The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-13

the ability Of the men in this depart
ment and in the equipment at the uni
versity.
Sent to Agricultural College.
The university chemical laboratories
occasionally receive samples Of agri-
cultural products, such as sugar beets
and the like, but as such analysis in
the main belong to the agricultural
college they are promptly sent to the
agricultural college. This is done by
the university laboratories in order to
maintain proper division of the work.
This week samples of sugar beets
were received for analysis, but were
sent to the agricultural college at
Fargo.
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At Ottowa.
A copy of "Logberg" published at
Winnipeg under date of Oct. 20, con-
tains the following item, regarding one
of the university law school boys, H.
A. Bergman, who graduated in 1903,
and was at once admitted to the bar
OF this state He entered into part
nership with ]. A. Sorley who for
merly practiced in Grand Forks, and
remained with him for about a year,
when he left the state and located in
Winnipeg. He is now a member of the
firm of RothweIl, Johnson & Berg
man, and according to the following
article is making ruccess the Can
adam bar:
One of our younger barristers, H.
A. Bergman, recently argued and won
in the supreme court of Canada, the
case of American Abel Engine and
Thresher Co., Limited, VS.. Doig, ct al,
which involved the question Of the
right of a homesteader under the Cam
adam law to mortgage his homestead
before securing title from the crown.
One Mcmillan had entered a home
stead in Manitoba, hut before he re-
ceived title had mortgaged it to the
plaintiff company. After he mortgage
ed 1T and after he received title from
the crown he sold it to the defendant,
Doig. The company later attempted
to enforce its mortgage against Doig
and Mcmillan and in the Kings bench
in Manitoba the decision was in favor
of the defendants, Doig and McMI-
Ian. Upon appeal, however, to the SUI
preme court of Manitob,, the judg-
ment was reversed and the company
Won. 1t was then appealed to the SUI
preme court of Canada and Mr.. Berg
man personally argued the case before
the court at Ottawa fc- Doig and Nc
MILAN against a well known and ex-
perienced barrister, with the result
that the decision of the supreme court
of Manitoba was reversed and the case
decided in favor of Mr.. Bergmans
clients, which, in effect, amounts to
holding the mortgage invalid and that
homesteader cannot mortgage his
homestead before receiving title from
the crown. The case has attracted a
good deal of attention and has tended
to make Mr.. Bergman prominent at the
Winnipeg bar.
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New Laboratory.
The east room in the north addition
to the university school of mines
building has been fitted up as pri-
vate laboratory and Office for Mr..
Daudt. This labora,, ry will be de-
voted to organic analysis. Mr.. Daudt
is well prepared for this work. After
receiving his B. S. and M. S. degree
from Harvard and just prior to his
coming here he spent a year as ana
lytical chemist for the Mallinckrodt
Manufacturing Co., one os the largest
firms of manufacturing chemists in the
United States.
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Larger Quarters.
The Chemistry i class now num-
bers sixty AS it is impossible to
finish many of the problems in a Icy.
each student must have lockers I
which to keep his unfinished work,
where 1t will not be disturbed. The
old chemistry II laboratory would by
crowding, accommodate forsy-four.
The recent additions to the school of
mines building have made it possible
to enlarge this laboratory so that it
will accommodate sixty eight persons.
Before the close of the year every place
will be in use. The money available for
buildings makes it impossible to build
buildings fast enough to keep ahead
of the growth of the institution.
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Call for Mining Engineers.
Dean Babcock Of the University of
North Dakota school of mines has four
calls for mining engineers. which he
cannot fill, as all the graduates of this
commencement last year there were at
least two places open to each member
of the graduating class at salaries of at
least 800 per month.
From Southern State.
A state superintendent of one of
the gulf states recently wrote Profess
sor Babcoc': for a copy of the Univer-
sity Circular No. z, on suggestions for
the Economical Equipment of High
School Chemical Laboratories, which
he got out short time ago.
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Producer Gas.
The fifty horse power gas producer
and the fifty -five horse power producer
gas engine for the university college of
mechanical and electrical engineering
have been shipped. The producer is
of special design so that it will handle
either hard or soft Goals including lig-
mite, coke and charcoal This will give
the college a most valuable and USE
full set Of apparatus which will en-
able 1t to give instruction in this most
branch of engineering There
are many hundred producer gas en-
gines in use in the United States to-
day and they are coming more and
more into use. North Dakota Ignite
has so far proved to be the best fuel
for making producer gas. For this
reason 1t is especially important that
the graduates OF the university engin-
eering college be prepared to extend
the use of producer gas engines.
This work Of the college OF mechan-
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