Towner County, ND, Hansboro News published between July 1, 1919 and July 31, 1919. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. http://www.usgwarchives.net/nd/ndfiles.htm ************************************************************************ The following news items and articles are all transcribed from the Hansboro News newspaper. The items included in this file were published between July 1, 1919 and July 31, 1919. Note: when searching for names in this text, I recommend using various spellings of a surname. I noticed during the transcription that some names were not spelled the same throughout. Since many of the names were not familiar to me, I typed them exactly as they were published. North Dakota State Historical Society microfilm numbers 09493 Transcribed February, 2001 by: Mary Lindbo, mjlindbo@msn.com (C)2001 Mary Lindbo July 4, 1919 WEDDING BELLS JENSEN-RIMEL Miss Lona Rimel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rimel became the bride of C. J. Jensen Wednesday, June 25 at her home in Rock Lake, North Dakota, Rev. S. F. Halfyard officiating. Miss Genevieve Byrne of St. John sang, then played the wedding march after which the wedding vows were exchanged. The bride wore a gown of white satin and georgette crepe and carried a bouquet of bride's roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Marguerite Rische, of Crookston, Minnesota wore a pink georgette gown with a bouquet of pink roses. Jens Jenson of Kathryn, North Dakota was his brother's attendant. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen motored to Devils Lake in the afternoon leaving there in the evening for Minneapolis where they will enjoy a wedding trip at the lakes. Guests from a distance were Mrs. Elling Pederson and Miss Clara Jensen of Kathryn, North Dakota, sisters of the groom; Mr. Jens Jensen of Kathryn, Miss Marguerite Risch of Crookston, Minnesota; Miss Genevieve Byrne and Edward McKinna of St. John; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson and Charley Brown of Hansboro. Mrs. Jensen has been teaching in the public schools of Towner County and Mr. Jensen resumed his position with the Standard Oil Company at Mankato, Minnesota after spending nine months in the service in France. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen will make their home in Mankato, Minnesota. JUNTUNEN-CARLSON Miss Olga Carlson and Chas. Juntunen were united in marriage by Rev. W. A. E. Maddock last Thursday, June 26 at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carlson near Armourdale. The bride wore a dress of white silk, both she and the groom work a bouquet of cut roses. Rosie Carlson was bridesmaid and Ainer Juntunen acted as best man. The house was decorated for the occasion with red and white colors while roses and peonies adorned the dining table. After partaking of a sumptuous repast the happy couple left for a two week honeymoon in Michigan. Their many friends wish them much happiness and prosperity. ARMOUR-OSLIE On Wednesday, June 18, Cecil Armour and Miss Olga Oslie were united in marriage at the bride's home in Christine, North Dakota. Bride and groom are well known in the vicinity of Rock Lake, Mr. Armour having grown up a few miles north of there. Mrs. Armour resided in the village of Rock Lake a few years ago. Wilson Armour accompanied his brother on the trip from Rock Lake to Christine. ORTON-MURPHY We regret not having this announcement for last week's issue, however, better late than never. On Thursday, June 19, Theodore Orton and Miss Beulah Murphy were united in marriage at Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada. The young couple have the good wishes of the community in their married life. ROCK LAKE RIPPILES Mr. and Mrs. Davidson returned from Minneapolis Tuesday. Miss Vera Young is teaching a term of school in the Cunningham district. Quite a number of local IOOF members took in the lodge "doings" at Devils Lake last week. Miss Moore, a sister of Postmaster Moore is the new assistant in the post office. Miss Lamb, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Dougherty, returned to her home in Iowa Monday. Mrs. Hazel Mooney and children arrived from Canada Saturday, for a visit with relatives in Indiana. Geo. Heller returned from Devils Lake Saturday with his little son who has been receiving treatment at the hospital. Miss Florence Hussey returned to her Minnesota home Saturday. Miss Eunice Hummel also departed then. The vote for bonding having carried, workmen began on the excavation for the addition to our school. Henry Wagner returned from Devils Lake Tuesday. He reports Mrs. Wagner, who has been critically ill at the hospital there as considerably improved. Mrs. Dr. Howard returned home Wednesday. She was accompanied by her husband whom she had gone to Camp Dodge to meet, the Doctor having recently been released from overseas medical work. Some ten members of the Rock Lake band accompanied by others from Hansboro, toured the nearby Canadian towns, last Wednesday, boosting for the Chautauqua being held at Hansboro this week. The numerous friends of Vincent Elsberry were delighted to learn of his arrival home, Saturday evening. Vincent was the first of our boys to volunteer and we are heartily glad to greet his safe return from "over there". High School and Eighth Grade graduation exercises held at the church Friday evening were attended by a large number of school patrons and friends. The class prophecy, by Naomi Kendig was witty and well delivered. The graduation address by Rev. Geo. B. Dennison, contained many fine thoughts. Splendid music was furnished by the Girls Glee Club and Band Orchestra. There were ten eighth grade graduates and one high school graduate. CHAUTAUQUA IS A BIG SUCCESS The Hansboro Chautauqua has at this writing (Thursday noon) proven even more of a success than was anticipated. Owing to the failure of the arrival of the tent in time for the first day's performance, it was necessary to hold them in the hall in the afternoon and bowery at night. A large crowd attended the first day, many are already in town for today's entertainment and with prospects of good weather for the closing day, July 4, we have reason to expect a record breaking crowd. Besides the Chautauqua program, baseball is popular, two games will be played today and two tomorrow. Owing to earlier other contracts it was impossible to secure the International Flyers but with a good program for each day and everyone was satisfied. STORY OF STORM THAT WRECKED FERGUS FALLS Unparalleled Tornado Of Sunday, June 22, A Juncture Of Three Cyclonic Storms Fergus Falls, Minnesota, June 26 - Fergus Falls today, four days after the almost unparalleled hurricane of Sunday afternoon, is still a mass of broken and scattered debris. While the first story of the tragedy has now been told throughout the country, the real stories of the loss, the personal suffering, the fortitude of citizens and the opening of efforts at reconstruction of the devastated area are still to be told. How many actually are dead, even, is not yet accurately known and may never be. Already the list of bodies recovered aggregates 53, four of which are unidentified. Several others known to be missing will almost certainly be added to the list of victims. Work at clearing away the debris, which had begun almost within an hour after the storm, has continued uninterruptedly and will occupy many days. The city, 40 percent of which was leveled or wrecked by the wind, is almost totally strewn with broken and tangled material. Much of the area may be described as resembling the vicinity of a sawmill - with finely splintered lumber slashings everywhere. Lake Alice, which is within the city limits, is covered with a floating mass of rubbish and how many bodies it will give up cannot be guessed. One Mile Lake, at the city outskirts, presents a similar scene and the gruesome secrets of its depths are not yet fully told. Both are being dragged for bodies. The presence of strangers in the city renders a complete list of the dead impossible until both lakes have been searched and the last vestiges of debris cleared away from the town. Further Losses In The Storm The human suffering entailed by the storm is but lightly suggested by the long list of the dead. Two hundred persons, at least, have been injured, beyond the number who have already succumbed. Some of these may die; others - many of them - will be permanently maimed. Add to this the fact that the other material losses aggregate, according to latest figures, between three and four million dollars, instead of the $1,500,000 of earlier estimates; and that these losses fall, almost without exception, upon persons whose entire business resources are destroyed by the storm and a graphic idea of the city's suffering begins to be possible. Besides losses of upward of a million dollars in the business area, 400 homes, have been wrecked or utterly wiped away. A conservative estimate of their average value would be $3,000. Many of them were worth two or three times as much, for Fergus Falls was a city of beautiful homes. Union Avenue, a residential district skirting the thoroughfare to the state hospital, was a section of unusual beauty. The northern half of it is wholly destroyed. Vernon Avenue, another handsome street, met a similar fate. How complete and irreparable is the total loss to citizens can be guessed from the fat that not over 5 percent of the property wrecked was protected by insurance against casualties of this kind. Public And Private Buildings Gone If Byron's description of carnage in which all were in "one red burial blent" might be quoted to express the destruction of inanimate things, the use of it in description of Fergus Falls' structural and business losses would be almost apropos. Property of every kind is "inextricably mixed in a hopelessly tangled confusion in which each becomes burial material for that which remains. All church edifices in the city, except two, are a part of the tangled and twisted debris. The court house and all the school houses of the city are destroyed or seriously damaged. Theaters, schools, laundries, the Grand Hotel, scene of the largest number of fatalities, the Northern Pacific passenger and freight depots, municipal bridges, manufacturing plants, stores, the big Red River mill - all sustained heavy damage and most of them are now but jumbled heaps. The wrecking of approximately 100 automobiles at various places about the city is mentioned as merely one of the minor items of the damage effected by the storm. What Is Being Done Familiar as the story of the tragedy is, in part, the story of what is being done to succor the injured town. Relief trains quickly brought physicians, nurses, medicines and surgical dressings. Helpers streamed in to the city. Governor Burnquist dispatched three companies of Home Guards, who have policed the stricken district day and night. For the protection of people and property, the city is temporarily under martial law. By designation of the governor, after conference with local business men and officials, a relief committee was promptly given authority to solicit and distribute necessary supplies and funds. Cities throughout the northwest have sent words of encouragement with advance tenders of needed money and food. Committee Appeals For Help A fund of $500,000 for relief work in Fergus Falls was decided upon at the meeting of the Fergus Falls citizens with state officials and others held last night. As a result a new appeal went to the people of the northwest for aid. The relief fund goal was increased as the result of information gathered by the Red Cross and other relief workers in the city and present at the meeting. A thousand are homeless and those whose homes have been wrecked are virtually without clothing or supplies of any nature. Everything in the ruined homes was destroyed. It is a pitiful sight to see people searching the ruins of their homes for things that might have escaped the elements. Their searched in most instances is an unsuccessful one. A revised estimate by the committee now places the loss at between $3,500,000 and $4,000,000. Anderson Heads Relief Funds and provisions designed for relief of the stricken city are to be sent to A. G. Anderson, who has been designated to take charge of this part of the work. The committee, designated by Governor Burnquist, includes Elmer E. Adams, A. G. Anderson, E. J. Evans, C. R. Wright and F. E. Hodgson. The committee is a responsible one and its appeals for help and statements of the city's needs may be taken at face value. The requested assistance should come freely and at once. Personal Instances Of Loss Most intensely interesting, could they be known would be many of the stories of personal suffering and loss. Like all casualties from the elements, the work of the storm showed wondrous freaks of ruthlessness or forbearance. The story of a small house sheltering a family of four is typical of what may happen. There is not a vestige of the house, yet every member of the family was left within a few yards of where the building stood before it collapsed and started upon its wild aspect. Buys Hotel - Results In Death Most personal experiences within the storm area were not so fortunate for those concerned. The death of George Woodhouse, owner of the Grand Hotel, is a case in point. He had just repurchased the building and business after a temporary sale and had returned to Fergus Falls and resumed the management not thirty minutes before the storm broke. With him in the building, besides many others seeking shelter, was A. F. Brandenburg, president of a local bank, who had stopped to call. The body of Mr. Woodhouse has been recovered and there can be no doubt of the banker's death. Most distressful in its revelations of fatalities has been the mass of debris which forms all that is left of this $40,000 hotel. Its welcoming portals had proven an alluring place of refuge from the gale but the veneered brick walls of the building rendered it only a dangerous trap. Wrecks Great Northern Train An interesting sidelight of the storm news is the group of stories told by eyewitnesses of the tornado as it approached. It is said that among the hundreds of hurricanes which have dotted history and devastated towns, that of Sunday afternoon at Fergus Falls is perhaps unique in that it was not one tornado merely, but the culmination of three which sucked together into one mighty blast at the very instant that they struck the city. Perhaps no more powerful vortex of the elements has ever been known. Distinctly seen by many people just outside its path, the nature of its course is clearly agreed. The three cyclonic storms approached from different angles, bearing in a southerly direction from the north and west. One of these struck and wrecked Great Northern train No. 1 several miles out of town and the freakishness of its action is most remarkable in that it tore one car completely loose from the train, derailed the rest, lifted them from their tracks and deposited them upon the ground without serious injury to any of the scores of persons on board. Roar Of Storms Drowns Other Sounds The Ominous roar of the storm as it merged together in tripled fury is a memory never to be forgotten. Beside its heavy tones the noise of wreck and wreckage of buildings passed unheard. For an hour prior to the coming of the funnel-shaped clouds there had been a continuous crash of thunder and when the wind storm finally unleashed its forces, a spectator is said to have described it as "like a hundred automobiles, driving at intense speed with open mufflers". The sound and sight is one that no onlooker will ever arise from their mind. RICHARDTON HAS BIG FIRE LOSS Richardton, North Dakota, June 28 - Fire of undetermined origin, starting at about 11:30 o'clock Friday night in the Pathman elevator building and fanned by a high wind from the west, swept through Richardton and destroyed three-fourths of the business district of the city, a number of residences and several buildings along the Northern Pacific railroad tracks. The Dickinson fire department responding to a call got onto the ground quickly and helped fight the blaze until 3:00 a. m. The loss is estimated at between $300,000 and $400,000. No one was injured. The Pathman elevator has not been in use for over three years and the cause of the fire is unexplained. PAID $3,000 FOR BULL CALF Fargo, North Dakota, June 28 - A new high record price for Shorthorn cattle in North Dakota was established at the sale held at Edgewood farm, near Fargo, yesterday, when 51 shorthorns sold for $40,500. The average price paid for the livestock was $800 a head. The top price of the day was brought by a bull calf, sired by Imported Royal Cup, sold for $3,000 to H. J. Cross of Tenney, Minnesota. The top price for females was $2,000 paid for a cow. LOCAL NEWS Guy Henderson and family moved into the hotel building this week. C. Conroy was a business visitor in town last Thursday. Laura Kellogg visited friends across the line this week. T. J. Clifford of St. John was a caller in town last week. Fred Gray was a passenger to Egeland and Bisbee last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Powell of Cando were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Thomas the latter past of last week. Miss Myrtle Weeden who has been teaching at Perth returned home Saturday. Mrs. C. H. Olson and family of Cando visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Armour arrived home Thursday morning from the southern part of the state. Mrs. F. A. Kellogg and sons, Harry and Jene left Saturday for Lawton where they will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McNurlin and little son and Mrs. A. Blackorby were callers at the J. R. Blackorby home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Wehrly and family of Perth were guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stahl. Lawanda and Gertrude Henderson, Laura Kellogg, Amy Olson and Henry Schultz autoed to Dion Lake, St. John and Rolla Sunday. A number of our villagers autoed to Cando to take in "Homecoming Day" and witness the aviation flights. Albert Wilson, brother of Mrs. R. S. McNurlin, who has been here for some time past left Tuesday for Sebeka, Minnesota where he will visit his parents. Ellen Knight, who has been attending school at Devils Lake and Vera Walker at Egeland, returned home for the summer vacation Sunday. Misses Gates, Kennedy, Thompson and Richardson, having completed their school teaching left Saturday for their homes. Miss Hjerpe remained over until Monday. C. E. Blackorby and Edward autoed to Devils Lake to meet Mrs. Blackorby and Ellen, who have been visiting in Iowa the past month. They returned home Sunday evening accompanied by Ralph Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar P. Anderson autoed to Egeland Sunday where they visited at the Boyd home. H. P. Landru and daughter accompanied them to Crocus where they spent the day with relatives. C. J. Berg, Ford agent for this territory was a business caller in our village yesterday. Mr. Berg reports the demand for cars greatly in excess of the supply and is filling orders as fast as the cars can be received. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. McDonald of Maxbass, arrived here Saturday spending Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown and calling on old friends. July 11, 1919 OUR FIRST CHAUTAUQUA - WHAT WE THOUGHT OF IT In these columns last week we chronicled the events of the first days Chautauqua, with expectations of the write up serving for the remaining two days. However, we feel that something should be said of the splendid programs rendered on the second and third days of our "show". On the second day the "Old Colonial Orchestra" rendered a program both afternoon and evening that will long be remembered by music loving people of our little village. Lieutenant Hanley made a splendid address on "The Trail of The Doughboy" in the afternoon and on "Uncle Sam - Democrat" in the evening. On the third and closing day the audience was treated to two concerts by the "Temple Choir", both of which proved immensely popular, bringing applause after applause. The lectures by M. M. Mahany upon Mexico and South America were as good as anything ever heard here if not better. Both Mahany and Hanley know their subjects from actual experience are both polished and interesting speakers and know how to start and when to quit. They would have been interesting if they had spoken for another hour on each subject. The total cost of bringing the Chautauqua here was but $425.00 and we feel that the committee used good judgment in contracting for a return engagement next year. PICTON NEWS Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Fessenden and family visited Sunday afternoon at the H. Hoerer home. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Olson accompanied by Melvin Baarstad and sister, Miss Ruth autoed to Cando Saturday. W. A. White returned Thursday last from Caldonia, Michigan. Mrs. White and children will remain for several weeks longer. Ira McMaster arrived here Thursday last from his home in Montana and spent several days at the home of his brother A. McMaster. Mr. John Brisco, accompanied by R. D. Harris autoed over from Belmont, Canada Sunday. Mr. Harris bringing with him four of the children who will remain here with relatives during the summer while Mrs. Harris will receive several months medical treatment in a Winnipeg hospital. Ed Lentz sprung a surprise on his many friends here when he autoed to Perth Tuesday and entered the holy bonds of matrimony. We have been unable to learn the lady's name and particulars of the wedding but never-the-less Picton people welcome Mrs. Lentz to our community and all join in extending hearty congratulations to the newlyweds. (Too Late For Last Week) Mr. and Mrs. Pete Olson were callers at the H. H. Baarstad home Tuesday evening. Ed Lentz and H. Hoerer autoed to Cando Friday last and were guests at the Herman Lentz home. Mrs. L. P. McAneney and children and Mrs. Murdick visited Tuesday evening with Mrs. E. E. McDougall. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Gailfus and family were entertained Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thuner. G. A. Marschner has completed a new house and barn on his farm. Fred Ninke assisted him with the carpenter work. The E. E. McDougall family, Misses Freeman and Alstadt and Hobert Richardson were campers at Rock Lake, Canada Saturday. Emil Nelson has been improving his residence the past week by adding a new kitchen and screened in porch all around the south and east side of the house. At the Grange meeting held Tuesday night a woman's work committee was organized in connection with the Grange. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Walter Gailfus, Chairman; Mrs. E. E. McDougall, Treasurer; Mrs. H. Hoerer, Secretary. Mrs. Walter Gailfus, with her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Galloway and children went to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Saturday to meet Mrs. W. J. Maughan and three children, Marlin, Marie and Margarie. They will spend the summer here with relatives and friends. While in Brandon they were guests of their cousin, James Cowan and family. ROCK LAKE RIPPLES Jake Walder and Jack Gall autoed to Cando Sunday. Little Lois Brown is visiting at her aunt's, Mrs. Cover at Cando. Mrs. Roy Lean and children are visiting with relatives at Oberon. The Tom Wiley family were recent guests of the Stouts in our village. Master Forrest Tribble of Hansboro is the guest of Russell Briggs this week. Geo. Brown departed for the hospital at Rochester, Minnesota, the forepart of last week. Mrs. Loren Rowell arrived from Minnesota Tuesday for a visit at the Davidson home. Several of our citizens autoed to Rolla Saturday to hear the address by the Hon. Jno. Burke. Russell Briggs returned on Saturday for a few days visit with relatives at Hansboro. Oscar Moore moved his family Wednesday to the house formerly occupied by Prof. McMillan. Mrs. Carnahan and little Genevieve Kreiger went to Devils Lake and returned the first of the week. Henry Wagner went to Devils Lake Tuesday expecting Mrs. Wagner would be able to return home Wednesday. Allan Latham and Aziel Elsberry are Rock Lake lads who are attending the Farm Boys Encampment at Devils Lake this week. Mrs. Ode Fielder came up from Devils Lake Saturday for over Sunday visit at the "Dad" Fielder home returning on Monday's train. Ed Hoff and daughter Miss Eva passed through Rock Lake, enroute to Rolla Sunday. Mr. Hoff is farming in Canada this season and reports crops looking fine in his vicinity. Miss Frances Crum was greeting friends at the depot, while enroute to Hansboro Friday. The Crums, now living in Saskatchewan, Canada will be remembered as former Rock Lake residents. The contract for building the town hall has been let to Fred Lindsay. The excavation is completed and sand and stone are being hauled preparatory to its erection. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS IN BRIEF Amidon - Alfonso Williams, colored, is in jail here, charged with stabbing Charles Gray, another negro, who is said to be at death's door. New Salem - The bursting of water wings with which he was endeavoring to learn to swim resulted in the drowning of Herman Miller, a 17-year-old boy of this place. Logan - Residents in this section are shocked at the sudden death of William Hecker, a prominent farmer, who is said to have been suffering from an unusual blood disease, the fatal character of which was not realized until the report of his death. Dickinson - John A. Struthers, a deaf farmer of the Scheffield vicinity, was killed by an engine on the track between here and Lehigh station. The man had previously had a narrow escape from injury or death in a similar manner, a short time ago. Bismarck - June collections for auto tags amounted to $147,790.60, bringing the total for the first half of the year to $538,790.60. The registration was not begun until late, owing to uncertainty about the rates and method of handling until after the legislative session had closed. Dickinson - The month of June will go down in history as the hottest June ever known in this part of the state. On two days near the close of the month the temperature went as high as 107 and 108 degrees Fahrenheit and it was above 100 degrees on several other days. The record of 108 degrees was established on the afternoon of Sunday, June 29. Velva - A million-dollar coal mining and electrical corporation is being organized here with options on valuable properties nine miles south of town. The plan in view is said to include the generation of electrical current from the use of slacked coal at the mines, conducting it to nearby villages by wire for lighting and power purposes. Tioga - Almost ten tons of butter was manufactured at the local creamery during the eight weeks ending July 1 and the ice cream output of the factory has been kept to the limit for the entire summer. With a record day of 1,200 pounds of butter, June 23, the people of this section feel that the development of dairy interests in this section has been dependently established. Garrison - An explosion of dynamite near the power house startled residents here last Tuesday morning and broke windows out of buildings nearby. A line operator who had 45 pounds of the explosive which had not proved satisfactory for mining operations threw it onto an ash pile. He alter felt that this would hardly be safe, so lighted the fuse attached to one stick and threw it among the rest. The man was uninjured. Williston - Windows were wrecked, barns blown down, telegraph and telephone lines put out of commission and at least two persons killed by a tornado-like windstorm that swept over the northwestern section of this state as well as over northeastern Montana early last week. A mother and daughter named Helgeson, living near Alamo are the persons known to have been killed. The storm worked great havoc in this city and vicinity but appears to have been heaviest at Zahl on the Stanley branch, 45 miles north. Box cars were blown over at that point and two rooms of the pioneer Zahl family residence, a log building, were destroyed. The family, which was fortunately in the one remaining room, was unhurt. Devils Lake - A high school band is in prospect for the opening of the next school year. Bismarck - Dr. H. S. Sowles of this city, at one time president of the state dental board, is dead. Ayr - After having rescued one young one from drowning, Edward Smith, 19, lost his life while attempting to save that of Bruener, a farm laborer, swimming in a reservoir here. Mott - Information has just been received of the death in action of Private Waldon S. Johnson of this city which occurred at Chateau Thierry in the memorable drive of July 18, 1918. Beach - A heavy rain storm on the last day of June revived crop conditions materially in this section, but in many localities hail fell in such quantities as to smash all vegetation to the ground. Minot - Mr. and Mrs. August Palm, former residents of this city, were among the persons killed in the recent tornado at Fergus Falls. Mr. Palm was foreman in the erection of the federal building here some time ago. Mandan - A shifting sandbar in the Missouri River near here resulted in the marooning of a ferryboat load of autoists for several hours, renewing interest in the subject of a suitable driving bridge, among automobile drivers, who are not particularly keen about taking chances on the present method of crossing. Devils Lake - Three dories turned over in the lake, precipitating the crews into the water in the first sailing races of the season held here. The crew under Anton B. Jackson came in first, beating the crew under Pete Waller by only a few feet in one of the most sensational races ever held on the lake. Bismarck - Perhaps the first military funeral to be conducted in the state under auspices of the newly organizing American Legion was held here over the body of Private Vernon Livdahl, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Livdahl of this city. The young man's death occurred at the embarkation hospital at Hoboken shortly after his return to American soil after eighteen months of service in France. Minot - Mrs. Charles J. Fisk, wife of the former North Dakota chief justice, now a resident of this city, was instantly killed during the homecoming celebration here on July 4, when an exhibition airplane driven by Lieut. Chester Jacobson caught members of the crowd who had thronged too close to the edge of the field. Besides Mrs. Fisk, a 14-year-old girl named Ruth Stahl was killed and a farmer named Denker received injuries which may prove fatal. The airplane swept across the tops of several cars, striking first that occupied by the Stahl girl. Judge Fisk and two daughters, who were in the car with Mrs. Fisk, succeeded in getting out in time to save their lives. LOCAL NEWS R. S. McNurlin was a business caller in St. John Tuesday. Dorothy and Alex Epstein visited in Sarles Sunday. John Ed Knight was a Cando visitor Tuesday. Wm. Stevens, of Devils Lake visited in Hansboro this week. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. E. Maddock were passengers to Devils Lake Saturday. Marie Olson of Cando visited Saturday with her sister, Mrs. B. L. Thomas. Oscar R. Anderson and wife autoed to Minot Saturday to get an Overland car. Mrs. Briggs and daughter Lela of Rock Lake visited at the Tribble home last week. Quite a number from Hansboro and vicinity took in the celebration at Rolla Saturday. C. J. Berg of Perth of made several trips to our village after Chautauqua folks last week. Paul B. Olson and family of Starkweather visited over Sunday at the G. A. Olson home. Mrs. Myrtle Anderson, John and baby, Mrs. Geary and Mrs. Strawn autoed to Devils Lake Tuesday. J. E. Seeley, who recently purchased some acreage south of his residence is fencing it this week. Miss Wadle and brother of Cartwright were guests last Friday of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar R. Anderson. Mrs. W. H. Stahl and Mrs. Mary E. York spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clate York near Perth. Frances and Arnold Arnston, of Duluth are visiting at the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Olson. Albert Wilson returned Tuesday from Sebeka, Minnesota, where he had been visiting his parents the past week. Crit. McNurlin left Thursday for Hamilton, North Dakota where he expects to work. Wm. Carr took him over by auto. Alvin Wilson is attending the boys encampment at Walhalla this week going over Sunday with his sister, Mrs. J. L. Gibbons. Dr. Pearstein of Wapata was in our village last week looking for a location. Another doctor was here Monday on the same mission. Mrs. Wm. Maughan and children of Lethbridge, Canada arrived here Tuesday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gailfus and other relatives and friends. A. M. Blackburn and wife and Miss May Grose of Winnipeg and R. J. Blackburn and family of Pilot Mount were guests at the D. A. Blackburn home during the Chautauqua. Wm. Williams arrived home from Devils Lake hospital last Thursday where he had gone to receive treatment for blood poison in his arm. He is greatly improved at this writing. Miss Zelma Wilson returned home last Saturday from Walhalla where she had been attending school. She was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gibbons and family. Mrs. J. P. Heeter received word Thursday of last week that her sister was seriously ill in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown are visiting at Maxbass this week. Mr. and Mrs. Huff of near Rock Lake visited at the Heeter home Wednesday. L. P. McAneney was in our village Wednesday night enroute to Rolla. Miss Laura Kellogg is leaving tomorrow (Saturday) for Devils Lake where she will join the Lawton Camp Fire Girls for a two week outing. BIG GRANGE PICNIC A picnic will be held at the Hugo Gailfus grove on Saturday, July 19. A program including an address by the Master of the North Dakota State Grange will we be given. Baseball and other sports will be indulged in. Everybody is invited. Be sure to bring your baskets. LYMBURN - CRAIG The editor missed another important item last week when he failed to mention the marriage of Roy Lymburn and Miss Jeanette Craig at Fargo, June 28. However he doesn't feel inclined to take all the blame for same as it is impossible to know everything that goes on in and out of our village. Such oversights could be avoided with a little community cooperation and the use of the telephone. Mr. Lymburn is one of our most prominent young farmers and is popular and active in the "younger set" while Miss Craig is a former school teacher of Hansboro and is well known and liked in this vicinity. The young couple are at the present enjoying their honeymoon in St. Paul and will return next week to make their home on a farm near Hansboro. They have the communities best wishes for a happy and prosperous future. July 18, 1919 SERGEANT OLSON RETURNED MONDAY After an absence from Hansboro since September 1917, thirteen months of which was spent with the A. E. F. in France, Sergeant Thurvold Olson returned home Monday. Sergeant Olson was stationed with the heavy artillery but states that he was not privileged to get on the fighting line. We are glad to have him in our midst again and apparently in the best of health. BIG BARN DANCE A big barn dance is to take place in Frank Lawrence's new barn at Armourdale, Monday, July 21. An eight piece orchestra has been engaged and supper will be served by the R. N. A. Dancing commences at 9 o'clock sharp. Come early and have a good time. Word was received here this week of the marriage of Lew Howard at Atlee, Alberta. Lee is well known here and his many friends extend their congratulations. ROCK LAKE RIPPLES Mr. and Mrs. Nyberg took the southbound Monday. Vincent Elsberry left on Saturday for Duluth where he has employment. Miss Vernice Briggs arrived home Saturday for a two weeks vacation. Miss Vernice is employed in a bank at Van Hook. Rye harvest is now on. Several of our young folks took in the dance at Rolla Monday evening. Jno. Lindsay returned from Canada Tuesday where he went some weeks ago to visit relatives. Little Jean Gall was an over Sunday guest of Goldie Kendig at her farm home near here. Harry Lichty, departed in his car last Thursday for a visit with his little son at Thompson. Miss Leona Rice came up from Cando recently for a visit with friends and relatives. Stone haulers have been busy this week grouting stone for the foundation to the new school annex. Loyd Hawkinson arrived from Minnesota last Wednesday and is assisting in the Hawkinson hardware store. Mr. and Mrs. Corwin Goodwin Goodyear and party autoed to Rock Lake, Canada last week for a few days outing. The lads who attended the Farmer Boys Encampment at Devils Lake returned home Saturday. They report an enjoyable and profitable time. A great many folks from Rock Lake vicinity have gone berrying lately, enjoying the fun of it and returning quite well laden with fruit. Mrs. A. Taylor and daughter and Mrs. Ora Arnold and babies returned last Thursday from visiting relatives in Minnesota. They were only twenty miles from the vicinity where the cyclone passed through recently and while not in its wake could distinctly hear the rumble of it. Rev. Geo. Cooper, a former pastor here, but who is now filling the pulpit of the Broadway Methodist church of Fargo was a brief caller in Rock Lake last week. Mr. Cooper was in search of his automobile, which had been stolen. He traced it to Devils Lake and recovering it there thought he must run on up to our village for a short visit with his old parishioners and friends. "Pete" Mooney who has been in service overseas for about 2 1/2 hears arrived in Rock Lake Monday where he was me by his wife, who with their children are visiting at her father' s home near here. Mr. Mooney, a former resident here, moved to Canada and entered the ranks from there and we understand was at the front much of the time. We are glad to join his many friends in welcoming his safe return. The folks and numerous friends of Adolph Walder were delighted to welcome his arrival home Saturday. Adolph had been gone some twelve months, spending most of his time in a Texas camp, not having been sent across. Like all the lads, he is glad to get back, and is now busily assisting at the Walder garage. Carpenters are progressing with work on the Geo. Pettsinger farm residence. When completed it will be one of the most up to date farm homes about. W. E. Tompkins is in our vicinity again in the interest of his business representative of the Fergus Falls Woolen Mills. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS IN BRIEF Hell - Fire of unknown origin destroyed the farmer's elevator here. Devils Lake - Judge Michael H. Brennan, well known pioneer resident and attorney of this city is dead. Halliday - Pauline Schacker, a telephone operator here, was killed in an automobile accident on July Fourth. Leeds - Crazed by grief at the sudden death of her 10-year-old daughter, Mrs. J. C. Morkert of this city suicided by drowning. New England - A large lignite coal mining company has recently been formed with offices in this city to work mines at Havelock. Bismarck - The tornado which swept the northwestern part of the state on July 3 has brought out more than 200 reports of hail losses in the storm-swept area. Grafton - Colonel John H. Fraine, of the former First North Dakota Regiment, has returned from 18 months of overseas service and is now at his home in this city. Regent - A boys and girls stock judging contest was recently held here, the winners of which are entitled to take part in the state contest of Boys and Girls Clubs. Grand Forks - A class of 14 applicants sought admittance to the bar in North Dakota through examination which was held at the court house here last week before the State Board of Bar Examiners. Beach - Wilbur, the 11-year-old son of Lyman Page, once a candidate for nomination as Secretary of State, was accidentally hanged on the reel of a binder while trying to imitate circus stunts. The child was dead when found. Bismarck - Chairman Jas. A. Brown of Rolla has resigned his position as member and head of the State Board of Control. Minot - Hundreds of North Dakota residents, many of them from out of town, attended the funeral of Mrs. Charles J. Fisk, wife of the former chief justice, whose death occurred as the result of the too sudden descent of an airplane at the homecoming celebration here on July 4. A number of prominent members of the State Bar Association, among them, Chief Justice A. M. Christianson, officiated as pallbearers. Glen Ullin - August Hageman, formerly of this city, who was killed in action on the St. Mihiel front, has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Dickinson - The city's newly organized post of the American Legion has been named in memory of Matthew Brew, first Dickinson soldier to have given up his life in action in the war. Fargo - A contract has been let for the erection of a 40 x 40 foot addition, three stories high, to the brick office building owned by the North Dakota A. O. U. W. near the post office in this city. Devils Lake - A deal is reported in process of consummation by which Col. Joseph M. Kelly of this city will dispose of his 2,500 acre farm near Bisbee in this state at a consideration of approximately $225,000. Minnewaukan - Sidney Spencer, who handled a government overland freight train from Stillwater, Minnesota to Ft. Assiniboine, Canada by way of Fort Totten in early territorial days, died at his home here recently. Fargo - Insurance losses in the storm that swept northwestern North Dakota are estimated at $300,000 by C. S. Whittlesey, an adjuster in this city. Many additional losses are probably yet to be reported. Fargo - Restaurant keepers on lower Front Street were arrested last week on charge of disobyeing the eight-hour women's employment law. A woman cook in one restaurant claimed to have worked in one week, at total of 77 hours. Minot - This story comes from Parshall among the news aftermath of the recent severe wind storm which swept that city: When the recent heavy storm hit Parshall, Charles Pierce, local agent of the International Oil Company was sitting in his office. The office was smashed to bits and Pierce, a stove and an 1,800 pound safe were blown some 60 feet away. The safe fell on Pierce's leg but that limb was artificial so Pierce left it there and hopped to his home. LOCAL NEWS C. J. Berg of Perth was a caller in town Monday. C. A. Weeden is in Eastgate, North Dakota on business. Farmers are busy making hay and harvesting rye. John Anderson and wife autoed to Devils Lake Saturday. Alec Epstein left for Minneapolis on business Monday. C. E. Blackorby was a business visitor to Perth Monday. G. A. Olson and family autoed to Sarles Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lymburn arrived home Tuesday. Herman Lentz, Cando's movie man, was in town Wednesday. Born - To Mr. and Mrs. Emery Amiss, Thursday, July 10, a son. Geo. McLean was a business visitor in Hansboro Wednesday. G. Johnson is clerking for Oscar R. Anderson during the busy season. Mrs. M. Lawler was a Devils Lake visitor last week returning home Friday. Rev. Geo. Cooper of Fargo formerly of Hansboro was a visitor at the C. A. Weeden home last week. Alfred Olson and Chas. Brown autoed to Maxbass Monday to bet Mr. and Mrs. Brown. John Hendrickson purchased a new Overland car from O. R. Anderson last week. The County Commissioners were in this end of the county Sunday inspecting the roads and bridges. D. D. Finley, Henry Schultz and John Corson autoed to Devils Lake Saturday returning home Sunday. Quite a number of our villages have been going to the mountains for berries the past week. Bert Manning and family of Leeds visited the first of the week with Mrs. Manning's sister, Mrs. D. A. Blackburn. L. P. Landru and daughter, Vide, H. P. Landru and daughter, Hazel and Mr. Wangren autoed to St. John Tuesday afternoon. Ralph Lawler and Dorsey Lawrence returned Saturday from Devils Lake where they attended the Boys Encampment. L. P. Landru and daughter, Vide of Osage, Saskatchewan, Canada arrived here Saturday and are the guests of H. P. Landru and daughter hazel. Mr. Henderson attended the Fair at Grand Forks this week. Mrs. F. A. Kellogg and sons, Harry and Gene returned last week from a visit with relatives at Lawton. Quite a number of our citizens are taking in the Cartwright Fair today and the Hansboro orchestra will play for a dance there tonight. Mrs. J. P. Heeter left Saturday for Indiana in response to a telegram stating the illness of her sister. On Monday Mr. Heeter received another message telling of her death. Mrs. A. Blackorby left last Friday for Montana where she will visit with her son, W. T. Blackorby. C. E. Blackorby took her to Leeds to catch the train. R. S. McNurlin, who has been employed at the Hansboro Garage and Light Plant for the past two years accepted a position at St. John last week and moved his family there Sunday. D. A. Blackburn left Sunday for his claim in the western part of the state, returning home the last of the week. He was accompanied on the return trip by Mrs. Worsley of Minot. July 25, 1919 ORTON-LARSON Last Wednesday evening, July 16, Chris Orton and Mrs. Belle Larson were quietly married at Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada. Both parties are well known here having lived here for a number of years, Mrs. Larson having been in the restaurant business while Mr. Orton has been engaged in farming most of the time. Their many friends wish them much happiness in there married life. LENTZ-TRIBBLE Tuesday, July 22, Herman Lentz of Cando and Miss Opal Tribble were quietly married at Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada. Both of the contracting parties are well known here. Mr. Lentz was one of our business men until a few months ago when he bought the Rex Theater at Cando where he is not located. Miss Tribble is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tribble and has grown to womanhood in this vicinity and has been a very successful teacher. The News joins their many friends in wishing them much happiness and prosperity in their married life. ROCK LAKE RIPPLES Loyd Groves returned home Monday. Mrs. John Pettit returned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Nyberg returned home Wednesday. S. W. Stout is adding a convenient porch and bathroom to his bungalow. Curtis Mateer returned from the General Hospital at Devils Lake, Thursday. The Ladies Aid held a business meeting at Mrs. Hronesh home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Cal Lapham of Cando, were brief callers in this vicinity Saturday evening. Mrs. Roy Lean and children returned from visiting with relatives at Oberon the first of last week. Mrs. Roy Santman and children arrived last Wednesday from an extensive visit with relatives in Iowa and eastern points. Mrs. Roy Santman and children arrived last Wednesday from an extensive visit with relatives in Iowa and eastern points. Geo. Elsberry and family were guests of the Claude Elsberry home Tuesday enroute to their home at Egeland from their Fish Lake cottage. Messrs. Corwin Goodyear, Elmer Goodyear and Jess Eikenberry returned on Tuesday from a several days visit at the home of the formers sister in Canada. Art Booth, not having muchly improved since his return from the Devils Lake hospital, departed last Wednesday for Minnesota in search of further medical aid. Mr. Hunthies and children departed Wednesday for Iowa after several weeks visit with the formers brothers, the Yeager boys. Our village has worn quite a metropolitan air lately, an electric movie having shown Saturday, Sunday and Monday evenings, followed by "Uncle Tom's Cabin" on Tuesday. A goodly crowd attended each night. Miss Pearle Moore one of Rock Lake's earliest pioneers, arrived last Thursday for a visit with former friends, being a guest at the E. C. Latham home. Miss Moore resides in Kalispell, Montana. Dr. and Mrs. Howard and children accompanied by Mrs. Pettit departed last week for their home at Cogswell, this state, where they will reside. Mrs. Howard and children have since the doctor entered the war service, been residents of Rock Lake and have made many warm friends who regret their departure. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Richardton - Active work is being done toward preparing for the reconstruction of the business area in this city destroyed by a recent $300,000 blaze. Hazen - Killing beaver out of season cost a resident northwest of this city a fine of $95 and costs a few days ago after he was apprehended by a deputy game warden. Wildrose - A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parsons, residing near here is dead from injuries sustained in the severe windstorm which recently swept over this section. Wimbledon - Damage to growing crops amounting to approximately $150,000 resulted in northwestern Barnes County from a wind and hail storm the first of last week. Grand Forks - Unfortunate luck befell a man giving his name as Barando, who took a car belonging to H. Gregorie and then stopped at a place occupied by Gregorie's relatives to secure gas for the car. The vehicle was identified on the spot. Fargo - Albert Potts of Steele and Amund Gilbertson of Cooperstown are alleged to have been made victims of fake horse-racing episodes pulled off for their benefit by clever Minneapolis crooks. Potts, it is said, invested $1,000 in a losing bet on the "race" which he did not take the trouble to see. Bismarck - Hall Indemnity claims numbering 5,152 have been filed with the state hail insurance department for losses alleged to have been sustained on state insured crops during the present season. The claims of loss average about $200 each, make an aggregate loss of approximately $1,000,000 according to the estimates filed. Devils Lake - George Burke of this city was drowned when the car in which he was riding went over an embankment and rolled into a ditch. Mandan - John Stebner, a 13-year old boy of this city was instantly killed by the overturning of a car in which the steering mechanism got out of control. McHenry - Residents of this district have launched a movement to effect the construction of a railroad line from this point to Carrington, the county seat, 30 miles distant. New Rockford - E. H. Davidson, former cashier of a local bank and at one time deputy state treasurer, is under arrest for alleged irregularities in banking practices. LOCAL NEWS Fred Gray and family visited at Cando and Maza last week. C. Conroy and wife of Sarles were callers in our village Wednesday. Mrs. D. D. Finley and little daughters were Starkweather visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Hoveson of Grafton is visiting this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rod. Rev. Rod of Hoboken, New York is the guest of his brother, Tom Rod of Hansboro. Ben Keyes, U. S. Army, arrived in Hansboro Wednesday on a ten days furlough from Camp Grant. Alex Epstein is spending his vacation in Minneapolis. It is rumored that he won't return alone. John Walker is suffering from an injured shoulder, the result of a "kick back" while cranking the gas engine at the blacksmith shop. While returning from Devils Lake last Sunday, Henry Schultz was overcome with an attack of "stomach trouble" and it was necessary to take him to the Devils Lake hospital where he underwent an operation. We are glad to report his improvement at this writing. Geo. Walker and family autoed to the mountains Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lentz autoed to Brandon Tuesday. G. J. Wangren and family autoed to Rock Lake Monday afternoon. John Gretson had a new roof put on his house the first of the week. Born - To Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Watts, Saturday, July 19, a daughter. Fred Beahn, of Montana, is looking after business interests in this vicinity. Dr. Evans, of Russell, was in Hansboro Tuesday looking for a location. Mrs. L. Geary, who has been sick for the past week is reported as improving. Monday afternoon a number of the young ladies gathered at the Lawler home where Miss Opal Tribble was the guest of honor. The entertainment was in the form of a shower for Miss Tribble in honor of her marriage which was to take place the following day. A very pleasant time was had. During the afternoon lunch was served and the guest of honor received many nice gifts as a token of esteem in which she was held. Miss Vernice Briggs of Rock Lake visited at the Tribble home Tuesday. Miss Aletha Weeden came up from Cando the first of the week for a visit with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. C. Wills autoed to Fish Lake Sunday. John Ileman, who has been at Cando the past two weeks returned to Hansboro Monday. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Olson, Frances and Arnold Arnoldsen autoed to Starkweather last Wednesday. Miss Katherine Fast, who has been nursing at the Emery Amiss home, returned to Sarles Friday. John, Ethel and Nora Lawler, Mrs. Emil Nelson and Grace Tribble autoed to Sarles Friday afternoon. J. E. Seeley who recently purchased the Lentz Bros. Implement building is remodeling it for a garage. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. E. Maddock left the first of the week for Fargo and Devils Lake where they will spend the next two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Green and children and Miss Ruth Brown autoed to Hilton Saturday where they visited Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Oscar R. Anderson, Amy Olson, Hazel Lawrence, Gladys Blackburn and Ethel Walker left Saturday for Devils Lake, where they will attend the Epworth League convention.