The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-05

Regular sessions of the Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs will be held tomorrow
evening. Last Sunday afternoon the
members enjoyed a picnic at Oak
Grove, =
Several ladies and gentlemen and
children enjoyed a picnic out at the
Seaver farm nea FELTON, last Sun
day. -"
Alderman Morrow has returned from
the east where he was called on ac-
count of the, demise of his sister.
The revival meetings of the Swedish
Mission church have been resumed
after the Fighting of the tent which
was blown down a day or two ago.
Two services q day are held.
Postofice robbers seem to be abroad
in sections of northern Minnesota and
some pretty clever jobs have been
pulled off. When the p%ostofice is not
accessible the thieves have a weak
ness for hardware stores. -
The city of Fergus Falls yesterday
secured a loan from the state invest
ment board of. $55,000 to be used in
the construction Of their new water
plant.
Many farmers surrounding st. Cloud
have discovered that one and one do
" always llldhS lWO, dLlu ItllS ySdL
they come nearer making one-half,
There are in most fields two distinct
crops of oats. One is ready, for the
harvester and the other is in the green
and milk age. If the oats are cut now
the green part of the crop will be hard
to cure and will produce no grain. If
the cutting is delayed until the second
crop is ripe, much of the first crop will
shatter out, n there is bound to be
loss either way. Where the first. crop
is the bigger it will be cut this week
where the green . predominates. the
yellow the cutting will probably be
delayed until the second crop is ready.
The reason for the two crops is that
a dry spell followed the planting OF
the seed in the spring. ID. -. g..
A new rule has been adopted in con-
neotion with the reporting; - Of the
weather forecast, people desiring the
latter hereafter can be supplied by
asking the telephone central for it
The calling of the numbers to Mrs
Grasse overa the telephone had grown
to such proportions that it became
irksome and consumed a great deal of
valuable time at the telephone central
so it has been decided that Mrs
Grasse furnish the weather forecast
to the telephone central each day
! pEOIlpI1y OH receipt ana Those VINO QS-
sire 1t a obtain it each day. ~
President n Mrs. Weld are now at
Rome viewing the sights of the
ancient city. g
Thomas Torson, after cleaning up
business in the city justice court has
gone to his camp on Pelican lake
where he will%remain a week.
This afternoon a meeting of the
Civics club was being held at the
home of Mrs. E. L. Lowe, Third ave
nue. south. ~ e.. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hannibal Choate and
their sons, Hannibal, jr. and Charles,
of Winona. and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Reed made the run on Saturday to
Detroit, Shoreham and return, in the
Choate car, a 1914 model Peerless
car. $50 a
Mrs. Price and w. H. Davy are en-
Pertaining their cousin, Miss Nell Tay-
lor Of Chicago, who will remain for a
time n will make tours of local
points of interest and will view the
scenes about the lakes. y31
Miss Alice Erickson has returned
from Hawley where she went to at
tend the wedding of her cousin.
g. D. McCubrey. clerk of court, has
gone to Rose lake. near Frazee, where
g will take a good rest.