The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-01

4 The Devils Lake Commercial club is
planning an active booster campaign.
A warrant was issued by states At
torney r. A., sNestos for the arrest of
xemer Vadnes of ,Kenmare on the
charge Of failing to support his wife.
A gun, carried by Sid Doyle of
Goodrich, exploded, the shell shooting
back and the entire charge striking
member. .
A qualifying examination for candi-
dates for the Rhodes scholarship will
be held at the University of NorthsD
kota, Tuesday, Oct. IA, and Wednes-
day. Oct. Is, -. l.
Mrs. Herman Augustadt Of Good
rich accidentally set fire to some kero-
sere that had been spilled in tho
Kitchen sink, and was badly burned
about the arms.
Carl Gedestad and Sigrud Rasmus-
sen We're scheduled to be arraigned be-
fore Justice Johnson at Petersburg to-
day, charged with operating a blind
pig and gambling joint in that usually
peaceful locality!
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Pembina p%resbytery will be held at the
PRESBYTERIAN church Tuesday. Oct. Z.
About twenty-five pastors from the
various Presbyterian churches includ-
ed in the jurisdiction of the p~resbytery
will be present at the meeting.
June rs and 26, next year, the 3Sth
anniversary of the Custer massacre
and the battle of the Little Big Horn,
between the Sioux Indians and the u.
S. troops has been selected as the date
when 1t wuold be most fitting to dedf-
cate the site of old Fort Lincoln to the
state.
General Manager Huntington of the
500 railway, has accepted the invita-
ton OF the commercial club to have a
house warming at the new 500 depot
In Devils Lake, and while no exact
date has been set, it is very probable
that Oct. 10 will be the day for the
big event.
"Immodest dress is one of the most
startling dangers of today" said Mrs.
Elizabeth Preston Anderson. state
president of the w. C. T. u, in her an
nual address before the convention at
Lisbon, and there are pretentious in
dtcations that the result will be a
heart-breaking harvest of immortality.
Mrs. j. l.. Hoffman of Grand Forks,
who was knocked down by an autoy
mobile driven by John Doe of Hatton,,
Is reported to be little the worse for
her adventure. Mr.. Boo, the driver of
the machine, was charged with erckless
driving in the police court his morn
ing, and sentenced to a fine of $40,
which he paid.
A man at Fountain City, Wis,
found a bar of metal and after It had
lain about his barn for a few DAYS a
friend told him it was. gold. Part of
1t has proved to be solid gold and the
bar has been sent to an assayer for a
test. 1t is believed to be a bar of gold
taken from an express train by rob-
bers several years ago. If it is gold it
is worth about $50, 900.
The farm house of John Bragg was
destroyed by a fire which is supposed
to have caught from a defective stove
pipe. All the contents were lost, but
Mrs. Bragg, who was in the milking
yard at the time, reached the house
In time to rescue the children who
Eotherwise would very likely have
persisted. The house was insured for
$500 and contents for $500.
Carl Lindquist, of Flasher %neighbor-
AIOOh 40 III d CtlLlCdI EOIlulllOI as LlS
result of an accident. Lindquist was
employed with a threshing crew and
In attending to his work his %pitchfork
became caught in the belt between
the separator and the engine. 1t
Wh1rled around and struck him a ter
rife blow in the stomach, rendering
him unconscious. His condition is
critical and doubts are entertained as
to his recovery.
William Boyd of Williston was Civ
en- a preliminary. examination before
Justice of the Peace Human on the
charge of keeping for sale Intoxicating
Converse appeared for the state and
A. ]. Bessie Of Williston represented
the defendant. The court held there
was insufficient evidence on which to
hold the defendant so the case against
him was dismissed.
A Great Northern switch engine and
an automobile driven by James Koba,
collided near the old Minot Hour mill,
Wrecking the machine and throwing
Anton Novak, a passenger in the auto,
to the ground. The automobile was
knocked about twenty feet, but Koba
remained in his seat. Novak was
damaged, the left front wheel being
knocked off, the front battered in and
the headlights shattered.
Leaving Bismarck for the Standing
Rock reservation, a party headed by
Rodman Wanamaker of Philadelphia,
accompanied by Joseph Dixon and
Major Mclaughlin, Indian agent, 'Hwill
spend several days studying the Sioux
Indians in their native haunts. The
party will take photographs of mem
bers of the, various tribes and phon-
%ographic records of indian songs and
languages, and also has a ~phonogra-
phic record of a speech of President
Wilson that will be translated to the
Indians.
An average of a death a day was
established by North Dakota sports
men in the first week of the open sea-
son for small game, such as ducks and
prairie chickens, according to Stats
tics compiled, the death list being the
greatest in the history Of hunting in
the state. In addition to the death
rate, injuries totalling about the same
number have occurred and as a result
Of the series of accidents the state
board of control of game and fish has
4 commenced a campaign off education
\ designed to bring about the more
careful handling Of firearms ins&ths
field. " --." = I"-
Farming and business conditions in
the western part of the state are
| much hoffo, tLo~ uro ortiainnfn5