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

Carrington.-Locul business men held
a mass meeting to nrovide FINDS for
the erection Of i community memorial
building.
Portland-Charles NJ. Root post of
he American Legion. has heen organ.
lied here with. !. Earl Flodeland MS
commander.
Mandan.-A large ,"community CEN
ter, building to comprise q good-sized
theater auditorium. is n project being
| agitated by. local Officials.
Williston.-Rep. @. r.. Smith, Metho-
| dist, pastor at Grenora, died here as
the result of an automobile accident,
which occurred on October -. !
I Observation-Disclosures Of State Hall
has indicated a desire to have the state
Legislature provide for a recodiication,
|. Of, North .Dakota's.. election laws.
Grand. .Forks.-Local public school
teachers have been granted a salary
increase, of 500 each above the
amounts specified III their contracts.
Rugby,-Iyer ,Eidness of, Denbigh,
who shot himself while walking in his
E,sleep at his. home here, is recovering,
from his Injuries in a local hospital.
Mott.-Hettinger county is organic
ing. q farm bureau, of which County
| Agent Morris hopes to have every
farmer in the county. enrolled as q
member.
Valley City.-North Dakota Library
association members held the four.
,teenth annual meeting of their organi.
,,zation here with q good attendance
last week.
Bismarck.-A livestock sales com.
pany with an authorized capitalization
of three-quarters of q million an.
:nounces it's intention of erecting a
large sales pavilion here.
Grand Professionalism stockmen
ARE sending q crew of men here to
bale straw which has been offered to
them free for the care of their stock
in drouth stricken districts.
merchants are holding p%oStdated
checks passed upon them by a transi.
ent without having had their attention
called TO the 1act OF postdat1ng.
Fargo.-Ihe North Dakota Agrlcul-
tural college football team Won the
state championship in a stoutly con.
tested game with the Fargo college
eleven IN Which the tlnal score was
90
resden.-t Whlch burned the
farm Darn OF Henfy Raflenbeul near
mere destroyed I'VE STOCK, nay ana
othef property to the valuation OF ST.
ooo' on Whlch put So,ooo OF insurance
was ne'u.
iiseoh.- oflsilial Wllilahls
County eoui. nouse' lfahie structure
ioe"teu VI Niain street, Is shoftly 10
NC toil FOWL Inc pulldlns IS a land
lnalA VI pt ann 'oaSs' having 'Deen
Heeeeu " 1910
aInestoWh.- conference OF repre-
sentative OIL Nof'l Dahota Ffesby'
lerlah clurches was held mere on NO
Velnpef 10 TO consider plans Tor the
ueltef ofsanlzalloh OIL the dehoihlna-
lioh Work IL the state.
Fargo.-A local department store
claims the record for North Dakota in
the first installation Of an out-of-town
delivery service by airplane. Towns
n villages west and southwest OF
fargo for a considerable distance are
TO De served.
targo.-More tina $4,000 i'll prizes
are offered by the North Dakota I'M
proved Seed Growers association to
exhibitors at the seed show to be held
here in connection with the meeting of
the Tri-Sfate Grain Growers associa-
ton to be held in january.
Enlerlin.-Local public school teach.
ers resorted to strike methods to en-
force consideration of their demands
for increased wages. The board OF
education induced them to return to
their classes by assuring them that
they would receive a hearing.
Fargo.-A number of train collisions
were reported from different sections
of the state last week. due to the
binding character of the snow storm