The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-21
North Dakota
Kernels
There was 4 bad fire at Fort Rice.

Granville has organized q commercial
club.
The weather man is mixing his brand
A Dunn county man was stung BY a
mail order cupid.
The independence elevator at Elliott
was destroyed by fire.
The home OF Ferdinand Ehlke, near
Russell, was DESTROYED by fire.
Jesse Warren. aged SIS. formerly of
Forest River, died at Seattle.
Darlington is the latest to get into
the scrap for an insane asylum.
The John Renner meat market at
South Dickinson was damaged by fire.
J. w. Scott, the GiIby farmer, OBJ
jects TO cash payment Of the road tax.
The schools at Armenia are closed be-
cause of an infantile paralysis epidem-
ic.
North Dakota bank deposits gained
si5, 100000 during the past twelve
months.
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H. ]. Blodgett, aged ~ and Louise
at Beach.
Halmer Syverstad Of Enderlin lost a
leg when he stepped in front OF a
switch engine.
The cold snap has resulted in q mum
Der of serious fires in various North
Dakota towns.
The midwinter fair at Devils Lake
promises to be one of the best ever
held in the lake district.
A petition is being circulated at
jamestown to keep the present Saliva
ton army officers there.
The third raise on insurance rates in
Darlington in the past three years has
Just been put into effect.
The town OF Amidon, thirty miles
northeast of Rhame. is said to be due
for a big boom this e
The charge preferred by r. H. Bax-
ter against a well known travelling
man at Minot was dismissed.
Dickinson is said TO be having
trouble with the free city mail delivery
because Of a lack Of carriers.
julius Granner of Crete, had to have
a leg amputated as the result OF a kick
from a horse several years ago.
Frank Bell and w. Binger were ar
rested in Minot charged with stealing
coal in the railroad yards there.
The county judges met at Bismarck
in annual session and A. G. Hanson OF
Fargo was reelected president.
sam Martinson. wanted at Minot on
q charge Of passing forged checks to
the amount of $50. was nabbed at Rug
by.
The funeral of the late Major Puxdon
Of Wahpeton was one of the most
largely attended ever held in Wahpe-
ton.
The Central International league
may enter the twin cities and Fargo
Is being urged to put q team into the
league.
Teachers in the vicinity Of New
Leipzig have threatened to strike un-
schools.
The state editors who attended the
press meeting at Wahpeton are now
saying nice things about that city and
Its citizens.
The Warwick Sentinel wants the cit
liens of that town to get together for
better fire protection and also for a
new town hall.
The newspaper men at the state cap
itol at Bismarck during the session
have organized and Thos Hall
elected president.
Actual wireless communication has
been established between the Univer-
sity of North Dakota and the Univer-
sity of Michigan.
Tom Giles, a Greek laborer, has be-
gun action against the 500 for $40, 900
damages alleged to have been receiy-
ed neal Portal last fall.
There is a peculiar case of insanity in
Alfn HUN of Ryder, who is all right
when with companions but his mind
goes to pieces when he is alone.
The appropriation committees OF the
house and senate made a trip to
jamestown to study at first hand the
conditions in the insane asylum.
John Bruegger won in the case
brought against him by the Northern
/ Trust Co, for recovery of a 5000 note
in an old Fargo News transaction.
Clarence Vellis Of Sioux City, Ia,
tried to commit suicidein the II inlore
jail by slashing himself with ABTazor,
but did a poor job and will recover.
". Stefanson, the arctic explorer and
former N. ID. u. student, has left
Grand Forks, after delivering a series
Of addresses there, and has gone to
Minneapolis.
Roy Engeberg of Tatley had his up
per teeth knocked out and his face
badly battered when a shotgun with
which he was hunting rabbits explod-
ed.
Billings county. which with Golden
Valley and Bowman comprises the
Thirty-second legislative district, is
without any sonaI1representative in
the present assembly.
Wells Lounsberry, formerly OF North
Dakota, convicted at Kansas City for
the robbery of a Union Pacific train,
was sentenced to seven years and a
half in the Leayenworrh prison.
Thomas q. Robertson of Maza has
begun action against the Great North
ern for $4,000 damages alleged to have
~resuIted from d fall caused by a defec-
tive step on the freight station at