The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-09-09

the farm home of +. P. Ming.
A farm hand on the Martin Viger
place near Lawton, had a runaway and
Sustained a broken leg as a result.
Contractor Westegaard has COM
pleted repairs to the schoolhouse at
Lawton. School opens on Sept. II.
D. H. Congdon of Jud, has been
| awarded the contract for the erection
of the new school house in the Mikkel-
| son district.
The Western Call Of Reeder says:
Talk about the bread line in Germany.
They are stealing garbage cans in
Adams county.
Andrew Leon. Of Brinsmade, lost
three of his best work horses from
| poisoned oats. Five horses were taken
i'll, and two Of them saved.
At Gackle contractors are busily
engaged on the new drug store build
ing The foundation which is of con-
crete, is gaining rapid headway.
Fire destroyed the residence and all
Of the contents of the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Hopkins who live
Col. Paul Johnson, of Mountain, has
taken over the management of the
opera house and pool room, formerly
owned by Frank Gillis at Edinburg.
w. ]. Henry who has been with the
Powers Elevator Co. at Steele for
where he will locate on a homestead.
Melissa the 9-year-old daughter of
Mt. and Mrs. Geo. S. Davis. of Golden
Valley, was kicked by a colt and for
a while it was thought seriously hurt.
Earl Fassett of Dunseith had the
misfortune to be severely kicked in
| the mouth by a colt. Two teeth were
! knocked out and several more loosen
ed.
| At Reeder the City meat market
| building purchased by L. Swanson is
being redecorated inside and out and
remodeled and Mr. Swanson will put
in clothing stock.
Miss Hazel Roop, daughter of J. I.
RoOp Of Bismarck, had the misfortune
to break her arm. Miss Roop was at
Wilton and in attempting to crank the
automobile it kicked.
| The Farmers bank Of Garrison, re-
ceived a new manganese steel burglar
proof safe. Ten Of these safes have
| recently been installed in the various
farmers banks of this state.
E. T. Clark, manager of the Sher-
wood Electric Co, has his big IS
horsepower Foos Gas engine at the
power house and expects to have it in
| While hanging up quarter Of beef,
Jesse Shafto, a Lawton butcher, sus-
tanned fracture Of small bone near
the ankle. The beef slipped from his
grasp, failing on his right ankle.
Earl Johnson of Sherwood, had his
lcollar bone broken when he fell from
load of straw. He was hauling straw
for the threshers and the team started
at the wrong time, causing the fall.
Clair Linton Woodward, principal
of the junior high school at James
| town, will not lead a single life this
year. His bride was formerly Miss
Mary Brainard Allen Of Usage. S. D.
| James Plott, a farmer residing near
Alfred, severely injured his left hand
his team became frightened, got
beyond control and he was thrown
from the buggy.
The new German Catholic church
at Hirschville, Dunn county. is now
under construction. The building will
cost about $1,000 and will be one Of
the handsomest country churches in
that section Of the state.
| George Posey, who lives in the east
ern part of Foster county, was knock
ed to the ground and partially dazed
last week when lightning struck a
wire fence near which he was stand
| ing with a team Of horses.
Postage aggregating $4,000 was paid
on a shipment Of catalogs weighing
| 10000 pounds received at Jamestown.
The mail order books will be distribut-
ed to postoffices in North Dakota and
South Dakota. They represent two
| carloads.
| A deal was consummated at Char
bonneau, whereby Frank Benesh &
| Co. are the poSseSsors of the Norman
Morrison store property and carpen-
ters have been engaged to remodel the
interior of the store so that it will be
ready for the opening September Is.
| Hannaford Enterprise: The Great
Northern bridge gang has finished the
work Of building a dam across the
| creek down by the pump station, and
| they have also raised the pump house
and engine a height Of twenty eight
inches. Now neither flood nor drought
will interfere with the pumping.
| Unconscious. A. E. Clare. chief clerk
in the Office of the roadmaster at the
| division headquarters of the Northern
| Pacific, was found by an officer at
jamestown. While returning to his
home, Clare bumped into a 2x4 foot
plank used as brace, the force of the
| impact knocking him to the ground
where he lay an hour before discover
| ed.
Gackle Republican: Reinhold Suko
and his hired man were conveying a
pickle barrel into the cellar of his
slipped allowing the barrel to rest
disastrously on Mr.. Sukos upper lip,
cutting and otherwise rendering the
| flesh fold which surrounds the orifice
Of the mouth inactive and very pain
full.
charter in the Journeymen's Inter
national Union of America, has been
granted the BARRIERS Of jamestown,
who have organized with the following
| officers: President, w. r. Bailey;
vice president, A. G.. Simmons: secre-
tary, w. F. Smedley; treasurer G.. A.
Bundy; recorder, Wallace Ruud; guide
E. w. Berg, and guardian, H. l.