The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-03

Dickinson has a children's play
ground committee which is doing a
| good work,
The grain crops tributary to Cassei-
ton are reported satisfactory, but not
bumper crops.
The blacksmith at Adams has made
a large round bottomed ZOE in which
he intends to hun ducks In this fall.
The law for prevention Of noxious
weeds requires that a copy of the
law be posted on every threshing ma
chine operated in the state.
Six to ten cars of grain are being
| shipped every day from Hiilsboro and
yet some Of the elevators have a hard
task to find room for the grain COM
ing in.
Traill county lands are assessed
| the second highest of any in the state,
the state board Of equalization, in
session at Grand Forks, fixing the
assessment at $7.43 an acre. Cass
county is first with value fixed there
at $T.S5 an acre.
hi creamery at Adams has closed
down for the season after doing a
| InuCn larger business tIdn any uSllGi
year previous. The farmers like the
business and have promised to in
crease their herds of milch cows which
have proven profitable.
A moving picture show circuit has
been arranged to cover the following
towns: Forest River, Fordville. Ian
kin, Adams, Fairdale, Egeland, Bis
bee. Churchs Ferry. Crary, Michigan,
TnESro~ anI Conway Shnu-inG tNyiNn
a month in each town.
There is much more talk among
farmers tributary to Wyndmere now
about machine sheds and the housing
of machinery than ever before. The
saving in taking proper care OF ma
chinery Is beginning to be realized as
a fact, and q necessity.
A man whose name was found from
papers on him to be ]. N. Taylor was
found dead near Tower City, on the
railroad a few days ago. There has
been no claimant for the body and il
has not been determined whether
Taylor was killed by the train or
murdered.
Ffngal Enger, pioneer OF Steele coun-
~. passed away q few days 6 at the
age Of so years. He settled on the
Goose river in 1871. His first wheat
crops we're hauled to Fargo. which
then furnished -four to Winnipeg and
the people who went north in Red river
fat boats, Mr.. Enger owned twenty
six sections of farm land and repre-
sented his district in the legislature
1891 to 1897.
Delirium tremens was the cause
: Of the desire of Oscar Johnson, ot
Northwood. to live in a tree, in thu
opinion Of the Grand Forks count
insanity board which ordered John
sons release from the county Jail
Judge Hassel decided before he lef'
for his vacation that Johnson wa;
merely seeing squirrels instead o.
snakes, and his view of the matter
was confirmed by the other member:
of the board.
Isaac Bohle, who left his home il
; Flsxton on June rs for a visit in tn,
: twin cities and his former home nea
= Racine. Wis, has not been heard r
since, and search instituted by friend
: has failed to reveal n trace of him
i Bohle left Minot the day following hi
departure from h city, and it /
supposed that he went direct to Min
neapolis from there. Bohle made hi
e home at Flaxton for several years an
44NS SNAAS4SNA ~SAS E4SRS~
there,
z In 1907 Paul Gwyther Of Fort Rice
Morton county purchased a team, on
OF which died. The other was brand
e ed and turned out on the range.
was not seen again by the owner unit
/ IL has just been located in Hebron i
:, the possession Of a Russian farme
5 near here, who claimed he took it u
e and after advertising ii retained pos
session. Officials will investigate tn
j. case and may prosecute the mar VIII
e has had the free use of the horse 70
( six seasons.
]. A. Curl. Of Clinton, Ill. is Z
e Hilsboro supervising threshing on hi
farm near Taft, tenanted by L 7
Il Mundorf. The Banner says MT. Cul
is well pleased with this years GRO
y and especially SO with a fifteen acr
< patch near his buildings that has bee
;. cropped only two years. From thes
fifteen acres he secured a yield
$500 bushels Of wheat, or over )
bushels to the acre. The grain We
OF extra fine quality. the kernels bein
plump and hard.
e Judge Bagstad OF Hillshoro issued
: marriage license recently to Andre
4 Borstad. of Fort Tptten, and Nj:
> Anne LiIlen1oe, who lately arrived
Il this city from Norway. The coup
, were lovers in Norway years ago, II
- bridegroom coming to this countE
five years & to prepare 8 HON
He took a claim on the Fort Tote
reservation and is now the owner
q splendid farm and several head
20 livestock. He felt lonesome witt
"a out his sweetheart and sent for b,
to share his home with him.
According to The Reporter the con
AT ing CasSelton corn show Is going
be a success. AL the committees q
working faithfully, The entertainmel
oil committee say that they expect TO &
the ire attractions through Il
Webster theatrical agency, Fargo, ar
look for something fine. The Ears
Commercial club, in accepting 6
~ invitation to be present in q body, 81
d pointed w. J. Boyd, II. l. Loonais al
h. M. a Baldwin as s. committee
organize an auto party, and arrang,
~- n1ents for fifty machines are und
way.
One man near Cakes, carrying s2,51
hall and wind insurance complaint
because his belongings escaped Wi
very little loss The hail was not gel
in sral, but quite a few suffered los
o. among them being John Wagner, WI
re had eighty acres Of wheat and for
a acres of oats all stripped Of. Fl
hayrack, a wagon and the roof of b