Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-14

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severely burned when she poured ker.
osene oil on live Goals in a stove at
her home here, died at a local hos.
pital later.
Park River.-Ex-Mayor S. A.. Cam.
eron, Mrs. Cameron and daughters,
the Misses Ethel and Loreen, have
gone to Santa Monica, Cal, where
they will make their future nome.
Sanborn.-Oficers have been elected
and a board of directors selected
which contemplates the organization
of a Mutual Livestock Shipping asso-
citation here, with Albert Gulmon as
manager.
Bismarck.-The state of North Da-
kota saved Burleign county $4,000 in
interest on it's 5000, 900 issue of seed
and feed bonds, when it bid them in
at 4 per cent, about 2 per cent lower
than the next lowest bid.
Bisbee. = John Brennan and son,
Fretta, were painfully burned by an
explosion of a gasoline can, which
threw burning fluid over their bodies.
The explosion occurred when the boy
used a torch to heat a gasoline engine.
OVERWHELMINGLY 1000 North
Dakota men, including about $50 Cass
county registrants who have been ac.
cepted as soldiers, will make up the
final increment of the first draft which
has been ordered to report on Feb.
rualy 23.
Fargo.-hlice Olwin, sevcn-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Olwin
of this city, the first young Liberty
bond purchaser in the second drive,
died at st. Paul following an opera.
ticn for tuberculosis of the knee. She
had been a sufferer for five years.
Dickinson.-Fire starting from ar
unknown cause destroyed the big
Dickinson creamery, including the
home of N. c Jensen, the owner.
Eight occupants barely had time to
escape in safety. Except for an in.
surance of $4,000, Mr.. Jensen lost
nearly everything, including the fam.
ily's clothing.
Fargo.-Owing to serious shortage
of flour substitutes in the Northwest,
WHICH the government has instructed
grocers to sell with all wheat flour,
DR.. E. F.. Ladd, state food admins.
traitor, issued a modification of the
government order, cutting down the
ratio of flour substitutes in the state
from "Gfty-fifty" to seven to three.
Calvin.-The Masonic temple of the
Corinthian lodge of Calvin burned
down, the fire. starting from an over
heated furnace pipe. The building
was of stone and wood and the stone
wall, seven or eight feet nigh, is still
standing. 1t was one of the most sub
stantial buildings of it's kind in any
town of twice this size in the state.
Observation-Disclosures Kroeze, who
is in New York city, sent another
check for $4,000 to the officers of the
jamestown college for additional i'm
provements at the institution. He
writes that this gift will enable him
to double the present central heating
plant in capacity for the further prof
ects on hand, and make some addi
tional improvements on the campus.
Bismarck.-With a credit of $50,O0G
now at it's disposal, as a. result of an
act of the special session, the board
of control expects to lose little time
in clearing up outstanding bills
against the state hospital for the in
sane at jamestown. After all the in
~debtedness of the institution is paid
there will remain a satisfactory bal
ance to take care of expenditures fol
the ensuing year.
Langdon.-The Grand Forks Com
mercial club, in anticipation of {
change on the Langdon line of the
Great Northern, took the matter uI
with the off Gals in St. Paul, and has
been advised that no such change has
been contemplated as yet. The com
pany states that it is Impossible fol
any railroad man to intelligently fore
cast what might happen in the neal
future with passenger schedules ant
other railroad matters.
.Fargo.-Managers and proprietor!
of retail stores of North Dakota ar
writing letters to E. A. Kicker, state
merchant representive OF the food ad
ministration, telling Of their intention
to cooperate with the government ir
an effort to conserve all kinds OF food
and by especially inviting their pat
rons to aid. Display advertising is
being used by many of the state mer
chants to bring the message of tn,
food administration into the homes.
Bismarck.-While North Dakota SUI
fercd but one blaze from the date wa:
was declared on Germany April
1917, to January 81, 1918, in which
the loss was more than S10O, 900, dep
relations of the fire fiend in this stat
during that period cost S1,3S9,777 &C
ccrding to a report which Fire Mar
shall Reade wired Washington in re
spouse to a request from the protee
ton signal euuiDment division for fir