The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1914-07-09
Moorhead Department

| patch in his house garden which is
| well known for it's fertility. Mr.. Bod
kin says he has plenty of stalks which
reach to his shoulder and, as he is q
| man Of more than medium height, the
! corn has grown rapidly.
Atty. George w. Hammett was ur
| from HaWley today on business in the
district court
Many of the farm teams in the city
s1gnments of twine which will be used
principally for ther ye harvest which
will begin next week.
F. Broten, a student at Concordia
Lutheran college, is said to be sue
cessfully conducting a Norwegian
Lutheran parochfal summer school at
Hannaford, N. D.
A day or two ago attempts were
made to make a big clean up in two
business offices Of the city, the Moor
head laundry and the Interior Lumber
CO., but little was gotten at either
place, less than a dollar all told. The
TIL in one office only gave up 20 cents.
The police say the jobs were bungling
and indicated local petty thieves.
State Auditor Iverson put clamps on
the state expense account Monday
when he ordered that beginning Aug.
any item of personal expense incurred
by any state official or emrloye under
him would have to be sworn to before
a notary public before payment would
be made Mr.. Iverson also ordered
that every claim be investigated by
the head of the department, and that
when that official is entirely satisfied
h shall sign it.
John w. Cook, De Klb, ILL.,, and J.
W. Brister, Memphis, Tenn, were
principal speakers at the National
Educational Association department of
normal schools meeting yesterday.
Country life is relatively not as
it once was said Mr.. Brister. "The
very shifting of population has caus-
ed a change. The glamor about the
and economic independence has shift
ed with it and now attaches to the
city"
President Aasgaard Of Concordia
Lutheran college and Rev. Martin
Anderson of Trinity Lutheran church
are at Lake Jessie, N. D., attending
the Lutheran Young Peoples league of
the Cooperstown district. The hosts
for the convention are the Congrega-
tions at Binford and West Prairie, N.
D. The convention will close this
evening.
A committee of the commercial club
at st. Cloud has recommended the
manager plan for that city as there
is lack of harmony among the COM
missioners and the business Of the city
is suffering on account of the dis
cord.
DR.. Hagen will soon be leaving for
London, England, to be one Of the
United States delegates to the surgical
congress which will meet in the British
metropolis the last week in the month.
After the congress the doctor will go
over to Germany and other continental
centers for the purpose of making pro-
hospitals where he will inform him
self along special lines. DR.. Lying Of
Fergus Falls will also be one of the
delegates from this section Of the coun-
try.
Fergus Falls Journal: Miss Clara
Bell, returned from a house party at
Silver Bay, the last of the week She
was accompanied by Miss Merle Nc
Wayne of Yonkers, N. Y, and Miss Eva
McWayne of Fayette, N. Y. Miss Acsah
days and left for Fargo Tuesday. Miss
Goodman taught in the city schools
here a few years ago and is now teach
ing at Boise, Idaho
Red Wing Republican, last night:
Mrs. Mary Bengtson has returned from
an extended visit with friends and re-
latives at various points in North Da-
kota. She reports crop conditions ex-
cellent in that part of the country.
Mrs A. J. Norby has returned from
Lake Park, where she attended the
funeral, Monday, of her uncle George
Randolph.
1t is said that If Contractor Miller
makes haste the governments building
supervisors think the new postofice
building will be ready for use about
Easter, 1915.
The suns rays were Of torrid ma
ture today, but they were welcomed by
the farmers who said the fields were in
good shape for plenty of good stuff like
that,