The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-29

accident.
The Park River fire department will
hold its annual dance on the evening
of January 2.
Gus Bouris Of Bottineau, has sold
his candy kitchen to j. K Swanson
and Christian Benson, Of Upham.
DR.. r. ]. Washburn, dentist of Hope,
has decided to locate at Rolette. where
he has secured quarters oyer the post
office. .sa#
| Pliny Moen, Northern Pacific oper-
ator at Killdeer, has been transferred
to He'll. N. D.. and will take the new
position on January /.
/, At Park River, Knute Wick pur-
chased the pool room and bowling
alley equipment from the estate of his
late brother, Enok Wick.
Archie Merrill, who resided north
! west of Killdeer has been adjudged
insane and was ordered committed to
the state hospital at Jamestown.
The Lockwood Central school near
| Grano, was totally destroyed by fire,
! the school teachers being unable to
save any of their personal effects.
William Larson purchased the Great
| Northern livery barn at Arnegard from
| Even Arnegard. Mr.. Larson intends
leasing the barn to a third party.
Rev W. E. Hall of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Grano has accept
ed a call to a church at Bosworth
Mo-. leaving Grano without a pastor.
The Podhola power plant at Max,
was shut down seveSal days. The
| switchboard burned out on account of
moisture on the wiring causing a short
Circuit.
A whole car load of perishable holi-
day goodies were destroyed by
freezing while en- route from Bismarck
to Dickinson where they were con-
signed to dealers.
transfer of the Roberts jewelry
store at Dickinson, formerly owned by
Mrs. Florence Roberts, was made to
George j. and II. Z. Brown, the new
owners taking immediate possession.
A movement is on foot among the
people of Ring, Bowman county, and
vicinity to get telephone connections
with Bowman. The proposition is
meeting with much encouragement.
The kids of Noonan, under the di-
rection of J. J. GIFTS, have been put
ting in the holiday vacation making
water from the town we'll free Of
charge.
Minor Teller: With Corporal
Hayes operating a shooting gallery in
Minor we may soon look with pride
upon a squad of harp-shooters rrho
could pick the eye-balls out of the
MeXicans
The prospects are that Rolette will
have a flour mill in the near future
The matter was taken up by the busi-
ness men of the town and a commit
tee is now busy soliciting stock sub
scriptionS.
J. NJ. Folsom, who for the past
two years has been employed in
the office of the Western Lumber e |
Grain Co. at Bowman, left for Mime |
apclis, where he takes a position with |
grain concern.
Considerable building has been en-
joyed at McClusky and vicinity dur
ing the past season. A firm of three
carpenters of that town report having
put up % buildings during the season.
of which IA were residences.
Talk about the high cost Of living. |
The Arnegard Call tells that post |
office box rents have been raised &C |
per cent at that place. Well, it means
that one must go back to the G. d. |
along with tallow candles and linsey |
Woolsey.
NJ. c. Moore. who has been manager !
Of the Robertson Lumber Co.'S yard at |
Park River for several years, resigned
his position. and will associate him |
self with his father, Chas. Moore. in |
the confectionery and fruit business in |
that city.
killdeer Tribune: The city water
works tank will probably be capped |
with high power electric light-on a |
plan similar to that adopted at Bow
man, where the light on the city tower
can be viewed for several miles from
the country districts.
A. G. Rosendahl Of Kindred, was at |
Adams recently and closed a deal for |
the purchase of the Dan Bergman lots
at the rear of the operahouse on which
he will erect garage in the spring. |
Mr.. Rosendahl will be associated in |
business with his brother
With characteristic energy. Killdeer |
has begun clearing up the debris of |
it's auditorium preparatory to the con- |
struction of new building. bids for |
which are being submitted. Work will |
be begun as soon as the contract is |
let and will be rushed. 1t is expected |
that three weeks will be all that will |
be needed for building.
w r Mckenzie. owner Of the a1ec-
trio light plants at Bowman and Mar
marth, has notified the village author
tiles of those towns that he has se- |
cured buyer for the plants. In |
granting the franchises, both towns
incorporated a clause that the villages
were to be given first chance to buy
in case it was desired to sell. It is
possible that both towns will enjoy
municipal lighting.
Ed Hopperstad, builder, and DR..
Norriss, physician. of Enderlin, are
believers in arbitration. A board was
named to settle dispute between
the two men as to whether or not the
physician should recover money paid
for the construction Of a basement
wall that was not satisfactory to
him. The decision of the board
was abided by and all danger of hos
tilitieS was averted.
SIGN kRUG FOR 1917.
(By Associated Press)