The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-09
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municipal light plant.
luvsrne-A new rural route serving
IS families has been opened.
MInot-Bids for a $4,000 C~ongrega-
fional church have been let.
crosby-Basil Bennett Of Illinois 10
the new Divide county agent.
Haxelton-A stock show and judging
contest will be held here June q.
Mayvllie-The Commercial club will
sponsor a harvest festival this fall.
Observation-Disclosures are that
wild ducks will be plentiful this season.
veiva-A new bridge over the
Mouse river here is nearing compile
tion.
Lakota-Work on 80 miles of federal
highway is under way in Nelson
county. ,
carson-Three girls graduated at
the first commencement Of the local
high school.
Misunderstanding a % cartridge
with q wrench cost William Dunnell
his right eye.
Great Bend-The Evangelical Asso-
citation of North Dakota met here in
annual session.
zap-Albert Roessl, 50, was crushed
to death under a loaded car of coal
in a local mine. n
Noonan-Holdup artists entered a
mine clubhouse near here and relieved
the inmates of $40. #.
Jamestown-The state convention Of
the American Legion will be held here
September % and %. +
Oickinson-CrOp prospects through
out the western part Of the state are
reported to be excellent.
Anteiope-The skeleton of a man
was unearthed while an old culvert
was being removed near here.
Davenport-Twelve horses were
burned in q fire which destroyed
Charley Heuer's barn near here.
Jamestown-Local observers claim
that the number of birds migrating to
North Dakota is Of the increase.
Grand Harbor-Rose Christianson,
IA, was instantly killed when thrown
from her horse while rounding up cat
tie. ~
Iankin-Two elevators, 1850 BUSH
els of grain, and the Standard Oil sta
ton were destroyed in a recent blaze
here.
Bottineau-A tableau representing
the evolution of farming methods will
feature the Bottineau county fair in
June.
Mandan-The Twin City Council,
Il. & s. NJ, has been instituted among
Mandan and Bismarck members of the
order.
Denhoff-Lightning struck and in
stantly killed George Thompson, Sec
ton foreman, while he was riding on
q speeder.
Stanley-While auto riding with q
party of friends, Sam Gray fell quietly
asleep, When they tried to rouse him
he was found to be dead.
EdoeIey-Albert Peterson, eX-service
man, was drowned when his car
backed down an e%mbankment into q,
river on a Sunday outing in Minnesota.
Fargo-The Norwegian Lutheran
church is the largest Protestant body
in the state, according to figures re-
Gently made public, with $1,000 MEM
bers.
Ambrose-The will of Claude Ber-
gan b%equeathing $4,000 to grand
mother, aunts, and cousins, will be con-
tested by the stepmother of the de-
cedent.
Bismarck-The state railroad COM
mission is fixing a schedule of charges
to govern telephone companies in max
ing service connections, moves, and
changes.
Jamestown-The North Dakota
Christian Endeavor Union elected Mrs.
w. e. Butler of Bismarck president
and Miss r. e. Beach of Bismarck
secretary.
- Fargo-Episcopal laymen Of the
state formed ar organization at the
state c~onvocation of the church here.
John e. Green of Minot is the first
state president.
Hebron-Edwin Korsky, 19, transit
ent, fell asleep on the railroad tracks
ard sustained injuries when the North
ern Pacific flyer struck him, that re-,
suited in the loss of al arm.
atsmarck-The minimum wage case
In which the telephone and laundry
companies of the state challenge the
schedule established by law, will go
again to the state supreme court.
Drake-That interior decorations
rather than heredity or "incompati-
bility' are responsible for most di-
yorces and grouchy children is the
theory of Bertha Palmer, local educa-
tor and club woman:
Barney-The longest beard in the
world, IA feet A inches, is claimed by
Hans Langseth, 72-year-old local
farmer. He travelled for a time with
the Barnum & Bailey circus when his
beard was less than half its present
length.
Balfour-A series of market days is
planned.
Farao-A school to train solicitors
for the United States Grain Growers,
Inc, win be held in Fargo early in
June. The solicitors will present
contracts to the farmers Of the state
aEOr the national sales agency.
Dtsmarck-The executive committee
IL the state Farm Bureau federation
meets here June / and the presidents
of all the county organizations June 2.
Votes will be cast on the questions Of
national policy which have been re-