The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-28
North Dakota
Kernels

N6PnGAS
John Walden, a single man Of about
40 years of age, was found dead in
his bed at the home Of Mrs. Rice at
Nekoma.
Four cousins Of John Nuss of Grand
Forks are members of the German
Uhlan organization. Mrs. Nuss, who
Is French, has several relatives who
are fighting for France.
E. Y. Sarles, former governor of
North Dakota, who has made his home
at Hillsboro for many yeats. will re
side in Grand Forks, having leased a
residence there. He goes to Grand
Forks that he may take adv antage Of
the schooling facilities there, his three
children entering the university this
fall.
The remains of Mrs. H. NJ. Wheeler,
of Grand Forks were taken to North
field. Mimi, last evening. the former
home, for burial. Mrs. Wheeler was
the wife of DR.. Wheeler, who took
part in the famous chase for the
James and Younger brothers, in the
Mortified raid, and it was his shot
that brought one Of the robbers to
earth,
A special message to The Grand
Forks Herald under date OF Aug. 25,
from New York. states: DIR. and Mrs.
Webster Mortified and Mr.. and Mrs.
II. l.. Withheld arrived lac tonight by
Flushing boat. They had reached
Holland from Frankfort, Germany, on
an all-American special train to Am
sterdam. About 100 other Americans
were on the boat"
Joe Gebhart made $50 by being ar
rested in Grand Forks, the police find
ing that sum upon him after no had
declared himself possessor of but SIS.
When the officer found the $50 Geb-
hart suddenly remembered having
earned that sum in the harvest fields.
He is wanted for robbery at Edinburg,
and he was taken to Grafton, the
Walsh county seat, to face trial.
The fax crop of Cavalier county,
though less in acreage than in many
years. promises to be one Of the most
profitable raised this year. AS a gen
! eral rule the flax was seeded early and
has withstood the dry weather better
than any of the other crops. AS yet
none has been reported as being
threshed, but the general opinion
seems to he that the yield will be
very satisfactory,
Robert Griffith, formerly Of Osna-
brock, but now engaged in the fruit
business at Cashmere, Wash, has re
turned to Cavalier county tC attend to
his farming interests, nj at the same
time is placing a part of his fruit crop
with the dealers along the Langdon
line. Mr.. Griffith states that the crop
this year in his locality is very good
and apples from his orchard go O New
York and all Of the larger eastern cit
les. as we'll as to some of the Euro
pean cities.
Last week Professor Halla, formerly
principal of the Langdon high school,
but engaged at Hannah for the coming
year, went up the line to hannah so
that he would have ample time to ar
range all Of the preliminaries before
the regular term of school opened. To
the surprice of many Of his LangdOn
friends, Mr.. Ealla was not alone, but
was accompanied by a bride of a few
weeks from South Dakota Mr.. Halla
has many warm friends in Langdon,
who would have been at the depot for
explanations and congratulations had
they known he was coming uE that
day.
Grafton Record: In this issue of
The Record appears the notice Of cleo
ton for members of the new park
commission. The men selected for
these positions should be chosen from
the public spirited citizens who are
willing tone able to give time to the
task of making the proposed park in
the city a beauty spot. From this time
on the city council will have nothing
to do with the matter Of the park.
The commission will have power to
purchase grounds and select a loca-
ton. nj move is one in the right
direction and the men selected for the
task should be the best men Of the
community.
Grand Forks Herald: One of the
most successful events of the season
was enjoyed yesterday afternoon when
more than 100 Illinoisans gathered at
Riverside park in their first annual
picnic. The CRANE old sucker state is
we'll represented in North Dakota, and
it was not hard to arouse the spirit of
loyalty among her sons and daughters,
though many there are who would not
leave the state of their adoption to re-
turn. The Afternoon was spent in get
ting acquainted, and a familiar nues-
ton was, what part of the state do
you come FROM" This disclosed many
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others acquaintance with his friend
at home.
Weather bureau report for North
Dakota for July: Unusually high
temperature prevailed during July
throughout the section. The night
temperature were high, and as a re-
suit corn made rapid growth. Con-
ditiOns for small grain, however, were
not nearly so favorable. In the west
ern portion grain suffered consider
ably from hot winds, and in the CEN
trail an deastern portions much dam
age from rust vas reported. The
mean temperature for the state was
the highest ever recorded during any
July since the climatologiCel service
was established in 1892. The average
precipitation was below the normal,
and the rainfall was fairly evenly
distributed. There were a large num-
Der of severe thunderstorms. in many
instances accompanied by hail. Much
property vas destroyed by hail, and
several buildings and quite a large
number of lives were destroyed by
lightning.
THE CENSOR.
Who is it grabs his pencil blue
And makes the correspondent rue