Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-09

a three day carnival.
Minnewaukan-A new store and
hotel are under way here.
Grand Forks-A good roads din-
ner" will be held December 16.
Lisbon-The cornerstone of the new
Lutheran church has been laid.
Observation-Disclosures have pledged
$4,000 to assist the local bank.
Sheldon-Merchandise valued at ST..
900 was stolen from a local store.
Grand Forks-A sweeping reduce
ton in building material is announced.
Devils Lake-The city will be
bonded for the erection of a municipal
barn.
Recommendations are making Wig
orous protest against stock roaming
the streets.
Page-The Page Chronicle has been
launched into the North Dakota news
paper field.
Marshall-Harold I.yster, %, is dead
as the result Of wounds sustained I'M
the World war.
Carrington-Children under 16 are
warned off the streets at min o'clock
by the new curfew. .
Jamestown-Harry Forman has been
missing since he drew heavily on his
account November 10.
Observation-Disclosures will be ems
panelled for jury service at the DeS
cember term of court.
Stanley-The Great Northern has
been petitioned for better service onl
the Stanley-Grenora branch.
Medora-The eelction Of Gus Wog td
the state senate will be contested BY
Z. ]. List, defeated candidate.
McKenzie-G. w. Gustafson, county,
agent of Burleigh county, has resigned
to take up similar work in Bozeman,
Mont.
Drake-Losing a pocEetbook con1
tanning $500 one day, a farmer mean
here came to town the next day and
found it.
Watford City-The home of L. Kun,
mer was the scene Of a triple weddings
when the three Hummer sisters were
married.
Enderlin-Two freight trains crashed
in front Of the 500 depot and threw
cars onto the building, practically de-
molishing it.
Pembina-Victor Parks was instant~
ly killed and Harold Whitman was
seriously injured when their auto up
set in a ditch.
Bismarck-A member Of Custer's
command and for years a guard at
the state penitentiary. Charles Camp
bell, 70. is dead.
South Enthusiastically all Of the
men of this community are divided
into two teams engaged in a big rab-
bit hunting contest.
West Fargo-P. NJ. Casey, president
of the Equity Cooperative packing
plant, has resigned from the state
board of administration.
Grafton-Carried 400 feet on the
pilot of a locomotive which demolished
their roadster, Barney Oddson and
Miss Lila Currie escaped unhurt.
Minot-Federal and state aid will
be sought for the proposed North
State highway from Chicago through
this state into the Canadian north
west.
Langdon-Six sites are under con-
sideration for the location Of the
county memorial hospital, in which
the county and several other organiza-
tons will join.
Neche-Dying with 4S hours Of each
other, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Folker, 81
and CT, respectively, were laid to rest
at a double funeral. They were pio-
neer residents.
Richardton-The first rural route in
Stark county will cover 80 miles out Of
this city, serving about 70 families.
Mail deliveries will commence Mon
day, January 3.
Bathgate-Three horses and four
head of cattle, as well as numerous
other far marticles, were burned on
the Arthur Houston farm. The loss
was over $4,000.
Bottineau-With a diameter of 17A
inches and a circumference of 52k
inches, and weighing 1912 pounds, the
champion pumpkin of North Dakota is
on display here.
Williston-C. A. NJ. Spencer, 10
oldest man on the state payroll. He
has been appointed to membership in
the compensation bureau.
Pisek-Found guilty of burrying the
body of his wife in a gunnysack, Frank
koukal, an aged resident of this vicin-
ity, was fined $3.50 for indecent burial,
while added costs made his forfeiture
$500.
~Fargo-One of the very few sur
vivOrs of President Lincoln's personal
body guard, Smith Stimmel of this
city, has been appointed instructor in
patriotism for the G. A. r. by a recent
general order.
University-John Miles, William
Hagen, Harold Shaft, George Eddie,
Albion Hanson, and Nelson Johnson
will represent the state university in
intercollegiate debates. The question
is on Irish independence.
'Finley-All of the children in the
fnuyr aud n~~,ols.A.l ~I>oJr 0f