Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-17

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ing found On the road.
Fred Ellingson, who lived at Mad
dock, is dead as a result of injuries
received in a recent storm. He was
hit by a flying timber.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Omar Jones Of Lawton fell from a
windmill he was climbing and was Sc
yerely bruised about the face and
shoulders. He was also cut quite bad
ly on the forehead.
Three miles of highways running
out of Grand Forks are being gray
eled by the county commissioners
through use of the automobile license
fees. Ten miles of graveled highways
are being built, running north, east
and south in three main lines.
Proving that the Missouri river liz
navigable, not only for steam or gas
oline propelled craft, Thomas Jackson
and two companions arrived at Stan.
ton recently in a sailbcat. They came
all the way from Great Falls, Mont,
i'll their craft, which is cat rugged.
Policeman Briggs and Deputy Sher.
if Fitzgerald got the drop on three
negroes at jamestown after they had
held up and robbed one Of their num-
Der IN the jungles and secured $15.75.
The trio Immediately surrendered and
the police recovered the full amount.
Officers of Williston started the
elimination Of the ute muffer when
automobile drivers who have offended
with the open muft1er were warned
that the cutout could no longer be
used within the city limits. Offenses
OF this nature will mean arrest and
trial in police court.
More than fifty men were robbed in
the Great Northern railroad yards at
New Rockford in n night. Several
unidentified robbers "frisked" the
itinerants sleeping in freight cars. Lit
tie cash was obtained by the robbers,
as their victims we're suffering from
a financial stringency.
Almost a hundred men have been
registered at the city free employ
ment bureau which is being conduct
ed by the police department of Minot.
More than fifty of these have been
provided with jobs direct and a large
number Of others have been sent to
places where there is work to be
found.
Bound over to the district court on
a charge of forgery of an instrument
by which it is contended that he Sc
cured $4,000 from the probate court,
the money belonging to an estate he
had handled, Attorney George Pur-
chase of Halliday was unable to pro-
duce the $4,000 bond required by the
presiding justice.
The Farmers State bank of Gre
nora has had Robert Stacy-Judd, the
architect, draw plans for a handsome
new banking building to be erected at
Grenora. The new structure will be
n of the finest banking houses in
the Northwest and it will surely add
to the attractiveness of the town Of
Grenora when completed.
Four farm residences were demol-
ished and considerable damage to
fields resulted in the vicinity of Glen
burn when a tornado swept the coun-
tryside, cutting strips about 600
yards wide and ten miles long. None
of the destroyed buildings was occu-
pied. The wind RACED nearly every
thing in its path. No fatalities are
reported.
Thieves broke into a box car stand
inc iuct corth of tho conoppnru rnor
the 500 depot at Bismarck and made
their getaway with many valuable ar
ticles. The box car had been used
by several Italians as a home and had
been fitted up very comfortably. A
revolver, a watch, some iewelry and a
quantity Of clothing were secured by
the burglars.
Federal engineers will make a study
of the flood problem in the Red River
valley, created largely through the
construction Of great drainage canals
in Minnesota and North Dakota that
pour immense quantities of water into
the main channel of the Red river.
Assurance of federal interest in the
prevention Of floods in the future has
been received by the Fargo CONNER
cial club.
Suit for 100000 damages has been
filed in Chicago against DR.. e. F.
Ladd, president Of the North Dakota
Agricultural college and state pure
food commissioner, by the Calumet
Baking Powder company of Chicago.
1t is the %outgrowth of an order issued
by DR.. Laid prohibiting the sale of
Calumet baking powder in North Da-
kota because Of alleged fraudulent
claims made in the company's adver-
Using.
One person is dead and thousands
Of acres of grain have been hailed
out by q storm which swept Northern
North Dakota. Andrew Erickson,
farmer living nea Rolette, was caught
in an open field by the hail storm and
was pounded into Inconsistencies.