The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-08
These are boom times in schafer.

the closing hours of the North Da-
kota Legislature.
North Dakota voters will decide in
1914 whether or not he women are
to get the ballot.
Gus McLaren. probably the most
noted negro criminal in North Dakota,
is in trouble in Fargo.
The towns of KelIys and J%ohnstown
in Grand Forks county are both plan
ming on consolidated schools.
The 500 is planning to run a special
sleeper from Minot to the twin cities,
on No. 1852, beginning April /.
A new baseball circuit has been ar
ranged with Mandan, Beach Glendive,
and Miles City as members.
The 10000 bushel elevator at Burt
has been purchased by David Coutts,
an elevator man of Belfeld.
Governor Hanna has started a
movement to raise money to present a
Lincoln memorial statue to Norway.
The county superintendent of Penn
bina, Walsh and Grand Forks counties
met to discuss the annual summer
school.
Edna Hea1ey pleaded guilty to white
slavery at Darlington and Judge Cof-
fey sentenced her to serve three years
in the PEN
Thomas Callahan was given a year
in Leavenworth for impersonating a
cousin, and nus drawing a pension
from Uncle Sam.
The loss Of the Fargo theatre by FIRE
was lucky for Breckenridge and
Wahpeton. AS a. result those cities
saw the Balkan Princess.
The monogram from the cap of g
soldier, believed to have been lost dur
ing the Indian wars in North Dakota
was found near Cogswell.
President Wilson is getting favor
able comments on his inaugural ad-
dress from many of the strongest
stand pat republican papers.
Two East Grand Forks trainmer
Joseph MCGOWAN and Gus Sagen Were
burned to death in the wreck OF theil
engine near East Grand Forks.
The Cakes Times congratulates
Editor Goddard of The Glendale
LSduSI III HIS, appointment 90 q IIISIu-
Der Of h Normal Industrial board.
1t is expected regular passenger and
mail trains will be put in operation
on the new Devils Lake Fordville-
Drake line Of the 500 about April 1
The notice of the fire that destroy.
ed the farm home of Ferdinand Ehlke
near Russell brought inquiries from
Canada, Texas and Minnesota asking
IL he did not wish to sell his land.
Mickey Blake Of Bottineau, a local
weather prophet, got into trouble be-
cause he insisted that the ground hos
was right, and the Bottineau people
wanted to ship him out of the county.
John Batsch was hit on the head by
a brick from q chimney of q house he
was helping to move at Gackle and fol
a time it was feared his skull was frac-
tured but later it was learned that the
wound was not serious.
A freight train engine hit a COW al
Russell knocked her down and showed
her along the track. The engineer
was about to shoot her when she leap
ed to her feet and scampered away,
apparently as good as ever.
The Paramount News, quoting the
squib that anyone would van to &c
to Devils Lake to die, since the fine
new undertaking establishment was
opened, said: That may be, but there
won't be any body from Paramount
that will want to go to Devils Lake
after our undertaken Sgets through
with them.
Bottineau News: Henry Roers
who had one OF the biggest farm sales
of the county last fall expecting to To-
cate in Montana, after travelling exten.
sively over the west, has decided there
is no place better than this county, ant
having returned here has purchased Z
business in Gardena, one of the snappy
| little towns of the county, and has
settled down for good, VIZ are glad K
say. 1t is such testimony as this tina
proves the real worth of our country.
cakes Times: 1t is well for tn,
> Legislature to check up the state OF.
fees every two years, but such SHOULD
be done as a matter of audit anf
drawing a line every two years, rather
than making an investigation On &C.
count of factional differences that may
exist. IL the state officers expected
checking of their books every twf
years, and 1t was done quietly an
systematically, it would be a goot
thing for all concerned. But the antics
Of some in this legislature to get d
some others looked to outsiders
good deal like boys play-and avaiies
nothing.
A Gasoline Victim.
Judge. Hiram-The doctor say.
Ezra is suffering from auto-intoxica.
ton.