The Oakes times., 1912-01-25
North Dakota
News Notes


opera house.
The Wahpeton Commercial club has
a membership campain on.
Park River.-The Park River banks
declared 10 per cent dividends.
Tower City-John Schmidt shipped
three carloads of fat cattle east.
Calvin.-Dan Porter sold his team
of Percheron mares for $780,
New England. New England now
has wholesale harness factory.
Surrey.-Lots are being sold in the
new towns along the Fargo-Surrey cut
of.
Leeds.-Leeds is making an effort
to land one of the demonstration
farms.
Garrison.-The First State bank has
increased it's capital from $4,000 to
$25.000.
Pembina.-The twenty-one banks in
Pembina county have $685., ,s49.17 on
deposit.
Observation-Disclosures has effected
q temporary oranization of CONNER
cial club.
Lignite.-N. H. Scott lost his farm
home by fire; most of the contents
were saved.
Holiday. The new bank building
has been completed and is now open
for business.
Leeds.-Leeds is making extended
preparations for farmers institute,
Jan. % and %.
Cleveland. - Stock has destroyed
considerable flax and the owners are
asked to settle the damages.
Rolette.-The savings bank organ
lied in the grade schools in Rolette
is meeting with decided success.
Tolna-A petition Is being circu.
lated protesting against the proposed
pardon of S. A. Florin, formerly of
Lakota.
Grand Fsrks.-The Cooper trial cost
Trail county $6,S301O, and the auditor
has sent Grand Forks county a war.
rant for the same.
Hettinger. - Peaceful Valley town.
ship, is organizing a creamery; 119
COWS have already been pledged and
forty-three shares of stock subscribed
Northwood.-Over $4,000 pounds OF
| timothy has been marketed at North.
wood this season, and the farmers
have been paid over $4,000 for the
| same.
Mandan.-A new candidate for con
gress in the Third district has just
loomed up in the person of A. M
Packard of this city, president of the
Mandan city commission.
Rugby. The ded<catory exercises
for the new, court house have been
indefinitely postponed. 1t is thought
they may be held sometime about the
middle of February.
Fargo. - The North Dakota
state railway commission telegraphet
Senators McCumber and Gronna q
North Dakota protesting the appoint
ment of Judge Hook to the supreme
bench.
Cando.-The basement of the Metho
dist church has been fitted up will
fine room for boys, a kitchen ant
other conveniences, and is heated in
dependently from the auditorium, 6;
it can be used at any time.
| Dickey. - At the meeting of tn,
Farmers Elevator Co., it was decide:
to rescind the motion of last June
declaring 10 per cent dividend, al
many stockholders had not paid UP
although the company had done /;
good business.
Valley City.-Mrs. David Sansburl
|
when can of oil with which the hiret
girl was lighting fire in the kitchel
stove, exploded. She succeeded il
extinguishing the blaze by wrappin:
some blankets about her body.
Langdon.-The Cargill elevator i,
this city was destroyed by fire of un
known origin. There were $1,000
bushels of grain in the structure, ant
the total loss above the salvage will
be about $4,000 or $4,000. The fir,
had good start when discovered.
Fargo Of mysterious origi,
completely demolished the big granar,
and machine shed on the farm of viii
Rood, about three miles west of Sabin
Mr.. Rood was away from home at tn,
time, looking after business in Canada
The farm was in charge of the fore
man, who cannot account for the blaze
Within the past five years Mr.. Root
has sustained considerable loss on hi.
farm from fire. Two big barns wer,
destroyed previous to this.
Fairmont-A combination of forcel
will be brought about in Hankinson tt
secure a good water supply for the
city, the board of aldermen having
laid plans whereby the electric light
ing, the 500 railroad and the city will
combine to secure such a supply. The
board already has an estimate on tn.
cost of installation, the water to b.
secured from the 500 railroad wells
and the electric power station to fur
nish the power, while the city will in
stall the necessary equipment to han
die the supply for the citizens. At {
recent general meeting of Hankinso1
residents the proposition received en-
dorsement and the present plan is IL
accordance with the decision. the1
reached.
Lidgerwood. Clever work wa.
done by a burglar who entered tht
Jahoda & Ercink meat market ant
stole 500 from the safe, effecting tn,
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