The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-13

tudiclous users OF printers n
Cando citizens are planning on haV-
ing a market day on Saturday OF this
, week, but il satisfactory arrangements
= cannot be made a later date will be
{ named, The commercial club Is be-
: hind the movement.
1t looks as though Paramount will
have Its electric lights sooner than
was anticipated. A construction crew
Is distributing the poles about town
will permit he streets will soon be
lighted.
The Herald-News, the weekly news
paper at Edmore, has been leased to
Harry Johnson, who will be editor
and manager. E. M. Crary, the own
er who published the pape for years
will devote his entire time to the
Weekly World at Devils Lake, of
which he recently became the pub
Usher. ..,,
Before leaving for California,
where he will live the greater part Of
the coming year, James w. Foley,
poet laureate of North Dakota, has
consented to respond to a number of
requests to give entertainments over
the state. He will fill two dates his
week, one at Wilton, n another at
Cavalier.
The new hospital at Bottineau has
been opened and seven patients were
received at the start. The hospital Is
In charge Of Sister San Gilbert and
she has five assistants. The building
which was originally constructed for
| the school of foreStr, hos boor. 80
modelled and it has all modern con-
V~eniences.
Joseph Kulhanke, who resides a few
miles north of Alpha, was taken to the
6each hospital suffering with badly
frozen feet and hands. The frozen
members were in pretty bad shape
When he was brought to a local ply |
slc1an n an operation will be neces-
sary. The left foot. the toes on the
right foot n part Of the fingers on
the right hand will be amputated.
Peter Schantz, one of the defendants
IN the famous seven year old cases for |
violation Of the prohibition law, will
nave to serve his ninety day sentence, |
Schantz was last. spring appointed as
q district game warden on the endorse
men of State Senator Hanley and 9TH
ers. but was relieved by the board
from further duty Oct, Is, vat which
time he turned in his star.
Valley City Times-Record: Con-
gresham Young is very optimistic in
regard to the general prosperity of
the United States and expressed the
oellef since his return from Washing
ton that there is nothing to indicate a
cessation Of prosperity. On the other
and he believes that everything
points to even better times for this
state, because of the growing interest
IN the better farming movement and
dairying.
1t remained for John Hollinger. a.
prominent citizen of Minot to bag the
Ilnest geese of the nan shot near here
MS week. Hollinger went out in com
pany with several friends to hunt the
elusive bird, but the others proved
eltner poor marksmen or had bad luck,
while Hollinger's game bag was filled
with big fat geese, the envy of other
less ortunat nimrods. Hollinger
claims THAT good Workmanship. not
luck, brought him his reward.
CHARLES Augustus Seaman, who was
in Grand Forks on a charge
of insanity about a week ago. was de-
ciared insane by h board Of county
commissioners, composed of Judge L.
K. Hassell, DR.. H. O'Keefe and Atty.
Ansel Wineman, n ordered returned
to his home at Hicksville, Long Island,
N. Y, to which place he was taken by
Deputy Sheriff w. J. Doty and Law
renee Lynch. The negro is still UNI
der the impression that a gang of men
are following him with the intention
Of killing him and he will hardly let
enter his cell at the county Jail,
thinking that they mean to do him
harm. |
With a capitalization of 100000, |
practically all of which is subscribed,
and the backing and investment Of
OF the strongest men financially
and in a business way in this section
of North Dakota, the MiddleWest Loan
and Trust Co.. will, within a short
time, open it's doors for business in
Valley City. The charter for the new
company was granted at a special
meeting of the banking board held at
Saturday evening. Ordin-
arily, the board meets only quarterly,
but in order to facilitate the ~organiza-
ton OF the company, and that they
might begin business sooner, repre-
of the company visited the
state banking department at Bismarck,
and as a result the governor called a
special meeting.
All crops combined in North Dakota
for 1913 amounted to 98.2 per cent of
h normal crop for the state, accord
ing to figures just announced by the
department of agriculture at
That this percentage is
so large is probably due to the great
in acreage as the same report
tarcs that the crop for this year isl |
only 70.4 per cent of the crop for 1912.
leads all the states in the
northwest. according to the percent
age system, the crop for 1913 being
has per cent Of the normal crop pro-
duced in the state, and 97.7 per cent
Of the crop for 1912. Montana's CROP
for 1913 was 93.9 per cent Of the
normal output, and 90.2 per
cent of the crop of 1912. The percent
ages of other northwestern states this
as compared to the normal crops !
are: Wisconsin,, 1897 Per cent; Illi-
nois. 80 per cent: Iowa. 1924 per cent; .
Dakota, 81.S per cent. and Mel
IS per e
Minot Democrat: Down in Cass
county they have a district Judge
who occasionally has spasms Of play
ing to the galleries. His name is Pol
and he Is commonly known as
the father of the prohibition law" in
North Dakota. He is undoubtedly a
a good judge in many ways for he has
been on the bench for several years,
but his streaks Of grand stand play |
have been many M unique, the
streak ~ being his refusal to
grant citizens papers to a man be-
cause the latter works in a Moorlead