Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-18
Nubs oil News
A campaign against grasshoppers
has been inaugurated in Stark county.
BY BRIGGS

A campaign against grasshoppers
has been inaugurated in Stark county.
President Shaw Of the Minot city
commission will screw the lid on
tight. Poor LANCER!
The annual convention of the Nc
Kenzie County Equity society will be
held at Arnegard June 20.
The insurance commissioner surely
made a mistake when he turned over
all those insurance statements to the
Lisbon Free Press. Editor Maltby
goes after the League as strongly as
ever.
Refusing to come under state con-
troll, the New England Home Guard
has been disbanded. The Mott origin
|ization did the same thing some time
ago and the Dickinson guards have
expressed themselves as being oppos-
ed to state rule.
Tho Bottineau Courant says Stone
Creek township in that county is 100
per cent N~onpartisan. Every farmer
in the township has paid his Sc dues
for @ 1917-18 membership. Now watch
the election returns and see how
they stick-Frazier.
The annual convention Of the State
Retail jewelers. association will be
The North Dakota Association Of
Optometrists will hold their conven-
ton at Fargo at the same time.
This section Of the state has
been ~canvassed by solicitors for
a Nonparttsan daily paper to be
started in Grand Forks in tho
ors recently approached q hired
man on q farm not very far from
Grafton and asked the farm hand
II he realized that he was only
getting half of what he was
earning. 1t is q great game these
solicitors r working for the in
terest OF The farmer and at the
propaganda.-Grafton News and
Times :.
It is claimed. says the Kennara
News, that our swivel chair-banker-
real estate League candidate for Con-
gress, is raising the best crop of
French Weed in one of his farms that
is to be found in Ward county-yes.
he sure Ia some farmer (?)..
The Observation-Disclosures Bank
block at Minot has been sold by Due
e Christensen to Geo.. W. Kemper
for a consideration Of $50. 900. The
price is considered fairly high, but it
Ia contended that business property
has increased in value considerably
the last few years.
Thor Torgerson, IS years Of ago
and one of the oldest steelers Of the
Hatton district, lost his life by drown
Ing In the Goose river. Thorgeson
was the grandfather Of the two Som
drcal boys, who lost their lives in
the same manner last spring. and
the drowning Of all three was about
the same place in the river.
The Townley paper at Rugby In
simulated that several gallons Of boozs
arrived at Wolford about tho time
OF John Stems visit, and the VOL
ford Mirror replies: THE Mirror is
slightest ground for this base and
lcowardly attack on Mr.. Steen, and
It has nc hesitation in branding its
author as a sneakinE character as
sassin. who hasn't the physical or
moral courage Of q bedbug.-Westby
Standard.
The chief organ Of the League in
this state. a. an advocate OF Town
leyism, is feeling the effects Of pop
ular indignation in its home city. We
refer to the boycott on the Courier
News. The boycott is a weapon that
the Big Five has used with frequency
In this state. They are, now getting
q dole Of their own medicine and are
making wry faces-Lisbon Free
Press.
George p. Homnes. candidate OF
the Independent. Voters association
for the office Of attorney general, has
filled many positions Of public trust
and filled them with credit to his con.
s%tituency. II you know him You
would vote for him, and IL you
don't know him, 1t will be the safest
bet toEvote for him anyway because
fyou know the other fellow.-Mandan
Pioneer.
First Lieut.. =. e. Hanson, Co. N.
18th Infantry. writes his father al
follows:
when tho boys como homo
again theEe WIN not be any L. W.
Wa, Socialism or U0vvn1eyiam
talked unless the man who openo
h1s zap win get hs head knock.
"a Wide open. This ehOuld be =
lar warning to Some OF theao
bo0steE0 who h0Ase what thoy
NIu do after the war Ii over ~
North OAkDt0 aud l~llunaootAs