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

best known families OF Stanley.
Wheat on the Great Northern X
pertinent farm near MONACO went bet
ter than thirty-three bushels to the
acre.
The Stanley Sun says Palmero is
costing Mountrail county a lot of good
money by keeping up the fight for the
courthouse.
r. H. Emerson, one of Minot's well
known citizens suffered a severe
fainting spell while walking on Main
street, but recovered.
Merle Cool of Huntsville had a very
close call at csle of the elevators when
the team became frightened at the
train n upset the load of grain.
At Osnabrock, for several nights
last week, the farmers rugged up
headlights for their binders, and ran
them all night, as the grain was shell
ing badly.
Considerable lumber is being hauled
from Pingree by farmers to be used
for new granaries, repairs, etc, to
store their bumper crop in until they
have time to market it.
The Courtenay Gazette complains of
the lack of hotel accommodations
there, and declares that one house re-
Gently closed it's doors because it
could not secure satisfactory help.
In a runaway accident as he was re-
turning home from Wyndmere, steve
Howard was thrown from the buggy
when his team became unmanageabIe.
md sustained a broken arm and min
or bruises.
The appointment of w. T. Reilly as
postmaster of the Milton postofice has
been confirmed by the senate and the
bond has been forwarded to Wash
lhgton. 1t is thought that Mr.. Reilly
Will assume charge of the Office within
D week Or two.
Ing. Isaacson had a peculiar acct
dent with his t~hreshiag rig near Fair
dale. A horse switched its tail into
the belt on the cylinder shaft and the
belt carried it into the pulley, bending
the shaft and breaking the casting
with the bearings and putting the
machine out of commission.
The cattle purchased by Diesem,
Graves, Strong and McNary last week
near Denhoff, arrived here by rail late
Tuesday night and Wednesday morn
ing We're taken out to be pastured on
he DePuy ranch remarks The Pingree
Patrol. The shipment consists of four
stock cars.
The Lisbon Free Press says: The
Fargo Commission orders to stop auto
speeders means something. Big and
little guns nave been arrested and
made to fill the city Golfers with fines.
After the pocketbook has been touch
ed heavily the auto drivers will obey
the ordinance.
Small boys, or men with kid brains,
take a delight in mutilating the signs
pu+ up for the guidance of auto tour
lists, in some section of North Dakota.
One of the chief amusements of these
little fellows is to change the notices
of speed INIT. One town where the
limit through the village was ten
miles per hour, now has a sign reading
speed limit 100 miles per hour.
jamestown Capital: A facetious ex-
change calls attention to the fact that
WibauX has a Fox on it's ball team.
Dickinson has a Wolf hotel, another
has a Lamb in the real estate
business and now Beach has a Baer
for postmaster. Mandan News: "They
overlooked the fact that Mandan has
a Bull on her ball team" That's moth
ing; Jamestown has a butcher named
Hamrl, q grocer who Draw. Mr..
White Who sells paint.
The Bismarck B.. P. o. E. are plan,
ming to make Oct. 10 one Ions to be
as one OF the big days of
the third annual industrial exposition.
which will be held there. Special eff
forts are being made to entertain the
visiting Elks and their ladies, and the
large new hall will be dedicated at
that time. Special trains will be run
and large numbers of Elks from ali
over the state will attend.
The coroner's jury did not attempt
to fix the blame for the death in the
J. Gallant, conductor, of Thief River
gals, Mimi, and j, J. Fashant, a
brakeman, Of Maple Lake, Mimi, were
killed. Evidence showed, however.
thai the wreck victims left their train
on the main track of the road with
only one light on the rear of the ca
boose, where at least four lights
should have been placed, and that
there We're no lights on the front end
OF the train and nc torpedoes placed.
Towner News Tribune: Chris Jor-
SeLlSoH, one OF our farmers
living seven miles southeast of Town
er has twenty acres of corn this year
that will yield from twenty-five to
thirty bushels per acre. An ear of
corn was left at this Office which is
fully matured, we'll shaped, with large
plump kernels OF splendid color. 1t lis
of the Improved White Squaw variety,
a flint corn, and unquestionably will
make fine seed. The corn was plant
ed the latter part of May, and this
ear was picked Sept /. Besides a fine
field OF corn, Mr.. ~Jorgenson will have
an abundance of fodder for his cattle
this winter, his land will be enriched
and the weeds have been destroyed.
We believe Chris has the right system,
and one OF these days there will be a.
forty acre field OF corn on every
quarter section.
Devils Lake journal: AS the re-
turns from threshing machines come
in 1t is apparent that the greatest foe
of the farmer at this time lis the
wild oats nuisance. In some localities
the wild oats are SO thick that wheat
is locked 50 per cent, while there is |
scarcely any that escapes d dockagel
of less than three to five pounds per
bushel. One farmer who brought all
load OF wheat to market last week
was docked thirty-tWo bushels, or half
his a 1T cost him as much to
thresh and harvest the wild oats as
1T did to thresh and harvest his wheat.
In other words he paid double price