Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-02

BlS1marck.-BurlelSn county farm
ers are organizing for an effort to
have the proposed ~state-owned eleva-
tor and flour mills located here.
Fargo.-The Fargo postoffice's stamp
sales during the week before Christ
mas threatened to exceed the cores
ponding weeks sales of any previous
year.
Lakota.-Every adult person Of Nell
son county is a member of the Red
Cross and fully paid up for the year
1919 as a result of the Christmas roll
call drive.
CONGRATULATIONS Johnson, long
reported as missing from the American
lines in France. has written his father
here that he has just been released
from a German prison.
Fargo.-A movement is again being
made in this state to secure recogni-
ton of the veteran service of DR..
John H. Worst by designating him as
president emeritus of the agricultural
college, of which he was the official
head for many years.
Fargo.-The projected opening of a
local community training school of
religious education on January Z is
announced. The work will be con-
Quoted at the city Y. M. c. A., and an
excellent faculty has been selected to
conduct the work.
Towner.- Following a quarrel,
Frank Oberder, a local farmer, was
shot On1 1-i11nI hry h;o vito - ;n 81
legged, on Sunday morning of last
week. Mrs. Oberder has been arraign-
ed before Judge Ellis, charged with
murder in the first degree.
Bismarck.-As a result of COM
plants lodged against the Duluth
grain inspection board last summer,
the North Dakota state railroad COM
mission has made representations to
Governor ]. A. A. Burnquist of Min
nesota, asking the dismissal of men,
bers of the board.
HaZen.-Dr. H. A. Brandes, who was
rejected as a voluntary applicant for
enlistment in the medical branch of
the q. S. military service since the
opening of the war, was made captain
commander within less than four
months after he was accepted for SER
vice through the draft.
Observation-Disclosures General Bur-
%leson's so-called "reduction'' in long
distance telephone tolls will cause an
average increase of about &c per cent
in rates for day service in this state,
according to representations made by
the state rate expert, James A. Little,
before the state railroad commission
here.
Jamestown.-There has been a
marked decline in the litigation en-
tered into within the state within the
past two or three years, according to
authorities quoted here. The dis
quieting business effects resultant
upon the war are supposed to be the
cause Of the conservative tendencies
along this line.
Minot.-Sheep raising in this section
proved so profitable during the last
year that it will be followed on q
considerably increased scale during
the year 1919. The fact that sheep
will thrive on such destructive plant
life as wild oats and thistles makes
them peculiarly valuable as well as
inexpensive to maintain.
Washburn.-The death of little
Katie Holzuk at Wilton from a gun
shot wound a few days ago is said tt
have resulted accidentally from the
discharge Of a weapon in the hands O.
Mike Snober, an Austrian, who, it is
alleged, had started out to shoot 6
neighbor who had incurred his enmity
The man vas held to appear before
the district court, a cash bond O.
$1,000 being secured. :.
Bismarck.-Chief Old Dog Of thu
eros Ventres is here from the Der
thold reservation, with Mrs. Old Do,
for medical treatments. The old chic,
is a magnificent specimen of rugged
manhood, nearly seven feet in height
and is one Of the wealthiest and mos
progressive Indians in the country
with thousands of acres of good LAM
and several thousand head of cattle il
his possession. His fine physique ha,
made him the subject Of unusual at
tention here.
Agricultural College.-The S. A. 7
G. and vocational army camp barrack
which were constructed here, capabl
Of housing 800 men, are to be convert
ed to other uses needed in connection
! with the operation of the school. Th