Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-27
North Dakota
Events of the Week

Fire destroyed the Fred Sitter barn;
near Vesleyville, with five out OF nine
head of horses, harness, wagons and
farm implements. The fire broke out
at 1 a.. M, while the family was asleep,
and it's origin is believed to have been
%incendiary.
G. F. Burnstad, owner of the larg-
est and most successful ranch remain
ing east of the Missouri river, has just
clipped a third cutting of alfalfa from
600 acres of his 2,000-acre Pollock
ranch, on the Missouri bottoms, and
has 1000 tons whose value as it stands
is $4,000. Mr.. Burnstad has installed
a ferry to enable him to more con
v~eniently cross the Missouri to H.
$40 acres of grazing land which he
recently has leased On the Standing
Rock reservation, west of the Hyer.
"The suspension order executed by
the governor is void in all things and
f, is without warrant Of law; there is
no statute in North Dakota which
gives the governor the power to sus-
! pend or remove from office the presi-
| dent of the board of city commission
ers," says City Attorney Grant 8.
Wooledge of Minot, in an opinion
! which he has submitted at the re-
(. quest of the city commission in con-
! nection with Governor Frazier's at
J tempt to GUST President Shaw.
Beche's first private in the trenches
is a boy who will be quite at home
with Americas French allies-Al-
phonse Villeneuve-a young man Of
French-Canadian ancestry. The odd
: est thing about the war zone in AL
phonse's opinion is the use of old
time scythes, cicles and cradles by
the farmers who are now harvesting
their grain within reach of the "big
Berthas." Villeneuve, because of his
ready command of French, has an ex-
cellent berth as orderly and inter-
prefer for an American officer.
Although too far distant to shoot,
M. c. Knatterud of Maddox watched
a large wolf rip the throat of one Of
his best rams, for which he recently
paid $35. Wolves are reported to be
numerous in this vicinity this sum-
mer.
P. Nesvig of Leeds lost three Of
his best horses when they were struck
and killed by a Northern Pacific train
while grazing on the railroad right
of-way. The engineer saw them, but
could not stop in time to avoid hit
ting them.
Charged with rustling cattle owned
by Earl Smith and Julius Rosholt Of
Shields, Ben and Jack Guyer and a
cousin, giving his name as John Doe,
were arrested and arraigned before
Justice M. A.. Berg on charges Of
grand larceny. The compliments
had missed several head of cattle and
they allege that these beeves were
shipped by the defendants from
Walker, S.. D.
Dreams of an unlimited amount of
power from the strong current of the
%Sheyenne river were advanced one
step nearer realization when Herbert
A. Hard, geological engineer and Sec
rotary of the North Dakota Reclaim
alton commission advised the Valley
City Commercial club that the com
missions preliminary work on the
Sheyenne had been completed and
that the plan was entirely feasible.
Three Austrians apprehended by
mounted police at the Canadian
boundary while ~endeavoring to cross
into the Dominion, were arraigned be-
fore Police Magistrate Lindsay at En-
erson for violation of the temperance
act, two bottles OF whisky having
been found on their persons, and were
assessed fines and costs totaling $500,
which the trio paid from a j&int roll
of 5000 in crisp new American $50
bank notes.
Information was received at Dick
inson to the effect that the government
has established a p%ostofice at New
Hradec, Dunn county, ~ miles from
this city.
All arrangements for the transfer of
the Parkview hospital at Jamestown,
from private management to that of
the Sisters of st. Joseph were COM
pleted and the sisters have taken
charge.
There is little doubt but that the
proposition of voting bonds for a light
plant will carry at the special election
to be held at Garrison this month. The
cost of giving the city good service
will be about $4,000.
Engineers on the Northern Pacific
have been warned by Superintendent
F. G. Huntington Of the Fargo division
to take every %precaution within their
power to avoid striking stock and to
never fail to report stock seen on the
right of way. The superintendent
points out that the thousands of horses
and mules killed every year by trains
would fill the artillery requirements
of many regiments, and the thousands
Of cattle, hogs and sheep killed every
year would provide meat for thousands
of soldiers.
J. Doran, 10, drank lemon extract at
New Rockford and was arrested by
the police on a charge of being drunk.
It required several men to guide him
to the police station, and when his
trial was called he was hollnd over