The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-29

Lisbon nay purchase the Laughlir
spring, near that city, to supply the
city with pure water.
Matt Solbro and Albert Tufise were
arrested in Minot on the charge of be-
ing drunk and fighting. It is said that
Solbro and Tuflise were beating up an
old man.
Prof. A. J. Becker will be acting
dean Of the mechanical engineering
department at the state university this
year, in the absence Of Prof. Calvin
II. Crouch. The latter obtained a
years leave of absence last spring and
will spend the veal visiting and study
ing engineering schools in the east.
In the wake of the recent cold and
wet spell of weather a wave Of petty
crime swept the magic city and sur
rounding country and the police have
been busy the last couple of weeks
raiding resorts Of blindpiggers, gamb-
lers, bootleggers, rounding up DRINKS
n capturing other criminals Of more
or less dangerous character, -.
Martha Martwick, the young women
who was turned over to the police at
Minot on a warrant charging attempt
ed suicide, left with her sister, Emma
MartWick, to join her parents at
Drake, n. D., after signing her own
bond. The girl has promised future
good conduct and the charge against
her may never be pressed owing to the
circumstances. -.
Lisbon Free Press: Our grain crop
in Ransom county yields for wheat, ac-
cording to threshing reports, from ten
to twenty-four bushels per acre, but
above all. our eggs are not in one
h a ElYnfs ~ co VIZ Iny,~ - l-~~~
corn which means stock raising and
hogs, while the good housewife has
sufficient butter and eggs to keep the
table well supplied.
North Dakota's freedom from paup-
erism, her small number Of peniten-
tlary prisoners, her few asylum in
mates and her general wealth and
prosperity clearly indicate the benefits
OF prohibition. according to the mes
sage of Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Ander-
son, president Of the North Dakota
Women's Christian Temperance union,
delivered at Lisbon last week.
Devils Lake celebration marking the
dedication of the white way lighting
system was a complete success. Humid
reds Of people participated in the
festivities last night, and the lights,
when turned on, lighted the city bril-
lantly. A parade, a grand ball and
other features were staged in connec-
ton with the dedication. Fred J.
Traynor was the principal speaker.
The passenger travel over the Great
Northern road out of Grand Forks for
the past month has been the heaviest
in the history of the company, accord
ing to figures which have been COM
piled by officials. The receipts for this
month are estimated at $65, 200. Last
year the receipts for September were
$38,OOO, and that amount at the Scent
rate, while the ,2-cent rate has been in
effect this year. The travel has been
yer double. "
The Rugby creamery is Offering 80
cents a pound for butter fat, and The
Pierce County Tribune, published
there, is urging the farmers to sup
port 1T. During the threshing season
cream receipts have fallen off to an
alarming extent and The Tribune says
a crisis has been reached. 1t is to be
hoped that the farmers respond to. the
appeal. AS The Tribune says, it viii
set the community back five years to
let the creamery fail.
Seventy of the fine drove of hogs of
Charley Johnson Of Riverdale, near
Cakes, died Of cholera and about thir-
ty-f1ve more were infected. Assistant
State Veterinarian J. A. Logan was
there and pronounced the disease as
cholera. This is the first so far re-.
ported in that county. There is a re-
port that some hogs cas- of Ludden
died suddenly from cholera, while 9TH
er reports give deaths of hogs at YER
ona Sheldon and Lisbon.
William HURT, who resides two
miles from Hoople. has a farm that is
a center of interest to Walsh county
people because Of the large amount of
fruit he grows. He raises large GUAM
titles Of both the large and the crab
apples and several varieties of piums
as we'll as Strawberries, raspberries,
~gooseberries and currants. His farm
is a kind of fruit experiment station for
the rest of the county and has inspired
many others to an effort.
Mrs. Herman Kuckenbacker prob
ably saved her baby's life at Minot,
when h snatched him up off the
Kitchen floor near a gasoline stove in
a mass Of flames. Gasoline had trickled
out in the pan under her gasoline
stove in the kitchen and had in some
way ignited. The boy was playing on
the foor in the kitchen near the flames
and, seeing his predicament, the moth
er grabbed up the tot and called the
apparatus. The flames were easily ex-
tinguished, the damage being small.
The first shooting accident of the
season e Granville occurred when
Pete Steinbakken accidentally shot
himself with a 20 rife. Mr.. Stein
bakken went out to the barnyard to
get chickens for dinner. He shot a
chicken all right, but did not kill it and
reloaded the gun, intending to shoot
it again, then decided to knock it over
with the butt of the. gun. The gun
went off and the bullet entered his
arm just above the wrist, causing d
bad wound. 81
Harry WEIGH, foreman at Ell. H. Mil
ler's ranch north of Beach, ran across
a young RATHER while at the ranch. He
was a little fellow and WEIGH thought
he would pick him up and keep him,
but changed his mind, for, as he grab
bed at the snake it struck n caught
his index finger on the left hand. Welch
took out his knife and cut the flesh
from around the wound at once and
then went to the house. and burned the
sore with ~carbolic acid. His finger
was sore and stiff for a short time, but
no bad results followed. .M
John Knauf Of Jamestown, in com
pliance with the instructions of the
late meeting of the State Bar associa-
ton, has appointed a committee of
members Of the bar to consider the ad-
visibility of the establishment Of an
intermediate appellate court in North
Dakota. It is the custom in states in
which the work of the supreme court
has become so great that. it cannot be
taken care of by that body, to establish
an intermediate court between the dis
trict court and the supreme court,