Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-30


National bank of Fargo by the comp
troller of the currency. The First
State bank of Makoti has applied for
a charter as a national bank.
The food administration at Washing->
ten announced that the appointment oil
DR.. Edwin F. Ladd of Fargo, as fed-
eral state food administrator for North
Dakota, has been approved by Presi-
dent Wilson and that DR.. Ladd has
taken the oath of office.
A scorpion was discovered in thes
depths OF a coal mine near the odd
Weldeman ranch near the Missouri
river near Van Hook. The mine isl
eighteen miles from the nearest town.
and it is not believed that the unwel-a
come insect could have been conyeyedi
there in a crate of bananas.
Philip Nelson, the Fayette home.s
steader who ran amuck recently and
was rounded up by an armed posse3
after the exchange of a number of rife1
SHOTS, pleaded guilty to arson in theJ
third degree before Judge Crawford at1
Dickinson and now is serving a four-d
year term in the state penitentiary.
North Dakota must have an as-1
sessed valuation of 1856, 100000 to prof.
duce sufficient taxation revenue to1
finance it's operations for the coming1
TWO years, State Auditor Kositzky ad-a
vlsed the state board of equalization.9
Inc present assessed valuation isl
$54S,0O0,000 and the necessary in-]
crease is smaller than anticipated.
H. R. Biting Of Mandan has been1
ordered to report at Camp Cody, MI
NJ, as judge advocate of the Thirty.1
fourth division. Judge J. M. Hanley.g
also OF Mandan, who recently declined
a majorship in the Second regiment,N
has been again recommended to the]
United States government for appoint
ment. Judge Hanley will accept the1
new appointment. d
William Behrbaum of New SMem1
pleaded guilty in federal court at Far.J
go to a charge of embezzling $6,5OO]
and was sentenced to Fort Leaven.d
worth prison for five years by Judge9
e. f. Amidon. Behrbaum, who is
tWenty-six years of age, was cashier]
of the New Salem National bank and
his shortage was due, he said, to his |
speculation in wheat. b
Farmers Of the New Rockford sec-1
ton have started threshing. If neces-7
sary, they say, they will run their1
crews shorthanded rather than allow
representatives of the Industrial Works.
ers Of the World to be members of the
crews. 1t is expected records will DO
made for the number of bushels of
grain threshed in a day, as the straw
is very short and the grain unusually
clean. &
The 1918 convention of the North
Dakota Retail Hardware Dealers asso.'
citation will be held in Grand Forks. |
FEB. Ii, IA and Is, according to a de-.
clslon of the executive board of the
organization. Jobbers and manufactur.
ers OF hardware supplies will not have
EXHIBITS at the convention. At the
committee meeting it was decided that
the exposition feature would not be in
keeping with the governments conser.
walton plans. F.
Attacked by a rattlesnake in the
highway near his home the twenty
tWo-months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Moran of Squaw Gap died the
following day at a Sibley hospital, al
though everything possible was done
to save him. Mrs. Moran carried the
screaming child two miles in her arms
to the home of a neighbor to procure
an antidote and the baby was then
Immediately removed to the hospital,
but the poison by that time had
spread through it's system to such an
extent that nothing could be done.
The summer school at the Univer-
sity of North Dakota at Grand Forks
was the most successful in the history
of the Institution. Serious application
to the work of making better equipped
citizens at the time when the United
States needs them most characterized
the work of both sections. The enroll
ment which is devoted to college work
only was Isl this year. Last years
enrolment was las. For the work for
teachers the enrolment totaled 1874
this year, compared with 1852 a year
ago. Twelve weeks of summer work
will be offered by the University Of
North Dakota next summer.
Threshers at a mass meeting held
at Egeland agreed on a scale of prices
for threshing and wages for this falls
runs. The farmers agreed on 40 cents
an hour to each man for any length of
time decided on by the men, they to
be locked for time lost after a stop of
fifteen minutes. For teams and wag-
ons rs cents an hour will be paid. The
price for threshing grain will be as
follows: Wheat and rye, Is cents a
bushel; barley, 10 cents a bMshel, and
oats, 8 cents a bushel. II threshing is
done by the hour the charge will be
$40 per hour for eight-team outfits;
$25 per hour for ten-team outfits and