Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21
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Dolngs OF Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.
Dickinson. Injunction has been
placed on pool hall on the south

trip to South Dakota upon. which the
team won three of four games played
Valley City.-The International Har-
Eester company has opened tractor
school in this city. A full course Of
instructions that can be grasped in
one weeks time is being put on.
Bismarck. = Numerous complaints
have been received by, Secretary J. II.
Calde~head of tho railroad commis-
sion of the inability OF the railroads
to supply cars for the shipment Of
hay.
Petersburg. Fire completely de-
stroyed the store OF A. +. Swendseid
OF this place, With total loss of
$4,000, and $4,000 insurance. An
overheated furnace is believed to have
caused the fire. It is likely that Mr..
Swendseid Will rebuild. >,
ToWner.-Despondent because three
Of her sons had been called for the
draft, Mrs Charles Kriede,nan, AZ
years, killed herself by firing a bullet
through her heart A husband, one
daughter and four sons, three Of whom
are in the draft, survive.
Grand Forks.-The first case so far
reported Of Grand Forks man try
ing to buy exemption from military
service came to light when certain
papers in connection with the Incl
dent were returned to the local draft
board. He will be punished
Bismarck.-The railway commission
has been notified that the Great North
ern Railroad company intends to ap-
peal from the orders of the commits
sion to build a depot at Fairview, N.
D., to the supreme court. The order
Of the commission was sustained by
the lower court
Ray. - Deputy United States Mar
shal Scott was here and took Joseph
Shinagl into custody. Mr. Shinagl
was arrested at Stanley on a charge
Of violating the selective conscription
law in that he failed to register on
June 5. Marshal Scott took him to
Fargo, where he will be tried in the
federal court.
Fargo.-The first step in the drive
for $4,000 to be raised in North Da-
kota by the Lutheran churches as
their quota Of 100000 war fund,
which will be provided by the Luth-
eran churches Of the United States,
were taken at meeting held here.
A majority Of the counties Of the
south half of the state were repre-.
sented.
Wilton. - At a contract price of
S4S,O00, ". D. Lowell of Minneapolis
was awarded the contract for putting
in the water system for the city.
James Kennedy Of Fargo was award
ed the contract for the construction
OF the sewers st a bid of SIS, 900. The
contracts call for the completion of
the wells Joy April Is and for the
tower and tank May is.
Wyrdmere.-The Commercial club
went on record as favoring continuous
service from the Wind Electric com
pany, which had asked to furnish the
village with intermittent service ow-
ing to the Increased cost of material
used in the furnishing OF electric
power. The company proposes the
curtailmcnt OF light and power for
certain intervals each day for the
next two months
Dickinson.-The mangled body of a
man about % years old, found in
coal car some time ago at Dodge and
which has never been identified, was
murdered, according to the findings
Of a coroner's jury. The car was
loaded at Zenith and unloaded at
Dodge January 2. Miners at Zenith
say they know nothing Of the bodg
of a man being in the car when they
loaded it.
Bismarck. = According to figures
available in the office of Commission
er of Agriculture and Labor Hagan,
seven counties in the state are bond
ing for $1,350,000 for supplying the
farmers with seed for the coming
spring. Commissioner Hagan esti-
mates that at least Is other counties
will have to bond to meet the needs
Of their farmers and that the total
bonds to be issued by the different
counties for seeds Will amount to
s5,o00,000.
Grafton.-Not content with sending
more than 100 Of her sons into the
service of the army and navy, Grafton
has now commenced to enlist Young
women for active overseas service.
Three young women from this city
now serve the government under reeu-
lar enlistments for the duration Of
the war" One is Miss Mary. Gagnon.
daughter Of Nr. and Mrs. T. A. Gag
non, who has enlisted as a telephone
operator and French English trans1a-
tor. She has gone to an Atlantic bort
and will sail from there shortly for
France. The Misses May Ross Dun
das and Florence H. Desautel have
enlisted in the American Nurses
corps and are both serving in the
military hospitals at Camp Dodge.
Fargo.-The girls booster club of
the high school has departed from it's
intended purpose to support athletics
in the school and will probably take
up the sale of thrift stamps.x Forty
girls assisted in the sale of Pod Cro,o