Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 28 (AP)
Governor A. G. Sorlie, of North Dakota,
died here this morning,

Death was caused by heart failure
from which the Governor had been
critically ill for the past three days,

Arthur Gustave Sorlie was born in
1874, the son of natives of Norway, near
Albert Lea, Minn. When he was 19
years old he came to North Dakota.
He worked in a bank, operated a gen-

eral store, was a traveling salesman
and later entered the fuel, feed and
seed business at Grand Forks.

Governor Sorlie's death brings to the
executive chair Walter Maddock, the
lieutenant governor, who is a real dirt
farmer and ts rated a self-made man,
 
Bismarck, N. D., Today—~#)—A. G
Sorlte, governar « cof’ North "Dakota, ‘Alec
here thix morning.

Death waa cauged by heart dtaeanc
from which the Governor had been ertt-
feally ill for the past three days.
 