The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-14

! named the white city" but does no
tell why.
The yield Of rye at Spring Butte Il
Adams county averaged 17B bushel
to the acre.
The Farmers Grain & Trading &c
have leased the Thorpe elevator prop
= erty in Minor.
Three schoolhouses are being erect
ed in the; Twin Valley school district
In Mckenzie county.
The Press which has been issued fol
a few months at Dawson, has beer
moved to Pettibone.
Lake Metigoshe Is a popular week
end resort for Rugby and Towner peo.
pie who enjoy the shores and the band
concerts.
A civic improvement at Oakdale
near Dickinson is the erection Of a
town hall to be used for public and
social gatherings. r'
A butcher at Hebron, who narrowly
escaped fatal accident. sent draft
for $25' to an orphans home in Fargo
as thanks offering.
The press boys seem to appreciate
| copies of the fish and game laws sent
to them by the secrtary of the board
Of game commissioners.
Additional mail service has been es-
tablished between Wahpeton and Mil
nor and it is highly appreciated by
business men of both towns. -
! A farmer near Kensall has one field
Of 270 acres of oats the yield of which
is estimated at seventy five bushels to
| the acre and the standard weight per
| bushel.
| According to some items in the state
press, this is the open season for hay
fever and people are hiking hither and
| yon to make a change of conditions
and climate.
During the month of July the out
put of butter from the Drake creamery
amounted to $2,S00. Half of the
money was paid to farmers in the COM
munity for cream.
A new lodge of the A. F. & A. M. has
been Instituted at Litchville, the grand
| master Of the state conducting the
ceremonies, assisted by brethren of the
.'oSSS O. eAAiCS lily
Sharpers are working" the rural
communities by selling all kinds of oil
by sample, asking an advance pay
ment as matter of good faith-the
goods ordered never show up.
The court docket was mislaid at
Minot and delayed several cases while
Judge John Lynch and all the court
officials ransacked the city hall from
top to bottom. 1t was finally found.
Litchville Bulletin: Kathryn shipped
334 cars of grain during the year end
ing July 81. All but one carload was
handled by the elevator. This is a
little less than half Of what Litchville
shipped.
Farmers in Mckenzie county are CO.
operating in the interest of the thFesh-
ing Of their crops this fall, in the en-
deavor to overcome some of the bitter
experiences which they encountered
last year.
A young wild duck, fully feathered
except it's wings, was found by John
Peterson of Edinbure in Mis- barnyard
one day last week. Mr. Peterson plac-
ed it in the chicken yard, where it ap-
pears contented.
Adams County Record: Chas S.
Coppock had a field of corn practically
matured Aug. Z. In fact he expects to
begin picking seed corn within a week
now. Quick maturing corn is what is
needed in this country.
The American at Ant1er says there
were not enough lots to go around in
the original plat of the Mouse River
y,o 4 n% FIo -
and it will be necessary to purchase
another tract of land to accommodate
those wanting lots.
Postoffice inspectors have informed
States Attorney Converse of McKen- |
zie county that rural mail carriers |
must not carry Intoxicating liquors
while they have mail matter in their |
custody for delivery or dispatch.
Golden Valley county is now doing
business with it's own set of books The |
Abstract and Title Co. having finished !
the work of transcribing the records
Of old Billings county. delivered the |
books to this. county Tuesday. There |
were 1887 instruments in the record |
and the company received $4,052.72 for |
it's labor. -as H.. N0-'
r. Id " dIhlnS Oh sCne state ENFORCE |
ment league Is author OF the state |
ment that more than, 5000 slot ma |
chimes have been shipped out of the |
state in the past few months. This is |
owing to the fact that the gambling !
law passed at the last session of the |
legislature made it misdemeanor to |
have any kind of gambling device in
the state. D. ..te.s=E +
plete destruction when fire destroyed |
the Blanchard Mercantile store and the /
Great Western elevator shortly after |
midnight Saturday night. The Blan- |
chard hotel was badly scorched by the
heat and considerable glass in the win |
dows of that structure was destroyed. |
The heroic efforts of the bucket bri- |
gade saved the building.
One of the best rains of the season |
visited Hettinger Aug 6. 1t rained |
steadily for several hours and gave 7
the country considerable much needed |
moisture. The weather had been ex-
tremely dry and hot for several days
and change was needed, corn gar
den stuff and late crops having begun
to show the effects of the unfavorable |
conditions that had prevailed. "
The Baum & White farm of 1850 |
acres, near Wimbledon, has been sold |
to illinois parties, who will take pos
session this fall or next year. A VIM
bledon firm, the Dennstedt Land Co., |
consummated the sale. The new own
ers will divide the farm into four
farms of equal amount. All the new
owners are experienced farmers, and |