By Asseclated [ress

| BISMARCK, N. D.. Aug. 28.—Gov-
pernar A. G, Carke of North Dakota
| dled bere thig morning,

; Death was caused by heart disease
i from which the gavernor has becn
Veritically if] for the past three days,
; Arthur Sorlie was bern April ou.
, 1874, near Albert Lea, Minn. lis
: parents were Iver and Mary Sorlie,
i natives of Norway, When he was it
| years wld he came to Nerth Dakota
{where be worked in a bank, operated
ia generat store and Jater became a
i traveling salesman.

: Jn WOT he entered the fuel, seed
and feed business at Grand Forks, ay
PAL G. Sorke and campany. The enter-
iprise was successful and wax the
hasis for a considerable fortune which
Lhe later accumulated in other busi-
ness endeavors,

} Vespite his extensive interests, the
non-partisan Jeague selected hin as
its standard bearer in 1884 and he
won the gubernatorial election after
a hot fight with R. A. Nestos, the re-
(publican incumbent. He was re-elect.
; ed in 1026, hut did net geek renemina-
tton this year. ie

| Gv, Sertie’s death brings to the
iesxecutive’s chair Walter Maddeck,
the Heutenunt governor, who is a real
i dirt farmer, and is rated a self-made
i MAN.

| Since 1906 he has operated a farm
(near Plaza and has been active in
forming several farmer cooperative
i assoclations, He was chairman of the
orth Dakota delegation to the Inst
republiernn national convertion, :

 

   

 

  
 
| BISMARCK, N. D., Aug. 28. ®—~—
Az G. Sorlie, governor of North
‘Dakota, died here this morning.

| Death was caused by heart disease
‘from which the governor had been
‘critically ill for the past three days.
| Arthur Gustave Sorlie was born
April 26, 1874, near Alberta Lea,
Minn. His parents were Iver and
Mary Sorlie, natives of Norway.
“When he was 19 years old he came
to North Dakota where he worked in
@ bank, operated a general store and
ta became a traveling salesman.

 

In 1907 he entered the fuel, seed
'and feed business at Grand Forks as
A. G. Sorlie & Company, The enter-
prise was successful and was the
‘basis for a considerable fortune
which he later accumulated in other
business endeavors.

Despite his extensive interests, the

/Non-Partisan league selected him as
its Standard bearer in 1924 and he
| won the gubernatorial election after
a hot fight with R. A. Nestos, the
republican incumbent. He was re-
elected in 1926, but did not S@eKk
‘renomination this year, saying that
che desired to retire to private life
at the end of his term.
_ In 1900 Gov. Sorlie married Miss
Jennie Odegard, who died later. In.
| 1919 he married Miss Grace Hilleboe
‘at Grand Forks.

The first important act of office
came to Gov, Sorlie when in his first
term he appointed Gerald P. Nye, to
the United States senate to succeed
Senator E. F. Ladd who died in
nffice.
 