Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-04
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Bismarck-C. a. Myhre, forrnerly
county surveyor Of Barnes county,tsshas
Joined the state engineers force, NOV
ing his family to bismarck on Jan
'uarytl.
Noonan-Lssiie, 13-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs Otto SHuwe, froxe sone
OF his hands while following q bunch
Of horses which had strayed for some
distance from home. The youngster
did not discover his misfortune until
he had caught a horse and; was at
tempting to place the halter on It. It
Is now believed It will. not be neces-
sary to ampntate any Of the fingers.
Manning-Marooned in a desert
ed school house until 4 o'clock in tho
home through the drifts by a wolf,
which was caught later In the morn
ing in Leonard Haag's trap, Miss Gin
da Kapitz, Nelson Valley school,
ima'am, has one exciting night to add
to her list of memoirs.
Bismarck-The railway commission
IL at Sykeston, hearing the COM
plant OF an established telephone
company which alleges that a pros
pective competitor plans to parallel
its lines and to divide its business.
The proposed new company has not
applied to the railway commission for
permission to build.
New England-George Gardner.
New England's4 prize bachelor, is no
mora bachelor. He and Mrs.
Gardner, who IA Miss Trena Mullin-
berg, are enjoying a honeymoon in
Los Angeles. They will be at home
groom is New England's pioneer stage
man, and he now operates the Mew
England Horse and Auto company,
running stage lines between New
England and Dickinson and Reeder.
In this capacity he has become a
friend of North Dakota's travelling
fraternity generally, and he has a
wide acquaintanceship.
Granville-The remains Of Nelson
Burchitt, Granville's first human sac
Funston, Kan, have been laid to rest
at Collins, Mo-, where a sister re-
sides. The deceased was a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Burchitt Of Gran
vile, having volunteered soon after
America declared war on Germany.
= Burnstad-In the Burnstad family,
the village of Burnstad claims the
champion Red Cross clan of North
Dakota. The Burnstad family num-
bers and even dozen. and in the recent
Red Cross membership drive every
one Of the dozen vas enrolled. Mrs.
C. F. Burnstad and Leo Burnstad were
enrolled al new members. and G. p.
Burnstad, Harold Burnstad, Ira Burn
stad, Grace Burnstad, Victoria, The
odore, Roy, Helen, Norman and Ralph
Burnstad had their memberships re-
newed.
Steele-Once more Steele is lighted
starting to furnish power as a New
Year gift. The plant has been thor
oughly overhauled.
MISUNDERSTANDING from the
Fortuna district where their horses
are being wintered by rancher,f "A. l..
Tompers and Michael. Fink report
cattle in bad shape. some dead, some
dying and some strayed away. The
icinity for the balance Of the winter.
Schafer-According to an official
report from Camp Dodge. Private
Charles Anderson of the Grassy Butte
district died at the cantonment, a vic
tim Of pneumonia. He. was a men,
Der of the Battery 8, 338th field ar
tillery. He left here with the last
contingent.
Favgo-stock growing has been the
co I,,o$;o~s~ The AGoCl,elx1y l;O$ r{nk M
cording to F. NJ. Davis. banker, OF
N1cClusky. Mr.. Davis stated during
his visit to- Fargo Wednesday that
c tspite poor grain crops. many OF
::he farmers in his section of the state
are in good financial condition be.
cause they have taken up the live
stock industry.
Schafer-J. K. Diehm, postmaster,
reports that IS of the patrons of the
Schafer postoffice have contributed Is
cents each to the fund to purchase
baseball paraphernalia for the boys
in France. The total sum of 1915 has
beeli RENTED from this Office to the
headquarters at Washington.
Thelen-The good town Of Theler
petitions the railway commission fol
a railway waiting room of some kind
Even d 6OOO FOOHly DOA CAT, with d
stove in it, will do" writes one OF
Thelen's leading business men.
Fargo, N. d.. Jan. 3.-H. p. Beck.
with, treasurer of the Y. M. c. A. wal
fund for the state Of North Dakota
late yesterday forwarded $4,000 tc
the national headquarters of the wal
fund council at New York as the first
payment from the state of the $780,.
900 raised during the recent cam.
paign. .
McClusky = The McClusky public
school has reopened after having beer
closed for two weeks by an epidemic
of scarlet fever. Twenty well-devel.
oped cases were discovered among the
pupils before the board of health
acted. In Goodrich a similar cpl.
demic, although not so severe, com
PEELED the authorities to close the
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