The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-09
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Editor Voigt says he likes Lidger-
wood.
Many state papers are carrying ads.
potatoes wanted"
Some fine corr was raised in the
vicinity Of sykeston.
An association Of chautauouas is
among the possibilities. l.
Smiling Indian summer weather fav-
ored the fair at Mandan.
The Mandan high school football
squad is eager for some games.
The Greene Commercial club wants
the 500 to put a station agent there.
The Sykeston Tribune reports many
improvements on farms neal that town.
Threshing Is about finished at Hat
ton and considerable blowing has been
done.
The parade of stock created much
favorable comment at the Morton
county fair.
Within three years the farmers of
Ransom county have doubled their
corn acreage.
Hatton sent a goodly delegation of
young women to the state normal
school at Mayville.
Henry T. Peck of Almont won first.
~, 4 - ~ 1900
contest at the Mandan fair.
A Cando man described the trans
.cendently brilliant light of a flying
meteor, which he witnessed q week ago,
to his local paper.
c.. H. Olson of Cando won a silver
cup at the Montana state fair at Helena
for display Of pure blood Percheron
and Belgium horses. .
Mandan business men want the
creamery business re-established. An
expert from Wisconsin Is ready to in
vest 5000 in the enterprise.
Doris Gregg of Gladstone won first
money in the school corn contest at
the Stark county fair. She is Is years
Of e and a native Of Gladstone.
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Next year will be the twentieth
anniversary Of the Morton county
fair, and already plans are under
way to make 1t the grandest Of all the
celebrations.
A week ago Postmaster c. Lawrence,
after eight years service, transferred
the office to his democratic friend,
Frank Lish, who will retain the same
office force.
The Dickinson Press favors a COM
mission form of government for cities,
but does not agree wholly with people
who argue the system means lower
taxes, or cleaner streets-much depends
on the men elected.
Quite q, number of men, who have
been working with graders on the north
branch near Halliday, walked into
Richardton last Wednesday. They were
ready TO eat a square meal after arriv-
ing and said it seemed a long forty
miles.
All indications point to a record
breaking crowd In attendance at
Carpio's first annual harvest festival,
Oct. II, and the day will go down
in the history Of that city as the most
eventful day in its existence, says the
Carpio Free Press.
w. D. Weathers recently shipped sew
eral head Of horses from Richardton
to Minnesota. In the shipment were
thirty-twO head which Mr.. Weathers
purchased from JOIN Gustafson of the
Knife river country and about ten head
from the B. Lepper farm at Antelope.
Mr.. Weathers will be busy buying and
selling horses until cold weather.
Albert Raeder and family of Web
ster, S. D., moved within the past
week to the old John Severn place at
Sydney section 20-139-64. Mr.. Reader
came with two carloads of household
goods, machinery and livestock. or
the stock he had fourteen head of
horses, nine head Of cattle and several
hogs.
The Wyndmere Pioneer: A novel
sight was that of a corn picker and
husker in operation on VIM. Mundells
farm the first of the week. The ma
chine is a late invention and does all
that is claimed Of it. The machine Is
a great time saver and will permit of
a larger acreage of corn ground, as
the trouble of husking is reduced 80
per cent.
lie pOullTy SALlDll was d feature DIT
the Mandan fair. over $50 birds were
shown in the different classes. Sixteen
years ago Barney Ford, the wellknoWn
local chicken f~ancier, was appointed
superintendent of that department Of
the Morton county fair and allotted q
stall in q small corner Of the horse
barn, and he has held the Office every
succeeding year in which a fair a
been held.
jamestown Capital: 1t is adding in
suit to injury when a peace officer gets
"stung'' but that is what happened
recently to the states attorney of
Barnes county. This terror to evil
doors was selected as the most likely
man to endorse a check-and now he
is u $23.O4. Verify, brethren, these
be p~arlous times and even the pro-
fession must need be on its guard
against the u~nregenerate.
Just out of bed for the first time in
months, after a long illness with heart
trouble during which time two trained
nurses were in constant attendance.
Mrs. Evans, the elderly mother Of
Mrs. E.. A. Harthouse of Minot, trip
ped and fell the entire length Of a
flight of cellar stairs, breaking her
hip and knee and bruising her. severe
ly. She is now in a very serious con-
dition at the home of her daughter
and under constant attendance Of two
physicians.
Chris Neuenschwander Of Perth