The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-06
North Dakota
Kernels

Kernels
Consolidation in the county schools
is urged in a letter sent to the county
superintendent of the state by N. c..
Mcdonald, state inspector.
Charles Frazier, jr., who Is visiting
Mandan from Lethbridge, Can, at the
home of Tom Rodman, sustained a
fractured leg when he was thrown
from a horse. q -
Registration for the Fort Peck lands
to date at all points total less than
10000 which Is several thousand less
than at any. previous registration
within the last ten years.
Elmer Francis. a pioneer resident Of
Ward county, died at the Rochester,
Mimi, hospital. An operation for kid
ney trouble failed to bring the relief
anticipated. Mr.. Francis resided in
Ward county thirty three years.
The second death resulted from the
accidental drinking of carbollc acid by
Oscar Fosse and Ear Conrad in Stan
ley, Conrad dying after several days
fight with death. Fosse died within
fifteen minutes of the accident.
George Mcknight fell through the
separator of a threshing rig. The vic
tim was taken to Devils Lake and is
receiving treatment at the General
hospital. A broken arm and injuries
to the face and chest were sustained.
Tony Neva of Kensal, took his lit
tie daughter to Valley City to receive
trnn fY1nr m ~ fhn Lne.stal AI--4 g.,
poisoning. One of the lower limbs Of
the little girl is infected. 1t is thought
she was bitten by a snake or some
poisonous insect.
1t has been rumored that the north
ern division headquarters of the Great
Northern at Crookston would be NOV
ed to Grand Forks and the Dakota
division headquarters would be
changed from Grand Forks to Devils
Lake. 1t was also rumored that there
would be readjuStnents@ west, Which
would eliminate one division point.
Ten persons arrested during the re-.
cent l. w. w. riots at Minot will be
tried on charges of ~obstructing offic-
ers In the performance OF their duty
when the October term Of court is
convened. The ten are now under ST.
600 bonds each. They are Mrs. Alice
Parish Fred Moren, ]. Pepper, H. Mil
Ter, J. Marseile, G. Hauer, C. Berg,
William .Bosinger, Joe Murphy ana
Oscar Anderson.
The remain of Benjamin Lang, who
died Sept. s at the general hospital at
Winnipeg after a short illness, were
sent south to his old home in Rock
Lake, N. D., for interment in the
family plot. His widow, father and
brother accompanied the remains. The
National Elevator Co. of. which Mr..
Lang was a trusted employee. sent a
beautiful wreath, as did many friends
from the grain exchange.
Ivor Skarri, whose fondness for in
specting cemeteries led to his confne-
ment in the county Jail at Grand
Forks a month ago pending an inves-
tigation into his sanity, was released.
The county. insanity board decided
hat the self-styled cemetery inSpec-
tor was perfectly harmless, and as
the confinement was telling on his
seneral health it was decided to re-
lease him pending a further investiga-
ton Of the case.
Tcof. E. J. Babcock Of the univer-
sity school of mines, has left for
Pennsylvania and other eastern
SN~NSSB iAS AAC "4ll llldhS d SIuuN ia
Ignite coal and methods of develop
ing 1T and its. products. He will. visit
some OF the larger mining towns and
meet with some of the eastern authori-
ties on the subject. He is recognized
as an authority on briquetting Ignite
coal and recently made Investigations
at the plant beinp installed in MinJt.
He will be absent until the opening nf
the state university.
During a high wind a large load Of
straw that was being hauled from the
Pendray Bros. threshing machine
caught fire at the Richard Pendray
farm near Eldridge and for a short
lime threatened to destroy the outfit.
~ the combined efforts of the crew
the blaze was extinguished without
serious loss. The engineer was burn
ed about the hands trying to save the
engine belt, while the belt was some
what damaged. The burning straw
was dragged away from the thresher,
and the horses were not injured.
A hat, supposed to have been that
worn by Matt Begovitch, when he
was fatally injured in the freight
wreck near Eldridge, was discover
ed Thursday when the men were
cleaning up the debris. A close watch
is being kept by a force at work
cleaning UP the wreckage for any
ether bodies which might be CON
cealed among the broken timbers
and miscellaneous wreckage. 1t was
understood that there were three or
four men in the train but only two
have been accounted for so far.
To eat green corn from the cob
| place a COB of butter on the left cheek
on a line and about half way between
the lobe of the ear and the point of
the nose; grab the cob as though
initiating a Dutchman with a piccolo
and slide it through the butter into
the left corner of the mouth; chew as
you slide it along, being careful not
to get the left thumb into the jaw
gears; when the enc of the cob is
reached, push forward on both thumbs
until cob is removed from contact with
the face; turn cob one quarter turn
and proceed as before.
The Fort Berthold reservation will
soon haVe5a telephone line. E. B. Ba-
ker, who is interested in a large store
at .Parshall, several miles north of
the line and west Of Plaza. is to be.
in charge Of the Wcrk. Mr.. Baker has
the distinction Of having put through
the first telephone line in the United
States - in Connecticut. When the
Bell company bought out his holdings,
he entered their employ n was sent
west to superintend the building of
new lines. Some time ago he, retired
and was placed on an annual pension
from the company Of 1880. The
line he will put through the reserva-
ton is being financed by the Bell Tele-
phone &c. he sbejnp in; 9nfiya aha rpa