Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-09

The Lisbon city council is consid-
ering buying the local electric light
plant instead of paying the monthly
rent for light used by the city, which
ranges from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
The Big Bass Farmers club, Bel
trami county, have decided to build
a farmers produce shipping spur.
frost-proof potato warehouse, 95x40.
Major Thomas Swinson of the 21st
battalion, Home Guards, left Bemidji
Wednesday night, having been or
dered into service as first lieutenant
of colored troops. His destination is
unknown.
William Engle, a 500 Line man of
he was thrown from a speeder when
he was out doing some repair work.
The speeder struck, a 12-inch drift
bolt, which had been placed between
the rails by some unknown person..
Twelve Clay county families have
been denied further supplies of sugar
because false statements have been
made by them in attempts to purchase
iioiS iio4i SA1CiI oiloWd ilCSS. l1l1S Is
the penalty imposed by Edgar E.
Sharp, county food administrator.
An electric coupe, owned by Mrs. S.
Robbins, of Minot, was destroyed by
fire while the upholstering was being
cfeaned with gasoline. The heat 81
the sun, shining through the glass in
the door, iEnited the gasoline. The
batteries, worth $500, were saved.
1t has been said in our presence.
says Editor Luchan. of the Grafton
News and Times. that this daylight
Grafton fellow who is bashful and
goes counting n who hasn't nerve
enough to drop around until it is
dark, when it is time to go home.
Details are still being gathered of
the damage done in the neighborhood
of Spiritwood Inc Bloom by the
young tornado thai visited that sec
ton. Windows, trees, granaries, a
barn, a garage, a windmill and a car
were blown down or otherwise seri-
ously damaged by the high wind that
prevailed.
The Farmers Cooperative Tele-
phone company of Saline township
is a new corporation recently granted
a charter by the secretary of state.
Harold King is president and Peter
Wlnkelman secretary and treasurer.
The new line will come with
Granville and is limited to "a patrons
for service.
Harry Lewis Walker of Minot died
Tuesday night as a result of an auto
accident, when aicrowd OF
drunken rowdies who were out Joy
riding forced him to drive his car over
the grade, where it turned over. He
received injuries necessitating ANN
tation of n limb, but this failed to
save his life.
The boycott against the Townley-
ized Park River Gazette-News seems
to be working to perfection. Frank
Prochasha's overnight change in ed
itorial policy did not increase his pop-
ularity to any great extent with the
local ,business men. It is rumored
that the deficit so far under the
regime is several thousandf
dollars.
H. K. Jensen of Grenora, Williams
and is now under $1,000 bonds, be-
ing charged with arson. 1t is alleged
that he put fire to his own butcher
shop recently and that the authors
ties have found pretty strong eN-
dence against him. N<The recent IRE
was the second in the same building
inside a few months.
Mr.. Conibar, thresher expert, sent
out under the u. g. Food Adminis-
tration bureau, will be at Devils Lake
August 70, at 2 p. m..s to address the
Ramsey county th~reshernnen on mat
ters relative TO the Forthcoming sea
sons threshing. andsft Is the desire
of the state food administration thaf
every t~hresherman In the county ia
present at this meeting.
If the editor Of the Bismarck Palla.
dunn thinks the real Republican Cd
ttors of the state are wearing long
mugs" these days, he is propagafine
an e%rroneouss conclusion. There NJ
long mugs in this exceedingly.
dry state Of ours and we have rot
well used to doing without them.
Just as we are fast learning to be.
come strictly Independent OF the
Boss" whether he be q great Or lit
tie Boss" Nsxt,-Lisbon Free,
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