The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-03
EAST SIDE NOTES.

Judge Nye. presiding in the district
court at st. Cloud, on motion of Atty.
J.. D. Sullivan will appoint a commit
tee to draft suitable resolutions on the
death of Judge L. w. Collins and Hen
ry c.. Waite, both members of the st.
Cloud Bal association.
The fortieth anniversary of the
SynodiCal Lutheran church of Fergus
Falls was fittingly observed Sunday.
The forenoon services were CON
Quoted by Rev. l.. D. Ylvisaker, of
Mayville, N. D., a brother Of Rev. Mr..
Ylvisaker of Fergus Falls, and the an
niVersary service proper took place at
3 o'clock in the afternoon.
A farmer in Otter Tail county i'm =
ported one peck of pure seed potatoes
from a friend of his in Ireland in 1911.
The seed arrived late and they were
not planted in very good land. The
yield vas seven and a half bushels.
Last spring the seven bushels were
planted on half an acre. The yield
this year was sixty five bushels, fifty
of which were kept for seed next year,
and fifteen bushels were sold. Figured
at Is cents a bushel, the money value
of the crop was $62 from the half acre,
A Fergus Falls paper says there
are Tumor of a general change in
the Great Northern time tables within
a few weeks. One rumOr is to the eff
feet that there will be a new fast train
and the time Of nearly all the night
trains will be changed.
Local politicians who are in touch
with the situation say hat Rines, one
of the candidates for speaker in the
lower branch of the legislature, and
who was very prominently mentioned a
week or two ago, Is now practically de-
feated, owing to a different line up
which has been made.
The proposition to. change from a
| special school district at st. Cloud was
defeated by II votes at the election
held last Saturday.
George E. Author. the political dop-
list for The Minneapolis Tribune has
lined up Knud Wefald of Clay as
| speaker. Also the representatives
from Norman, Becker and Wilkin are
lined up in the same way.
L.. Nelson of Valley City, N. D., has
bought the H. M. Swanson bakery at
Red Wing, MINI.
Mrs. Charles Loring contributed a
piano solo to the musical programme
used in the Elks' memorial services
at Crookston last Sunday. Mrs. Lorine
is said to have given a beautiful in
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ate by Beethoven.
The annual poultry show at Crooks
ton will be opened tomorrow and will
remain open until Dec. 8.
Today bank cashiers were busy
preparing a statement of conditions or
Nov, 26, pursuant to a call issued yes
terday by the comptroller of the cur
rency.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Nokken have re-
turned from Bemidji, Mimi, where they
spent the Thanksgiving season with
Mrs. Nokken's sister Mrs. C. M. Bacon,
Here is Dec. 3 and the historic Red
| river at this crossing is still open, mid
stream being entirely free from Ice and
the ice ringing the edges is very thin,
Miss Marie Lovsness, superintendent
the city last night on her way to ST
Paul to attend the state educational
meeting.
Manager Burke of the Heilmar
Brewing Co, was a passenger last
night to st. Paul on a business mission
E. Van Houten: Yesterday / spent
in the country abou Northwood, N. D..
southwest of Grand Forks and In ali
my experience in this part of Mime
sofa and North Dakota, / never wit.
messed so many pronounced evidences
of prosperity in all directions. And
1T is astounding the amount of traYeI
there is on the trains. The latter In
all directions are crowded far beyond
capacity. The train / was on was pack
ed so full that the doors of the cars
could not be shut and at one stage OF
the journey the conductor could not
possibly wiggIe his way through the
aisles of the coaches. 1t was certain
that at some of the stations there were
passengers who could not possibly fno
standing room and from the standpoint
of general safety no person was allow
ed to stand In the vestibule of the
coach. although there were plenty OF
people who would have taken the risk
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