Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-10
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polnqs OF Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

SalQ TO De at uedll 5 uOoi.
Grand Forks.-Dr. w. P. Baldwin of
Casselton was elected president of the
North Dakota Medical association at
it's recent meeting held at this point.
Rugby.-The annual picnic of the
Pierce County Pioneer association,
held at the farm of W.. A. Hamilton,
was an outstanding social event of the
year.
Fargo.-The eight-hour law for
working women, effective July /, re-
suited in a sharp raise in prices at
practically all restaurants and cafe
terias in this city.
New Salem.-The bursting of water
wings with which he was e~ndeavoring
to learn to swim resulted in the
drowning of Herman Miller, a 17-year-
old boy of this place.
Beulah.-A new opera house, in
course Of construction here gives prom
Use of being the best building of it's
kind on the Stanton branch, as well as
one of the best in the state.
acknowledgements of a mil
lion dollars will be Bismarck's share
in the years reconstruction program.
construction and Improvement plans
now on foot totaling that amount.
Logan.-Residents in this section are
shocked at the sudden death of Will
liam Hecker, a prominent farmer, who
is said to have been suffering from an
unusual blood disease, the fatal char
acter Of which was not realized until
the report of his death.
Dickinson.-John A. Struthers, a
deaf farmer Of the Sheffield vicinity,
was killed by an engine on the track
between here and Lehigh station. The
masl had previously had a narrow
escape from injury Or death in a sim
liar manner, a short time ago.
Bismarck.-June collections for auto
tags amounted to $147, 79O.60, bringing
the total for the first half of the year
to 1888, 10000. The registration was
not begun until late, owing to uncer-
tainty about the rates and method of
handling until after the legislative SEES
sion had closed.
Dickinson.-The month of June will
60 down in history as the hottest June
ever known in this part of the state.
On two days near the close of the
month the temperature went as high as
107 and 10S degrees Fahrenheit, and it
was above 100 degrees on several other
days. The record of 10S degrees was
established on the afternoon OF Sun
Gay, June 80.
Nelva.-A million-dollar coal mining
and electrical corporation is being or
ganiZed here, With options on valuable
properties nine miles south of town.
The plan in view is said TO include the
generation of electrical current from
the use of Stacked coal at the mines,
conducting it to nearby villages by
wire for lighting and power purposes.
Tioga.-AlmOSt ten tons of butter
was manufactured at the local cream
, cry during the eight weeks ending July
], and the ice cream output of tna
factory has been kept to the limit for
the entire summer With a record day
OF 200 pounds on butter, June %, the
people of this section feel that the de.
velopment of dairy interests in this
section has been .dependably estab
lished.
GarriSOn.-.An explosion of dyna,
mite near the power house startled
residents here last Tuesday morning
and broke windows out of buildings
nearby. 4 mine operator who had 4:
pounds of the explosive which had MOI
proved satisfactory for mining opera
tons threw it onto an ash pile. He
later felt that this would hardly be
safe, so lighted the fuse attached t.
one stick and threw it among the rest
The mar was uniniured.
Bismarck.-A. w. Luehrs. automo
bile registrar in the state highway de
partment, has begun the apportionmen
of the 1898, 100 which has been col
iected to date from license fees. o
this amount, 100000 is directly appro
priated to finance the highway com
mission. OF the remainder, 80 per cen
goes to the counties from which tn
fees originated; 10 per cent may b
expended on highway construction O
maintenance as the commission ma
elect, and 40 per cent must be expen(
ed on state roads.
Observation-Disclosures were wrecked
barns blown down, telegraph and tele
phone lines put out Of commission. an
at least two persons killed by a to-
nado-like windstorm that swept Owe
the northwestern section of this stat,
as well as over northeastern Montan
early last week. A mother and daugl
ter named HelgesOn, living near A
amo, are the persons known TO HAY
been killed. The storm worked gre.
havoc in this city and vicinity but a
pears to have been heaviest at Za]
on the Stanley branch, 45 miles mort
Box cars were blown over at tn.
point, and two rooms of the phone,
Zahl family residence, a log buildin
were destroyed. The family, whi(
was fortunately in the one remainir
room, was unhurt.
Bismarck.--Dr. c. w. Harris. fo
mer local pastor, recently return,
from army Y. M. C. A. work oversee