The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-17

Thieves who stole two suitcases a
st. Paul, owned by A. c. Greenwood O
st. Paul, secured but two lead pen.
ellis as booty.
From a broken hip, received in al
accident eight months ago., Mrs. Pete:
LaTourrette Of LakOta, aged Sc years
is dead at her home in that place.
Fargo contributed three men to the
party Of Great Northern veterans tina
were invited by Jim Hill, to help hin
celebrate his 18th birthday at Glacier
park.
Farmers mass meetings are beine
held in Morton county by r. A. South
worth of Idaho Falls, Ida, in the in.
t~erests of the American Society OF
Equity.
The Wimbledon News is pleased
with the location of the new town or
the Midland Central, and believes il
will not suffer from the location OF
another town SO near.
A state road across the northern
part of the state to Glacier park, is
receiving a great deal of boosting
from the various towns in that sec
ton of North Dakota.
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The Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary
fraternity comforting memberships or
graduate students who attain certain
standards. has recognized the Univer-
Sity Of North Dakota and a charter
for a local chapter has been granted.
One of the five peace monuments
that VIII be erected at points along
the International boundary between
thn ITnjfnI Cfntn~ M To~nIo 49,.
1ncmorative of 100 years Of peace, will
be placed between Pembina, N. D.,
and Emerson, Man.
The Oshkosh district near Fessen-
den Is to give consolidated schools a
trial and if the plan is a success will
become united with Fessenden. Two
rigs bring the children to school and
tho small rural school has been closed
for the fall and winter. 1t is the first
cereal effort at school consolidation
in that county.
Word has been, received to the effect
that w. H. Irwin of Wheeling, w. Va,
imperial potentate of the Ancient
Mystic Shrine, will be the guest of
KEN temple Of Grand Forks at the
ceremonials to be held on Tuesday.
Nov. 25. A large class will be given
the work at that time and a banquet
close the ceremonial.
jamestown Capital: The press of
the state is commenting Very favor
ably upon the fact that Secretary of
State Tom Hall believes in utility first
and beauty afterWard-While some
more money is secured for road pur-
poses. According to reports from the
state capitol, he saved 1000 or more
in a contract for the 1914 auto tags
over the. last contract. The money
saved will help the road funds of the
various counties.
Valley City. Times-Record: E. A.
Greenwood, deputy state dairy COM
missioner, left this morning on the
carly train for Jamestown, where he
will spend several days testing dairy
herds. This is a large and important
part of Mr., GreenWood's work, and
the good results have been noticeable
n healthier cattle all through this
section. He says that the corn and
alfalfa crop in this section of the state
is the best in years.
Dickinson Press: Perhaps the larg-
est yield Of oats ever recorded in
Stark county was grown his year at
the Robert Fisher farm on Green riv-
cr. The field, three acres, was cropped
with potatoes last year and was food
ed from the river in the spring. Fish
er Bros. have sometimes raised a lit
tie better than 100 bushels of oats to
the acre but the yield Of 1870 bushels
from this land beats all their records
and so far as known of any in western
North Dakota.
Morris Beck of jamestown made a
trip to Gaclle to look after some
farming operations and he reports
corn fields frequently along the way
and nearly every farmer with a supply
Of his own homegrown seed secured
for next year. Mr.. Beck is enthusiast
tic over the possibilities in Stutsman
county for the man of industry and
pluck who makes most of the great
opportunities here. He can site in
stance after instance of those of his
w acquaintance who have made
good here and carved out wealth and
l competence by their own unaided
efforts.
The 500 line has instituted a check
ing system to keep tab on conductors
of passenger trains. The company has
sent out a circular notifying the en-
| ployes that Checkers have been au-
thorized to board and go through the
train at any point along the line. The
CtlSchluS SySleIl, dltIlOuSu long en-
ployed by other roads, is a new limo
Vation ON the 500 and is simply the
spotting system up-to-date. The
checkers are empowered to board
trains at any place or any time and
demand a full accounting from the
conductors, checking UP their tickets
and cash fares with the number OF
passengers on the train.
In addition to the possibility of as
sessing church. property all the frater-
nal organizations ar likely to be as
sessed, There Is no exemption under
the laws Of this state. Heretofore
ifraternaI orders have escaped taxation,
lUnder the ruling of the attorney gem
leral there appears to be no escape for
lchurches that rent property for other
than religious purposes, for Y. M. c.. "A,
land Y. w. c.. A.. dormitories and for
halls and furniture used for lodge. pur-
lposes. About the only exception is
property used for religious purposes
with this class of property added to
1.-THE tax rolls and a equitable val
uation on other property, the total as
sessed valuation of the state could be
materially increased.
Families of Three.
New York Times: Families Of three
are more numerous than any Others
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