The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-05

DIR. Ih0r MOeller was the toaStmaS-
ter at the banquet held at the state
penitentiary for Warden Hellstrom.
The Minot Chautauuua may be held
at the city park above the city on the
Mouse river, If present plans mature.
The Minot high school seniors scor-
ed a big hit in their annual class play.
They put on, What Happened to Jones.
officers Of the La Moure County
Fair association are discouraged over
the lack of interest that is being
shown.
W. w. Tousley has resigned as state
printer, the resignation to take effect
May Is. His successor has not been
named.
Cavalier county will have a baseball
league with Nekoma, Milton, Wales,
Langdon, Munich and Clyde furnish
ing the teams.
r. B. Blakemore, member of the leg
~islature and recently elected a mem
Der Of the new Fargo commission, has
resigned as legislator.
The 500 will open offices at Willis
ton in connection with the extensive
| construction work that is being done
from Plaza west.
The Burleigh County Auto club is
making extensive plans for road i'm
proVement and other work Of interest
to auto owners this season. ~.
F. l.. Whitney of Grafton was elect
ed president of the Tri-County Teach
ers' association, consisting of Grand
Forks, Walso and Nelson counties.
Whether the 500 will or will not ex-
tend it's lines over the Fort Berthold
reservation this summer is the big
question among the homesteaders.
A lot of wheat vas disced into the
stubble this spring. It's a makeshift
proposition but is probably better for
the state as a whole than to have the
land lie idle.
Portland Republican: Fargo prom
Uses to have one Of h best and most
complete fair attractions eve held in
this part Of the northwest-and Fargo
always fulflls her promises.
The First State bank of Max, form
erly owned by the Ross & Davidson
banking firm, has been sold to B. A.
Plummer and r. c.. Plummer Of For
est City, Ia, and Chas. w. Morton and
LaVerne j. Rodman Of Max.
Alex canon, a farmer near Lidger-
wood, bought some thoroughbred
mares, and The LidgerWood Monitor,
commenting on this, stated that many
farmers are planning IN raising thor
%oughbred horses in that vicinity.
In order to encourage the younger
/. H.
planting of trees, the John D. Gray
Co. has arranged to give away 1000
trees to the school children Of Barnes
county at valley City on Arbor day.
Twenty-seven juniors and seniors of
the Williston high school got tired of
school and quit for IN afternoon.
days vacation, as a suspension, and
now there is weeping and Wailing, etc..
In conjunction with his duties as
superintendent of health for the state
of North Dakota, Superintendent of
Health j. NJ. McGurren will put a new
publication into the field. This will be
a health bulletin published at Devils
Lake monthly.
Henry Jorgenson of Ray was sitting
on top of a gasoline tank that explod-
ed and he was blown to the oof of
the building but found a soft place to
light" and was not injured. The o a
of the explosion was heard for miles
in the country.
DR.. A. Meg. Beede, a man intimate
ly familiar with Indian costumes, has
written a book on the North Dakota
Indians. 1t deals with the Custer mas
sacre and other interesting events of
Indian history. 1t is published by The
Bismarck Tribune.
While at work taking care of the
horses on his farm a few miles south
of Ray, Attorney P. P. Campbell was
kicked in the face by one Of the horses.
The blow was a heavy n which lift
ed him into the air and he landed sew
eral feet away. His face was badly
cut.
An interesting bulletin by H. L. Boil
ley, Of the North Dakota Experiment
station, and M. L. Wilson, of the Mon
tana Experiment station, is just from
the press. This bulletin is intended to
illustrate the best methods Of handling
sod lands to prepare them for crop
ping to flax. rg>
Washburn is having trouble with it's
board of aldermen, and in a letter to.
The Leader a citizen wants to know
whether late designations from the
board Of aldermen are in good faith
or if there is a "nigger in the wood
pile. The Leader respectfully refers
the inquirer to the council.
j.. r. Getchell n Fred Getchell,
prosperous farmers near Valley City,
will set out a mile of willow trees as
w%indbreak on their farm. This will
break the hot winds from the south
and is in line with the suggestion of
President Worst of the A. G.. who
would like to see rows o fttrees clear
across the state, one mile apart.
Mimic Journal Some frost iii the
atmosphere a day or two the past
week inpeded seeding operations a lit
tie. Still the work has gone ahead as
rapidly as the average farmer cared
to have it. All the fall plowing lis in,
and the grain up I'M looking nicely
on many of the fields. Al more favor
able seeding could hardly be desired
than this has been.
A mysterious stranger dropped into
WiIliston from St. Paul, and while
States Atty. III. T.. Burdick was at a
livery barn looking after his horses,
the IA. s.. approached the former lieu
tenant governor Of the state and tried
to sell him SOME booze. Burdick
bought with ayidity and also steered
the mysterious one up against several
other buyers until he had a~t.prepon-
5derance of evidence against him
when the booze vendor was Jailed SO
fast lit made hts head swim. He III