The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-06

for a wonder the church services have
at last begun to please him and he ac-
knowledged the assembling of a choir
of young people, for singing pur-
poses"
The school levy at Fergus Falls has
been made $4,000 more than it was
last year, the extra money being re-
CURED for repairs. For interest on
bonds $500 is required.
' The yield of a big field of rye in
the township Of Fergus Falls was over
thirty-nine bushels to the acre.
w. r. Mckenzie, secretary Of the
Northern Minnesota Development as
ISOLATION, is touring the Red river
valley and calling attention to the
annual meeting of the association to
be held at Crookston the first week
in December.
Pres. M. r. Weum of the First State
bank of Moorhead has gon to Chicago
from which point he will go to the
Pacific coast via the Union Pacific.
st. Cloud is feeling very chesty over
a pickle factory which is to be opened
mex week. Sixty acres of cucumbers
have been contracted for.
The value of the silk carried on a
special train which passed through
Moorhead over the Northern Pacific
early y6Sl6Tudy HOIIlnSS was S4SoO6S~
71S. The train of nine cars left Ia
coma shortly after midnight last
Thursday for st. Paul.
Red Wing Republican: George New
ton of Williston. N. D., spent Sunday
in the city as the guest of his brother,
VIM. Newton, MI. Newton is a re-
tired business man of Williston. He
left today for points in Iowa, where
his horse, Madge B, will be entered
in a number of races.
That the consumption of beer is in
creasing in Minnesota Is shown by the
July report of Frederick Won Baum
bach, collector OF internal revenue.
The increase in the collections for
the last month over the correspond
ing month in 1911 is $34,502. Collec-
tor Won Baumbach says about ST.
900 of this amount is due to the
increased consumption Of beer. p,
The first fling for a county office
was made with Auditor Houghlum
this morning. 1T was that of N. B.
Hanson of GAINESVILLE who will be a
candidate at the primaries against N.
I. Johnson who is now on the last leg
more. Mr.. Hanson paid over a crisp
new so bill for the privilege he
availed himself OF. .
Miss Nellie A. Chase, one Of the
faculty Of the normal school, was a
passenger to Cedar Rapids, Ia, this
morning.
Enoch Peterson, stenographer and
bookkeeper at the First National bank,
has hied himself to the beautiful coun-
try about Pelican Rapids for a rest
and vacation.
A card to Edwin Askegaard this
morning said that VIII Humphrey and
DIR. Paul Clarke were to leave Ely,
Mimi, twenty miles from the Canadian
line, to enter the bushes for the easo
Of camping they have planned for
themselves.
Miss Gladys Elstad has returned
from the lakes where she has been
spending three weeks at the Hanson
cottage.
Bendik Kuehl, a young farmer near
Sabin, is a patient at the Northwest
ern hospital suffering with some kind
Of blood poisoning which he thinks
was contracted in the haying field just
about when he was finishing putting
up the seasons supply. q
Sheriff Whaley came up from the
lakes this morning to attend to some
matters Of business. He has been a
victim to a sore affliction of boils,
principally on his face, but he reports
himself a great deal better.
Among the registrations at the
Comstock this morning were Charles
c.. Johnson of Mankato, G.. W. Stark
Of Minneapolis, H. j. Gilbert of Hal
stad, Otto Bergh and Thomas Mccall
of Crookston and William Pilkey Of
Hendrum.
Recent marriage licenses issued
were to Milford E. Cole and Minnie "A.
Perkins, both of Clay county, and to
Rudolph Mes of Clay county and Hill
dur Olsen of Dickinson, N. D.
George Beckwith Of Gayndon, Jacob
HiIgers of GAINESVILLE and w. H.
/ Hennings of Clinton, Ia, were among
the guests at the New Columbia
Among the visitors In the city were
liver Lien of Halstad, r. A. Juhnk OF
| Sabin, o. ]. Anderson and Iver OF
terson of Perley, G. B. Zorn and B. L.
| Owen of Humboldt MINI.