Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-01-18
Found frozen in his little shack,

! Found frozen in his little shack,
residents of Garrison believe Charles
c Wightlaan, a h-onsesteader, died at
ter an epileptie strobe. The body
was found on the floor.
With the completion Of an endow-
than $350,000 was raised, jamestown
college plans to begin at once a move
ment to obtain additional subscrip-
tions toward the erection OF a gym
nasium and a chapel and music hall.
Features to be included in the new
state constitution, according to lead.
ing law makers, are state ownership
of public utilities, state insurance, ex-
emption Of farm Improvements from
taxation, raising of the bond limit,
nonpartisan state and county cleo
tons, simpitied system Of amending
gressive initiative and referendum
provisions.
Woman suffrage forces in the state
are at sea as a result OF the intr> uuc-
ton of the Nonpartisan leagues arc-
posed new constitution with no pro-
vision for equal rights. Furthermore,
the suffragists will have to do with
out the official backing OF the Nonpar-
tisan league in pushing an equal sui
frage amendment bill through the
house, as the league caucus has re
fused to act i'll the matter, either for
or against the bill.
The second attempt of J. C. R., tie
man of mystery, to legally estahli. ii
himself as the son and heir of j. II.
Caldwell, wealthy rancher OF near
Taylor, this state, failed last Friday
when District Judge w. l.. Nuess!e
abruptly stopped the trial and dismis-
sed the suit, declaring J.. c. R., an i'm
poster, Two points emphasized by the
defense were the difference in the
size OF shoes worn by Jay Allen Cald-
we'll, the missing son, and by the
claimant, and the entire divergence i'll
the dental record Of filings in the
teeth of young Caldwell when he dis
Another controversy over office
holding III this state, which may rival
i'll its intensity the recent supreme
court justice fight, was forecast In
the suDmittal to the senate of five
appointments for the board Of univer-
sfty regents, when only two Of the Of
ficers' terms have expired, by Govern
or Lynn j. Frazier. The governor con-
tends all Of the members on the board
are holding their offices Illegally and
he recommends the confirmation of
his appointees to constitute an en-
tirely new board. The governors
a%ppointees are: E. P. Totten, Bow
man; w. G. Brown, Fargo; Rev. G. E.
Vermilia, Valley City; Roscoe Beagle,
Adams, and Robert Muir, Towner.
Two hundred representative live
stock men from all parts of the state
are expected to attend the annual
convention Of the state live stock rs.
ISOLATION at Bismarck Jan. "a and rs.
Speakers on the program are Harry G.
krum, secretary Of the American
Yorkshire club; +. w. Harding, secre-
tary of the American Shorthorn as
ISOLATION: Alex Macdonald, president
Of the state association; DR.. Carl w.
Gray, division of animal h%usbandry,
University of Minnesota; j. l..
Thompson, secretary Of the North d.
kota stallion enrolment board; John
n. Hagan, commissioner of agricul-
ture of North Dakota; w. H. Peters,
animal ~husbandry, state experimental
station; II. H. Kildee. chief depart
ment Of d~airying, Minnesota univer-
sity. and J. H. %Shepperp, vice director
Of the state experimental station.