The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-19

tying OF the school grounds.
The fire department at Nome will
attend the meeting Of the state asso~
citation at Lisbon, June 8, 10 and II.
A. r. Rowe is the president Of the
Chautauqua association at LarimoTe.
This year the association eason will
open July II, and continue for one
week.
The village council at Nome, o
operated with by citizens who have
the right idea, will bsautify the city
and park by a systematic planting OF
trees,
A Dickinson girl won her laurels in
the dramatic department Of the New
England conservatory, at Boston, In
the sta role Of the play Cp-o-Me-
Thumb.
According to The Brinsmade Star,
county dirt looks like gold dol
lars to farmers from Indiana, and re-
Gently a good many sales have been
made.
During the month Of June there will
twenty-three state conventions
held, among them the grand lodge
meeting Of the Odd Fellows, Knights
Of Pythias and Elks.
Miss Shelley, one of the star teach
ers in the schools at Park River, and
reelected for another year., has select
ed a position IN the faculty Of the
public schools at Hankinson.
The city council at Park River Is
about to let contracts for h extern"
sion of water mains, petitioned for by
the residences. More cement tile side
walks are also to be installed.
If some of the writer's of school
notes appearing in state papers were
called upon to parse many Of their
sentences before being given their
supper, they would never get any sup
per.
Snow fell to the depth of two feet
in the vicinity Of the Kildeer noun
tains last week. Seeding was delay
ed and the storm is considered a good
thing for the farmers, but hard on the
Telephone rates at Sutton have been
increased 80 cents a month, the reason
SlNSl ny lll6 SOIlpohSJ 40 L4AoC I"S 4NtSS
have been damaged by storms. and
that is the only way to meet the X
pense of repairs.
Inkster citizens have just placed an
order for shade trees to be planted in
the residence districts of the city and
reaching half a mile from the city in
each direction, bordering on both sides
the -four roads leading to town.
Property owners of Valley City are
fearing the loss of their trees through
the workings Of a scale insect which
made it's appearance about three years
ago and has become plentiful. Kero-
sene emulsion is being employed in the
fight on the pests, which have attack
ed naples, elm, ash n Virginia
creepers.
The Paramount News: The Murray
postofice, north Of the Paramount &
Veblen railway, will be moved to- Ham
mer station between New Ellington and
Claire City, S. D. Already sixteen
buildings are being taken to Hammer
station. and it is predicted it will be
one Of the best towns On the line as
the country around it is of the best.
Somebody sent a young man of VOL
ford a white cap letter, threatening
all sorts of indignities, unless he left
the ~neighborhood. He is not afraid.
and says If 1t is a joke all we'll and
good, but If any attempt is made to
carry out the threats, the writer had
better see to it that his insurance
premiums and lodge dues are paid up
to date.
A forty horsepower automobile
truck is Used on the daily stage line
between Dickinson and Manning, by
the Dickinson Motor Car Co. It is
expected it will make the tWenty-siX
mile trip to Manning in two hours. A
covered trailer is attached behind for
carrying the United States mail. The
full capacity is ten to twelve pas
sengers and upwards of 500 pounds Of
mail matter. The regular schedule for
the car is as follows: Leave Dickin-
son at s o'clock in the morning, reach
ing Manning at 10 o'clock p. M, due
in Dickinson at 4 o'clock. This will
give passengers four hours at the
county seat of Dunn.
Charles Kidder, arrested at Dickin-
son for bootlegging, and lodged in the
county Jail, defaulted his bail and
skipped to Montana. The sheriff ran
him down and brought him back to
Stark county, and acting on the ad-
vice of the states attorney, charged
his account up $3.50, the expense in
Cured in getting Kidder back to Dick
inson. Kidder, when arrested, placed
5000 in cash with the sheriff for safe
keeping. The states case against the
defendant was very weak, SO the
states attorney swore out a warrant
against Kidder for jail breaking and
after showing him that he was in a
fair way to land in the p~enitentiary
he made Kidder the proposition to take
the $40 and leave the state at once
This he agreed to and took the after
noon train for Montana. So long as
ent warrant for Kidder's arrest he is
not likely to show his head in the
state and the county is not out q
penny.
The Dickinson Press: That silage
is the feed for this country has agar
been proven. This time the scene Of
the experiment was at h famous
Diamond c ranch. This ranch is w
ed by w. L. Richards of this city anC
Is located at the Kildeer mountains
forty miles north of here. The rancl
has six sections and of this about 10t
| acres are broken up and put into crop
The past winter 220 head of mixee
cattle were wintered at the place
nothing but silage and hay being fed
The 220 head of cattle were mixed, in
Guiding cows, calves and yearlings
The feeding of silage was started
about the middle of January and raj
out about the middle of April, a perioc
of at least ninety days. Every morn
ling the silage was loaded into a Wagon
box and hauled to the troughs. In tn,
afternoons load of hay was given thu
stock. This constituted the ration