The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-10

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imported into Morton county.
There were only two jury cases
tried at the spring term Of the dis
tract u for Towner county.
Walhalla boasts FIVE rural delivery
routes and two star route deliveries
which is more than any other town in
the state.
Two quarter section farms were
sold a day or two ago near CARING
ton, one for $4,000, unimproved, and
the other for $3.50 an acre.
The Gasooyne Advance says that.
spring conditions in that part of
Bowman county are considerably
more encouraging at the beginning Of
April this year than they were in
1913.
A chemical fire extinguisher and a
prompt response of the fire boys saw
ed Il home at MaxbasS from destruc-
ton. A combination Of a little girl
and some matches was the cause Of
the trouble.
An ambitious concert program was
given under the auspices Of the Meth
odist church at Inkster There was
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rendition Of the Gloria from Mozart's
Twelfth Mass.
The postof1ice at Grand Harbor was
robbed last week and Geo. McDevit
mas confessed to the robbery. He says
he did it when he was drunk. He Sc
cured a little over 500 but the govern
ment recovered the money.
This year will witness a large in
creas in the acreage sown to corn
and alfalfa. The farmers are rapidly
learning how to properly plant and
cultivate the corn and alfalfa crops
and also to realize their value as a
fodder crop.
Somebody at Gascoyne was mean
enough to steal a quantity of lumber
from the front door Of the. Congrega-
tional church. The material was some
that was to be used in connection with
repair work which was being done and
had been bought by the Ladies' Aid
society.
The ,Pingree Patriot: AS an extra
inducement to the farmers children
in this vicinity to Kill the gophers the
Pingree State bank will give q prize
of So to the one turning in the largest
number OF tails at the bank during the
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turning in the second largest.
The Tribune at Edinburg is very
complimentary towards the Farmers
club at Conway, which it says is a live
and very active organization. It meets
regularly and has always a good at
tendance because it's meetings are
both interesting and instructive.
The commercial club at Devils Lake
will run a special train, on the Cando
branch, to accommodate the hundreds
who will attend the concerts to be
given by the Minneapolis Symphony
orchestra, when the crack musical
organization appears at Devils Lake,
April 16.
The new steel bridge that the Cana
dian Northern is building across the
Red river at Emerson is meeting with
objection from the people of the gate
way city. 1t seems that the driveways
are too narrow, only thirteen feet wide,
and the railing which are about four
feet high are too low.
The Wilton News: The first
thunder n rain shower Of the sea-
son arrived Wednesday afternoon and
from the appearance of the sky for a
few minutes. one would be led to be-
lieve that summer was here for sure;
he rain was of short duration how
ever, and Thursday morning the
temperature took a decided drop.
An. enterprising young lady who op-
crates a busy photograph studio at
Flaxton. has established branch stu
dos at Crosby and Ambrose. She has
bought n Ford touring car, and will
spend q great deal Of her time taking
views for commercial purposes and
pictures of homes and surroundings;
for the latter she has already got a
large number of orders.
The young ladies who write the
school notes for The Rhame Review
refer rather caustically to the bad
condition of the roads leading from
the country to town They say some
parts of the roads are SO rough and
muddy that young children have great
difficulty in getting to the school,
house-they think some of the big
men ought to fix things before they
get too busy.
The Leith Index, Morton county:
April l came upon us real summer
like n the snow which we received
last week is all gone. Farmers are
all busy getting their machinery in
shape and by the first of next week
they will be busy. in the fields, pro-
viding the present weather keeps on.
The ground is now in fine shape for
spring work n everybody is iubi-
liant over the outlook for a bumper,
crop this year.
G. A. Wells, a farmer at Toilette.
Pembina county, an authority on the
production of hogs; told a gathering
in alfalfa for hogs n that BerkShireS
make the most profit. He said pigs
fed on alfalfa cost 3h cents a pound.
break you. Pasture with a little grain
night and morning. Glover is good
but alfalfa is better. On twenty-five
acres Of corn and alfalfa realized $500
above expense. With better buildings
expects to make hog raising easy
work. Will grow eighty acres of corn
this year. Likes 'Gehu corn best,
grows low so hogs can reach it.
The Pioneer Express, Pembina: I'm
der the present primary law system
the newspaper man finds himself in
rather d dilemma. as to prospective
candidates. Direct support Of any n
candidate is to some extent opposition
to other candidates. Then perhaps the
primary decides that the candidate
opposed by the paper in this way shall
then becomes the duty OF the paper to
support the nominee of the party,
whom it had hitherto opposed. The
Pioneer Express therefore
that it will ordinarily support no
candidate ara inst another. until after