The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-22

FARGO FORUM AND DAHL,
North Dakota
/ Kernels
Sam I. Dahl of Neville lost his
separator by fire.
A new bridge was built across Duck
creek, near Hettinger.
North Dakota property is the best
investment that can be made.
The commission form Of govern
ment vas defeated at Beach by a vote
Of 155 to rs.
A grounded wire between every fifth
fence post would save a lot of stock
from lightning in North Dakota.
Will McCleery's fine farm house,
three miles northeast Of Pingree, was
destroyed by fire about 9 a. m. Thurs
day.
A baby contest is to be one of the
features of the Golden Valley County
fair to be held at Beach Sept. 20, "a,
rs nj 20.
No trace Of the horses or thieves as
been found as yet since the theft Of q
fine team near Hartland belonging to
George Johnson.
FTi,~ ~ ~y,~~n TIn,s4r, ~..-las.~~ L.
shipping fruit by the car load into
some sections Of the state, to be dis
tributed at wholesale prices.
South Dakota thresher owners nave
done quite a business on this side of
the line this year, especially in the
southwest corner Of the state.
The heart of The Hettinger Journal
editor was made glad by some friend
in Stanfeld, Ore, who sent him a
crate Of the famous Stanield peaches.
White, the former county auditor of
Dickinson who is serving three years
In state prison for embezzlement Of
county funds, may be paroled next
Christmas.
The work Of Prof. A. H. Taylor OF
the state university in connection with
wireless telegraphy is treated at some
length in the current number of The
Literary Digest.
T. ]. Hagen has resigned the office
Of city assessor to which he was re-
Gently appointed, and will leave Oct.
l for Sharon, N. D.. where he will be-
come cashier Of the Citizens State
bank.
Hamilton, N. D., Sept. 22.-John A.
Eastman, a resident of the Hamilton
district since 1880, prominent as a
farmer, and who for over fifty years
was a member of the Methodist
church, is dead.
The Kensal Journal sees a bright
future for fruit growing in North Da-
kota and speaks a good word for the
nursery men who have pioneered in
the state, spending a lot of money In
experiments, etc.
With the prospect Of a larger dis
play and a greatly increased number
of exhibitors arrangements are already
being made for the big corn show to
be held in Fargo during the tr~i-state
convention in January.
Every daily newspaper is aware
that it has shortcomings. Owing to
the tremendous speed necessary in
Throwing it together, and the terrific
strain under which it's employees labor,
the wonder is however that so few er-
rors are made.
H. H. Stratton, alleged gunman, who
was arrested in Minot following two
daring holdups in Portal, Monday
night, then taken to Portal for a pre-
liminary hearing, is back again in
Minot to await trial under $500
bonds at the next term of district
court for Burke county.
In spite of the fact that North Da-
kota has raised its banner crop Of corn
into stock raising, dairying and other
kinds of diversified farming, the state
will raise almost az much spring
wheat as the X two leading spring
wheat states combined. And it's not
a good spring wheat year at that.
The North Dakota democrats are
having an awful time getting the
patronage distributed. Some day this
unseemly "pie-grabbing' stunt will be
r~elegated to the junkpile with the rest
of the old fogy ideas-and the sooner
nat Inn comes and the professional
politicians are wiped off the earth-or
made to earn their Biving-the better
for the public.
Notice has been sent to Judge Muir
ray Of the Ward county court by Sup
e~rintendent Hotchkiss of the state
hospital for the insane that Ernest
Wilke, sent to that institution in 1907
by Ward county, escaped from the
grounds Of the asylum while at work
alone, on Sept. 10, and is still at large
although determined efforts are being
made to find the man.
James TqVlOr Tnpnoonr Nf +bo ca
Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co.'s
house in Cando. sustained a. very
painful accident while at work. Mr.
Taylor was compelled to inspect a
part Of the machinery, and while do
ing so, the ladder on which he was
standing suddenly slipped from under
him, and he was thrown to the floor.
with sufficient force to break his wrist.
jamestown college is again in full
swing with renewed enthusiasm and
vigor. The enrolment of this year
shows a considerable increase over
that Of last year. With the new ad-
ditions to the faculty and the COM
plet1on of the new science hall the
work of the students will be greatly
Facilitated. Everything seems to point
to a successful year in every depart
ment of the college.
Monday was Corn day. at Medina
: and some fine samples were on exhibit
: at the German American State bank,
which gave the prizes. The entry list