The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-26

Sidewalk construction at Regent j
regulated by village ordinance.
Considerable hay has been shippe,
from communities near Lidgerwood t
| Duluth.
Mrs. Fred Anderson Of Green Vale,
has a flock Of healthy chickens. hatch
ed Feb. T.
People at Lidgerwood are anticipat
ing the community institute to be hell
there next month.
A short course school Of instruction
for farmers will he held three days
beginning March 8.
f. A. Movius and family Of Lidger.
wood are enjoying life in Berlin ant
other interesting centers in Germany
The Victoria Elevator Co. will cree
a new and larger elevator at Ross. !
will be equipped with all the labor
saving devices possible.
A valuable horse belonging to Johr
Sandstrom at FoXholm was killed b.
falling head first into a Well thirty fee
deep and with five feet of water.
John LaPorte, the ranch king O
Mountrail county, says that conditions
in the cattle country are the best tina
can be desired at this season of thu
year.
Politicians are looking sideways a.
the activities of the German societies
and the promise that they will put &
tull state ticket in the field, at the
coming primaries.
United States Commissioner VIII
Ware Of Crosby is a candidate 70,
state senator, and the newspapers ur
that way think that more men like Mr.
Ware are needed in the lawmakine
body.
In some of the country schools the
teachers arrange birthday parties as q
means of inStructing the s and TO-
year-olds in department. in social ac-
t~ivities.
The higher grade pupils in the pub.
lie school at Ambrose have organized
two literary societies, the Irving anc
the P~hilomeathean, and friendly con-
tests for mutua! benefit supply fire.
Quent entertainment.
The Shields school district in Nor
ton county is to vote bonds to take ur
$4,000 in warrants. the floating indebt-
edness-the district wants to save in
terest. Care enough was not exercised
in the construction of a new school
house.
Charles Hanson. former superintend
cnt of schools in RiChland county, has
written a handy booklet in which he
sets forth the proper conditions which
should exist between the patrons OF
the schools, the. teacher and the COM
munity.
The state board Of control has laid
the rules for the sale of the
prison tWine for the coming season
and the warden has issued copies of
the rules for distribution. Pure ma
nilla Irvine will cost II "a cents per
pound and freight.
The teachers and children of the
public school at Ambrose have under
taken the work of raising the money
necessary to buy a lot adjoining the
school property for playground pur-
poses, it having been offered to them
at a nominal figure.
There were things doing at Beulah.
Mercer county, a few days ago. The
postoffice was broken into and robbed
OF about 50. the sheriff raided a room
n nabbed three ~bootleggers and
gamblers, and to jail he took them.
in the vicinity Cooperate
with the officials in keeping the com
munity clear OF undesirables.
DaneVilIe correspondence in The
Ambrose Newsman: It is expected
that the North Dakota district Of the
United Danish Lutheran church will
have it's semi-annual conference here
In June. The work or the new church
will be taken up very soon, and the
fine new building will be dedicated
when the conference c~onvenes. We ex-
pect a gathering of eight or ten min
listers and numerous lay people to be
with us about week.
The question of a farmers telephone
n is again in the air, says The AM
prose NeWsman. Now that there is
a doctor at Westby. INT that also
is u market and trading point,
it would be very convenient to have a
line. 1t would also be handy for those
near the mail route to phone their
orders to the business men and get
goods by parcel post. We believe thir-
ty-hve subscribers to a Westby-Fer-
tile line could be readily gotten. and
by putting in a few branch lines. MANY
more could. get benefit from the serv-
ice. 2
The Farmers Grain & Trading CO.
of Divide county had a special share
holders meeting at Westby last Friday
and decided to. build an elevator and
tlso to handle farm machinery. Mat
of detail were left to the direc-
tors, who met the next day and ap-
pointed several committees. Subscrip-
70 rmore shares will be solicited,
and everybody should join in and heir
a good thing along. The company
business one Of the last DAYS
of SEPTEMBER. 1913, and has done very
we'll financially.
The Golden Valley American: The
spring will mark an era of
building activity for Golden Valley
has, heretofore, never been wit
The First State bank will
erect a large business block as will the
bank. The City drug store
will be erected at a large outlay. The
Hebron Cash store will erect a large
story brick building, two large ele-
vatorS are to go UP, a large hardware
store will be built, four churches are
to be moved to town and ~remodeled,
business enterprises will go
a large number of handsome resi-
dences are already contracted for and
another year will see Golden Valley
the handsomest little city on the
slope, and there ought to be a con-
solidated school.
Question for tho Judge.
Sioux City Journal: An Indiana
Judge, in refusing to grant a divorce,
in order to get back to decent liv-
ing we must abolish dancing, automo-
biles, slit skirts, matinees, telephones
and cafes. Wonder if the judge has
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