The Wahpeton times., 1919-01-02


near Hanks in this county, killed him
self BY shooting, while insane.
LaMoure.-About $1,000 worth Of
raw furs have been shipped cut frsm
this point by trappers this fall. >.
Grafton.-A new bank with a pre-
posed capital Of $4,000 is being or
ganized by yNcnpartisaH interests here.
Coeperstewn.-Ten quarter sections
Of land near Jessie in this county were
sold for $50, 600, an average Of $50 an
acre. -,
Mott.-D. NJ. Stegenga, superinten-
dent ef.schools here, was seriously
injured by being hurled from an over
turning load of hay. .,,..
Bismarck.-Burleigh county farm
ers are organizing for an effort to
have the proposed state-owned eleya-
tor and flour mills located here.
Fargo.-The Fargo postoffice's stamp
sales during the week before Christ
mas threatened to exceed the cores
ponding weeks sales of any previous
year.
Lakota.-Every adult person Of Mel
son county is q member Of the Red
Cross and fully paid up for the year
1919 as a result of the Christmas roll
call drive. ::',. -,
Cooperstown.-Robert johnson, long
reported as missing from the American
lines in. France, has written his father
here that he has just been released
from German prison. !: ..:::.A., .
Fargo.-A movement is again being
made in this state to secure recogni-
tion Of the veteran service Of DR..
John 81. Worst by designating him as
president emeritus of the agricultural
college; of which he was the official
head for many years.
Fargo.-The projected opening of: a
local community training school Of
religious education on: January Z is
announced. The work will be; con-
Quoted at the city Y. NJ. c. A.. and an
excellent faculty has been selected to
conduct the work. Z. ''s*'; "
Towner. Following a quarrel.
Frank Oberder. a local farmer, was
shot and killed by his wife, it is al
legged, on Sunday morning of last
week. Mrs. Oberder has been arraign-
ed before Judge Ellis, charged with
murder in the first degree.
+ Bismarck.-As result of COM
plants lodged against the Duluth
grain inspection board last summer,
the Nerth Dakota state railroad COM
mission has made representations to
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist of Min
neseta, asking the dismissal of men,
bers of the board.
Hazen.-Dr. H. A. Brandes, who was
rejected as voluntary applicant for
enlistment In the medical branch Of
the U. s. military service since the
opening of the war, was made captain
commander within less than four
months after he was accepted for SER
vice through the draft.
Observation-Disclosures General Bur-
leson's so-called reduction" in long
distance telephone tolls will cause an
average increase of about 26 per cent
in rates for day service in this state,
according to representations made by
the state rate expert, James A. Little,
here.
Jamestown.-There has been a
marked decline in the litigation en-
tered into within the state within the
past two or three years, according to
authorities quoted here. The dis
quieting business effects resultant
upon the war are supposed to be the
cause of the conservative tendencies
along this line.
Minot.-Sheep raising in this section
proved so profitable during the last
year that 1t will be followed on a
considerably increased scale during
the year 1919. The fact that sheep
will thrive on such destructive plant
life as wild oats and thistles makes
them peculiarly valuable as we'll as
inexpensive to maintain.
Washburn.-The death Of little
Katie Holzuk at Wilton from a gun
shot wound few days ago is said to
have resulted accidentally from the
discharge of weapon in the hands Of
Mike SnOber, an Austrian, who, it is
alleged, had started out to shoot a
neighbor who had incurred his enmity.
The man was held to appear before
the district court, a cash bond Of
81 600 being secured.
Bismarck.-Chief Old Dog of the
Gros Ventres is here from the Ber-
thold reservation, with Mrs. Old Dog
for medical treatments. The old chief
is magnificent specimen Of rugged
manhood, nearly seven feet in height,
and is one Of the wealthiest and most
progressive Indians in the country,
with thousands Of acres of good land
and several thousand head Of cattle in
his possession. His fine physique has
made him the subject Of unusual at
tention here.
Agricultural COllege.-The 8. A. T.
G. and vocational army camp barracks
which were constructed here, capable
Of housing 800 men, are to be convert
ed to other uses needed in connection
with the operation Of the school. The
mess hall, 70x80 feet, will be used for
a stock judging pavilion; one wing will
be used for farm machinery labsra-
tory, and the building provided for
auto and tractor instruction to the w.