Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-12-04

Hunter.--A corn show was held nsre
ander the auspices Of the Cass county
farm bureau-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. nave Deen let
for the installation Of poles and wiring
and most of the necessary equipment
for q new electrical lighting plant to
be installed here.
Grafton.-Five prisoners awaiting
trial here for various alleged ~offenses
made their escape by prying a door
were incarcerated.
Grafton.--James and Roy LeMarre,
local men, narrowly escaped death
when their automobile was struck and
demolished by a switch engine at a
crossing in this city.
Hettinger.-Two children. Agnes Ma
honey, aged IS, and Floyd Mahoney,
aged s, together with Nick Lyons, a
former Fargo man, met death in the
burning of the Lafayette hotel here.
Lisbon.-Albert Thompson, an es-
capped inmate of the state asylum, who
was shot down by members of a posse
seeking his capture in this county a
couple Of weeks ago, has died of his
wounds.
Bismarck.-Local citizens gave an
enthusiastic sendoff to Rev. w. j.
Hutcheson, Methodist pastor here for
a number of years, who has been des-
ignated as superintendent Of the Grand
Forks district of his denomination.
Grand Forks.-The first show and
sale of the North Dakota Livestock
association to be held at Grand Forks
has been set for October %. Other
sales have been arranged for various
| parts of the state by local organiza-
tons.
Fargo.-R. B. Griffith of Grand
Forks was again chosen president and
Rev. Frank Hall of Fargo recording
secretary of the Baptist state conven-
ton in session here last week. Bis
| marck was chosen as the place for the
1920 meeting.
Page.-The sale of numerous
village residences has forced the re-
mOval of several families Of renters
here this fall, a condition in which
the experience of Page is said to be
similar to that of many other North
Dakota towns.
Bismarck.-A hearing will be held
before Major r. Il. Ward, district
engineer, at Kansas City, Mo-, on Octo-
Der 20 to consider plans and specifca-
tions for the proposed m~illion-dollar
wagon bridge across the Missouri
river, between Bismarck and Mandan.
Minot.-North Dakota Methodists
| closed a successful annual state con-
| ference here, at which all North Da-
kota ministerial appointments were
made for the ensuing year. By resolu-
I ton it was decided that $1,4O0 should
be the minimum salary for ministers
in the conference.
Crystal.-The discovery of Dan j.
| Mcneil, local druggist, whose disap-
pearance occurred September II, has
aroused local interest. The man was
not seen until he appeared at a farm
house near Bathgate a few days ago
in a disheveled and enfeebled condi-
ton, and unable to give an Ineligible
| account of his wanderings.
Grand Forks.-Local and county or
CARNATIONS are being perfected for
the Red Cross annual Christmas roll
call drive, through which several thou
sand memberships are desired to be
secured for the coming year. Persons
familiar with the present trend of Red
| Cross work believe that with the home
nursing and community betterment
programs the organization now has on
foot the requested support will prove
an unusually profitable investment in
better public health conditions.
Bismarck.-All federal employment
offices In the state were closed on
October 10. That these offices had
been busy is attested by the fact that
the records for the five which were
maintained show that since August 1,
Of 1914 soldiers who registered for
work, 1,475 were referred to jobs and
900 placed. During the two months
period the government workers placed
II total of 4,45l men In all classes Of
work. The order abandoning the EN-.
ployment bureau comes from Washing
ton end IL, %Eatlnnal.