Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-19
ABOUT THE CAPITAL

Bismarck, n. D., July 19.-The blue
sky commission yesterday approved
the application of the Grain Growers.
Milling and Elevator company Of
Sharon to reincorporate as a co-opera-I
tive association and. to sell stock in
North Dakota as such. Heretofore
the company has been a stock concern.
The board also approved an increase
in the capital of the Toxic State bank
from $4,000 to $4,000.
John n. Hagan, commissioner Of
agriculture and labor, addressed a.
farmers picnic at the Dickinson sub
station Friday.
Miss Minnie j. Nelson. state super
intendent Of public instruction. is in
Darlington, where his evening she
the rural schools of Darlington county
and the dedication of a new CONSOLE
dated school.
o. Padgett. superintendent Of the
Bismarck indian school, reports that
work now is in progress on, the new
building which is to be devoted to a
ployes' quarters and that he expects
o o to readvertise for bids upon n
other school building. upon which the
original tenders, received some time
ago, were too high. An annex and
sewing room have been added to the
stalled. and the Bismarck institution
is generally in better condition than
II has ever been before in its history.
Vincent A. Wehrle. bishop Of the
Bismarck diocese of the Catholic
church, and Governor Lynn j. Frazier
will share the platform at the annual
AGA~for 1o,,p41, 70 rpo h,~oo,, -;~-s1 -
be held July 80 on the ground of the
Northern Great Plains field station.
In addition to addresses by the COVER
no and bishop. there will be lectures
from farm experts. moving pictures
and an interesting program of races
Int sports.
Adelbert Morris. a member of Com
pany A. the Bismarck unit of the
Fighting First. who spent six months
IN a German prison camp. is home
again and has resumed his employ
ment on the J. w. Moran farm. Nor
rs declares a favorite pastime Of the
German guards in his prison camp
was to line up a, bunch of men against
q stone wall and to go through all
the preliminaries with a firing squad.
This. he said, was done repeatedly.
The food was wretched until contact
was established with the American
Re- Cross. after which there was no
complaint on That score. Half
starved men who could not work in
the fields were stripped and dashed
until their backs we're a mass of raw
flesh. The horrors inflicted on the
Americans were mild. says the Bis
n1arck boy, compared with those to
which British prisoners were subject
ed. He declares that some of the
British soldiers were deliberately and
systematically tarved to death and
that the prison physicians were ac-
complies in these crimes.
September "a. rs and 26 have been
set as the dates for the annual Grant
county fair at Leith. Substantial
prizes will be offered for pure bred
cattle n horses, and the premiums
On sheep and hogs will &c double
those. of last year AM increase of 100
per lent has also been made in the
amount Of prizes offered in the WON
ems department. G. w. Heron has
been elected president for 1919, and
ether officers are j. H. Emch.l vice
6~feeddent; G.. j. Kimball,
Clair Connell, secretary. j. H. Emch
Of Leith, J. H. Wheeler of Pretty
Rock and r. A.. Leavitt of Carson have
been aided to the directorate.