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sanborn.--omcer have been elected
and : board OF directors selected
which contemplates the organizations
OF . Mutual Livestock shipping asso-]
citation here, with Albert G,ulmon AZ
manager. $
Bismarck.--sThe state M North Da-
kota saved Burleign county rS,0QO4ia
interest on its 100000 Issue Of seed
and feed bonds, when It bid them in
at per cent. about 2 per cent lower
than the next lowest bid. 81
Bisbee. - John Brennan and son,
F-etta, were painfully burned by an
explosion Of q gasoline can, which
threw burning fluid over their bodies.
The explosion occurred when the boy
used q torch to- heat a gasolfne engine.
Fargo.-Approximately 1000 North
Dakota men. including about $50. Cass
county registrants who have been ac-
cepted as soldiers, will make up the
final increment OF the first draft which
hes been ordered to report on Feb.
rualy %. M
Fargo-Alice Olwin, seven-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. &c. Olwin
Of this city, the first young Liberty
bond purchaser in the second drive,
died at st. Paul following an opera
ton for tuberculosis Of the knee: She
had been assuferer for five years.
Dickinson.-Fire starting from an
unknown cause destroyed the big
Dickinson creamery, including the
home OF N. c Jensen, the owner.
Eight occupants barely had time to
escape in safety. Except for an in.
surance Of $4,000, Mr.. Jensen lost
nearly everything, including the fam.
|t!y's clothing.
Fargo.-Owing to serious shortage
Of -four substitutes in the Northwest,
which the government has instructed
grocers to sell with all wheat flour,
Dr.. E. F. Laid, state food admins.
traitor, issued a modification of the
government order, cutting down the
ratio Of flour substitutes in the state
from "1fty-ffty" to seven to three.
Calvin.-The Masonic temple of the
C%orinthian lodge Of Calvin burned
down, the fire starting from an over
heated furnace pipe. The building
was of stone and wood and the stone
wall, seven or eight feet nigh, is still
standing. It was one Of the most sub
stantial buildings Of its kind in any
town OF twice this size in the state.
Observation-Disclosures Kroeze, who
is in New York city, sent another
check for $4,000 to the oficers Of the
Jamestown college for additional i'm.
proyements at the institution. He
writes that this gift will enable him
to double the present central heating
plant in capacity for the further prot
ects d hand, and make, some add.
tional improvements on the campus.
Bismarck.-With a credit of $5O,000
now at its disposal, as a result of an
act Of the special session, the board
Of control expects to lose little time
in clearing up outstanding bills
against the state hospital for the in.
sane at Jamestown. After all the in.
debtedness of the institution is paid,
there will remain a satisfactory bal.
ance to take care Of expenditures for
the ensuing year.
marcial club, In anticipation of a
change on the Langdon line of the
Great Northern, took the matter ZIP
with the officials in st. Paul, and has
been advised that no such change has
been contemplated as yet. The com.
pany states that it is impossible for
any railroad man to intelligently fore.
cast what might happen in the near
future with passenger schedules and
other railroad matters. We.
Fargo.-Managers and proprietors
Of retail stores of North Dakota are
writing letters to e. A. Kicker, state
merchant representive OF the food ad-
m~inistration, telling Of their intention
TO cooperate with the government in
an effort to onserye all kinds of food,
and by especially inviting their pat
rons to aid. Display advertising is
being used by many Of the state mer-
chants to bring the message of the
food administration into the homes.
Bismarck.-While North Dakota SUI,
fercd but one blaze from the date war
was declared on Germany April 1.
1917, to January 81, 1918, in which
the loss was more than 800. 900, dep
relations of the fire fiend in this state
during that period cost $1.389,777, &C.
cording to a report which Fire Mar
shal Reade wired Washington In re,
Spouse to a request from the protec-
ton signal equipment division: for fire
damage statistics covering the dura-
ton of the war to date. The only fire
In which the estimated loss exceeded
100000 was the disastrous conflagra-
tton which swept V e a large portion
Of the Marmarth business district.
Bisbee.-A- school bus, loaded with
tots, o n their way to their homes
from the Rolla schools, escaped being
run down by a margin of only a foot