Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-08
Nubs of News
Botineau viii vote n,xt Iuesday on
the location of its new $4o'VVo his"
school building.

the location OF It's new Sfo'VVo $50
school building.
The annual meeting of the Mime
waukan Presbytery was heid al "es'-
hone during the past week.
p. Olson. a Warren, Mimi. carpen.
ter. has three boys in the army and
the fourth is leaving on April ].
+ DR.. Baldwin Borreson OF warren.
Mimi. has been notified to report TOR
military service on April 10. me
doctor is at present visiting his par
ents at Deering. N. d., before leaving
to take up his work.
The new editor of the Neville
Journal saws the paper will be indie
pendent Republican. The
Arena says the Journal was bought
in the interests Of the Nonparttsans.
AS the Arena is also Townleyized 1t
is a safe bet that the Journal man 10
ashamed of telling h truth.
Judge John r. McClernan Of Butte
holds the record for granting divorces.
In $50 minutes he granted eight. Tne
war is said to have increased h >di-
yorce rate in Montana.
Doctors P. A. Nestos, H. M. Ern-
field and F. A. Brugman have leased
the old Ringo hospita' at Minot n
will hereafter conduct it under n
name of the st. Luke's hospital.
IT, T.. Stair Of Bottineau has gone to
Washington to convince the govern
ment that it will 20 to the dogs un-
less. he is appointed United States
marshal for North Dakota. Stair
once upon a time was a Democrat.
but saw a great light when Townley
]appeared on the scene and Is now one
of this gentleman's greatest admirers.
According to the Bottin :au Cour-
ant, a Townleyized publication, the
Bottineau News has beer purchased
by anti-league farmers of that dis
trict. Matt Johnson, late Of the One
NEE Herald and one of the best news
paper ~ of the state, has been
appointed editor. From reading h
iCourant we always had the impress
sion tina there weren't enough anti
league farmers left in that county to
buy anything.
Miss Lydia Fletcher. superintendent
LOT the Tri-County sanitarium at Thief
River Falls. has left the Minneapolis
base hospital for duty with the troops.
Miss Karen knudson, formerly head
nurse at the Neville, n. D., hospital.
is the new superintendent of the Tri-
County sanitarium.
The stockholders of the Townley
hank at Hatton have elected the fol-
lowing directors; IS. =. Johnson, Ole
%Livedalen, Albeit Bjerke, N. H. Berg,
Toilet Midbo. j. j. Tasting and L. A.
johnson. /. A.. johnson is the CASH
icr of the institution.
A patriotic demonstrate for the
opening of the Third Liberty Loan
drive was given in Rugby Saturday
afternoon. The loyal citizens of the
town marched through the sloppy
rade, which was followed by a mass
meeting i'll the Opera House where
several stirring speeches were made.
The public schools. of Willow city
closed for a weeks spring vacation
Friday.
Edgar Ostby. cighteen-year-old son
of Martin Ostby, a prominent farmer
near Willow City. was rushed to the
Good Samaritan Hospital at Rugby
Friday night, suffering from an acute
attack of appendicitis. An operation
was performed just before Il rupture,
but was reported successful.
Leon Ernest Slyter died at the Bot
%tineau hospital after Il few DAYS ILL
ness with pneumonia which was con-
tracted shortly after the death of his
father March II.
The firm of Catlin, Smith &. Co, Of
Bottineau has launched a novel pa
%triotic essay contest for the boys and
girls of Bottineau county. The sub
ject for the essay is why Should I
Buy a Liberty Rond?' Three prizes
will be given. the first a fifty dollar
Liberty Bond, second ten dollars in
War Savings Certificates, and tho
third. a five dollar War Saving Ger
~tificate.
At a meeting Of the Minnev:aukan
Presbytery Of the Presbyterian church
held this week in Westhope, the fol
lowing officers were elected: modera-
tor. Rev. Jones, Westhope; stated
clerk, Rev. {. L. Coates. Devils Lake:
delegate TO the general assembly at
Atlantic City, Rev. Westphal, Mime
waukan; lay commissioner, Mr.. Pope,
Omemce.
If it is true as reported, that the
farmers OF Burke county must pay u
per cent interest on their seed and
feed loans from the county while the
farmers of Divide county pay orly ~
per cent on their feed and seed loans.
there II be something wrong in
the manner county bonds were dis
posed or at Bismarck. II any county
ofered giltedge bonds to the state
during This Sato II u,ao r2,-.a
yet u farmers seem to have been
stuhg ny the powers that be. We
are lucky that Burke county did not
cner any larger amount of bonds at
TINS sale, says the Powers Lake Echo.
Apparently nothing is being left I'M
done to make S%heyerne one hundred
per cent American. The high school
library was ransacked for German
textbooks Wednesday night. which
We're burned in front of the post-of.
fee. 'o'eS
r. ". Farley. in charge Of the IN.
curry OF beef cattle for the federal
bureau of animal husbandry, will he
one of the representatives of the gov
~crnn1ent at, the annual convention OF
the Montana Stock Growers associa-
ton at Great Falls. Mont, April ia,
and II. Senator ]. r. Kendriek ~
Wyoming is to be among the speakers.
n Williston high school with 1sS
pupils Is leading the high schools Of
North dakota in the purchase Of vsr
savings stamps. The pupils Of the
school are purchasing 500 worth ~
stamps daily or a per capita div
purchase OF SO cents. l.. A. WhitA r.
superintendent of the school.
Barley and oats are MOI treated ,or