The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-02-20
North Dakota
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valley city had a $4,000 fire.

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Valley City had a $4,000 fire.
Bowling Is all the rage in Fargo.
There was fistic bout at Brins-
made.
A new band was organized at Car
bury. ....-sr.s.r
A fifteen piece band was organized
at Willow City.
sleighing is practically gone in Far
go and vicinity.
Mrs. Frank Fay. a pioneer Of the
Knox district is dead.
Twenty-nine took teachers ex-
| aminations at McClusky.
Maddox is boosting for Leeds to
get the new insane asylum.
The 500 will establish one of it's
experiment stations at Kenmare.
Wells county farmers have decided
to go into the dairy business right.
A school district at Aylmer was
closed down on account of sickness.
The dog show proposed for the mid
winter fair at Minot was abandoned.
Judge Buttz has set the first Mon
day in March to hold court in Town
er.
The February term of district court
at Bottineau was adjourned to Feb.
rs.
At the masquerade skate at Rolla
the most comically dressed girl was a
boy.
The weather is so springlike at AL
mont that corner lot baseball has
started
r. S. Lewis and ]. W. jackson we're
confirmed as members of the board of
control
Henry Holz, a pioneer farmer Of the
Willow City district died suddenly
last week.
The Benedict Banner says it will
publish the names Of all delinquent
subscribers.
Mrs. Aug. Kairkhoff poured kerosene
on her fire at Devils Lake and was
fatally burned.
Despite strenuous opposition a new
lien law will probably be passed by
the legislature.
A new racing circuit is being plan
ned for western North Dakota and
eastern Montana.
A petition has been sent to the post
office department for a new rural
route north from Ray.
Judge Buttz is making it hard for
those who break the prohibition law
In the lake region district.
The Minot chief OF police has found
1t necessary to stop coasting on the
hilly streets of that city.
A physical department of the Young
Peoples Christian association was
recently organized at Neche.
1t will be necessary to show auto
numbers at both ends of the machine
in North Dakota this year.
The agent of & packins house was
arrested at Grand Forks charged with
offering for sale unwholesome food.
An effort to take away her little
| child from Mrs. Pearl Peterson of
Glenburn by court procedure failed.
Secretary Cooper of the Better
Farming association delivered an ad-
dress at Kenmare that made a big
hit.
The Westhope Standard makes an
item OF the fact that the local pas
senger train was on time for nearly
week
The Bantry Creamery Co. paid its
patrons $1,000 during the past sea-
son and expects to make it $50. 900 this
year.
VIM. Shearer & Co. is the name of a
firm that will manufacture the whip
holder at Knox. invented by Mr..
Shearer.
A winter pastime which has be-
come popular in the western part OF
the state Is automobiling On the Lit
| tie Missouri.
The county Of Sheridan still has
| two boards of county commissioners
and still has no board that the auditor
| will recognize.
An effort is being made to extend
/ the Graber Farmers Telephone line to
Regent and establish another farmers
line south of that place.
A party of Washburn young folks
started to a farm fifteen miles from
town for a dance and were lost on the
prairie for several hours
The inspection of the militia COM
| panies of the state has been started
and will continue until all the COM
panies have been visited. ....
| 1t will take approximately 100000
yards of earth for big fill On the
Great Northern extension in Nc
| Kenzie county near Madison.
The Middlewest Fire Insurance CO.
| of Valley City will be removed to
Minneapolis and become part OF the
! Twin City Fire Insurance Co. .~
| The ladies have q special part on
| the programme at better farming
meetings being held at Lansford, VIII
low City, Bottineau and Westhope.
Farmers are interested In taking
advantage of sleighing in the slope
country to market their crops and as
a result auctions are poorly patroniz-