Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-21
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Antelope-An early morning fire de-
stroyed the Sheridan hotel here.

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ADMINISTRATIONS has reduced its
water rates.
St. Thomas-The Ottem-Dall post
of the American Legion held a big
celebration July Ia.
Wahpeton-Contract for a $1O,25O
combination iretruck has been award
ed the American LaFrance company.
Fargo-The harvest of early oats
and rye is under way. according to ].
w. Haw. state leader Of county agents.
Wahpeton-The Fergus Falls Motor
Bus company will start a bus line be-
tween this city and Fergus Falls.
Minot-About 100 pastors and dele
gates attended the State Baptist con
vention here.
Mandan ~ The Mandan Electric
company has announced a restoration
of the old rates for lighting.
Bottineau-Residents in the north
half of the Newberg special school
district have %petitioned the county
beard to form a new school district.
Hope-The Hope businessmen have
raised 1896, of which $144 was used
to buy an American flax and a special
Legion standard.
Minot-J. T. Philips has been named
president of the Lone Star Rural
Telephone company. r. Gilbertson is
secretary.
kenmare-The state board of health
has extended time for construction of
the sewage treatment plant here one
year.
Bismarck-Bismarck citizens face
a bonded Indebtedness of $1,000 900,
of which about $1,OOO.OOO is for sewer,
paving and school bonds.
Grand Forks-Miss Irene G.. Walsh,
city school nurse, has resigned to be-
come superintendent of nurses at the
Deaconess hospital.
Grand F~orks-Three daughters of
George Boehm, living near here, were
stunned by lightning while milking
cows. One of the cows was killed.
MISUNDERSTANDING may have
q special election to pass upon the
question of increasing the city debt
limit.
Granville-W. A. Christensen of
Granville has a field Of alfalfa which
he expects to yield four tons to the
acre.
Minot-The newly organized Minot
Kiwanis club has just received it's
charter, which was presented by John
r. Pollock, district lieutenant gov
ernor Of Kiwanis clubs.
Minot-Farm laborers for north
western North Dakota will be distrib-
uted d Minot, according to John
Fletcher, superintendent Of the state
and federal employment bureau here.
Fessenden-A survey is being made
in this section by Prof. L. P. Dove,
assistant state geologist, and w. r.
Keye, assistant. for a supply of gravel
and sand for road construction in
Wells county.
Dickinson-Paul Landize, II, saved
all three when Mrs. c. H. Starke, who
had plunged into the Heart river in an
effort to save. her two young daughters,
found herself helpless in the swift
current.
oakwood-Eighty grandchildren and.
sixty-tive great-grandchildren. as we'll
as six daughters and five sons, at
tended the celebration of the Goth we'd
ding anniversary, of Mr.. and Mrs.
Etienne Lessard.
Fargo-There will be no shortage Of
labor in North Dakota when the har-
vest begins, according to Al. Bark
man of Kansas City. field representa-
tive of the United States Employment
service.
BoWbeIls - The directors of the
Farmers Ignite Coal company have
decided to abandon the mine the COM
pany has worked for 20 years and the
affairs of the company are being
wound up.
Grand Forks-The United States
bureau of crop estimates and the bu-
reau of markets of North Dakota have
been merged into the United States
bureau of markets and crop estimates
for North Dakota, under a recent rnl-
ing from Washington.
Minot-rThe Nordyestre Teleag, al
Its convention in Minot, selected Will
iston for its next convention. 1t Will
be held June %, "A and %, 1922. OF
fcers elected were: @. Hogue,
Williston, president; Thorvold Rue,
Minof, Yicepresident, and Mrs. Isak
Mattson, Minot, secretary.
Notwithstanding for livestock
and farm crop prizes offered ut fairs
in the Missouri slope territory is one
of the objects of the Missouri Slope
Farm Boys association. organized at
the encampment OF so farm boys from
Morton and Grant counties, at the
Country club, Mandan.
Garrison--When Frank Spitanik
reported d loss OF rs per cent due to
hail and none of his neighbors reported
a loss. g. N Condor, county hail loss
adjuster. investigated. He found
Spitanikss claim justified. The hal
had fallen on Spitanik's land and no,
where else.
FargoNmth Dakota's quota o1
$T5,000 for the Near East relief flnt
for3tl,e year ending June 80, 1921 was
exceeded BY S4.754.3T in cash received
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