The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-03
North Dakota
Kernels

II Kernels
Fessenden will soon be lighted by
electricity.
The advertising Of the express com
panies has reached the country news
papers.
One of the bridges in La Moure
county is to be given a concrete floor
in the spring.
improvements, to meet emergencies,
are to be made to the electric light
plant at Rolla-
The Mothers club at Lisbon has TAX
en- up the work of trying to revive the
art of story telling.
Farmers tributary to D~onnybrook
are in the market to buy hogs as there
is money in the industry.
1t will require O. carload of seed to
meet the demands Of the farmers at
Minor for Marquis wheat.
Paris township, Stutsman county, is
styled by The Woodwork Rustler
"the home Of strawberries"
The Northern hotel at Kermit. valu-
ed at $4,000 was burned up in an &C.
cidental fire a few days ago.
The Garrison Industrial association
seems to be on the right track for
doing things in a boosting way.
Turtle Mountain farmers value a
recent heavy fall of snow for sleigh1ng
n h conservation OF moisture.
A. l. Johnson has taken charge of
the editorial and business manage
ment of The Bulletin at Bowbells.
The Farmers elevator, with 1000
bushels Of grain, at Antler, were
totally destroyed by fire last Saturday
night.
Poles etc. have arrived at Under
wod for the Weller Valley Telephone
Co. The line will have about thirty
phones.
The entente cordiale is strained be-
tween the state railroad commission
and the editor Of The Citizen at
Bowman.
The first real storm for this winter
did not reach Churchs Ferry until Jan.
Is, when the thermometer registered
20 below zero.
The Minor Commercial club carries
a ard in the local paper which gives
just the information desired visitors in
quest Of business.
Legal ads. and county commission
ers proceedings monopolized all the
space in the current issue Of The Bill
ings County Herald.
If the making of briquettes by the
method now used at Minot is success
full a plant will be established in the
! coal fields south of Velva.
Dealers in cream separators are do
ing a good business with enterprising
farmers at Churchs Ferry, who are
paying more attention to dairying.
F. c. Kruger, Of three and a half
miles north of Bowman is preparing
to patent an invention for auto
matically firing a railway locomotive.
The new Presbyterian church edifce
at Tioga is about ready for. the hold
ing of regular church services. Dedi-
cation services will be announced
soon.
The Farmers club at Woodwork
met last Saturday-subjects discussed
were alfalfa, forest trees. value of the
dairy cow and value or beef cattle on
the farm.
The voters along the 500 hint that
they would like to see a division of
McHenry county-there is d~issatis-
faction with present conditions in that
county.
A MAJ at Bowman, who has been
selling gas tractor engines for three
years, has decided to buy some stock,
move back on to his well equipped
farm and take a rest"
Miss Fife Epton, teacher Of elocu-
ton at Springfield. Ill, and formerly
Of Rolla will be one of the entertain
ers at the Valley City chautauqua
next summer.
The people of Lisbon are to be Civ
en- an opportunity at the next city
election to vote for or against the es-
~tablishment of a public library-Mrs.
Budlong Of the state library commits
sion is eXerting her influence in the
very laudable movement.
Under the influence of the extern |
sion departments of the state agricul-
tural college and university, commune /
ty institutes are to be held at Hankin-
son and Lidgerwood, both towns meet |
ing the ffancial requirements.
A. joint meeting of city and rural
school teachers is to be- held at Lid
gerwood Feb. 14-there will be some
instructive discussions of uppermost
school problems and the social side Of
the meeting will be taken care Of.
A new church building has been
hauled onto the toWnsite Of ParshalI,
save The Ryder Journal and material
Is being assembled for a. bank build
ing. the institution to be al associate
of the Pioneer bank at Plaza.
Sargent County Teller: There have
been. during the fall and winter. sev-
eral carloads Of shelled corn shipped
from Minor. Some of the farmers
around Minor raised a good crop of
| corn and have immense corn cribs full
to overlooking and in some instances