The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1921-08-18
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What is Happening to People Living
in Other Sections

Wahpeton and Breckenridge lately.
Thieves entered the King fiat at Wah-
peton and, fishing a pair Of trousers
over transom, obtained $18. Bur-
glars smashed in window in the
N. p. depot, crawled in and took SO
worth Of mems shirts. Gunmen held
up several laborers at Breckenridge
and relieved the bunch of $500.
The funeral Of George Walter Hol-
ter, %, world war veteran, was held
at Wildrose with military honors. The
military part of the funeral was in
charge Of the Ludwig Coy post Of the
American Legion, Of which the deceas-
ed soldier was member.
Hettinger county schools will open
this fall, meeting Of county school
officers at Mott bringing out plans for
financing. One plan was to bond the
districts and the other to sell warrants
ct discount. The latter course was
favored. School officers Of every dis
trict will negotiate with bonding firms
in an endeavor to realize money on
warrants.
Members Of the Legion post at Lis
bon, with plows, picks and shovels,
gave demonstrations of army intrench-
ment methods by reshaping earth
about the armory building so as to
drain water away from it. Previous
ly ground had sloped toward the
building, causing water from rains to
run into the building.
The Langdon .substation was visit
ed recently by X. G. Haman, an honor
student of an agricultural college in
Copenhagen, Denmark. Mr.. Haman
is one of a number Of Danish students
studying agricultural conditions in
other countries.
An ordinance regulating the plant
ing Of shade trees in Mandan is being
prepared by the city park commission.
Early threshing returns in the vi
cinity Of Washburn are showing up the
effects Of the heat. Early estimates
of the wheat yield are cut about half,
wheat running from to IA bushels.
The Glendale Boy Scouts have been
trying out camp life at the Callan
ranch in the Merricourt-F Forbes neigh
borhood, including a five mile hike to
the camping grounds. They recently
staged a bicycle race and swimming
race. Rev. Henry Lewis is scout
master.
Making a search of the home of H.
j. Yousol, section foreman at Fair
mount, the sheriff found homemade
still made from a three gallon oil
can, hidden behind a dresser. A war
rant was issued for Yousol's arrest,
charging him with manufacturing in
toxicating liquor.
Sam Brown, colored, of .Devils
Lake, had three ribs broken, one of
which pierced his left lung, when the
auto he was driving overturned as he
tried to pass another car.
A gasoline launch, with a capacity
for thirty passengers, has been put
in service on Lake Elsie, near Hankin-
son, by Harold Cox. It is proving
popular with Sunday excursionists.
Fire destroyed a large barn, ma
chine shed, lot of farm machinery, a
tractor and some hay and feed on the
Os IL oIUChuaUSSI 16Elu near w 6TE0u.
Threshers fastening from distant
field were able to save the farm house.
The loss will be several thousand dol
lars, partly covered by insurance.
H. A. Ekholm, police magistrate
and city auditor of Marmarth, refused
to certify as sufficient recall petitions
filed with him, holding that they were
insufficient in not properly desienat-
ing addresses of signers and in set
ting forth any grounds Of complaint
against officials upon which the petit
tions asked the recall election. The
committee in charge Of the petitions
then instituted mandamus proceedings
to compel Ekholm to certify the petit
tions as sufficient. This brought the
gentleman to time.