The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-30

The Northern Pacific Lake train, out
Of Wahpeton, will be put into service
Sunday, May 81,
A Rebekah lodge has been organized
at Wahpeton. 1t will be known as
Glover lodge, Nc. SO.
The directors of the new bank which
is being organized at Wahpeton, have
decided to erect a new building to
house the institution.
The new United States postoffice
building at Wahpeton, will be built by
Contractor Schiller. 1t will cost SAL
900 and must be completed July, 1915.
Bishop O'Reilly of the diocese OF
Fargo, of the Roman Catholic church,
will visit Langdon, June 2, when $50
children will be presented for the rite
of confirmation.
Members Of the Eastern Star, at
! Casselton, have made a number of
very attractive flower beds in the
cemetery, and the ladies of the Mac
Cabees have started OF a similar
work.
The executive committee of the COM
mercial club at Linton, has made all
arrangements for a Fourth of July
celebration. President Of the day will
be Mayor Jones, and the marshals,
William Kyes and William Bechtle.
The new power plant at the Hoot
Lake dam was put in operation for
the first time Monday evening. An
electric storm put the Dayton Hol-
low plant out of commission making
it necessary for the power company
to run the steam plants at Morris,
Graceville and Wahpeton and make
the new power plant.
Bantry farmers, always optimistic,
have about completed the seeding Of
later grains and they report condi-
tons very encouraging for a good
harvest, if bad weather and storms
will keep out of the way-they say
they have done their work well. Rye
and wheat are well above the ground
and looks unusually sturdy.
One of the section men employed
on the Great Northern, at Cando, while
trying to Straighten a spike a short
distance north of the city, suffered a,
painful accident on Wednesday,, by
being hit IN the eye by a flying piece
Of iron. Medical attendance was
called and he was removed to Minot.
1t is feared that he wi. lose the sight
of the injured eye.
The Cando Record: That was a
beautiful rain which made it's appear
ance Sunday evening and the hearts
of the farmers were made more than
glad as a result. The grain which has
been sown received great benefit from
the soaking it received, as well as the
gardens which have been planted.
Here's hoping for more of the same
sort and as often Is possible until the
harvest is ripe.
Tuesday morning, June 2, the Grand
lodge of Odd Fellows, will be opened at
Cakes in the Bittman building. The
feature of the meeting will be degree
contests, followed by a general recep-
ton to the visiting lodges. On We'd
nesday afternoon, the Grand lodge
officers will be installed as follows:
Grand master, j. D. Scott; deputy
grand master, D. F. Holmes; grand
warden, A. j. Field; grand secretary,
Don Mcdonald; grand treasurer, Ole
F~eruntard.
The electric light company at Cakes
is making plans for the increase Of
power. The demand for power is
growing rapidly and even the new
plant will be taxed beyond the
capacity. In the three years the de-
mand has gone beyond what was sup
posed would be required in ten years.
} Cakes is in the dawn of The big
growth and it is impossible to esti-
mate the needs five years ahead, judg-
ing by the growth in the past five
years.
The Pink Paper: This is the sea-
son of the year when patches of quack
. grass can be noted with the greatest
= certainty. Quack is probably one of
the worst weeds our farmers have to
4 contend with and the hardest of all
to eradicate from the soil. There
= should be concerted effort at the earll-
e est possible date to eradicate it and
= vote much of their time to finding 4
e method of destroying it which is not
7 so hard or 50 expensive as methods
= now used.
i According to The Pink Paper the
st. Hilaire Lumber Co., has issued in
: structions from the main Office tC
s reduce the price of lumber and otheF
building materials. The price o.
q heavy lumber is reduced several dol
e lars per thousand and big reductions
have been made on some of the uppe1
= grades. Shingles and Portland cemenj
= prices have also been greatly reduced
This voluntary reduction in the price
of building material is made as an in
n ducement to the farmers of this com
+ munity to improve their buildings anC
n is part of the Red River Valley Boost
err movement started by this company
g over a year ago.
Emmons County Record: The Marie
postoffice has been discontinued 70
: the reason that the postmastmistress
Mrs. Green, refused to serve Longer
= and no n else would take the office
n There is considerable mix-up in the
y sending of mail to patrons of the de
o funct office, some going to this office
e some to Omio and some to Temvik
= We understand agitation is beinI
started to secure q rural free deliver!
n out that way and discontinue the
. Omio office, also.
The assessors statistics for Lang
q don, says that city has a total Of "a;
a registered voters in it's three precincts
% The first ward has ninety-nine voter
9 of whom fifty-two are republicans
forty-six democrats and one socialist
Il The second ward leads with a tota
of 104 voters, there being fifty-gix re
v publicans, forty-three democrats, thre
progressives, one socialist, n indie
e pendent. The third ward now has
;e list Of forty voters consisting Q
twenty-five republicans. seventee
n democrats n one socialist. The city
IS vote is practically the same as tw
~ years ago with a slight democrat