Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-02-08

state engineer. Was tOastmaster n
the election Of officers were the clos
ing activities of the two days conven-
Engineers at Bismarck. Fargo wa.
selected as the 1918 meeting place.
Joseph A. Ingram OF Grand Forks was
elected president.
President Wilson. in a congratula-
tory letter to Governor Frazier of
North Dakota on the passage of the
woman suffrage act in this state,
says: my interest in the extension
Of suffrage to women Is, as you know,
very great and l feel every step in
this direction should receive the most
cordial endorsement and recognition"
The federal senate at Washington
has adopted an amendment to the ag-
ricultural appropriation bill, proposed
by Senator Gronna of North Da ota.
appropriating $4,000 for the e>:a.-
lishment of an experimental flour mill
and chemical and baking laboratcr' es
for the purpose Of establishing stand
ards under the grain standards law.
The head Offices of the Rogers Lum-
Der company will be moved from Min
neapolls to Minot soon, according to
G.. Fl. Rogers. Necessity on the
ground of facilities for handling the
North Dakota business was given as
the reason for the change, A. R. Roc
ers, president of the company, mad
a trip to Minot and made a%rran-e-
ments for the new office.
DR.. Melvin A. Brannon, the pres
dent of the University of Idaho, sitil-
ated at Moscow, has just wired his
resignation to the state board of edu-
cation. The resignation is the result
of charges of political activity on the
part of DR.. Brannon and the alleged
hostility Of Governor Alexander. DR..
Brannon went to Idaho from the Uni
versity of North Dakota.
Representative Helgesen of North
Dakota was the only Northwest mem-
Der of congress to disagree fatty with
President Wilson in severing diplo-
matte relations with Germany. The
United States could have waived its
legal rights to freedom Of the seas
without loss of dignity or rights he
said. Il do not believe the people want
war and l stand with them"
With the election of G. A. Monteith
Of Finley president and the selection
of Dickinson as the summer and
Grand Forks as the winter meeting
places the North Dakota Editorial as
Snriofinn f1NcnI &c orn,,oJ oorvorfinn
at Bismarck. Other officers chosen
are: NJ. l. Forekner of Langdon, first
vice president; E. l.. Peterson of Dick
inson, second vice PRESIDENT; J. H. Nc
Garry of Alexander, third vice presi-
dent; r. ID. Carleson of Towner, secre-
tary, and Edward Sullivan of New Sa-
lem, treasurer.
A system of dams, canals and locks
to handle Minnesota food waters
through the Minnesota river drainage
basin, instead of flooding lands in
South Dakota and North Dakota, is
sought in the uniform bills to be in
troduced in the legislatures of the
three states affected. The general
plan is to connect Lakes Traverse INC
Big Stone with a canal, including
locks to regulate the flow of water,
and hold Lake Traverse as a storage
reservoir for the surplus water which
comes from the drainage work in Min
nesota.
Mrs. A. M. Kvello Of Lisbon went to
the basement and was in the act OF
taking some clinkers from the furnace
when her clothing caught fire. Little
Carda Chisman was at play in the
house and was sent for help. In the
meantime Mrs. Kvello tried to extin-
guish the fire by wrapping herself in
rugs. She was unable to do so on &C
count of her hands being burned SO
badly and when Charles Uln'er arrive
he found her clothing all i'll flames and
nearly burned off. The fire vas eX-
tinguished and medical aid summoned
at once.
Grand Forks and East Grand Forks
residents have formulated plans for
giving members of NJ company and
the machine gun company, First infan-
try, N. d. n. G.. a reception on their
return. 1t is expected the guardsmen
will arrive in Grand Forks Feb. II.
They will be net at the depot by the
Grand Forks band, the high school
drum corps and a delegation of citi-
zens, after which they will parade to
the Masonic temple for a banquet.
School children, waving flags, wi. line
the streets through which they pass.
The night OF Feb. ~ the guardsmen
will be guests of honor at a commun-
ity dance.
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