Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-18

Lisbon-The Business Women's club
has been organized.
Ray-James A. Lucas, 76, North Da-
kota pioneer, is dead.
Barney-The Barney Light company,
has been incorporated.
Lakota The Parent-Teachers asso-
citation will r~eorganize.
Center-The Hazel Miner memorial
fund has reached $3.50.
Beach-While driving his team,
Henry Stager, So, fell dead.
Devils Lake-"High School Life is
a monthly magazine by the high school:
Finley-The Finley Light & Power
company is installing better machin-
cry.
Naturalization frauds are charged
in Billings county and there is talk of
contests.
Maddock-The Commercial club ar
ranged the successful sale of 40 regis
tered Shorthorns.
W~ahpeton-His children sick and his
finances involved, Alfred Billet, 80,
Ntl boiiS tlSlu anu ulCu.
Langdon-Implements and buildings
valued at $1,000 were destroyed in a
fire at the Home Implement company
yards.
Maddock-Enrollment records are
broken by the present student body Of
60 in the Benson county agricultural
school.
Devils Lake-Rae Kneeshaw, twice
cited by the French government, has
received the red and green fo%urragere.
he was a marine.
Bismarck-Armour & Co. will have a
branch house in this city under man
agement of ]. c. Deutsch, former man
ager Of the sub-agency here.
Wahpeton-Safety gates have been
ordered in at five Great Northern
crossings as a result of the accident
which cost the life of Carl Strand.
Agricultural College Students and
faculty Joined in a mass meeting to con
graduate President E. f. Ladd Upon his
election to the United States senate.
Fargo-The first contribution re-
ceived toward the $4,000 lot and
budget campaign Of the Y. w. G. A.
was a $25 check coming by mail from
Honolulu.
Minot-Nine votes is the majority by
which Alfred Mostad, Nonpartisan, de-
feated Olaf j. eleven, Independent, for
county treasurer. The race was perhaps
the closest in the state.
Misunderstanding car passengers
Joined in on impromptu night parade
when their coach caught fire. None was
injured and a freight train behind the
passenger quenched the flames.
Fryburg-Two and a half years each
was the sentence imposed upon John
Doyle and Earl Henerson, 81 and %,
respectively, for shooting and jnjuring
E. X. Julian, Western Union operator,
from a passing train. They had riled
a mail sack and had in their possession
$4,000 in papers.
Bismarck-North Dakota was one of
the - states in the Union in which rs
per cent or more of the drafted men
were able to pass the physical examin-
alton for army service. The IL states
include the western half of the Mis-
sissippi valley.
Ma1dan-By a vote of $40 to 4O3,
the City of Mandan, at a special cleo
ton, rejected the proposition of Il
municipal coal yard, which had been
proposed by h central labor body.
Nelson Luther was elected a member
of the city commission over three
other candidates by a 1877 plurality.
FargO-A state federation of farm
bureaus in North Dakota will be formed
to affiliate with the national fedora
ton. Delegates from 10 counties of
the state met here, listened to several
addresses by experts in cooperative
work, enjoyed a banquet together, and
named the necessary committees to
perfect their organization.
Dickinson-Voters of Stark county
were overwhelmingly in favor Of county,
agricultural work, as shown by the re-
turns at the recent election, where the
proposition appeared on the county bal
lot. The voters Of seven other counties
of the state expressed themselves in
favor Of this work. Following is the
vote cast on the matter in the various
counties, except Williams, where the
c figures are not yet available:
County For Against
Burke 1874 1,O57
DIVIDE ,4oO 739
l Golden Valley. 939 521
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morton l,O99
. Slope 1,022 4O7
Stark 2,152 1,445
t MinOt-Ihc whisky runners Operat-
) ing in northwestern North Dakota are