The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23

The Bowbells Bulletin has been
leased to N. E. Johnson Of Fargo for
a period of n year.
The fire department al Kenmare
want to travel in q special train to
the annual tournament, which this
year will be held at Lisbon.
T. o. Hunter Is the president Of the
Burke County Fair and Racing
association and Fl. l.. Richardson,
secretary. The fair dates are Aug. 4, .
and 6.
During the month Of March last
there we're 1877 births in the state,
and 345 deaths. Cass county had the
greatest number of birth. IS and the
greatest number of deaths. 80.
Some automobile associations have
inaugurated "a stone picking a y
The argument is made that it costs
less. to systematically clear the road
of stone, than pay for damages to
machines.
Memorial day exercises at Lisbon
will be under he management of the
commercial club at the request of the
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band hospital corps and Boy Scouts
will join the veterans of the civil war
in the parade.
A song recital was given by pupils
Of the public schools at BoWbells the
| proceeds of which were used to pay
for a vtctrola which had been arranged
for. The young people were trained
by Miss Crittenden the teacher Of
music and drawing.
The family Of Editor Stewart OF
The American at Lakota recently lost
all of their winter clothing by a fire
which had it's origin in a clothes closet
upstairs. There was also other dam
age from smoke and water, partially
covered by insurance.
Ten years ago at Ray, w. D.
| Gillespie was a notary public, ana
was in the business Of marrying folks:
today he lives in Fargo, is part Of a
firm of architects which is building
houses for married folks and school
houses for little folks.
There. have not been many years
when crop prospects through the
Missouri slope section Mandan and
west Of there were more promising,
There has been an abundance Of mos
ture, and with the greater portion OF
the wheat sown early. an abundant
yield is expected.
According to The Reeder Call quite
q snow storm visited that sector
Sunday and Monday delaying the
| spring work somewhat, although
many OF the farmers have their small
grain all in. The weather turned
warm again Tuesday, soon making
the snow disappear.
The ladies of the Civic league a
Llcbon are very indignant because
"haring circus posters have been per
mitted to be plastered all over tn
fronts Of some Of the buildings on the
main business thoroughfaTe." Th'
ladies say that the place for sucl
posters is on the billboards. which
have been erected for that purpose.
The Ray Pioneer. ten years ag'
. column: During the month Of Apri
: sixtv-hve Immigrant cars were side
, tracked for Ray and twenty-five il
this month, up to last Monday. Las
week 1900 pounds of freight wa
unloaded from the local trains. AL
this goes to show that Ray is a goo
business center and the new conner
who have selected this place as thei
trading point, will find that GU
merchants and in fact all our bust
= ness people keep in stock only tn
9 best goods and offer them at the
lowest living prices.
The Kenmare Journal. reports tina
the present school board Of that cit,
adopted a resolution to institute pro
ceedings against Messrs. w. H. Makef
o S. H. Lows and P. M Cole, members 0
o she board during the years 1901-O
to recover certain sums of none
which the present board alleges wa
paid out Of school maintenance fun
for the erection Of buildings contrar
= to law Tho move is credited wit
1 being q counter action aimed at M
Cole. who was recently granted
restraining order compelling the boar
to keep within their in con
Quoting the affairs Of the district.
Local papers say hat never haV
= crop prospects been better In com
k munities about Balfour than they al
TODAY, Heavy rains have advance
wheat wonderfully. Corn planting
about finished and the acreage
}. much larger than it was last yea
Where small patches exlste
previously for experimental purpose
and which began five years ago, tn
year the farmers have. branched OF
considerably in the corn enterprise an
the corn fields this year range 1rof
40 to $50 acres. The increase, in tn
hog and cattle industry is responsio.
for the increased acreage in corn !
the Balfour country.
Willow City Eagle: That affair
can be successfully grown in Bot
neau county has been demonstrate
for he past three or four years
~ Valmar Cote. one of III prosperol
- young farmers a few miles nortnea
"a of this city, who has a small REL
r. probably q half acre in extent, tro
which he cut three crops last year ar
r. left the fourth crop standing LIZ
2 feet high for the protection OF u
t, roots so as not to winter Kill. FRO
this small half acre field he wlnte
ed several head Of stock and sa;
they came out in better shape IN
- spring than others which were Ike
N on other kinds of feed. He w
probably enlarge his alfalfa field til
m year. as he is well pleased with h
success. " n
HaaI+h q Factor in Success.