The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27


and making other improvements to
the mill and otherwise getting ready
for the big new years business.
AS a grain market Shields, Morton
county, has the advantage over the
neighboring towns north and west as
there is a down grade and good roads
from practically every direction.
Morris Carlson met with an accident
at Wade Tuesday evening of having
the little finger on his right hand cut
off while adjusting mower sickle
The adjoining finger was also nearly
severed.
According to their recent state
ments Of conditions the two nationa'
banks at Wimbledon show deposit
lines amounting to $215,921 and loans
and discounts $191, ,101-agures before
the fell movement Of wheat began.
Nearly a decade ago samples Of high
grade writing papers were being ex-
hibited in eastern centcrS and at Far
go, which we're made from pulp man
ufacturcd from fat fiber made in fat
fiber mills then in operation in Fargo
a tennis tournament was in prog
rcss IN Crosby during the week, and
the players from out of town who par
ticipated in the events were Messrs
Mcintyre, White, Peterson and
Schmidt of Donnybrook. The visitors
captured all the prizes .-...
r r. Babcock, in charge of the Ger
cal work, and Arthur Ogaard, carrying
on dry farming experiments at the
sub experiment station at Williston
left Sunday for North Platte. Neb, to
attend q meeting. of the Great Plains
Cooperative Experiment association.
The WiIliston land office has receiv-
ed official notice of the opening o1
additional lands under the enlarged
homestead act, recently made by tht
department of the interior By this
order the office is now authorized tt
receive additional entries under this
act. Already a number of filings have
been made for land thus opened fol
entry in this district.
7 The Enterprise at Shields says the
hot weather the past ten days i!
maturing corn fast, although the hal
Monday stripped the stalks in places
With frost holding off a few moro
days the corn crop is safe. While
the past month has been little dry
yet all corn is cared out nicely ant
southern Morton county will harves
the biggest corn crop in its history.
The stock yard building crew of tht
Great Northern art at New Rockford
and the work of erecting the stocl
yards has commenced. The yards will
| be immense ones with thirty eigh
chutes, and will accommodate from
| sixty to seventy car loads of stock
Primarily the stock yards will besuset
for the feeding of stock in transit from
| Montana andEwestern North Dakota t.
| the eastern markets. 'sa
Last fal! A. J. Robinson, near VIII
liston, hauled few loads of manur
out on to his ffefd and spread it witt
a fork. Ever since the grain Iirst cam
out of the ground this spring tha
which was sowp on this spot of fertiliz
ed land has been way ahead Of the re
mainder of the field. Stronger an,
higher stalks, with longer and heavie
| heads is the result of the time spen
| in spreading the manure over the field
! Harvesting is over, threshing begu
/ and the first new wheat of the seaso
| marketed at Shields was handed in
| week ago by Harry L. Benson to tn
! Empire elevator. 1t graded No. /, an
he received "A cents per bushel for til
/ load Manager Doughty Of the elevate
| says that he expects that PRACTICAL
all the wheat in this territory wi
grade No, 1, and that he is now pre-
pared to receive grain as fast as !
4 can be hauled in.
The heaviest rain and electrica
storm at Williston and vicinity 70
many years struck there about l
o'clock Monday night last week and a
1 a result considerable damage was don
by the heavy rainfall, and also the hal
which accompanied the storm. Durin
the hour or more that the storm rage
i2.72 inches of rain fell, the larges
4 amount Of water falling in SO short
| time in the history of the local wealth
er bureau. AT the experiment @tatio
a mile from town over inches wa
|recorded. The streets looked like irri
| cation canals, the water running owe
/ the curbs in many parts of the bust
1 ness section, and in the residence por
tons many easements were flooded
4 The Chronicle at Cavalier views til
state from this angle. For year
i North Dakota has led the processio
i of states in the construction OF rail
road mileage and it, will continue
4 be in the van of the parade in 191
A When the year closes the state wi
show a railroad mileage. in excess (
6,O00 miles. 1t is but a short time az
4 that North Lakota was considered
4 frontier state with little developemei
\ and blitfa small strip of ariable Ian
4 Now tSIlas become a vast. empire pei
pied with 100000 prosperous peopl
q millions of acres of fertile land und,
Il the plow, thriving cities and Thousand
of miles Of railroad reaching eyel
q county In the sta ate. y ss