The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-16

recently dedicated with impressive
services in German and English.
The report for the first quarter of
the new year Of the p~ostofice at Man
dan shows an increase Of 5000 in
stamp sales Owe the corresponding
period last year.
Yeggmer. visited a general store and
the postOflCe at Calvin. The thieves
Melted $50 in p%ostoffiCe money, and $50
belonging to the store. Stamps to the
amount Of 5000 were overlooked.
Mrs. George Elder of Leeds sustain
ed serious injuries by the explosion of
a gasoline stove. Her friends consider
it fortunate that her eyesight was not
permanently imi aired by the accident.
About 50 Ter cent of the grain had
been sOWn prior to the heavy fall Of
snow, which fell at Dickinson and vi
entity early in the month. Results
have shown that the precipitation was
beneficial.
The park and flower committee Of
the Civic league Of Lisbon, with the
cooperation of a committee from the
commercial club. have planned to place
window boxes at the windows Of the
buildings on Main street.
Queer uses to which vacated church.
es are put is illustrated by the dispos-
al Of tine present Methodist church
building at Edgeley, which is to be re
| placed by a modern church edifce.
The old structure has been sold, and
the main Tart Of it is to be used for a
warehouse for the storage Of cement,
while the class and other rooms will
be transformed into residences.
The new road law is bringing good
results in some townships near Lang
don. In Clyde township the authorities
have hired a man with four horses and
he is working on the roads INK using
a drag following wet weather. AS time
permits he will fill in the low spots
and keep the grades rounded III so
that they hope to have good roads all
the time. Broken bridges and ~culVerts
can be promptly repaired as there is a
man on The job for that purpose.
The parents cooperated with the
school children at Mott, in the obser-
vance of Arbor day. The school yards
were systematically raked over and
thoroughly cleared Of all kinds Of rub
bish, a number of trees were planted,
where needed. and there were brief
exercises apropos to the occason. The
school buildings are now surrounded
by $50 tres and bushes, making the
campus as attractive and well kept as
any in the state.
superintendent Erickson of Walsh
county is having the seed corr for
the annual corn contests distributed
among the rural school pupils. White
flint is used for the west half Of the
county and Minnesota 30 for the east
halH, The corn contest is open only
for boys and for the girls there will
be butter and sewing contests. The
winners will receive cash prizes and a
free trip to the Agricultural college
at Fargo next fall.
These are believers in systemic tree
planting at Lansford, men who see the
need Of trees for shade and the con-
servation of moisture: r. C. Morton,
c. F. Taylor, r. c. Perkins, Jesse
Banks, Ben Lee, D. c. Donovan, Frank
Harder, E. Schibsby, C. C. Banks. N.
r. Howard, A. M. Grant, Guy Geeslin,
John Walstad, John Kent, A. w.
Chambers, A. Geister and VIM. Pitt
live wires" on the Civic Improvement
committee Of the town.
The Mandan News: Atty. William
HctASS VI l1Ao SIIy. DdChGu Dy the OH
Gals or IN" government experiment
station. figures on trying to launch a
new statewide society to promote the
! planting of srees, to be called the
North Dakota Horticultural society.
Mr.. LANCER IS busy with politics now
but later on exfects to devote consid
cradle time to this worthy undertak-
was taken in Mandan twenty-eight
years ago by T. X. Long, who organ
lied a forestry association.
The st. Thomas Times: The de-
r1ands made upon the railroad COM
missioners to secure added stock
| shipping facilities for towns all over
the state a. the hands of the railroads
indicates a great increase In the live
stock industry. Both from the eastern
and western sections Of the state come
the requests for repairs to old, and for
new stockyards, and in response there
to the commission has already ordered
a large number of yards built this
| spring, and many of the old yards in
the Red river valley have been enlarg-
ed and repaired.
The Rolla Star: A road overseer in
wet weather can see just what is need
ed to make good roads. The great and
in fact the ONLY rule in road making is
TO get the Wafer away from the rOad
In many places at this time We notice
that the only bad sf,ots even after ali
the rain is some IalaRb where dirt has
been taken out to fa45e the road and
water is standing in the hole made by
the scraper. A pool OF water, espe-
cially If on ihe high side Of the road,
seems. to rot the road away, and road
workers when making roads should be
.tcarefu1 not to make a hole by the
foa{lsjde that will hold water and II
runway TO set the water away from
the road.