The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-23
North Dakota
Kernels
Jack Frost got busy right.

The corn crop was all matured be-
fore the frost came.
Charged with stealing a horse from
a local resident, two young boys are
in Jail at Omemee.
The North Dakota Better Farming
association has already worked a
wonderful transformation in this
state.
T%hreshing Is now practically com
pleted throughout the state and thous-
ands Of acres are being overturned by
the plows every day.
During the high wind which prevail
ed for several days and which had a
telling effect upon the old brick boiler
house at the insane asylum at James
town, the entire east wall Of the build
ing went out with a crash. The build
ing is now under reconstruction SO
that the damage Is much less than 1t
otherwise would have been.
Wahpeton Globe-Gazette: 1t would
seem from the number Of land buyers
now seeking investments in this coun-
ty that the real merits of southeastern
North Dakota lands are just beginning
to be realized. It is no exaggeration
to state that during the past few
weeks hundreds Of people from the
states to the east and south of us have
visited the county and a very large
per cent Of them have either already
invested in Rfchland county lands or
are arranging to DO so this fall.
Mrs. Reuben K. Hoy of Grand
Forks, had a narrow escape from
a serious, If not fatal accident, when
she swallowed a needle. Mrs. Hoy,
who Is a filter at a ladies' store,
breathed in n Of the needles. which
she held in her mouth and lodged in
the upper part of the larynx. She was
given immediate medical attention,
and the needle. which had lodged
crossways in the pipe, was pulled out
through the throat without serious
effects. Had the needle gone farther
down, the result might have been seri-
Gus. the attending physician declared.
". J. Curran, who has the contract
for two Of the new buildings at the
state hospital for the insane at James
town, has been awarded the contract
for the ~remodeling of the adminlstra-
ton building into a first class tubercu-
lar hospital. His bid was $22, 127.4O,
and only $3.50 below that Of Tom Pow
ers Of Fargo, the only other bidder.
Work pom the building will begin
very shortly and will be rushed to
early completion. When the building
is completed it will be used entirely
for tubercular patients who will be
segregated from the others.
The Better Farming association is
preparing to close the acre yield corn
contest that has engaged the time and
attention of so many boys throughout
the state his summer Reports are just
being received as to average yields
and condition of maturity Of corn en-
tered in the contest. The reports in
at the present time indicate that only
20 per cent of the fields entered in the
contest are under 95 per cent mature.
This is an exceptional condition when
1t Is considered that boys from every
section of the state have entered this
contest, and that the fields are located
not only in the extreme northern but
also in the extreme western section of
the state.
Kenmare News: The way the petit
tons are being circulated in MinOt it
seems to us that the l. w. w. trouble
is far from being over. The recall is
apt to be tested there. The recall is
all right if it is handled sensibly but
it can also be made a nuisance to our
best officers If a bunch of rough necks
hanging around a town are permitted
" sign L. IA SlclSS uO 4OL IdL0 y
law and order in any form and IL by
their signing a petition will tend to
recall a good officer of the law, they
are willing and anxious to sign it. In
our opinion when a recall petition Is
presented to you to be signed, it will
be we'll to take a peep into the inside
of the matter and see who is at the
bottom Of it all. .
| To~~~5~n T1,,rto. Do~o4oro+s Pri.a
recent requirement issued governing
! the classification of rural graded and
consolidated schools has caused con
! sternation among county superintend-
ents and school boards which have
been earnestly striving to bring
schools up to standards. The require
ments which have caused greatest
criticism is the requirement not only
for a certain grade of certificate but
also that the holder of such certificate
shall be a graduate of a four-year
high school. September, 1913, the re-
quirement is made still higher; nor
NAL graduates are demanded. Stand
ards are desirable, but the impossible
ought not to be expected. The state
board of education will do we'll to de-
fer the time Of operation for these re-
q~uirements.
The Jamestown Capital thinks
North Dakota would be a poor place
for Thaw to come. When Thaw's law
yers, in preparing his case. asked
the authorities Of every state in the
union what they would do if al in
sane man was taken into custody
within it's borders and an attempt was
made to extradite him, the following
clause in the North Dakota law was
quoted: whenever any person shall
be found by the commissioner Of in
sanity to be insane, and q fit subject
for custody and treatment in the hos.
pital for the insane, and such person
has no legal residence within this
state, such person shall be sent, at the
expense Of the state, to the place
where such person belongs in ever!
case where such place of residence
can be ascertained."
Sheldon Progress: AS the return!
from threshing machines come in it il
apparent that the greatest foe of tn,
+, farmer at this time is the wild oati
nuisance. In some localities the will
oats are so thick that wheat is docket
SO per cent, while there is scarcely
any that escapes a dockage Of les
than three to five pounds per bushe.
One farmer who brought a load o
fwheat to market last week was dock
ed thirty-two bushels, or half his load
? It cost him as much to thresh an
harvest the wild oats as it did t
, thresh nj harvest his wheat. In 9th
: er words, he paid double price 70
threshing his wheat. He Is able t
he finds that the expense Of CROWN
!, his crop is just double what It, shoul
be. So serious has become the situa
=. ton tina farmers have become thor