Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-02-15
News Of the Week From Many
Sections Of the State
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written In Order
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ment.
The North Dakota senate has
passed a bill modifying the stringent
Sunday closing laws.
Mrs. Daniel Gerrity. sixty-eight
years old, a pioneer of Williams coun
ty, died at her home at Ray after sew
eral weeks illness.
Minot has issued a call to poultry
ianciers of the state, and especially OF
the northwestern part, for the annual
show there, March 5 to 10, inclusive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Campbell, the
former sixty-five years old and the lat
ter sixty-nine, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary at their home at
Buchanan.
North Dakota's senate tool, its sec
ond action against the blue laws
within g. week when it passed the bill
legalizing Sunday baseball. The meas
ure goes to the house.
Farmers and stockmen of the
Grassy Butte region have organized
the Western North Dakota Protective
association to obtain protection
against cattle thieving.
The North Dakota house has passed
the bill establishing a 2-cent passen-
ger railway fare in the state. That
body also endorsed President Wilson'S
handling Of the German crisis.
With the arrival at Ray of Hjalmar
Bergh from St. Paul and Einar Bergh
their brother Olaf the three brothers
held their first reunion in thirty years.
The city officials of Fargo are test
ing out an incinerator that has been
put in operation lear the city dump
and if, at the end of thirty days, the
plant proves satisfactory 1t will be-
come a fixture.
While several youthful advocates OF
preparedness were practicing on a
tin can target at Norma, Joe Hagen
a shot in the right eye with a lead
EN- pellet from an air rifle in the hands
of Vernon Nelson. The sight may be
saved.
The opposition faction to the Non
partisan league in the North Dakota
senate succumbed to the desire Of
that organization and voted for the
constitutional amendment providing
for state owned packing and cold stor-
age plants.
Orders have been received at Fort
Smelling, Mimi, from the wal depart
ment at Washington superseding pre-.
vious orders for the mastering out Of
the First North Dakota infantry, now
in barracks there, and announcing an
indefinite furlough for the members
OF the organization.
The chief of police of Minor made
a gruesome discovery after the recent
blizzard. He entered a small house
on the outskirts of the town and
found the body of l.. l.. Comstock
frozen stiff. He was an old resident
of Minor and was we'll known in the
surrounding country.
Mrs. Ed Luverne Of st. Paul shot
herself on a Great Northern passen-
ger train while on her way to Grand
Forks. Mrs. Luverne was i'll and
brooded over domestic troubles, the
st. Paul police were told. Luverne,
her former husband, is said to be a
locomotive engineer.
Alex Mckenzie, veteran Republican
leader and railroad contractor of the
Northwest, is i'll at St. Joseph's hos
pital, st. Paul, from a nervous break
down. He intended to leave for the
South a month ago to spend the win
ter, but his health necessitated a post
ponement of the trip.
Reconsideration in the North Dako.
ia house OF the Hendrickson bill for
a 2-cent passenger fare resulted in
the easur being killed when that
body approved Representative Patter.
sons motion to table the bill. Repre-.
sentative Patterson maintained that
the bill was unconstitutional in its
present form.
Pending the settlement of the con.
test over the North Dakota board OF
regents the university autnOrltleS al
Grand Forks temporarily have held up
the pay of all faculty members and
employees. President McVey explained
that the university wanted to be sure
that it obeyed the right board before
baking action.
Mrs. Frank Reed, lost nearly fifteen
hours on the prairie near her home al
New Rockford in a SNOW storm, suffered
freezing of both feet and hands, but
escaped injury to her face because O.
protection by a sheet Of ice which
| formed between her coat collar and
her hat. She talked to rescuers from
beneath the covering of ice.
Mrs. Hans Blegen Of Churches
Ferry had q narrow escape from as
phyxiation recently when gas began
to escape from the heating stove
Upon investigation for the cause o.
the escaping gas 1t was found that 6
number of sparrows had fallen in the
chimney. They had no doubt beer
sitting on top of the chimney to warn
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