The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-10-17
North Dakota
Kernels

: new Victrola is the latest thing in
the Hannah school.
= Chicken thieves have been raiding
the roosts at Granville.
: concrete walk has been laid from
the street to the courthouse at Bow
man.
Raymond Desrosier Of Pembina,
broke his leg above the ankle while at
play.
Mrs. Schleising Of wasSburn, gave
I35 volumes to the public library, for
young people.
Ralph Devln Of Drayton, had the !
misfortune to break his collar bone |
while playing football.
The brickIayers have started work !
lon the new city hall at Hillsboro. 1t |
Iwill be rushed to early completion.
Chas. e. Davis has handed in his
resignation as manager of the McCaull
iWebster Elevator company at Regent.
The Mohall State bank has just in
stalled a new Ely Norris burglar proof
safe. The safe weighs ton and a
half
At Hazelton a deal has been closed
whereby Mrs. jeanette KunCh takes
the interest Of Jack Hayes in the
| b. & J. cafe.
A spur track from the main line to
the cold storage plant is being laid in
Drake. A subspur will connect with
the electric light plant.
For the last ten days there has been
a crew Of painters in Pembina painting
the depot and other buildings Of the
| Northern Pacific company.
| The brickyard at Denbigh is now re-
opened and has enough orders booked
in advance to keep them working to
capacity until the freeze-up.
petition has been presented to the
school board at Washburn asking for
the erection Of a schoolhouse three
miles northeast Of that place.
The county commissioners have
| ordered a bridge constructed across
the Mouse river on the Ole Gilbertson
| farm six miles southwest of Town
| er.
]. H. Muus Of Velva, has been COM 1
PEELED by failing health to resign the
office of mayor Of that city. A special
election to fill the vacancy will be held
| Oct. II.
The Western Telephone Co. has de-
cided to adjust its somewhat tangled
affairs by an assignment. T. ]. Cum
mings of Towner has been appointed
receiver.
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dairy changed hands on Monday, when .
III. A. Blocker disposed of it to John
Van Slooten. who will take charge on
November l.
Burnstad Comet: The first prairie
| fire Of the season started on the 500
| right of-way between here and Wishek
Wednesday. and burned a strip east for
several miles.
Drake will have a Lyceum course
| this winter Arrangements have been
| made for a FIVE number course and
some of the best talent on the road
| has been secured.
Ashley Tribune: About twenty four
cases of red measles are reported in
Ashley and vicinity. No quarantine
as yet, has been placed upon the homes
affected by the malady. ;
Abraham Hess the ten-year- old son
| TO Rabbi Hess, of WshelI, suffered the
fracture of his right collar bone. He
was playing about with other children
when the accident occurred.
Olaf Pierson Of near York, had a
| large stock Of oat hay destroyed by
! fire. 1t was stacked while quite damp
and got so hot in the stack that it
caught fire from spontaneous combus-
| ton.
Towner has been assured Of an cleo
trio light service within the next sixty
days. The property owners in the
| down town district are already con-
sidering the installation of a dazzling
white way.
The Pembina Light & Power COM
pany has a good portion Of the main
wires stretched through that city, and
most of the buildings are wired. There
are four crews at work there and one
or two at Neche. !,
E. j. Carlen completed deal where
| by he becomes sole proprietor Of The
Drake News. Two months ago Mr.
lCarlen leased The News with the op-
| ton of buying, and exercised his op-
ton and became the owner.
An automobile owned by Leo Ku-
boski Of Williston, was destroyed by
fire from the cylinders and gained such
headway that the machine was prac-
tically a complete loss before the
| flames could be extinguished.
At Shaller, in Morton county, Harry
| IGieve met with q most serious acci-
dent while running a threshing ma
chine. One arm was broken in four
places and he received injuries in the
chest and had several ribs broken.
| The section house on the 500 right
of-way at Burnstad, caught fire and
was entirely destroyed. The building
contained clothing and many valuables
| belonging to Section Foreman Granas
and his men, none of which were saved.
Mrs. Wilhelm Ley of Ashley, met
with a rather painful accident while
| grinding horseradish. In some way,
she got her finger into the mechanism
| of the grinder, which resulted in the
almost complete severance of the
member.
Aneta Panorama: Aneta is right up
with the best cities in the state for fire
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