| 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.
 
Oe 2NO AASSGOCINted koress )

Bismarek, N. 0, Aug. vs.— CP)
Governor A. G. Serle ef North La-
kota, died here this mourning,

Death was “caused by heart di-

sease from which the governor bas
ceen ‘critically ill for the past three
i days.
( <Arthur Sorlie was born April 20,
USt4 near Albert Lea, Minn. His
parents were Iver und Mary Sorlie,
wits of Norway. When he was
nineteen years old he came to North
Dakota where he worked in a bank,
operated a general store and later be-
came a traveling salesman.

In 1907 he entered the fuel, seed
and “feed business at Grand Forks as
A. G,. Sorlie and Company. The énter-
prise was successful and was the basis
for a considerable fortune which he
later aecumulated 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 seek re-
nomination this yenr.

Governor Sorlie’s death brings to
)the executive's chair Walter Maddock,
the lientenant governor, who is a real
dirt farmer, and is rated a self-made
man,

‘Since 1906 he has operated a farm
near Plaza and has heen actiye in
forming several farmer cooperative as-
sociations. He was chairman ct the
North Dakota delezation to the last
Republican national convention.
 