The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-01

Wheat seeding has been completed
in the vicinity Of Hankinson-so re-
ports The News.
The city Of Hankinson is the de-
PENDANT in an action brought by the
Several new business buildings and
a number of new homes are con-
templated at Valley City.
The LaMoure County Chronicle is
very friendly to Alfred zuger of VAL
ley City for attorney general.
When principals cannot write good
English it can hardly be expected that
school correspondents will display eff
cheney.
The women OF Hankinson feel that
something should be done to rid the
town n adjacent communities of
tramps.
The Wyndmere Automobile club has
arranged for the erection Of regula-
ton sign posts along the roads east
and west from the town.
Professor HaIla, principal of the
school at Langdon, has been
elected superintendent Of the public
schools at Hannah for the next school
year.
The Odd Fellows at Wyndmere OBJ
served the anniversary of the institu-
ton Of the fraternity by attending
church services last Sunday in a
body.
A theatre lighted by electricity will
be opened at Wyndmere May l with
an elaborate showing Of movies. The
orchestra Of six pieces will supply the
music.
More seed corn has been sold this
spring han ever before at different
points in Sargent county, and tina
means a much larger acreage for this
important crop.
The North LaMoure and Fort Ran
som Lutheran congregations have
presented a Ford touring car to their
pastor the Rev. Mr.. Anderson, to aid
him in his parochial work.
The Dorcas society Of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church at Wyndmere
has provided a suitable bell for the
tower of the sacred edifce. It is a
large one and can be heard a lc1g dis
tance away.
The Bar association Of the Fifth
judicial district is to have a code of
rules Of practice. to take the place of
present rules which are indefinite and
not uniform. with the rules of other
districts.
Two valuable young horses. belong
ing to a farmer at Verona, ran away
while working on a drill. madly plung-
ed into a pond and were drowned be-
fore the owner could get to the scene
of the mix-up.
The Fairview Farmers club was
organized last week in the Vangan
school house, nine miles southwest Of
Stanley, Mountrail county. The presi-
dent is O.. G. Kruger and Arthur
Strobeck, secretary.
In her Bits of Pioneer History" in
The Independent at Minot Mrs. Jean
M~CNaughton Stevens, pays a high
tribute to the late Marshal Mcclure,
one of the more prominent pioneer
editors of the state.
The comic opera, Doctor Of AIcan-
tara, will be produced under the
auspices Of the state normal school at
Minot by some Of Minot's best must
cal talent. The role of the doctor
will be sung by F. ]. Wells.
w. f. Berner train master at Liv-
ingston, Mont, has been promoted to
be superintendent of the Dakota divi-
sion of the Northern Pacific, with
headquarters at Jamestown, vice w.
H. Strachan, promoted to Duluth.
| Tho onthorik;oz 30 49, ua1Io,r H;kx,
C~hautauqua association have let the
contract for the erection of a steel
auditorium building. which is to cost
$500. The minimum seating capa-
city will be 5000. The contract in
cludes a complete seating equip
ment.
A correspondent urges The Havana
Union to advocate a more efficient
supervision Of country schools, con-
tending that the country boys and
girls deserve just as much attention
as pupils in the city schools. One
remedy he suggests is to have more
consolidated schools in the rural dis
tricts.
A caucu of the republican voters
Of the township of Williamsport was
called to met April 20, 1889, in the viii
IIdSS VI "lllldIiSpOTl 10 eject TlNe deIe-
gates to the county convention, the
call being signed by j. H. Worst,
township committeeman, says the
Pioneer Days column in The EN-
mons County Record.
1t is rumored that, as soon as
weather conditions will permit. the
Great Northern will enlarge it's rail
way yard and. construct a wye at
Watford. The fact that the company
Is negotiating with c. c. Randall for
a tract of land lying south of the rail-
way yard at that point confirms this
report says the local paper.
The directors of the Father Scott
Memorial association at .Walhalla
have placed an order for a $3.50 monu-
ment to be placed in the cemetery In
meory of the missionary hero, Rev.
John Scott, known to the early resi-
the boundary line from the banks CT
the Red river valley westward to the
Turtle mountain region. The story of
his heroism and incident hardships
furnish the data of many OF the from
tier stories of the long ago.
The Hankirson News: The nimrods
are pleased with the reports that come
in from the country Of a supply of
ducks and chickens. All the lakes and
sloughs are fairly alive, with the web
foots and they are pairing off, which
would indicate a bigger crop of home
Doubtless the law prohibiting spring
shooting has encoura ged the birds to
remain here instead of going farther
north as has been their custom in for