The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-02

City purchased the stock of jewelry
from v. Anderson.
Schools at Killdeer have beer
closed until March 5, due to a threat.
ened epidemic of measles.
While scuffling with another fellow
Roy Lee of Sutton had his nose broken
lie knows better now. Ha! Ha! Ha!
The Halliday band is to be reorgan.
lied. The indications are that a splen-
did organization will result from the
efforts being made.
The Halliday baseball club has been
organized with the following officers
| Manager, J. N. Robinson; captain
Fred W. Hall; secretary treasurer, H
L. Malloy.
Gust Stoke of Norwich. this state,
VINO has been attending Aaker's bust
ness college in Grand Forks, suffered a
cracked shoulder blade while wrestling
at the Y. M. c. A.
The Minot city commissioners pur-
chased six signal posts with lights for
placing in the center Of the square on
the principal traffic corners in the city
to keep the drivers of vehicles to the
right.
The City meat market at Arthur
| changed owners March /. Mel Os-
trander, who. for the past 80 years
has conducted this place, has sold to
Anton Johnson and Victor Larsen of
Arthur.
Ladies Of the Mandan library asso-
citation board were informed Of action
taken by Mandan Lodge B. p, o. Elks,
in voting to give SO per month to the
boad for use in paying the salary Of a
librarian.
The Mandan Daily Pioneer had
close call when a fire started in the
paper stock. Fortunately the blaze was
discovered by an employee who used
the hose freely and prevented the
flames from getting start.
The twelve members of the general
office staff of the Rogers Lumber COM
pany, who arrived in Minot recently
from Minneapolis, are engaged in ar
ranging the temporary Office on the
third floor of the new Ehr building.
The jamestown Daily Capital pub
lished its annual midwinter number
a magazine section Of many pages full
OF interesting facts about North Da-
kota, Stutsman county and the city of
jamestown and attractive advertising
matter.
Golfers Of Mandan plan on begin
ming action in the near future that will
result in placing the Mandan Country
club links in as fine condition as any
club in the state. They contemplate
the purchase Of a heavy roller and a
Triplex lawn mower.
The Enderlin Rifle club is making
arrangements for the seasons work.
Rifles and ammunition will soon be
provided by the government and the
mayor of the. town has donated the
use of a range west of the city to the
uses Of the organization.
At Minot Scout Master w. E. Pat
rick is organizing a company of Boy
Scouts at the Presbyterian church and
hopes to have large number of boys
enlisted in the ranks in short time.
There are two companies of Boy Scouts
in that city at this time.
William Barnum, one of the night
shift employed in the Great Northern
hotel and restaurant at New Rockford
found upon returning to his. room at
an early hour recently that he had
been relieved Of gold watch and fif-
teen dollars in paper money.
Community spelling bees promise to
become an annual event in Grand
Forks, If the enthusiasm and interest
displayed at the one conducted in the
city hall recently is any indication.
Representatives of the fair sex were
pitted against representatives Of the
opposite sex.
There is getting to be quite a short
age of hard coal in various towns in
North Dakota. Grafton reports the
supply there as being very low, the |
dealers there not having had a pound |
there Is always North Dakota coal to |
fall back on.
Reports Of various officers made at |
the annual meeting Of the Mandan |
Athletic club showed the organization |
to be firmly established. The club has |
over 20 members fully paid UP, and |
OF the organization, while some thirty |
others are signed up for membership. |
Political activity in Grand Forks is |
waxing warm, several aspir- |
ants already have stated their inten- |
ton of making the run at the coming |
spring election, which comes on Mon
day, April 2. this year. Petitions for |
for aldermen berths must |
be filed by March IL. twenty days be- |
fore election.
Tho Litchville Bulletin says that a |
teacher in Prairie township, to pre-
vent hardness, offered to kiss the first |
arrival at school each morning. The |
next morning at o'clock a number |
Of young men were seen roosting on |
the fence and at $3.50 all Of the small |
boys and two Of the directors had |
made their appearance.
The city commissioners of Minot |
have authorized the purchase of a. |
50-horsepower motor for the pump
ing station which will be installed for |
the purpose Of securing better fire |
prote ction for the city. 1t has been
for some time that the two
pumps at the pumping station were
not sufficient to keep an adequate
water supply in the reservoir.
Grand Forks Herald: Lieut.. Ansel
son of j. B. Wineman of
this city. writes that he is greatly
pleased with his new post at Parang,
P. l.. where he has charge OF COM
pany of regulars. Two battalions are
which is about four times
as big as Fort Lincoln. Despite the
fact that mail comes only twice a
month, / like 1t very well"
At Rolla a hog ranch Incorporated
with a working capital OF 100000 is
the project proposed to farmers of
that section by J. Laudauer of Min
The ranch will consist of