The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-23

Ine candidates. are good ad
Vertlsers In Towner county.
The commercial club at Grafton has
taken a new hotel proposition unde,
its wing.
A farmer near. Willow City sold four
pure bred Shorthorn yearlings fol-
SIS each.
Ray, at a recent election, adopted
by . good majority. the commission
form Of government.
a tanning factory is one Of the pro-
Jected enterprises likely to be launch =
eo at Lisbon this year.
Sheldon high school boys in the
500 university are reported to be
making good along all ines.
Inc Northern Pacific will install an
electric signal system at
the railroad crossing in Grafton.
Feopi OF Hazen will vote on a pro-
position Tor the consolidation Of the
schooI within the district, April 4.
consohdated system for coun-
TRY SCHOOLS creates a school of great
er worth dignity and usefulness.
The Grafton Potato Co., is h,,sv
shipping out 10000 bushels of potatoes
stored In the company's warehouse
last fall.
The Association of Commerce at
Mlnot Will petition the legislature to
allow that city to employ a city
manager.
BulIdlnS operations arc in progress
at winston, NJ considerable brick
laying mas been done Gruins the last
week or two.
The pupils Of the public school at
MinneWaukan are soon to appear in
a production of the operetta, Jack and
the Bean Stalk.
Thc-Ladies: of the Maccabees. al
Casselton, have been giving a success
tul series Of teas for the purpose If
initiating their flower fund.
quite a few Of the machinery deal
erS over the state have the knack Of
writing appealing advertisements Of
thelr goods-the attractive ad pays
The Steele Ozone says that Kidder
county will not be second to anv in
the state in the matter of new settlers,
VINO are beginning to arrive in large
numbers.
The contract has been let for a new
farmers elevator at Cogswell, Also
have been accepted for a new
dick business building in the same
town. 50X100 feet.
Real s~pring-like weather has pre-
vailed at Milton and vicinity SO far
this month. and the outlook for
favorable spring conditions is very
promising in this part of the state.
AT a recent meeting of the Farmers
club for the town of Independence,
LaMoure county listened to and dis
cussed papers on How to Plant and
Raise Strawberries, and How to I'M
prove Our School.
A number of contractors at Mandan
have organized into the Mandan Con-
structlon Co, which it to be incor-
porated under the laws of the state.
the leading spirit is Charles Kidd, an
old time contractor.
The state inspector Of consolidated
rural grade schools has placed at
the disposal of the state papers a
compact list. citing twenty-five bene-
hts to be derived from the CONSOLE
dated school system.
A party of commercial club MEM
bers at Casselton made a call on the
manager and his force of the Dwight
Baldwin flour mill there which is ex-
pected to be in full operation in about
a week or ten days. There was a wei
coming and a proper exchange of
fluctuations. .
The Milton Business Mems union
very happily entertained their farmer
and other friends recently at a
Smoker" at which good fellowship
reigned supreme. After a season at
cards refreshments were served. The
object Of the smoker was to promote
a better social feeling between the
town merchants and the farmers.
Steele Ozone: j. G.. Loerch has
bought a large quantity Of grass, vetch
and field peas for seeding his new farm
east of town, all being intended for
promoting livestock production with
hogs as a leading feature. He states
hA@NS A1S okSNAS nave puk I'll dLl dtSId
Of 100 pounds this winter. having
plenty Of good feed and a mild season.
= Sheldon Progress: Warden Talcott
needs a good printer to take charge
of The Mirror, the prison publication.
We would hate to see such a good
scout as Editor Potter of The Enderlin
Independent land the job, but if he
doesn't quit violating the corrupt
practice act and label those political
announcements so they will pass in
spection, he is liable to land it.
The Morton county members of the
North Dakota Pharmaceutical %associa-
ton, with those. of Oliver and Mer-
Ger counties, have organized into a
Tenth district society. George w.
Gaebe Of New Salem was elected pres
ident, and the legislative committee is
comprised of w. j. Wood, Stanton,
and w. H. Itrich of Hebron. The an
nual convention of the society will / e
held in Mandan during the summer. ,,
Pembina Express: When the Hud-
son Bay railway is finished Winnipeg
will be $40 miles nearer Liverpool by
rail and steamer than by way Of
Even st. Paul will save $50
miles by shipping via Hudson Bay in
stead of by way Of New York. Penn
bina will be approximately just the
same distance from Liverpool as Chi
cago . Looking at the map these
figures seem impossible, but the map
is fat-and the earth is not. 1t is
just the same distance round a hill
as over the top of it. "
Two school teachers at Hazen be-