The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-29

subscription list of The Slope Advo-
cate published at Fort Rice which
means an addition OF 400 to the for
mer paper which is going to cover the
field thoroughly.
Social features under the auspices
of the churches at Dickinson are COM
mon and they are influential for good
among the young people especially
and they are having the cooperation
Of the older people.
Prof. w. A. Godward of New Rock
ford conducted the annual teachers
institute at McClusky, while instruc-
tors included G. A. Lewis of Lakota,
Mrs. H. H. Porter of Mayville and
Superintendent Kleve.
The high school at Lisbon will be
represented by a strong boys basket
ball team this year. The school is
the holder of the state championship,
winning the latter two years in sue
%cession and the boys are working to
retain possession.
Hundreds Of water fowl were seen
in the lakes, marshes and sWamps in
the northern part Of the state the first
Of the week. The birds were on the
wing all day and remain in the wa
Y SNOk AI1StIB Ia C0h1lls LIlSlL liz Ill LO
the south only during that time of the
day.
Major Murphy inspected the crop
on the Olstad 500 experimental farm
at Drake n found splendid corr that
averaged 40 bushels and the very fin
est potatoes he had seen this year.
The major declares that the soil
around Drake has just the right
] a m n1Inf Of sand IN ronka ~ or1l Gov
corn and potatoes.
= George E. Wallace, the Wahpeton
t member Of the State Tax Commission
at Bismarck. has returned from his
, vacation which he spent in visiting
: property in Lower California. His
, partner, I. n. Ink, who formerly lived
= at Wahpeton, and a former member of
the state Legislature, also is now a
resident of San Diego and is superin-
, tending the operation of mines owned
by Wallace & Ink on the Peninsula.
Warwick Sentinel: A farmer called
at The Sentinel office this week and
said that while crops did not amount
to much this year-remember now. we
mean small grain-that he would not
suffer. Said he had forty good hogs
and that his store bill was light on
account of the fact that his good wife
/ sold $50 worth of butter alone to the
store and about $75 worth Of eggs.
0 Does it pay to diversity or does it pay
, to III in the hole raising wheat?
a The Rural School Industrial contest
/ which was held at Alexander and
Schafer Oct. II and 18 was one of
the most successful contests ever held
e in the western part of the state being
l the first n and gotten up in such q
4 short space Of time. The exhibits on
. display at both places would convince
l any skeptical person that Mckenzie
county produces under tn
n ing methods as good crops and garden
products as any county or community
= in the state of North Dakota.
h Darcy Commercials: Gust Lind, who
e is working the Albin Forsberg farm
: was through with his blowing three
weeks ago. Since that time he has
disced his blowing four times. This
year he had a bountiful crop and has
his land in shape to get another big
d crop next year. Those who have
8 done every other thing this fall thar
blowing are in poOr shape for the
!" coming year. They will receive &C.
Il cording to their worth and will rear
a the yields of a poorly managed farm.
: Pekin Budget: A party coming il
to subscribe for The Budget, told III
6 trading town of the n~eighboring towns
s He stated that people could get any
thing they wanted at the stores, ant
that he felt sure that the dealers wer.
n treating their customers squarely
= We will subscribe to all this. Pekin il
ID making Roadway in spite of all tn,
y opposition that has been placed il
10 the way OF it's progress in the past
and as for u dealers, we will chal
lenge you to find a cleaner and NOR,
honest set anywhere. r. -.
n A prairie fire started from the rail
road right of way being burned by tn
section crew near Geneva burned owe
a large area south of the Northern
&c Pacific track, including the Fraze
~ place. A number of hay stacks Wer
49, lost; all Of John Hohm's, some for L
- P. Vaught and r.: T.. Montney an,
others. Nearly 100 men from Steel
and vicinity helped fight the fire. Rev
Mr.. Reid was out, and in riding on
of Mr.. Wiley's horses a mile to take
~ message to a man, had a severe fall
az The horse while going at a good cante
~ stepped into a badger hole and fell
ot throwing his rider several yard
ahead, but with no worse results tina,
a shaking up and a few bruises.
Considerable threshing still remain
to be done around Medina-mostl
flax-and the machines are putting il
i their best ticks on the favorable days
Grain is being marketed there 1
larger quantities now than at any pre-
vious time this fall. due to the fac
that most of those who got thei
threshing onesearly have put in thei
time since doing blowing and are jus
r now getting their grain to rnarke
y More blowing is being done this "a
d than for several years. Last fall yer
I little, blowing was lone and the croI
- this year showed the effects as a II
of the ground was not ploWed thi
!, spring and what was, was mostl
- poorly Worlked--most Of the grain be
y ing disced in--the result being sma
Yields md extremely dirty grain.