Brown, pro
prietor of a hotel at New Rockford
asking $4,000 damages because sh'
was ordered from the hotel. Tn
young woman alleges Brown insulte'
her and ordered her out of the h0te
while he was intoxicated.
Plans for the annual fall reunion
of the Scottish Rite bodies of tn
state have been changed. A new ar
nouncement names Nov. 20, 81, 2
and 23 as the dates for the reunion
1t will require $4,000 to meet tn
running expenses of Minot the CON
ing year, according to a levy mad
by the city commission.