Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-03-08
News Of the Week From Many
Sections Of the State.
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written In Order
to Make Perusal Easier for
:, Busy Readers.

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Bids are being advertised for at
Napoleon for work on a new school
house to cost s1S,500.
The Dickinson Golf club has au-
thoriZed the preparation of plans for
a clubhouse to cost $500.
Norman B.. Black, formerly of the
Grand Forks Herald, proposes to in
it is said.
j. Fl. Calderwood, former state au-
ditor Of Montana. has been named to
succeed Walter f. Gushing as secre-
house commission.
North Dakota tiremen will make
their annual run to Valley City on
June ~. This is the convention date
State Firemen's association.
Because of the activities of horse
thieves Sheriff Ted Hartung of Stark
county that hereafter no
horse sales will be permitted unless
a representative OF his office is pres
ent.
Eugene Ryan Booker, student at the
North Dakota university at Grand
Forks, has left for Minneapolis, where
he will be enrolled as an expert radio
operator in the United States naval
reserve.
The Masonic lodge of Fargo has re-
Gently opened three rooms in their
building to be used as. rest and read
ing rooms for all members Of the or
der. Over $500 was spent on the i'm
p~rovements in these rooms.
when the livery and feed stable oper-
ated by Fred Frey at Hebron was de-
stroyed by fire. The building. owned
by Herman Weber, was valued at So
600, with $1,000 insurance.
The quick work of an engineer in
| applying the airbrakes after the mail
and baggage cars had left the tracks
probably prevented the derailment Of
| CdSIUOulu lIdll NV I, 1>O1L llC1i L O.
cific, two miles west Of Judson. Nor
ton county.
Rev. j. Harvey Moore, pastor of the
First Baptist church at Someryille,
Mass, will arrive in Grand Forks to
take up his duties as pastor Of the
First Baptist church about March Z,
according to word received from him
by the board of deacons.
B~lackleg, the dreaded disease among
cattlemen of the plains, has appeared
in Logan county. G.. w. Young, liv.
ing fourteen miles southwest OF Gao
kle, reports the loss Of eighteen head
of cattle in a week. His heaviest loss
in a single day was seven.
Sheyenne valley, west Of Luverne
is becoming infested with golden
eagles. The birds, which are unusual
ly large, were seen in the valley two
wears ago and since have multiplied
n%oticeably. 1t is not strange to see
them flying seven and eight together
A canvas of fuel dealers in Fargo
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ton of nut coal in Fargo and the sup
ply of hard coal in Moorhead is ex
haused. The reason assigned by deal
ers is that the supply of coal is vir
tually exhausted at the Head OF thu
Lakes.
John .Gutbelert of Gladstone ap
pealed to the county judge recent,
for a marriage license. He had a wife
in Russia and was refused. Subse
quently he and Mary Strickler were
bound over to the district court TO
refusing to take the county official:
advice.
Sailor blouse models for girls and
plain, dark suit for the boys is tn
of education for the students to b.
graduated from the high school thi
spring. 1t also applies to other gradu
alton exercises, such as class day fes
tivities and the baccalaureate sermon
A hog ranch incorporated with
working capital of 500, 900 is propose
to farmers OF the Rolla section by =.
Laudauer of Minneapolis. The ranc
will consist of 1000 acres, will hav
about 100000 worth Of buildings an
fences and will start with 1000 broo
sows. 1t is planned to market 1900
hogs annually.
Leaving her home early in tn
evening to join the school WACO
which was to take her and her con
panions to a band concert at Brocl
ert the fourteen-year-old daughter {
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Arvilla, living fou
miles west of Brockert, became los
. and was found frozen to death tw
miles from home.
For fifteen years Charles Whitme
has been trying to quit the postma
tership at Yucca. 1t was a nuisance
; he told inspectors. But no m wishe
the job. Whitmer told this story t
/; United States Commissioner e.
y Lanterman at Mandan when arraigne
on a charge of embezzling $30,67. Fl
was dismissed because of u lack