The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-06-26
North Dakota
Kernels

Il North DakOLa
/ Kernels
+------------------------
Sam Adams opened the ice cream
season in Schafer last week by offer
ing free ice cream.
The public schools of Grand Forks,
| wik open a summer session beginning
today and lasted for six weeks.
| Carl Whiting, formerly of Hansboro,
has become established at Rock Lake
as agent, and commenced work on
Monday.
A photograph gallery has long been
needed in Rhame, and now Charles
Olson, a photographer Of experience,
has located there.
The Hansboro postofice has been
moved from the Peoples Trading COM
| pany's store across the street to the
building which it formerly occupied.
Miss Helen Evans and Miss Anna
| Earl OF Grand Forks, have started q
dime campaign for Company NJ Of that
city. Thirty dollars was raised in
quick time Friday.
Saturday nights proceedings were
very unusual in Rhame. Three young
men were taken to Bowman Sunday
and were given pretty stiff fines.
John Barleycorn was to blame.
J. A. Painter, who has been con-
nected with the Stanley Implement
Lumber company the past several
years, sold his interest in the company
to Theodore Everson last week.
A most peculiar accident befell Alex
Link of Brinsrnade that might have
! proved serious. While working with
tire 1t blew out and the rim blew off
the wheel and struck him in the fore
| head.
In response to an urgent call for
volunteers to fill the ranks Of Com
| pany l at Wahpeton. two Hankinson
youths, Chester Aim and Leslie Stew
| ens-went to Wahpeton Tuesday night
and enlisted.
A small conffagration startled the
residents of Bisbee, last week. The
fire bell sounded the alarm and the fire
| A few dashes of water and all was
| over. Everything was saved.
A new use for the Ford car Is the
killing of gophers and other rodents
| by attaching the end of a hose to the
exhaust and placing the other end of
| the hose in the hole in the ground,
thus smothering the rodent.
The Beach Chamber Of Commerce
has been admitted to membership in
notice received from the secretary of
the national organization. whose head
quarters are in Washington, D. c.
A very sad accident occurred at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Stein
vendt twelve miles south of Crosby,
on Thursday afternoon Of last week,
wandered down to a slough and was
drowned.
Ben Oberlander who has been man
ager of the Stanley Office of the West
ern Union Telegraph company, left
last week for his home at Mankato,
MINI. He will not return to Stanley
as he is going to be transferred to
larger office.
Fire broke out in the Stanton Auto
& Supply Co.'S garage at Stanton,
Mercer county. last Tuesday noon and
destroyed the building and contents.
The fire started in the office and Is
thought to have been due to spon-
taneOus combustion.
While driving to his home at
Cooperstown from Binford, Clarence
Berg, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Berg of that place, had his left leg
broken above the knee when the car
hit a dog a mile and a half east of
Jessie, upsetting the car.
Milton Berg, 14-year old son of H.
H. Berg of Minor, had the misfortune
of breaking both bones in his right
arm. The young man was Cranking
the Berg automobile and probably had
the spark advanced too far with the
result that the engine kicked.
Converse & Esberg, the new Nc
Kenzie county law firm will build a
law office in Watford City near DR..
Johnson's Office as soon as proper ar
rangements can be made. Mr.. Esberg
will take charge Of the Watford office.
Mr.. Converse will remain at the coun-
ty seat.
A deal was consummated the first
of the week, whereby the Kulaas
Lumber company of Minot. N. D, sold
the yards at Crosby and Paulson to
Verne Wells Of Crosby. Mr.. Wells was
formerly vice-president of the Kulaas
company and has had charge of its
business in Crosby for the past six
months.
What might have been a serious
accident at Braddock happened when
Frank Schmerer took out his car with
the intention of going to the VIM.
Beseler place, He turned the corner
on the graded road south of the town,
the car turning over, and when found
by George Erickson he was pinioned
| beneath.
Secretary of State Thomas Hall had
a painful accident during the Elks'
convention at Dickinson. He was aid
| ing a brother Bill to climb to a seat In
the bleachers at the Wild West show
and in some manner tore loose the
ligaments in his right arm. 1t will be
| several weeks before he will be able
| to regain full use of the member.