The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-12
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Bemidji Pioneer: Miss Carolin,
Rusness and Mrs. o. P. Nokken o
Moorhead, arrived in the city yester.
day to be the guests Of Miss Hetlanc
during Mrs. H. Fallon's absence from
lie city. Mrs. Nokken is a sister o.
Mrs. Fallon and Miss Hetland.
The legality of the law passed by
the last legislature concerning the
spearing Of fish is to be tested. A
game warden has made an arrest al
Winona, the defendant has demurred
to the complaint and to the state
supreme court it will go.
The oldest inhabitants" predict
that there will be a flood" this COM
ing spring which will bark history
back to the springs Of 80 and "a
which hold the record in modern
times. The predictions are based on
the condition the ground was when
winter closed in. The fall rains left
the swamps and lakes fuller than they
nave been for years, thus with the
abundant snowfall there is going to be
something doing along the banks of
the old Red and other streams.
Horace Donaldson has hied himself
to the hot springs in Montana for rest
and recreation.
Prof. A.. S. Kingsford has returned
from Wahpeton, N. D., where he de-
livered an address at the state science
school. /
A musical event at Concordia COL
lege this evening, will be a piano re-
cital in which the advanced pupils of
Miss Norma L. Olsen will be presented
in a splendidly arranged programme.
All friends of the school and the pupils
who are to participate in the pro-
gramme are very cordially invited to
be present.
Rev. Mr.. Martin, a returned mission
airy from China, conducted services at
Trinity Lutheran church, yesterday
morning, and at Concordia college last
night, all of them in the Norwegian
tongue. The speaker showed himself
to have been a thorough student of
conditions in China and he interest
ingly told of what the missionaries
had to undergo and the difficulties to
be encountered in the transforming of
the people in their charge from
ANNSACHAShA " NAAlSlAdAliIys Inc ulIIGT-
ent services were embellished by
splendidly given musical features by
Miss Lillian Wright. Oscar Martinson
and the Moorhead Singing society.
The speaker al the meeting of the
Christian Endeavor society of the
Congregational church last evening.
was Prof. c. A. Ballard, who dis
cussed Efficiency AS Related to AL
cohol and Drugs.
Judge C. A. Pollock Of Fargo was
greeted with a goodly attendance of
the members of the Mems seminar of
the Congregation church which as
usuGl followed the morning service.
The jurfst discussed Methods of In
terpreting the Bible. The speaker
showed the changes which have come
during the past half century in the
methods Of interpreting the holy
scriptures and that in his opinion a
more liberal Interpretation of the
Bible is becoming to be more and
more used by some class of students
and thinkers.
Minnesota people are not drinking
so much beer as formerly, according
to figures just announced by the
United States internal revenue de-
partment. The receipts of the de-
partment since July /, 1911, were ST.
lSl'72S.5S, a decrease OF $253.888.05
from that of the corresponding seven
months of the previous fiscal year.
This falling off extends to all articles
taxed by the government, but by far
the largest decrease is shown In beer.
This tax is levied according to the.
amount Of beer sold by brewers. To-
tai internal revenue collections for
January, 1912, were $1O3, 506.56, and
for January. 1911. s~117.9s4.63.
Tie supreme court handed down a
decision Friday, sustaining the ere
dts tax law. The case went up from
Winona, the Winona Motor Co. claim
ing that it could not be taxed on It's
credits unless it was allowed to deduct
its debts, The supreme court holds
that It was the intention of he legis-
lature to levy q tax of this kind, and
mat there is nothing in the constitu-
ton that prohibits it.
Leslie Welter has returned from
Darcy, N. D., where he went last sat
urday, to address a meeting of rme
on the subject Of potato growing and
selling as there Is a desire to engage
in he growing of potatoes on a. IRIS
scale along the lines Of the enterprises
In Clay county. The meeting was the
outgrowth OF aDmove made by TIE
commercial club Of Darcy which had
become aware of the a~daptability Of
the lands in that part OF Barnes coun-
ty.
Fire about $50 this morning de-
stroyed q building near the Farmers
Home hotel, which was occupied by
Italian laborers in the employ Of the
Great Northern Railroad Co. The
building was practically all destroyed
the occupants managed to save
their clothes and other personal pro-
perry. The fire is said to have START
ed from an oyerheased stove.
a few coiprs were floating to the
breeze in MOorhead today. iii honor Of
the anniversary or I~sincoin'g birthday.
Banks and all public ofEices were clos
ed and the occasion was appropriately
observed In the public schools.
Several prominent farmers about this
and nj R(*tay prf1rfv ~ sea a1ax. fn..tfMAS