The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-02
Moorhead Department

teachers committee. The board un'
animously passed a motion in~structins
me teachers committee to. look up {
suitable man for the position and re
port their findings to the board al
early as possible.
supt. y. ]. sperry of the Mankate
public schools, at the meeting OF par
ents and teachers of high school stud
ents, held at the high school Friday
afternoon, advised the parents to form
a regular organization for the purpost
or better cooperation with the teach
ers. r..
Miss Peterson of the fifth grade ir
the public schools at Breckenridge
spent the week end at home here after
attending the sessions of the Educa.
tlonal association.
A temporary organization Of the
Holstein Breeders association has beer
formed at Crookston by the election OF
+. II. Sargent, dairyman at the state
farm, as temporary president and +. u
Miller temporary secretary.
The GAINESVILLE band, under the di-
rection of Professor Raciott, will pre-
sent a well arranged concert pro-
gramme in the local operahouse next
Friday evening.
The new passenger station estab-
lished by the Great Northern at Lawn
dale has been completed and is at the
disposal of the public. The building is
small but ample for business require
ments at that point.
The knights of Pythias at Barnes
vile are having improvements made in
their Castle hall, which will make the
room conspicuously inviting.
In addition to the state teachers ex-
aminations being held at Moorhead and
Hawley next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, the scope has been enlarg-
ed and an examination will be held
at GAINESVILLE on the dates named for
the convenience of teachers in the ex-
IRENE south end of Clay county.
Atty. and Mrs. Curtis Pomeroy are
home from their wedding trip and are
now esconsed in a cosy home at
GAINESVILLE, where Mr.. Pomeroy is
doing a thriving law practice in the
firm of Marden & Pomeroy.
GAINESVILLE Record-Review:. Ed
Carlson will leave Fargo for Moorhead
on business in connection with a con-
tract for the erection of a house in
that city.
Inspectors for the state weights and
measures department are hard after
peddlers of kerosene and gasoline, sold
in iron barrels and alleged to hold
l1ty SdliOIlSJ puL lIlSdoulS OUT only
forty-seven and forty-eight gallons
making the consumer pay a pretty
stiff price, in addition to the cost of
the barrel.
In a decision handed down by the
Wisconsin state supreme court, in the
case Of DR.. Austin Olmstead versus
the town of Greenfield, Monroe coun-
ty, it is held that a town cannot be
required to grub out stumpS in the
highway just to make automobile
travel safe. Olmstead ran into a stump
in the town and smashed his machine.
He sued, alleging it was the duty of
the town to keep the entire road clear.
The circuit court held that the town
had no such duty, n the supreme
court has not re-affirmed hat deci-
sion.
Mrs. c. L. Atwood, president of the
Minnesota Federation of Women's
clubs, will discuss The Building of a
Citizen at the coming meeting of the
Central Minnesota Educational asso-
citation at st. Cloud. The editor of
The Ohio Educational Monthly will
give an address on Is the Public
School a Failure?
President Welter Of the commercial
club, accompanied by Mrs. Welter, left
for Kansas City yesterday morning on
a business trip. Mr.. Weller was ac-
companied, as far as st. Paul, by
Mayor Beck and Aid. A. H. Costain,
who went to have a conference with
the board of control in regard to the
changes and improvements demanded
by he state board in connection with
the city jail-it is to be hoped the i'm
provements will include the fixing of
that broken door lock which has been
a disgrace to the city for several years.
Minnesota raised 4O.5 bush els of
corn to the acre in 1913. This is the
highest yield in the country. w.