The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-11

way of big yields. Near Grand Forks
yields Of thirty-three bushels to the
acre are reported. y
A commercial club has beer organ
lied at Greene, with Herbert Hunkins,
president; W. r. White, secretary;
John l.. Johnson. treasurer. r.
The town Of Hillsboro, which has
Just voted on the commission form Of
government, a the distinction of be-
Ing the smallest town in the state to
adopt the new form of rule. 3
Brisbane Is to have a new bank, to
be known as the First State bank Of
Brisbane. The incorporators are M.
M. Hayden and F. J. Mccullough of
Brisbane. and VIM. Lawther. Du-
buque. Ia.
Navigation on Devils AXE has ceas-
ed, the season coming to a close when
all the boats were locked, including
the. craft Of the Devils Lake Yacht
n Boat club which has just complet-
ed its first and very successful season.
Arrangements for the establishment
of a branch Of Wesley college con-
~servatory of music at Cavalier, were
perfected Monday afternoon at a con-
ference of President Robertson Of the
college and the Cavalier Commercial
club. .
Cakes is to put on a unique fair
Oct. 3 and 4. 1t will be for Dickey,
Sargent n LaMoure counties and
will be an exhibit of farm products
n rural school work. Practically
every school In the three counties Is
expected to have a display.
Frank Fisher of st. Joseph, Mo-, Is
the mar who was killed in a pot
gang" fight at Lakota Monday night.
Identification vas established today.
He was shot, it is alleged, by Fred
Mitchell. now in a Devils Lake hospi-
tai. and probably fatally wounded.
P. J. McClory of Devils Lake and
AXel Egeland of Bisbee will make the
selection Of a site for the North Da-
kota building at the San Francisco ex-
position in 1915. and they already are
en- route there. Judge McClory expects
to make his permanent home in Cali
%fornia, and will leave Devils Lake
with his family about Oct. IS. ,
In the robbery Of the T. o. Hunter
hardware store in Bowbells, burglars
secured about $500 worth of razors,
knives and guns, but they failed to
get any cash. In making their search
of the store the men used matches,
and two big boxes of them had been
burned, stubs being found all over the
floor in every part Of the store. Z.
Fire completely destroyed the mill,
an elevator, coal sheds and other
buildings at Hettinger. The mill was
owned by the Hettinger Milling CO.
with A. A. Richardson as principal
owner. The elevator was the proper
ty of Maddox & Kan and contained
about $4,000 bushels of grain at the
time Of the fire. The origin Of the fire
Is unknown.
On Monday more than. LOO hunt
ing licenses had been, Issued by the
county auditor of Stutsman county,
the largest number ever issued in any
one season. There were five or six
foreign licenses issued, among the ap-
p~licants being Vice President Slade Of
the N. P. Aug. Bergenthal of Mil
waukee, Dennis Murphy and son Paul
Of st. Paul.
There will be more Indians east of
the Missouri river in attendance at
the Third State Industrial exposition
at Bismarck, Oct. 7-19, than at any
time since the days of Sibley in the
sixties of last century,. That was the
| III "l1Sll SIO1Cy SlldSSu liz olOuA "
their western Businesses after the
great Minnesota massacre. Now they
come in peace to celebrate the tr1-
umph of civilization, and only in MIN
ic warfare will the scenes of the past
be reproduced.
Cavalier county this year has nearly
a half million acres sown to crops,
with spring wheat well in the lead,
nearly half Of the acreage being sown
to hat grain. A start is being made
in the growing of alfalfa, but there is
still less than 200 acres of that
product. The acreage is 423,02O, divid-
ed as follows: Hard spring wheat,
1873, 891; durum wheat, 1,0S5; flaw, 49,
531; oats, 10,53S; barley, 11O,O5S;
spring rye, 1870; winter rye 10; speltz
millet, 297; clover 1,044; timothy L.
161; alfalfa, 1863; bronze grass, III;
other tame grasses, III.
o. L. Wilson of Minot, an old time
well digger, has devised a plan which
he believes will save well diggers from
suffocation, if used. During his lone
experience Mr.. Wilson has seen and
heard of many diggers who have new
er returned from wells alive, and it Is
for the protection Of the men engaged
in well digging that he desires to give
wide publicity to his plan. Mr.. Will
sons plan is a simple one and consists
Of punching holes in a shoe or other
small box, placing a young chicken
therein and lowering the box contain
ing the chicken to the bottom of the
we'll with a rope. The chicken should
be allowed to remain there for a reas-
enable space Of time and then brought
back to the surface again. If the
chicken is still alive when it. reaches
the surface. the well is safe to enter.
If, however, the chicken Is dead, the
well contains gas n is unsafe to en-
ter. Mr.. Wilson believes that if we'll
diggers will use his plan they will be
enabled to operate with perfect safety.
Jamestown Alert: The routine work
at the county courthouse was unex-
pectedly interrupted yesterday after
noon by an unusual incident in which
the officers and the clerical force Of
the county took. a lively interest. A
| weasel managed to run in through an
| open door on the east side Of the
building and one of the young ladies
entering the courthouse announced that
a squirrel" had followed her into the
building. Mr.. Weasel ducked down
the stairs into the basement and tenn
porarily disappeared under an ice
box. A hunt was organized for his
weaselship, and Jake" Clerk Of,
Court Grams bulldog, also got into
the game. The weasel ran up stairs
again and scattered a covey of lady
clerks who were watching the contest
at the head Of the stairs. They fed
in all directions and mounted tables
was again chased down into the base
want y,hcra the hi,lIdno juonr 6nisb