Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-02-01

Potato Growers association at a meet
ing held in the Commercial club
rooms at Fargo.
Senator Gronvold has introduced a
bill in the state senate proposing the
establishment of a terminal elevator
at Fargo to cost $500, 600, which would
be operated under the supervision of
the state railway commission.
The use of a system of colored
lights or markers, making it possible
for passengers to distinguish the des-
tination of street cars at night will be
put into operation at Fargo. c. P.
Brown, general manager of the Fargo
Moorhead Street Railway company,
made the announcement.
President Wilson sent a letter to
tional American Woman's Suffrage as
ISOLATION, c~ongratulating her unun
passage by the North Dakota leg la
ture of a bill granting to the won II
of that state the right to vote for
presidential electors and for municipal
officers. The governor of North Dako-
ia has signed the bill.
Three hundred Trail county farm
ers have unanimously voted to request
their representatives in he leglsla-
ture to oppose house bill No. "A, the
proposed revision Of the state consti-
tuition fathered by the Nonpartison
league. The action was taken at Il
meeting called by Senator Paulsen q
Trail county to ascertain the views
of his constituents in the matter.
Small Woman, former wife of Chief
Sitting Bull, is dead at the Fort Ber-
thold Indian reservation in Western
North Dakota from burns suffered
when fire destroyed her shack. Small
Woman returned to the shack to res
II an old shawl which she priced
highly. The squaw was a native OF
Mandan, eighty years old. After Sit
ting Bull was killed Small Woman
married q United States Indian scout.
North Dakota's board of regents,
which is under custer orders from Gov
ernor Frazier, passed the "buck" to
the governor when members demand
ed that he start court proceedings.
The officials of the board also served
notice on all the state institutions
they still are at the head of educa-
tional affairs, regardless of the gov
ernor's request to the institutions to
pay no attention to the present board.
Fargo is one of three North Dakota
cities awarded places on the King Of
Trails" a new military highway to be
established between Winnipeg and
San Antonio, Tex, by way of Calves
ton, according to information received
at Fargo. It is reported there that
the survey has been completed and
the United States engineers, in COM
pany with d.. Z. Culp of San Antonio,
are inspecting the work as rapidly as
possible.
G. p. Jones of Lisbon was elected
president of the North Dakota Imple-
ment Dealers association at the clos
ing session at Fargo. The association
adopted resolutions endorsing national
prohibition, condemning the alleged
steel trust, protesting against advance
OF machinery prices n repairs, and
commended a plan for a mutual i'm
plement insurance system, with head
quarters at Grand Forks. Ben Hal.
vorson Of Hatton was elected vice
president.
BY a vote of 81 to Is the state house
Of representatives passed the bill an
thorizing the submission of the pro.
posed new state constitution to the
electorate. The bill goes to the sen
ate, where, it is expected, the opposi-
ton Will be more formidable. The vote
was no surprise. 1t was generally con-
coded the strength Of the Nonpartisan
league would put the bill THROUGH.
The principal Importance of tn,
proposed constitution is that it will
allow the state to engage in public
utilities and also give the municipal
tiles the right to enter into a private
business.
A great deal of interest has been
given to the consolidated school sys-
TEN that is becoming more widely
used in this state in certain districts.
An announcement of a new consoli-
dated school and teachers home in
the southern part of the state has
been received by the North Dakota
development league press bureau at
Grand Forks. The Antelope school
district has recently let a contract for
the construction of a fine new consol-
dated school and teachers home to
faYn tho nloon &c tIo e1.' -.---1
schools that have heretofore been
maintained there.
North Dakota may take the lead in
antl-militarism by abolishing it's ma
tional guard. 1t is expected this action
will be taken by the farmer majority
of the house refusing to appropriate
money for maintenance of the militia.
The increased expense of keeping
the guard system, according to the re-
n JSrny1 orfr J~;l I~r-.