The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-18
North Dakota
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North Dakota.
900
Bismarck appears to have caught
the boosting spirit.
900
The insurgents had their StockwelI,
Bickford and Norton.
900
Don't forget to permit the assessor
to tag you-politically.
The Sykeston Tribune told OF a
scandal in that vicinity.
600
Women must register-if they wish
to vote at the primaries.
The Devils Lake Chautauqua will
have Billy Sunday for July 4.
Two Mcintosh county men are down
in North Carolina and Virginia.
900
Several cases of unusual brutality
to children have been prosecuted.
600
New England is not likely to have
as fast a baseball team as last year.
900
Some people are getting their swat
ters hmbered up to go after the fiies.
900
The Deering Enterprise believes in
advertising. 1t ran a page ad OF its
own.
The mar who beats and half starves
his live stock should get what's COM
ing to him.
The gophers are having a hard time
of it in some of the counties which
pay bounties.
The editor of The Hansboro News
appears to be quite interested in the
political situation.
900
Complaints are being received from
some sections Of the state regarding
the scarcity of farm laborers.
Colonel Bloom boosts Burke. The
colonel believes in taking his medicine
even If he does have to make faces.
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Secretary Of State Norton has been
accused of nepotism. Sometimes it is
a good thing to have a brother in a
state Office.
North Dakota has socialist orators
galore-and now n is coming who
has reformed and takes the other side
Of the deal.
Some n became sore at the editor
Of The Dunn County Settler because
he refused to publish an anonymous
contribution.
There is a lot of fun-for the editors
in the newspaper war at Crosby
but the readers may not be partic-
ularly interested.
The farmers around Sykeston re-
ceived over $4,000 this spring for
young horses they had raised. It is
also a spud shipping point.
A former boss thief in williams
county is now charged with stealing
an auto in California. Next time the
fellow will swipe an airship.
The newspaper man VIII do his
share at boosting a community-if
given a reasonable amount Of en-
enlargement and cooperation.
900
At Egeland, Miss Goenter was badly
scalded. A receptacle with a tight
cover was on the stove. The cover
blew off when she went to lift the can.
600
Editor Lum of The Monango Journal
is an old acquaintance of the medi-
cine vendor recently arrested al Itch
vile and hopes things won't go too
badly with the man.
900
1t is claimed the prairie chickens
came through the winter better than
ever beforehand If the Matching
season is reasonably good there will
be a large crop of the birds next fall.
900
AT Beach a man ran an auto into
a garage. He was so elated at get
ting through the door without hitting
anything he forgot to stop the ma
chine and it went clear through the
building.
Some one is endeavoring to get
Manager Black Of The Times Herald
combination at Grand Forks into the
political game. Black likes the news
paper business too well to enter a con-
test for a political office.
900
Professor Blattner of the Texas
school who has been elected superin-
tendent Of the state deaf and dumb in
stitution at Devils Lake, is getting
many complimentary notices in the
press devoted to that class of schools.
1t is said that some sorehead poll
tician is endeavoring to start a second
weekly at Goodrich. If there is any
thing more than another that Good
rich needs it is another paper. The
Citizen appears to be filling the bill
quite well.
Editor Holbein showed a lot of en-
terprise in the boosters edition of his
Lansford Journal. 1t contained TWEEN
ty-four pages of historical and per-
sonal write UP and excellently illus
trated. The issue was neatly gotten
up n metropolitan in appearance.
600
Near-friends of some candidates for
congress have been mailing The Fo-
rum ong-winded platforms and things
but neglect to accompany item with
a check to pay for the publication Of
the contents at legal advertising rates.
The Forum has little personal curiosity
on the platform proposition.
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The Minot Independent is going into
the courts in an effort to compel the
Ward county auditor to permit an i'm
spection of the books Of his Office.
The Independent wanted certain I'M
formation for an article and sent an
expert accountant to dig it up. The
auditor refused him access to the
records.