The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-18

Ter Of Bowbells dropped a Ave gallon
can full Of oil on the big toe Of his
right foot with the result that the
member was badly smashed.
While raking hay near Glenburn,
Orval Presky was caught by the dump
lever, Which in some manner contin-
ued to operate, and was pounded for
several rods before he got the team
stopped.
A deputy sheriff of Reeder left for
Aberdeen to bring back Robert Bron-
son, wanted there for passing q bad
check at the Macomber Drug Co.'s
store at Reeder something over a
month ago.
At a recent election the voters Of
Braddock decided to let BraddocK re-
main in the background by a vote OF
II for incorporation and 16 against.
The small vote cast was due to the
busy time of the year.
Little Alice McGuinness fell down
stairs at the inter Ocean hotel at
Mandan While attempting to ascend on
her roller skates. She was badly
bruised and shaken up but otherwise
escaped m~iraculously free from injury.
A. c. Groves fine barn, northeast Of
Darlington was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground. Harness,
hay and feed were also DESTROYED but
by hard work all the horses were saw
ed. The barn was built about a year
ago. The total loss was over ST. 500,
with about $1,000 insurance.
The irrigation pump has been press
ed into service pumping out the flood
ed Easements in White Earth. The
cellars of the New York store, Ogeman
hotel and the residence of NJ, D, Will
mot received attention and the pump,
which draws about an eight inch
stream. will be kept in commission un-
til all Easements are pumped out.
There are $3.50 children OF school
age in Grand Forks county. according
to the annual school census Of the
county, which was completed late Sat-
urday by Miss Beatrice tombstone,
! county superintendent Of schools. Of
these 4,3O8 are boys and 4,575 girls. In
the city Of Grand Forks there are 2,22O
boys and 2,5O1 girls. There are IA col
ored children attending the city
schools.
c. E, Ward, superintendent Of
schools for Stark county, has given
out the figures on the recent school
census as follows: Boys, 1927; girls.
2'04S; total, 4,375. Dickinson has 612
The loss in the total from last years
report is IS. In Mandan there are
LOO school children and foUr more
girls than boys. Morton county has
about 1000.
At the regular meeting Of the Will
liston board of education, besides the
Il HHQl1I4r TNl1fInn hr1csn@a- 80 ~
three teachers were employed TO take
the places of those who had recently
resigned their positions. They were
G.. Roy Wait of Kansas for the posi-
ton of science and athletics, Miss
Mlnda Stutrud of Williston for fifth
grade, and Miss Emma Weideman of
Boomer, Mimi, for first primary.
L. H. Sennett, an attorney of Cando,
who has a large farm nine miles north
east Of Egeland, has been convinced
after sever years experience and ex-
perlmenting of the best methods to make
his farm a profitable investment, and is
now going in more strongly tha ever
on the cattle raising proposition. He
has just completed the erection OF a
152-ton staVe silo on his farm. and as
the business demands it, will erect 9TH
er silos.
Jock Mcdonald, who had been work
ing for E. c. Caudle near Bowman for
several weeks, stole a horse Of John
Schwerdtfeger and attempted to get
out OF the country with it. He had Civ
en- out the idea that he was going to
Baker. but doubled back and stayed
all night at Bill Ats ranch, where it
was supposed that he was still work.
ing for Caudle. When Officer johnson
took the trail he employed Tom De-
washer and his torpedo roadster and
drove straight south past the Kulaas
farm into the gumbo country, where
they overlook Mcdonald and DOL him
back to Bowman.
Paul Reichel of Bisbee hired three
men to assist him to stack some hay.
Paul had occasion to go to the Cook
man place n evening and during his
absence the men took one of his mule
teams and started for town. The mules
evidently sensed the fact that Paul
was not in control n they refused to
be driven by the strangers. Near the
Gerard farm the mules took full
charge themselves and dumped the
men into the ditch. One of them had
n foot badly hurt and his compani-
ons had to get assistance to bring him
to town. The wagon and hayrack We're
also more or less damaged.
The Mandan, government snagging
boat for the upper Missouri, has re-
turned from it's second trip into Mon
tana this season. Captain Charles
worth spent a few days in Mandan.
They went from Mandan to Wolf
Point, Mont, on this trip. They had
intended to go on through TO Rocky
Point, but found the water too low to
permit of further travel, so turned
about and worked their way back,
snagging all the way down. There has
not been as much rain in Montana as
in North Dakota. Captain Charles
worth states. In fact, in the section
the boat ran through it was a trife too
dry, though he crops seemed to be
doing quite well. The best crops were
in the northeastern part Of Montana
and along the Missouri in this state.
Alexander Adams, the Greek who
was shot in the back at Pettibone, is
recovering. in Brainerd hospital, and
his cousin, Angelo Angelopous, who did
the shooting, stands a better show than
ever of remaining upon this mundane
tsphere. The trouble between the
Icousins arose over the fact that Adams
chided his younger cousin when he did
not get a knife for him to cut some
meat for the evening meal. Adams
stepped up to his cousin and slapped
him in the face. Angelopous then be-
gan to mix-first using a. chair, then
IA shovel and i~ntersperced with Ian
Iguage that is unprintable. Adams took
held him for q few moments and then
Hot him I'M A. cnlnnn1Ie rtt1IrAA for q