The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-20

Elmer Qualley, was charged witt,
slandering a woman at Finley and wa:
bound over to the district court.
Joseph Two Bear an Indian on the
Totten reservation is charged with
introducing liquor onto the reserva-
tion.
The annual tconvocation of the North
Dakota diocese Of the Episcopal
church will be held at Devils Lake,
May rs to q.
dog at Minot became SO serious that
the police reserves were called out 20
quell the riot.
The State bank O.. Leal shipped a
carload Of Holstein cattle into that
town and sold them to the farmers of
the neighborhood at cost.
Jamestown college will have a big
celebration on the occasion of it's first
commencement week. There will be
corner stone exercises, oratorical con-
tests etc.
Mrs. Katie Schwartz, daughter of
Henry Stammen, ST., Of this city,
passed away at her home at Foxholm,
after an illness Of but foul days from
lockjaw.
Wesley Meeker, aged 6, fell under a
machine used to pack the ground in
the fields. called a packer, at Beach
and escaped death by a miracle. He
was badly cut and bruised.
Robert Menge met a horrible death
fu,alUa Yoilo1 onISSh nf PolAn15 U-hon -.
was SO badly cut under the knives Of
a disc when his team ran away that
he died within a few hours.
The Ohnstedt Manufacturing Co, of
Kenmare, has purchased a complete
foundry equipment and now has one
Of the most complete machine shops
in that section of the state.
There came near being a coal
famine at Knox in the summer time,
but the receipt Of a couple of cars
Of coal by one of the elevator com
panies last week relieved the situa-
ton.
c. A. Price, who claimed to be an
organizer for the Owl lodge, left Valley
City very suddenly with considerable
cash; collected from charter members
of q nest" that was to be instituted
there.
Ben Marssillo was seriously injur-
ed at the n. P. round house Sunday
afternoon when he was badly crushed
between an engine and a post. He
was rushed to Brainerd and has a
chance to recover.
H. McCumber, a M~arstonmoor
farmer has planted twenty acres Of
corn from seed grown on his place,
and selected while the grain, was soft.
1t hardened and tested almost 100 per
cent termination qualities.
Miss Marion Aneta Whitson. 3 wear
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. w.
WhitSon, while playing on a wagon
Of straw back Of the city hall at VAL
ley City Saturday afternoon, slipped
off and broke her leg below the knee.
A physician was called and at last re-
ports h was getting along nicely.
Florence Atkinson, little 3 year old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Amin
son met with what might have been a
serious accident Saturday afternoon
at Valley City, when she fell from
her chair with a tumbler in her hand
breaking the glass and cutting her
nose almost in two, a doctor was sum-
moned and took a few stitches and she
will escape with but a few scars.
Automobile owners over the state
are applying for licenses more rapidly
than they did last year., and so far the
secretary of state has issued nearly
5000 licenses, while up to the first Of
June last year less than 1000 had
been issued. Last year was the first
year the law was in effect in the state,
and the owners were not as accustom-
ed to h law as they are this year.
Insurance Commissioner Taylor has
mailed out all Of the insurance state
ments to be published this year. Two
years g the legislature changed the
law extending a months time to the
with the commissioner, but the alb
stracts have now all been completed
so that they will reach the news
papers about as early this year as in
years under the old law.
Knox Advocates: We have been a
little busy this week with farming,
| assessing, and trying to edit a news
paper, and have not made much of a
success of any of it, but we hope to
get down to business SOC and when
we do we want you all to come a
running with you subscriptions, for
the only thing we lack is about 200
new subscribers and we are going to
get them, If inducements will have any
effect.
Woodwork Rust1er: The Rustler is
a day behind time this week owing
to the editor being called to James,
town to answer to a charge of criminal
libel by States Attorney Chase, DIR.
M. O.. Hunter, the Minnesota dentist,
bringing the charge. We had our
preliminary hearing Wednesday morn
ing and waived examination and was
bound over to the next term of court.
men and arrived home Thursday
morning and got busy getting this rag
of freedom out. We are not worrying
over the outcome of the case. Mrs.
| Wright accompanied us on the trip.
Hans Skaug, a prosperous farmer
from four miles north Of Minot has
struck the right gait. He has eight
| good mich cows and he takes the
milk to the Minot restaurants every
day. In one year these COWS pro-
duced $1,356 worth Of milk, which
doesn't make a bad income. Mr..
Skaug raises practically all the feed
the cows need, besides he has good
crope of grain. Mr.. Skaug keeps busy
every day of the year but as q mat
ter of fact that is about the only way
a North Dakota farmer a make a
success. Mr.. Skaug says he tried for
years to make 1t go by working five
months IN the year, but he had to
give 1t up.