The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-16

den have organized q bicycle club. .
a course in domestic science will
probably be added to the curriculum Of
the Portland public schools next year.
All but one of the newly elected Of
ficers Of the city Of Lansford are
American born. The mayor is C. c.
Banks. u
his daughter and a gospel singer, is
holding a series Of special revival
meetings at Bowbells.
The summer meeting of the North
Dakota Press association will be held
at Valley City, July 10 and 11-during
the chautauqua season.
Bird authorities in Wells county
say that the meadow larks are greater
In numbers than usual and they are
trying to find out the reason why.
An electric light franchise is on its
way through the city council proceed
ines at Fessenden and it is said the
outlook for a private and public light
ing system is very encouraging.
The North Dakota board Of game
and fish control will hold meetings at
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April II, both in the evening, and at
Minot, April IS, in the afternoon.
Government inspectors are after
some cattle which have been stolen
from the government in Montana, and
which LAY been sold to third parties,
who shipped the stock into Bowman
| county.
For two hours each morning during
| the ch~autauqua season at Glen UIin,
there will be a special class for the
children, in charge Of a young lady
who has had definite training for this
kind of work
Ward county has been ordered to
pay the costs amounting to $342.50 in
connection with the action against f.
G. Warren, county superintendent of
schools, which was in regard to a dis
pute about fees. I
The Esmond Bee: A long distance
phone message Tuesday morning |
brought the news hat Lloyd Dickey, |
who is now attending the Fargo col
lege, won second place in the State
Chess tournament.
The Republican at Sentinel Butte
does not mince its words in the call
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roads which need repairing-a work
which is important for the general
interests of the town.
In a number of the country papers
the editorial columns are given over to
| the official announcements of candi-
| dates for state and county offices-the
editorial move gives prominence to the
office seekers at least.
Several of the townships in Rem
Vile county have petitioned their re-
spective boards to provide for the
poisoning of gophers on land owned by |
non residents who do not give the
pests the proper attention.
Two colored women were arrested
at Minot with unusually large quaint
ties of cocaine in their possession. The
women told the police where their
source Of supply Was-one Of them
bought the dope at Mohall.
Herman Helming, q progressive !
farmer near Lansford, has given Or
ders for two silos, 14X2S feet, to be |
erected this year,, also a sWinery g40x |
60 feet. He will raise POLAND Chinas, |
but will also buy feeders and get them
ready for market.
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Marion has planned a free public en-
| tertainment to be given April II, the |
feature Of which will be the appear
ance Of Mrs. jeanette Dedrick Cras-
we'll, soprano, of Valley City. and she |
will be accompanied by Miss Josephine
Wright.
H. i. Mahnke is the new city editor
Of The Tribune at Rugby, going to the
latter place from Moose Lake, MINI.
From the looks of things he knows
how to make the local pages interest
ing-he does not use words for the
mere sake Of using them.
Will F. Holbein of The Journal at
Lansford, erstwhile editor and now
candidate for Mr.. Gilbreath's place,
has found difficulties in running both
ends Of the game and ays that as
editor he is really more helpless than
the one-armed p~aperhanger with the
Itch"
Farmers from Wisconsin have been
looking over the lands in different
parts Of Bowman county and studying
results from the methods Of farming
which have been adopted and they
have gone away expressing themselves
as we'll pleased with conditions in
general and promised to return after
seeding.
The Republican at Stanton, north
Of Mandan, says the ice on the Mis-
sour river has gone OUT this week
and the river boats will soon be ply
ing the waters of the big Muddy.
There are a good many thousand
bushels of wheat stored in the eleva-
tors at the river towns, which will be
shipped, out at once.
The first week, by the classes, vas
done in the magnificent new pile of
buildings erected for the state normal
school at Minot which makes the
fourth normal school in the state, in
Guiding the Observation-Disclosures at
Glendale. The next legislature is ex-
pected to take definite action in regard
to the proposed normal school at Dick
inson.
Under the provisions OF North Da- |
kota's new absent law, a voter may be
away from home on the day OF the pri-
mary election and his ballot, secured
at any time within thirty days of cleo
ton day, cast for him by the inspec-
tor of election. . The county auditor
will have a supply Of these ballots
which may be secured upon applica-
ton.
A conductor on the Portland line
says there has never been SO much
traffic on this line as at present and
the freight service is multiplied many
times over since the installation Of
the steel bridge at that place. The