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

nd raul higgins, reSldllS noun vi
this city. will be opposing candidates
to succeed Senator A. S. Gibbons at
the special election called for that
purpose.
: Columbus.-Herbert Smith, first vol
untecr in the nations war service
from this city. was drowned when he
fell overheard from Il tug in New York
harbor on his way home Il few days
ago. He was in the navy.
Bismarck.-State Insurance Com
missioner s. A. .Olsness is quoted as
favoring the repeal Of withdrawal
privileges now allowed to farmers in
connection With the operation Of the
state hail insurance law.
Mandnn.-Albert n. Brooks, an aged
transient who recently confessed to
the murder of his wife in Ohio many
years ago, is dead following the ILL
ness which had %overtaken him here
prior to his confession of the deed.
misunderstanding school teachers
of this city have entered formal de-
mands for a fiat increase of salaries
amounting to 500 Il year. Unless the
demand is complied With in a reason
able time it is announced that a strike
will result.
Fargo. = Unofficial announcement
was made by A. G. Townley at a pub
lie rally here last week that Grand
Forks would be designated by the
state industrial commission as the To-
cation for the first big state-oWned
mill and elevator enterprise, to be
built at Il cost, it is said, of approXi-
mately 100000.
Grand Forks.-Tlie state university
gave a three-day program on "Citizen-
ship and Reconstruction October %
to 25, the general purpose being to
commemorate the war services of re-
turned students, alumni and faculty
men.
Valley City.-Announcement comes,
from the west, of the death of Miss
Lura Perrine, for many years a mem
Der of the faculty of the state normal
| school here. Miss Perrine has been
engaged with the institution for more
than a quarter of a century, and was
well known to thousands of North Da-
kota school workers.
Mandan.-John w. Nelson, a well
known farmer of Huff neighborhood
was accidentally shot while attempt
ing to fix q gun. 1t is hoped the acct
dent will not prove fatal.
Mandan.-Local boys anticipated
Halloween with a few Indoor sports
Sunday night when they broke into
the office of the Farmers elevator and
turned things topsy-turvy.
Watford.-A local booster is dis
playing two potatoes raised here which
weigh 2h pounds each. They were
grown upon a non-irrigated tract, and
the quality is unusually good.
Bismarck.-State headquarters OF
the North Dakota Anti-Tuberculosis
association have been moved from
Devils Lake to this city, and DR.. Ida
M. Alexander, n Red Cross relief
worker during the war, has been in
stalled rs state director.
Bismarck.-The workmen's cOmpen-
satlon law Of the state has been de-
clared constitution by Il four to one
vote Of the state. supreme court. which
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-01-01

also aillrms the right OF rne uep"r,-
ment to receive and dispense it's MI
funds.
Portland.-Tom Arnold, a local far
ner, has shipped nine carloads Of po-
tatocs from his fold Of 02 acres and
still liHs l,:,C>j bushels OF good stock
left for seed. The average price real
ICED from the potatoes was from $l,3o
to- $l.50 Il buSlel.
Observation-Disclosures county cOmmlS-
sioncrs have been made defendants in
y suit instituted against them by resi-
dents of Rawson, a small community
on the Great Northern line which had
requested village incorporation for an
area Of n square miles. The commits
sioners declined to act upon their PEI
tition.
Hankinson.-A proposed shortening
of divisions un the 500 railway run
ming through here, it is believed, may
make this cry Il division point. A
transfer of the railroad shops from
Enderlin to Rogers is also one Of the
possible changes which have been
rumored.
Bismarck.-1ndian lands in the
Standing Rock reservation in Nurthe
! and South Dakota will be offered for
sale by bids on November 10 and De-
cember 10. The land is said to COM
prise some of the best farming and
grazing land in the states, and some Of
it is appraised as low as s. per acre
LaMoure.-Erna, the eig~ht.year-Old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry KEEL
Ter, is dead from burns sustained from
an overfilled kitchen stow in which
wood had been crowded to such an ex-
tent that it was necessary to leave off
the covers. The child was alone in
the room when her clothing became.
ignited.
Dickinson.-Two alleged "certifed'
checks, n for 5000 and the other for
$500 were sent to the First National
bank at Belield by the Federal Re
serve bank Of Minneapolis, which had
received and forwarded them for col
lection only to find that both were
bogus. Detectives are trying to run
down the perpetrators of the fraud.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-01-01
NORTH DAKOTA

Willow Clty.-='rhe Northwestern
telephone Exchange company is pro-
viding Willow City with a new local
exchange system.
Hankinson.-The city council here
has adopted ordinances preparatory to
the installation of a city waterworks
and sewer system.
Minot.-The city commission has
purchased a tract of - acres to be
used as a site for the proposed new
sewage disposal plant.
I Grand ForkS.-Speakers Of the indie
pendent Voters associations so-called
fighting squad" began a '%rounu-thc-
state speaking tour here,
Portland.-A two-day street.fai and
Homecoming celebration is being plan
ned under local American Legion aus
pices for next July 2 and 3.
Grand Forks.-Local X. C.'s have
started a fund for the support of
widows and orphans of former mem
bers of the Grand Forks council.
Observation-Disclosures j. Enright, local
sWitchman, was crushed to death be-
tween two engines when swirling snow
blinded him to the impending collision.
Harvey.-R ecent curtailment of
train service OF many lines, COM
PEELED North Dakota's million dollar
military band to cancel Il number Of
concert engagements.
Bismarck.-Dr. e. p. Quain Of this
city was recently ilonOred at Mime
apolis by election to the presidency of
the Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault
Ste. Marie Railroad Surgical associa-
ton.
Wilton.-A temporary tipple may be
erected to replace the one recently de-
stroyed by fire at the Washburn mine
here, and will be designed to permit
winter operation of the plant when the
weather is not too severely cold.
Minot.-Ward county's widows pen
sion fund has been exhausted, and the
county commissioners are at a loss to
know how to raise more money for this
purpose under the status of present
legislation.
Targo.-Many branch railway lines
in the state were last week limited tC
three trains a week, until further no
tice, to- conserve fuel pending an i'm
provement of the supply curtailed by
the strike among soft coal miners.
New misunderstanding through
the ice into the cold waters of the
Northern Pacific Railway company'<
open reservoir near Midway, so hea(
of cattle belonging to Booke g.. Olson
Well-knoWn ranchers, suffered severely
from exposure, from which ten Of the
herd subsequently died. ;.
GIenburn.-A local farmer who re
Gently invested in a number of pure
bred Guernseys, reports cream check:
amounting TO S1Oa.42 from the last 81
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-01-01

Fargo.ENorth Dakota Visitors re.
Gently returned from eastern points
report North Dakota fuel shortage no
to have been alarming compared to
conditions found prevalent elsewhere.
Alexander.-Dan Williams, colored,
of this city was sent to the state hos
pital at Jamestown because Of delnen"
tia which caused him to "read the
minds of others as intending to kill
him.
Carrington.-Mrs. 0. w. McClusky.
recently elected president of the
North Dakota Federation of Woman's
clubs, is plaintiff in a $4,000 SANDER
suit against Mrs. j.. r. Mackenzie, an
other prominent here.
Fargo.-L. p. Haarman, head of the
American Railway Express loca, or
%ganization, has promulgated rules re-
Gently issued requiring the substantial
boxing of all miscellaneous merchan-
disc express shipments.
Fargo.-H. H. Hall, newly elected
commander Of John f. Reynolds post
of the G. A. r. in this city, is a brother
of Dan M. Hall Of Columbus Ohio,
commanderein-chief of the national
G. A. r.
Fargo.-Petitions are being circu-
lated for a special referendum election
on the so-called 'blue laws" of the
| state, including the anti-cigaret law,
| the prohibition Of Sunday baseball and
| theaters and the law against boxing
exhibitions.
Fargo.-Separation Of North and
South Dakota from the remainder of
the district organization of the Loyal
Order of Moose is to be asked in reso-
lutions to be adopted by members of
the order in Fargo. The district now
comprises the two Dakotas with Min
nesota and Montana.
Minot.-The North Dakota Good
Roads association, organized here last
week, laid out a program of road de-
velopment activities for recommended
| ton to state and county authorities.
Olaf Lokensgard of Sawyer is presi-
dent, and George. G. Reeder of Michi-
gan secretary of the organization.
Dickinson.-A local farmer turned
up a good-sized stone in his fields the
other day and found q large number of
grasshoppers burrowed beneath, ap-
parently dead from freezing. On being
brought into a warm room, however,
every hopper promptly began to repro
duce the high pressure kicks for which
the breed is justly famous.
Killdeer.-Fifty thousand dollars
worth Of property went up in a night
blaze in the business section Of this
city last Monday, the second fire in
Killdeer within ten days. Several
business places were destroyed, and
diligent work was required to prevent
the fire spreading to the rest of the
city. The earlier fire partly destroyed
the city auditorium.
Grand Forks.-Dr. III. T.. Simpson, in
charge Of the university observation
station, reports that November regis
tered an average temperature of 12.1
degrees above zero, n record for No
vember cold which will jolt the COM
parative recollections of the oldest in.
habitant. The record for continuous
high wind was also smashed, the pro-
feSsor reports when on November 10
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-01-01
me wind attained a velocity of IS

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miles an hour.
Devils Lake.-The jury in the Nor
gridge will case, which has attracted
wide a~ttentiQn here, rendered a YER
dict in favor of the plaintiffs, two
nepheWs of the deceased, who con-
tested the will and are now made sole
heirs of the estate, valued at $4,000.
Tower City.-A long list of state
athletic records held by residents of
this city has been added to, it is be-
lieved, by the recent feat Of Miss Cath
crime Schuster, a local school teacher,
in walking the distance of even miles
between this place and Oriska in one
hour and five minut..,. The hike was
undertaken in settl, v,4ent of Il wager.
I1IIenuale.-rour gunner have been
convicted here Of the wholesale rob-
berry of farm hands perpetrated near
Cakes early this fall.
Hillsboro,-N1aior p. w. Boyd of
this city has been discharged from the
Walter Reed hospital 1T Washington
and has returned home.
Portal.-Plans are being laid for the
construction of a state and federal
aided road through Burke county next
spring ut a cost of $4,000.
Fargo.-The annual meeting of the
state board Of nurses examiners will
be held here ut the Y. M. c. A. audi
forum NoveElber 10 and 20.
Mandan.-N. w. Trivilliun. of
jamestown, a railroad brakeman, Was
instantly killed in the yards here
when caught between two engines.
Steele.-C. v. Jokela, a farmer near
here, was caught by the drive wheel
of a tractor he was running, pulled
from the machine and instantly killed.
Sentinel Butte.-Public schools Of
this city were the first in Golden VAL
ley county to report a 100 percent en-
rollment in the Junior Red Cross
drive.
Minot.-Local Knights of Pythias
celebrated the paying off of the mort
gage on their home by a celebration
in which the cancelled document was
burned.
Bismarck.-The third annual con-
vention of Odd Fellows Of this dis
trict brought together a larger at
tendance than either of the preceding
conventions.
Carrington.-Mrs. G. w. McClusky
Of this city was elected president Of
the North Dakota Federation of Wo-
mans clubs at it's annual meeting re-
Gently held here.
Fargo.-The installation of a sub
way under the Northern Pacific rail
way tracks at Tenth street has been
agreed upon between the railway ad-
ministration and the city commission.
Devils Lake.-The purchase of a
local creamery by a company capital
Zeu at $4,000 is believed to promise
this city one of the largest creamery
and cold storage plants in the north
west.
Devils Lake.-Rat poison was the
material used by Il transient wOuld-be
suicide in IN attempt upon his life
here one day last week. The patient
Is in Il hospital here with II chance to
recover
G,aalo. &C. T.. Peterson Of Bisbee
The Home news., 1920-02-13
s. I. A. PROGRAM.

The following program will be given at the School Inn prove1nent Association meet ing to be held at the High School auditorium, Friday, Feb. 27:
 Piano Solo, Miss Margaret Hargis.,
 Talk. Why should mothers be as interested in the school as in the home? Mrs. Nc Cain.
 Vocal solo. Miss Hazel Musgrove.
 Discussion. Whau our school needs. Supt. c. T. Willis.
The Home news., 1920-02-13
BOY KILLED INSTANTLY
 WITH SHOT GUN.
Norman Spradlin, Age Five Years Is Dead as Result of Playing With Loaded
 Shot Gun.

Norman, age five years, oldest child of MT. and Mrs. Herbert Spradlin of near Chappell Grove, was killed instantly Thursday afternoon about three o'clock when a shot gun, with which he and another boy were playing, was accidentally discharged. The load of shot passed through his body at the top of the breast bone.
 The unfortunate child had gone over to MT. J. T. Pear rows home about 100 yards away to play with Pearl and
 Pearrow. MT. Pear row had three guns in his home and the only one loaded was the one with which it is thought his little seven year old son killed his playmate. The gun was a No. 12 single barrel shot gun.
 Mrs. Spradlin who was at home, and who had called to her boy to come home, heard the report of the gun and ran. to MT. Pearrow's home. MT. Jess Dougherty was also one of the first to reach the scene. The three children were there alone as MT. Pearrow was at the home of MT. J.. w. Killingsworth.
 The remains were laid to rest in Fakes Cemetery today, Friday, and the bereaved parents have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire com munity.
The Home news., 1920-02-13
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The old bread line" is gone from it's accustomed place in the cities In the slumS throughout the country huddled queues of men no longer wait to be fed. Their passing is a symbol of the passing of the hobo.
 Everywhere, for lack of guests, the cheap lodging houses are being aban- doned. Only few old, decrepit men remain in the Salvation Army Indus trial Homes. In Kansas City the once crowd ed dormitories of the Helping Hand" building are closed. In Lincoln. Neb., in 1911 there were 1,756 non resident single men who applied for aidr while in 1918 there were only 136
 The hobo. the wandering workers who went to the lodging house and the bread line between his seasona, jobs has been lifted from his o,! p,a-s o;
The Home news., 1920-02-13
COLEMAN BROTHERS By c. c. COLEMAN J. w. COLEMAN
 A. B. COLEMAN

Under their former con- tract they were to receive Sl6.O0 an acre for clearing right-of-way. They submit ted a certified check for $2, GOO. and are to make a surety bond for $5O,OOO.
 Another bid was submitted by MT. Ben Goodwin of Hunt CT, representing the Southern Drainage & Lumber Co.,, which was eleven cents a yard.
 Previous to the letting of the new contract commission CT Klbler stated that Coleman bfothers and stated up until lew weeks ago that they were going to carry out their iornler contract, but since nad told him they could not ao the work at the old con- tract price, but if a new con- tract could be made for eight cents yard, they would dig she ditch. Mir. Kibler also 1,aFed n that their attorney, Mir. a4, nufr of Paragould, as we'll as u.her attorneys had advised sAat Coleman Brothers could A t,ot be held responsible under 'ne old contract.
 D. Love Banks of Hickory aauge was present and sug- Fested that a larger ditch than tht the one proposed be dug, but (sils x met with opposition from ". , U. McCrory and others. as Sh NeA as Mir. Beede and MT. snae, and we are glad to in- form form the tax payers that these '"o commissioners are op-
The Home news., 1920-02-13
SCREEN WILLIAM IS
 NOTED FOR COURAGE

Joe Ryan, who is again play ing the william role in Vita graphs new serial thriller, Smashing Barriers" now be- ing shown at the Jewel Thea tre every Monday is not, with all his screen deviltry, cow ard. In fact, he has more than the usual allotment of ''sand" necessary for a screen bad man. In the next episode he takes great chance with life and limb when he rides madly alongside of speeding train and jumps aboard one of the flat cars from the back of his trusty steed.
The Home news., 1920-02-13
CIRCUIT COURT IS
 POSTPONED ONE WEEK.

By order of Judge J. M. Jackson of Helena, Circuit Court has been postponed one week and will not convene un- til Monday, Feb. 23, 1920.
 All persons who have been are hereby notified to appear just one week later than the time that you were to have been present.
 R. H. SMITH, Jr.
 Adv 2-13-1t. Sheriff.
The Home news., 1920-02-13

posed to a larger ditch as it would require more bonds or a heavier tax to be made. |
 The attorney promised to send The Home News a copy of the new contract and bond which we will publish for the many tax payers who are oun subscribers.
The Home news., 1920-02-13

the war. A study of the conditions of migrant labor is now being conducted by the Interchurch World Movement that 1t may lay the facts before the Protestant churches of America. whose closer cooperation is it's larger purpose. This study shows that the hobo has found closer succession of jobs, a higher return for his labor. lie has become almost steady" worker He no longer needs his old refuge
 Beyond the reach of these agencies, he offers the Protestant churches an opportunity to provide new means of influencing his life and maintaining his standards of living, and the Inter church World Movement survey is de termining how this may best be achtl~ = =
The Home news., 1920-02-13

MT. Love Banks, of Smith dale, spent Tuesday here the guest of MT. T. A. Jeffries.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. H. Smith of Little Rock attended the funeral of Little Marvin Mat lock Sunday. MT. Smith is a linotype operator on the Little Rock Daily News and his wife was formerly Miss Birdie Wright of near DeView.
The Home news., 1920-02-13

MT. T. w. Greer left Tues day for visit to his brother, MT. w. T. Greer at Anson, Texas. whom he has not seen since he moved from here 50 years ago.
 With regret we note that Justice of the Peace, J. W. Neely. who is also 8 valuable member of our school board will soon move his good family to Sloan Springs, where he has bought a home. We wish them the best of health and much prosperity.
The Home news., 1920-02-13

Mir. Joe Bennett was in Little Rock on business Thurs day.
 Wanted: To buy your hogs. w. J. MITCHELL. Adv. l. 23-tf.
 See the Special Five Reel Feature Show at the Jewel Theatre tomorrow, Saturday, night. Wm. Fox presents Albert Ray and Eleanor Fair in Married In Haste" If you enjoy a good show and want hearty laugh you will not be disappointed if you see this production. Admis- sion 25c.
The Home news., 1920-02-13

Died: Marvin Matlock, age five years, child of l.. B. Matlock, at the home of his grandparents, MT. and Mrs. J. D. Matlock, Friday, Feb.6, 1920, at 8:3O o'clock, p. m. The remains were laid to rest Sunday in. the Boards ceme- tery.
The Home news., 1920-02-13
.,Tcu COMMISSIONERS DllO RELIEF CONTRACT.

4 Q meeting of the Com
 :a;oners, A; r J. F. Shue, F. w.: BsSa7 Bssd9 InG peview lS Drainage Dis is l5s.;c+ Bsy1' No, .One of Woodruff, 1llcls 7ackson and Cross Counties, 5aI4'gt Sa1d st their headquarters in lsa as,o Rank a of McCrory Tuesday l9g hids were were again received for digging the ditch. p'SI 4 former contract was let .nd inc bond issue of $50, ell0 ono 00 sold a few years ago. THe' Tba new contractors are Cole a,an rnr Brothers of Hickory p5ar pidao who were the former noufractors. n,uh Their price on t6 tba old contract was six and thirteen t,S one hundredths cents q cubic yard.
 There are 2,0oo,ooo cubic yards estimated to De moved and the new bid by Coleman Brothers which was accepted was as follows:
 The Bid.
 Eight cents a cubic yard and 5000 an acre for clear ing right-of-way with the understanding that the ditch is not to be enlarged more than ten feet and that if the ditch should be enlarged that the District shall pay eleven cents per cubic yard for all yardage above the present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
WILSON IS PRESENTED
 WITH FARM BY STATE

l Montgomery August 6.--(Special. )-Bill Wilson, Blount county mountaineer, sen fenced to life Imprisonment for the mur- der of his wife and child, who later re- turned and announced that they had been in the north has been presented with a farm on the Blount-St. Clair border by
 the state in partial payment for the three years and six months which he served for a crime which was never committed. Wilson was given a full par don by Governor Henderson in 1918 and the legislature of 1919 appropriated s, 5Jo
 as compensation for the time he gave the
 state
 Information reached the capitol today that bondsmen of J. r. Kelton, who was made trustee of the Wilson fund, had
 guaranteed the payment of the purchase price of the farm. Kelton was named trustee by Wilson, and the state last and has been in possession of the fund, less the amount allowed himself as attorney s fee. He left his home at Oneonta sew eral weeks ago and has not been heard from since.
 It was agreed at the time the legis-
 Iature made the appropriation that the fund would be invested in a farm, but the purchase was held up pending the
 finding of suitable acreage which could
 be obtained for the amount of the appro-
 pration. When Judge Kelton was male
 trustee he gave a personal surety bond
 for $2.50O, covering the amount due
 Wilson He was a well-known attorney
 of Blount county, was formerly probate
 judge and was the leading spirit be-
 fore the legislature in the interest of
 Wilson. He was interested as attorney
 in several important cases which came
 before the Blount circuit court this week,
 and dispatches from Oneonta said his
 absence had forced the continuance or
 the case.