The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-12

dS-hHu Inc people IneTe WILL learn a
few things.
A farm team, Weighing 3,490 pounds
hauled a net load of $3.50 pounds of
shelled corn onto the elevator scales
at Marmarth a few days G
Those who sell harvesting machin-
cry at Wilton have suspended union
hours and work all of the tWenty-four
If the demand of the farmers requires
it.
A horse thief last week was sent to
the state pen for a year and a half
for stealing a a of horses four
years ago by im~personating the real
owner.
A total of 542.363 acres are under
cultivation in Grand Forks county
during the present season according
to statistics collected by the county
assessor.
Members of the Methodist Episco-
pal church of Larimore laid the cor
ner stone Sunday of their new $12,-
600 house of worship, which is now
under construction.
A man is trying to sell nursery
stock to Bottineau farmers who last
J N"A AAhS iLol vest III III uTk0u
them to demand 81 a day. He has been
exposed and tree selling with him is
at an end.
According to The News at Bottineau
No. 5 on the Great Northern has been
dubbed the beer special". At every
point this train dumps several cases
and barrels Of beer every day, causing
rejoicing among many thirsty individ-
uals.
The Mclean County Good Roads as
sociation has named Tuesday, Aug. IL,
the day on which every livery man,
automobile owner or driver is request
ed and urged to help in lettering the
main roads between towns in the
county.
The exhibits in all departments at
the Hamilton fair were exceptionally
good. There were 225 entries in the
poultry department, 100 in horses, sew
enty-f1ve in swine and twenty in sheep.
Over 300 entries were recorded in the
farm and garden department.
The ladies of Bottineau were an i'm
portant factor in making the recent
county fair there a success. In the
entertainment Of crowds the city
learned its capacity. The woman's de-
partment was a close competitor in
all sections to the n at the state
fair.
The freight handlers Of the North
ern Pacific at Mandan have struck for
higher wages, having refused to work
for the minimum wages of 20 cents
per hour. They have petitioned the
officials demanding a wage Of SOS per
month.
Cyrn0f M ~ Il n11t0r1~It1ar Lar 49,
travelling through Marmarth this year |
more probably than in all the years
past. Next year will see this travel
greatly Increased, as a result of the
great amount of advertising this sec |
ton is getting through the Yellowstone
Trail project.
William Lancaster, alias H. Brooks
waived examination on a forgery
charge at Lakota last Saturday after |
moor and was lodged inthe county |
jail Sunday night, pending the SEES
sion of the district court. According
to the authorities he has expressed his
willingness to plead guilty to the
charge.
Dugal Martin, a farmer in Bottineau
county, is getting his tirewood seven
ty feet under ground. In having a we'll
bored lately they strucy a we'll pre-
served log at seventy feet down and
had to cut it away to go further. 1t
looked something like the black poplar
found in the hills now. A sample is to
be Sent to the state school of forestry.
For the sake of having the Great
Northern territory Of North Dakota
represented at the third annual North
Dakota industrial exposition to be held
at Bismbarck in October, President !
Gray of the Great Northern has writ
ten General Manager Gjlbreath that
he will donate $500 in cash to be used
in prize money for farmers exhibits.
When the Fourteenth infantry left
Fort Lincoln last spring to be trans
ferred to Fort Wright, Washington,
there were 1000 tons of Goa left in
the storage sheds. Contractors have
commenced loading this coal on cars
at the spur at the Fort ana with the
exception of 200 tons, which goes to
the Indian school here, this coal viii:
be shipped 10 ST. Paul.
Fully 5000 carloads Of fruit will pass
through North Dakota over the North
ern Pacific destined to eastern markets
from the fruit sections of the west.
The refrigerator inspectors and Of
nave been instructed to give
these cars special attention. These
ShA y va NV itIN An opOAiul# -
trains, will run on special schedule
and have right OF way over all trains
except passenger trains,
The first harvesting accident near
Kenmare occurred when the 2-year-
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hollan
slipped away from the house to the
fields where he heard the binder run
ming. He was completely hidden in
the wheat and the father did not see
the child until it was writing and
shrieking in the teeth of the binder
One hand was severed and the
body horribly gashed. 1t is thought
the child has a chance to recover.
The members of the Wilton Tennis
association are highly pleased with. the
successful tournament which was held
the courts there last week. For
three years noW the Wilton tennis en-
have held an annual tourna-
ment and each succeeding affair has
been better than the one the previous
year. The tennis players of Wilton are
from among the younger business men