The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-02

/ eO not 10 Cel6Drate the FOuTLn OF july
and also advanced the fair dates tc
Aug. 5, 6 and 7.
The annual picnic Of the Old Set
tiers association, which will be held al
Mott, June Is. promises to be a big
day for that town.
There was a raid on the blind pigs
| at LidgerWood, following orders from
| Governor Hanna for prompt action
according to The Forman-Independent
M. A. Brown had an exciting expert
ence when a six-horse team attached
to a big drill, "a away with him near
Darlington. No serious damage was
done.
The Sykeston Tribune claims that
a consignment of hens shipped from
that place to Darlington laid enough
eggs on the way to pay for the trans
%portation.
Dan Russell has written the editor
of The Dickinson Press, stating that
he believes he will win out in his fight
for a share of the Russell estate in
| Massachusetts.
The Willrston project pumping
barge vas launched and the service
will be ready to supply water In q few
days. A large number of farmers will
use the water.
The Mott creamery, established
about two years ago, is now paying
about $4,000 per yea to the farmers
in hat vicinity and the patronage is
growing constantly.
The Washburn Leader states that
there is a great deal of farm machin-
cry and merchandise Of all kinds be-
ing shipped up the Missouri river to
the different points.
Some North Dakota papers are liza
BILE to wake up some morning and find
themselves barred from Uncle Sans
mails for failure to put the "advt." aft
er advertising readers.
The Billings County Herald likens
the language used by the Beach pa
pers, when discussing each other, to
that of the two ex-presidents during
the late unpleasantness.
Leeds Masonic lodge and citizens
rendered P. L. Vornholt a farewell
party upon his leaving that village for
the west to locate. He has been en-
gagged in the drug store business there
for the past four years.
A. Callahan n Ed. Clark, broke
away from Sheriff Erickson of Will
liams county, while they were at
Springbrook, doing some work. The
men were serving time for blind-pig-
ging. Callahan was re%captured.
Frank w. Richardson, who is alleged
to have deserted a wife two years age
in Chicago, married Miss Lillian Mix
banker. Wife No. 1 wired the sheriff
to arrest Richardson, and the honey
moon was broken up before it began.
A Michigan man who visited Brem-
en- in company with Mr.. Burns, the
New Rockford Better Farming expert
wanted to know why such valuable
offered at such a ridiculously low
price, and no n seems to know the
answer.
Editor Ed. Richter of The Larimore
Pioneer was called out Of town tc
serve on a jury but gave notice prior
to leaving, that subscribers could
leave money with the devil, foreman
janitor or Mrs. Richter. He will prob
ably be wading knee deep in coin
when he gets back.
Mr.. Melting Of Blanchard and Mr.
Grindeland, Great Northern section
boss at Greenfield, had a head-on col.
lision with their autos when both were
out without lights. Berthe Ness, 6
section man, had his leg broken III
two places, Grindeland was badly GU
about the head and face and Mr.. Melt
ing and those with him, a lady ant
child, were thrown from the machine
but escaped uninjured.
Some of the newspapers of the state
are constantly putting up a bitter
warfare against the catalogue house
in order that, the home merchant may
be protected. 1t must make some o1
the boys feel real happy after all this
effort to nave that same home mer.
chant send out Of town for his jot
printing, as some have done recently
The merchant who would do a thing
like that deserves to be wiped out b5
the mail order business.
The following bit of excellent advice
from Farm and Fireside, has been Civ.
en- wide publicity in North Dakota
newspapers: Better farming may lii
In just such simple things as adjust,
ing the ploW to do the best possibl,
work, in feeding stock SO that not &
BIT of waste follows and In carrying
out plans carefully laid. What tn,
world needs is not SO much men wht
have thousands to lay out in land am
equipment as farmers who know tn,
value Of details, and have the will AM
the disposition to work to the line.
Turtle Mountain Star: Rev. DR.
Beede am UP Tuesday evening for /
u 1r% II xrsctt ~ 49, :, ~ Lr,fA r ~ - 4~.LL
to leave the next morning in order t,
make a trip to Fort Berthold saturda,
with Governor Hanna. DR.. Beede re
ports a great deal of interest thiI
spring at the Standing Rock agene,
in agriculture. Most OF the Indians ar
planting crops this year, the plots D
land running all the way from on,
acre to ten or more This appears ii
be q new departure at that agency
Farming on d much larger scale /
praeticed ait the Turtle Mountaii
gIaEancu-