The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-14
North Dakota
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Kernels
The district court for Mercer count
will be called to order at Stanton Nov
II.
1t is said that more buckwheat i
going to be raised in the northwestern
part OF the state-as feed for stock.
The Junior and senior girls in tn,
Grafton high school, who are learnin,
cooking advertise their sales of good
they place on sale.
Large numbers Of Scandinavian
will spend Thanksgiving and Christ.
mas on the other side Of the Atlantic
with the old folks at home.
Grafton contributed literally of It'll
population to witness the dedication
ceremonies and opening of the new
Pembina county courthouse at Cava.
lier.
An Aplin local says: Corn husk.
ing Is the order Of the day in that
vicinity" This is certainly All itet,
worthy of publication, says a Mercer
county paper.
The State Firemen's association
will have a bin prepared for the next
legislature to provide severe penalties
IN the case Of Interference with fire
fighting apparatus.
The Star does not comment favor
ably on the roads leading into the
town of Rolla and intimates that bad
ly Kept highways interfere with bust
ness-of course it does.
Across the front page Of the cur
rent issue Of The Williams County
Mixer, published at Cottonwood Lake,
Is this line, the weather warm and
the ground is again thawing OUT.
The poultry of the state is rapidly
leaving the farmers hands and is be-
ing shipped TO the cold storage men
who have forces of oily tongued buy-
ers at work in every centre in the
state.
Elmo Brynjolfson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Q. B. Brynjolfson of Willow City,
was shot while out hunting. While
walking along the creek looking for
ducks the gun was accidentally dis
charged and the charge struck him in
the tleshy part of the leg.
A big Degree of Honor district con-
VentiOn was held at Lakota last We'd
nesday. The district comprises Devils
Lake. Cando, Aneta, Sarles and Lako-
ia. The feature of the meeting was a
programme given by the drill team
from Devils Lake.
Nels w. Hawkihson, who used to
travel the state selling D etc. to
owns a big stock farm in Rolette
county. He has recently added a car
load of young stock to his herds. He
has recently fenced his farm.
Mercer County Republican: The
rails were laid into Hazen on the
Knife river branch on Tuesday, and
now you a get on the train at that
thriving metropolis and go to any
place except Olanta and one can 60
there inside of three weeks, if the
weather permits.
The new consolidated school build
ing of st. Croix district will be dedi-
Gated Friday, Nov. IA. with fitting
ceremonies. State Rural School In
spector Mcdonald will be present and
deliver the principal address,. Other
speeches will be made by the officers
and directors, teachers and pupils of
the school. The Regent band and or
chestra will furnish the music.
Owing to confusion at the switotl-
board the f1remen at Rugby were de-
layed in finding the location Of the fire
could have arrived with their usual
promptness they could have saved
most Of the building. The fire was
rapidly eXtinguished, however. when
the water was in operation. A small
house with all Of the contents, includ-
ing 500 in money, were destroyed.
With two pillow shares piercing her
right side to a depth OF three or four
inches and with all her clothing torn
from her body, Mataline Schneider. II
years old, was found under the plow'
she had been operating on her uncle's
farm near Brazil, Pierce county, a few
days ago The girl had fallen into
the triple gang pillow and was dragged
several rods before the horses were
stopped. She died three hours later.
David JWzeler Of Broncho, in the
western part Of Mercer county, is
credited with establishing a precedent
in the care and disposition of corn
fodder. This year he raised about ten
acres of good corn and let it get ripe
before cutting 1t. 1t was then allowed
to dry and was then run through a.
threshing machine with only one set
Of concaves remaining in the machine,
The stalks were shredded and the
corn on the stalks was nicely shelled
and separated from the shredded corn
fodder. He will feed the fodder TO his
cattle and sheep, and the shelled corn
will be used to fatten a carload Of
hogs.
Peter Slingsby of Williston may fall
heir to a part of the famous Slingsby
estate of England. His father, who
died several years ago, came to Can
ada when the children were very small
and who later came to Williston to
reside, always told his son that there
was money in England which would
be his some: day. The litigation over
the famous Slingsby baby case mas
again opened and IL it can be estab-
lished that it was a. case of substitu-
ton, as the England lawyers are try
ing to prove, the 81, 100000 income
which now goes to Lieutenant Slings-
by will at his death go to a younger
branch Of the family.
Grand Forks Times: The national
dairy show, recently held in Chicago,
was one Of the most successful ever
held, according to H. K. Geist of this
city, who has just returned from the
convention of ice cream makers held
in connection with the show. The
main object of the show Is to co-or-
dinate the interests Of cattle breeders,
milk dealers, butter and cheese man
~ufacturers, etc. For this reason q
number of sectional meetings are held
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