The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-09
Moorhead Department
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|aWHEE AmLL
The demise Is announced OF Miss
Emma Charlotte Lucken, at her home
az Fergus Falls, last Sunday even
ing. Miss Lucken graduated from the
Moorhead Normal school last June, and
has been teaching school for some time,
but was obliged to abandon her school
work on account of failing health.
She was % years old and was a mos
promising young lady loved by all who
knew her. The funeral will be held
9 Zion Lutheran church, Fergus
Fails, tomorrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
Gustav Holmquist, the great baritone
Will sing at Fergus Falls, Jan. 10.
The farm home of John Gilbertson Of
Pohlitz, Roseau county, burned Tues
day evening and his 13-year-old son,
Norman, was burned to death. The
nre was caused by the explosion of a
hanging lamp. The family fed with
bare feet through the snow and bitter
cold to the barn, where they remained
until dawn.
Fergus Falls Journal: Paul w. Low
ny and Harold Bonney have returned
from st. Paul where they have been on
business in connection with q. new fuse
which Paul Lowry has invented. For
the past year he has been. working on
a fuse which can be refused or res
loaded when 1t is blown and thus a
great economy effected. At present
when a fuse is blown 1t is thrown away
and large fuses are quite expensive
The patent has been applied for and
the plan Is to manufacture them at
once. They have shown 1t to several
electric men and they are much taken
with the idea. They will make a dem
o~nstration of it at Cleveland and at the
st. Paul Electric show.
That part of the estate, in clay
county. owned by the late F. e. Dibley
of Fargo, N. D., was closed up before
Judge Sharp in the probate court, yes
terday.
The death is announced of Peter
Tuition at his farm home, two miles
north of Kragnes, Sunday evening. He
was 81 years of age and had been
prominently identified with the farm
ing interests of Clay county for more
than thirty-three years. The funeral
will be held Thursday afternoon from
the North Buffalo church. Mr.. Tuf-
ton is survived by a widow and five
children.
The board Of audit Of Clay county
held a meeting at the courthouse yes
terday afternoon. The funeral bust
ness was disposed of and a report will
be submitted to the county commits
sioners in due course.
Letters to relatives in this city tell
of the sudden death of H. P. Hedrick
at his home in Kent, Wash.
The attention of members Of the
Yeomen lodge is called to a special
meeting, which will be held this eve
ming for the installation of officers
Following the latter ceremony there
will be a social session for which an
attractive programme has been ar
ranged. Every member is requested to
be present.
The annual meeting Of the Dilworth
State bank was held yesterday, the
directors and officers were reelected
which that the services of J.. NJ
Manning as cashier have been retain
.NNs 81 az ASPSANS 6lAOWSu III lllSLllll-
ton, which began business a year and
ten months ago, to be doing business
and is in a general prosperous condi-
ton. /.
Mrs. A. H. Erickson, 1913 Fourth
street south, will be hostess, tomorrow
afternoon, for the regular meeting OF
the Rector's guild Of st, Johns Epis-
copaI church.
A lantern, designed especially to
meet the requirements of the new law
which provides that all vehicles be
supplied with a real light is in de-
mand at the hardware stores. The
globe is made SO that it supplies a red
bulls-eye light at one side and a white
one on the other side.
The annual meetings Of the stock
holders of the First National and
Moorhead National banks were held
pursuant to law this afternoon. It is
said that no changes were made In the
official families of either Of them.
Eugene Grant, secretary of the Clay
County Potato Growers association
returned yesterday from a business
trip to points In the southwest, where
he learned a number Of things about
the potato situation. When he was at
Houston. Tex, it had been raining for
a month and early potato seeding had
been delayed.
Attorney Dosland: BY all lei
us have a municipal court created in
Moorhead. 1t is the most satisfac-
tory method Of conducting the police
business of a town like Moorhead
which is made the center for SO many
itinerants passing over trans Atlantic
routes. Also, in connection with the
court there ought to be powers re-
vided for a juvenile court. The latter
would be very useful right now to
cope with one or two problems which
are, or will be soon, on the hands OF
the authorities.
Henry Schroeder: Early potato
planting in southern Texas is being
delayed by a ~protracted rainy season
especially in the the vicinity OF Hous-
ton, where there has been great de-
lay in early potato planting which
usually begins in January. The de-
lay helps out in shipping from this
county which has been delayed BY
a continuance of low temperatures
which makes 1t dangerous to ship early
Ohios.