The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-21

The last issue of The Farm, Stock
n Home had a timely article on
fighting the gopher which was repro
duced in The Forum of April 10.
Sherwood has a fire engine and a
cistern that hold 1000 barrels Of wat
er. The Cistern was recently pumped
full and Is ready for the summer
Flies breed in rubbish and piles of
rOtting waste material. Cleaning UP
the yard will kill thousands of flies
before they're born. It's better than
swatting.
The towns along the Antler branch
of the Great Northern are planning on
cooperating on getting lyceum lecture
members for next winter and thus re-
ducing expenses.
The Maxbass Monitor remarks that
first base seems much farther away
from the home plate in the spring
when the would-be stars are out for
the first practice.
The Cando authorities have given
notice that the tow must be cleaned
| up, the streets are being put in good
shape n there are other signs to
prove Cando a progressive well-kept
town.
A disastrous prairie fire swept
the country from Baldwin to near
Wing. 1t swept away many farm
buildings, much stock and large guam
titles of hay. A rain stopped it two
miles from Wing.
Lisbon is in the midst of a pros
perity boom. Houses are scarce. the
new white way is soon to be in
stalled, the southwestern branch is to
be extended to Cannon Ball this year
and there are other signs of sub
stantial growth.
The Foster county Jail is empty. The
empty county jails in North Dakota
with the better enforcement Of the
prohibition law, and that the time will
come when many of the county jails
will be empty, practically the year
round.
Don't shoot the hawks. They are
the farmers best friends. They kill
thousands of mice n gOphers and
make up a hundredfold for an occa-
siOnal chicken If the hawks were all
killed the mice would soon become a
far graver problem than the gopher
and would simply over-run the fields.
Bert LaRue, on whose farm neal
Bisbee gas was found, is thoroughly
convinced that the newspapers reach
the public. He has received letters
from all parts of the country the writ
ers of which wanted to sell him gas
pipe, and it is reported hat an Okla
homa capitalist will investigate the
possibilities Of this new field.
The Zion correspondent of The Can
do Herald says: Zion is teeming
with life at present; every house is
occupied with a family of tWenty-six
souls all told, besides cats, dogs, hors-
es and cows. and the school still in
session with some thirty pupils plus
the teachers make a lively village
Can you figure it out?
Joe Hoven Of Burnstad was struck
a terrific blow across the face, when
the lever or his drill broke and few
back. His nose was broken and he
was badly cut. He proved his nerve
by driving to the house and his wife
also proved heroic by bandaging his
head and rushing him to a train on
which he was taken to a Bismarck
hospital. He will recover.
The Boyer family near Brantford
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boys started a fire in the barn to
cook eggs" The mother in her
efforts to save the stock rushed into
the burning building and was terribly
burned, the barn and stock was de-
stroyed and that same night the baby
Of the family fell into a pail of scald-
ing water and was injured worse than
the mother.
L. H. Bratton of The Rugby OPP
timist goes after Colonel Bloom of
The Devils Lake Journal because the
latter criticised Hanna for cutting the
appropriation for a $4,000 building
for the deaf and dumb school at Dew
lis Lake. Bloom made the rather sill
ly statement that Hanna vetoed the
appropriation because the building
was proposed for the home town of
John Burke.
Love did not run smoothly for Vic
tor e. Grunett, chief of police of Ken
mare who was married to Mrs. Anna
Eldredge. a typesetter who has
worked at Bowbells. Minot and other
towns in the northwestern part of
the state. They were married in
January and Mrs. Grunett is now SUI
ing for absolute divorce and a big
share of Grunett's property. 1t is
stated by The Bowbells Tribune that
it was a case of marrying for money.
CasseIton Reporter: Al little Incl
dent that Is said to have occurred
Monday night has caused much talk.
1t became apparent, report says, that
a young man who has been making his
headquarters in this city, was too con-
slant in appearance where he should
not be at all--and at unseemly hours.
"A deputation is claimed to have waited
on him, called him out from the house
and insisted on his immediate depart
IRE from town. He is reported to
have gone without delay.