The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-13
EAST SIDE NOTES

J. C. Crawford OF Boone, Ia, editor
of The Western Christian Alliance, will
speak this evening ia the Moorhead
mission, First avenue and Fifth street
south. While in the city Mr.. Craw-
ford will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. Nelson Of I'LL Fourth avenue
north.
The Kohler Contracting Co. has Just
secured a large ditch contract in east
ern Marshall and Beltrami counties.
The contract calls for a ditch twenty
four and one-half miles long, thirty
feEt wide at the bottom n fifty feet
on top. The ditch will start in Bel
trami county running east through
Thief lake. which it will drain and
empties into Thief river. The amount
Of the contract is $51, 900 and opera
tons will commence at once. 1t is one
of the largest ditch contracts that has
been let for some time.
So far this season official reports is
sued from month to month have been
almost entirely devoted to the condi-
calls, for it was too early to offer any
estimates on the corn crop other than
the probable extent of the acreage.
The corn crop is all in the ground now
and growing, with July, one Of the
critical months, at hand. The hot
winds of July a year G unmade one
of the best corn yields ever promised.
This year the corn area is considera-
bly, smaller than in 1918, the entire
area of all crops represented in the
coming report being estimated at 254,-
000, 900 acres. In detail the report will
include, besides the condition Of corn
as of July 1, the reserves of wheat on
farms, harvest condition of winter
wheat, spring wheat condition, and
that of oats, barley, rye, potatoes, to-
bacco, faxseed, rice, apples and hay.
James H. Sharp, jr., left this morning
for Georgetown on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.. H. Hunt and daugh-
ter Katherine, left yesterday for a
weeks vacation at Big Pine lake.
DR.. and Mrs. w. H. Harris and fam
lily left today for Moose Jaw, Canada
where they will locate permanently. DR..
Harris has been in Moorhead for over
a year and his friends regret exceed
ingly their departure.
A. e. Lunbery of st. Paul, N. Henson
of Mimic, E. H. Elwood of Minneapolis,
N. B. Hansen of GAINESVILLE and A. J.
Lamb were some of the days visitors at
the Comstock. Alfred Anderson of
Hawley and j. Tanner of GAINESVILLE
were guests at the New Columbia yes
terday.
An owner of a Ford car narrowly es-
capped a serious accident this morning
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street car on the north bridge. The
tenders of the car were damaged and
the radiator injured.
Many of the local land companies are
planning exhibits for the North Dakota
state fair. Among those planning
special exhibits is the Iowa Land Co.,
which Is arranging an exhibit OF Clay
county grasses.
While assisting in the erection of a
derrick at Hawley Nels Erickson Of
the town of Eglon sustained a serious
injury to his head by a falling timber.
He is now reported to be progressing
rapidly and expects to be at work with
in a few days.
Prof. Jacob Larson, a Rhodes Scholar
of Oxford, England, has been selected
for a prominent place on the faculty Of
the Park Region Luther college at
Fergus Falls.
1t Is generally believed that team
sters and others in charge of horses in
Moorhead were usually careful Friday
and Saturday during the intense heat.
Animals were not let out for long Jour-