The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-03

The luxury of screened in porches
has reached many farming communi-
ties.
The business men Of Plaza hold
profitable get-together meetings in the
village hall.
High class music is a feature of the
Sunday services at the M. E. church
at Williston.
Gay S. WooIedge Of Minot is a very
busy candidate for the states attor-
neyship OF Ward county.
R. e. Trowsdale has been elected
president of the commercial club al
Mott and Olaf Burud, secretary.
The lax season at B%ottineau is al
ready open and many Rugby people
are settling down for the summer.
Morton county boosters point to
communities about Flasher where the
crop conditions are satisfactory and
promising.
The organization of the Crosby
Military band has been perfected. The
membership is made up Of ladies and
gentlemen.
The good road committee Of the
commercial club Of Kenmare has un-
dertaken the organization of an auto
mobile association.
The more progressive of farmers
clubs have programs so attractive that
in the midst of their spring work
farmers take time to attend the meet
ings.
Interesting commencement exercises
were held in connection with the New
Rockford Collegiate institute. The adj
dress was delivered by Rev. J. w.
Anderson of Darlington.
Editor Goddard of The Glendale
Leader, who might be termed a dean
Of newspaperdOm in this state has
been found guilty by his contemporaries
Of being the owner of an automobile.
Poultry owners at Kenmare are
planning for the undoing of thieves
who nave been making a nuisance of
themselves. Many such complaints
are being made in other parts of the
state.
It seems to be the s~ilk-stockings
against the farmers for Office in Noun
trail county. but The Pioneer at
Plaza makes the comment that the
sons of the soil have "wised up and
are on to some Of the games of
politics."
Many comments are being noted in
the country press that much good is
being done to the cause of better roads,
by the publicity which is given in the
daily papers of the state. Road
authorities have become very sensitive
and they don't like the idea of having
their bad roads talked about.
Mandan Pioneer: The steel head
trout planted in the Sweet Briar
creek last fall are growing. Dan Turn
bull was in the city today and reports
having seen some of the beauties that
were from eight to fifteen inches long.
1t makes the mouths of the sportsmen
water, but the fish are protected by
law for five years.
One hundred seventy six shrubs and
th~irty-ntne trees were set out in and
around Central Park last Saturday
by President Stark Of the Civic
league, Mrs. Newton, chairman of the
fountain committee and City Engi-
neer Harmon. They were put out in
curves and graceful designs which Mr..
Harmon laid out and added very much
to the aprearance Of the park.
The output of the Mott creamery
last week amounted to three tons of
butter. The local papers in comment
on the thriving industry say that the
Centralizers are aware that our cream
ery is thriving and it is noted that
they are beginning their work of hold
ing out bats to the farmers, offering
even higher prices for butter-fat h a
prevails on eastern markets..
Bottineau Daily News: Gardena
has probably taken a greater pride in
the up keep of DAD leading there
than has any other town in the county.
1t is a great big pleasure to ride over
such roads. But you ought to hear
the language used around the town the
past week about the conditions of the
roads leading to a certain other town
not more thar a thousand miles from
here.
The Crosby Review: 1t does not al
ways pay for candidates to be worry
ing about anybody's campaign but
their own. Candidates sometimes
have friends who are glad to support
them as long as they stick to their W
knitting. But when they get too
anxious about the other fellow, and
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friends along with them it looks a lit
tie too clannish and will be remembered
in the future.
A former merchant at Flasher, but
now a progressive farmer has 300
acres seeded, including forty acres of
corn which he will put into the little
insides of a herd Of hogs which expert
ence has taught him is the best way
to sell his corn. because he receives
more per bushel than selling to the
other fellow, who in many cases feeds
it to beef cattle or porkers n sWells
his bank account at the expense of the
man who raised the corn.
Kenmare Journal: 1t has been an
unbroken precedent in many counties
that three terms are sufficient for
clerical officers, and with plenty OF
good talent among the countrys citi-
zenship there is no good reason why
one man should nave a monopoly on
any office. The law itself makes COM
pulsory the retirement of sheriff n
treasurer after two terms, indicating
that our lawmakers recognized tn It
too long a term was not best in these
very responsible positions.
According to the Bottineau County
News, Amity township farmers are
awake to the advantages of the coun-
ty fair as a factor in developing COM
petition among stock growers, as well
as from educational advantages Of get
ting ali kinds az live stock and farm