Courier Democrat., 1918-09-26
NORTH DAKOTA.

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,Fargo.-Burglars entered q ware
house here and carried off tobacco and
cigars to the value of $500.
Grand Forks.-Fire, starting in the
basement of tn Empire building here,
caused damage amounting to about
$4,000. The origin of the fire is un-
known. -,
Williston.-The Red Cross of Will
liams county started shipment of f.
| 326 pairs of socks in transit for use
overseas few days ago. The consign-
ment was the product of three months
work.
Starkweather.-A sweater with
matches in one of the pockets was ac-
cidentally fed through threshing ma
chine nGar this place and causedia fire
| by which the machine was totally de-
stroyed.
Fargo.-The sixth biennial report. Of
| the North Dakota state soil and. geo.
logical survey is now. ready for distri-
button, according to announcement
made by the compiler, DR.. Herbert A.
Hard of this city.
Beach.-Capt. Charles ]. Cook of
Company M, originally of the North
Dakota second regiment, has been in
valided home with an honorable dis
| charge after several months of active
service in France. .
Jamestown.-All buildings except
the house on the farm of District
Judge ]. A. Coffee. in the northern
part of this county, were destroyed by
fire which is believed to have been
started accidentally by men sleeping
In the barn.
Fargo-Eight hundred regular serv-
ice men will be called from North, Da-
kota for training at Camp Grant not
later than October 16, according to q
recent announcement received here
from the provost marshal generals Of
fee at Washington.
Mandan.-Albert Grass, son of the
late Chief John Grass and one of the
best known young men on the Standing
Rock reservation, was killed in action
on the fighting front in France, accord
Ing to recent reports. Special services
were held here in his honor.
Fargo.-An order issued some time
ago requiring the consolidation Of
cream buying stations has been sus-
pended from operation, and will be
superseded by uniform system of
CONTROL embodying several northwest
ern states, which will be worked out
by the national food administration.
Grafton.-A number of threshing
machines in the western part of Walsh
county are reported to have ,,been
badly damaged by acts of sabotage
perpetrated, it Is believed, by I. w. w.
members and agitators operating
among the employed men on the
farms. Exact clues, however, have not
yet been obtained
Bismarek.-North Dakota's contribu-
ton to the governments new man.
power levy is 84,869 whites and 16O
colored men, according to the compila-
ton of figures given out by Adjutant
General Fraser. The registrants are
classified as follows: Citizens, 74,465 /;
declarants, 5,59S; aliens, 1865; total
whites, S4,S69; total colored, 100; total
registration, 85,712.
Hettinger.-A campaign against 20
pliers is being organized by fagm
authorities, in which it is expected that
every county in this section Of the
state will participate. Heretofore,
campaigns against gophers and prairie
dogs have been confined largely to the
spring season, but the fall effort has
been decided upon this year as supple
menting what had been done earlier
and making the work Immediately ef-
fective
Fargo.-City Engineer Frank L. An.
das has been granted an indefinite
leave Of absence from his official
duties here in order that he may enter
upon his duties as captain. in the en-.
| gineer corps of the United States army
F at Camp Dodge. The city commission
recently passed resolutions to the ef.
feet that it had no employees whom II
would deem indispensable in case their
services were needed by the govern
ment.
Bismarck.-John A. Flow, the Bis
marck man who recently Joined his
three sons in the service of Uncle Sam
taking advantage Of the provision let
ting in men past the age Of As, writes
from Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, that in
stead Of being used as a musician h
has been called upon to serve as ex
pert harnessmaker and saddler. Mr.
| Flew is much pleased with the change
as he believes it will offer him an op
portunity to see active service IL
| France within short time.
| Bismarck.-The freight car shortage
is already becoming acute in thi.
state since demands have become gen
eral for cars for shipment of grain
and many calls are being made upor
the state railway commission Il
straighten out the tangle and secur'
for each community it's needed quots
Of cars. A conference has been asked fol
by rail commissioners, Of several lead
ing grain growing states to devis'
means of securing and properly dis
tributing the needed number Of cars