The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-12

One hundred federal prisoners are
expected at ;hC North Dakota penitcn-
tiary at Bismarck, the g0vernment to
pay As cents per day each. The men
will be emf loved in the Irvine plant,
which has to be idle for the lack of
men part of tho time.
The city council at Enderlin has
purchased 1000 shade trees, which
will be supplied to owners of homes,
front Of their lOts-the city to do the
work along systematic lines.
The state game law now confines
spring shooting pretty much to gopher
hunting and farmers around Calvin
and Clyde report the scalpS of so to
100 gophers to be nothing more than
a fair Sunday afternoon hunt.
The wife of the pastor of the Metho-
dist church, at Leeds, az agreeably
surprised by thirty ladies of the
church, who visited her home and
after a pleasant afternoon, spent in a
social way, presented her with a set
Of silver knives n forks.
The club at Wahpeton are
just in love with the Great Northern
Railway Co. which is displaying such
an interest n the grounds about the
passenger station there. Wire trelIis
| has been erected and over 800 feet of
sweet ieas have been planted.
The Osnabrock Independent sagely
advises those who are inclined to
take an opposed view to the county
extending financial support to the bet
ter farming movement to take a sec
| ond look at the proposition before tax
ing a decided stand for or against.
The supreme cour of the state has
| just held that county commissioners
are not entitled to pay for the time
spent in travelling to or from a meet
ing Of the board, and that when acting
only 81 per day, the salary of an over
seer.
A special committee to prevent fires
was organized by the Lankin fire de-
partment last week. The committee
visited every building in the business
| part of the city and requested that
| changes be made where they were
considered necessary to safety. A
number Of defective chimneys were
condemned
Post office inspector Griggs, was in
Minot a few days ago, and inspected
| the pEOpOSCu / u q ISLSCS ~ NA "AlSA
east of Ardoch. Part Of the new route
will cover the former Star route and
Walshville postoffice, which were dis
continued in January 1914. The estab
liShment of the route will give service
to los families.
The Makoti Herald: The certainty
of the road being built west of Plaza
to the river brings hope to y a large
| O1p1hpr nf Coftllrc who arc living a
long way from town. They will now
break up more land and put in a
larger crop. This road passes through
one of the very best sections of North
gress within a week,
Addressing the North Dakota Train
ed Nurses association at Bismarck
Msis Helen Wadsworth of st. Paul
urged the plan Of compulsory state
registration of nurses. She maintained
that the nursing profession should be
placed on a standard basis and said
physicians are working with the
nurses to accomplish this.
Some enterprise this: The pupils OF
the schoo! at Blanchard, Miss Ras-
musen, teacher, promoted fish pond
to be sIent for a manual training
bench, pictures, etc, for he school
Besides the three RS, sewing and 9TH
err praetica! work is done in this schoo
and considerable enthusiasm has beer
aroused.
The Pink Paper: The weather dur,
ing the past week has been excusable
The sur has hardly shown it's face
during the entire time. Seeding ha!
not progressed as rapidly as had beer
Eexpected, not more than half of tn
wheat seeding being completed. A lit
tie bright weather would make tn
would progress rapidly.
The HettinSer Journal: u. A. Mung
er returned Saturday FROM Marmartl
where he had been ON business. MI
Munger is interested in the oil pro
position up there and says that a drill
ling outfit, which can bore a hole in tn
fsround 1000 feet deep is expected t
ARRIVE soon from Oklahoma INT tina
Ettey will give that country a thorough
} test for oil.
=. Walsh County Record: The pas
/ week has not been favorable for seed
ing in this locality. The fields wer
: just getting into good condition Satur
day after tire hard rain and snow Q
Tuesday and Wednesday when anoth
er rain starred at noon and lasted tn
remainder Of the day. Monday farm
ers were in the fields again, but yes
terday morning another K raj
occurred which will further della
I seeding operations.
The contract for the grading an
track laying of the r. & V. extensio
fromb Veblen to Granville, S. D., ha
been LEI to Nels Bfolander of Lidger
wood and FL. "A. Whittier of Mortified
The extension will be about fort
miles in length and the southern tel
minus for the present will be Granvill
S. D., which is about foFty-two mile
r northwest of Webster. The gradin
l ON the line VIII he much heavier tina
" was north and east OF Veblen. as
z hills