Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-03-22
News Of the Week From Many
Sections Of the State.
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written In Order
to Make Perusal Easier for
Busy Readers.

beginning May l.
Bowman's new s75,0 900 school build
ing will be opened April 1.
Thirty women have organized a rife
club in Fargo, the first of it's kind in
the state.
Phil Schlosser of Mandan %outpoint-
ed Mike Panko in a furious ten-round
bout at HaZen.
The annual meeting of the Missouri
river district of the Congregational
churches will be held at Regent April
II and is.
Dunn Center sportsmen have organ
lied a rifle club, under the United
States army regulations, and will OBJ
tain army equipment.
Henry Karhunsaari, the celebrated
Finnish grappler. 0 from Roy An
derson of Billings, Mont, at Bismarck
in two straight falls.
The Farmers elevator at Wimble-
don was destroyed by fire. The loss
on the grain is estimated at $4,000
and on the building $4,000.
Renville county, with total bank de-
posits of 81, 934,649,6S, is n Of the
most prosperous counties in North Da-
kota. There are thirteen banks.
Ralph Bell, a leading pitcher with
the Fargo Northern league club for
the last two years, has been sold to
Des Moines of the Western league.
A barking dog aroused the occupants
of the D. L. Donnelly home at James
town and saved the lives of I'VE per-
sons when flames destroyed the place.
The Bismarck Tribune, an afternoon
daily newspaper. was sold for $4,000
in a receivers sale to f.. A. Hughes,
pany.
State Bank Examiner Walters has
reappointed f. A. Thorberg of Man.
dan chief deputy and named Frank
Buxton of Fargo to the deputyship Of
that district.
Tony Evorlam and kiro Penouca,
railroad laborers. walking down the
tracks in the Marmarth yard, were
struck and killed by a dead engine
being pushed by another.
Elmer Hanson, seventeen-year-old
three miles east of Hatton, hanged
himself with a halter in a barn. No
cause for the act can be assigned.
Charters have been issued for two
new Bismarck banks-the First Guar
anty and the Capital Security-which
are expected to be in operation before
summer, giving Bismarck five banks,
Fargo high school basketballers
closed the season by defeating the
North Dakota Aggies, second team, 81
to 10. The Fargo team won six Of the
son.
Fargo college captured the Fargo
collegiate basketball championship by
defeating the North Dakota Aggies, Is
to 81. The victory also gives tht
Fargo college crew second place in tho
state race.
Governor Frazier has signed a bill
locating a new asylum for the insane
at Rugby, vetoed three minor appro
! priation measures and signed tn
house bill requiring automobiles tt
eliminate glazing headlights.
A citizens rifle club will be organ
ICED at Kuhn. Regular weekly prac
tice will be held during the spring ant
summer months. The government
agrees to furnish a number of rife
and ammunition to each member.
Matt Finland, a transfer man, afte
falling down q stairway. was PLACED
in Jail at Bismarck, apparently littl
morning he was found dead. An in
quest showed that death was acciden
tai.
Andy Gill, coach Of the Universit,
of North Dakota athletic teams, will
lead an independent baseball team il
Grand Forks during the coming year
Finances for the semi-pro indepenG
ent club are now being raised. TIL
team will be made up of Grand Fork
men.
An orange eleven inches in circun
ference and fully matured was show
at Neche by Maurice NORM. The frui
was grown on a tree in his home
The orange had been forming 70
nearly a year. Thirty lemons wer
grown on a lemon tree In his hous
last year.
Resolutions declaring against tn
showing of indecent and immoral pi,
lures were adopted at the closing Sc:
sion of the convention Of North d.
kota Motion Picture Managers at BIZ
marck. H. l.. Hartman of Manda
was elected president and Fargo wa
chosen as the ext meeting place.
Stockholders of the Farmers Euuit
bank met at Mandan and perfecte
their organization. which will be cal
italized for $4,000 and will open &c
business at Mandan April 1. Director
are William Mas, II. II. Harmon
Matthias Barth. Jacob Steckler. Robe>
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