Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-29
CR0OKSTON NOTES

Crookston, N. D., Dec. 2s.-Crook-i
ston, Dec. 29.-In a Christmas raid on
the Scandal hotel, city and county
authorities arrested Carl SwensonS and.
Peter johnson, charging them with.
conducting a disorder1y house. and
selling intoxicating liquor.
Two girl employees, Clara Newhouse.
20, and Lillian Smith. 10, were also
arrested o n yagrancy charges. Fol-
lowing their arraignment in municipal
court the two men were bound over
tosthe grand jury. On failure to fur
nish $1,000 bonds they we're remand"
ed to the county Jail. The two girls
also being held in custody.
F. J. Reid Of Badger, who Is alleged
to have struck Sheriff Rice Of Roseau
county, over the head with a stool in
a pool room fracas at Badger, was
given a 45-dayy Jail. sentence when he
appeared In the Polk county district
court here weas0 be pleaded guilty to
the charge OF ass4u1.
Elmer zeh. city salesman e the
Crookston Mercantile company, has
received word Of the death Of his
brother Ambrose Zeh in California.
Zsh. who was a former resident of
Thief River Falls, recently left for
the coast on account Of his health.
His body will. be- returned to Mime"
sofa for burial. i
Henry Funk. former secretary of
the Crookston Elks lodge, is a holiday
visitor here. from Beloit, Wis. where
he is now employed with the Milwau-
kee railway.
Martin d. Hughes Of Minneapolis
las returned to that city after spend
ing the Christmas holidays here with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. D
Hughes, Philip r. Hughes, also here
for the family reunion, has resumed
his work with the Great Northern
railway at Ada.
The first of a series Of dances to be
given by the Citizens band was held
Tuesday evening at the armory, A
number of novelties were introduced
by the band members and were thor
oughly enjoyed by the large number
of dancers in attendance. The organi-
cation plans to give a similar enter
tainment in January.
A wedding ceremony of, interest tc
many in this vicinity was performed
Monday at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Harold Chaplin when Miss Elsie
Young. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Young of Devils Lake, NJ. D.
became the bride of Conrad ]. Mel.
berg of Ada. Rev. F. J. Hubbard per.
formed the ceremony. Miss Dorothy
Young, niece of the bride, acted a.
ring bearer, no other attendants of.
floating. The bride is a former
Crookston girl, having been born II
this city, while the groom was former.
ly employed here. The couple LEFT
shortly after the ceremony for tn,
twin cities previous to making thei,
home at Superior, Wis:
Mrs. A. o. Oppegaard Of. Mime
and daughter, DR.. and Mrs. O.. e
Locken of this city. Mrs. Oppegaare
will visit in Crookston the remainde,
Of h winter. ,.
Mrs. o. A. ,Christopherson has beef
announced winner of the kindness
contest conducted by the Methods
church. During the contest five in
v~estigators, Howard Clapp, E. ]
p Francis, Mrs. c.. H. Sanberg, Mrs. c
E. Smith and Mrs. Joseph Leblanc
sought out performances of goot
deeds and in their report unanimous
~ recommended Mrs. Christophersol
as the winner. Although her HUSBAND
is out of employment and she ha;
been forced to support the family
Mrs. Christopherson has also taken i
upon herself to give food and shelte
to two children, a boy and a girl ages
8 and 8 years respectively.
A special turkey dinner was serve,
at yesterdays regular weekly meet
ing of the Crookston Association o
Public Affairs. The meeting was il
keeping with the holiday season will
]. H. Sylvester, a Crookston attorney
predicting prosperous times in tn,
near future n urging the younge
generation to prepare to take over tn
s4reins in the conduct of Crookston'
affairs. A. D. Stephens acted a