The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-20

Stanton will be in operation again by
tomorrow morning, according to rail
road officials,
At the meeting of the st. Joseph
| German Verein held at Mandan, the
reports of the delegates to the meet
ing at Strassburg recently were made.
1t was announced that the next meet
ing would be held In June of next
year at Dickinson.
Wanda, one of the little girls of Mr..
and Mrs. A. M. Crume, of Bantry, lost
two fingers while playing around d
gasoline engine. The engine is used
for pumping water for stock, and,
while 1t was running, the little girl
put her hand in a wheel.
Lee May, prominent farmer and
first class ball player, living northwest
Of Mandan, met with a rather painful
and severe accident. Mr.. May was
working around a hay-staCker when 1t
fell, striking him on the right side of
the forehead, causing a wound about
two inches long.
The veterans of Williston and vicin-
ity recently assembled for a public
meeting, in the evening, Of a get-to-
gether nature. The fifer Of the organ
~ization, Mr.. Perkins, assisted by his
son and w. F. Germany on the snare
drum, and L. V. Coulter on the large
drum, rendered several selections,
which were enjoyed by the large
crowd gathered.
While passing J. E. Marion's farm
near Rolette, S. S. Berg ran into a colt
with his automobile, breaking the
COLTS IoQ O G q rn1I1lf Of which fhn colt
had to be killed. Mr.. Berg was not to
blame for the accident, as the colt
suddenly and unexpectedly jumped IN
front of the car, which was between
the center Of the o a and a fence.
The colt was owned by James Grant,
a resident Of the reservation.
The amount Of cream checks cashed
at the Reeder banks of the past three
months were as follows: April ST.
0S2. SO, May $2,835.67 and June 4,384.4S,
making a very substantial gain over
the preceding three months. The total
for the first six months of 1914 is $14,-
077.14. The farmers are beginning to
see the value Of q steady income from
their COWS, and are going more into
dairytng and cattle raising.
In a letter received from Bud Frisk,
the wrestler who sI'ent considerable
time at Ray last winter wrestling with
the local boys, he states that he is now
in a sanatarium in Minneapolis recov-
er1ng from a siege of consumption
which he contracted last spring. The
drea ddisease developed from a neg
leCted cold Of the lungs. His many
friends here will be pleased to hear
that he is now we'll on the road to re-
covery.
The members Of the Catholic church
of Napoleon are planning on making
needed improvements to their
things to be accomplished is the build
ing Of a steeple or cupola in which to
house the bell, which the church has
had for several years, and an addition
built onto the rear of the present
structure, which will be used for altar
purposes, thereby giving the building
a larger seating capacity.
All three roads leading into Lansford
have been dragged with the King
drag that the county has placed in
that city for use in the vicinity, and
the first dragging provtd that
this raid machine is going to be a big
1t works better on graded
roads, and it is hoped that when the
township officers of Lansford and
Blaine townships see the work it Is
doing they will get all the roads in
that locality graded up and have the
drag used after each rain during the
summer.
Probably the most largely attended
and all round jolly picnic ever enjoyed
by Enderlin people was the Masonic
picnic held In Bauerschmidt's grove.
Autoes began conveying the merry
makers to the grove at 10 o'clock in
the morning and by noon there were
at least 200 people there, all trying to
see who could have the most fun. Men,
women and children mingled in mirth
and everybody seemed to enter into
the spirit of the occasion. The child
rem were especially well provided for
with eight big swings and several
coasting wires strung across the
river.
Golden Wedding.