Courier Democrat., 1918-06-20
HI. E. CLOSE & co.
The Corner Drug Store
Starkweather.-U. L. Burdick will
leliver the Fourth of July Grafton

Starkweather.-U. L. Burdick will
deliver the Fourth of July grafton
here.
Buford-The Spanish American war
veterans are making plans for big
Fourth of July celebration at the
Sioux Crossing near Buford.
Minot.-The Northwestern Summer
school opens at the Minot normal
school on June 26th. Indications are
that the attendance will be large.
Fargo.-Anly Adams of McHenry
drove here in his machine, sold it for
SITS, invested the proceeds in Liberty
bonds, and then enlisted in the army.
Grand Forks.--A Home Guard or
ganization may be soon formed in
this city, according to M. M. Merrill,
who is acting as temporary captain.
Jamestown.-G. w. Collins, ex-
press agent at Kuhn, N. D., was found
not guilty of having acted as agent
in the purchase of beer and liquor for
others, after hearing in Federal court
here. ..>.........
La Moure.-A building owned by a
La Moure resident, held by citizens
as being but lukewarm to support
the government in the war, was de-
corated with German flag, an iron
cross and much yellow paint.
Devils Lake.-Rev. T. T. Hanson,
for seven years in charge of Bethel
Free church here, leaves soon to take
charge of the pastorate at Litchville,
N. D. He will be succeeded here by
Rev. John Lillei, Minneapolis.
Bismarck.--A complete plan for the
organization of a $1,0Oo,00o corpora
ton to promote the production and
distribution of Ignite coal in North
Dakota will be submitted to the state
cuncil of defense at its next meeting.
Fargo. Thousands of gophers have
been killed in the state this year by
active cooperation of the extension
department Of the North Dakota Agri.
cultural college and United States
biological survey, in an effort to save
wheat.
Grand Forks.-Andy Gill, for five
years coach. of the University OF
North Dakota, has resigned and has
gone to Louisville, Ky, where he
will be head coach at the University
Of Kentucky, commencing September
1st next.
Minot.-Workmen excavating in a
gravel pit west Of the city unearthed
three coffins. The find was explained
by Judge William Murray of county
court, who stated the present pit was
once cemetery, but was abandoned
twenty-five years ago.
Bismarck.-H. H. Jones, 60, a pio
neer who came from New Hampshire
in frontier days, and who twenty-five
years ago located in Bismarck, died
at local hospital after a brief ILL
ness. He was a pioneer and without
| immediate relatives in North Dakota
Bismarck 800 and 400
telephone officials and operatives
with their families, assembled here
for the twelfth annual convention OF
tire North Dakota Telephone associa
tion. The visitors were welcomed tc
the city by George N. Keniston, sec
retary Of the Bismarck Commercial
club. -. 1f
Bismarck-North Dakota Ignite
mines produced $4,000 tons of coal
in 1917, the equivalent in heat units
Of 502,2S0 tons of anthracite, repre-
senting by its use within the state
the conservation of North Dakots
capital of approximately $5,00O,00O
according to ]. w. Bliss, state engin
eer.
Fargo-Twenty-nine graduates O
Luther Theological seminary of st
Paul we're ordained by the Norwegian
Lutheran church of America, the ser
vices being attended by more thar
$500 people. Other services attract
ed 10000 people. The rites or ordin
alton were ministered by DR.. H. q
Stub, president of the church body
Minot.-The new city well, the sec
ond of it's kind, will be in operation
about July 1. A centrifugal pum]
with capacity of 1000 gallons PEE
minute is now being installed. Th'
other we'll has been in constant op
Grafton since October ID, bein,
pumped for IL hours each day. Mino
is using about 100000 gallons of waite!
per day.