snark, N. D.. Aug. 23.—Gov..
G. Sorlie of North Dakota died
' irom a heart attack at his home here
i early today.
| The Governor who was 54 years.
' old pad been suffering from heart.
| disease for several years. His condi-
‘tion became so bad Feeney that he
{was forced to remain at home and”
last Friday night a brother and sis-
tter living in Minnesota were sum-
_Moned here. ,
Governor Sorlie was bora near
‘Alberta Lea, Minn, April 26, 1874,
‘and received his education in a coun-
j ry scnool and at the Albert Lea tAc-
ademy. He first came to North
!Dako‘a in 1804 and for three years:
} worse] ina bank. Later he operated
1a geneial store and then became @
i traveling salesman. In 1903 he be-
{ came interested in a cracker factory
fat Grand Forks which he sold im
11907 to establish the fuel and feed
i business which provided the basis:
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.
 