The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-06
North Dakota
Kernels

The Catholic ladies of Sanish clean
ed up $3.50 on a bazaar.
Louis Brenna of LidEerwood, fell
from wagon and broke one OF the
bones in one foot.
ODonnell & Runner machinery ware
house at Cleveland.
Dan Crowley, farmer residing near
Conway had an ankle broken when he
jumped from wagon.
/ A bowling alley has been opened up
at Park River and, the indoor sports
have begun to timber up.
Work is being rushed on the new
buildings being erected by the Bovey-
Shute Lumber Co. at Sanish.
The Cleveland schools now have an
attendance of 120 pupils which is 1S
more than the high mark last year.
Carpenters have started work on
manse for the Presbyterian minister at
Sanish. The building will be lexis
feet.
Sam Allin is beginning work on an
addition to the operahouse at Gackle.
which will when finished serve as a
stage.
| At Park River, Frank Landmark has
| sold his bakery and restaurant busi-
ness to G. E. Gaylord. the latter hav-
ing taken possession.
| Mrs. Jake Pollock, of Lankin, was
taken suddenly ill with paralytic
stroke and is at present paralyzed on
one side of the face.
| The postoffice room at Arnegard
has been enlarged to make sufficient
/ working room for the carriers on the
newly established routes.
| At Sanish a drainage ditch for the
| town has been constructed aud 1t is be-
| lieved will prevent the water covering
much territory during heavy rains.
| At Arnegard, D.. L. Martin has
leased the Great Northern hotel which
| he intends running as rooming house
| in conjunction with the Arnegard
hotel.
| Contractors have completed the
extension of the water works system
at Park River. The contract called
for an extension of 3,S00 feet at a cost
of $4,329.5O.
S. A. Burns, sentenced for life to the
state penitentiary for the murder of
| Henry Sexse in Mckenzie county, has
| made application to the pardon board
| for pardon
Workmen are busy installing heat
Ling plant in the Schafer courthouse. It
| is expected the plant will be in opera
tion shortly-though who needs a
| furnace now?
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of
Mr., and Mrs. j. J. Mclaughlin, sr., of
| Rolla. will be celebrated on Monday,
! Dec. Is, at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. A. T. Sumner.
"Bernt Bole and Albert Skari." says
The Arnegard Call. "are still hauling
No l Marquis to the elevators. This
| year they were among the lucky farm
ers who had put all of their land to
| Marquis wheat and flax"
While playing near a clothes wiring
er while his mother was wringing
| clothes, Hillard the 10-months- son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Alison of Bin
| ford, got his fingers smashed in the
cogs. One nnger may have to be
| amputated.
At a meeting of the commercial club
Of Cleveland, petitions were drawn up.
and are being circulated, asking for
| the construction of trunk line roads,
one from Cleveland north TO Goldwin
and one from Cleveland south to the
| county line near Gackle.
The burning of the Monarch eleva-
! tor at Oberon. will probably result in
the organizing of fire department in
the town and the purchase of some
equipment with which to fight flames.
When the elevator burned. the town
came near to being destroyed.
Inkster Enterprises; Word was re-
ceived here telling of the death of
Rev. d. c.. McColm of Portland. Ore.
Mr.. McColm will be remembered by
some of the older settlers as he made
this city his home in the early days.
He was local pastor for the Methodist
| people here. 800
| Mrs. r. S. Miller. who has been post
| mistress at Gackle for several years.
| has notified Washington of her desire
| to resign Two applicants are already
after the job. They are Stanley
Thomas. OF the Leader store. and Fred
| Neuman, for some time assistant to
| the postrnistress.
Dunn Center Journal: The steel
bridge west of Dunn Center has been
neatly placed in position. but no ap-
| proaches have been built and the dry
creek. west of it has not been filled
and we are willing to bet dollars to
| doughnuts that 1t will not be until
| next spring In the meantime, we
suppose, the bridge will be well sea-
soned and we will continue to ford the
creek at the same old place and In the
| same old way.