The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-11
North Dakota
Kernels

Plans are being made for a 500, 900
hospital at I%Iillsboro.
Henry W. Willis Of Lansford has
patented a grain door.
There is an increase in the bank
clearings of the state. =
The F~essenden high school has or
ganized a choral club. &
The police at Minot are making life
miserable for Washers.
Mrs, Margaret Cunningham, aged SO,
and a pioneer Of Minot, is dead.
The district court at Jamestown ad-
mitted a number Of new citizens.
The McBain case will be heard In
Wells county court during January.
port great luck with muskrats this
fall.
DR.. FL. Roberts at Cando won out
in the case brought against him for
malpractice.
The sound of the saw and hammer
is familiar in a great many towns Of
North Dakota.
Judge Spalding delivered the ad-
dress at the memorial services held nv
the MinOt Elks.
Starting with only one cow. Mrs. 6.
Fl. Leopold now boasts of owning a
dairy herd worth $1,000.
The Old Taft ranch on the Little
Missouri has changed hands and the
cattle have been r~ebranded.
A youth at Ashley has been arrest
ed Tor using the mails fraudulently
in sending for goods to mail order
houses.
CONGRESSMAN Norton has taken a
law partner at Hettinger in the person
Of G. NJ. Parsons who will have charge
of the office work.
This open fall weather seems r.
prevail through the Red river valley.
Gunder Howard of HillSboro made an
automobile trip Of $50 miles in one
day.
j. ". MCNeely has just returned to
Mott after making a trip through
thirteen other states and is more CON
'~NN Sii"A VfIA lHdl llISIS Is IlO place
like North Dakota.
With the coking ovens fired up and
all materials at hand for briuuetting.
the Northern Briquetting Co. will
make Their trial runs Of b]riuuettes
either Friday or Saturday of his week
and the new fuel will be on the mar
ket probably by Monday at the latest,
M1nOt Reporter: Have you ever
wondered what your city owns? 1t
has been accommodating property from
the day it has setted until now. 1t
has bought n seized property of all
kinds. Is any one keeping track of it
all or is some OF 1t being lost, wasted
or stolen?
According to The Ambrose tribune
Divide county will be we'll represent
ed in Norway this coming year as
several well-to-do farmers contemp-
late going over to the home of their
birth and help celebrate the big do
ings over there and at the same time
represent their adopted country.
jamestown Capital: When Presi-
dent Wilson is characterized by the
handsome DR.. Anna Howard Shaw as
an "adject failure it is hardly to be
wondered that the president has not
stepped on his foot in his hurry to get
a special message to congress advo-
eating some of the principles the milit-
ant Mrs. Shaw stands for. Being a
gentleman is sometimes a hard thing
for a lady.
Announcement was made at the in
terror department that Secretary Lane
has designated nearly 1850, 900 acres
or dry lands in western states as suit
ably for entry under the enlarged
homestead act. OF this group of
designations the largest area is In
Montana, where more than 1900. 900
acres were included in a single order:
Other states that have been filed are
North Dakota in which nearly so, 900
acres have been designated. Arizona,
with more than $4,000 acres and New
Mexico, with more than $500 acres.
A prairie fire, which is believed to
have started by the sparks of an
engine on either the Great Northern
or 500 railroads, burned a wide strip
OF land near the High bridge west Of
Minot. The flames of the big fire were
plainly seen by citizens in Minot. six
miles away. Some farm houses were
in danger for a time, but the farmers,
who saw the flames coming. made pre-
JoA "NAH'S W SISSn lISiI III s SSS. l. he
blaze started about 5 o'clock and had
burned out about Z o'clock. All grain
had been gathered from the fields in
that section, so little damage was
done. ......
Jamestown Alert: In a number Of
counties in the state wh>ref land has !
heretofore sold at from $40 to $50 an
2cra, the price has within the last
few GEARS decreased TO such an extent |
that The Ga1lc land can be had for SIS
al acre. 30clNiiIg good substantial
farm buildings. The reason for this
loss in values Is given by parties who
have inquired into it. as exclusive |
grain raising; 40 cattle. hogs, nor 9TH
er stock Gre raised on these farms, the
whole farming Industry being devoted
to wheat and other grains. The own |
losing proposition but declare thar |
they will not milk COWS or engage in
the labor Of Carrying. Much of this
land is IN The northern part of the
state, and is cGTIRrjSed in large farms. |
The land is :EN Of foul seeds, and will |
require tirnO TO restore. it's fertility. |
Business In. Tho towns tributary is not
what il EacE7id be this year. New lines
OF roads EaVa. also caused, the build
ing Of @ towns which enter, into
active competition with the old 4 ones.
in all kinds Of business, adding to the
business depression. The counties
where the farms are smaller and more
attention is paid to stock raising are
in better shape, as far as the residents
are concerned, and 1T will not be
years before the exclusive grain
farming counties will nave to follow
suit n do as h others are doing.