The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-09

ana socially.
E. A. Barton of the state humane So
clety gave an address before the ladies
of the Women's Civic league at Lans-
ford, recently.
"A million dollar rain for Taylor" is
the estimate placed upon a recent Wet
ting in that part Of the country west
Of the Missouri.
The acreage of corr in the vicinity
of Hurdsield, Wells county, is more
than double what it was in 1913 and it
Is said to be growing spendidly.
h Wells School Officers associa-
ton held it's twelfth annual meeting
recently and elected H.. Ingvaldson,
president; and Miss Darcy, secretary.
The Belf1eld Times publishes the
program for the Fourth of July
celebration and it is such an attractive
one thai hundreds Of visitors are sure
to spend the day there.
Valley City is to have a summer
school at the normal buildings. which
will last from June 80 until August -.
This term will be designated as a
school of method n review.
The 500 passenger station grounds
at Lansford are to be greatly improv-
ed, engineers have been in the town
making levels and estimates and the
people of the town will greatly appre-
clate what is to be done.
The Fairview Tribune: New train
service was installed Tuesday by the
Montana Eastern railway. There is a
daily service from Mondak to Silney,
returned to Fairview. then to Arne-
gard and back to Mondak, daily.
The Congregationalists at Sentinel
Butte are soon to build a comfort
able n c~Ommodious home for the
use of the pastor and his family-a
comfortable home happy pas
tor and consequently better work.
The Lansford Journal says: IF the
energy that is wasted knocking every
body and everything was devoted to
building up Lansford we would soon
have a city of 10, 900 souls."-Why not
give the kickers a good and effective
dose of publicity?
Former Editor Mitchell, Of Fairview
was given a good sendoff by the Com
mercial club on the eve of his leaving
the town n it was in the shape Of
a reception n a banquet, coupled
with a demonstrative showing of good
fellowship and appreciation.
The Glen U1lin News deplores the
existence Of so many bad smelling
back yards in that town and it init
mates that decent people are going to
o~strac1se some folks who are respon-
sIble for the bad odors and putrid
J spots, for which there is no excuse
whatever.
The teachers for the Elgin public
schools for the next year, which opens
September 18th will be as follows:
Principal, VIM. Barr of Valley City;
grammar department., Miss Inez Madi-
son, Elgin; intermediate, room Miss
Blanche Baellier, Mayville; primary,
Miss Purcell.
At the District Federation of Wom-
EMS clubs at Devils Lake, May /, DR..
Pierce asked the club of the second
district to put in a golf link at the
Dunselth sanitarium, some prominent
amusement that would give the patti
ents both pleasure and exercise. The
clubs are going to put in the golf link
asked for.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of
the German-Lutheran congregation
of Hamburg township, near Fessenden.
will be properly celebrated June IA
and 10 by appropriate services when
many prominent pastors will speak.
There will be addresses in English
and German and one Of the prominent
speakers will be Rev. Mr.. Hotter, Of
Brooklyn. N, Y.
Bowbells has a chief of police who
is quite VerSatile-the streets became
uncomfortably dusty. the city council
showed no inclination to entertain a
motion to buy a street sprinkler so
Chief Miller turned in and made one
and the merchants appreciate the
thoughtfulness of the policeman-tn-
chief. At the next election they will
elect him mayor.
The Dwight correspondent for the
Wahpeton- Globe Gazette is a fore
caster. In the current issue he SAYS:
Notwithstanding the backward spring
the grain Is remarkably fine for this
time of the year. There has been
seeded much more late grain than
otherwise would have been. This
will make an early harvest and the
land will be in good condition for next
year. Why worry?
Pembina Pioneer Press: A band
Of about fifty work oxen passed
through the city yesterday morning,
having been bought up in Roseau
country by parties in Drayton, where
they will be pastured for a while be-
fore being shipped to markets east.
1t looked like olden times to see these
pioneer builders with the mark of
the yoke on their necks marching
along the line with the regularity of
soldiers. Although only about fifty
miles east Of here the Roseau coun-
try is still being operated principally
with work oxen, we are told.
The agent at Beach received the
following information in the shape of
a telegram from North Pacific head
quarters in st. Paul: Authority has
been granted by board of directors of
Northern Pacific railway company, to
construct Immediately a branch line
in the Golden Valley, leaving the main
line near Beach and running south
erly about 25 miles, conditioned how
ever, that the right-of-way and sta
ton ground be given to the railway
company free of charge" 1t was also
intimated that as soon as the condi-
tons had been complied with con-
%struction work would begin,
THE UNFORTUNATE MAGNATE.
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