The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-06

After two years service, L. O. Nc
Afee will succeed himself as principal
Of the schools at Reeder. Miss Ethel
Breckenridge will be the assistant
principal There are two vacancies
yet to fill.
The Pr~esbyterians of LaMoure have
discontinued the old time custom of
passing the plate and have estab-
lished a collection box in the vestibule
OF the church. The experiment is to
be tried for three months, with the en-
VeloIe system.
The recently completed Roman
Catholic church at Wyndemere will be
dedicated to the uses Of divine wor-
ship, and the bell in the tower blessed,
on Sunday, May 10, according to the
announcement of Father Gaydusek,
the priest in charge.
Hog cholera has not yet attacked
the hogs close to Darlington but the
epidemic has shown up this spring in
a few places around Bordulac, where
the disease seemed to stop last win
ter on its northern march. Many ami
mails in that vicinity have died this
spring.
The Lansford Journal: The farm
ers Of North Dakota are the busiest
mOrtals OF the globe today. With fine
spring weather they are sowing thou
sands of acres Of grain every day. In
dications are good for a bumper crop
this year. Everybody hopes thai the
signs OF the times read Alright.
st. Thomas Times: Out in Towner
county they are going to have a lively
election June "a. Running for office
| nI1t kLnr4 r1Dro a h. %L1 ~
a good many men. There are %nou
ed at present ten candidates for sher-
if. six candidates for register of deeds
three for C lUnty judge. three for com
missioner in one district n three for
representative. After these candidates
and thel: friends rake the county fol
votes there should be a few of the
stay-at-hOme variety at the primary.
Mrs. f. W. Cunningham, chairman
of the conservation committee of the
women's federation. has taken steps tc
interest the women of the state in
planting trees along the Meridian
high way. While no definite arrange
ments have been made. she. with
the federation, probably will confer
with Meridian oad association Off
Gals regarding the proposition. 1t is
expected that definite plans for the
tree planting will be formulated in a
short time.
Cavalier County Republican: The
wheat seding has been completed and
many farmers are about through will
their oats. The ground is in excellent
condition.. and very few Of the low
spots are too wet to seed. AS a gen.
eral rule more care is being taken with
this crop than in former years, anC
there is evidently a desire to do the
work more thoroughly and grow grain
instead of weeds. The wheat acreage
is probably the smallest seeded in
many years and the oat and barley
crop correspondingly greater.
Here is an item in the "Pioneer
Days column in the current issue OF
The Emmons County Record: 1--WE
understand that Mr.. Bottomly, on go
ing to Bismarck for material, found
that the door to the proposed Vault
would. cost more than he had anticip.
ated, and he returned without it. Moth
ing further has been done in the mat
ter UP to date. Without exception
citizens who have visited the county
seat have, expressed opposition tt
renting a building at present and 3
belief that the jail is the safest place
In the county for the records.
The. Reeder Call: The officers of the
Yellowstone trail have designated MAY
% as Trail day. They wish ii to bt
a memorable day for the trail. They
wish 100. 900 men to turn out with
teams, picks. shovels, discs, harrows
and road logs, road drags made o.
split logs, heavy timbers, railroad
rails, old binder frames. old automo
bile frames, hay rack beds: in fact
anything that will smooth the road
Pull them with horses. mules, oxen
autoes or traction engines. Let thers
be a squad OF men on every mile 81
the entire 1s10a miles ofsthe trail