Courier Democrat., 1916-08-03
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.

| Instantly Killed when he fell from a
grain wagon driven by his father at
Valley City.
Robbers entered the Flambert store
and the 500 Line depot at Foxholm,
obtaining $125 at the former place and
Sl4 at the latter.
Burglars raided the Surrey postof-
ice, obtaining $40 and few stamps
One attempt with explosives failed to
open the door of the Office SAFE
Efforts have been begun at Camp
Lincoln to raise new regiment of
national guardsmen in North Dakota
following the departure of the states
only regiment for the Mexican border.
Mrs. r. Warner of Hampden was in
stantly killed and Mrs. Fred Radcliffe
was seriously hurt when the automo-
bile in which they were riding was
precipitated over an embankment by a
blowout"
Jack Ryan, twenty-five years old,
sought relief from the heat by crawl
ing into the shade under a box car at
Mandan. He fell asleep, switch en-
gine moved the car and he awoke
minus leg.
More than 200 individual hail losses
in Golden Valley and adjoining coun-
ties have been reported to the hail in.
surance a gents in Beach, All the
losses were sustained in series of
local hail storms.
Paul G. Pierce. nineteen-months-ol
son of Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Pierce of
Fargo, is the champion baby Of North
Dakota, winning sweepstakes honors
at the state fair baby contest at Far
go. The winning baby scored 98.4
per cent
The Fargo Commercial club has ex-
tended an invitation to Charles Evans
Hughes to include that city in his
itinerary for his Western tour He
would visit Fargo Aug 10, just after
concluding his Twin Cities visit, if
he accepts
Four counterfeit dollars were the
total sum obtained by thieves who
blew the safe of the Fairchild Fuel
company of Grand Forks, after thor.
ough job, during which, it is estimated,
the yeggmen spent $40 in time, tools
and explosives.
About $500 acres of grain was
hailed out in the recent storm that
swept over the Crown Butte district.
Losses ranging from 60 to 100 per
cent are reported by farmers Dam
age also was done by the storm in
Burleigh county.
Another hail storm, the second
that has passed in that vicinity this
year, hit a section south of Sentinel
Butte, some farmers reporting losses
ranging from 20 to so per cent In
the Westerheim district damage esti-
mated at SO per cent in the center of
the storm zone is reported.
The Ely-Salyards Elevator com.
pany's grain warehouse at New Rock
ford was destroyed by fire with loss
of 100000. Twelve thousand bushels
OF grain were in the structure. Spon-
| taneous combustion caused the fire.
This is the fourteenth elevator burned
there since the town was established
Mrs. Alice Nelson Page, prominently
known newspaper woman at Grand
Forks and suffrage leader, died sud-
denly of a brain hemorrhage Cyril
Page, her only son, member of the
North Dakota First infantry, went
home to view the body Of his mother
and then left for the Southern border
with his company
Wind hail and rain hit the section
south of Rhame, doing some damage
to crops, while numerous farm build.
ings were seriously damaged. In some
instances the farmers lost nearly all
grain crops, so violent was the hail
In the sections north Of the city hail
damage was done, while a heavy wind
worked havoc at the O'Malley ranch
near Mound.
St. Paul and Minneapolis firms &C.
cused of violating the federal act per.
tanning to the marking of containers
that carry liquor pleaded not guilty in
federal court at Fargo, but three indi
Gated their iatention of pleading guilty
when the cases are called at the Oc-
tober term of court. The companies
face fines of $1,000 each if convicted
or plead guilty.
The F. S. Sargent company, found
ed in 1897 by F. S. Sargent, formerly
of Grand Forks, has come under the
control of A. j. Hunter of Grand
Forks and w. R. Schulzer the sale of
the Sargent interests being announced
c. w. Ross will continue in the capac-
ity of secretary. The company is one
of the best known financial operating
concerns in the Northwest.
John F. Johnson, nominee for sher-
iff of Foster county, hit by lightning in
a recent storm, did not die, as report
ed at the time, but is still quite alive
Johnson, however, was "dead" for
| tweuty.four hours hainp en- comnIatoJv