The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-23

picnic, June %.
The Paramount News will give a
silver cup to the man, woman, boy or
girl who raises the largest number
OF bushels Of corn from one acre this
year.
A class Of eighteen will be presented
at a meeting of the Royal Arch chap
ter Of Darlington, June % and &c. The
laoies of the Eastern Star chapter will
serve w meals each day.
The class of 1914 of the Lisbon high
school appeared for graduation in the
"mortarboards" and gowns. A good
picture of the eleven so arrayed APP
pears in the current issue Of the Lis
bon Gazette.
A conference of ministers and Off
Gals of the Methodist church Of NORTH
Dakota will be held at Langdon, Tues
day, June 80. Bishop Luccock will
be one Of the speakers.
The recent heavy rains in the
southern portion of Morton county
caused a considerable loss to the
Northern Pacific when a large con-
crete dam at THAN was washed out.
The dam was used to back up water
for a tank established at THAN,
which is located between Lark and
Carson.
The annual reunion of the Old Set
tiers association of Stark county was
held at Gladstone, June %. The pro-
ceeds Of the refreshment stand. which
was conducted by the ladies Of st.
Thomas's parish, were to be added to
the fund to be used for the rebuilding
Of a church edifice which was destroy
ed by fire some time ago.
D. R. Taylor. jr, of Mandan was re-
elected statistical secretary Of the
state firemen's association. He made
n of the most interesting reports
submitted to the annual meeting at
Lisbon. 1t stated that there was a
total fire loss in the year, just closed,
of $162,645 and property valued at up
wards of $6,OOO,OOO exposed to fire.
Mike Diskes, a Greek section labor
er, was killed at Wishek, when a
gasoline speeder was thrown from the
track. -Four other laborers were on
the car at the time, but none was
seriously hurt. Deceased was d strang-
er and it has been impossible to learn
of the mans home or relatives as he
had no identification papers or let
terS.
Another rural telephone line Is soon
to be connected with the exchange at
Dickinson. 1t is to be constructed by
the Western Telephone Co, and will
reach about thirteen farms to begin
with. The line will be fifteen miles
long and will reach into the fine farm
ing territory northwest of the city.
The farmers have everything in readi-
ness to start work on the line as soon
as the poles arrive.
This is the right spirit from The
Transcript at new Rockford: "Shey-
enne, the hustling little city north of
us, is going to twist the tail feathers
of the national bird and make him
scream right on July Fourth. A big
delegation always comes down when
there's anything doing here, SO we
should r~eciprOcate and go up there in
force. Besides that-you are always
given a good time at Cheyenne. Let's
all 60"
Foster County Independent: Moth
ing has been heard from the man who
VS. to paint several auto trails out
Of Darlington, the work 20 LAY been
done by June l. Whether or not the
work will be done is not known. The
city has paid nothing on the contract
and will not lose a cent If the paint
ers fail to SHOW up. Sykeston and
Cathay and many towns in this region
have already paid from $25 to $50 to
have trails painted through their
towns.
The Palladium: Nearly 1000 people
attended the corner stone laying Sun
day afternoon, of the new st. Alexius
hospital which is being constructed
this summer in Bismarck by the Ca
tholic sisters, and which will cost
500, 900. The ceremonies were COM
menced with a procession from ST.
Maryis school headed by the Bismarck
band. Impressive addresses were de-
liVered by Bishop Werhle of this do
cese, and also by Gen. e. A. Williams,
representative of Governor Hanna,
now en- route to Norway.
The Leeds News: School is out and
there is nearly three months of vaca-
ton before the young folks. Too long
a time to spend in idleness. Girls can
help in the home and relieve their
tired mothers, but the lively boy, what
shall be done with him? He ought
to be kept busy. at least part of the
time, earn money and keep out of
mischief as well as learn something
useful. Don't let the boys and girls
idle away the entire summer They
will make better men and women for
being taught to employ their time
profitably.
Andrew Bonhus of Valley City has
petitioned the judge Of probate at Red
Wing, Mimi, for the administration of
the estate of John A. Bonhus, who left
property worth SO, 800, of which $1,000
is the value of the personal property
and $4,000 the real estate, consisting
of 115 acres of unimproved lands. The
property is to be divided among eleven
heirs: K. A. Bonhus, Valley City; AL
fred Bonhus, Arthur Bonhus and An
drew Bonhus, nepheWs residing at
Valley City; Clara, Gertrude and Lou
Use, nieces, living at Valley City; a
nephew, Arthur M. Bonhus and a
niece, Marie Bonhus and a grand
child, Adelia Stenhaug, residing at
Kenyon.
Upwards of 1000 Texas yearling
steers were received by w. L. Rich
ards at Dickinson a few days ago..
The shipment made a solid train of
twenty cars which were taken to
Eland, four miles west of Dickinson,
for unloading. An unfortunate delay
of three hours occurred at Dickinson,
owing to the fact that there was no
engine in waiting to pull the train to
Eland on it's arrival. This proved to
be a great damage to Mr.. Richards,
as the stock was unloaded just as the
heavy rain came and a good many OF
the yearlings were drowned in Heart
river, If it had not been for the de-