The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-29
North Dakota
Kernels

Because he pasted circus bills over
the display advertisements of a La
Moure firm on dead walls around
town, a representative of Ringing
Bros shows was arrested and fined
and forced to pay for the damage done
the lessee Of the dead walls.
While generating a gasoline light
ing plant with a bottle Of alcohol, at
| New Rockford, the liquid caught on
fire and exploded the bottle, throwing
flames all over the upper part of Har4
ley Hartson's body, He was serious
ly burned about the head and arms
before ~bystanders extinguished the
flames. !
The rye harvest is now on in full
blast around Rugby and many fine big
fields Of excellent rye are falling be-
fore the onslaught Of the industrious
sickle. Rye is getting to be quite a
favorite crop in North Dakota and I'M
fact 1t seems to be about the surest
one that we have, except corn-whicH
always does fine where properly hand
led.
The first annual meeting of the
Knox Farmers cooperative Elevator
Oo'I veg ASA Al p AA6AA -
officers elected were: Jas. Kane,
president; j. H. Fish, vice president,
e. l.. Kingsley, secretary; B. J. Steen,
treasurer. The directors for the next
year will be Jas. Kane, j. S. Webster,
J. H. Fish, o. J. Steen, M. J.. Steen.
John Green and S. M. Larson. G.. B..
Martin was retained as manager
The farmers in Munster townships
Ma. - 49, ~~-a
sChoOlhouse and organized the Num-
ster club of The Farmers Co-operat-
i've and Educational Union Of America
This is the fourth club organized in
that county by John Bostrom of Bur-
leigh county. The officers of the club
are as follows: President, Timothy
O'Connor; vice president, H. p. Hall
quist; secretary-treasurer, Geo. S.!
Durham; chaplain, John Larkin; On
ductor, John O'Connor; doorkeeper,
Pat O'Connor, !
The Mclean county fair Is going to
be one of the best county fairs in the
state. 1t is to be held at Underwood,
that county. Underwood is an enter
prising little city and has left no stone
unturned to give the patrons of the
fair the best possible. There will Oe
3. splendid race program and aeroplane
flights. A vaudeville entertainment
will be furnished for the fair by the
Webster Theatrical exchange of Far
go. The fair management expects a
big attendance.
George H. Nichols Of North Dakota
died in a hospital at st. Paul. Mr.
Nichols went down some time ago and
was operated upon for hernia, from
which he was recovering nicely and
they were expecting to return home
this week, when he was suddenly
stricken. The immediate cause of
death was the forming of a clot of
blood in of the main arteries,
causing what is termed herat block
Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols nave been resi-
dents Of Dakota for several years.
The remains were taken to the old
home in SiouX City, Ia, for interment.
While driving an auto, Joe Vanorny
vas badly cut up by running the ma
chine into a fence. The wires wreck
ed the windshield, gashed both sides of
Joe's mouth, displaced teeth and broke
a part of the upper jaw, One side or
his mouth was cut back wv or three
inches. Jack Coll was in the front
seat with Joe and was stunned, prob
ably from a blow on the head by a
piece of the windshield. His coat, too,
was torn up badly by the wire, though
his person was not scratched. Vim.
Weissery and G. Geissle, who were in
the rear seat were not injured.
Sheriff Christ, accompanied by
Deputies Field and Campbell and
States Attorney Murfin left Edgeley
in an auto armed with a handful of
warrants and just after dark they
sWooped down on the unsuspecting
city Of Kuhn and began to round up
vendors for forbidden beverages. The
day had been a profitable one for the
piggers and two of them had already
disposed of all of their wares and de-
parted. However four of the suspects
were placed under arrest and several
casks of beer were taken into posses
sion of by the officials. They were
taken before JuS,.ce J. NJ. Plott and
given hearings. The ArsI to have an
examination was Prank Farron. alias
'Frenchy" who has already done time
fur the similar ~oficlse. He was bound
over to district court under bonds oil
$500. AS this is his second oftense he
will have to serve a term in state
prison, if convicted,