The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 30, 1915, Page 5

k28 - lews Snapshots Of the Week .North Dakota citizens now have 24,910 automobiles—one for every 33.7 people. . Martin Hanson of Snow had his hand badly injured wkile operating a grain separator. H. F. Purfeest, a farmer near New Salem, lost his right arm in a corn shredder last week. The seventh annual meeting of the Farm Managers’ association will be held in Fargo, January 19, 1916. During the fire drill at the Man- dan High school, the building was emrtied of 400 pupils in 45 seconds. It is revorted that Streeter will have a flour mill of fifty barrel ca- racity. John Bord is the promoter. . A. J. Keifer, formerly county audi- tor of McHenry county is now man- ager of the. Farmers’ elevator at Hazen. - . The new Equity elevator at Dunn Center is now in operation and the farmers are elated over the success attained. As a result of the Bottineau coun- ty short course in agriculture 180 boys became members of the Boy’s Farming club. The directors of the Farmers’ Co- orerative store at Maddock met on Dec. 29 to consider applications for salespeople for 1916. Grand Forks county makes a clean sweep of the prizes for the fourth district of North Dakota at tle St. Paul corn show. ; Elgin, on the N. P. south of IMan- dan, while only a six month: old tewn isto-kawe o lighting. plant— also a white way. The Burleigh county = Farmers’ Educational Cooperative Union has gone on record oprpiirg the admin- istration’s armament program. The Deering Enteryprise complains that trains of the Deering branch has bzen .running four to five hours late, supposedly from force of habit. "Farmers around Fergus Falls, Minn., rerort substantial returns from the cream they ‘are selling to the Fergus Falls Cooperative Creamery associa- tion. - L. M. Oppegaard, manager of the Andrews elevator at Hastirgs, suf- fered -a painful accident a week ago by falling on a stirway in the ele- vator. Since its opzning in May, 1915, the Hannaford creamery has received a total of 135,885 pounds of butterfat which was made into 165,337 pound:; - of butter. H. H. Swenson, register of deeds of McKenzie county, repnrts that as a result ‘of the big crops this year, many farmers are paying off farm mortgages. Peter- C. Jorstad, a resident of Pierce county for the past 25, year:, died at his farm .home, near Rugby, Suspense again prevailed throu Austria asking for a disavowal our demands. o last week. Death, it is thot was due to coal gas. : Tkat Bottineau county regards herself as strictly in the “corn belt” is evidenced by the fact that 54,000 acres were put to corn in that eoun- ty last year. The fifth annual corn crops show to be held at Crookeston, under tte auspices of the Minnesota Red River Valley Development association will be held Feb. 7 to 12. Andrew Anderson, living near Ta- gus, shot and killed his neighbor, Ole Haugen, last Thursday. The cause of the shooting was unknown at the time of writing. A number of milk dealers of Grand Forks who were recentlv convicted of selling .impure or under-standard milk will anpeal, alleging that the method used by inspectors i3 obso- lete. Nick Reuter recently killed alynx near his farm we~t of Garrison. Tt is revorted that there are a number of these animals and also fome deer in the woods along the Missouri river. The Hawkeye Valley Farmers Club of McKenzie county is agitating the idea of a state convention of farmers clubs, to be held at some centrally located point during the winter. Subscribers to the Griggs Coun- tv Telery~one company at Jesve, near Binford have lodged a protest with the state railroad commission against the new rate promulgated by the company. Bert.. Shusy,: near - Pire -Citv. won first prize from the second district at the national corn show at St. Paul last week. John Crov, .r. East Grand Forks, won fir't prize from the first dictrict. The premium list for the North Dakota State Poultrv show has barn sent out from the office of Seeretarv C. A. Nash. The show will be held at the Fargo Auditorium from Januarv 2R to Feh 4. ineclusive. Tn the rpst fanr weeke, cgus the Kildeér Herald, the Kildoew Weniser elevator has handled 100,00 bushels, about 70 cars of orain. The Her- 1A ndde thot thiz ia tha bact recard of any farmers elsvator in the state. - The Glenburn Advance says. “the train service on this branch is strict- lv. on the bum these days. Monday thn vascenger train did not arrive till 11:30 p. m. Tuesday night's rassenger train did not arrive till Wednesday morning. The Hastings Times, commenting on the significance. of Christmas makes this rertinent suggestion: “Let us see if we are following tke example of Him whose birth we cele- brate, or making a mockery of the day by our selfish indulgences.” Bernard Kasselheim, near Carring-’ of the sinking of the Ancona; Baron Burian, China again became a monarchy when President Yuan Shih Kai was named emperor. zone the allies had to retreat over the Greek telen’s alleged spy work in this country. The report of the war colleg Arredendo as ambassador to the United States. Oscar S. Straus was frontier into Saloniki. 16 INCH_COAST DEFENSE fi V) | [GUN and Gen: MACOMB ~|JHIF [MAP oF BALKAN CAMPAIGR] * < - = ghout the country over the submarine question when President Wilson dispatched a firm note to foreign minister of Austria, was expected to meet ton,\scnds weekly a ten-pound sack of white flour to' his aged, parents in Germany. It cests him $2.50 each time a package is sent, the rarcel rost between Germany and the Unit- cd States having bezen suspended. Two farmer telephone lines will soon be operation in Dunn county, connecting the farmers with Dunn Center. One of tke lines is promoted by the members of Longfellow Equi- ty local and the other by farmers be- tween Emmerson and Dunn Center. Philip Bender, near Dickinson, is under arrest, charged by the Occi- dental elevator company of that place with having sold mortgaged rroperty. It is charged that he sold grain to the clevator ;. company which was mortgaced to one George R. Brairs erd. i .Pctitions are having a wide circu- lation in Bottineau county, protest- ing to the North Dakota delegation at Washington, against the prerar- edness pyrogram. Practically every farmer and businecs man in the ter- ritory circularized are signing the petition. Patrons of the Sheerwood branch of the Great Northern are getting disgu.ted with the train service. The Sheerwood Tribune says that the wheezy old engines are getting worse. Perhaps the Interstate Commerce Commission had better boost freight rates a little. Extensive prearations are being made for the annual auto show which will be keld in tke big J. L Caze building on N. P. avenue, Far- go, January 18 to 22. Decorations are now be'ng made arcd .en advey- tising campaign is bsing launched. Season tickets will be $1.50. ¥ Enginecr W. R. Veigel, in charge of the Red Tail bridge across the Little Misscuri at Medora, exrects to have the bridge completed in about four weeks. This is one of the most reeded rmblic improvements in the west end of the state, a3 any one wlo has traveled. thru there with an auto can testify. The Ayr Farmers’ elevator com- pany brought suit against Alexander Moug, Jr., to recover payment for wocd and coal sold te the defendent. The cd~ferdent brought a counter claim to rccover damages for failure of the company to buy options on wheat for him. The defendert was given a verdiet, by a jury in Judge Pollock’s court for $269.99. : Government detectives are busy in North Dakota looking over deeds and other transfers of pjopety to sce if the stamp tax law has bzen comnlied with. It is reported that many transfers show a. consideration of orly one dollar—done to avoid the stamp tax. It is estimated that Uncle Sam is losing over a million dollars a week thru. this scheme.: The supreme court of this state FIVR g OSCAR. S: STRAUS PHOTGS. BY. AM —P_R:sa RS SOCIAon > <o In the European fighting Germany declared it was not responsible for Captain von Ren- e headed by General Macomb asked for $500,000,000 for preparedness. Mexico named I3, made chairman of-the public service commission of New York city. State News Told in Short and Pointed Paragraphs kas handed down a decision holding that industrial cites on railway right of way and used for places of busi- ness by the Standard, O:1 Company, clevator and lumb:r comranies are taxable lecally. This is an interest- irg ease and will probably be taken to tke United Supreme Court, as no. other state in the union taxes such riroperty locally. " Attorney General Linde Fands down an opinion to the effect that the appointment of Senator W. B. Overson as a member of the board of control is unconstitutional. The attorney general holds such an ar po:ntment is contrary to the cor- stitutional rrovision tkat. members of the legislature cannot accept ap- pointments to civil office wtkile serv- . ing as members of the legislature. Plans arc being made to hold a Farmers’ Chort Course of Insti- tute at Ellendalz on January 6, 7 and 8 which rromises to b2 the most suc- cessful yet held there. This is for tke .farmers living in the west half of Dickey ccunty. An institute will b2 leld at Oakes on January 3, 4 and 5 if plan5 of the county agents are carried out. This will be for farmers living in the eastern part of the county. The Devils Lake Journal calls at- tention to tke fact that farmers skould take notice that the North Dakota Corn show and the North Dakota Improved Seed Growers’ as- sociation, run separate contests. Corn interded for exhibition in, the seed contest. should b> mailed or expre'sed to H. L. Bolley, Seeretary- Trcacurer, N. Cak. Imryoved Seed Growers’ association, Agricultural College rpostoffice, N. D., on or be- fore January 3rd. A discovery that may have both a sanitary and economic value has just been made in relation to the jack rabbit and cotton tails of this state. Hunters have reported the ani- mals this winter the victims of dis- ease which has been attributed to a tubercular trouble. So fronounced kas the disease been in some locali- ties rhysicians have advised the public again t the use of the rabbits for food unless a careful inspection showed there was no infection. A cae of interest, perhaps to the entire state, is one originating in Nelson county and against the di- rectors of Petersburg school dis- triet. Thke directors made arrange- ments to pay the parents of children to haul thkeir own children to the consolidated school instead of fur- nishing ‘the regulation school bus. Certain taxpayers have asked for an in‘unction restraining the action of the directors. The hearing i3 'set for January 3 before Judge Cooley of Grand Forks, to be heard at La- kota. s ;