The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-03-01
North Dakota
Kernels
TAFT vetoed the webb bill

Berg.
Ryder will have a 500 experiment
station.
Mrs. G. J. Holm has been named as
the postmaster at Ryder.
There are some excellent sand banks
near Hankinson that will be develop
ed.
The Lisbon Free Press asks What
are they driving at in Bismarck, any
way"
J Fargo is becoming one Of the most
important trading centres Of the north
west.
The Adams Budget gets after the
man who hogs" the mail delivery
window.
| Philip Butler of Hamilton was ar
rested on a charge of slandering a
| young lady,
Some of the old timers predict that
| seeding will start in North Dakota
this month.
The case of John Pecor, charged
with wife, murder at Hankinson, will
| be tried in June. ., ..-s
1t is said that baby Weighing
| little over ten pounds was sent by par
eel post in Iowa.
Mrs. Chas. Hewitt of Turton. s. D.,
wants to know the whereabouts of her
son, Eliza Kent Hewitt.
Binford is considering putting in an
electric light plant with twenty-four
| hour service at the start
The LaMoure County Chronicle is
already boosting for the LaMoure
county fair to be held in July.
More than 100 carloads Of new rails
used in extending the N. p. west from
Edgeley.
An examination of the brain of the
dog killed at Ryder at the A. c.,
showed that the dog was afflicted with
rabies.
All attempts to rescue the wagon
lost in the Missouri river near Chari-
son by Hugh Meyers have proved Of
no avail.
Miss Annie Callahan Of Sheldon was
rendered unconscious from concussion
of the brain when she fell from a
sleigh.
A thaw stopped grain hauling for
awhile in Mckenzie county but a
| freeze-up this week started the farm
| ers again.
1t rained at Berg last week and con-
tinued for a day and part of the night
| 1t then turned to snow and a heavy
snow storm resulted.
The Fairmount News is newsy
paper and from the amount of adver-
ttsing patronage 1t receives, the home
merchants appreciate it.
John Anderson of Finley was
thrown against telephone post when
his team ran away and he was badly
bruised but not seriously injured.
A. L. Edwards of Plaza was filing
a gasoline engine tank with gasoline
when the gasoline in the can caught
fire, exploded and burned him horri-
! bly,.
The Neville Journal makes a fur
being carried on the payroll at Wash
| ington by Senator Gronna, in this
weeks issue.
Little Viola Becker became entan-
gled in two skipping ropes on the
school grounds and was almost choked
to death by her playmates before they
| realized what they were doing.
The Hannaford Better Farming club
Idiscussed the eradication of foul
weeds. and a systematic fight is to be
made against these pests in that
vicinity.
Thrifty farmers arc getting their
seed grain cleaned, getting machinery
repaired, hardening up the horses, oil
| ing and repairing harness and getting
everything ship shape for the seeding
| season. 3.
The bullet with which dog was
shot at Wildrose, passed through the
dog and hit Adam Piper, the owner
of the dog, who was watching the
hired man shoot the animal Piper
is in serious condition.
The killers at the courthouse
| in Cooperstown are endeavoring to
/ figure out how long it took Noah to
build the ark and they have run up
against a harder problem than the old
how old is Ann" question.
! The North Dakota Siftings says that
in theory and according to law a man
is innocent until he is proven guilty,
but that in practice he is presumed
guilty until his innocence has been
proven and even then some people
have their doubts.
Everybody will want to go to Devils.
Lake to die. An undertaken there is
said to have the finest equipment in
the northwest. The satanic city has
long been one of the finest places on
earth to live in, and now it can't be
beat as place to die in.
Three families from Ithaca, Neb.,
are, on their way to Walsh county, to
cast their lot with North Dakota. The
Groves and Boober families will locate
at Lankin, the other, yhose names are
not known, at Conway. These fami-
lies are three of twelve, all from the
same neighborhood, who are moving to
Minnesota and North Dakota.
Sheriff Bishop of Dickey county en-
Etered the Jail apartment of the new
county jail at Forbes and unwittingly
locked himself in. The building is
Ionfy partly constructed and the Jail
Twas bitterly cold. He was rescued aft
1 er spending some time in Jail and is
Icongratulating himself that he did not
| have Tn SpSnd fhe night theTa