The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-01

AUS ~ SNNA 10 otAN
devotees of the game are not lacking
for exercises.
The semi-annual elections Of off,
GERS are in progression the many Odd
Fellow lodges over the state.
The extension of payments on the
Berthold reservation has been concur
red in by the United States senate and
is now a law.
Ryder boasts of It's very hospitable
hotel accommodations, under the man
agement Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fredeen, the
name by which the hotel is known.
Roads, tributary to Ryder, which are
material to the reservation trad which
naturally goes to that town are being
we'll repaired and put into permanent
good shape.
The ladies of the Woman's League
are making some very noticeable i'm
prOvements on their lots opposite the
court house. and intend to transform
the place into a nice little park before
the work planned to be done is con-
sidered finished.
Druggists of Barnes, LaMoure, Ran
som and Dickey held a profitable get
together meeting at the rooms Of the
Commercial club at LaMoure, recent
ly. The druggists considered and dis
CusSed a set of questions touching on
problems peculiar to their profession,
and later the public will be taken into
their confidence.
Different now. In the "Pioneer
Days" column of The Emmons County
Record appears the following, under
date June 7, 1889. Either our farm
ers will have to give up raising corr
to destroy the gophers. They are more
plentiful this year than ever before
since the country was settled"
Manager Housherr of the Langdon
Creamery reports a splendid business
lin fact the best the creamery has
ever had at this seaso of the year.
Nearly 1900 pounds Of cream was
received on Saturday from 26 pat
rons, and there are now a total of 81
patrons. Mr.. H~ouseherr is making
a splendid quality of butter and ice
cream.
Ryder Journal: Crop conditions re-
main very favorable. The past week
has been ideal for grain growing. A
shower last Sunday again wet the top
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moisture. Oats, barley and fax are
yet being planted, though this week
should see seeding all finished. We fail
to see how conditions could be improv-
ed upon at this date, May rs.
The Cakes Journal: There is some
talk about the short ballot. 1t is the
intention of the short ballot to make
less officers elective and more ap-
| nNintiVa Now tho general NTTy lie that
the officer who has appointive power
builds up machines favorable to the
appointing power. If that is true the
advocates of the theory Of the short
ballot should stop long enough to
know where they are at.
The Langdon Republican,: The su-
perVisOrS of the vocational arts of
music and drawing in the Langdon
schools have arranged the best exhibit
of finished articles made by the chill
dren, and the patrons of the school
J are urged to come n inspect it. This
exhibit will remain open to the public
until Friday night. 1t costs nothing
and all that is asked of our people is
their presence. Come and judge wheth-
err or not the exhibit should be sent
to the state fair at Fargo.
Sheldon Progress: Local nimrods
are fearful that a large number Of
young prairie chickens were destroy
ed in the fire which swept over the
sand hills south Of the Jones pasture a
week g Saturday. Every season The
burned section was the breeding place
of numerous chickens and that the fire
coming just at this time when the
young ones were Matched, has destroy
ed numerous birds is the opinion of the
local sports. Chickens were quite
plentiful this spring and the havoc
wrought by Saturdays fire may not bt
noticeable when the hunting season
opens this fall.
< For years the sheep industry in Ran,
som county has been more or les
prominent and that it is becoming NOR
so is commented up by The Sheldol
l Progress which says. ut is proven b,
y the fact that a large eastern concern
sent out one Of their buyers to Sheldol
last week to buy all the wool tina
could be be procured. He spent tW'
days with an auto driving through tn
country and covered a good portion o
eastern Ransom and Cass county mort.
of Sheldon. He secured more than
car load, and when h seasons eli
is made it will be shipped out Of her
to the concern in the east
Prominently The Ryder Journa
Isays, that the 500 extension work
going forward at a good pace, and al
J ready quite a number of miles {
= grade has been thrown up. A coupl
of steam shovels are now at work, on
just south of Plaza and the other be
tween Parshall and Van Hook. The
. are making rapid work Of excavatin
where employed. All along the rout
= bridge timbers have been hauled OF
to wherever it will be necessary I
buildt short spans. Substantial cul
t verts are being installed n the con
0 tractors expect that the grading wi
be. completed by the end of July"
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