The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-17

Considerable flax has been sown in
the vicinity Of steele.
Yucca, in Oliver county, will have a
Fourth Of July celebration.
Wildrose boosters have sent out
feelers and are a~gitating the question
Of rural telephones.
The Center Republican boasts Of
the excellent condition of the streets
in that smart little town.
The premium list for the Grand
Forks county fair has been published.
The dates are July % to 81 inclusive.
There has been plenty Of moisture
east, west, north and south Of Mott
q very heavy d%ownpour to the north
east.
The German Congregationalists met
in convention in Bedesta for a three
days session which ended last Sum-
day.
tackled the job of laying over 100, 900
square feet of cement sidewalk in the
city, which will require over $500
yards of gravel.
McHenry county is suffering the
ravages Of the wire worm again this
year. Advice has been requested from
the agricultural college at Fargo.
Old Settlers of oliver county will
celebrate at Center, June Is and 10.
Judge Bruce of the state supreme
court is to make the address for the
occasion.
Fifteen silos are on the way to the
farmers of Hettinger county living
north Of Mott. Considerable corn will
be harvested in that section Of the
country this ear.
The three cream buyers of Rolla
shipped 1915 pounds of cream from
Rolla during May. The price paid
was $840.47. The cream shipped by
individuals is not included in this
amount.
Mandan business men are about to
launch one of the biggest creamery
industries in the state-the company
will be prepared to lease cows to the
tributary farmers for the return of
the cream.
WiIdrose Plainsman: One town not
far away is placing a little kerosene
over the surface Of the I'onds neal
town and instructing the villagers to
do the same same with rain barrels.
It's death to the mosquito!
Two doctors and one druggist
worked hard two days to push down
some soup that Barney Loughran
partly swallowed in a Darlington
restaurant. The soup got to the en-
trance to his gullet where it stopped.
The Old Settlers society Of Barnes
county will hold a basket picnic in the
city park at Valley City, June 20. The
address for the occasion will be made
perintendent Of schools for Barnes
county.
The work of the erection of a bank
ing house for the Farmers bank Of
Mercer county at Hazen is in prog
ress. The structure is one story, all
Of brick, 25x32 feet. The building is
expected to be completed by August
1st.
During the present building eason
Morton county will have three new
churches erected. A German Con-
ing Campbell Bros, of Cavalier, con-
gregational Evangelical church at
Glen Ullin; and German Congrega-
tional Emmaus church at Aplin.
Hazen will soon nave telephone con-
nections with the whole of the north
line of the Northern Pacific out of
Mandan. Also there is to be a new
depot building at that point and the
material is on the ground for a spa
cious section house and s~tockyards.
Six Of the Farmers clubs, in the
eastern part Of Hettinger county, COM
bined in the holding Of a picnic at
Burt on the banks of a river. An at
tractive program was arranged and
the attendance was immense and the
day was thoroughly enjoyed as much
for it's genuine social features as any
thing else.
Oliver County Republican: Another
heavy rain soaked this section Friday
and Saturday, further boosting the
chances for a bumper crop in Optimis-
tic Oliver this year. With one more
good rain the latter part Of this month
you can't beat Oliver county out of
one Of the best crops she has ever
had except by hail. The hay crop
is already assured.
According to the Wildrose paper
thirteen farmers have organized a
club to be known as the meat club.
Beeves will be slaughtered at regular
intervals by members of the club,
each club getting beef ready. Parts of
the animal are numbered from one to
six on either side, each member choos-
ing his meat by number A price has
been established for different sections
of the beef. The plan has worked well
in other localities and worked we'll
here last year.
The Mott Spotlight: Commission
er Schmidt brought in as fine a bunch
of alfalfa as was ever grown in the
west this week. 1t measures twenty
eight inches from crown. to top and
had roots at least from ten inches to a
foot long, Mr.. Schmidt sowed about
an acre and a half of alfalfa two years
ago, using the pedigree Grimm seed
obtained from the Dickinson expert
ment station. He has had great sue
cess and is putting in an additional
fifteen acres this year. This week he
cut the first crop which yielded heav-
lily and is in excellent condition.
This is the way The Eagle at Will
low City announces a civic improve
ment for that lively community: The
city Of Willow City is all o up; in
a terrible manner; it is awful. And
the worst of it is there is no help for
it-for a month or SO; the police are
helpless; the city officials stand around
to see that the tearing up process is
done in proper shape; society and
style take to the middle Of the streets
and murmur not, for yesterday morn