Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
NORTH DAKOTA

Rolla.-A church federation move
ment, for the period Of the war, is
being agitated here.
Jamestown.-The annual state con-
ference of Free Methodists was in
progress here last week.
HillSbOro.-The Elmwood farm, COM
prising $50 acres, belonging to former
Governor E. Y. Sarles and brother, has
been sold to Iowa parties at $125 an
acre.
Beach.-This city gave a rousing re-
ception and going-away banquet to
young women of Golden Valley county
who have enlisted in national Red
Cross service.
Ray.-The Pioneer, a weekly news
paper of long standing in this com
munity, has been suspended by e. j.
Knudson, the publisher, who is a draft
registrant and expects o on to enter
military service.
Fargo.-A call is being made for 800
selective service men to entrain for
the state agricultural college training
camp here on October Is, for instruc-
ton in the various vocations employed
in connection with the war.
Minot.-Seven Minot people had a
narrow escape from death when an
automobile in which they were riding
rolled down a 35-foot e~mbankment,
pinning all underneath. Two women
in the party were Slightly injured.
.Williston.-Home Guards here have
Ha1iCfo1 in tho Sfoto 0r.Tonivotinn
formed under laws enacted last winter,
with Charles E. Newell, as captain;
f. B. Plummer, first lieutenant; and
Joseph ]. Pavlik, second lieutenant.
Grand Forks.-Out of 800 draft
~questionnaires returned to the local
board up to a few days ago, $50 replies
contained no requests for exemptions
ready to enter military service on de-
mand.
Bismarck.-State Fire Marshal
Reade was called to Marmarth in the
hope that an incendiary suspect being
held there would prove to be the in
Aveterate firebug who seems to have
been operating there for the past two
years.
Grand Forks.--Lieut. Pat O'Brien,
the Authorization who made fame for
himself by falling wounded into Ger
many, then falling out with the Ger
mans and making his escape, is SEIZED
tuled for a number of North Dakota
speaking dates.
Bismarck.-Miss Callie Wieder has
Hoo~ o,rosro1 Nv, tho Mouth no1-nto
public library commission to superin.
tend the installation of school and
rural community libraries at various
points in the state. She will report fol
duty about October 25.
Absaraka.-Fire of suspicious origin
resulted in the destruction of 20,00(
bushels Of barley, valued at $4,000
A valuable barn and granary were also
destroyed, and ten horses and q COW
were burned to death.
Fargo.-The name of J. p. Hardy
pioneer Fargo citizen and secretary Of
the local commercial club, has beer
sent to the senate by President Wilson
as nominee for the post1nastershiI
here. Under present civil service rules
tenure of the office is without limit.
New Rockford.-Private Joseph D
Harrison of this city has been cited fol
conspicuous gallantry in action in op
erationS near scissors, where the Off
cha order records that he "drove tn
crew from an enemy battery which wa
firing direct fire across the Mass,
ravine, by his own rifle fire."
Fargo.-A phase Of the litigation
started jointly by North and Soutl
Dakota against Minnesota for $1,000
600 damages for injury wrought t
lands in the two states by Minnesot'
drain projects emptying into the Re-
river, will be argued before the Unite'
States supreme court. on October II.
Linton.-Anton Bockmaier, IN age
farmer near here, who is nearly blind
shot and instantly killed Fred Schu
macher, a young boy, it is alleged
while trying to brighten Schumaehe
and a party of youngsters from a raj
they were making upon his root house
Bockmaier is much distressed over tn
tragedy.
0rduu OTkS.-SCIlOO Throughout
the state will be generally very closet
watched for the appearance of out
breaks of the so-called Spanish influ
enza, which is said to have made it
appearance at several points in tn
northwest. Some physicians diagnos
the disease as a new outbreak of l
grippe in the severe form in which j
was prevalent in various parts of tn
country a number of years ago.
Bismarck.-The only brewery i
North Dakota, which is located nea
this city and which has " brewe
a drop of beverages since it was erect
ed In 1889, nearly thirty years ago, /
at last to serve a useful purpose, ha,
ing been purchased for warehouse us
by a local seed company. The plan
was erected just prior to North d.
kota's statehood, just in time to b
affected by the prohibition provisio
placed in the constitution at that tim