The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-10

those who went ,down from Fargo We're
Messrs. Anheier, Heinsfurter, Barnett,
Jones, Terry, Roberts, Walker, Mar
kov, Champine and Whiting.
Rev. Mr.. Pike celebrated the fifth
anniversary of his. passionate Of the
Presbyterian church.
A. E. Tullis, who was employed as a
brakeman on the Fargo & Southwest
ern line, had his foot horribly crushed
at La Moure and it became necessary
to amputate the same.
May S-A motion by Attorney
Stevenson of Crookston was argued
at Bismarck and Charles A. Pollock of
Fargo AND Attorney General Standish
appeared in support of the prohibition
law.
A large number of Elks from Min
n%eapolis, st. Paul and Sioux City in
stituted a new lodge at Sioux Falls
and n at WATERFOWL. Among the
Elks present were J.. A. Montgomery Of
Fargo, and Tracy Bangs n e. c.
Cooper of Grand Forks.
A. E. Nugent announced that the
Oriental degree would be conferred
upon some fifty candidates at Odd
Fellows hall and warned all visitors to
be sure and bring their turbans or
they would be put through the stunts
with the initiates again.
1t was announced that the ice was
still solid in the lakes at Detroit.
Colonel Crockett announced that for
ten years the Grandin farm. had av-
eraged seventeen bushels to the acre
and that the largest number of acres
of this grain in any one veal was H.
222.
May 9-The state supreme court
handed down a decision confirming the
validity of tha n~rnhihifiNn 11uy and
they also sustained h contention of
the hold-over members of the peni-
tertiary board.
1t was reported that one of the N.
P. employees at jamestown was shy in
his accounts, but it was believed that
his friends would make good the de-
ficiency.
The Russell Miller Milling Co.. was
preparing to erect a large elevator at
the head of the lakes to be used in
connection with the Touring enterpris-
es.
The Merchants State bank, after be-
ing in business two years, decided to
double it's capital stock. .
The Devils Lake Chautauqua asso-
citation invited the State Press asso-
citation to hold it's annual meeting On
the grounds of the former during
the summer. .
1t was announced hat Budd Reeve
would be in Fargo on Saturday night
to deliver his celebrated lecture on
Roots and Other Things. 1t was ex-
pected that he would have a crowded
house. = ss'. -- ....r 49, a..
w. p. Morris bought the butcher
shop of Clark, Kramer & Co. on Eighth
street south and expected to devote
his entire attention to this business.
Winnipeg was having a sweeping
epidemic of smallpox which was ag-
gravated by the extreme high water
in the Red river.
At a meeting of the directors Of the
Agricultural college, DR.. Stockbridge;
was dismissed as director of the sta
ton and president of the faculty and
Col. J.aB. Powers was temporarily in
stalled in these POSITIONS.
May lb-Major w. II. ,Makee was
named as the new postmaster at Dun
seth.
Il. D. Angel tried to burn the grass
off his lawn on Eighth street south
and succeeded ins burning up the side
walk.
r.. f. Smith sold his large farm in
Gill township and decided to take up
his residence in Casselton. He had
been q prominent candidate for q. S.
senate but he did not state as to
whether his determination to sell his
farm was brought about by the man
ner in which he was treated at Bis
marck or not.