The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-31

SeNenty-nVe people are suffering
from ptomaine poisoning from eating
salad at Bismarck.
The Bottineau County News says:
"a new whisker artist has taken
charge at N~ewburg."
Rev. e. Z. Barnhart, Baptist State
Sunday School missionary is holding
revival services al Bottineau.
The Warwick Sentinel thinks the
women suffer" enough, but if they
want to vote "let 'em do it by gum"
The Jasmer German American ad-
Vises it's readers to drive your steam
roller over the Mercer county knock
ers."
The wagon Of Mail Carrier Saulter
of Monango caught fire from a heat
ing stove inside and is now minus h
roof.
States Attorney Homnes has hired
six lawyers to help him In the fight to
retain the county seat of Divide coun-
ty at Crosby.
The state papers are paying close
attention to the work of their re-
spectiVe representatives in both
houses at Bismarck.
The Crosby Eagle, which had its
18th birthday jan. "a, had the most
prosperous year of its existence dur
ing the year just closed.
The committee that will prepare a
detailed statement of the navigation
possibilities of the Red river will meet
at Grand Forks. Feb. 10.
Almost every paper in the state had
a synopsis of President Worst's talk
on More Farmers, Fewer Hoboes,
Less Waste and More Prosperity.
Carl Ekstrom, who shot UP the
country in the vicinity of Sawyer,
pleaded guilty to an assault charge
and was sent up for fifteen days.
Pure bred cattle are being shipped
by the carload and in smaller and
greater shipments to almost all sec
tons of North Dakota this winter.
The programme is out for the an
nuaI meeting of the county commits
sioners Of North Dakota that is to be
held at jamestown, Feb. IL, II and IS.
At Minot, the Great Northern rail-
way and the Piper Howe Lumber Co.,
were both refused permits to build
frame buildings inside the fire limits.
Ben Schuster of Wyndmere threshed
out 1876 bushels of beans. He secured
the seed from Mandan, where it is
said they have been raised by Indians
for 100 years.
The Hebron Tribune says that the
reason some grain tributary to that
town is not marketed there is be-
cause there are better roads leading
to rival towns.
The Armenia schools, which were
closed because of infantile paralysis
will be opened Monday, Two deaths
resulted before the schools were closed
but there have been non since.
Some miscreant opened the valve
on the city we'll at Wyndmere in
the night and the next morning the
citizens found that part of the town
had turned into a great ice rink.
Judge Kirk who recently retired
from the Office of county judge of
Bottineau county has formed a law
partnership with G. P. Adamson, the
latter retiring from the firm of Noble,
Blood & Adamson.
Marshal Iago of Lawton found a
man lying dead drung in an alley with
the thermometer way below zero. Had
he not been discovered when he was he
would have been badly frozen and
might have persisted.
Leonard Millspaugh, aged 49,, of
Dickey had all his toes frozen stiff
and his feet badly frost bitten, while
returning from an all night fishing
excursion on the James rives. His
father and other relatives were with
him.
Lidgerwood Broadaxe: President
Worst of the A. G. seems to have mix
ed things with the society of equity
leaders last week, so that they de-
~nounced both him and Hanna. He cut
short their talk periods, which was
cruel.
Mrs. L. e, Wisler and Ray Litsey OF
Cando were shocked to receive a tele-
gram telling that their oldest brother,
William Litsey and his entire family
wife and three children were burned
to death on their farm near Erie
Kans.
r. A. McCann, editor of The Pal
ermo Herald uses some language in
denouncing the grizzly bear" and
other dances that have been adopted
from the contortions of the beasts
of the fields, that ought to bring the
blush of shame to the cheeks of those
who indulge, in that village,
Hansboro News. A Zion youne
lady went down east this fall witt
her wedding trosseau neatly packed
in her trunk with full expectancy t.
get married to a young mar who
through correspondence promised tt
marry her shortly after her arrival
but, alas, to her bitter chagrin he jilt.
ed her and married another-and there
they are.
The Pierce County Tribune says
A pair of tou~gh-looking guys drop
ped off belated No. l last Monda.
morning and took a turn about town
Later they were recognized as non
other than Mike Breen OF Wolfort
! and one OF the branch line editor
who had ust returned from the edi
torial conclaye at Wahpeton. The.
were allowed TO remain in the cit.
: until train time.