The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-09
North Dakota
Kernels

The Belfield chautauqua will b
held on June 10 to rs inclusive.
The boy scouts of Stanton will Civ
an entertainment Saturday night.
A new piano has been installed II
the new school building at Golden Val
ley.
1t is reported that four alleged blind
piggers were nabbed at Beulah recent
liy.
The Tolna firemen will give thei
annual ball on the evening of March
16.
| At Sentinel Butte the contract ha:
been let for wiring the opera house fol
electricity.
The Ashley Drug company at Ash
ley disposed of it's business and gooC
will to Theodore Heinrich.
At Crary, owing to the shortage OF
hard coal, each purchaser is allowed
only half ton by the dealers.
The town OF DriscolI thinks that II
is about time that its commercial
club woke up and did something.
The Sherbrooke band will give a
big entertainment and basket social
OH the seventeenth Of Ireland"
Thomas Fallen has purchased the
Rice building and billiard parlor fix
lures at Sutton from H. L. Russell.
The Golden Valley commercial club
named a committee to work with the
band of that town to arrange for a
big concert program.
A regular term of district court will
open in Stanton on March II. There
Is quite a large class Of petitioners
for citizenship papers.
Arrangements are being made at
Ashley for putting a steam launch on
HiskinS lake this coming summer. The
boat should prove popular.
The Killdeer Herald believes that it
is foolish to put up ice when the
A petition is in circulation in school
district No. 10. Mercer county, near
Defiance for the erection, of another
school building in the district.
A 12-room addition has been COM
pleted to the Wills Norred hotel build
ing at Killdeer. The rooms are now
being furnished and fitted up for use.
The telephone exchange at Rolette
has instituted an arrangement by
which any farmer having a telephone
can call doctor any time of the
night.
Philip Blank Of New Salem has an
nounced that he is going to erect
large garage in that town this coming
spring. The new building will cost ap-
proximately $4,000.
The Dorenkemper Lumber Co.'S
yard at Golden Valley has been bought
by the Marshall Malaise Lumber Co.,
and the Mandan Mercantile Co., who
will take it over in the near future,
David Dewey of DriscoIl was adj
judged insane and taken to the
asylum. He was farmer resident Of
that town but went to Florida in 1910.
He returned last spring and resided
there during the summer.
Col. w. H. McGraw of Grand Forks
was elected president of the Grand
Forks Order of the knights of Robert
Emmett and Judge Phil Mclaughlin
was named secretary at the organiza-
ton of the body at banquet held re-
Gently.
w. D. Nesbit, while loading coal
at the Johnson mine, near Killdeer.
suffered painful injury to his left
hand when 1t was caught between a
large lump of coal and a sleigh box.
The little finger was crushed and
badly lacerated.
The Hettinger county district court
Jury granted $500 damages to Chris
Ernst of Leith. His son was struck by
: train and killed at a crossing of the |
chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way near Leith. Costs amounting to
nearly $1,4O0 were also allowed.
Dean H. E. French of the school of |
Medicine of the University of North |
Dakota has gone to Winnipeg to adj |
lress the Scientific club of the uni |
lersity and also the convocation of |
he university, as an exchange lectur- |
n from the University of North Da-
Sota. ....,..
killdeer Herald: The new standpipe |
II the city water works system was |
illed on Tuesday and the supply well |
vas found to have water enough for |
my emergency. Wednesday the down |
own hydrants were tested and were |
ound all right with pressure sufficient |
o cope with any fire.
Plans have been completed for a
10000 hospital at Killdeer and the |
selling of shares in the stock COM |
'any that will erect the building and |
operate the hospital has already |
tarted. 1t is expected to begin build /
ng operations as early in the spring |
IS weather conditions will permit.
City Engineer T. r. Atkinson of
bismarck has submitted his report for
he proposed water and sewer system
or Cooperstown to cost approximate
$4,000. recommendations were
made that the city bond to the amount
4 $4,000 and that the remainder of
he cost be assessed directly TO the
properly benefited.
Jamestown Alert: A live young ALI
'ator about foot in length has been
eceived at the James River National
ank from A. B. Default, who is
low visiting in Florida. The gator
anne through by parcel post and was
retty cold when he reached here. but
warm bath soon revived him and the
oys in the bank are learning what
heir southern visitor thrives on in
he way of meats. A live chameleon
vas also sent from Florida as q, sow
mir of Mr.. Defaults visit to st.
augustine.
WAR AND BIOLOGY.
! The Masses: DR.. Jacques Loeb,
americas foremost biologist, laughs
t the idea that war is a necessity to
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