The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-05

North Dakota weather a been al
most ideal for harvesting and thresh-
ing this season. ...-
The compulsory school attendance
law will be strictly enforced this year
in many sections.
The Hannah homestead of the
Brotherhood Of American Yeomen
adopted a class of upwards Of seventy
applicants for membership at a spe-
cial meeting.
Dean M. A. Brannon of the state
university, who has been directing the
work at the biological station at Dew
lis Lake during the summer, states
that about 10000 trout and other
kinds Of fish have been placed in the
lake this year and that they are doing
very good.
Wimbledon will soon have two rail-
roads as a sequel of the rapidity with
which construction work is being done
on the Midland Continental extension
from jamestown to this point. All
the grading except in n camp is
completed, and steel laying from the
Jamestown end is being rushed.
The work Of harvesting on John
Nelson's 640-acre farm near Walhalla
vas lone entirely by his five sons and
four daughters, all expert farm work
ers. The work of threshing the crop
will also be lone by the family. The
girls drove the binders and the boys
shocked.
The purchase Of two new pumps for
the Grand Forks waterworks %probab-
~ will be urged by Mayor M. F. Muir
ply at the next meeting of the city
council. The cost of the new pumps
will be approximately $500. One will
have a capacity of 100000 gallons
per day and the other a capacity of
100000 gallons per day.
Practically all Of the vacant public
lands in Mckenzie county are open
and will be enterable under the en-
larged homestead law. Since Aug. 80.
those wishing to file on an additional
100 acres or less, or those wishing to
file on a 320-acre homestead can do so
without first making application to
have h land designated.
Calvin's consolidated school will
open on Monday, Sept. Is, with a staff
of five teachers. The principal, Pro-
fessor Williams, and Mrs. Anderson,
in charge of the primary grades, nave
both taught in the Calvin school for
a number of years. Domestic science
is being added to the course of study
this year and the eleventh grade has
been added to the curriculum.
William, son of Postmaster Haevis-
cher Of Stanton, met with a serious
accident which nearly resulted in the
loss Of his eyesight. The boy was
playing with shotgun shells and had
torn them apart putting the powder
in a jelly glass. He touched a match
to it with the result that he was ter
ribly burned on the right arm and
went into his eyes.
Judge MINERS of Mandan was re-
quested to hand in his resignation to
the county commissioners Or stand
trial for nonperfoTmance of duty. He
resigned. The request was brought
forward by Special Game Warden
Thurston. who asked for a warrant
for Kenneth Burns who, it is alleged,
violated the game laws of the state.
This the judge refused to do and Dep
uty Game Warden George Hogue then
took up the case.
The six or seven threshing rigs in
the vicinity Of Buchanan are keeping
the elevators busy these days. More
grain has been taken in so far, thar
any year before, for the same length
of time. The average yield of wheat
is reported fifteen to sixteen bushels |
to the acre, barley ~thirty-five bushels.
and a large Yield is expected in oats.
Corn and later small grains are look
ing fine.
Ardoch Journal: Threshing in this
vicinity is just about completed. With
favorable weather for the balance of
the week, but a few struggling felds
OF flax and late barley will be left I'M
threshed. Some Of the machines are
already figuring OF pulling in. The
rush is over and a fine threshing sea
son it has been, with very little in
terruption. The plows are already
at work, and man. fields are already
showing black. Rain will be accpet-
abel to the farmers most any time
now.
Milton Globe: Schooltime brings us
more than the duty of starting John
and Mary FOR the schoolhouse. The
children must have their chance and
such instruction as will give it to
them. We must leave this world to
them as good as we found it, or if not,
then must equip them better to meet
it's emergencies which we have piled
upon them: To do less is a social
crime. When we have minded the
virgin soil and have gathered the
wealth Of a new continent to our
selves n have allowed the wealth to
drift into the control of q few we owe
it to u children to equip them so
they will at least have as good a
chance in the race of life as we did,
This is the new-old doctrine Of h
conservation Of childhood.
shipments Of coal are beginning to
arrive at jamestown over the Pin
gree-Wilton line and soon it is anti
cipated that entire trainloads will be
run over the branch to keep I'D with
the output. The Wilton mines have
been operated two days a, week during
the summer but recently the men were
increased in numbers and the mines
are now being worked three days a
week. With the advent of fall and a
larger use of coal, the force will be
increased and the mines worked every
day Of the. week and during the rush
season a night Shift will be put on and
the mines worked continuously day
and night. The P-W branch is ex-
pected to handle the bulk Of the, prod
uct OF these coal mines and most Of 1t
will pass through Jamestown in dis
tribution from here.
The state historical. society has re-
ceived some very valuable pioneer rel
les from j. ]. Jacktnan of Bismarck.
Among these Is a 15M-pound Berdan
rifle which had been used in that fam
Gus civil war Berdan s~harpshooters
company in Pennsylvania. It has the
name Of F. Washburn, Gibson, Pa.
engraved on the brass of the stock.
With this rifle is the bullet ynoIIH fo,