Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17
North Dakota
Events of the Week

oeHuAlo IlLuo mas Deen given Wne0
1t will be reopened. A change is be-
ing made in the machinery for the
production of DIFF 81 ent grades of hour
in accordance with the government
regulations.
A. l.. Leimbacher, proprietor of the
Gardner hotel, Fargo, was elected
president of State Hotel Mems asso.
citation at the annual convention in
jamestown. L. B. Molander of the
Cooke hotel, Harvey, was named vice
president, and R. X. Keller of the
Waldorf hotel, Fargo, secretary-treas.
urer.
j. P. Hardy, Fargo, federal state di.
rector of the U. S. public service re.
serve. is in receipt of a telegram, ad.
vising him that the U. S. wants 1000
motor mechanics for immediate serv.
ice in France. Men outside of the
draft age, but who are of military age,
wishing to join the service, should ap.
ply at the nearest army recruiting
station.
Albin Hedstrom of Wilton, the old.
est member of the Burleigh county
commission, with the exception of E.
G.. Patterson of Bismarck, was elected
chairman to succeed G. F. Pesonsen of
Wing, when the board reorganized for
1918. 1t was announced following the
boards reorganization that no change
would be made in the list of appointiye
county officers for the ensuing year.
Addressing five new American citiz.
ems at Fargo former Governor L. B.
Hanna declared CONSUMPTION was prop.
er. Some people think that the idea
of CONSUMPTION is not right" he said.
Men, | tell you it is. In this present
war CONSUMPTION a that high and
low, rich and poor, shall be treated
alike. That is the right platform on
which to stand. We are doing away
with class differences and class re.
ligion in this war. In the trenches
we find rich and poor and Catholic
and Protestants fighting side by side.
a teachers institute will be held at
Flaxton beginning February l.. An
elaborate program has been arranged
LOT the OCCASION.
M. P. Morris, postmaster at James
town for the past~several years, has
been taken to Parkview hospital for
treatment. He is suffering from a
severe attack of heart trouble.
S. P. Grams, cooperative observer
for the Little Missouri district at
Marmath, reports that December, 1917,
was the dryest in the history of his
station. The rainfall for the month
was 40 inch.
Planning on future development of
Bismarck, Bishop Wehrle has pur-
chased IA lots for the Catholic church
to provide a suitable site or a $780,
900 cathedral as soon as the city in
crease in population.
A. B. Cary of Kenmare has returned
from Des Moines, Iowa, where he
found himself, through the death of
his father, Samuel K. Cary, who
owned 400 acres of valuable land
near Renwick, Iowa, one Of four heirs
to an estate of $150,000.
The first official order from Direc.
tor General McAdoo of the United
States government railways, was re.
ceived by w. A. Mcdonald and l.. K.
Thompson, Bismarck agents for the
Northern Pacific and 500 line. The
order is that reports be continued as
heretofore, but that the solicitation
Of new business be left to the gov.
eminent.
Thorough investigation is being
made by officials of the flour mill
company whose plant was totally
wrecked by fire, which destroyed more
than 1890 bushels of wheat with a
loss estimated at approximately ST..
600 at Golden Valley, Mercer county.
According to reports the fire spread
rapidly as soon as discovered and
this leads the officials to believe that
it was incendiary.
The finding of a mans body in a
shipment of a car of coal from the
Zenith mine to dealers at Dodge, this
state, is reported in a telegram to
the officials of the mine at Dickinson.
Albert G. Goeshell, former principal
of the Woodwork schools, was named
deputy county superintendent of the
schools for Morton county by H. K
Jensen, superintendent. Mr.. Goeshal]
was graduated from the state normal
school, Valley City,.
Ice which is being cut from the
James river at jamestown is being
shipped west this year, the drouth
having left a large part of the western
portion of the state without any neal
by ice supply. Ice in the James river
is 20 inches thick.
About $50 visitors, not including
relatives, attended the golden wedding
celebration of Mr.. and Mrs. James v
Smith of Buchanan, Stutsman county
The couple were married at Batavia
Iowa, so years ago and have beer
residents of Stutsman county for 81
years. A purse Of $210 was presented
Failing backwards into the .opel
trap of the cellar door at her home
Mrs. John Jones of Wyndmere was
picked up unconscious, suffering three
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