| Bhanarck, Noo DANK. eters. Uy

Sarlie, of Norta Dakota, died from &
heart attack oat his home here early

today.

The governor whe was 54 years old
tid been suffering from heart dincane
(ar deveral years. Hix condition be-
cana so badd recently that he was
foreed to remain at heme and fast Wert
dey night a brother and sister ving
‘tn Minnesota vere summoned here,
Governor Sortie was horn near’ Al+
berin Jen, Minn. April 26, iS74, and
received hia aducation dno a canntry
school and at Che Albert Lea academy.
He first came ty North Daketo in USt
and for three years worked {na bauk.
later he operated a general afore and
then became 9 Uaveling salcaman, Jn
1903 he became interested In a crocker
fsctery at Graad Forks which he sold
In MOT and estublished. the fuel and
feed Imainess which provided the lnxi«
for hin: fortune.
 
| BISMARCK, N. D., AUG. 28. (AP).—Governor A. G. Sorbie of North
Dakota, died here this morning.

Death was caused by heart trouble from which the governor has been
veniticaly ill for the past three days.
Arthur Gustave Sorbie was born in 1874, the son of natives of Norway
‘near Albert Lea, Minnesota. When he was nineteen years old, he came to
| North Dakota. He worked in a bank, operated a general store, was a travel-
ling salesman and later entered the fuel, seed and feed business at Grand
Forks.

Governor Sorbie’s death brings to the executive's chair Walter Maddock,
| the Lieutenant Governor who is a rea) dirt farmer and is rated a self-made
‘man.
 