Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-15
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Dolngs Of Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty PerusaI.
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Minto.-William Henry Fee. one
Of the old timers here, dropped dead
The other day while walking from one
business house to another.
Fort Yates.-Ed. Sager, a home
steader residing eight miles west Of
Fort Yates, died twenty-four hours
after being kicked by a vicious horse.
Jamestown.-Death has removed n
other North Dakota pioneer at James
town in the passing of c.. j. Warren,
who came to the state in territorial
days. In 1882 he filed on a homestead,
which is still in the family.
Fargo.-Mrs. Julia D.. Nelson, for
the twentieth time, has been elected
president of the Fargo Scandinavian
W. G. T. U. local, and is now the old
est officer in point of service in the
local unions in the state.
Jamestown.-A German prisoner re-
Gently captured by the American SOL
diers asked his captors, do the Ger
mans still hold Chicago?" according
to a letter written from France by
Walter Plunkett of this city.
Fargo. - Business conditions in
North Dakota, as reflected by Fargo
bank clearings for July, show a big
improvement over 1917. The 1918
July c%learings, announced today, are
$685. 51 .23, while the 1917 July clear
ings were $6,S64,415.71.
Knox.-D. H. Upland, cashier of the
Security State bank, recently closed
by the state bank examiner, furnished
$500 bond for his release pending a
hearing on the charge of classifying the
bank records. He was arrested on his
return to Knox from st. Paul.
Fargo.-Fifty North Dakota men
are already in the Y. M. c. A. service
and rs others have made applications.
ready have been accepted have gone
overseas. 1t is expected that the state
will have supplied about $50 men by
January 1.
Fort Yates.-The rye harvest on the
Indian reservation at Fort Yates is
practically completed, and indications
are that the yield will greatly exceed
May and June estimates. Crops in
general in that district promise to
yield far better than the average,
which is reported to be always high.
Minot.-The 500 passenger depot
here will be closed and all the rail.
way passenger business of the com
pany will be conducted at the Great
Northern depot. 500 trains will stop
at the 500 depot, but tickets must be
secured at the Great Northern. 1t
is not known when the change will
take place, but it is expected to be
soon.
Minot.-"Because some gutter goes
to Wall street and sells his Liberty
bonds at IS or below par, does that
make your investment worth less? No
my friends, Uncle Sans bond is still
at par" declared William G.. McAdoo
secretary of the treasury, in a iftee1
minute talk here. The secretary, &C
companied by Mrs. McAdoo, was er
route to Washington from Glacier
Park, where he had spent a brief vaca
ton.
Fargo.-More women are operating
grain binders in the harvest fields O
North Dakota this year than ever be
fore, and they are making good, &C
cording to reports from various sec
tions of the state. The shortage o
male labor is quite keen, and womel
are rapidly filling their places in man,
respects. The United States employ
ment bureau in Fargo now is sendin,
out about 200 men a day, with 81
day as the average wage for harves
ters.
Bismarck.-The department of tn,
interior has ordered the reopening O
the Bismarck Indian school, close'
last year for lack of help for the frs
Of September. Resident Superintend
ent R. 1. Thompson has arrived t
take charge of the institution.
Howard Caldwell, who had been il
charge, will continue his %connectio,
with the school as clerk. Mr.. Thom1
son comes from Keshena, Wis, wher
he was principal of a government Ir
dian school.
Sheldon.-Cattle rustlers are opel
ating in the hill district southeast q
Sheldon, with the result that severa
farmers have sustained heavy losse.
officials here have been advised. 1t j
believed that the r~ustlers use auto
J mobiles in their work and their del
relations have so far been quite e.
tensive. Cattle rustling has also bee
reported from western North Dakot
recently, and local vigilance commi
tees have been organized to trace tn
operators.
Observation-Disclosures rain fell O
seven days during July in amount
ranging from .05 to sc of an incl
the month closed with a moisture del
cit for July of .05 of an inch, and wit
an accumulated deficiency for the yea
of 1854 inches. The July rainfall VIZ
we'll ahead of that in 1917, when til
total for the month was 1855. I'll
mean temperature for the month W.
GO, two degrees below normal. Th
highest temperature was 81, on JuI
81, and the lowest A, on July 80.
Observation-Disclosures an order Issue