The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-09

| ordered streets opened for the con-
venience of the County Agricultural
| and Training school.
Residents of Ryder are giving pleas
ure and creating favorable comment
because they are using cement tiles
for their sidewalks instead of lumber.
But for proper alertness on the part
| of the sheriff and his assistants at the
Wahpeton jail, there might have been
| a jail delivery and all of the Cass
county prisoners set free.
A new school district near Ryder is
| to vote on the proposition to consoli-
| date as a number Of the patrons want
a proper equipped school and all of the
advantages of state aid.
One Of the best yields Of winter rye
in the vicinity of Velva was ten
bushels to the acre. The general
yield is estimated at about seven
bushels to the acre.
The Republican at Langdon credits
Senator Henry Mclean with having
| recently erected the largest and finest
| barn in Cavalier county. The size Of
the structure is 60x82 feet.
M. B. Cassell addressed a very in
teresting open letter to the Sunday
school children at Hope from. the
worlds convention at Zurich, Switzer-
land. He will reach home about Aug.
| 20.
There were over 1000 people at
| tending the dedication of the creamery
at Pettibone and among them were
farmers and their wives from Medina,
Cleveland. Woodwork, Sykeston,
Tuttle and Heaton.
The hunting licenses this, year are
! printed on yellow paper and contain
the usual descriptive marks of the
| licensee. In the background, printed
| in green, is a picture of a sheaf of
wheat with a dog and gun standing
| beside it.
Mclean county has a Good Roads
| association and Aug. ~ has been
named as the day on which every liv-
cry man, automobile owner and driv-
| er is requested to help in bettering the
main roads in the county. A splendid
movement.
Mrs. Anton Struxness, a farmers
wife near Woodwork in Stutsman
county, was one of the high scorers
| this year-her butter Is so good that
she commands the top price the year
round.
Four cans of perch were received at
Sanborn from the state hatchery at st.
Johns, N. D., for stocking the waters
| of Sweetwater lake. The perch are
year old and will spawn next spring,
The experiment has been tried before,
but 1t is hoped that this time it will
prove a success.
Cavalier county shows balance in
| hand of just a quarter of million
| of dollars. The assessment returns
show the property valuation Of Cava-
lier county as being ,243, Of which
| $5,595,752 represents farm property,
| $611,930 city and town property and
| $2,109,491 personal property.
| According to The Herald the crops
around Omemee, while not excellent
are much better than in some parts
of the county. The yield will be fair
! on most Of the farms. Very few
! transient 1aborers have arrived yet
help. Wages will undoubtedly be
pretty high. Crops are reported ex-
cellent around Kramer. Russell and
Newburg.
Editor Miller Of The Siftings at
Minnewaukan demonstrates fifckertail
business rapidity in the following
story: G.. w: Denny almost exceeded
the speed limit Tuesday night when he
left Minnewaukan at $3.50 and went to
Starkweatf1er and sold a farmer a
Icomplete threshing rig and was back
home in Minnewaukan at D: 80 o'clock
Wednesday morning, meanwhile stop
ping at Devils Lake toWell to see a.
Ifellow!
Herndon W. Goforth came out from
| Washington, ID. c., to spend his vaca-
tion with friends In Benson county and
has been shaking hands with his mum :
erous friends in Mfnnewaukan and the
Antelope valley for the past ten days.
Mr.. Goforth has seen four years sery-
ice In the Philippine islands as q
school supervisor since leaving the
county but has now been transferred
Ito the civil service department and Us
stationed at Washington, y. G. He
likes his new position very much and
talks entertainingfy Of life In the Phil
ippines.
II Prairie chickens are unusually pIen-
| tiful i'm the sand hill district southwest
i Il Of Leonard this year and the state In
general. Owing to the late harvest last
n ycaI, IL sseNSIshA ar
4 grain was left In the shock all winter
and the birds Wintered exceIlently on
Ithfs and have raised large families
4 From all parts OF the country come
Il cheering reports regarding the size
ana number of the covfes. The younf
birds are now nearly full grown This
II season has been very favorable al
4 there have been very Ii title hail or hart
4 1 storms In this locality and In the alb
4 sence of such storms that would hur'
\ the crop between now afld the opening
4 day, there win be some thrilling spur
and sorne wonderful feasts Of fries
prairie chicken TO reward the sports,
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