The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-23
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Observation-Disclosures stores will
close ut 8 o'clock In the future.
Manfred.-Yeggs secured SIS worth
Of postage stamps and little small
change when they robbed the post.
Office here.
La Moure.-La Moure'a food survey
has been completed, Boy Scouts
conducting the work for the county
food administrators, 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,. 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.
ton is~to be paid to protecting grain
elevators from incendiaries.
Bismarck.-James Quit. sentenced
at Minot to 21s 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 in 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 1,70S
points and Hankinson 2,797.
Fargo.-Dean H. F. Kloman Of
Gethsemane cathedral. formerly q
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 - . Red Cross chaplain.
Fargo.-Harry Shirley Of this city
while returning from q dance at b.
ker, seven miles from Barnesville, was
thrown from IN automobile and rem.
dered unconscious. At . Fargo hos.
pftal 1t is stated that an injury to his
spine has resulted, rendering him an.
able to talk, walk or hear.
Devils LAke.-Last month the city
commission paid off $4,000 worth Of
bonds issued in 1889 for the building
of the artesian we'll Of the city. Up
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 selling flour without
substitutes. rs required by the fed.
eral food regulations, and in larger
quantities than the regulations allow,
the license of the Atlantic Elevator
company's elevator at Gardina. N. D.,
has been revoked BY Federal Food
Administrator Hoover. Il 10 announced
here. -
Bismarck.-TheN North Dakota coi,n.
ell Of defense has ordered the Beach
State bank Of Beach. to appear be.
fore 1t and answer to complaint that
It forecfosed on chattel MORTGAGE
given BY Adam Faris. q soldier Of the
United States army stationed in
France. in violation Of the state law
providing for q moratorium on debts
Of soldiers.
Decentralization considering hun.
dreds of names. the Bismarck chan.
ter Of the Daughters of the American
Revolution selected "Dacotah." the
name Of the ancient lords of all this
northwestern domain, as first choice
for their chapter Lewis and Clark, !"
in honor Of the intrepid explorers
who wintered near Bismarck more
than a century ago, while en- route
to he Pacific coast.
Fargo.-Private Edgar Roy Chand.
Ter, son of Mrs. A. P. Chandler, the
first Fargo boy to lose his life in &C.
ton, was killed In France May 9. &C.
cording to a telegram received here
from the war department. Chandler,
who was % years old. was student
Il III SAo oIot0 o6l ACulLuTdl CUllckS anu
member NJ the cadets when he en-
listed last July. His father is a Red
River Valley pioneer.
Fargo.-Rev. N. P. Junker, taken
into custody by a United States mar
shall, at Anamoose. N. D., upon q war.
rant issued by the department Of jus.
tice for failure to register as an en-.
envy alien. has been released from
tho Cas- county jail where he had
been held since March 2. The de.
partment Of Justice in ordering his re.
lease did 50 on his condition that
no proceed to Nav Mellary Abbey
and remain there for the duration Of
tho war.