The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-13
North Dakota
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l. North Dakota
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A tennis tournament is being plan
ned to be held at Mandan.
Farmers near Darlington deny the
presence Of rust in that locality.
Lumber dealers report a big bust =
ness in communities. tributary to
Medina.
Operations on the erection OF a new
Methodist church at Darlington have
been started.
The cost Of maintaining the public
school of Morton county of the last
fiscal year $190.198.
Machinery dealers at Medina have
been busy shipping out haying ma
chinery and binding Irvine.
A heating and ventilating system is
to be installed in the school building
at Russell, at a cost Of $4,000.
Local papers are boasting of the
number Of expert shots that are in the
membership of the Stanton Gun club.
O.. L. Greene, formerly at Westhope
and Bantry. has been elected to be
superintendent Of the public schools
at Sheldon.
A corn and alfalfa show is an en-
terIrise which has been promoted by
the boosters Of st. John and will be
held July IA.
Sllos are becoming more numerous
and wherever one looms against the
sky the atmosphere Of prosperity seems
to abound on that farm.
The alumni association Of the Coop-
erstown high school will hold its an
nual meeting and picnic at a delight
full spot on the Sheyenne July 16.
The Mercer County Republican tells
its readers that it will be worth while
for the farmers to take themselves
and their families to the state fair at
Fargo.
The Lake Region Development as
ISOLATION at d meeting held at Devils
Lake recently, voted to publish a
booklet which will exclusively des-
crlbe the resources of that section Of
the state.
G. D.. Riesland, a farmer near Man
dan reports that he has a field Of corn
that has already attained a height of
SIX feet and is still growing. He
states that he has been digging pota-
toes since June 26 and yesterday dug
some that weighed a pound.
John F~reyberger of LaMoure is busy
these days assembling material for the
North Dakota exhibit at the Panama.
Pacific exposition. He pleads for CO.
operation n urges all farmers and
citizens to send in for aid in securing
exhibit material. Material for exhibit
should be sent F. o. B.. at the owners
station and marked to Mr.. Freyberger
at LaMoure, N. D.
Discovering a dish containing Il
quantity Of kerosene, last Saturday,
While other members were absent
from the room, the 1-year-old daugh-
ter of James Marks living southeast of
Anselm, drank nearly the entire con-
tents and nearly strangled to death
when a portion of the oil was swallow
w. All dLlIluOIS was ADMINISTERED IN
time and the child is living.
Reports from the engineers camp.
and given general c~redence, are to the
effect that within two weeks a large
party of engineers will arrive at Stan
ton, but it is not generally known at
present the exact work the crew will
do there. 1t is rumored, however, that
they will work on the Missouri river
S1ITTrnIr OHrH 80 kLtz r1~aA T.
possible that they may work in Dunn
county.
The Mercer County Republican: We
believe there should be a meeting of
the Mercer County Development
league to make arrangement for a
prize-wtnning exhibit at the Bismarck
Industrial show this fall. This organ
lzation was formed two years ago at
krem has a director in nearly ev-
cry section of the county,. There must
be nearly 500 in the treasury and we
see no reason why this money should
not be made use of in boosting our
county. It is now time that some &C
ton is taken, so that SAMPLES of all
kinds Of grains and grasses can be ex-
hibited.
In May of last year a one-acre ex-
perimental plot Of alfalfa was started
on the Pleasant Hill farm near Cando
by the Great Northern Railway Co,
One-half Of this was ~inoculated with
alfalfa culture; then twelve pounds of
seed was ~broadcasted and narrowed
in. The first ear the weeds had full
sway at the expense Of alfalfa, but
this season 1t was completely the re-
verse. In moving the plot Monday il
was plainly seen that the i%noculated
part had a much cleaner and better
stand. This experience proved to the
writer that land should first be inocu-
lated and seed drilled in, one inch
deep.
Sheldon Progress: A patch of ground
three rode wide and five rods long at
the farm of Al Newton, north Of the
village, Is bringing in a revenue to it's
owner more valuable than a good
mine. 1t is nothing more than a COM
mon strawberry patch. but already it
a produced more than 100 quarts
Of big red. l~ucious berries and they
hav just begun to ripen. Taking the
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