The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-08
North Dakota
Kernels

Kernels
Theo. Natwick Leonard fell on his
little finger and broke 1t.
Miss Margaret witzig has resigned
her position as clerk at the Beach
postoff1ce.
Petitions are being circulated at
Steele asking for the reappointment
OF p. j. F'ilbin as postmaster.
Lonzie Nichols Of Fryburg is suf-
| fering from a broken leg which was
caused by his horse falling wIth him.
New foundation posts are being
placed under the N. P. freight house
at jamestown and IL is also intended
to lay a new floor in the building.
Noonan will have n band in the
near future. A meeting was held re-
Gently at which q number of residents
of the town enrolled in the organiza-
| ton.
The Webster high school debating
team will meet Inkster on Feb. %, In
: the next contest for state champion
! ship. The debate will be held al
1nkster.
The Western Electric Light & Pow
| er Co., owning light plants at Bow
| man and Marmarth. n. D., plans a
bond issue to make improvements In
the holdings and perhaps extend them
Stanley is to have a new depot. The
Great Northern will make a number
of improvements at that place this
coming season, according to reports,
and a modern depot will be among
them.
The land firm at Wildrose known
as the Wildrose Realty Co, has been
partially dissolved, s. n. Nesting re-
firing from the business. Messrs. Neal
and Ike taking over the partners one
third interest.
The new engines have been pur-
chased for the light plant at Ray. The
two will produce about 145 horsepow-
er, sufficient to generate current for
the town Of Ray for number Of
years, it is believed.
Wildrose Plainsman: P. E. Schley,
who has been connected with The
Plainsman for the past few months,
has purchased The Grenora Gazette,
and this week begins active opera
tions at the terminal town.
The school of forestry basketball
team met and defeated the Mohall
high school quint at Bottineau, the
final score being rs to IS. This makes
a total of seven straight games won
by the forestry aggregation.
A. Upton, who for several years has
been connected with the J. /. Case
Co. with headquarters at Bismarck,
and F. E. Martin of New Sharon, Ia,
have purchased the interest of F. J.
Wells in the Minot Motor Sales Co. OF
Minot.
There has been an increase in the
number of employees at the Northern
Pacific station at Fryburg. Fryburg is
one of the newest towns along the
station was opened only one man has
been employed there.
At a meeting of the board Of health
Of Grand Forks. resolutions were
adopted which will be forwarded to
Bismarck asking that a more liberal
construction be placed on the Sunday
closing law forbidding the sale of milk
after the hour of o'clock.
Edward Barbknetcht Of Havana
met with quite a serious accident
while helping his son, William, unload
some hay at the farm north of that
town. The son slipped, and in catch
| ing his balance, swung his fork and
accidentally struck Mr.. Barbknecht in
the eye. Luckily, the eyeball was not
pierced.
Mandan Pioneer: The office of Pro-
bate Judge J. G. Johnson looked as
though it had been hit by an aero
plane bomb this morning. A water
pipe in the surveyors office upstairs
broke, flooded the place and caused
the ceiling in the judges Office to fall.
A large number Of books and legal
papers were ruined.
Minot News: Satisfied with their
efforts to place Minot'. on the curling
map, highly pleased with the enjoy
able week spent at the st. Paul carni-
val and taking pride in the fact that
one of their Kinks won the ALL Corners
event, the members Of the Minot Curl
ing club who represented this city at
the st. Paul carnival arrived in Minot
last evening at $3.50 o'clock.
Frand Read, jr., superintendent Of
the North Dakota school for the deaf,
has returned from Jacksonville, ILL.,,
where he was called by the death OF
his father, Frank Read, ST., member OF
the faculty at the Illinois School for
the Deaf. Mr.. Read, ST.. aged rs, was
connected with the Illinois school fol-
fifty years and for thirty years was
publisher Of the official paper of the
institution The Deaf Mute Advance.
Devils Lake Journal: Due to the
fact that the Great Nnrtharn raf1l sed