The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-09
North Dakota
Kernels

Stanley has five fraternal secret So
~cieties, all of them strong in member
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The crops about FingaI have been
nicely irrigated by 1.-The gentle rains
from heaven.
Good roads lessen the distance to
town and cheaper the cost of mar
keting. Why not more of them?
The farms about Palermo have been
we'll wetted and the prospects for a
bountiful harvest we're never more en-
c%ouraging.
An underlined feature for the eve
ming amusement Of the visitors to the
state fair at Fargo, July 20 to %, will
be displays Of fireworks.
The Northwestern Telephone Elk
change Co. has been granted a franchise
by the village of Wimbledon to equip
and operate an exchange.
F. Broten. an en%terprising student
at Concordia college, Moorhead, has
opened a Norwegian Lutheran par
ochial school at Hannaford.
The Methodists at Powers Lake
have let the contract for a new church
edihce as the congregation is now con-
sidered strong enough in numbers.
Happy must the pastor be when his
congregation presents him with an
automobile for use in his pastoral and
missionary .work-a pastor at Balfour
was the latest victim.
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Boosters at Streeter say that the
town must have decent hotel accom-
modations before it can consider itself
on the map and "a hotel for Streeter''
will be the battle cry from now on.
According to The Echo at Powers
Lake, it will take some astute finan-
there in workable shape and the
stockholders are expecting to hear Of
a series Of assessments.
%Itinerant dentists have been plainly.
told that their services are not wanted
at Hannaford, as the dentist perma-
nently settled there is doing satisfac-
tory work and local pride dictates that
he should be patronized.
Some newspaper boys have queer
ways of suggesting to the business
men h a advertising in the local pa
per pays, min times out Of ten, and
forget that sugar catches more adver-
Using contracts than vinegar.
Wishek is growing, more building
is being lone there this year than for
several years and conservatively the
population is now estimated at over
700 people, and about it some of the
most prosperous farming communi-
ties in the state.
The ST. John Leader: Farmers east
Of town are interesting themselves in
opening the roa from st. John
through to the Towner county line. IF
these remaining four miles are opened
the Hansboro people agree to have the
road opened to that place.
There is excitement at Beach over
the fact that the town has been men
toned as the probable seat for a
Methodist Episcopal church college to
cost at least 500, 900. Beach is favor
ed because there is no college what
ever in that part of the state.
The local papers at Cottonwood
Lake says a beautiful white swan has
added its presence to the large collec-
ton of waterfowl on the lake, the 1rSt
being seen a week ago.. He has been
majestically gliding to and fro over
the mirror-like waters and adds great
ly to the beauty of the waters.
A recent rain drenched the Het-
finger county country and left crops
in the best possible condition. All
kinds of grain could not be better.
Alfalfa will be a bumper and corn is
doing we'll. The hay crop is a big
one. All indications point to the big
gest crop that has ever been grown in
H~ettinger country.
The Chronicle say that over 5000
people assembled at Beach to see the
sights of the Gollmar Bros. circus and
wild animal show, but owing to high
waters the aggregation could not make
the date at Beach, nor at Dickinson.
The non-appearance was a great dis
appointment to hundreds of children
and young people, some Of whom had
never even seen circus advertising
bills.
Underwood Journal: Now that
there is no possible chance for the 1914
crop to dry out the farmers are turn
ing their attention to the next thing
that might destroy their crops, and are
insuring their crops against hail. New
er before in the history of this great
Underwood country were the prospects
better for a bumper crop, and nothing
but a hail storm can prevent the
harvesting of one Of the biggest crops
ever raised here,
Powers Lake Echo: Should the
wheat crop in this vicinity yield as
well as prospects now indicate, enough
wheat will be marketed here to supply
all the people living in the country
tributary to this branch of the Great
Northern with -four for the next eigh-
teen months besides furnishing about
thirty car loads of feed for stock
For lack of a four mill at Powers
Lake this wheat will be shipped tc
Minneapolis or Duluth, our farmers
will pay the freight and commission
for selling, then more freight ant
commissions to get the -four back, be-
sides a handsome profit to the millers
for grinding, and do without the feed
that would be Of great benefit to theli
cattle. '... "Nt@ II