Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-12-25

Fargo.-The purchase by the. city
commission of a $500 four-wheel
tractor for the aerial fire truck, to be
delivered within 12O days, will replace
the last of the horses used by the
local fire department.
Fargo.-President e. G. Quamme @;
the federal land bank serving this
section has announced that North
Dakota is the first state in the dis
trict to be fully chartered under the
provisions of the land bank law.
There are $50 farm loan associations
in the state, and heretofore any farmer
desiring the privileges of a loan had to
be resident in the local district Of one
OF these associations. Under the new
state charter plan privileges of the
bank are available to farmers in all
parts .of the state.
Bismarck.-The first official bulle-
tin has been issued from the depart
men Of State immigration Commits.
sioner John II. Worst. The bulletin
calls attention. among other things, to
the disparity of land values between
this state and some Of the better set
tied farming states, such as Iowa and
Illinois, in which DR.. Worst declares
farming lands are being sold at 5000
to $500 per acre, which have no more
productive value than land that a be
bought in North Dakota at from SOC
to 500 an acre.
Fargo-The accidental slipping of
gears in a large car parked near the
Y. NJ. G. A. in this city is alleged to
have been responsible for the death
of Frank Burnam of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, who vas caught and forced
through a plate glass window on the
radiator of the car as it suddenly
dashed forward at high speed after
having been cranked by Cannon Jones.
a son of the owner. Mr.. Burnam was
internally injured and suffered re-
peated hemorrhages from which he
died a day or two after the accident.
Portland.-Lieutenant J.. E. Flade-
land of this city, who is giving aerial
exhibitions in the state since his dis
charge from military service, is be-
lieved to have found a new form of
air sports in the chasing of large
game birds. While exhibiting with a
passenger at Devils Lake q few days
ago Lieutenant Fladeland afforded
amusement for his companion and
onlookers by chasing and scattering a
large flock of pelicans. The use of
the airplane in hunting wild ducks and
geese is a development which has not
yet been tried.
Pembina.-This county has this year
beaten all records for the amount OF
fall blowing completed before 4reez.
ing up.
Mandan. - Trustees have beer
named for the Mandan hospital re
Gently taken over by the Methodist
conference of this state.
Yelva.-The kick of a car which hi
was cranking sen S. Larson back tt
the hospital, from which he had beer
discharged but a few days preyiousl,
after a severe illness from blood
poisoning. The cranking accident re
suited in the breaking Of both bone,
OF his right arm.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS teachers were
registered at the Ransom county
teachers institute which adjourned
last week. Bertha Palmer, assistant
state superintendent, and Prof. A. L.
Schafer, state high school inspector,
both of Bismarck, were instructors.
Grand Forks.-Edna Werner, aged
II, Of East Grand Forks, Mimi, was
killed on the Washington avenue
bridge and the body thrown over the
railing to the river, 30 feet below
The body was not discovered until s
o'clock next morning. Two negroes
have been arrested on charge of the
murder.
Sanger.--ole Hanson. so, who lived
four miles west Of this place, wa.
found dead in his home by a neighbor
Elmer McMaster. Apparently he hat
died several days before the body wal
discovered,