The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-22
North Dakota
Kernels
A dog poisoner is at work at James.

John Page has harvested 1000
bushels Of potatoes from four acres
Of land neal Cavalier. He realized
$500 for the crop.
Montana is having trouble with the
|. w. w. Il n in a pitched battle
at Dillon. Mont. a large gang were
driven from town.
The new Congregational church at
Eckelson was dedicated Sunday, Oct.
10. 1t vas an occasion Of very great
interest. The church and furnishings
cost $4,000.
The old equipment of the national
guard at the Rock Island storehouse
is to be examined for the purpose of
condemning the obsolete material.
Major r. r. Steadman and Sergeant
Rock are in Devils Lake to make the
inspection.
The 2-yeaf-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Teig, who live about twenty miles
southeast of Manning, died suddenly,
heart failure being given as the cause.
The little girl was playing around the
house and when her parents came to
look for her she was found beside the
house in an unconscious condition. A
physician was Immediately summon
Sb pub DSIOF6 Ills arrival the .lllIle
one had passed away.
According to Judge Griffin, the work
of the probate court of Stustman
county is growing considerably heavi-
er, due no doubt to the fact that the
country is growing older and conse-
quently deaths are more frequent.
Since Judge Griffin assumed charge of
the office of county judge nine months
ago, thirty new cases have been intro
duced. Since the organization of the
county there have been 589 cases.
John Peterson of Doy0n is swe
ing a charge of assault and battery.
The complaint was made by a man by
the name of Fred Johnson and is
thought to be the result of d drunken
row. The men were both in a hay loft
at D0yon and started quarreling.
johnson complains that he was
thrown out of the loft by Peterson,
who afterwards jumped down himself
and trampled on Johnson, breaking
two or three of his ribs.
Her mind a blank. Minnie Noble,
residing about thirty miles north of
Columbus. in Canada. was found wan
dering along the 500 railroad right
ot-WaY near Columbus. She was
searching for a sister, whom she
thought lived in that district. and was
m about in an aimlesS manner,
going from place to place for several
days before the authorities were notf-
fed. She Is being held at Bowbells
and probably will be deported.
David Bartlett, for six years lieu,
tenant governor of North Dakota, is
dead at Boston, Mass, Of hemorrhage
of the brain. He was stricken sever
al weeks ago at CooperstoWn and
went east for treatment. Several days
ago he suffered another attack. He
joined the pull moose movement last
Year, DESERVING the republican ranks
to follow Roosevelt's standard. For
several wears he was prosecuting at
torney of Griggs county and gained
anne as an anti-liquor prosecutor.
Valley City Times-Record: Several
hundred potatoes have been harvested
on the normal school farm. under the
direction of Supt. Fred Colby, and as
many more remain to be dug. The
tuberS are yielding pretty well. some
as much as 100 bushels to the acrei
and are being stored in the r%oothouse
in the rear Of Ladies' hall for use in
the dormitory. 1t is interesting to
note that six bushels are being cCkl+,
su1ned daily and that during the ten
and a half months of school, about
1900 bushels will be needed.
Langdon Reporters: The only way
to build up a town is for every one to
go hand in han and every man to
the wheel. Danish all feelings of dis
cord, if any; let harmony prevail and
prosperity will follow. Talk about
your town, write about it, speak of it
well, encourage your men at the head
or municipal affairs; choke the crOak-
erS, gag the gamblers, Squelch the
scolders. Beautify the streets in
every way, patrOnize its merchants,
refrain from sending outside for goods.
favor home enterprises always, and if
you can't think Of some good word to
say, keep quiet. Be a hustler and keep
it up.
Cholera has attacked the herd Of
42O hogs at the state asylum at James,
town which previous to this have been
immune from the disease. The first
animal died Oct. II and the second
Monday when the authorities got busy
and Tuesday they received 10000 c. C..
OF serum and the work Of v~accinating,
Or innoculating, the animals against
the disease began that morning. The
entire herd will be treated and every
means taken to prevent a spread of
the disease. Some fifty animals of
the herd of 420 Duroc Jersey swine
are sick. A. F. Borchert Of this city
went out Tuesday to assist in the
work Of placing the run in the
animals where it will dc the most
good.
The Northern Pacific railroad has
abandoned plans for the construction,
within the coming veal or two, of the
proposed extension from Edgeley to
| this state which Woc RI
form a part of the new line of the
Northern Pacific between Minneapolis
and the Pacific coast. The abandon
ment of the project for the present is
announced in the withdrawal Of con-
domination suits. All suits of this ma
ture pending in Logan county were
dismissed yesterday, and it is under
stood that the same step will be taken
in connection with suits pending in
other counties. It is expected the
Northern Pacific will ultimately carry
into effect a building plan that will
give it two through ines in parts of
the west to the coast.
Jamestown Capital: G.. w. Gilchrist,
the clever young office aide in the
Shomburg Land Co.'s quarters, re-
ceiVed a barrel of apples last week
from Chatfleld, Mimi. The apples have
on the market. When a young man
he planted some common apple stock,
on the old homestead at a time when
growers of fruit and corn were ridiej
culed by many who declared Mime
sofa could never grow these things
p%rofitably. But twenty years of breed
ing, selection, grating and accIimat-
ing has made an apple state of Min
nesota and it's small fields of corn of
q decade ago have been Supplanted bv