Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-03-27
State Brief
Poings of Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty PerusaI.
Kramer. IT.. White. well known

Stock Breeders association at it's rec
ent annual meeting in Grand Forks.
Mandan.-A school for the demon
stration of methods in the remodel
ing of old clothing is Being held here
this week, under the auspices Of the
local Thrift society. Miss Elsie Stark,
county home demonstration agent,
will assist.
Observation-Disclosures aggregat-
ing $1,000 have been received by the
Bismarck library, the proceeds of
which will be used for books on ag-
ricultural Or western historical sub
.jects, contemporary fiction, dramatic
criticism and works of travel.
Grand Forks.-Mose Rosenzweig,
recently returned soldier who enlist
ed from this city, is said to have
seen the most travel of any North Da-
kotan in the service. AS chauffeur
for high army officers he had oppor-
tunity to travel through many of the
most interesting parts of France.
Grand Forks.-An enthusiastic well
come was given by Grand Forks citi-
zens last Friday to Vilhjalmer Ste
fanssen, the Arctic explorer, who was
formerly a resident of the northeast
ern part of this state and at one time
a student in the university here. Mr..
Stefanssen is now on a lecturing tour.
Mandan.-The first official step to
secure a wagon bridge across the Mis-
souri, river between Mandan and Bis
marck was taken by the recent intro
ductiOn in congress of q bill asking
permission to erect such an improve
ment. The bill will probably be re-
introduced when the next session con-
venes.
Grand Forks. North Dakota's
wheat reserve held over from the
1918 crop is officially estimated at
129,311,O 600 bushels out of the years
original crop total of OF, O00,00 0 BUSH
els. The reserve is higher than that
preceding years but only a little over
half of the reserve held over in 1916
from the crop of the previous year.
Fargo.-A monster welcome meet
ing for Fargo's and Cass county's re-
turned soldiers and sailors will prob
ably he held here in July-the event
being held off until that time so as
to make it probable that most of the
enlisted men will DE home. Talk of
entertainment tours, through the state
by n or both bands is still heard
but no definite plans have yet been
announced.
Velva.-The Equity Stock Shipping
association Of this community chal-
lenges any stock shipping association
in the state 10 show a bigger member
ship than that enjoyed here. The as
ISOLATION was organized in November
1914 and has a present membership
of 301. One hundred and twenty-four
carloads of stock have been shipped
by the organization since it began Op-
erations.
Observation-Disclosures by screams
from one of her children, Mrs. Peter
Emily, living near here, rushed from
the stable to the house to find the
dwelling in flames and to watch her
~One-year-old daughter, Irene, perish in
the flames. The son three years old,
escaped from the burning building be-
fore the flames reached him. The ex-
plosion of a stove filled With Ignite
is believed responsible for the fire.
Arthur.-Leland Bergum Of this
place was first, Archie S. Meier of
New Salem second, and Ellen Greg
Dry of Center third in a prize essay
o~o+oc+ 1,,3,.+cl h., +hD Moth, ~,
kota Iairymen's association. Fhe
young people were awarded cash
prizes of sos, $15 and $40 respective
ly. Of 100 essays submitted, Commits
sioner O%Sterhaus states that all which
received creditable mention were from
sections where local creameries h ave
operated for some time and where
dairying is we'll established.
Bislnarck.-That poisoned grasshop-
pers do not. kill North Dakota prairie
chickens and other valuable game
birds is the conclusion arrived at by
farming experts after investigation of
this claim which has been made re-
garding the hopper-killing campaign
waged last year in the southwestern
part of the state. Taken in this way
the amount of poison consumed by
birds would be practically negligible,
it is alleged. The systematic work
against the grasshOpper pests will be
resumed through the coming season.
Bismarck.-State Engineer w. III.
Robinson is quoted as requesting
North Dakota auto owners not to mail
applications for motor vehicle licenses
until they have received blanks for
their transmission. Owing to a new
and somewhat complicated system of
specifications regarding vehicles and
a graduated license fee, it would en-
tail almost endless correspondence to
establish all the necessary facts re-
quired for issuing licenses unless this
information is collated in proper form
upon the blanks prepared for that pur.
pose. Licenses this year will be is
sued by the state highway department
FargO,-Thc Lutheran Children's