The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-18


The little daughter of James Dona-
hue of Lawton was kicked in the
stomach by a horse but has a chance
to recover.
Velva people heard a mysterious re-
>ort, like a heavy explosion of dyna-
mite. and are having a hard time To-
eating the cause.
The Old Settlers association OF Nc
Henry county will have their annual
picnic on the picnic grounds near the
Koto bridge on June 10, 90 and Fl.
A big crowd of young people autoed
from Dickinson to a farm near Bel
field n were caught by a storm that
Kept them at the farm two days.
Needless to say they had the time Of
their lives.
Rev. o. j. Akre, who for just six
years has been the pastor # the Synod
served four congregations around
there, has just recently handed in his
resignation.
A 2-year-old bull belonging to A. Il.
ARNOLD tried conclusions with an auto,
the bull was killed while the auto
came off vita no other injury han a
bent fender.
Save the Babies, is the latest slogan
of Uncle Sam, and many North Dako-
te have received bulletins from
the children's bureau of the new de-
partment of labor, telling how to save
the babies lives.
Uncle Sam is having q hard time
getting recruits for the army and navy.
To North Dakotans this is no surpris-
ing thing. Opportunities are SO great
here in civil life that the inducements
held out by army life are of very low
pulling power.
The Devils Lake Inter Ocean thinks
that there will be a big scrap between
Gronna and the Tom Marshall forces
when Gronna runs for reelection to
the senate in 1914 and fears that be-
cause of the Gronna-Marshall feud a
"stalwart" may slip into the Office.
The Golden Valley Progress, Vol. 1,
Nc. l, was published last Friday at
Beach. The editors are Pierce Egan
and r, o. Zollinger,, and the first issue
gives promise of a splendid future for
the paper. 1t Is well edited, we'll
printed and well p~atronized. The For
UNI wishes the newcomer a long and
prosperous career.
Williston Graphic: A freight brake
man running east from here says that
the heavy wind Tuesday took the roof
off of three cars in the train while it
was in motion. The train was running
about 40 miles, al hour ct the time
Iagainst the gale, which was blowing
some. The train crew kept pretty
much inside their caboose To keep from
being blown away.
AhEEE. #F MFEE8ALs&-.gE
Must be getting dry out on the slope.
according to the following form The
Dunn County News; Every day it is
getting harder for those with an un-
quenchable thirst to get their "little
brown jug" Even the distillers OF
snake juice" in old Kentucky are re-
turning drafts and money orders sent
them, claiming that the railroads re-
fuse their shipments. Seemingly, the
Webb law is having some good eff
feet.
A log cabin hotel of two rooms
where James J. Hill in 1873 "bunked'
with thirteen other men, is being RACED
In Grand Forks. 1t served as the first
MOTEL in Grand Forks, and sheltered
Hill when he was prospecting through
this district for the location Of the
Great Northern railroad. Night after
night this pioneer hotel was allied to
the garrett. With hunks arranged
along the walls, the men would be
compeIled to sleep in pairs. 1t served
$ a hosiery only three years, and
during that same period 1T was the
ostotf1ge, the stagecoach station, town
hall and town church. The capacity
he eIty's present hotels lis just 1.40C
| times as great as was that OF its first
hotel, which thirty-fiye years ago was
sufficient to care for all that came to
the state.
Schafer Record: How to cross the
Missouri river In an emergency was
demonstrated in the early days oi
mckenzie county by a calf-rustlel
who found himself about to be sur
rounded by a posse of irate ranchers
in the Missouri bottom near Goodall
According to the law of the range
any one found guilty of rustling stock
was compelled to swing at the lower
n end Of about six feet Of rope. The
rustier was travelling with wager
and team as the ranchers were about
tn close In on him. He had lived In
the west long enough to know some.
thing of the certainty of cowboy
Ijustice. The rope would not fail ii
he were caught. Under the circum.
stances, lit was a choice between rope
and river. OF the two he chose the
river. He drove into the stream ant
compelled the horses to swim, draw.
ling the wagon after them. He him
self enjoyed a boat ride in the wager
bed, The experiment proved sue.
TeSsfiff FIa reached the other Rids