The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-17
North Dakota
Kernels

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|, e. A. Hall, publisher of The Peters
: burg Record, has closed q deal where
by John Taylor takes over the man
agement Of the publication.
William CoWell, vagrant and alleg
ed dispenser of cocaine, will be givel
a. hearing before Judge Murray a
) Minott charged with the nisdemeano
Of selling cocaine.
What Is declared to be the bes
} teachers institute ever held In tn
slope country took place at Mott
Nearly all Of the teachers in tn,
county. excepting the high schoo
teachers at Mott, were in attendance
One of the largest land transfer!
recorded of late at Devils Lake wen
on the books OF the register Of deed!
when Jos. M. Kelly sold 512 acres o.
land to Peder Bottelfs. The consider.
alton Is said to be $17.920, or $35 ar
acre.
H. E. johnson and Aleck Iarald.
son shipped fourteen carloads. nearly
500 head of cattle, from st. Paul tc
Ryder. The cattle were taken out tc
Rice Lake ranch, where they will be
fattened for market during the fall
and wintet.
Gypsy fortune telling has been in
definitely postponed in Bismarck. Dur
ing the industrial exposition there
have been several gypsy tents along
the main streets, but they have all
been ordered removed by the chief OF
police, since two men who visited one
of the tents were relieved Of SIS
each.
Roy Hall. while out hunting hear
Max, had an accident which may
prove fatal. Vexed that his shotgun
did not make a loud enough report
when DISCHARGED. he filed the top of
the shell in the barrel of the gun with
more powder and a paper wad. When
the gun was discharged the barrel ex-
ploded and shattered his thumb.
1t only required a short time for
the penitentiary bloodhounds to run
down two boys who had made their
escape from the state reform school.
They made their getaway about 10
o'clock and shortly after noon they
were back at school with their 1iber-
ties taken away from them. The boys
are Hudson and Ramhartner, both
detained at the school for serious Of
lenses.
Duane Squires, aged 8. is a new
aspfrant for lecture honors in Grand
Forks. giving q travel talk for a Bap-
fist church society last night. His
talk was on a trip from Grand Forks
to- New York by way of the great
lakes and the Hudson river, and the
boy entertained a good sized audience
with an interesting description of the
scenes en- route, using a microscope
to illustrate his lecture.
Havana Union: A little better thar
two inches of rain fell here the latter
part of last week, which penetrated
the soil to a depth of about a foot
Coming at this time it Is a great thing
for h farmers, as the soil was Sc
dry that blowing was almost impos.
sible. Flowing and potato digging
were resumed the latter part Of this
week, and will be only a matter O.
q few days now before the potatt
crop is harvested.
A Methodist college for Bismarcl
Is an assured fact, the conference
having conceived a project whereof,
the Bismarck college will be Launched
dist church will be behind it. TIL
location has been definitely decided OF
near the capital. At the conference
it was voted to raise $780, 900 TO
educational work, and Of that amour
100000 will be used in the erection O
the college at Bismarck.
Duck hunters from Pettibone
Woodwork, and the northwestern
part Of the county. returned to James
town without any big bags of game
The weather is too clear for 500,
shooting. The snow storm that oc
CURED in the hills last week drov
out many local ducks. The snow last
ed but a short time, but the cold sna1
that accompanied it had the effect O
driving out the birds, assisted by tn
numerous hunters. The fine weathe
following has not helped the shootine
A good many ran are heard an
some seen on the fields in their south
ern migration. A few geese are re
ported in the lakes, but no flight" a
yet.
The annual Ananias banquet will b
held at Bismarck this year on tn
evening Of Nov. Is, and it promises t
eclipse anything of it's kind ever he'll
in the state. The Aaanias club is 70
fifty-one weeks Of the year a fctitiou
organization whose proceedings ar
/ reported every week in the state, an
has won much fame for the writer
HulIoI wi. Den VI. nlte1eaQ, On
week Of the year the club is a reality
when the banquet occurs. Last yea
l it was held in the Mckenzie hotel, bu
this year it is believed that no dinin
room will be adequate, as there ar
assurances that there will be 1,20
prominent men present. Eminen
speakers from all over the countr
have promised to attend.
Jamestown Alert: From othe
states the report. that the uu
> tomobile has done more to wake u
the farmer on the subject of goo
roads than any other single agenc
AS soon as & man gets to running
motor a he begins to boost for goo
roads, no matter how long he ha
refused to do anything in this direc
. ZION when he drove a rig. The auto
mobile has led to many big appro
priations in western states for the i'm
l rr1Vements of highways not onlv i
the matter Of trunk lines but wit
ccnrecting roads. The farmer VIII
runs a. auto and finds that IL save
: him time which is money, and is
great convenience, becomes an advo
cate Of keeping the roads in repai,
" and especially when he meets wit
an accident due to poor roads the
costs him some Of his hard earue
dollars.
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