Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-07
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Doings Of Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

jamestown. - At the auction sale
held at Edmunds in the basement OF
the schoolhouse $16S was secured for
the Rer Cross.
Halliday.-The Rhodes Tavern has
been destroyed by fire with all it's
contents, including the wearing appar.
ell and private belongings of both Mr..
and Mrs. Rhodes.
Fettinger.-Adams county is again
paying a bounty of 50 for every wolf
killed in the county, according to the
action taken at the last meeting OF
tho county commissioners.
Grand Forks.-Gilbert J. Barton, So,
died here recently. Mr.. Barton had
resided IN North Dakota for more
than 20 years, coming here from On,
tario, where he>was born and raised.
Noonan. Several citizens report
seeing an airsip travelling in a west
erly direction over the city. The chief
of police is investigating tne case and
hopes to unearth the sources of sup
ply.
Mott.-Trying to remove a bullet
which had become lodged in his gun,
Frank Hingst, Is, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
IIingst of St. Croix township, shot
himself, the bullet passing completely
through the f1eshy part of the leg.
Park River.-The Walsh County Az.
ricultural and Training School onl
piled with the law of the state by set
ting aside an hour for a prohibition
program. The program consisted of
prohibition songs, talks and recita-
tons. .1.
Williston.-Cne hundred cigar boxes
have been placed in the business
houses Of Williston by the Williston
nome guard in which coins may be
placed for the purpose of raising
money for a fund to purchase tobacco
|, for the boys "over there"
Belfeld.-Belfeld is sinking a well
west of the light plant to locate wa
ter for a water system. About four
years ago the voters ratified a 100000
bond issue FOR w%aterworks, but
through an alleged tecnnicality the
election was declared illegal.
, Bottineau.-Tne state school Of for.
estry at Bottineau was closed on &C.
= count of two cases Of smallpox devel'
: oping among the students The build.
ing was fumigated, all students either
vaccinated or able to show immunity
= from the disease, and regular work
. has been resumed. .
Fargo.-A tour of several hundred
automobiles from the Twin Cities tt
Fargo will be arranged Is connection
!. with the holding in Fargo next June
Of the Northwest congress OF Life
:, Underwriters, an organizations repre-
- senting $4,000 life underwriters OF
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota.
II Fargo.-The famous Medina ban1
case, in which former Governor L. B
Hanna and several officials of the Firs
National bank Of Fargo, were sue'
for $4,000, charged with wreckin
the Medina State bank of Medina, n
D., is settled, it is learned here, an
= will not be tried. in district court.
y Fargo.-George w. Wilkinson, VIII
was removed from the office of post
IlldSCC1 dC a. 81 Sdlly III tduudly dl1S
who left for Washington to place tn
- matter before the p~ostotice depart
= ment in the hope of getting reinstated
IS expected to return to Fargo within
i. a few days, according to word "hicl
- has reached Charles F. Alfred, actin!
: postmaster.
Bisparck.-O1as Franklin, aged II
one of the Oldest residents of this city
and numbered among the first pic
n neers to settle here, dropped dead a
!, his home here. Death was due to oil
"a age. Mr.. Franklin was founder
tue Franklin house and for man
years conducted a first class hote
there. He is surv ed by tne widow
kildeer, A pathetic case wa
brought before the Dunn county al
thorities when Mrs. Roscoe Singleto
with two small children, who hav
been living on the reservation i
miles north of Halliday, were brough
to Manning, the former on a charge c
insanity. AS a result of hardship:
the woman is insane, and the chi
dren were almost starved. The thre
% were taken to Kildeer as count
- charges.
Washburn.-The first electric DOVE
plant established in North Dakota a
# a coal mine, whereby a current i
II transmitted through a wide stretch @
territory, has been put into operatio:
by the Central Power company, whic]
is owned and controlled by st. Pau
v capitalists. The plant is at the Btu
u nina mine, six miles west of Wash
burn, and it supplies light AID powe:
y to Washburnn Falkirk. Underwood
and Turtle Lake, comprising "a miles
~ of lines. The line will carry 5000
IL volts. 1t is planned to extend it along
= the Northern Pacific road as far az
Goodrich, making a total of Is miles
n of line. The sum of $125,0 900 already
has been invested, while extension
9 plans involve an investment Of $500,
900.
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