Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-03
in NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week Tlom Many
Sections Of The State.
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written In Order
to Make PerusaI Easier for
Busy Readers.

Ashley soon will have a street cleo
trio lighting system.
North Dakota's special election to
name a successor to the late Repre-.
sentative H. T. Helgesen will be held
late in June.
The Valley City normal school base
ball team opens the season May 5 at
Enderlin and closes with jamestown
college at Valley City on June 9.
Robert Haddow, eighty-one years of
age, for t~hirty-fve years a resident of
Gilby, is dead. He was a commits.
sioner of Grand Forks county for five
years.
Seventy-one miles of new highways
will be constructed in Cass county
this year. Bids for the work will be
opened May 9 by the county road
board.
The st. Paul road will build its pro-
posed extension from New England to
Amidon war or no war;" F. N. Web
Der, right of way agent, told Amidon
business men.
A. H. Runge, who has completed
four years of service as state fire
marshal, has been in the harness for
forty years and is going to California
for a vacation.
Valley City responded to the call of
President Mcfarland of the state nor
NAL school to organize a Red Cross
chapter. Several hundred persons
signed and paid their dues.
Mayor Moe of Valley City has or
ganized a rifle club under instruction
of Major Phillips of the United States
government and becomes a part of the
National Rifemen's association.
Fargo hospital attendants pro-
nounced successful an operation per
formed or Thomas ]. Strong of Will
liston, who went there for treatment
to enable him to enter military serv-
ice.
Mckenzie county, North Dakota,
and Ricnland county, Montana, will
hold a joint field and track meet in
FairvieW on June /, jim which several
hundred school children will partici.
pate.
"A. l.. Rolley, state seed commits.
sioner, urges farmers who have any
good seed, particularly barley, flax,
oats, corn or potatoes, to report the
fact to him, as many farmers still
want to buy seed.
A four-day celebration of the Fourth
Ct July will be held in Ashley this
year, according to plans of the Ashley
Commercial club. A baseball tourna.
n1ent and a market day will be in.
Guided in the features.
Lieutenant Keterer of the navy re
CRESTED Mayor Moe of Valley City tc
name two young women to serve as
recruiting officers for the United
States navy. The mayor named Misses
Trudie Olsby and Clara Stenshoel.
Jacob Schwirtz, former money or
der clerk in the Minot postof1ice, I'm
der a four-year sentence for embeZ
Element, has been denied a new tria
by Judge c. F. Amidon at Fargo
Schwirtz was convicted last October
More than $4,000, 900 will be added
to the taxable property of North Da
kota by a ruling of the attorney gen
erals office that farm mortgage!
owned outside the state may be taxet
: within the state as personal property
Jamestown has adopted a move
method for aiding in the production
!: of foodstuffs. The city council haI
: turned over to the school children tn
!; county fair grounds and a big plot o
ground within the enclosure will b
plowed up.
The Capital Baseball association re
in Bismarck. E. M. Walla was electe,
president and captain-manager an,
Win S. Mitchell secretary treasurer
At least five of last years veteran
are available.
Officers of the Missouri Bankers as
: ISOLATION held a meeting at Manda,
for the purpose of making plans TO
the annual convention in Beach Ma,
% and 20. The food production props
ganda, with particular stress on liv
stock, will be featured.
The annual interstate interscholas
tic field and track meet will be he'll
in Fargo on May 25 and 26, it wa
announced by officials of the Mort
Dakota Agricultural college. Hig
schools of Minnesota and North d.
kota are eligible to make entries.
, Wallace B. Douglas, former attorne
general Of Minnesota, has been agree
!. upon by Attorney General Smith c
; Minnesota and Assistant Attorne
General Bronson Of North Dakota a
, federal commissioner to take test
. mony in the flood suit against Mime
sofa.
; Forty-four young men have begu
: preparing themselves for militar
, service at Fargo at the newly organ
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