Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-12

w s. Shaw rza elected president
III sae city ~ nEaistsoa ~ Mtaos and
P. Seoae25 saG II. Magn wsrs s5ceess~
ri candidates Tor eoHaauiasioasrz-
Senator srd AIRS, Porter J. NcCnm-
Der Ut NORTH czkotz hare sanouncet
TIE s.gszemsat u taeg. daughter
Helen /, Harrison Brand, Jr, engineer
corya. e g., i The azse 81 :ae Wet
ding aaa 1os teen fixed.
On. a.sn na& killed Il TWO others
we.e. injured ~ s.e .=sgIs o, Z gasa-
line sxolostea IN Z boarding camp car
a. Brockets- Railroad officials aaF Z
1gcx.: o. gsaai!ze, nataszkea sor "a
ter. "zs PLACED On the asore
Il ". Lucas xas Reelected pres
dent Ut the Bismzrck city commission
by q majority d zaz votes over VIII
lam C'I5ara. Chris Sertsca and r. e.
Bate? were aiso reelected membeTa
ot the commission for Sour years..
Charlie. 2. ElolEreid Dictated George
Dolan for polite commissioner.
Evan NJ. Jones', former sheriff and
prominent politician, waa shot and IN
aAntly killed 4. Fsnkinaon by Fred
A!aks when he Attempted ~ aerve
pa perg az q Gep.fy sheriff Jones vas
accon panied ~ three deputies and
Msaks oIenei Art. With 4 repeating
shotgun, killing jones and slightly
w~cunding y. !. MeIMwan. ,Ms8ke gave
himself Up.
Governor Lynn J. Frazier d North
Dakota arthcrized the following state
ment: "Pr.g.dent Wilson in this
cria:a may depend upon the support Of
every loya! &oFth Dakotan. There
never has teen any question az to the
stand o? North DAKOTA in any matter
where loyalty and true patriotism
were concerned. There can be 10
question now"
A aix-club aerniprofeagional base
ball league for the northwestern part
of ..Sorth Dakota has been proposed 10
fans at Crosby. The circuit would
consist of Slinot, Crosby, Williaton,
Weatby, Ve!va and D~onnybrook. The
following officers were selected by
the Crosby club: II. j. W'erges, man
ager; CliI Gardner, assistant man
ager, and Monte Jones, secretary and
treasurer.
Ralph Bell, traded ty the Fargo
Moorhead Northern club t. the Dcs
Moines club in the Western league,
viii not report to DeS Moines. The
star Northern pitcher has signed to
play with Iiibbing, MINI, ar indie.
pendent team. He also turned down
2 chance TO mana"c the Warren
(I1inn,) team when he leaped organ
lied ball. Bell has been a star HEAVIER
in the Northern several seasons.
The Fargo high school track team
will take part in three meets this sea
son, the state meet at Grand Forks,
the Interstate meet at Fargo and the
Southern Dakota meet at Valley City.
Track men are in training and inli-
cations ara that the team will be
strong. Among last years men avail
| LDIt " LIlE 'oliI!LlS otd5oh Nv j III
CLANCY, Cuba Cheney, Louis Duerner,
George Banls, Lloyd Anderson, Gard,
ner and Champ.
Patriotic members of the United
Commercial Travellers Of the nation
have been called upon at the sngges-
ton Of 81. h. Bergeson Of Rugby to
raise a,luld Of 81, 900, 900 to be ex,
pended by a national committee for
purposes which the government may
suggest and for caring for the fam,
lilies and dependents Of travelling mo-
who will he called into the service in
case of the United States going 20
war. A state meeting Of North Dakota
travelling men is to be called soon
possibly in Fargo, at which the for
nation Of the state and nationwide
campaign will be ~inaugurated.
Ten games are on the 1917 schedule
of the Fargo college baseball team
The season opens April 10 with Con-
cordia college, Moorhead. The squad
is taking regular practice. The sched
uIe follows: April 10, Concordia al
Fargo college; April %, Moorhead nor
NAL at Fargo; April 80, Concordia at
Moorhead; May $, Wahpeton Schoo
of Science ut Wahpeton; May ~, Agri
cultural college at Agricultural col
lege; May IS, Moorhead normal al
Moorheat; May is, Wahpeton Science
at Fargo; May %, University of NORTH
Dakota at Fargo; June 2, University
of North Dakota at Grand Forks; June
5. Agricultural college at Agricultural
college.
The Dickinson Golf club is making
elaborate arrangements for this sea
son and tie fact hat Dickinson enter
tains the state golf tourney in July
will serve to add interest to the play
The contract for the construction O
d new clubhouse was let some time
ago and work will be commenced a
once, the building to be ready for oc
cupancy about the middle of May. i
will be one Of the largest %clubhouseE
in the state. At the annual election