Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23
North Dakota
News Siftings

VI pOSIdSe SLdulpS anu d lllLle SLudll
change when they robbed the post
office here.
La Moure.-La Moure's food survey
has been completed, Boy Scouts
conducting the work for the county
food administrator, and caring for
the job in. record time
Lisbon.-Miss Helma Erickson was
| injured when the automobile in which
| she was riding turned over. The
strong top OF the machine saved the
other six girls in the car.
Devils Lake.-E. F. Flynn president
OF the Devils Lake city commission,
was elected president of the North
western Lawyers association at the
annual convention of that body in
| Minneapolis.
Hannaford.--Two members of the
local home guard will patrol the
streets of the village each night
during the summer. Particular atten-
tion is to be paid to protecting grain
elevators from incendiarics a
| Bismarck.-James Quit, sentenced
at Minot to 2k years Imprisonment,
was brought here to begin his sent
ence. The charge was stealing wheat
from granaries and also with stealing
an automobile used in moving the
| wheat.
Observation-Disclosures leads III an
exciting contest which Is on between
the Congregational Sunday schools of
Wahpeton and Nankinson for attend
ance. The standing, according to
latest figures. gave Wahpeton 1,7OS
points and Hankinson 2.797
Fargo.-Dean H. f. Kloman OF
Gethsemane cathedral. formerly a
chaplain in the national guard in the
state of Maine, has been notified by
the war commission of the Episcopal
church to overseas service on short
notice as a Red Cross chaplain.
Fargo.-Harry Shirley of this city
while returning from dance at Ba
ker, seven miles from Barnesvtlle. was
thrown from IN automobile and rem
dered unconscious. At Fargo hos
pital 1t is stated that an injury to his
spine has resulted. rendering him un
able to talk, walk or hear
Devils Lake.-Last month the cit,
commission paid off $4,000 worth O
bonds issued in 1889 for the building
of the artesian we'll of the city. Ul
to the time the city commission sue
ceeded the aldermanic form of gov
eminent. nothing had been done to
wards taking up these bonds.
Fargo -FOr cn1lino hnur !, ~,
substitutes, as required by the fed
eral food regulations. and in large
quantities than the regulations allow
the license of the Atlantic Elevate
company's elevator at Gardina, N. d.
has been revoked by Federal Foo
Administrator Hoover, it is announced
here.
Bismarck.-The North Dakota coun
Gil of defense has ordered the Beacl
State bank of Beach, to appear be
fore it and answer to complaint tha
1t foreclosed on a chattel mortgage
given by Adam Faris, a soldier of tn,
United States army stationed il
France, in violation of the state Law
providing for moratorium on debt
of soldiers.
.Bismarck.-After considering hun
dreds OF names. the Bismarck chan
ter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution selected "Dacotah" tn,
name of the ancient lords of all thi
northwestern domain, as first choic,
for their chapter Lewis and Clark,
in honor of the interpid explorer
: who wintered near Bismarck NOR
than a century ago. while en- rout,
to he Pacific coast.
Fargo.-Private Edgar Roy Chand
Ter, son Of Mrs. A. P. Chandler. tn,
first Fargo boy to lose his life in ac
tion, was killed in France May 9. ac
cording to telegram received her,
, from the war department. Chandler
who was % years old. was a studen
OF the state agricultural college ant
4 n"''rh"r sc the anhcte when no on
listed last July. His father is a Ret
, River Valley pioneer.
Fargo.-Rev. ~ P. Junker, take,
into custody by United States mar
! shall. at Anamoose. N. D.. upon a war
rant issued by the department of JUS
tice for failure to register as an en-
eny alien, has been released from
the Cass county Jail where he hat
; been held since March 2. The de
partment Of justice in ordering his re
lease did so on his condition tina
he proceed to New Me!lary Abbe,
and remain there for the duration o
the war
New England. .--Missing from hom,
, FOR two days the bodies of Nick Nahn
aged 10. and Ludwig Hahn. aged I3
were discovered in an abandoned Goa
mine north OF New England after
posse of sixty automobiles had secured
the countryside for hours The ol,
mine pit was filled with water II i.
presumed that the boys while play1ns
, about the mouth OF the abaudonc,
shaft fell in. and it Is possible ina
one OF the lads lost his l,fe. IN a,
attempt to save the other
Reeder.--George Francis Rose o