The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-18
North Dakota
Kernels

/ Kernels
The newly organized Roseglen bank
has opened for business.
The Dawson school children will
give an entertainment on Dec. 81.
The Binford ffremen will hold their
annual ball on the night of Jan. l..
A new organ has been installed in
| the Presbyterian church at Langdon.
The eighth grade of the Casseiton
school is to give a play this evening.
Four men took the civil service ex-
aminations for rural carrier at Ryder
| recently.
| The plant of the General Utilities
corporation at Casselton is now in
| operation.
A number OF notable improvements
| have been made in the Ideal barber
shop at Langdon.
Ira F. Surber. who recently became
manager of The Douglas Herald. has
purchased the paper.
The Casselton firemen held their
annual banquet. The annual dance
will be given on Jan. 1.
Sanborn is making arrangements
for it's second annual Community
Christmas tree and program.
The Wheatland band held its annual
meeting electing Fred Kingsley as
president for the ensuing year.
The Parshall Leader has issued a
directory OF North Dakota coal lands,
which should prove very useful.
| Casselton is to have a night school
| for adults. The school will start inn
mediately after the first of the year.
Sanborn reports that the danger of
a coal famine there is now over, sew
eral carloads having been brought in.
Two teams Of hunters from Midway
and vicinity slaughtered 900 rabbits,
eighty men taking part in the big kill
| ing.
| The LaMoure commercial club is to
take up the matter Of financing the
band of that town for the ensuing
year.
The 500 railroad has erected a
windmill at Ryder and the locomotives
are being supplied with water at that
| point.
A young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Due
| now of Barney, was accidentally hurt,
| when a wagon ran over him breaking
| two ribs.
The Dawson Press Offices have been
| IpiU fh0rnnph
| said that even the printers towel has
| been washed.
A cream station has been installed
| in the Halpern Cash store at New
England and is under the management
| of NJ. A. Hubbard.
A barn which was built at Arthur
in 1884 by John Brandenburg has been
sold to Jerome Shea and moved to his
farm near that town.
A. V. Johnson. tailor at Ryder has
rented the e. c. Schiewek shop and
fixtures. Mr.. schiewek will devote his
time to his farm hereafter.
meeting will be held at LaMoure
on Tuesday for the purpose of consid-
ering the advisability of organizing a
livestock shippers association.
A deal was made at Zap, whereby
John Luy became proprietor of the
New Eden cafe, having rented it from
the present owner, n. ]. Joyce.
Geo. Liable, who lives five miles
north Of Zap, had the misfortune to
get his hand caught in the belt pulley
of mill and had it badly crushed.
A 80 ha
VatiOn League Of America was formed
at Wahpeton with a membership of 81.
Mrs. A. J. Ross was elected president.
At Crosby the girls of the Count
On-Me club have taken the RESPONSE
in the Presbyterian church at that
place.
The Casselton lodge of Knights Of
| Pythias have leased the entire second
| floor of the old Cass County National
bank building and will flt it up into
modern lodge quarters.
The Tower City board has amended
it's ordinance relating to dogs and dog
licenses, making it unlawful for dogs
| to run at large which have not been
provided with the proper license.
| Inc fLyQGr IRE nSlu lLS
annual meeting and elected G.. w.
Meyers as chief. The firemen are max
| ing arrangements for the annual ball
which is to be held on New Years
night.
Skala & Piper is the name of a new
| firm that has started in business at
Casselton, occupying the ground floor
! office in the First National bank
building formerly occupied by William
McRoberts and j. R. Bishop.
A horse belonging to Anton Stardig
of New England, had one of it's legs
| broken and had to be shot, when 1t
was hit by an automibile driven by
Rev. L. o. Helleklev. SThe minister
was driving through a binding snow
storm and did not see the approaching
| team.
The newspapers of the state gen.
orally seem to think that the rail-
roads are sowing the seeds for future
| government ownership. The shortage
of cars and the resulting shortage Of
coal is one of the facts that has
brought out the discussion of the
subject.
County Auditor Thompson of Ward
County, reported, the sale of 2.496 resi-
dent hunting licenses. five non-resi-
dent licenses and 316 trapping licenses,
| while Chief Warden McCutcheon has
sold IA resident and II resident
licenses. The amount raised in Ward
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