Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-03-15

An e%ight-round boxing match be-
tween Harry Hale Of indianapolis and
Jack Clancy of Billings, Mont, will
feature an athletic card to be staged
at Fargo March Is as an attraction Of
the Fargo auto show. On the same
card will be Kid Ferris, matched
against S. Smith of Moorhead, in six
rounds; Neil Tierney Of Fargo and
Tommy Stevens of Fargo. six rounds.
and Roy Benson Of Fargo against
Young lie Roy Of Jamestown, six
rounds.
NJ. P. Johnson. chairman of the
North Dakota railroad and warehouse
commission, has addressed commune
cations to vice presidents OF the Great
Northern, f'urthe,n Pacific, 500 and
st. Pau railroads asking them to put
into effect one-half freight rates on
grain available for seed purposes in
the state and from some Canadian
points to aid in relieving the shortage
of good seed in that state, resulting
from the amount OF rust which was
in the grain last year.
An eastbound freight crashed into
a rotary and engine at Lucca. The
engine and tender were knocked into
the ditch and three members of the
crew were seriously injured. They
are John Douglas, engineer, several
broken ribs and sprained back; G. H.
Witchurch. fireman, sprained back,
and r. l.. Long, head brakeman,
back %sprained and arm and leg scald-
ed. All were members of the 500
freight crew. None of the Northern
Pacific crew on the rotary was hurt.
Preparedness is in the air in NORTH
Dakota as q result of the federal pro-
hibiticn rider to the p%ostoffice bill that
will O o prevent the importation Of
liquor into the state. Ward county
officials think the spirit caused some
Minot parties to attempt the impor-
tation of a car of beer. The officials
are in possession of the beer and the
consignees, if they wish it, must ap-
pear before the states attorney and
swear the liquor was intended for
their personal uSe-the whole carload.
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Legislation aimed at the trading
stamp, enacted by the North Dakota
legislature, will be contested in the
courts of the state and ultimately in
the United States supreme court ii
necessary. r. w. Risley of st. Paul,
district manager of the Sperry-Hutch-
inson company, a trading stamp cor
poration, made such an announcement
At Fargo. The North Dakota trading
stamp act is based on a similar act
passed by Washington, which the
United States supreme court held con
stitutional.
The present year promises to be
the greatest in the history of the
movement for the improvement Of
public roads throughout the United
States. Data which is being collect
ed by the North Dakota Development
league press bureau of Grand Forks
indicates that North Dakota will share
substantially in this movement ant
that 1917 promises to be n of the
states most active good roads years
With this information it is happy tt
reflect that the days OF haphazard roat
construction and maintenance are
passing.
Governor Lynn ]. Frazier has vetoed
the bill providing for the construction
of a terminal elevator and appropriat
ing $780, 900 to be expended by a com
mission to be named by the governor
In killing the measure Governor Fra
zier set back for another two years a
least the movement for a state owned
elevator. In explaining his veto Gov
ernor Frazier said that the act pro
vides for the building OF IN elevate
or elevators by direct taxation AM
4 that taxes are already high enough
Nonpartisan league officials declared
the measure was fostered primaril.
by so called reactionaries In the son
ate.