Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-11
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The Red Cross organization at
Fisher, Mimi, VIII give a dance
Thursday. April IL.
doe scantz Of Glen Ullin, pleaded
guilty 10 obtaining property ,lTder
false preterses and was fined, 500 by
Judge Nuessle. IL the fine Is not-pald
ne VIII be forced to spend the next
80 days in 1ail~
A. +. Marquette Of bismarck. has
been arrested charged with violating
the penel code in that he, helped an
other to evade the draft. siie has
been released under $500 bond.
r. J, Horton, formerly cashier OF
the Aurelia bank, has accepted a po-
sition az first assistant cashier Of the
Farmers and Merchants bank Of
New Rockford. ~
The German state bank OF wing,
n. D.. was painted yellow the other
night. The president of The bank.
Senator Davis Of Goodrich, has been
repeatedly asked by the Germans 81
the locality to change the name, but
he Is .obdurate as a mule on this
point, 1t is said. Now, however. he
viii probably change his mind.
That the way of the tr~ansgressor is
surely haxd was forcibly illustrated
the other day in one of the Montana
towns. when. a Nonpartisan organic
er appeared OF the scene. HA was
met by q. number of cowboys, who
, politely but firmly told him that II, he
did not leave town at once he would
be dragged through a nearby creek
at the end Of a rope. He left.
j. NJ. G. Ttosvold, formerly in the
Grand Forks. has bought ali interest
in the First National bank at Num-
,ich and will make that town his flu
ture home.
The leasing of state lands in Cava.-f
tlier tounty will be held at Langdon
on Friday, Aprf, 10.
Lieutenant Lloyd Reilly OF Milton.
whO1is stationed at Waco, Texas, was
seriously. hurt in a practice game be-
tween the New York Giants and the
soldiers. The Giants are also sta
toned there.
Congressman Young receives Town
iey's O. X. He and La Toilette took a
pro1frtent place in the - celehfated
IoWnley peace, conference in st. Paul
last fall, which puts him right with
the big boss.-Souris Messenger.
Bismarck. which a few days ago
had plenty of would=be war garden
ers. but no war gardensxto spare,
nov has an abundance of war gar
den space, thanks to the local man
ager Of a Minneapolis land company.
who has offered a whole block Tor
this purpose in the northwestern part
of the city.
The refugee drive conducted by the
Bismarck home guard for the Bur
laigll county chapter of the Red
Cross. resulted in the collection of /
IL tons Of clothing for sufferers
from the invaded districts of Belgi-
UNI and France.
"A nap showing the circulation. Of
the Red Cross magazine by states.
Just received ats Burleigh county
headquarters. indicates that ON a
population basis North Dakota has
more subscriptions than any other
commonwealth, in the union. Every
month 27,2ss prepaid . Red Cross
compared with 2o,761 in Minnesota,
1864 to South Dakota, 5000 for
G. A. Gilbert has been appointed
general in charge Of the boys thrift
brigade whichNwas organized at Ana
moose. T~enty-six boys from the
ages of six to fourteen years have en-.
p%ortunity to earn money by which to
purchase thrift stamps by working on
the streets, picking up stones, tins,
glass, nails, etc.
5alta, n. D., held a largely at
tended and interesting patriotic
meeting on Friday night. AS >many
stand the English language, one of
the speakers. G.. A. IIbbert, of Ana
moose, talked, to them in German.
II The Consolidated 11iEnite cog,eries
company of New Sale1h,F a 100000
corporation. has been admitted to
business in the state by the blue, sky
ca 1000 acres Of coal land in Nor
ton county. containing two veins of
nine n twelve feet.
James A. Peterson OF Minneapolis,
who recently vas arrested by the
federal government for his attitude
on the war question. does not seem
= ia tftSLtlS lTlSHuS among IH0
northern Minnesota newspaper men.
Fred Adolf of Expansion. reports
that 50:acfes eutaof ~ acres already
ssown To, wheat, is beginning to peep
Through THE soft and appears healthy.
lie recalls only one spring in his
many years of residence in Mercer
county when he has placed wheat in
the ground during March.
The Continental Oil compan9's
gasoline tank at Fairview, Mont,
was drained of its Contents, some 49,
900 gallons, by unknown persons.> A.
hole was drilled in the bottom Of the
large tank and in order that the con-
knocked from the intake pipe and
the cover removed.
jamestown boasts OF one of iIthe
strongest lhome-guard organizations
in the northwest, the membership
tdtaling N101. After the company 3k
filled to the required number, 1OB,
the remainder will be placed on the
reserve list.
Mothers whose IONS arelin the war
led the parade at Marmarth Saturday
insthe Liberty Loan drive of the
Women's Liberty Loan organization.
The.meeting which followeds proved
1.-The greatest patriotic demonstration
ever held there. and resulted In
tMarmarth's quota being ~ovekssub-
,scribed 100 per cent. Oyer 30 psr
cent OF the homes there are Third
Liberty loan subscribers.
Fire, believed 3incendiary, destroy
ed the :Hsmrner-HalvoAson-B sier ele-
jvator at cocperstown. y OF the
|largest in the state. and 1.sAO BUSH.