The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-02

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The Hankinson baseball team had a
bunch Of hard luck.
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Two young fellows started a rough
house at L~idgerwood.
Speaker HanIey won the senatorial
nomination at Mandan.
The glorious Fourth business had
the center of the sta stass'
A Thunderstorm threw a scare into
Griggs county p~icnickers.
At Minot free transportation is fur
nisheed to tn ball grounds.
The LaMoure Chronicle win have
to revise the primary story.
The proposed bond issue for q city
hall at Lakota was defeated.
The LaMoure county woodmen had
a great picnic at Grand Rapids.
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Stark and Dunn counties are getting
together on good roads propositions.
So many people were married in
June there mia not be many left for
July.
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Fairmount certainly gave the old
settlers Of Richland county q good
time.
Generally the candidates that got
most first choice votes got least sec
onds.
Walter Bond, a former Fargo boy,
was nominated for state senator in
Ward.
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Congressman Hanna should feel
fine for his Fourth Of July speech in
Walhalla.
Demonstrations have been made in
some localities of weed destroying
machinery.
The primaries didn't heal the diff
ferences between Gang Boss Marshall
and Gronna.
Captain Boyd, for a clerk of
court at Hillsboro, was defeated for
denomination.
The Glendale Record DIDN'T do
much toward advertising the court
house dedication.
The public viii have more time to
p~atronize the ball games-now that
the primaries are ever.
Ed A. Smith, a former newspaper
man, won the nomination for clerk of
court in Dickey county.
Some people forgot the corrupt prac-
tees act does not permit solicitation
Of votes on election day.
- .o IIrr. ~
slipped one over on the newspaper
boys about the petrifed 0
Judge Murray was nominated for
county judge in Ward-the place held
by N. Davis, who ran for congress.
j. G. Richardson Of Hunter lost the
sight Of one eye and the other was in
jured as the result OF an accident.
The agitation over starting baseball
games earlier so the fans can get
home doesn't interest baseballess Far
go.
A section car was derailed near
Manfred and all the crew shaken up.
Two OF the men were quite badly in
jured.
The Monango Journal referred to
some Of the North Dakota delegates
to the national republican convention
as-freaks.
Editor Slayens of The Granville
Echo says Berg is it. He called him
worse ame than that during the
primary campaign.
That was certainly some crimp the
voters of the Third district put into
the overweening congressional ambi-
lions Of Peeping Pat
Richland county will lay the corner
stone Of it's new courthouse July 4
and Dickey county will dedicate a
new building on the same date.
Editor Van Arnam Of kindred
claims to have the best garden In the
country and presumably he isn't ac-
cepting vegetables on subscription.
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Editor Lee of The walhalla Noun
taineer declines to support candidates
just because they won the nomi-
nation. He insists on their being
worthy.
Mrs. Lowell of Dickey county was
defeated for the nomination for coun-
ty superintendent Of schools by Mrs.
Miller. Mrs. Lowell has held the po-
sition many years,
A Ward county man is said to be the
sorrowful father Of eve girls and no
boys. The worst part about that will
be when the girls grow and the boys
come around courtin'.
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The Grand Forks Observer found
the medicine to have a bad taste. It
made a wry face-then tried to take
its spite out on The Forum. Hop to it.
old sport. Get it out of your system.
The Forum can stand 1t.
The Forum is indebted to a number
OF county auditors for special cour-
tesies in securing primary election re-
turns and appreciates their uniform
courtesy and willingness to assist In
giving publicity to the results.
Doc Purcell of Wahpeton was a
delegate to the national democratic
convention instructed for Burke and
then for Wilson and his brother OF
| Helena WAS also a delegate from Mon
| tana. but instructed for Clark.
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Editor Wright Of The Cakes Times
failed to win the nomination for
county treasurer. He was running on
the republican ticket. There is where
he made the mistake. From the POI
| liticaI articles in The Times one
would naturally expect him on the
| democratic slate.