The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-10


H. North. Dakota
II, Kernels
Taylor wants a daily paper of its
own, like Mandan.
Mandan prides itself on having hac
a a n Fourth Of July celebration.
The good people of Willow City are
Boosting about civic improvements,
Over 1880 people visited the agri-
cultural demonstration train during
its tour Of the state.
Four men were arrested at Hills
boro and fined $3.50 each for drinking
the contents of a Isl Of beer in the
city park.
There are smiles galore at Westhope
and all because of the splendid fields
or corn to be seen in hat part Of Bot
t1neau county.
A Maddox man has patented a de-
vice for a windmill which will operate
the gearing for two a without re-
newing the fabrication.
The new management of the CoIum-
bia hotel at Kathryn seems to be pop
uIar. The house has been refurnished
ana altogether made more attractive
and homelike.
Among the very useful men who
VIII be missed in the state senate
chamber next January will be Mr..
Garden, the senator from Bottineau
for several terms.
Boosters at Larimore promoted a.
SUCCESSFUL auto trip in the interest of
the Larimore chautauqua. There
were fifteen autos in line and the city
band was taken along.
The Parent-Teachers' association
has obtained permission from the
school board to open the library of
the Marion school to the school chill
dren during the vacation period.
Considerable work has been done
this summer or the road between st,
John and Fish Lake and danger signs
nave been placed at all points where
more than ordinary caution is needed
The Farmers club at Ypsilanti has
arranged for a big picnic, July II. Be
sides the fun and amusements there
will be something serious and profit
able-an address on Silos and Their
Uses.
A 'I'etition has been sent to the pos
tai department at Washington for a.
rural route west of Belcourt for the
benefit Of the patrons Of the discon-
tlnued Alcide and Laureat postofices
between Belcourt and Dunseith.
Several of the various farming clubs
OF Stutsman county are planning on
combining business and pleasure dur
ing the following month, holding pic
MICS to promote social. intercourse and
at the same time having discussions
on timely topics.
". n. Setels has decided to divide
his big farm west of Rolla into two
farms, n of four quarter sections
and n Of three quarters and a half.
mr.. Steele makes the division with the
idea of securing better results all
round by more intensified farming.
At Kenmare it has been suggested
that 1T would be a good plan for the
marshal to make regular inspections
Of buildings in town to see whether or
not there are n defective chimneys,
stove pipes, or stoves placed where
they might start fire to buildings,
Crop conditions in the Kenmare
section of Ward county are the best
that nave ever been known in this
country. People who are old residents
here state that never in their lives has
grain looked so good 0 has the
country in general exhibited SO many
signs of a bountifuI harvest.
A great many people have learned
that a political registration, with the
assessor, was a very important matter
after all-it is said that in some small
precincts the men who were not al
lowed to vote made the difference be-
tween nomination and defeat for the
different candidates where the running
was close.
The Luverne Ledger: What we need
in our town right now and need it real
bad, is a church. The little building
we have now is not large enough to
hold what people there are that at
tend h services. AS we understand
1t, there is enough money in the treas
ury to build a nice church, so why not
get together and have one erected?
During the past few months Belheld
merchants have sold more fencing ma
terial than in many years previous, and
the other materials that go to make a
good fence. One prominent hardware
merchant recently stated that it was
almost impossible to supply the de-
mand, and that he would probably sell
several car loads of wire before the
harvest started, and that it would all
be put into fence before the winter
season.
Maj. W. c.. Gooding, for years a
prominent figure at Fort Lincoln when
it was located south Of Mandan, pass
ed to the great beyond a few days ago.
He was a trader at the post until its
abandonment, buying the rights in
1883. He was always popular with the
rank and file Of the regiments quarter
at Fort Lincoln and an accepted
authority on the affairs of the terri |
tory of Dakota and Missouri river |
trade, especially in the trading Of furs. /
will be strange If Mr.. GoodIng has
left behind him valuable historic
data.
A LAY o. THE DAY.
I'm homesick for the old days, the
slow days, the days that used to
be, ..... a.
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