Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-05

trance of Rev. E. o. McCracken. Rev.
Mr.. McCracken, pastor of the Glad
Tidings mission, a church that en-
cages in settlement work, will run for
the mayoralty on "%stickers." Alex
Stern, E. e. Cole and j. G. Halland
previously were in the field.
The Stanley girls basketball team
Is laying claim to the girls champion
ship of North Dakota as a result of
their victory over the Cooperstown
team, II to 6. The Stanley girls have
made a remarkable record in this sea-
sons play. The team members are
| Wilma Arnold, Marie Flath, Irene Ed
wards, Emma Olson and Olive Flath.
Coach F. E. Watkins of Fargo col
lege, through losing the services of
Peterson and OVERLY, star baseball
men of last seasons team, upon whom
he has been depending this season,
will have a difficult task in building
up a new team. At the present time
Sim is the only member of last years
team available for this seasons cam
paign.
The North Dakota Agricultural COL
lege at Fargo will not have a track
team during the coming season, lack
Of material being given as the reason.
Plans are being made, however, to re-
engage in track work next year and a
course of compulsory gymnasium work
for freshmen and sophomores, aimed
at developing track athletes, will be
adopted.
The Minot Automobile club will en-
gage in an active campaign for the
improvement of roads in that district
during the coming year. The club
will worl; with other similar clubs in
commissioners. The principal effort
will be made on the Wonderland trail,
the Twin Cities to Glacier National
park highway.
Construction of the clubhouse Of the
Fargo Country club has been started
and the building will be completed
about July 1. 1t will cost about $10.-
600. Fargo golfers are ready for a
busy season. Eddie McElligot, the
Minneapolis professional golfer, who
is instructor for the Grand Forks and
Fargo clubs, will arrive in Fargo about
May 10 ready to begin work.
G. P. Burnstad of Pollock, cattle
king of North Dakota" has purchased
the famous Smith ranch, comprising
1880 acres, for $4,000. The Smith
ranch has been noted for it's great al
falfa fields, 500 acres being planted to
that crop, and 200 acres additional will
be sown this spring. The ranch will
be used by it's new owner for winter
ing stock and the raising of hogs.
An inquiry directed to a New Rock
asking data with respect to the Ger
man population in that district and
intimating that the information was
sought for the purpose of making it
the basis for anti-American move
ments, has been turned over to the
federal authorities. The German-Amer-
lean also omitted the sender Of the
inquiry Of his action.
Harrison Kaiser will lead the
jamestown high school basketball
quint next season, being elected at the
annual meeting of the team. Kaiser
played guard during the season just
ended and was one of the best men
on the team. Five of this years squad
graduate in June, leaving only three
of the first squad for the 1918 team.
Rathman, Schaumberg, Smith, Hag-
land and Bennett are the men lost by
graduation.
The office of Attorney General Will
lam e. LANCER has given ar opinion
regarding the payment of pensions to
members of the North Dakota national
guard for their service at the border,
The opinion says the law, providing
money sufficient to give each man $40
for each month passed at the border,
does not become effective until July.
/, but that arrangements are being
made to provide men in need with
money before then.
The Judges of the Appreciation week
essay contests have made public the
results. The winner of the high
SclOO contest is MISS Ttlld "A. Null plly
of the Michigan high school. The
winner of the graded school contest
is Robert Garrison, eighth grade, Will
liston. The winner of the rural school
contest is Aaron Quanbeck Of Aneta.
Mr.. Quanbeck is a student in the Pilot
Mound school No. 4. Three prizes of
$40 each will be awarded the winners.
An organization known as the State
Game Protective association has been
Incorporated with Joseph Crosthwaite,
G. e. Edquest, G. F. Ellis and A. z.
Thorberg of Mandan as incorporators.
The directors are: Joseph Crosth-
waite and c.. E. Edquest of Mandan,
Charles o. Heckle Of Lisbon, John A.
Larson Of Bismarck, DR.. j. R. Pence
of Minot, Frank Day Of Dickinson and
Luther P. Dawson of Devils Lake. The
purpose of the organization Is for the
| nronapatjOn and ~DrotactiOn Of game