The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-02

North Dakota conference is busy re-
moving the state headquarters from
Fargo to jamestown.
Slim" Smith, bootlegger, was told
that the space. he occupied in Drake
was of much more value than his
presence and he fitted. -.
The Drake News intimates, in a
round about kind Of a way, that they
do not care to play ball any more
with those Balfour tossers.
Guy Chaffee, formerly a resident Of
Grand Forks and a brother of the late
Wv 'Chaffee, died this morning. in
Grand Rapids, Mich, typhoid fever be-
ing responsible for his demise.
Rev. Walter Ingram, at one time
pastor Of the First Baptist church Of
Grafton, has resigned his passionate at
Lidgerwood, this state, to accept a call
from a South Dakota congregation.
Officers will be elected by the Nelson
County Press association which is
meeting at Neville today. Most of
the editors from the south end of the
county were expected to arrive in
automobiles.
AS a result of the decision of the
federal architects to build federal
buildings Of the same class in different
states on the same plans, Valley City
expects to secure it's federal building
earlier than had been originally plan
ned,
Near four-tenths OF an inch of rain
fell at Minot in less than an hour. 1t
was n Of the heaviest downpours Of
the season, and was accompanied by a
very sharp electrical display. A few
to do any damage.
Old members of the board of county
commissioners of Walsh county are
laying plans for their annual reunion
meeting which will be held at Ardoch
some time in the near future. The
meeting will be held at hi home Of
one Of the members, and the ladies will
be present.
Some one seems to have slipped
one over" on The Forum, in predict
ing" changes that were to have been
made in The Bismarck Times. Like
Mark Twain once said about q story
Of his death, the prediction seems to
have been somewhat "exaggerated".
Apologies to The Times.
Dora, the 1-year-old daughter of MI.
and Mrs. VIM. Wellhausen Of Medina,
came near drowning while playing
around the yard with the rest of the
children. She crept away from where
the others were and had fallen into a
pail Of water when discovered by her
mother. The little one was quickly
rescued although pretty well water
soaked, n was resuscitated and has
now fully recovered from the shock. 1t
was a pretty close call.
Jamestown Capital: G. Roedel, who
has a sixty acre potato field in the
eastern part Of the city upon the
Captain Dunstan farm, say he is
digging some six weeks potatoes now
that are as large as his first and
splendid eating. He gets 81 a hushel
for the potatoes and finds ready sale
for them. Most Of the crop will be
Early Ohios and Burbanks. Some
Mountain Whites are good. Mr..
least 5000 bushels Of potatoes. The
crop promises a fine yield. He is now
putting up 100 ton of hay fourteen
miles west Of the city.
That the crops this year will be very
good on the average Is the opinion of
Samuel Torgerson, P. S. Peterson and
L.. l.. ItlSLdS6 Ol IIdnu OEkS, VINO
have just returned from ar automobile
trip over the state, covering about $50
miles. Then went as far west as Up
ham along the Great Northern line,
n came back along thes 500. They
are interested in banks in the western
part Of the state and made the trip to
inspect their business. They say in
many places the grain yield will be
very large. while in other places it will
be rather small, but good places ex-
coed the poor sections greatly.
The North Dakota Rife team will
leave Aug. 9 for Camp Perry, where
the international and national rifle
shoot will be held. This event will be
the largest rifle shoot ever held in this
country. Forty countries have accept
ed the invitation Of the United States
to participate in this event. The coun-
tries which will be represented will
use the make Of rifle which is in use
in the armies of their several govern
ments. The government officials are
looking forward to the collection Of
some interesting data relative to the
merits of the different makes Of arms
as well as the shooting ability Of the
teams entered.
Tolley Journal: It is just as i'm
Dortant for a farmer to weigh his milk
| as ~ 40 Az NAC g. oSCAw Y "St6A Wh"I
he buys and sells instead of going by
guess. A. w Sweeton kept track Of
the time required to weigh the milk
from a herd. He found that it took
one-half minute to weigh he milk
from a COW for one milking or a min
ute a day. About six hours a year.
Weighing the milk results In finding
that some cows do not pay for the
feed they eat, to say nothing about
the work required In caring for them.
Wouldn't it be worth six hours labor
a yea to know this? 1t will ave many
times six hours labor and harder lab
or than weighing the milk.
G~randsFtorks Times. That Grand
Forks had 313 more children of school
age than Fargo is shown by the sta
tistics which have beer compiled In
the two cities. There Were 4.410 boys
and girls attending school here last
Grand Forks had 1910 and Fargo 3,,722.
The number has Increased consider
ably in both cities. being about 10 per
cent larger In each case. Several years
ago the spread In school population
between the two cities was ii great
deal less than lit is now. Each year,
however, there has been an increase In
the lead maintained by Grand Forks.
AS was the case in 1910, when the fed
erai census was taken, lit was shown
that Grand Forks. in the decade. had a
i greater percentage growth than Fargo
If The same situation evidently still
"a holds true. for the Grand Forks Sch0ol