The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-10

SO4n anu nay.
The high school at Darlington pre-
sented the school with a drinking
fountain as a memorial.
1t is a real pleasure to pursue The
Plaza Pioneer it is always SO neat
and tidy" and interesting.
State papers complain that medicine
peddlers avoid the $50 license fee by
taking orders for future delivery.
The annual convention of the Logan
Mcintosh Sunday School association
will be held at King, June 10 to IS
inclusive.
The Marion Sentinel wants to see
the coveted words. UNITED States
Senator" placed in front Of the name
John H. Worst.
A man at Hettinger became pros
trated while unloading a consignment
OF coal during the hottest part of the
day. A physician had to be called.
There were very heavy rains in
Mandan and vicinity a week ago, but
the lands took care of every spot Of
it-rains are not ~despised there this
early in June.
Members of farmers clubs in diff
ferent counties and their friends are
doing some social n instructive work
through the medium of picnics and
some of them have prepared remark
ably attractive programs.
The eighth grades of the Logan
county schools contributed a class of
tWenty-three for transfer to the high
GHh~N1e TO-~F A -.
cultural college at Fargo made the
commencement address.
The new bridge STAINING the Heart
river just north of the Northern Pa
cific main line bridge at Mandan is
about completed and ready for traf-
fic. The new bridge is of the latest
put up by the Fargo Bridge and Iron
company at a cost Of about $1,000.
The sheriff Of Billings county had
to use his prerogative after the ar
rival of eight wagon loads of gypsies
at Medora, because they had no regard
for the rights Of other people. the
sheriff put them on a quick march
which did not give them time to make
a murmur.
Milton is arranging for a big Get
Together day for Saturday., June 81.
A splendid program is being planned
and the attractions promise to be the
very best. Billy Bennett will be here
with his famous show troupe, and in
addition there will be as good ball
games as can be secured.
Ivan o. Hanson, son of H. c.. Han
son. Of Churchs Ferry, has brought
honor to himself and the Minnesota
University, where he Is q senior stu
dent, by capturing one Of the Harris
prizes which are offered each year by
N. w. Harris, Of the Harris Trust and
Savings Bank of Chicago, for best
article on political economy.
An announcement in The Billings
County Record: The population of
Medora will cavort in the bosky dells
adjacent to Medora Thursday after
noon-if it does not rain. The women
Of that town will spend the afternoon
on the grounds, and prepare an out
door supper; the men will show up
about 6 o'clock and clear away food
distractions.
Darlington Record: There was a
soaking rain in this part of the
state last Thursday afternoon and
evening. 1t did not rain SO very hard,
but a steady fall for several hours fur
nished a lot of moisture. The coun-
try to the south of us got a heavy
rain on Saturday night. The rain
reached as far north as Edmunds. 1t
rained hard at jamestown. None Of
this water reached his far north.
The present newspaper boys, at
Bismarck, have no conception of the
fuss they would stir up if some men
were alive and saw in the eastern pa
pers exclusive dispatches, bearing
Bismarck date lines, giving plain facts
about the streets of the capital city |
being full of water following a period
of tOrrential rains-a decade or more
ago no place, on the face Of the globe,
was supposed to have flooded streets
except Mandan-then q small puddle in
that city was referred to as a flood.
According to The Globe at Milton:
Archie jackson of Cavalier, a re-
latiVe Of the Latng family and quite
well known in Milton, met with a
terrible accident last week at the
Laxdal farm near Cavalier. He was
riding along the road on his motor
cycle, when he met James McCOr-
mick with his auto. Both attempt
kept both machines in the same
track and the front hui of the auto
caught young Jackson on the left
leg below the knee, terribly lacerat-
ing the limb. Both bones of the
leg were crushed and protruded
through the flesh, n the muscles and
ligaments were broken and disarrang-
ed.
Williston Herald: The rain that was
hoped for came and came at exactly
the right time. The growing crops
had not suffered in the least, but had
benefited by a period of root develop
ment. June, the month that brings
this region 25 per cent of all it's mois-
ture, according to the thirty-three
veal average, is running to form. Aft
er several sultry days the rain clouds
rolled from the north Wednesday aft
ernoon and the storm broke with few
preliminaries. During the first hour
1.89 inches of water fell as shown by
the su~b-station farm gauge A high
wind from the east drove it into many
buildings and Easements and cellar
were flooded. After midnight another
steady rain set in n VI to 7 o'clock
this morning the weather station
gauge showed 2.10 inches. Conditions
look favorable for more yet.
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