Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-11
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been employed for Bowman county
nurse.
Butfalo-Fifty days is The record
threshing run established by Dan
PherrSon.
Wahpeton-Firc destroyed the heat
ing plant al POO ons of coal at the
Indian school.
Fargo-SiXty years of welded life
were recently celebrated by Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. I. Paine.
West ~Fargo-Fire in the refrfgera-
tor section of the Equity Packing
plant did $1,000 damage.
Bismarck-Armistice Day will be a
state holiday according to proclama-
ton by Governor Frazier.
ToWner-A canary hat does every
thing but talk is the proud possession
of Mayor d. j. O'Connell.
Blanchard-Fire destroyed the Blan-
chard Mercantile company's lumber
yard with Il loss of $4,000.
Leeds-His neck was broken when
Austin White, -, was thrown from a
sWerving car. He died instantly.
Fort 1ates-Found in Il haystack,
the auto of James Fulton, missing for
q week, was restored to it's owner.
Watford City-Following the sue
cesSful example of the women, the
men will organize Il Commercial club.
Grafton-A golden eagle shot here
weighed II pounds and measured
seven feet five inches from tin to tip.
Anamoose-M1iss Olive Presler of
this city. is Il member of the cham
pionship women's debating team at the
University of California.
MISREPRESENTATION of more than
oO members and installation of officers
will feature the first meeting of the
new knights Of Columbus lodge here.
Farso-A phone conversation be-
tween this city and Mobile, Alabama,
owe more than 2OOO miles of wire, es-
tablishes the local long distance rec
ord.
Starkweather- Twenty-Five dollars
Is what it cost John Wamble to shoot
two dogs that barked at his automo-
bile. Louis Gran, the owner, com
planned.
Grand Forks-Men of national re-
pute in educational circles addressed
the convention Of the North Dakota
Educational association here Novem-
Der 10, II, 10.
Fargo-That North Dakota is be-
coming a great sheep producing state
is the opinion of ]. w. Haw, secretary
manager of the North Dakota Wool
Growers association.
Carrington-Peter P. link, ST., who
mysteriously disappeared while on a
trip to this city several weeks ago,
has been found and is on his way
home from Spokane, Washington.
Observation-Disclosures surveys of
the so acres of land on the James
river set aside for a memorial park
for LaMoure county, are being made
by a Minneapolis landscape artist.
Bismarck-At a meeting held in
Omaha, Neb., a new allotment of units
in the national guard was made for
North Dakota. This state was repre-
scented by Adjutant General Fraser and
Major Sorenson.
Grandin--Knute Hansum, formerly
q farm hand in this neighborhood,
later a Chicago street car conductor,
and recently Il fishing boat sailor on
the east coast, has won the 1920 Noble
prize for current literary productions.
Bottineau-Sheriff Thomas Hennes-
sy Of Bottineau county, has placed
machine guns along roads travelled by
whisky unner from Canada and de-
clares that he will use the Brownies
when other means of stopping the law
breakers fail.
JamestoWn-TWO crops of potatoes
dere grown from the same plot in one
season by Charles Y%etterdahl. The first
crop was planted May l and harvested
July }, the second was planted July
10 and harvested October 10. Both
yields were above the state average.
Medina-An investigation is being
held to determine the exact cause of
the wreck in which Northern Pacific
trains Nos. and , came together head
on.near here. No. . is said to have
run by tn" siding where it was to al
low 70. ! to pass. Both engines we're
practically demolished and one of the
engineers was hurt in leaping from his
cab. but no one was seriously injured,
the passengers being merely shaken
up.
Minnewaukan-Two North Dakota
soldiers We're awarded the Congress
siOnal medal of honor and II gained
the distinguished service cross. ac-
cording to Il report just published by
the state adjutant general, A. G. Fra
ser. Lieutenant Colonel Fred E. Smith
of Portland, who enlisted in the serv-
ice in this state, and Private Nels
Void of this city, member of Company
I, 18Th Infantry, 35th Division, won
the highest United States award.
Wyndmere-Never regaining n
s%ciousness after being struck by a BIZ
cycle and knocked to the paving. Mrs.
E. A. Blackburn died Il few hours after
the accident. She stepped from be-
hind an automobile in front of the
bicycle ridden by a young boy.