The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-04


The Crosby papers are confident of
retaining the county seat Of Divide.
900
The lone oyster that works in the
church stews is having a busy season.
Some of the final appeals Of the
candidates to the voters are pathetic.
900
There were many advocates of ag-
~ricultural schools in several counties.
The possibilities for new counties in
Morton are great-territorially. at
least.
A farmer near Iona complained
that some hunter shot a fine Belgian
horse.
North Dakota was long on rainfall
all right. 1t will help raise a crop
next year.
North Dakota nay on day become
as famous for it's beans as the Michi-
gan country.
An effort is being made to extinguish
the fire in a burning Ignite coal mine
in Billings county;
Some newspapers were forced by
advertising patronage to cut down the
"D SP~SSs
The Ryder News says there is still
an opportunity to squat on a claim on
the Berthold reservation.
900
Several auto clubs and some com
m.rcial clubs are continuing their
efforts to get good roads.
900
Editor Trubshaw of The Coopers-
town Courier advertises he has q piece
of a lady'S wearing apparel.
It was rather remarkable with what
interest some Of the democratic papers
regarded republican, candidates.
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Editor Haskell ran a page photo Of
himself in The Bottineau Courant,
He is a candidate for county judge.
The Journal is now published from
it's own office in Leonard, having
formerly been printed at Sheldon.
The slogan to keep North Dakota
money in North Dakota finds an an
swering echo in the hearts Of the peo-
pie.
The Russell Sentinel man had moth
ing against Roosevelt-but wanted
him to be third in the presidential
race.
Editor Falkenstein of The Bottineau
News was surprised to find he didn't
have a minopoly on suing a certain in
dividual.
The Bowbells fair was postponed in
definitely-and a lady who had pre-
pared an exhibit was very much dis
appointed.
There was a case of attempted sep
arator Wrecking near Langdon. A
piece Of a log chain was placed in a
bundle Of grain.
The editor of The Kindred Tribune
may soon resume his efforts to get
the Great Northern depot out Of the
middle of the street.
Andrew Nelson of Russell tangled
up with a runaway team and was bad
ly disfigured before a doctor could
patch up his countenance.
600
Some Of the editors pleaded with the
voters to do the right thing when they
grasped their ballots in one hand and
a stubby pencil I'm the other.
1t was scarcely reciprocity on the
part of the candidates who old mo-
publish cards in the papers that gave
them liberal editorial mention.
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There is a great reduction in the
chicken population-if all the adver-
tised chicken pie suppers were well at,
tended by people with appetites.
Il The hirSute appendage of one OF thu
candidates for the supreme court ap'
pears to nave worried one of the dep
! uties in a state office at Bismarck.
> 900
The Mandan people still boast o
the record made by the Mandan fir
! department fourteen years ago-s
worlds record-nsyer since broken,
! Housewives are using stools in tn,
kitchen. They can seat thenlselve
! while performing many of their duties
J and the stools save a lot of wear ant
: tear.
: The opposition to Helegesen an,
Young was merely nominal-but TIL
, democratic campaign against Morton
of the Third Congressional distric
. was decidedly active;
Several publishers refused to ad
: vertise travelling quacks-not becazus
: they wanted to create q monopoly TO
] the local docs-who never advertise
but to protect the s public.
North Dakota law may follow tn
example of many other states an
e enact a measure providing for the EN-
ployment of prisoners, both count
and state, on good roads work.
1t is scarcely the custom for an ed
4 itor TO get himself arrested on tn
= charge of libelling people--then pas
the hat for a defense fund-but Mort
: Dakota has one specimen OF this KIN
Y Editor Holbein of The Lansfor
!. Journal evidently assumes it Is a pal
!. Of his duties as secretary of the stat
! press association TO censor and crit
: cize the editorial expressions Of til
newspapers.
q Does the average reader Subscrih
to a pape because of its politics
opinion-or for its news features? A
q occasional man must take the forme
view-bscause now and then some fel
r low writes the editor to stop the pape
because Of political ~statenentss