The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-23
North Dakota
Kernels

Mrs. Ray Barnard of Grand Forks,
welded last January, succumbed to
tuberculosis.
A son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hooper,
who live near Baldwin, was kicked
by a horse n quite seriously injur-
ed.
At Cando the streets have been
greatly improved this year at a cost
OF $4,817.54, expended in crossings,
curbs and graveling the streets,
Reports from Benson county are that
threshing operations will be under way
there in a few days, following wet
conditions, which have been the rule
for the past week.
A family in Ward county by the
name of Post are rejoicing in the ar
rival of a fine baby boy. In order TO
be up-to-date they have decided to
name him Parcel"
Permits for the erection Of twenty
nine new buildings in Grand Forks,
costing in all $376,675, have been is
sued from the Office of the city en-
gineer since Jan. 1, 1913.
A local firm at Darlington fills the
local demand for fly traps from its
own workshop-the trap is designed
to catch thousands Of flies in an hour
or two. The dirty things cannot es-
cape, once they enter the trap.
The general opinion Is that much
of the corn owe the state will be
matured enough to be out of the way
Of injury by frost in a very few days.
1t is estimated that there are 100. 900
more acres to corn this year than
there were last year..
There is trouble at Darlington over
an alleged fake directory of Foster.
c~ounty-the publishers made the claim
that they were from Fargo, no inves-
legations seem to have been made and
money in advance was paid for adver-
Using, but there is no directory in
sight.
The paper at Rolla says that prairie
chickens are plentiful this year. This
increase in number is explained by the
fact that in nearly every part Of the
state grain shocks furnished plenty of
food through the winter. Ducks are
also said to be numerous, owing to the
lakes and sloughs being fuller than
usual in the spring.
The alleged dreadful scandal at
Cando turns out to have been no more
than simply a disagreeable and un-
fortunate incident, likely to happen in
any community, a thing which has
been happening since the world was
created and the wrongs will be prop
erly taken care of by the authorities
OF Cando and Towner county.
The Powers elevator at Melville was
burned to the ground early Monday
morning. The fire was started soon
after midnight by a bolt Of lightning.
The building, valued at about $4,000,
was a total loss. For a time the Put
nam Miller lumber yard and coal
sheds were in great danger, but the
fire was confined to the one build
ing.
The Richland county fair will be
held in Wahpeton, Sept. 80 to Oct. 8.
Plans are being laid for the biggest
and best fair ever held here. Ad-
ditional space will be provided for
machinery, livestock, poultry and
agricultural displays, while, the manu-
features, horticultural, women's and
educational departments will be com
plete in every respect.
The superintendent of the North Da-
kota Holsteins Breeding Circuit assoei-
alton has arranged with the
cial club of New Salem to make a
tour of different farms In that part of
Morton county and a photographer
will be taken with the party. It is re-
puted that the finest dairy barn on a
private farm in the state is being
erected for Charles Klaussman at
youngstown. near New Salem.
On a farm west of Bathgate is a
field of Gehn corn. 1t is about a forty
acre tractand the grain is so far advanc-
Led that some Of it is hardening and
beyond the roasting a stage 1t
would seem that it should be pretty
well ripened by Sept. I, If weather con
ditions remain favorable. This variety
of corn is we'll worth the attention Of
farmers where the danger from frosts
is the danger in maturing a crop.
w. E. Gull, Of Esmond, Benson
county, district game warden for the
second district, comprising the counties
of Benson, Ramsey, Rolette and
ToWner, was at Rolla a few days ago
and appointed a number of local game
wardens to see that the hunting laws
are strictly enforced. Several soon
StS IlIN Z oil SoNy pCSA a5l1 III
out the state, and those inclined to
break the law should take notice.
According to The Record at Car
rington there are some vicious boys
in that town. One Of them, a day or
two ago, ran past an auto belonging
to a local resident as 1t was standing
in the street and stuck a knife into a
tire, cutting a long cash in the casing
eand also puncturing the inner tube. A
half dozen men saw the boy do the
trick but he tucked so quickly in the
dark that they were unable to identify
him.
Threshing reports from points in
Trail county are very much more en-
couraging than it was thought they
would be, the yields from a number
of fields being reported at rs bushels
to the acre. Rye, barley and oats are
satisfactory. Recent delays to mar
vest work have been caused by, rains
within the last week or ten days. On
a farm near the city of Hillsboro the
threshing yields were, wheat 20 BUSH
els to the acre; rye 25 bushels; barley
80 and oats 40, considered very good
for a season thought to be a little. off