Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
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Dolngs Of Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty PerusaI.

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roy B. Dye
of Plaza, N. D., died at Fort Ogel-
thorpe base hospital of spinal menin.
gifts.
Fargo.-The gong Of the burglar
alarm outside of the State bank at
Blanchard frightened away "yeggs'
who attempted to drill their way into
the vault.
Fessenden.-The first farmers ele-
vator in the state to be established
under the new plan inaugurated by
the Equity Cooperative exchange of
st. Paul, will be built here.
Finley.-Steele county's fifth annual
fair will be held at Finley, it was de.
cided at a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Steele County Fair as
ISOLATION. The date was set for July
3 and 4.
Bismarck. - John Hollenbeck,
against whom a charge of illegal vot.
ing was filed with Police Magistrate
Bleckreid, pleaded guilty in the local
court and will appear before Judge
Nuessle at the next term of court for
sentence.
Dawson.-It took Edgar L. Richter,
field representative Of the. Four-Min.
ute men of the state just about a half
hour to round up about SO of the pat.
riotic citizens Of this village and or.
ganize. c. P. Peterson was named
chairman. a..
Hillsboro.-Funeral services were
held mere Monday afternoon over the
remains Of the late Rev. George Dun.
lop, pastor of the Congregational
church here, and the First Presby-
terrain church at Kelso, for the last
four years.
Bismack.-April 6, first anniversary
of Americas entry into the war, will
be observed as National Win-the-War
Day in North Dakota, under the aus
pices of the North Dakota Council of
Defense. Announcement to this effect
has been made by Secretary F. ".
Hellstrom.
Fargo.-GraId Forks was selected
as the 1917 convention city by the AS
ISOLATION of County Fair, Which clos
ed its annual convention mere with
the election Of officers. S. H. Wilson.
Of Bottineau was elected president,
Ben killerain. of Cooperstown, vice
president, and Don V. Moore of Grand
Forks, secretary.
Bismarck.-State Auditor Kositzky
has been informed by the federal
land department that 242,449 acres Of
homestead land has been proved up
on with the close of the year 1917
and will be subject to- taxation in
1918. The land is located in 13 coun-
ties and ranges from 996 to 105, 900
acres per, county.
Zap.-At a meeting Of ais congrega-
ton Rev. c. P. Sch lidt, pastor of the
German Lutheran churches at Zap and
Dodge, urged members of the church
here to subscribe literally for the
third liberty loan. "This congregation
should not take less than ~ bonds
and would like to see it take TO-"
said the rector.
Bismarck.-The seed and feed bonds
of Grant, Divide, Hettinger and Sneri-
dan counties amounting in all to over
100000, were awarded to the state
at the sale conducted by Commission
er of Agriculture and Labor Hagan
The bonds were purchased by the
state out of the university and school
lands fund and were disposed of at
four per cent.
Ryder.-Pl&ns for an automobile
trail to be blazed from Sanish to Bis
marck were laid and an enthusiastic
and we~ll-attended meeting of good
roads advocates from Mckenzie,
Mountrail and Ward counties, held
in the Commercial club rooms here.
Fargo.-E. T. Blk, Fargo high and
Agricultural college graduate, is now
Sergeant Major Blk, Headquarters
company, Three Hundred and Thir
teenth Engineers, Camp Dodge, Iowa
being promoted from corporal, accord.
ing to word received by his mother
Mrs. A. T. Blk.
Fargo.-Every rural and city school
in North Dakota was closed one day
for the purpose of taking a statewide
crop and labor survey by the school
children under the auspices of the
state department Of agriculture and
labor and the Federal department OF
agriculture. The survey will be com
pleted in about two weeks, it is ex
pected.
Bismarck.-A hankering for North
Dakota school lands on the part Of
farmers in Iowa, Illinois and Mime
sofa is revealed by daily inquiries re
ceived at the offices of the state
board Of university and school lands
Interest in the dates for approaching
sales of school lands, the location ant
valuation of these lands is shown II
scores of letters, coming in every ida.
from agriculturists who have made,
success Of their profession in the corr
belt and who are attracted to tn,
Northwest by the high prices guar
anteed for wheat. -.
Bismarck!@-A new source of reve
u which is expected to produc
$4,000 per veal for the state has bee:
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