The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-15
North Dakota
Kernels
Auction sales are in style again.

The Grafton schools opened today.
A butter contest for girls in Rich
land county is being held.
Summer seems to be lingering in
the lap of fall. Let 'er linger.
This contest will be declared off
unless there are ten or more entries.
Work on a new steel bridge over
Rush lake, near Hannah, is progress
ing rapidly.
Phillip Egger, aged 6, broke his leg
when he fell from a buggy AND his leg
caught in the spokes.
More silos are being built this fall
than eve before, although there have
been a lot built in previous years.
A wild west show will be one of
the features of the Richland county
fair, September 80 to October 8.
This seems to be an unlucky fall for
hunters. Scarcely a day passes with
out a tale of a manning or fatal acct
dent.
This is the first corn corn show ever
put on in Pingree and the business
men are out to make it as much Of
a success as possible, and are offer
ing very good prizes.
A good we'll was struck after dig
ging seventeen feet at the county poor
farm in Ward county, after 81, 900 had
been spent in a vain attempt to get a
well by boring to a greater depth. The
new Well cost SO.
The L~idgerwood Monitor says that
a son was born to Mr.. n Mrs. Fred
Woodrich. The boy was born on the
18th Of the month in the year 1913,
was the 18th child in the family and
weighed 10 pounds.
Every year sees an increasing num-
Der of North Dakota farmers ~"retir-
ing to town to take it easy" The
ime will come in North Dakota when
farm life will be SO pleasant that no
farmer will think of "retiring,' but
will be glad to spend his last days on
the farm.
Frank Eddy Of Stutsman county re-
ceiVed serious injuries Friday morn
ing when moving his threshing outfit
to a new location. A wagon tongue
struck him a terrific blow in the stom-
ach, knocking him out for the time be-
ing and putting him in the hospital to
await the outcome of his injuries.
The business men Of Pingree are Of
fering the following prizes: $13, first;
IS, sec"nd, n IS third, for the best
ten ears of corn raised by residents
in the following townships: One hun
dred and forty-tWo and 143, ranges "a,
IS and Sc, for the season of 1918, corn
to be left with J. w. McNary on or
before October /, and will be judged
as soon after this date as possible.
Mrs. Doherty. the very capable edi-
tor of The Adams Budget, and her
daughter, Miss Cevilia, were out for a
trip in the family auto when the ma
chine broke down. The ladies were
Postmaster j. J.. Dougherty, came
along n with some tools borrowed
at a neighboring farmhouse, hammer
ed and tlnkered the machine back into
shape. Does seem necessary to have
the men folks around sometimes.
Arthur the ~6-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. Zion of Williston, was
badly injured about the chest and face
when he fell from the roof of a wood
shed where he was playing. In the fall
ne struck a piece Of scantling leaning
"alnst the shed, in which there were
some protruding nails. The sharp nails
tore the flesh on his chest and caught
him in the side of the face as he fell.
Nineteen stitches were required to
close up the wound in the side of his
ace, which extended from the lower
)art of the jaw almost to his eye. The
Young lad is getting along very nicely
and will recover if no complications
follow.
Sheriff Stainhofe of Burke county
went to Ignite, where he was to sell
on special execution a team of horses
and colt. The horses had been kept
in a pasture pending the date of sale
nd it appears that the night prior to
the time for sale someone visited the
pasture, opened the fence and allowed
the horses to get out. In the morning |
the two horses were found dead near
Mr.. Hopkins yard. A veterinary was
called to examine them and he pro-
nounced that their death was due, in
his opinion, to poison. The stomachs
ere removed from the animals and
have been sent to the state university
for examination.
Theo. Peterson of Grano came near
cremating a man when he set fire to
a straw pile on his farm. The stack
was completely e%nveloped in flames
"lSL d uldIl cIIlSISSu lFOIH LL6 DuTn-
ing straw with his clothing on fire.
The fellow was taking a quiet snooze
in the stack INC Peterson had no
knowledge Of his presence until the
man came forth a mass Of flames. He
was a harvest hand from Morrison,
Mimi, who had been working on a
threshing rig west of Grano n was
making his way to another territory
on a bicycle. His wheel and blanket
roll were burned and his escape from
man did not give his name but went
on his way rejoicing that he had es-
capped with his life. |
Ed Johnson of Egeland was acct
dentally shot in the chest, and very |
narrowly escaped instant death. Mr..
Johnson was alone chicken hunting,
INC had come to the buggy to start
home. AS he was abCAlt to break his
gun to remove the SPELLS, the horse
-alted up, his bird dog ran between
his legs and the gun slipped from his
arm and as the hammer struck a
wheel, the gun was discharged. The
full charge struck him on the left side |
of his chest, tore the flesh off the side. |
the shot glanced from the ribs and
lowed their way through the back Of
the buggy. He eve stopped to look
to see what happened, but hurried
home and summoned DR.. Lidner. The
sweater and clothing and a handful OF
from in beyond the open wound,
able to fix the wounded man in |
good shape and he is now on the way
to recovery.