The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-21

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Crosby for the new crop.
| Twenty three grandmas at Mott
were assembled to do honor to one
who was celebrating her Goth birth
day anniversary.
| Pursuant to law stock men must re,
record brands before Jan. l, 1914, in
| order to be safe possessorS of the
brand they own and use.
| According to the Emmons County
Record the G. A. r. post at Linton
| was organized with Editor Streeter a s
it's first commander twenty-five years
ago. e..
The west end school house No. /
was burned at Oakes Saturday night.
| The total loss is $4,000. The fire is
thought to have been of incendiary
| origin.
| To The Eagle Supt Carl Gilbertson
was enthusiastic in his prediction that
| the coming school year at Crosby
would be the best in the history of
| the town. ..
| The recent bank statements disclose
| that the deposit lines in the two state
banks at Crosby amounted to an ag
gregate of $206,96O; loans and dis
counts $169726.
J. M. Klingman of Belfield has cut
and stacked 140 acres of oats for feed
the coming winter. He has in 600 or
700 acres of wheat which is being har-
vested this week.
Forty-tWo miles was the maximum
velocity attained by the wind at
Grand Forks Wednesday. this sreat
velocity acquiring during the late af-
ternoon as a storm threatened
Boosters for the Stark county indus
trial exposition visited Belfield to in
vite the cooperation of the business
men, but they aroused local enterprise
and now there is talk of a Golden
circle agricultural exhibit" at Belfeld.
William Finley of Grand Forks has
just organized a Juvenile band at Lar-
more, the organization having thirty
members, all boys ranging from to
IA years. Larimore expects to make
the Juvenile organization a complete
success.
The owners of the Indian Spring
ranch near Belfield have contracted to
furnish feeders in Iowa, $50 head Of
cattle to be delivered in September
and are now securing the country in
quest Of same. Last week the firm
shipped 100 head as the first consign-
ment.
The Muth butcher shop and bakery
was destroyed by fire at Towner.
When discovered the flames had made
such headway that it was impossible
to save the building. The fire depart
ment directed it's attention to saving
adjoining buildings. The loss is well
covered by insurance.
Few changes are contemplated by
the Manchester Biscuit Co. at the
plant of the Golden Grain Biscuit Co.
in Grand Forks, recently taken over
by the former concern. r. p. Cone,
local manager, who has taken charge
of the plant in place of G. H. Wilder,
the former head, said that the sales
force would remain practically intact.
| Dealers in lumber at Crosby, in Di-
vide county, are tdoing a big business
this year. Fifty new houses have been
built in town and vicinity this season.
The day Of the claim shack is fast
passing away and the sun is rising
upon the morning Of the large modern
farm home and stock barns in this
neighborhood.
According to the state law school
buildings more than one story high are
required to have exterior stairways
for fire escape purposes. The Crosby
school board in order to comply with
the law is making arrangements to
install steel stairway to the public
school building. The law requires
metal fire escapes.
The Journal at Velva, says: Rain!
1t sure did last Saturday evening and
lasted till Sunday noon. A fine rain
which will help the corn, settle the
dust on the roads and make the weeds
grow, help the late grain to fill good,
and it helped to spoil some hay, and
and their sweethearts from attending
the dance. ....a
The Pioneer at Larimore says there
is some delay in getting at the brick
work Of the new M. E. church owing
to the non-arrival of tile brick from
Iowa for the inner part of the walls.
The outer face brick has been here
for some time, and is a light colored
smooth kind, evidently Of good quality,
and was shipped from the pressed
brick works at Hebron in this state.
At Velva Joseph Paulsons horse had
d utll6 experience WITH a narrow last
Thursday night, says The Journal. It
had caught its knee of the front leg
between the teeth of the harrow in
such a manner that it could not get
rid of the implement again. 1t will
doubtless take a month before this
horse is fit to work again. This ought
to be lesson to those who pile the
harrows alongside their pasture fences:
better in the machine shed.
Twice within the past week a war
rant has been issued for the arrest Of
Gus Marmos. at Grand Forks, charg-
ing him with maintaining an unsani-
tary restaurant. He was brought into
court last Saturday and fined $l2.50
and following the trial he; promised to
clean his place up. After several warn
lngs this week Marmos is again charg-
ed with neglecting to clean up and an
other warrant was issued. The COM
plaint was lodged by Mrs. r. A.
Sprague, pure food inspector of that
city. @ta1 ig J..
According to The Pioneer Press at
Mott Thomas J. Smith OF Champaign,
ILL.,, was in Mott and about Hettinger
county q week ago looking after his
| extensive farming operations south OF
| here. Mr.. Smith is more than pleased
with his crop prospects this year and
will get a larger, better crop than he,
! did last year. He owns two sections In
this and Adams countys, farming 1900
acres of it this wear. He has 200 acres