The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-31
Rain is needed.

that expects to have a potato ware
house.
Thomas Murphy If Sanborn is COM
posing The Rosary in Gaelic for some
Gaelic scholars. ~.
June nj July will see many con-
ventions in North Dakota and Fargo
will have it's full share.
Royal D. Ross, who settled on a
claim in Steele county in 1882, died at
his home at Cooperstown this week.
Mrs. Harriet Ross of LaMoure has
been named manager of the state fire
marshal and state hail insurance de-
partments by Insurance Commissioner
Taylor.
1t has been suggested that COM
mercial clubs in North Dakota could
use some Of their surplus energy in
planting trees, and in other ways
identifying the town.
Minor needs a creamery to take care
of the business that mn to that town
by reason of the new Minnesota law
against shipping
Rev. Francis E. Smiley, D. D., also
known as the Rocky mountain
evangelist" will hold evangelistic
meetings at Minnewaukan, dates for
which are to be announced later.
A. J.. Kirkeide, a member of the last
legislature, will superintend the con-
struction Of the new Maddox agri-
| cultural and manual training high
school.
Frank Jarvis, who has been at the
head of the Cogswell high school for
three years, will publish The Cakes
Journal. Mr.. Kellogg, present owner,
will embark in the real estate business.
The value of North Dakota Ignite
deposits have been doubled in the last
year through research work carried on
by Dean E. J. Babcock Of the School
Of Mines at the state university, which
has resulted in the establishment of
methods for the briquettine of the fuel
and for the manufacture of gas.
h Cakes Journal warns the motor
cycle nuisances who go down the main
street full speed with the muffler open
to attract attention, that some one Is
liable to "paste them one in the jaw
Ever notice what a soul-satisfying
expression that is
The robin is one of the most vaIu-
able birds that spend their summers in
North Dakota. They destroy count
less thousands of worms, bugs and
insects that raise havoc with growing
things. The killing Of a robin Is a far
greater loss to the state than the
killing Of a prairie hen. q
Eighteen thousand fish will soon be
sent from the hatchery at the state
university to the biological station at
Devils Lake. The fish will be used to
stock Devils lake and is in the nature
of an argument to show that fish can
live and thrive in the biggest body of
water in the state,
Five miles of steel have been laid on
the Wildcrow supply road now being
constructed from the Missouri river to
the Madison fiat for the purpose Of
diVerting railroad construction work to
the New Rockford and Lewiston ex-
tension Of the Great Northern. 1t is
expected that the road will be COM
pleted and in operation early next
month. when actual work on the main
line will be commenced in earnest. The
work of laying steel has been delayed
for the reason that several bridges had
not been completed.
Editor j. J. Jordan of The Fargo
Blade, hands Police Commissioner ]. j.
Jordan the following valuable advice:
The city of Fargo needs some facil-
ity as a means Of making the profess
sional "vag" give this locality a wide
berth. There is a class Of these per-
ambulating humans to whom a lookup
has no terrors. The SOUND of the
hammer on the rock pile would send a
cold chill along the spine of these
Work-dodgers, however. It's a pity
Fargo hasn't something for these
idle hands to do" a..
The Williston Herald says: sHudson
township, Dickey county, is offering
7 cents each for gopher tails to resi-
dents Of the township. Wise gophers
will pull up their holes and remove
about w townships from Hudson and
then wear their tails bobbed;" and
The Cakes Times makes the following
comment: mo use to give the gophers
Of Hudson his friendly advice. 1t is
said there are many vacated holes in
that township already-and they have
made themselves 50 scarce hat they
didn't even wait to take the holes with
them. No money shooting gophers in
that toWnship-even at 7 cents per.
Cogswell Enterprise: There is a,
provision in the state law which gives
the governor or the county board au-
thority to call in the state examiner
to go over the records of any official.
If the state examiner was called in to.
examine the records of Mr.. MARINERS
office in time to report to the board at
the July meeting the commissioners
would then be in a position to exoner-
ate the ex-register of deeds, If the ac-
counts are straight. In case a short
age is found the bonding company
could be notified at once, and the coun-
ty would be protected. This would be
fair to both sides.
The Bismarck Times calls attention
to a coming problem as follows: Will
Governor Hanna call a special ses-
sion Of the legislature some time with
in the next twelve months to enact a
law for the election Of al United States
SENATOR Sen. A. j. Gronna,s term
of office expires on March a, 1915, and
his successor must be elected by the
people either at the general election
in November next year O at a special
election provided by the next session
of the legislature. The new. amend
ment to the constitution is in effect
nov and 1t provides for the direct
election of United States senators. 1t
also provides that in the event Of a;
vacancy that the governor cannot APP
point a senator to fill 1T, butfas in the
case Of congressman, al special cleo
ton must be held. However, the Ieg-
islature ma delegate power to the
governor to appoint until an election
can be held. AS 1t would be much less
expensive to hold a. special session OF
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