The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-10
Moorhead Department

at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Paul
son, 32f Eighth street south. The Wis
itors arrived today from Luck, Wis,
and at the conclusion Of the stay in
Moorhead they will go to U1en for a
visit. !
d. w. Meeker was an arrival from
the lakes last evening and today he
was renewing old time acquaintance.
TIL repairing of the overhead wires
of the street railway at the junction OF
Sixth and Front. streets was in prog
system Of transfers on the normal
school and courthouse loops.
County Agent F. r. Johnson of OF
ter Tail county returned Wednesday
from Wisconsin. where he went in
company with Albert Knutson, who
resides In Erhards Grove, to buy a
carload of blooded Holstein cattle for
the farmers In the neighborhood of
Pelican Rapids and Erhard. The pur-
chase marks the beginning of a move
ment to improve the stock of this
c~ounty-a movement that is going to
bring in large returns in the not very
distant future.
Formal notices have not yet been
received by local members. but it is
expected that the next meeting of the
Becker-C1ay County Medical society
will be held the last Monday in the
| present month, and probably in this
city.
Among the visitors in town was
States Attorney Loiche of Trail
county. North Dakota, who made a.
call on Attorney Johnson.
B. F. Mackall, senior warden of st.
johns Episcopal church, nounc
today that the new rector-elect, Rev.
w. G. PURGE. will arrive in the city
this evening OF tomorrow morning,
and that services will he held in the
church sunday next. in the morning at
1890 with a celebration of holy COM
munion. Sunday school at the close
Of the morning service and there will
be evening service at 1880 o'clock.
Sheriff Billings of Fergus Falls has
returned there from a trip around the
county Monday afternoon, having gone
over the Northern Pacific through the
Perham country n home by way of
Moorhead. He reports high water
everywhere. In the B1uffton coun-
try, the Leaf river has overlooked
the lowlands. and haystacks are stand
ing In water, while up around Lawn
dale, beyond Rothsay, there is a large
river flowing across the prairies, and
ne does not know but what there
might be opportunities for power
49, hlS hhS Gel IdlAlIN DScu
a wet year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Glaum of Detroit,
Mimi, received work the first of the
week Of the serious illness of their
daughter, Mrs. c. J. Englund, Of Sem
ttnel Butte, n. D., who is very i'll
from apparent symptoms of typhoid
fever.
One potato grower at Halstad rent
ed what Is known as the schoolhouse
tract, just four acres, and kept ac-
curate account of the expenses incl
dent to the planting of the land with
potatoes including the one Of $50 for
the rent of the land. The net profit
from four acres was $184.24. nearly
$50 to the acre. Thirty bushels from
the crop, sold for early eating stock
We're sold at 70 cents a bushel. the
remainder Of the crop at 43 cents d
hushel. 1t cost So to market the
crop.
There is friction at Halstad over
the erection Of a potato warehouse.
NH. J. Harris and tombstone WAGNER
nave returned from WinOna where
they attended the big good roads con-
ventlon as delegates from the com
merclaI cl4o Of Moorhead. AS chair
TO the commercial club at it's next
meeting. Some good work was done
ana the papers and addresses were
tnoroughly instructive and full of prac-
t1cal Ideas. The gospel of good roads
was given a good and lasting boost
and 1t is to be carried to every nook
and corner of the state.
For some time it has been alleged
that there has been too much of tax
ing the law into their own hands by a.
certain class of professional bruisers,
who work as walters in restaurants in
the vicinity of the north bridge, and
the Justices are determined to put a
stop to the practice of ~purposely i'll
using men who are partially intoxi-
Gated and go into the places for meals.
Last night II. Hague, a waiter at the
HoWard lunch counter, was beautifully
caught In the exercise Of brutality to
an unfortunate who did not happen to
please the lordly waiter and he was
marched off to police headquarters
where he was made to pay a fine of
$40 for assault. 1t is alleged that the
manner in which Hague was treating
his victim he did not seem to care
whether he killed him or not. 1t Is UNI
derstood the proprietors have given
the waiter his walking papers.
The rain delayed the departure of the
Moorhead visitors to Casselton, but
but they expect to leave tomorrow
morning.