The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-30


Minneapolis bankers and jobbers
will visit Plaza June 2. -
The Odd Fellows at York will spend
$4,000 in the erection Of a new build
ing for lodge purposes. +
Farmers, near Brinsmade, are in
stalling gas plants for the purpose of
Illuminating farm buildings and dwell
ings.
A building association has been in
~corporated at York with a capital of
$4,000. A. l.. Obert, E. ]. Hector and
G. c. Van Slyke are the ~incorporators.
A new Presbyterian church is to be
built at Blanchard. and during the
simmer the pastorate will be filled
by the Rev J. P. Schell. formerly Gf
Leeds.
The electric light company at Leeds
have called upon the parents to invent
another gam for their children rather
than shooting stones at the street light
bulbs.
At the leasing of school lands, held
at Minot a few days ago, q quarter
section, a short distance south Of the
city, was leased for $146 g. ear, for
five years.
The Benson county high school
defamation contest and field and
track meet will this year be held at
MinnewaUE San on Friday and Satur-
day, May % n %.
John Krafchenko, the Plum Coulee
bank robber n murderer, convicted
last week at Morden, Man, will be
| harpcS T111U q L(ra fphnnkn has nm
Grated in North Dakota,
The voters of Minot are soon to
vote on the proposition of bonding the
special school district for 10000, the
money to be used for the construc-
ton of a new school building.
superintendent Aygarn Of the public
schools Of Park River has been elected
to the same position in the public
schools OF Akeley, Mimi, where he will
have a STAFF Of nineteen teachers and
a first-class high school.
The Loyal Heart class of the Con-
gregational church at Flasher has do
mated a bell for the church tower. The
bell measures forty inches in diameter,
is w and a half feet high, and weighs
200 pounds.
JOS. T. ness Ol lDe FlISL 4NdIlundl
bank of Mandan has been appointed
by Governor Hanna as a delegate to
| the National Centenary of the writing
Of the Star Spangled Banner which
will be held at Baltimore in Septem-
Der.
At a recent meeting of the Civic
club Of Park River. Mrs. J. J.. Kohnen
was elected president, and a commit
tee was appointed to tax charge Of
the establishment of a rest room for
the accommodation OF visiting shop
pers. 50
1t is funny, but some farmers in
Cavalier county object to a levy for
Independent at Osnabrock suggests
that the DIRECTORS take a day off to
look into the matter n get On the
right side.
The members of the Parent and
Teachers association, at Marion. have
been systematically at work in the
effort to interest all Of the people and
children in Arbor day and what is
supposed to be done on that day,
weather permitting.
Many subscribers Of The Progress
at Beach lave written hat paper ask
ing the several candidates for super
~intendent Of schools to publish their
platforms in good season before the
primaries-if the request is ignored a
dark horse" is promised.
Fifty carloads or potatoes were
shipped from Park River last fall, and
the commercial club of hat town is in
favor of the erection Of a potato ware |
house, anticipating a material increase
in acreage and a consequent increase
in supply, If the crop is normal.
The people of Medina gave w. j.
DIVER. who has been so important a
factor in the development of that part
Of Stutsman county, a good send-off
on the eve Of his departure. with his
family, for Colorado Springs, Col,
where they are to make their future
home.
The sons OF q clergyman at Sutton
have arranged to plant forty acres Of
potatoes this spring, hoping to raise 6.
crop the returns of which will be used
to help The cost of their own educa-
ton and that of their sister the next
school year-certainly a commendable
enterprise worthy OF imitation.
The commercial club of Wimbledon
at a recent meeting decided that it
was ready to assist in the erection of
an electric light plant, and the better
ment of all the roads leading into |
Wimbledon. especially the road to the !
lake. At the annual meeting in May
committees will make definite reports. !!
The recent school bond election al
Bathgate resulted in favor of the
bonding by so large a majority that
the school board must feel it has the
approval Of the people Of the district.
The vote was 104 in favor of the bonds
to Is against it. The board will call
for bids in the near future for the 0
struction of a brick building.
Jan. I, 1914 livestock statistics dis
close a total of 428. 900. hogs in this
state. In round numbers this Is 100.-
600 more h a there were in 1910 when
there were $4,000. The value per head
was $11 while this year the average
value per head is 1870. Today there
are $5,650.00 worth of hogs in North
Dakota while in 1910 there were only
sS.652.00o worth.
At the recent meeting of the Fargo
p~resbytery, held at Hannaford, Pres. |
B. H. Kroeze. D. D., of jamestown col
lege, and Elder J. e. Hill Of Erie, were
elected commissioners to the general
assembly Of the Presbyterian church.
which will meet in Chicago May 81.
Rev. F. T. Stevenson of Courtenay
was elected moderator, and w. j. Lane |
of Fargo permanent clerk.
The Farmers club and ladies' aux
monster picric at a convenient date
in tha fall Prizes will his ofTared for