The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-01
North Dakota
Kernels

planning on an active season
The Benson store at Edgeley Il
undergoing extensive repairs and
changes.
The chamber Of commerce Of Beach
IFS going to hold big meeting on
| March 5.
The tow mill at Kensal has installed
an electric lighting plant to be used
in lighting the mill
The HurdsneA fire department held
| basket social and dance recently al
which $50 was cleared.
A sons of Norway lodge was fully
organized at Starkweather last week
with twenty eight members.
A mems Bible class was organized
at a recent meeting at Donnybrook,
quite a large number enrolling.
A cream station is being construct
ed at Gackle and the station will be
put in operation as soon as spring
opens up.
Nearly &100 was received from the
sale of tickets and baskets at the
basket social and dance given by the
band at Garrison.
The Piper-Howe Lumber Co. is hav-
ing a cement warehouse built at their
yard at Garrison and improvements
are being made in the sheds.
Reeder Call: Miss Lizzie Toro had
her face scratched quite severely last
week when a window at the CONNER
cial hotel fell in on her face and broke.
The city auditor of Bismarck was
instructed to advertise for bids for the
construction Of sewers on Third and
Front streets. The new work is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Fred Edgeworth, while operating
tow machine in the tow mill at
KensaI, had the misfortune Of having
his thumb caught in the brake and
badly mangled.
At a special meeting Of the Garrison
fire department a committee was au-
thorized to purchase q fire whistle.
The town board will furnish the de-
partment with twelve coats, and caps.
Robinson Times: The thermometer
registered TAO below in Robinson
Thursday morning and the editor of
The Times froze his nose walking be-
tween the back door Of the ONCE and
the coal shed.
A caboose attached to an engine and
snowplow clearing the line Of the
and futile. jumped the track and the
occupants Of the car were badly bruis-
ed, some having broken ribs.
At Luverne the new hardware
firm under the firm name of The
Christensen Hardware Co, bought
the store of the Hope Implement Co.
aging the past several months.
The Presbyterian church at Edgeley
is planning a jubilee week to begin
the last of March to celebrate the ad-
mission Of 100 new members which
will have been added by that
time with the class now awaiting ad-
A protest from William Dohn, Bis
marck butcher, against the treatment
his son received from two officers Of
the police force of that town was made
at the meeting Of the city commission.
The matter was referred to Police
Commissioner Kirk.
The local boy scouts at Max under
the. direction Of Rev. A. r. Berndt,
have started to study band music. A
of the band instruments have
been loaned to the boys and they all
seem to be in earnest in their en-
deavors to master the art.
Mrs. Fred Hodgson of the Tongue
river district near Pembina, removed
a portion Of large sewing needle
from the palm Of her hand. The frag-
ment was one fourth of an inch long,
and had been in her hand for four
teen years. but had caused little in
At a recent meeting of the Hanna
ford Commercial club. r. D. Benson
was elected president. o. q. Thoreson,
secretary and o. M. Wesley, treasur-
er. The finances of the club were
taken into consideration at the meet
$500 debt incurred by the organiza-
ton.
The Hurdsfield Herald suspended
for a month on account Of
the inability to secure paper because
no express was delivered to that town
during the snow blockade. The sheet
Is on deck again, however, and is
starting where 1t left off. though 1t
will take thirteen months to make
year this time.
Pembina Pioneer Press: John
Emerson has a novel way Of feeding
his chickens. He climbs the snow
drift that has buried the chicken coop
and after removing the ventilator cap
he gently pours the different cereals
down the ventilator pipe to the i'm.
prisoned fowl in the subterranean
below.
For the purpose Of carrying the |
]. G. r. case to the supreme |
the Taylor district will be held in
Dickinson within ten days. Detectives |
will be ordered to 20 over the record |
1T SWaseca and Rochester, Mimi, in an |
effort to bring further evidence to |
light concerning the imam of
mystery"
The Gaylord telephone company Of |
Gaylord. which plans to build a line |
srn part OF Stark county and the |
part of Slope county |
mas Incorporated for $4,000. The Of
icers are: ". A. Smith, president;
Joseph Schwartz, vice president;
Shelby Ward, treasurer: A. B. Cooke, |
secretary; and Otto Uggla. director.
1t is an almost assured fact that
Devils Lake is to have a real, live |
,ity. At an enthusiastic meeting held |
vt the call Of Geo. Crook, secretary of |
he Junior band, 1t became apparent |
hat the commercial club, city COM |