Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-14
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Doings OF Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

~, Is presumed 10 nave QleQ, accord
ing to the last casualty list.
Mott.-Fire of an unknown origin,
but supposed 10 have had its start
from the furnace, did considerable
damage to the Pioneer Press office.
Bismarck.-Senator F. T. Gronvold
of Rugby, who remained at the close
of the special session to undergo a
minor operation, is recovering nicely
in a local hospital.
Bismarck.-The governor has com.
missioned Charles A. Timer of Ran
som county to be a member of the
board of trustees of the soldiers home
for the term ending July 1, 1920.
Eairview. Fire totally destroyed
the Great Northern hotel here and
an adjoining building occupied by a
bakery and restaurant. The fire start.
ed in the basement of the bakery.
Minot.-Harry Wing, an Oriental
caught in the raid On a gambling joint
in the rear of the New York restau.
rant, pleaded guilty in the county
court and was fined $25 and costs.
Manfred. - Losses a~ggregating ap.
proximately $4,000 were sustained
from a fire which broke out in the
second story of the Joe Biever ma.
chinery office and warehouse and
spread to adjoining structures.
Cooperstown.-July 9, 10 and II
have been officially set as the dates
for the annual fair and racing r.
gram for Griggs county by the stock.
holders of the County Fair associa-
ton at their annual business meet.
ing.
Dickinson. The name Liberty
Bank of Dickinson has been chosen
by the stockholders to replace the
name of the "German-Bohemian bank
of this city. The state banking board
has approved the new American name
chosen by the directors.
Fargo.-Again The Star Spangled
Banner has won first place. Miss
Ethel Tousley was awarded first place
with this subject as her grafton at the
25rd oratorical contest held at the
North Dakota Agricultural college.
William Mortenson was second and
Miss Ethel Woldy third.
New England.-Mrs. George V. Bow.
ers OF this city was struck on the head
and rendered unconscious for some
time by a fence post which flew up
and was being used to eXtricate an
automobile from a snowdrift. The &C.
ciGcnt occurred between here and Bis.
marck.
Fargo.-Engineering problems and
the engineers part in the world wal
will be discussed in Fargo February
81 and.2o when the 10th annual con.
%vention Of the North Dakota Society
of Engineers will be held here. The
dates for the convention have been
announced by President J. A. Ingram
Of Grand Forks.
New Rockford.-John ]. Carleton
president, Iowa Falls, Ia, and B. ]
simonitch, vice president, Mime
apolis, have disposed of their inter
ests in the Bank of New Rockford tc
Harry c. Sexton and E. w. Beardsley
MIR. Sexton mas been elected president
and a. F. Scwench and r.. F. Rinkel
vice presidents. Beardsley was re
elected cashier.
Dickinson.-Three hundred applica
tions have been received by farmers
from Stark county who will nee1
grain seed this year. The county
Ia =, =, / ccio will o{o,,,,i, th<
amount of grain needed. Eighteen
thousand bushels of oats, 1000 bush
els of barley and 10000 bushels Of
feed have been requested.
New England.-A message has beer
received here of the death at Ogden
Utah, of John Connolly, editor of the
New England Herald, and one of the
best known newspaper men in West
ern North Dakota. A short time age
M. Connolly left for California fo1
the benefit Of his health. From thE
brief telegram it is inferred that he
was taken rapidly worse and died er
route.
Bismarck.-A concession which viii
mean a saving of thousands of do;
lars to Western North Dakota farm
ers who have to rely on the Twin City
terminals for seed and feed, wa:
gained by the railway commission
wncn, in a conference with the North
ern Pacific, its representatives agreed
to eQualize the company's w%estbount
rates on seed and feed to comply Will
It's eastbound tariffs.
Dismarck.-N. G.. Mcdonald, stat,
superintendent Of public instruction
Surt. Dcamor of the Fargo public
schools, and a number of other prom
inent Dakota educators, will leave
about Feb. 10 for the national rura
life conference, to be held in Wash
inston February 81, % and %, ant
the national convention of the super
%in;endents' section of the Nationa
Educational association. to be held the
week following at Atlantic City.
Bismarck. j. X. Osterhaus. state
dairy commissioner, home from tn