The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-31
North Dakota
Kernels

The city dads Of Plaza, are after TIL,
auto s~corchers.
The Pembina county fair is on In full
! swing at Hamilton.
The Fergus Falls Wooden Mills Co
Will put a store in at Plaza.
A station agent is to be placed al
Eastedge, near Nome, in Barnes eoun.
ty.
The storm which struck Fargo
Tuesday night swept %Minnesota
doing a lot of damage further south.
A special train was run from veIva
TO Mtnot on the occasion of the laying
OF the cornerstone at the Minot nor
NAL.
An ~inter-county track and field meet
was held at Velva Saturday. and a bio
programme OF races for young folks
was pulled off.
Judge c. W. Buttz in the Second
judicial district is one of the four heirs
to the $50, 600 estate of the late Major
c. w. Butte Of Lisbon. f
Clare H. Henton, a resident of
North Dakota, has started suit against
the Great Northern railway. for $4,000
Tor eJectment from a passenger train.
The state industrial exposition that
Will open at Bismarck soon promises
to have the greatest and most varied
list of exhibits ever seen in the state.
Governor Hanna has appointed A. F.
Elliott Of Milton a member of the
state board of veterinary medical cx-.
am1ners to succeed w. S. Stimson, re-
signed. ;
Governor Hanna has appointed as
members Of the White Stone Battle
ields commission in Dickey county,
D.: B. Taylor. Glendale. and ). G. wis
son and Lee Northrop, both Of Merit
court. .
William Deming of Plaza Became a
human torch when he was covered
with gasoline while lighting a gasoline
nghtlng system and his clothes caught
fire. He was badly but not seriously
burned.
Motorcyclists of the Missouri slope
VIII gather at Mandan, Sunday, Aug.
9. to engage In motorcycle races 10 be
held there that day. The first prize
WI be $50, the second $40, and. the,
third IS.
Fourteen blocks of cement sidewalks
Will be laid in Taylor this summer.
estimating the cost at $3.50 a block, it
is found that over $4,000 will be spent
for this purpose M it will be late this
fall before the contractors are finished
with the work. -
The baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs. Pitt
man of Souris got his hand badly
crushed by having one of the heavy
windows fall on it at the PRESBYTERIAN
church. The hand will. be saved though
the window fell about two feet and
latched when it fell, pinnine the child's
hand completely in the window, SO
tlght that 1t took quite awhile to raise
1t off.
Jim Clayton, a well known character
IN the slope country, was arrested at
Glendive, Mont, and brought to Bow
man on the charge Of horse stealing.
Clayton, 1t is alleged. has been caus-
ing more or less trouble of late, but
his arrest was made on the same
charge on which he was freed after
having been given a preliminary hear
ing in 1909.
Frank Papke, one Of the prosperous
farmers of the Belden country. near
~NASJ HNNS@ ~ "a lllS .l6RNNWlLH- dBs
axe. He was getting, a load of poles
from the river and had stuck it into a
pole preparatory to going home and
the jar of the wagon loosened it and
1t fell, striking his leg just below the
knee cap, severing the tendon and
making a very ugly wound.
The Elks of the capital city are maxi
ing preparations to dedicate their new
home which will be ready for occu-
pancy Sept. !, and which will be To-
Gated in one of the new business blocks
just built by State Sen. E., A. Hughes
A meeting will be held Aug. |, when a
large number Of candidates will be
initiated. The annual duck feed will
also be held at this meeting.
Lightning struck the small frame
barn Of Frank Kalina, who lives on
the John Mayhem place seven miles
outhWes OF Bowman, destroying it
completely with the loss of four horses
which persisted in the flames. The
family were asleep when the barn was
struck and before they discovered the
fire, it was too late for them to enter
and save any of the animals or other
contents.
jamestown Alert: Considerable ear
Iy grain Is being cut, and Charles FREY,
on his farm east Of the city, began cut
ting barley today. Numerous fields of
early rye are already in the shock. A
number of wheat fields are commence
ing to turn yellow, but wheat harvest
will not begin for ten days at least.
There are a great many fine stands of
wheat to be seen in all parts of the
county. The yield and quality are both
promising. Little or no damage is re-
ported from rust.
While at their usual daily playEWed-
nesday, Masters Harry DeVore4 ~. and
D1cky Cross found a loaded shotgun
shell. They. not realizing the danger
which turks In such a small compass,
struck the she'll. Suddenly the shell
exploded, the flash burning the hands,
face and eyebrows of Harry quite bad
ly, though not seriously. Dicky escap-
ed without any injury. Later-Today
his condition is more serious than was
at first thought, there being some
doubt as to whether his eyesight will
be permanently affected.
Pioneer Express: Ludgar Berard of
Bathgate had a race with the Winnipeg
Twin Cities Limited Sunday morning
and won out. Some of his family were
going to the Winnipeg fair and they
left home in what they thought was
plenty of time, but the regent rains
had made the roads heavy. When
within a inile, of town the limited put |
in, an appearance n Mr.. Berard's
journey through the city resembled
more the speed of a Roman chariot
race than a farmer driving in. For
tunately for him engines are changed
here.