Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-01-08

u. HalvOrSOn left her bedridden huS.
band without care, and he was found
in q pitiable condition IL hours later
when a neighhor CHANGED to call.
Berthold.-A little son Of II. A.
Emanuel fell backward into a tub OF
scalding water, but will recover, it is
said, although his flesh was scalded
to a blister from his shoulders to his
knees. -
Bergen.-Postmaster Allison of this
place, being unable to stand some of
the things handed" to a small-town
r. NJ, got even as best he could, and
then was assessed a fine and costs for
assault.
Wahpeton.-The January term of
the district court, which opened here
Tuesday, is the first session for Rich
land county in v a year. A large
number of both civil and criminal ac.
tons are to be tried.
CANDIDA local physician has equip.
ped a small sleigh with an airplane
motor and 19-inch propeller, and has
solved the problem of calling on our.
try patients fast enough to keep ahead
Of "Old Doc Stork."
Dickinson.-The Stark County Citf.
zens association is the name of an
organization recently formed here,
which will have as one of it's objects
the rendering Of help to drought.
stricken farmers who are in need.
Minot.-At the suggestion of the
local post Of the American Legion, the
committee which. had; in charge the
homecoming celebration of last JULY
turned over a balance Of. $3.50 to the
Association Of Commerce for the care
of persons in financial need.
Mandan.-Mandan Lodge No. IA,
knights of Pythias, held a banner rec.
ord for the number of members in the
American service during the war, and
at its recent annual election named a
roster Of officers of whom all were
returned service men.
Dickinson.-George Wolf, a farmer
owning about 200 sheep neal this city,
brings a Story of a group of so from
the flock being cut out from the re-
mainder and driven off by coyotes,
which held the little band prisoners
awaiting slaughter at the crafty maur-
auderS' needs.
Bowbells.-Farmers Of this section
have organized a new club, known as
the Bowbells Farmers club. A com.
'mittee has been named to draw up
constitution and bylaws, and a mem.
bership fee of 81 is being paid by all
who join.
Fargo.-Thet Waldorf and Annex
hotels have been leased by A. j. De-
Beau, of Sank Center, Mimi, and DOS.
session granted on Jan. 1, 1920. Ap.
proximately 100000 was involved in
the lease, good will and equipment.
Boyd & Keller, the retiring proprie.
tors, have become interested in a large
hotel proposition in Portland, Ore.
Fargo.-The Seth annual meeting of
the Minneapolis branch Of the Method.
list Woman's Foreign Missionary so.
slety, comprising North and South
Dakota and Minnesota, was held here
last week. The meeting marks the
fftieth year of the organization.
Fargo.-The city commission has
under consideration plans for the in
staHation of a subway under North
Elm Pacific tracks at Tenth street.
If effected, the movement will probab.
ly be followed by a similar II at the
Great Northern crossing on the same
street.
Fargo.-Both Fargo and Grand
Forks have offered free sites for the
use of the big state mill to be located
by the North Dakota Mill and Elevator
association at such point in the state
as it shall deem most expedient. The
Fargo site includes a plat of forty
acres.
Sherwood.-Under terms of the reci-
procity act which permits Canadian
farmers to deliver grain duty-free in
the United States, farmers on the
northern side of the boundary near
this city are hauling their wheat to,
Sherwood and receiving about so cents
a bushel more than is offered them in
Canadian towns.
Fargo.-Two separate gangs of
"yeggs' appear to be operating in the
state, according to w. G. Macfadden,
secretary of the North Dakota Bank
ers' association, in a statement given
out a few days ago. Bank customers
holding Liberty bonds and other valu-
able unlisted securities in safety de-
posit boxes are strongly urged by Sec
rotary Macfadden to place them d.
rectly in charge of their respective
bankers for safekeeping in the strong
box, being careful also to see that the
papers are listed and adequately in
sured.
Grand Forks.-Work on the city
hall, destroyed by fire a few months
ago, has been nearly completed, and it
is expected that the new building will
be ready for occupancy within VI few
weeks.
Fargo..Dr. Christian Kachelmacher,
a prominent specialist of this city, sui
cided by shooting himself in the head,
while stopping at a hotel in Chicago
while en- route to a sanitarium in
A~fichipan The doctor iS said fo have