The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-06
North Dakota
Kernels


There are some good shots in the
Portland Gun Club.
The barley harvest is on at Column
bus in Burke county.
Editor McAttee at Columbus is an
advocate Of good roads.
The Currie herd of Jerseys from
Park River won tlfty-four prizes at
the state fair.
DR.. Sherping Of Fergus Falls thinks
a whole lot of his we'll equipped farm
near Enderlin.
Farmers about Glendale have be-
come convinced as to valu Of silos
on the farm.
Ray Sheriff Of Blanchard was a
winning exhibitor of Yorkshires in the
swine class at the state fair this
year.
The John Laurie school house near
Crary has been broken into by some
one and considerable damage done to
the furniture and fixtures.
The history of Ludden from the pen
Of Mrs. F. M. Folsom, after appear
ance in The Glendale Record, will be
published in pamphlet form.
Pres. Willis E. Johnson, the new
head of the normal-industrial school
| at Glendale seems to be popular with
school folks Over the state.
In a local news column Of one Of
the recent state weeklies Fargo was
mentioned seventeen times in connec-
ton with the movements of the peo-
| pie.
Fuel for the farm was discussed at a
recent meeting of the Steele County
Farmers Social club. A paper on
Wild Oats will be the feature of the
neX meeting.
The surrounding beauty spots on
the Maple n Sheyenne attract large
numbers of our people every Sunday
during this warm weather, says The
Independent at Enderlin.
In a joyous refrain The Recorder at
Kathryn sings out that rye harvest
ing is just about all finished, and now
come the barley and other grains and
then the whistle. Of the threshing rig,
which goes to make a busy time all
around.
A former Rolla girl was the highest
in a class Of $50 taking the civil serv-
ice examination at Ottawa, Can, and
she has been appointed to a high
salaried position in the department Of
geology and mines.
Splendid harvesting weather seems
to be the rule in Ransom county, the
cutting Of barley and oats is about
finished and the binders nave been
taken into the wheat fields. Good
stands are reported.
The News at Glen Ullin reports the
appointment of John T. Lutgen as
game warden for that section Of the
west Missouri country and adds that
violators Of the game laws had better
look out-he will not wear a big star
Or gold braid IN his coat.
According to The Banner at. Hills
boro the tobacco trust and the pure
food department of North Dakota are
setting the stage for a fight, the eff
forts of the trust to evade the North
Dakota a%nti-snuff law being RESPONSE
BILE.
The Stanley Tennis club was re-or-
ganized at q meeting held a few days
ago, new officers being elected. Leo.
N. Stanford was elected president to
succeed VIM. Eckstrom, and John G.
Debing secretary and treasurer to sue
coed A. w. Roen.
Miss Mary Powers, a Renviile coun-
ty girl, has earned a postgraduate
course at h normal school, Valley
City, and a tWo-year scholarship and
her expenses by her work getting sub
scriptions for one of the high grade
magazines.
Over 1000 people attended the alfal-
ia picnic on the r. J. Lyness farm of
1900 acres, near Fessenden. The idea
of such an affair was the suggestion Of
A. J. Gaumnitz, the Better Farming
agent for Wells county, for the pur-
pose Of stimulating the growing of al
falfa.
Renville county teachers and stu
dents won the honors in the Inter-
county track meet of Northwestern
Summer school at Velva a week ago.
Renville won the meet with thirteen
places; eight firsts, three seconds and
two thirds; total score f%1fty-one.
Pierce county won second honors.
The Arena at Almont, Morton coun-
ty, say everyone Is feeling jubilant
over the prospects Of a fairly good
yield of the late sown grain in the vi
cinity of Custer Creek. The splendid
rains that have recently fallen have
brought the late grain along so rapidly
that it will be ripe before the early
grain has been cut.
The stoves have been taken apart
and tipped over and scattered over the
floor, the map case torn down, the
b~lackboards disfigured, the clock dam
aged and other mischief perpetrated.
The case will be put in the hands of
the sheriff and county attorney for
prosecution by the Wheatland school
board.
The Chronicle at Beach says the
stockholders of the Crosby Farmers
Cooperative Elevator & Trading Co.
held their annual meeting in the court
house hall Monday afternoon. The re-
port of Secretary Odden showed the
most prosperous year since the organ
ization was perfected. "A dividend of
over $4,000 was declared
According to The Record, Kathryn
has proved to be a very good grain
market as the shipments show that
during the past year there were ship
ped from here 334 cars Of grain, which
would make at least nearly AGO. 900
bushels. One car was shipped that
was loaded from the platform, but all
the rest were handled by the eleva-
tors.