The Wahpeton times., 1918-03-21
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oolngs Of Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed fer
Hasty Perusal.

nSA PupiS Ill ocnOOl NO. q, fetcrSOurS
township.
Devils Lake.-John Davis of On.
tario township has admitted to the
sheriff Of Ramsey county that he stole
q quantity Of oats from his employer,
Fred Wolfe.
Bismarck.-State Examiner ]. r.
Waters has issued q call for the con.
dftions Of North Dakota's more than
700 state banks and half dozen trust
companies as Of march 4.
| Bfsmarck.-Governor Frazier has is-
sued proclamation designating this
week rs War Club Week" through.
out the state and urges the organiza-
tfon Of war savings societies N every
community.
May~flle.-Miss Anna Msstes, one
OF the teachers In the Mayville city
schools. has announced her candidacy
for the office Of county superintend.
ent Of schools Of Traill county at the
June primaries.
Lankin.-William Swartz has been
notified that he has been appointed
postmaster here. He has already Sc.
cured the fixtures of the postoffice
and 1t is understood he has rented the
present quarters.
Cando.--Col. John A. Ely, one of
the well.known pioneers of this sec.
tiOn Of the state. died at his home
here. Mr.. Ely was at one time re.
ceiver of the U. $. land office at
Towner
! lnkster,-alrs. r. E. Tarnum has re.
ceived a letter from ~her son. who
was recently wounded while fighting
at the front He says the injury is
only leg wound and lie expects to
be vut soon:
Grand Forks. The state high
school conference. which has asso.
ciated with it the athletic meet. the
high school debate and the declama.
tion contest, will be held at the state
university here on May 16 and II.
Mandan.-The Knights of Pythias
convention for North Dakota, sched.
uled for this year in Mandan has been
laid over for year. announcement
being made here of such decision. The
decision to eliminate the convention
was made as war economy move
ment.
Medora.--Nels Nichols is preparing
TO start campaign of Ignite educa
tton. He declared many people arc
preludiced against the fuel because
they do not understand how to use
It economically and satisfactorily
Grand Forks-The North Dakota
Livestock association convention elec
ted John Wild Of Osanbrook presi
dent, w. H. Peters of Fargo. secre
tary-treasurer. and d. II. Critchfield
of Fargo. salesmanager. Valley City
was picked as the 1919 meeting place
Graftoln:-o1ne hundred and thirty
men and women Of Grafton are serv
ing under the stars and stripes in
this country or in the trenches In
France. Steps are being taken by
the officers of the Grafton CONNER
cial club for the dedication of mu
nicipal service flag.
Grand Forks-A. j. Surratt, Fed
eral state field agent for North Da
kota. reporting on the amount of farm
grain reserves in this state March I
says the wheat reserve is better than
other grains. The corn reserve Is the
lowest on record and the oats re.
serve. the report says. will not meet
the feed and seed conditions.
Observation-Disclosures General g.
Angus Fraser has received an official
call from Provost Marshal General
Crowder for North Dakota's deferred
quota of the first draft. representing
45 per cent of the men originally
called, or approximately $500. to be
moved to Camp Dodge. during a five.
day period. beginning March 29.
Portland.-Henry O. Anderson has
again demonstrated his ability as a
hunter and trapper. During the win
ter he bagged % foxes and wolves.
which he has disposed Of for over
5000. He spends all his spare time
every winter hunting and trapping
and finds that 1t pays him well.
Bismarck.-Dr. Thomas +. Kane,
newly elected president of the state
university; Prof. a. d. Weeks OF the
agricultural college. and Charles
T.eissman, secretary. state board of
regents, have been advised of their
appointments as delegates to attend
the annual convention of the Amer.
ican Society Of Political Science, that
will be held in Philadelphia, April
26-27.
Bismarck.-In a letter to the Com.
mercial clubs in cities along the
route of the National parks highway
in North Dakota, Minnesota and Mon
tana, between st. Paul and Miles
City. Mont. G. N. Remission, secre.
tary Of the Bismarck Commercial
club, charges that unfair discrimina.
ton is being practiced in the Twin
Cities to turn tourist traffic from the
National Parks highway to the Vel
lowstone trail.
Montpeller-Edward Peterson, liv
ing east of this village. has dragged
seventy-five acres of land and has II
already for seeding. Mr.. Peterson
Is always the first to seed, the first
to harvest and the first to thresh ir
Stutsman county, and always gets the
highest price for his grain.