The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-11

cans OF cream QuEIng uS month or
May.
s. F. Sherman heads the publicity
committee Of the commercial club al
Tower City.
June Is and 10 are the dates for the
twelfth annual Old Settlers reunion to
be held at Wyndmere.
The North Dakota Retail Dealers
association will meet at Grand Forks
July Is and II inclusive.
The records show that there was
not one death in the city Of Mandar
during h month of May.
1t is said that the outlook for good
crops in the country tributary to Me-
dina could hardly be better.
The Mandan E1ks are making plans
for attending the state convention at
Minot on June 80. July /. 2 and 8.
During the last school year the en-
rollment of pupils in the public school
at Medina was 127. "a boys and SO
girls.
The village board at Haynes has
supplied the town with a fire bell and
it has been erected in the belfry built
for it.
The Streeter Herald boasts about
the splendid condition of the crops in
that vicinity all of them having been
benefited by recent rains.
The editor of the Tolley Journal will
soon have a stock farm, if owners Of
lost animals don't call for them. He
has one black hog and one calf six
weeks old.
The editor of The Bottineau County
News just remarks in passing that the
local news items are so elusive that he
has to use an automatic shotgun to
bring them down.
The recent rains over the commu-
mites about Alexander, y Mckenzie
county. fell at an Opportune time. The
crops had not suffered, but hot wealth
er and high winds preceding was
ing some anxiety.
A philosopher in Bottineau county,
at the meeting Of one of the Farmers
clubs said he wanted to make a con-
~fession and it was, Il think I am bet
ter than the men who are always
trying to reform me-
The material for the local telephone
system, at Alexander, has arrived and
the work of the installation of the
exchange will be pushed along as ex-
peditiously as possible, as the people
are badly in need Of the service.
The baccalaureate ermon to the
seniors Of the high school at Hettinger
was delivered last Sunday by Rev. F.
P. Hughes Of the federated churches.
His subject was Tom Brown at Rugby
or Manly Christianity.
There seems to have been a general
Ipaucity Of interest taken in the town
and village Chool elections, this year,
which Of course indicate that patrons
must be satisfied with the
and existing conditions.
Towns which had no formal Me-
mortal day exercises took the pains
to make a display of patriotism by q
general floating of the national Colors.
Mrs. Charles Hanson helps PERSONAL
ly to assist her husband in his can
vass as candidate for superintendent
! of schools Of Richland county.
The village trustees of Havana have
!, recently fenced in Williamson park, a
ten acre tract given the village by J.
P. Williamson, with a woven wire
fence. Earlier in the season they
5 planted $50 trees and seed it to lawn
grass. The recent rains have put it
in a fourishing condition and it Is to
5 be hoped that in a few years Ii viii
, be a beauty spot worthy of a town
t many times the size of Havana.
The Medina Citizen: Ramona is
the name of a new town In Stutsman
county to be aid out on section ~
142-67 on the Pingree-W Wilton line.gThs
new town is six miles east of Wooda
t worth and about the same distance
5 west of Vashti. The townsite is own
ed by the State Land Co., OF State
Center, Iowa, who PURCHASED the prop
erty about fourteen years ago, attract
ed by the excellent land and abund-
ance Of water.
Daily passenger service, except Sur
day, was inaugurated a week ago on
3 the Montana Eastern railway. Hera-
tofore the service has been a mixed
5 train tri-weekly. Now the passenger
train will run daily and the freight
train tri-weekly with frequent extras.
The passenger leaves Williston at {
t a. m. and Snowden at SEQ a. m, and
arrives at A%rnegard at 1:2S r. M, dis
lance seventy-one miles. Returning
to Williston the train leaves Arnegard
at $3.50 p. m.
1 Walhalla Mountaineer: ThW pAs-
tors of the Catholic Churches In the
district composed of Cavalier and
Pembina counties held a retreat In
e this city, closing Tuesday afternoon
2 Rev. Father SeVigny, Of st. Thomas
dean of the district, gave q paper on
= the Sacrament of Confirmation and
i a. general discussion followed Al very
s pleasant meeting was had. Those
present were: Fathers Sevigny, OF st
Thomas; LaRochelle, Leroy; Mahieu
Olga; Laganiere, Neche; Pieherit and
4 Bodin. of Pembina, and Arsenauit, o1
: Walhalla.
At Neville, Nelson county, a mum
Der of progressive business men and
y citizens went to the river and dug
something like IS box elder trees
which they proceeded to plant along
one Of the principal streets Of the
town. Nursery men say that stock Sc
1t cured in this way is almost sure tc
Ell grow. The planting of the trees was
le made something of an event at Nc
re Vile and with a picnic dinner to &C
It zest to the occasion the work wa
ID completed in record time and in ex'
n pert fashion.
le The Hettinger Journal: The plans
e have been perfected and finished b!
which the Congregational churches o
Reeder and Hettinger are joined IL