The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-13
Moorhead Department

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De built.
Fergus Falls Free Press: The peo.
,le Of Stevens county will not stand
! Tor the policy Of their county attorney
and repudiate the county's debt 81
some thousand dollars to the state fol
seed grain furnished in g time OF .aed
years ago. Public meetings have been
held In the different commissioners
districts and the sentiment ia almost
unanimous In favor of paying the
debt.
Miss Lillian Rolsch Of Crookston.
was the guest yesterday Of her sister.
Miss Jennie Rolsch, a student at the
state normal school.
The recent decision of the supreme
court relative to the inability OF cities
voting Tor or against local option will
not affect Fergus Falls as the people
there have recently amended their
charter so that the right to vote on
such uestion is embodied in the
charter provisions. Fergus Falls took
the step SO as to eliminate the local
option proposition from local mat
ters and put 1t absolutely beyond
continual local cavil and strife.
E. ]. Wheeler mas returned from a
trip to Illinois and Iowa. He says the
prospects for the coming here of new
settlers next spring are decidedly en-
couraging.
Attorney Dosland, of the firm of
Nye & Dosland. is attending a term
of the district court at Breckenridge
where he is interested in a number OF
drainage cases.
Attorneys Hanson and Marden Of
GAINESVILLE, j. w. Mason of Fergus
Falls and Senator Peterson were pas
sengers to Breckenridge today to at
tend the winter term of the district
court.
One or two carloads Of Christmas
trees were to be seen in the Moor
head yards Of the Northern Pacific
today.
Sixty marriage licenses were issued
in Norman county during the year
which is just closing.
The sheriff at Detroit is about to
take the same steps to have his salary
raised, as Sheriff Whaley Of Moor
head did, and won out--Whaley, UNI
der the statute appealed to the judge
of the district court.
The people of Hector are patting
their postmaster on the back for his
efforts in securing a service
of mail on Sunday as well as on week.
day.
Rev. G. M. Van der velden leaves
Hector shortly for Gasselt, Belgium,
where he expects to visit relatives and
friends during the holidays. He ex-
poets TO return some time in March.
It is expected that the board of
of the state university will
name the dean of the state agricultural
school at a meeting to be held tomor-
row. Andrew M. Soule OF the Geor-
gia agricultural college, recommended
by the bankers of the state, has been
picked out as the winner. The place
pays $4,000 a year.
Deputy Warden Ben Hustling, with
Joe velthouse in custody, left on the
return trip to the state prison early
yesterday morning. .@e
Several consignments OF coal reached
the railroad yards this morning, and 1t
was not long before 1t was parceled
out to waiting customers-the latter
were not out by any means only they
wanted their bins filled UP so as to be
ready for any emergency the frislky
railroads and their men might create
when the people are not looking. One
prominent citizen said today, that the
first thing he should have done next
spring would be to enlarge his fuel
room so that it would hold his full
winters supply and then he would not
care rap who went out on a strike.
There are over 125 parents in diff
ferent school districts in Clay county
who have allowed themselves to be-
come amenalble to the compulsory ed
ucation law. They have ignored the
of the county superin-
tendent to send their children to school
and as last resort delinquent list
has been filed with the county attor-
ney, who will prosecute without delay,
if there are no amends.