Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-11-21

MlnOt.-Ine nOn-return OF Repre-
sentative Anthony Walton to the legis-
lature from this district will ,remove
from the state assembly one of the
foremost figures in the deliberations
of the last session. Representative
Walton is president of the North Da-
kota Society of Equity and a leading
political supporter of the Nonpartisan
league.
Fargo.-Muior NJ. F. Steele, com
mandant of the S. \. I. C. at the Agri-
cultural college. announces that the
officers training camp which was to
be opened at Cam2 Fremont. Cal, De
cember l. has boss abandoned. Appli-
cations tor entry already received will
be returned. and no further applica-
tons will be accepted. so far as can
be determined.
FargO.-A renewal of the influenza
epidemic has broken out in the stu
dents and N~ocati%nal army training
camp here since the Induction of Il
e contingent OF more than 800 men
into the camp Il short time ago. The
case are receiving the same careful
treatment as that which made the
local camps death record last month
me of the lowest in the United States.
BiSm&rck.-State Fuel AdminiStra-
tor Baker wired Commissioner Gar
field that. With less than 80 per cent
of North Dakota's anthracite tonnage
delivered, the state would prefer to
pay enough additional for coal. to per-
nit the payment of adde dwageS de-
manded to laborers at Duluth and Su-
perior terminals. rather than be sub
jected to the risks involved by further
delay in deliveries.
Minot.-A. T. Slocum, for many
years a prominent business man of
this city, passed away a few days ago.
Grand Forks.-The potato yield in
North Dakota is estimated to have
averaged so bushels per acre this year,
as compared to the national normal
average of 90 bushels. The prelimin-
airy estimate for the state places the
total yield ut 100000 bushels as
against 5,S7o,00o for last year. Corn
yield; in all counties We're light, eX-
cept in the more northe:ly counties
of the state, where the amount har-
vested was negligible on account of
frost.
Tower City.-W. J. Sansbura, q pio-
neer resident and prosperous farmer
of this vicinity, is dead.
Nayville.-A war emergency bust
ness department has been announced
as an addition to the curricula of the
state normal school here.
Bismarck. The appointment Of
Judge w. S. Casselman as truant Off
Ger in this city, it is said, will work
school deSerters.
Jamestown.-N1iss Sabra Regime
Hardy, the young Red Cross nurse,
enlisted from Golden Valley, whose
death overseas vas recently an
%nonnced, was daughter of a former
Baptist pastor here. i,
Bismarck.-A report is current that
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Neil G. Macdonald will be
made state commissioner of education
after the close of his term Of office
December 1.
Bismarck.-North Dakota's state
and national banks are making good
shoWings in statements recently is
sued on call to show the condition Of
their accounts at the close of business
on November 1.
Fargo.-The North Dakota Fedora
ton of Labor lent it's endorsement to
the united war work drive, and men,
bers of the organization will be ex-
pected to contribute as literally as
their means will permit.
Fargo.-Blooded live stock sales are
increasing in numbers and popularity
in the state this fall. A successful
registered Shorthorn cattle sale was
held at the municipal barns here on
the 18th instant.
Bismarck.-North Dakota relatives
and friends of the soldier boys over
sea had to do their Christmas shop
ping early SO far as their gifts to the
soldiers weer concerned. November
70 was the last day in which packages
would be received.
FdllSy SllS."A ulSCOlllluutlcG Ol
the governments demand for horses
for military use, owing to the discon-
tinuance of hostilities, gives promise
of leaving a better opportunity for
selecting the necessary amount of live
horseflesh suitable for agricultural
use.
Fargo.-Celebrations of Victory day
last week showed that North Dakota
citizens can produce the necessary
methods of fun making on the spur Of
the moment when necessary, just as
well as when a celebration is desired
which they have time to deliberately
plan.
Bismarck.-State Senator c. w.
McGray narrowly escaped death
through accidentally taking %bichlorlde
of mercury for other medicine which
he intended to take for a headache. A
quick trip to a local hospital, together
with the fact that the poison was
taken without water, was all that
saved the senator's life.
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