The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-07

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The churches at Washburn were
good to the children and young peo-
pie at Christmas.
A belated switchboard prevented
the lighting of Noonan by electricity
on New Years day.
Judge c. A. Pollock Of Fargo spoke
on The Next Nov at the First M. z.
church at Grand Forks
Parties at Bowman are looking up
horses suitable for cavalry purposes
in the United States army.
Mai. J, S. Murphy, immigration
agent for the 500, is doing missionary
work at Washburn n vicinity.
The Wimbledon fire department has
a new fire engine which means i'm
proved fire protection for that town.
Fire Marshal Runge is investigating
the total destruction of a meat mar
ket at Bowman by a mysterious fire.
Last week skating was not good at
Bowman and the u people were
~perturbed over the lack of frosty
weather.
The weather man at Washburn pre-
| diets that the second week in Janu-
AIRY will be "wet"--he did not say
whether rain or snow.
Hints in some of the papers are to
the effect that cocaine has recently
| been Slipped in" to prisoners in the
Ward county Jail.
Williston bankers and business men
are to send a party Of fifty farmers Of
Williams county on a study trip to
the university farm at Madison, Wis. .
A Wyndmere farmer shipped a car
load Of strong young horses to Water
town, N. Y, but found the horse mar
ket very dull and he may ship the an
imals back to North Dakota.
Mary B. Pennington, school super
intendent for Dickey county, wrote a
captivating story about the boys and
girls institute recently held at the
agricultural college. Fargo. for The
Times at Cakes.
Good pictures showing Enderlin 1f-
teen years ago and Enderlin as it ap-
pears today embellished the front
page Of the current issue of The En-
derlin Independent 49, we'll executed
half-tones don't lie.
With w. J. Bryan or some other
democrat Of national prominence, the
democrats will hold a big rally and
banquet In Minot in February. Lead
ing democrats of the state will attend.
The distribution Of some Of the feder-
al plums Is to be considered.
An exaggerated idea of the amount
of red tape required to gain a mar
riage license in North Dakota. Judge
L. K. Hassel of Grand Forks believes,
is responsible for the falling off of
riage licenses issued here last year, as
against h year previous.
Frank Wright, who lives south Of
SpiritWood, Stutsman county, and who
lost his barn, a team Of horses, and
has had sickness in his family for a
year, was given a fine Christmas pres
ent when a purse of 1856 by some
thirty-fve of his friends in the vicin-
ity Of Ypsilanti was presented to him..
Atty. Bardi G. Skulason, formerly
of Grand Forks, has severed his CON-
nections with Judge Guy c. H. Corliss,
also formerly of Grand Forks, and has
entered partnership with Alfred E..
Clark Int Malcolm H. Clark in the
practice Of law, under the firm name
Of Clark. Skulason & Clark. The new
first has offices in the Yeon building
in Portland.
Grand Forks Times: E. J.. Neigh
bors Of Salt Lake City, Utah, vice
president Of ]. G. Penney Co, Inc,
operating the Golden Rule chain of
stores in the western states, is spend
ing the day in Grand Forks looking
over the local field with the object in
view Of establishing a store here. Mr..
Neighbors is not certain yet that the
step will be taken, though he is we'll
impressed with the city.
The original record of the Sibley
expedition through North Dakota has
| been received by Sheriff Dana Wright
Of Jamestown from Mrs. O.. G. Wall,
| wife of the author. who also wrote
Recollections of the Sioux Massacre in
Minnesota. The writing was done with
a lead pencil, yet is clearly legible. A
memorandum on the front fly leaf
says the book was, purchased at Camp
Hope, Mimi, June IA, 1858, just before
the expedition started.
Albert Snider, n of the three al
legged Donnybrook horse thieves, who
are accused of taking a team and
wagon from the farm Of Fred Rubow,
appeared before Judge E. K, Leighton
at Minot on a writ of habeas corpus.
He sought release on the grounds of
insufficient evidence to bind him over
from the county o to the district
court for trial. Judge Leighton upheld
County Judge William Murray's &C
ton in binding the prisoner over.
Adolph Mikkelson, auditor Of the
Farmers Grain Co.. whose manage
ment of the string of. elevators over
the lake region has made him well
known in north central North Dakota,
had been appointed acting secretary
Of the Twin City Life Insurance Co. in
which a large number of lak region
fnanciers are interested. 1t is this
/ company of which J. W. Maher is
president and Rasmus Sorenson is
secretary and treasurer. Ole Serum
gard will relieve Mr.. Mikkelson in the
grain office.
The officers Of the Farmers & Mer-
chants National bank have made ap-
p~lication to become a national bank
under the provisions of the new bank
ing law. The capital stock of the bank
will be increased from $40, 900 to $780,
900. This will give the bank added
facilities and prestige and will make
the third national bank in the city.
President Murphy is Of the opinion
that the new banking law will be of
much general benefit and give the
bankers and the people something
which has been needed for a long
time.
Some Sharp Reminders.
New York Press: The enthusiasm
with which the Japanese masses re-
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