| 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.
 
Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 28.—(A.P.)
—Gov. A. G. Sorlie, of North Da-
kota, died at the executive mansion
here at 3:45 o'clock this morning.

Death came after an illness of
more than a month, during the last
four days of which his condition has
been critical He was suffering
with heart disease.

Walter Maddock of Plaza, who
succeeds Governor Sorlie as the
State’s chief executive, will arrive
in the state capital today to assume
his duties.

Sorlie Born In Minnesota.

Arthur Gustav Sorlie was born
April 26, 1874, near Albert 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 a bank, operated a general store
and then became a traveling sales-
man.

In 1907 he launched in the fuel,
seed and feed business at Grand
Forks as A. G. Sorlie & Co. The
enterprise was rfuccessful and was
the basis for a considerable fortune
which he later accumulated in other
business endeavors.

Non-Partisan Leaguer.

Despite his extensive interests,
the Non-Partisan league selected
him as its standard bearer in 1924
and he won the guberratorial elec-
tion after a hot fight with R. A.
Nestos, the republican incumbent.
iJe was re-elected in 1926, but did

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