The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-03

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P. I. DeLange, president of the
marth. He was 81 years of age ana
was a native Of Cresco, Ia, at which
place rinterment. will be made.
John Olson of Hasty, Mimi, suffer-
ed an accident while operating a
fred swenson lear Napoleon, which
resulted in having both bones of his
left forearm badly broken.
DIR, Danford, assisted by Rev. J. M.
Taylor and Pastors Cooke and Dean,
dedicated the new Methodist church In
Liberty township, Kidder county. This
church is midway between Dawson
and Napoleon Inc serves a large and
intelligent constituency.
Venlo, on the 500 railroad, near An
selm, will have a farmers elevator.
Half of the necessary stock is now
subscribed, and the balance will be
taken In a short time. This is a good
elevator point, and being q local con-
Germ. plans on the bulk Of the busi-
ness.
A stock Of hardware and furniture
for another store in New England is
now on the road and If the present
plans work out according to schedule
the new firm will be doing business in
the buildin" now occupied by John P.
Grady, for the postoffice, before the
END Of the coming month.
The Minneapolis police were advised
by telegram Monday night that the
man whose head was cut off by a
street car at First avenue south n
High street Saturday is Thomas Sun
dermeyer Of Groton, N. D. William
Sundermeyer, a brother, is on his way
to Minneapolis to claim the body.
The first meeting of the School
masters club of North Dakota will be
held in Fargo, Tuesday, Nov. 4, when
the formal organization will be per-
tected and a short programme given.
The purpose of the organization is TO
study the problems of school organiz-
alton, administration, supervision and
other professional questions Of inter-
est to superintendent Of city schools.
Work on the Midland out Of James
town is being pushed and the rails are
not far from Wimbledon, the present
northern terminus of this new road.
Daily cars Of grain are being hauled
south from Clementsville to this
city the eastern markets and
the railroad contractors are adding
his velvet to the, profits of construc-
CoiA, IL duS. "A POI IdDl6 elevator Is Ill
use to load cars until greenhouses can
be erected.
General Manager Gilbreath of the
Third Annual North Dakota Industrial
exposition which will be held in Bis
marck Oct. 7 to 10. has announced
that there will be more corn exhibits
at the show this year than at any time
in the history of the state. Already
hundreds have been received and more
are coming daily. There is a reward |
Of $500 for the best exhibit and d
number Of smaller prizes have been
made.
Collector Of Customs O'Brien ship
ped from Neche to the St. Paul GUS
toms office the biggest consignment of
liquor ever seized at the line, the seiz-
ure being made in Neche when at
tempts at smuggling were discovered.
Collector O'Brien has seized more Ii
quor this year than any previous sea-
son. No arrests were made, however,
Of the would-be ~smugglers, most of
whom were harvest hands,. although
several probable bootleggers were also
worsted by the customs officer.
North Dakota's bonded indebtedness
on Sept. 1, 1913, was 1887, 800. All Of
this draws interest at the rate of 4 per
cent pei dIIlull dLlu LlOSI VI LlS JULIUS
run for twenty years while some are
for thirty years. The permanent fund
Of the common schools of the state
holds $703, 700 worth of these bonds,
while $233,600 are held by private par
ties outside of the state. According
to the statement issued by the state
treasurer for the month of September
there is $27O,835 cash on hand in the
state treasury. OF this $145, 1886 Is in
the sfotn hnnH cinkinp fund. 27S mn
in the Irvine plant operating fund and
$4,000 in the capitol building fund.
Fifteen middle western states have
attempted legislation to prescribe the
size and method of construction of g.
caboose, and the result Is fifteen diff
ferent sets of specifications. J. F. De-
voy Of Milwaukee,, of the Master Car
Builders association, SO testified be-
fore the North Dakota commission
here in special session. That the rail-
roads engaged in interstate commerce
are seeking a standardization order
from the interstate commerce COM
mission, thus taking the matter out Of
the hands of the states, Is another
point made by Dewey. The North Da-
kota commission will probably extend
the period. hoping that federal Iegu-
lations will be effective by that time.
The state board Of accountancy, es-
tablished under chapter II of the SEES
sion laws Of 1913, met for organization
at Grand Forks, Pres. Frank L. McVey
Of the university was elected chair
man, Walter Thompson Of Fargo, Sec
rotary. The third member OF the
board Is F. T. Cuthbert of Devils Lake.
This board is appointed by the uni
versity board of trustees, who under
the law r given authority to issue
certificates to public accountants who
are qualified under the rules and reg
ulations of the board. These regula-
tons have been drawn UP by the
board and will be issued in printed
form in a short time. Further notice
of the matter will be given in the near
future. rr, y.." .ra ..s
DR.. Chas. MacLachlan. Of New
Rockford, one Of the best known
boosters of central North Dakota, was
quite seriously injured in an automo-
Billy Baird, who was coming from the
opposite direction. =. Neither driver.
Icould see the other on account of the
rank growth of sweet clover on each
side of the street at this point, and the
accident was unavoidable. The doctor,
being in a light ~runabout, received
quite a jolt from the heavier car driv-
en- by Mr.. Baird and was thrown un-.
der the steering wheel and received
several bruises and sprains, the most
serious being to his knee and his right
thumb and wrist. 1t laid him up for
several days and he is now using a
crutch. Both cars were. considerably
damaged. =
An Alfalfa Picnic was given re-
Gently on the farm Of b. j. Lyness,