The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-24

State papers report SO to rs per cent
more blowing done this fall than last
On spring breaking this year., the
yield Of flax on 1876 acres at Streeter
was twelve bushels to the acre.
Charles Crowson, aged 35, farmer
was quite badly injured when struck
by westbound 500 train No. 105, neal
Burlington.
The commercial club of Grafton is
planning to hold a winter agricultural
fair when prominent speakers will be
engaged to talk on live topics.
Carl Zeller, aged %, single. was
badly scalded at the plant of the Con-
sumers Power Co. at Minot when he
fell into a pool of boiling hot water.
A mean cuss at Sherwood stole the
gasoline from the village fire engine,
making the latter useless when called
out to a fire the day following the
theft.
Rev. Mr.. Wang. for many years
Lutheran minister at Rugby, has been
appointed superintendent Of missions
for the northwest, with headquarters
at Minneapolis.
The Ignite coal mines at Wilton
and Washburn are exceptionally busy
this fall and the latest machinery for
mining the coal is kept at high pres =
sure day and night.
A successful corn contest at Gran
vile, for boys under Is years Of age,
was conducted under the auspices Of
the Granville State bank. There were
three prizes and twenty-five contest
ants.
DR.. W. P. Thelen of Wilton was a
delegate to the annual meeting of the
American Association Of Railway Sur
geons from North Dakota. He was as
signed to read a paper on Railway
Injuries.
G. w. Andrews of Walhalla has
added a car load of Holstein heifers to
his dairy herd which he bought from
Frank A. WEIGH Of Walsh county and
he also bought a herd sire from J. p.
Jackson.
Pupils of the public schools of SUIT
ton held their second annual corn, bak-
ing and sewing contest last Saturday.
Prof. A. w. Randlett Of the agricul-
tural college at Fargo vas judge Of the
corn exhibits.
The Indian school at Wahpeton has
the largest enrolment in it's history
n there are still more coming. Work
on the new buildings is progressing
satisfactorily and altogether the In
dian buildings will form quite a viii
lage in themselves.
Heating and cooking toves special
ly designed for the burning of Ignite
coal-principally larger tireboxes and
fues-were made for the trade in the
country west Of the Missouri river in
they greatly stimulated the use Of the
native coal.
The plan of Charles J. Sheffield Of
Cleveland, O., to raise $500 900 for the
new ST. Joseph's hospital. to be built
by the Sisters of st. Francis. at Mi
not, was approved by the citizens in
t~erested in the protect, at a meeting
in the commercial club, and 1t was
decided to go ahead with 1t.
AS an evidence Of the development
Of the country fifteen miles northeast
of Belfeld, Stark county, a store is
soon to be opened by P. J. Peterson
and L. O. Anderson at Gorham. The
contract is already let for the erection
OF a general store building and within
g. short time the new Billings county
merchants will be ready for trade.
Washburn Leader: The farmers do
not intend to get caught by cold
weather this year as they did last
inter. AS many as fifteen farmers
have been at the Bitumina mine at
one time getting their winter supply
of coal. There is no delay this year in
getting the wagons filled at once, so
many make more than a trip a day.
When in Dickinson a few days ago
Assistant Engineer Morisette stated
that steel was being laid west from
Stanton and would likely be finished
to the point formerly known as Col
den Valley, nearly north Of Hebron.
The grade should be finished in a
month or six weeks to Dunn Center
but no rails will be laid this year far
Their than Golden Valley.
Christian Heinle and Mrs. John
Weikum have been detained at Dun
dee, ILL.,, and Heinle will be brought
back to Glen Ullin to face a charge
made by his wife, whom, it is charg-
ed he abandoned. Mrs. Heinle was
penniless and had three children
when her husband is supposed to
ed her husband and several children
also.
The Leader at Washburn says that
roses nave been in bloom in that city
until Get. 16, a thing that ought to
have as much publicity in the eastern
states as the stories that are told about
the billiards.. G. M. Diesen brought
three beautiful roses and two buds to
The Leader Office, that had not been
damaged by frost. They smell as
sweet and look as fresh as any grown
in June. They were taken down to
Bismarck to put in the Mclean county
booth at the exposition.
Grafton Record: Viewpoint makes
a deal of difference sometimes. In The
Grand Forks Herald of Saturday
morning there appeared two editori-
ais illustrating this fact. One editor
ial was congratulatory over the pos
sible building of a cutoff on the
Northern Pacific Winnipeg line from
East Grand Forks to Drayton, which
would make a saving of about TWEEN
ty miles between the twin cities and
Winnipeg. This cutoff The Herald
viewed as much needed and a decided
advantage to the people along it's
route. The, other editorial was con-
demning the Great Northern, for send
ing some of it's coast trains over the
new Surrey cutoff which had former
ly been routed by way Of Grand
Forks. This latter act appeared wrong
to The Herald because it did not help
the people of the western part of the
state to be in direct mail and passen-
ger communication with the eastern