Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-06
Nubs of NeWs
The new time pleases everybody IN
Granville, says the Herald.

Tho new time pleases everybody ~
granville, says the Herald.
frank ]. Roble is a candidate ZOE
49, anuhl nomination for clerk
~ court of McHenry county.
granville is celebrating the ami
versary of the declaration. OF ~
arainst Germany today with D.s
rally. Corporal A.SB. lrVlns y. IL
43d Cameron Highianders, nninai
overseas forces, will De the principe
speaker.
The Devils Lake World is advocat-
,nr the necessity Of having an efficient
nome guard company in the CITY as
against Weary Wtllles ana
characters OF the same INK.
The Crary school board has granted
thrae weeks school vacation. be-
ginning with next Monday. IT IS eH-
nected that the boys OF the nlgn
school will offer their services 70 TUG
farmers during the seeding season.
The l.angdon city election was macs
,,amirons. the following gentlemen
hainr elected: Mayor j. J. Power was
re.eiected. as was Alderman Tom
smith in the First ward, r. T. Burke
- Tho second ward. and j. A. Bal
gard in The Third ward. J. y. MINE
was reelected treasurer, j.: y: DICK
son. police magistrate and Hans .
Dahl city justice.
The Langdon Commercial CLUB q
offered 500 for the school OF val
county buying the largest amoun' u
War Savings and InrIlt .a,p
tween now and the first OF the year.
The Red Gross sale at Milton Mon
day netted s725.
Tho Mandan German-American
Loyalty League has named the toiloW-
Ing committee to assist in>selling Lib
ertv Bonds: John Melzner, Jacob
Writ, +. l.. Nigey, F. H. Waldo. Or.
H. o. Altnow, John Opitz, A: j.. Gauni-
nitz, Otto Bauer, Geo. II. Bingenhei-
mer. T. ]. krause, Aug. Usseinlan.
Adam Leingang, Mike poi'seA'
Erasmus Helbing.
Farmers west of Larimore COM
menced seeding March e.. 1t a
only happened once before since hat
part Of the country was settled, says
| Ole Kalness, one of the pioneer farm
ers residing there. that seeding COM
menced that early, and then 1T was
only in the nature of an experiment.,
the fields having to be resown la<er
in the season. "a VI.
The $4,000 bond issue voted last
February by the city Of Ben1idji has
been sold to the Wells-Dickey COM
pany OF Minneapolis. AS there are
.-.xo; 1,,1cx;onc ropa r6inr the legal
ity of selling the bonds, the attorney
general will be asked to pass an opin-
ion.
Erick Christensen. of Northwood.
one of the pioneers of that district.
died Wednesday,. Mr.. Christian son
came to the United States from Nor
way in 1878 and settled near North
wood in 1882. He was 60 years of
age at his death.
The Northwood city council has de-
clared a half holiday today in order
to be able to attend the celebration in
Grand Forks. 81 &c.,. 4
W. L., Lean of Drayton was return-
ing from Saskatoon, where he was
called by the death of his father.
when he was recalled to Saskatoon
ITUHl lIHlpe 10y 81 iiCoSdSC HldliiS
that his aunt was dead from the shock
of his fathers death.
Pembina is puffed up considerable
over having no Indebtedness whatev.
er, the last of the bonds having been
paid this spring. -
+. E. Hanson, former assistant state.
bank examiner and for the past year
cashier of the Equity International
Bank at Fargo, has accepted a posi-
ton with the First National Bank of
st. Paul, in their department of Banks
and Bankers. Mr.. Hanson was at one
time assistant cashier of the State
Bank of Melville.
Mimi, is dead at Camp DeVins, Mass.
Death was due to pneumonia. The
remains will be shipped to his uncle,
Sam Anderson, for burial.
Secretary Of State Tom Hall can
see no reason for the contemplated
suit by the city Of Fargo to test the y
constitutionality of the automobile
! tax law. The people of the state
are assessed rs per CEN less under :
the present law nan they were under
the old law" says Mr.. Hall.
Eighty-two Of ~Minnesota's Sc coun.
ties nave made provision for employ
ing county agricultural agents. and
contracts have been made by,67 of the
81 with men to fill the places. Accord
ing to the University of Minnesota
agricultural extension division. the
four counties whose commissioners
have refused to complv with thu fod