Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-17

Forks county's quoea of the liberty
loan. Bonus will be placed on sale at
every bank in the county.
The Grand Forks Commercial club
has joined in the demand that the
manufacture of liquor be banned for
the period of the war, on the theory
that the conversion of grain into
should not be permitted.
An attempt to escape made by a
group of negro, women arrested in a
big vice raid at Minot was frustrated
when a guard outside Sheriff Ned
Leroc's residence discovered a blanket
rope hanging from IN upper window
and one Of the prisoners just about
to slide down.
=. j. Tropser, former instructor in
agriculture in the Grafton high school
and at Lake City, Mimi, has been ap-
pointed manager of the Northeast Mis-
souri, Dairy Development association,
in Missouri. The organization is rep
resentative of about twenty-five Mis-
souri, counties.
With a hundred men enrolled a ten
mis- club has been launched at Medina
with the following officers: William
F. Siege, president; William Weaver,
vice president; T. D. Larson, secre.
tary, and Adam Preszler, treasurer.
Several courts will be marked out in
the city this month.
Reeves avenue, Grand Forks most
beautiful residence street, is beginning
to take on the appearance of a truck
gardening section. Several residents.
who heretofore have prided themselves
on their very beautiful lawns, have
had them plowed and will plant pota-
toes and other vegetables.
Friends of H. H. Aaker of Grand
Forks, n time candidate for governor
of North Dakota on the Progressive
Republican ticket, have petitioned him
to become a candidate for congress-
man for the First district to succeed
the late H. T. Helgesen. Mr. Aaker
has made no announcement.
James, five-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugo Bachenheimer of Moor
head, Mimi, was killed under the
wheels of an automobile truck at Far
go. Friends had signalled the boy
and he was crossing the street to take
a ride in their automobile when he
stepped in front Of the truck.
The organization of the North Da-
kota Army and Navy league was per
fected at jamestown with Judge John
Knauf organizer and chairman of the
league. The league is to assist de-
pendent families of all enlisted me
of the state and cooperate with the
government whenever possible.
A. Abrahamson, sixty-five years Old,
president of the Grand Forks Fruit
company and for forty years a resi-
dent of Grand Forks, was killed in
stantly when the automobile which he
was driving was struck by a Great
Northern passenger train at Mevri-
field, ten miles south of Grand Forks.
The first baseball accident of the
season in North Dakota is reported
from the town of Dunn Center, Dunn
SodAAGy NS11S " IA i Is ILbGi
toft collided while running after a high
fly. Holt fell over I1beltoft, whose
knee crushed Hollis cheek so seriously
that he was taken East for treatment.
S. A. Clark of Dickinson, l. ccm-
pany, Seventh infantry, U. S. A, sta
toned at Fort Bliss, Tex, is dead as
the result of a revolver wound re-
ceived several weeks ago.. A compan-
ion, standing near Clark, was twirling
a revolver on his fingers when it fell
to the ground. The weapon explod-
ed, the bullet hitting Clark in the alb
domen.
Captain M. H. Sprague, captain OF
G company, North Dakota national
guard, has been selected by Adjutant
General T. H. Tharalson to assume
command of the new supply company
to be organized faE the First North
Dakota infantry. He will have a COM
pany of thirty-fve men. First Lieu
tenant G.. A. Ofstedahl will succeed
him as captain of G company.
In a formal statement issued at
Bismarck. William LANCER, the attor-
ney general of North Dakota, who
placed himself under the protection of
national guardsmen following the is
suance ola warrant for his arrest at
Minot, declared that he will not re-
turn to Minot until Governor Frazier
wishes him to and that the guardsmen
will prevent any effort. that may be
made to arrest him. Governor Fra
zier feels that he needs me at Bis
marck and l will not return to Minot