The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-13
North Dakota
Kernels

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Devils Lake gets a new cigar fac.
tory.
A team Of oxen were stolen from
Williston.
The Merchants hotel at Edinburgh
was Quilted by fire.
Miller & Rutten, q machinery firm
Of Crary, were forced to suspend.
Grafton is to have a third bank, the
newest organization to be called the
lScandinavian-American bank.
Judge Buttz, accompanied by ". 8.
Examiner r. e. Coleman, made a. tour
Of his district to take UP citizenship
matters.
Mrs. David Johnson. one of the pio-
neers Of the state. died at her home
north of Gardar in Cavalier county.
She came to Gardar thirty-one years
ago.
The new Walsh county jail Is such
a fine structure that 1t makes the
courthouse look shabby, and the lat
ter will probably be rebuilt in a fewf
years, ,
Seven members of a thresning crew
which was working near Glenburn this
fall are down with typhoid fever. The
source Of the disease has not been To-,
Gated but is thought to be from drink
ing water from a well which had be-.
come contaminated with typhoid
germs.
,In6 Jordan got real humorous IN hjc
Saturday Blade and sprung the fol-
lowing: Elk Mayor Sweet Of Fargo
will probably be the bull moose can
didate for governor of North Dakota,
again. Our country's constitution
guarantees to every man "life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.
Milton Globe; The Globe believes
that Miss Aida Olson, residing eight
miles southwest of Milton, holds the
record Of the state for wheat produc-
ton this year, receiving at the rate of
forty-eight bushels Of Marquis wheat
to h acre. This will prove wonder
full returns for the labor expended, es-
pecially when one stops to think that
this wheat sells at $2.25' per bushel for
seed.
The little town Of Pettibone is en-
joying a building and Improvement
boom which fills the residents with
optimism. At present there is about
$4,000 in residences and business
houses in the course of erection and
several thousand dollars will be ex-
pended in improvements this fall. A
fair crop has been realized and both
farmers and business men are feeling
cheerful over future prospects. l.
The Michigan Arena sets The For
UNI right as follows: The Fargo For
UNI enormously related that Angus
Brandt, in making his escape from
custody here recently, wrenched sew
eral bars loose. We wish to inform'
The Forum that the only bar that was |
ever wrenched loose in this city was
so wrenched by the prohibition law
and that was several years ago. Since
then all the bars in this town have
remained intact.
Howard Hams, employed on Otto
Marohls threshing rig southwest of
Hanklnson, has decamped, presumably
with $3.50 of his employers money.
Hams injured his ankle recently and
was recuperating at the Marohl home.
tie disappeared and shortly afterwards
1t was discovered that the money was
missing. So far no trace of the fell
low has been found. The day before
Mr.. Marohl had over $500 secreted in
the same place from which the $3.50
was taken.
Cooperstown is to have a gymnas-
ium. 1t will be devoted two nights of |
each week to the business men and
public generally n the other four
nights to the pupils Of the high
school. The funds are to be raised
by the commercial club and the board
of education was authorized to have a |
building erected on grounds owned by
the schools. 1t will be sufficiently
large for basketball, volley ball, indoor
baseball n to contain such apparatus
as will be necessary.
Sometimes newspapers and others
are scored for 'preaching at" the
farmers and telling them o to run
their business. AS a matter of fact, |
there is very little preaching that is
not necessary n not effective. This
very preaching" has resulted in revo-
lutionizing the farming business, and
the truths which the once despised
experts" kept hammering home
month after month and year after
year, are now accepted by the farmers
who are making big successes.
Charley Stinborn Of Cooperstown
suffered a very painful and serious &C.
cident when he was kicked in the head
by one Of the farm horses. A sharp
portion of the horses shoe struck his
eye, cutting it wide open and laying,
the eyeball out upon the cheek. His
head was also badly bruised and for a.
time it was thought very serious con-,
sequences would result. He will be
confined to his home for some time,
but a complete recovery is looked for
with no permanent serious results.
The Stutsman county board has de-
c1ded to construct a modern hog pen
FOR the county poorfarm at James
town and A. F, Borchert is preparing
the plans for the building to submit
to the board. The main features in a
modern hog house are light and clean
liness. A concrete floor is used in all
the modern hog pens, with boards or
planks laid across that part of the pen
where sleeping quarters are provided.
Concrete Is cold and damp, and the
planks, with straw for bedding mako a
warm bed.
The Nursery company is getting
their stock ready for shipment. Dur
ing the past season they have sold be-
tween $4,000 and $50, 900 worth Of
nursery stock, which includes over
sixty points in the state of North Da-
kota. About thirty men nave been kept
busy during the past two weeks dig
ging trees, and for the coming two
weeks the stock will be packed and
shipped out to the various points. This
company has been in business eight
years, and shows a steady improve
ment every year. ..
Editor George has the following
very valuable suggestion in his Hills
boro Banner The Banner would sug-
eeSt that fha Ieptslaf11ra af i+s enc