The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-29
Moorhead Department
EAST SIDE NOTES

Judge @Nye left for the east last
night on his way to Montreal to at
tend the American Bar association
meeting. One of the distinguished
will be Lord Haldane, the lord high
chancellor Of England. the first lord
high chancellor who has left England
on a public mission since Cardinal
Wolsey's time, and he will only be in
this country four days. The subject
Of his address will be The Higher Ma
tionality. If required, Judge Parsons
Of Fergus Falls will attend to any
business which may arise during
Judge Nye's absence.
The private business car Of General
Manager Goodell was attached to-
train No. over the Northern Pacific
this morning. Mr.. Goodell was ac-
companied by party of friends.
Matt Simonitsch was a passenger
to Cleveland, N. D.. this morning to
supervise his harvesting operations
on the big farm he owns In Stutsman
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter H. Peterson and
children left for San Diego this morn
ing.
The open season for school books
and states will begin next Tuesday
morning and will be open for niEe
months. ...
The annual observance of German
day in Minnesota will occur next Sun
day at st. Paul, and on Monday a
grand meeting of delegates from all
German societies in the state will be
held at Mozart hall.
Among the guests at the Comstock
were: Georgia M. Scott Of Toma
hawk, Wis, one of the faculty in the
Moorhead high school; Miss Effie
Meyer of Tomahawk, Wis; Ed Berg
and L. R. Larson Of Decorah, Ia; s.
e. Birch, Halstad Mrs. 6. E. Holland
of Red Lake Falls; Arthur .Kleeberger
of Northfield, and L. j. Bishop and H.
j. Harrison Of Grand Forks. 1>5 ~
A private dinner party at the Hotel
Comstock last night was composed of
Mr.. and Mrs. s. G. Comstock, Miss
Ada Comstock, Miss Jessie Comstock.
Miss Anna Kurth, Portland, Ore, B. F.
Mackall, and Henry Mackall Of Min
neapolis.
AS demonstrated during the past
few days, by the large number of land
seekers who have been in the city,
there is a big demand for Clay county
lands especially farms tributary to
the city, as many of the newcomers
are and have been attracted by the
splendid educational advantages at
their disposal at this crossing of the
Red river.
Ben Wolf. son of Michael Wolf Of
Ada. who has been in the grain busi-
ness in North Dakota for several
years, has just been appointed as sup
erintendent of the Atlantic Elevator
Co.'s line of houses. - .-.- ...~.--
Norman County Herald: At Fergus
Falls-which is a dry town this year
an effort is being made to stop the IL
legal drinking and sale Of liquor. Last
week three men were caught drinking
in an alley and arrested and fined $40
each. Later charge was filed against
the local brewery and $50 fine i'm
posed.
The boys of the high school at Ada
have been rewarded with success in
their experiments which they have
been pursuing this year in the way of
wheat raising. Several varieties were
sown and harvesting and threshing
have been completed and the yields
of the different kinds of wheat were
as follows: Blue Stem, 1874 bushels
to the acre; Marquis Canadian Fife,
80 bushels; Velvet Chaff, 366; and
Red Japanese, 31.4 bushels per acre.
Married by Rev. A. ]. Abbott, Miss
c. l. Griffith of Underwood, N. D., to
r. S. Henderson of Pasadena, Cal.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss D. Griffith of Valley City. The
couple will make their home at Ed
monton. Alberta.
At Halstad a few days ago, while
standing On the side of a grain bin
talking to her husband, Nels Enger,
the structure gave way and she fell
and was covered with the side of the
bin and grain. Mr.. Enger and his son
had to work frantically to release the
woman, who was found to be very
badly bruised, and the services of a,
doctor had to be secured. ..-...
Mrs. Sam Hellelod of Ada is a pa
tient at st. Luke's hospital, Fargo.
At Shelly threshing operations are
progressing rapidly and in another ten
days all the work in that vicinity will
have been completed and men and
horses will be at work plowing. The
yield and quality of the grain is re-
ported to be very satisfactory.
The state treasurer has paid to Ot-
ter Tail county the sum of $18,500 as
the states share toward the building
and maintenance of the hospital for
the treatment Of tuberculosis patients
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