Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-24
NORTH DAKOTA

Cecil Mitchell, assistant express agent
here. The wound took effect in the
abdomen and is serious, although re-
covery o fthe victim is not quite con-
fidently hoped for.
Observation-Disclosures for many
building permits throughout the state
are coming in to the state council Of
defense, which is now passing upon all
proposed structural enterprises, accord
ing to Executive Secretary John 3.
Brown.
Mandan.-A wealthy Indian from
Oklahoma, in this city en- route from
Montana where he had been transact
ing business, wired from here to his
home town to put him down for a
subscription of $4,000 for the fourth
| Liberty loan campaign.
Bismarck.-At a windup meeting Of
the state bank deposit guaranty board
it was found that 700 of North Da-
kota's 705 state banks had complied
with the requirements necessary to
place their deposits under the protec-
ton of the state guaranty fund. The
five remaining banks have been closed
or are under investigation.
Jamestown.-George Rand, one Of
the oldest and best known engineers
Of the Northern Pacific road out of
this point, is dead from apoplexy, at
the age of 10. Rand was elected one
of the first county commissioners for
Stutsman county but never qualified
for the office, prcferring to continue
u~nterruptedly With his work on the
Fargo.-Community boards through
out North Dakota will survey nom
essential Industries and list men who
can be spared for war work. such lists
to be used by federal authorities for
conscripting men for the erection of
munition factories II munitions max.
ing in event the volunteer recruiting
campaign now in progress fails to sup
ply the required number of workers.
Bismarck.-A fine buffalo lance,
with a steel head nearly three feet i'll
length and as keen and well-tempnred
as a rapier, has been presented to the
North Dakota historical library by DR..
n. w. Hansen. ho%rticulturiSt of the
South Dakota agricultural college.
The weapon is a relic of old chief Bull
Neck. who is said to have killed much
meat With it in the good old days Of
buffalo hunting.
Dickinson.-The new state normal
school at this point has opened for
it's first years work.
Minot.-'Thirty : seven : year : old
grandmother elopes with youth of %
is the heading which newspaper men
give to All incident alleged to have
taken place from this point q few days
ago Sheriff Nedreloe has gone to
Nebraska armed with warrants for the
return of II. Il. Mckinnon and Mrs.
VIM. Caincross, the two young people
in question. Mrs. Caincross, though
only 81 years of age, is a grandmother
and has a son three years old, whom
she took with her when leaving hoNoe
Fismarck.-The time limit for filing
of nominations fer the November
election expired October ).
Bismarck.-Ten North Dakota men
died from the Spanish influenza in two
days at Camp Custer, at Battle Creek,
Mich.
Hazen.-A large potato warehouse
just completed here will permit the
storage Of this years crop and its
preparation for shipment.
Bismarck.-Princc Axel of Denmark
is said to have been a guest in the
state Willie travelling incognito through
various parts Of the country, last
week.
Decentralization General Fraser
has received Il call for 2.SG0 select
service men to be entru:ned for San
Francisco the latter part of this
month.
Valley City.-Barnes county's aver
, age wheat yield this season is esti-
mated at j. bushels per acre, upon
computations made from threshers' re-
, ports.
Fargo.-The county draft boards
throughout the state have instructions
to call off physical examinations Of
draftees while the epidemic Of im.lu-
enza continues.
p l "a ~. Isi ~ VIVA IL. L / lIl't
Of the Z. S. employment service con
, tinues to have calls for many indus
e trial workers from the state to engag,
in necessary enterprises at eastern
points. About 70 men were entrainc,
from here arly las tweeek for work a
eastern munitions centers.
C Bismarck. = Sergt. Albert Shaw
2 whose death in action was reported
few days ago, was a former employ,
IN the office Of the secretary of state
. The young man was the son of D. e
Shaw, q Tower City grain buyer, an,
leaves a brother also in the militar
. service of Uncle Sam.
Grand Forks.-The spread of Span
ish influenza and the precaution
4 necessary to b taken against it vii
result in p~ostponement of the annua
= conference of North Dakota MethC
70 dists, which was to have been hel
heer this week. A date for the NEE
Ing has not vet been