The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-08
North Dakota
Kernels
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Milnor wants a city scale.
The socialists organized a local at
Lankin.
Lansford is working for an electric
lighting plant.
North Dakota banks are in excel
lent condition.
Morton county farmers are enthusl-
astic over the crop outlook.
Active work was started in railroad
building near White Earth last week.
North Dakota baseball teams are
commencing to get into the game right.
John l.. Davis. who lives west or
Lansford, set out 500 trees on his
farm.
The Tolna Commercial club has de-
cided to celebrate Pioneers day, June
20.
A Carrington man is using stove
wood from trees that he grew him.
self.
The Lansford Journal stated that
the streets Of that city needed mined
late attention..
L. z. Gates is contesting the cleo
ton Of H. P. Wheeler for the office
of city treasurer of Mohall.
Great interest is being taken in the
GOOD roads convention that will be
held in Fargo, June 10 and II.
The jury list at Grand Forks was
served by mail, the first jury to be
summoned by mail under the new law.
The Bismarck Commercial club is
making plans whereby farmers Of
Burke county may become members Of
the club.
There was a fight in a pool hall at
Haynes in which a man was knocked
down with a beer bottle, the bottle
being broker over his head.
County Treasurer KiIland of Morton
county had his arm badly sprained
while cranking his auto and was laid
up for some time.
Jennie the - year old daughter of
N. P. Olson of Bradley was injured
by being hit by a disc when the horses
ran away. Her face was gashed.
Postmaster Plumley, former owner
Of The Forum, will be one of the
speakers at the Tri-State Postmasters'
convention at st. Paul, June II and
10.
Joseph Baehm, son Of William
Baehm of Mandan, had a finger ampu-
tated which had been infected for
months. The young man works at
Livingston, Mont.
! Lillian Belle Sharar, daughter of a
farmer living at Sawyer is missing
and the police Of the northwestern
part of the state AVE instituted a
vigorous search for her.
Miss Lena Anderson was thrown
from a buggy when a team ran away
at Tagus and n of the wheels ran
over her face, but aside from slight
scratches she was uninjured.
The appointment of c.. w. Lewis,
formerly manager Of the Dakota
Montana Telephone Co., as deputy
state auditor. pleases the people in the
southwestern part Of the state.
The Diamond C ranch in the Kildeer
mountains. one of the most celebrated
and best known ranches in the coun-
try, will build a silo. Many of the big
ranches are planning On the silos inno-
walton.
Charlie O'Rourke was terribly
| gashed in the hand when he fell from
g. ladder in a grocery store at Mandan
and struck a jagged piece of tin when
he threw out his hand to break the
fall.
V. J. Mohr of Napoleon. while driV-
ing some colts hitched to a sulky pillow,
was thrown from the rig when the
colts became unmanageable and his
shoulder. was broken and he was quite
seriously injured internally.
Little Edward Gatman of White
Earth was playing with a cartridge
when it exploded and was blown into
his foot. When he was found he was
trying to extract the shell, which was
imbedded into the flesh, with a jack
knife.
Raymond O'Day of Grafton, who dis
appeared from Grand Forks after
spending a few days there as the
bridegroom of Miss Luella K. Wright
of Grafton, may face a charge Of big
amy if he is caught. The other Mrs.
O'Day is said to be living at Walhalla.
Plans were perfected at a meeting
held at Bowman for the completion
of the work on the twin city to yell
loWstone park highway. This is a new
automobile highway on which several
southwestern Dakota counties will do
much work this summer. In Bowman
it follows the line of the Milwaukee
railroad.
The dates for the Bottineau county
fair nave been changed to July 80 and
81, one week later than at first plan
ned. This was don because of a
conflict with the dates Of the state
fair at Grand Forks and the change
will make it possible to secure better
attra ctions and some of the same
judges who will officiate at the state
fair.
A freight tried to run on two tracks
at Drake, when it hit a switch, the
main part Of the train staying on the
main track, while a. couple Of immi-
grant cars attempted to switch off on
their own account. The coupling held
and the result was that the track was
torn up, the cars dragged through the
mud several hundred feet and a bad
mix-up generally. No one was hurt.
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