The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08
TOwner County Notes.

rum 1ue urSL Dali game OF the sea-
son was held here last Monday be-
tween the Egeland nine and a team
called the Tennessee Rats, a colored
organization. The score neve was in
doubt for the colored boys had the To-
calls goat at all stages of the game.
The local team is badly in need of a
battery and enough money has been
raised by subscription to pay a good
man If one a be found.
The copious fall of rain the first OF
the week has caused a short setback
in seeding, but will prove an excellent
thing for the soil. This section very
rarely suffers from too much moisture
at the spring and fall seasons. 1t is
the midsummer rains that cause the
rust. AS before reported there will
be a great many. who will not be able
to get all Of the blowing done, and
some seeding on stubble ground must
be done. In view of the fact that the
last two years nave been light ones
much Of the ground is in as good
shape as If it had been summer fall
lowed. The potato acreage promises
to be enormous in proportion to what
it ever has been. In the past about
three out of five farmers have been too
busy to bother with gardens, and
bought their potatoes in the fall. This
year there will be a different story to
tell.
The water proposition has always
been a difficult one for the 500 line in
this section. In the past a great num-
Der of trains have been stalled for
| hnIlrc xyhfIn tho 1n1s-z -w,a,,Il L-~. L.
run for water. A good many hundred
dollars have been spent at the tank
site in the local yards without results.
Recently a large drilling outfit was
put to work with instructions to drill
until water vas forthcoming. At a
depth of 200 feet a good vein was
struck, and as a consequence water is
now pouring into the reservoir about
as fast as it a be accommodated.
The older Puterbaugh children, who
went to Cuba with their parents last
fall, have returned and will spend the
summer working in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. P~uterbaugh are at pres
ent visiting relatives in Florida, and
will go from there to Nebraska for an
extended visit. They were fortunate
enough to exchange their Cuban hold
ings for some South Dakota land, and
will undoubtedly make their future
home in South Dakota. We are of the
opinion that the. Puterbaugh expert
ence will puncture the Cuban bubble
that has been floating around this Sec
ton ever since the visit of the smooth
land exploiter last fall.
Frank Schrenkel, a we'll known gro-
Gerry salesman, with a companion, met
with an automobile experience one
night the first Of the week that will
bear telling. They were coming out of
Rolla about midnight, and coming
down what was supposed to be a
familiar and old travelled road, at the
rate of thirty miles an hour. Suddenly
the car plunged into a small lake of
water, to a depth that nothing could
be seen Of the car but the top Of the
rear seat. The road had been changed
just this spring, and a new grade
made. The occupants of the were
completely submerged by the water
and compelled to wade put in water to
their armpits. They repaired to a
neighboring farmhouse where they
were warmed up and spent the night.
The car was hauled out by horses and
left at the farmhouse for repairs.
Editor M. o. Long Of The Egeland
Enterprise met with a severe accident
in a ball game last Monday. While run
ming to catch a long fly his foot slipped
in some manner, and the ball struck
him squarely between the eyes. He
fell to the ground and put his right
shoulder out of commission, besides a
badly broken nose and two black ey.5
He a been doing his editorial work
with his left hand this week on an ink
barrel in a secluded spot in his sane
tum, swearing every hour that this
game of ball was his last.
Early planted wheat is generally
up and showing good strength. Weeds
are going to be numerous this year
owing to the wet spring, and there
should be a great deal of dragging
done to kill them before the grain il
up too far. Al few patches Of French
weed have sprung UP in this section i
the country and there should be ar
extra effort made to eradicate this
pest.
a large crew of laborers have beer
put to work on the Armourdale branch
of the 500 line out of Egeland. The
whole line Of track is being renovated
and put in good shape. There is ev-
cry indication that this branch will BIZ
pushed on into Canada at some future
date, and not far distant either. The
line would tap one Of the best wheat
sections in the world and the grain
taken in an almost direct line to ths
head of the lakes. Cor. II. @.
Henry Ferris, Hadar, Neb., is thu
father OF ten children and for the pass
twenty years has used Foley's Hones
and Tar Compound with the best o,
results. He tells us: Il think FoIey's
Honey and Tar Compound Ii the besi
cough medicine in the world Tor I have
used it for the past twenty years and
can recommend It to anyone needing
a cough medicine" For sale by OIL
druggistss