The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-31

They want incorporation ct futile,
in order to secure fire protection.
A stage driver at Tioga is a candi-
date for sheriff of Williams county.
A free employment bureau. for
farmers. has been established at Ken
mare.
To meet the demands of farmers
a cream station has been established
at Wildrose.
Carl J. F'ranzen, near Wildrose, will
make a test for the government of
Fife Minnesota No. 161, for trial on
his farm west of town.
A Wildrose contractor captured the
contract for the erection Of the new
brick building to be erected at Noonan,
against big competition.
Farmers at Arnegard are DESTROYS
to have q creamery established at AL
e%Xander. 81 that they can send their
surplus cream to that place.
W. L. Richards. of Dickinson. has
been appointed a member of the COM
mittee on resolutions of the North
Dakota Educational association.
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There will be 40,104 acres of new
land added to the assessment rolls of
Mountrail county for assessment this
year at a valuation Of $120,312.
There were 1871 pupils enrolled in
the Minot schools, according to the
report of February. OF that number
! 535 had a perfect score for attendance.
The proceeds of an entertainment
at White Earth are to be used for the
purchase OF pictures which are to
adorn the walls Of the school building.
J Colonel Carroll, c~ommandant Of the
| state soldiers home at Lisbon, has re-
| turned from a sojOurn in Florida,
principally on he west coast, at Fort
Myer.
In one of the farmers lines out of
Sentinel Butte, the telephone sub
scribers have threatened to discon-
tinue the service on account of high
rates.
During the visitation to the church
at Beach, a few days ago Bishop
Tyler and Rev. Mr.. Bragaw of the
| Episcopal church, baptised eight
children and confirmed six adults.
An experienced road builder has
been engaged as township overseer at
Alexander, and the township will sup |
Jly him with good machinery, so that |
there will be no excuse for bad roads.
The Golden Valley Cooperative
Milling CO.. capitalized at $40, 900, has
been organized at Beach. About fifty
of the citizens of the town have sub
scribed for nearly $4,000 worth of
stock.
The school board at Belfeld is look
ing for a new superintendent of the
public schools, to take the place of Or
rim Wilcox, whose resignation is to
take effect at the close of the present
school year.
The Velva- Voltaire Livestock
Breeders association with a member
ship made up entirely of boys, was
organized at a meeting in that city.
Boys from 10 to 20 are eligible to
membership.
Gunder Olsen. state treasurer. has
bought an interest in the Citizens
State bank at Alexander, and has
been elected president. c. A. Jacob
son, vice president. and Gilbert Gun |
| derson. cashier.
A fire in the village of Rutland,
near Minor, last week destroyed a
hardware store, a general store. the
public hall, pool hall, etc, practically
| Wiping out the business center of the
village, with very little insurance.
A lady at Glenn Ullin last year put
up 2S0 cans Of fruit from her own
trees and shrubs, and besides had six
teen gallons of exceptionally fine
strawberries. Her family is supplied
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and one Holstein cow. both pure
bloods.
With appropriate ceremony Miss
Hannah Elm was graduated as a
trained nurse from st. Johns hos
pital, Kenmare. Among the guests
were Governor Hanna and Dr.. A. J..
were satisfactorily arranged by the
ladies Of the Tuesday club.
The village of Esmond is a munich
pality without debt. the new council
takes charge of affairs with all bills
against the village paid to date, and
enough money in the treasury to
liquidate all outstanding warrants.
The Bee boasts that possibly no other
town in the state occupies SO enviable
position.
Three years ago the creamery at
Glen Ullin paid out $4,000 for cream
to the farmers. In 1913 the institution
paid to the farmers $92.S75 for cream
and in addition bought from the farm
ers eggs and poultry to the amount of
upwards Of $4,000, making a. total of
over $1,000 disbursed to the farmers
in the vicinity.
A farmer in Pembina county, a
year ago had a flock of twenty-five
sheep, a part of which were pure blood
Shropshire and the remainder good
grade ewes. During the past year,
from this flock, he has received from
sales of sheep and wool, upwards of
$350-he says he found the, sheep but
little more trouble to take care Of than
a flock of chickens. -
Three boys to warm themselves
started a fire in a pail just outside the
home Of Miss Latin, east Of Arnegard,
and in some way set fire to the bank
ing around the house. The boys
thought they had put the fire out and
left the place on their return to school,
but smoldering embers were famed
into a flame which set fire to the
house, and building and contents were
totally destroyed, including a good
supply of wearing apparel, and an in
cubator filed with eggs.
Charles Wasem, who is travelling
from Regina, Saskatchewan, to his old
home at Belleville, Ill, by OK team to
attend the Centennial celebration az
the Illinois city, arrived in Kermare a
week ago. The distance by road is
about $500 miles and the lad has now