The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-20

Crops are looking excellent in Nc
kenzie county, according to travalerI
who have peen owe hat TERRITORY
within the last five days.
A farmer near New Salem reported
recently hat after the last inch O.
rain he dug into the ground three fee
and did not find any dry earth.
The Belfeld Times a y that, "if L
A. Simpson is elected for congress hi
will be equally as prominent in Wash,
lngton as he is in Dickinson.
The Sons of Norway at Upham
properly celebrated the centennial Of
the independence Of Norway, and ar
| excellent program was given May Is.
The commissioners of Burleigh coun-
ty are hotfoot after former sheriffs
whom they allege W the county mon
ev. One $500, another $3.50, and one
500.
Devotees Of tennis at Mandan have
already had some interesting contests
among themselves. with honors even
so far. They are getting ready for
the state tournament.
The vital statistics report for Ben
son county for January is % births
and II deaths; for February, 10 births
4 deaths, one case of tuberculosis, and
one other infectious disease; for
March % births and 6 deaths.
Comments of a not very COmpli-
| mentary nature are being made about
the excessive drinking of beer and liq-
uors ut MadQock, and decent citizens
are talking Of moving on Bismarck in
a manner that will not be misunder-
stood.
The proposition to build a new
| school house, north of Wolford, was
| defeated by a vote of 81 to IA. Salts
| faction is expressed that at least the
! people are taking interest in schoo
affairs, as the largest vote ever cas-
vas polled at this election.
Mandan is in the throes Of getting a
United States ~postOftiCe building
Mandan will know what patient wait
ing" is. before the building is ready fol
occupancy. The supervising architec'
Is q very busy nan and things don
| elways pan out as he wants them to.
Granville Herald: 1t wouldn't be {
bad idea If the farmers would take {
/ day off and clean up as the editor
so firmly impressed last week. Blu
the public cad is a poor place for {
dumping ground for tin cans, etc.
and if there isn't a little Space or
| the farm for these they might just al
we'll be left in the yard.
According to The BeIield Times the
Fourth OF July celebration at that place
will be the krandest, most Spectacular
and gorgeous demonstration, in honol
CT the counlry's natal day that evel
| graced the fertile valleys of the COLDER
circle. ITO miss this celebration viii
be worse than missing your dinner
after a SIX days hunger strike"
May Is the Garrison COOPERATIVE
creamery caught on fire from the fur
mace and burned to the ground. Tn
| butter in the storage room was all tina
was saved. The creamery was valued
at $4,000 and carried insurance
amounting to $4,000. The creamer!
was opened April 8 with a big "Brea'
and Butter Day" celebration and dur
ing the first month over $4,000 wort
Of business was transacted.
Autoists say that a ride from Gran
VILE to ToWner disclosed conslderaol
Progress il the growth Of some OF tn
grain feds. There is considerable
winter rye sOwn over the territory an
some unusually fine fields are to b
seen. Some Of the spring wheat ttelC
are also showing up good. One thin
noticed in particular was the amour
of stock t. be seen. There are NOR
cattle and hogs on the farms than /
the past history of the county.
Local residents are arranging for
thoroughly patriotic observance Q
Memorial day. on the site Of Ole For
Rice, twenty-five miles south of Man
dan. Their are many of the veteran
of the Indian fights who are still il
that country anI since the dedicatio,
Of the old foct site last summer to tn
state. nue.! interest has been shown /
historic matters. 1t is expected tina
the program will be similar to the on
gwen at tie dedication last year.
The death is announced of Alonz
G.. Schafer. a former resident nea
! Mandan. He was one of the early set
tiers in that section Of the country
coming to the territory OF Dakota i
1877 from Iowa. He was employed TO
d number O. years at h original For
Lincoln. six miles south Of Mandar
and working as a carpenter helped t
erect the old fort buildings. and tn
officers bones. He deplored the &C
| VI Ill6 ldl0 HClldIOl l. ~ We
largely instrumental in having the oil
fort abandoned.
According to The Herald at Gran
vile, there. has been but very .littl
warm weather up there so al TIL
days have been cool, but for all tina
il has bee: excellent weather for a
kinds Of grain. There have been blu
few windy days this spring and no
enough at ary time to cause any dam
age to the fields. There Is more waite
In the sloughs and low places than a
this time in the past few years. Whea
seeding is practically finished and 9th
err small grain Is going in at a rapi
rate. Many have also started wit
planting corn.
The horticultural expert of the gov
eminent experiment station at Manda
reports that 400 apple trees and 80
Elum trees r put out the fore par
of the week and will be followed by 80
CRAZE vines. Each of these number
includes several different. varietie
which will re tested out Individual
to ascertain the hardest and bes
adapted to this climate and the condi
tfons of this region. For demonstra
ton the orchard will be ru.
on a. commercial basis-that is, it Wi
receive only regular attention such a
a commercial fruit grower would b
able to give il and will not be hamper
cd and coaxed along. This will be Civ
ing the trees the same attention the
would ordinarily get on the farm an
will therefore prove their adaptabilit
to North Dakota and plains regio