The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-27
North Dakota
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Some improvements have been made
10 the City bakery at Rolfa.
A skating rink has been opened In
the operahouse at Glendale.
Electric fre drill bells have beam IN.
stalled in the. schools at Sentinel
Butte.
The First National bank of Sentinel
Butte has made a number of notable
improvements to the bank quarters.
Preparatory work is being done at
Lisbon ny the Thompson Yards Inc,
for the construction of the new build
ings that will be put up at once.
After many efforts the boosters of
Cando have induced the Great North
ern railroad company to light its sta
ton and platform at that place with
electricity.
At Cayuga the CayuRa Auto and
Machine Co. has rented the old black
smith shop and an expert smithy Of
Lidgerwood will so there March / and
open the shop.
T. q. Hopper, who for the past two
years has been the proprietor Of the
Empire steam laundry at Lisbon, pur-
chased the Pioneer laundry at that
place from Ole Harrison.
| The first monthly banquet of the
LaMoure Commercial club this year
brought out an attendance of IS. Dur
ing the evening number Of import
ant matters were discussed.
A. B. Nelson, tailor, who for some
time has been working in Mandan, has
purchased the tailor shop Of Kiss &
| Aughnay, at that place, and will take
over the place on March /.
In the district court at New Rock
fora Clifford York was given a verdict
OF $14,76O against the General Utilities
company for injuries sustained in be.
ing burned by electric wires.
Miss Mary Alberta Baker, school
nurse Of Lamoure county, has resigw-
ed her position. the resignation to take
effect on April 1. AS yet a successor
has not been selected for the posi-
ton.
The Fort Yates Indian school on the
Standing Rock reservation is to be
greatly improved. including new build
ings. The Indian appropriation bill in
congress provides for $4,000 for the
school.
The Valley City Times Record says:
THE third Of the series of no-admis-
sion municipal concerts Is announced"
These must be interesting concerts to
the people Of that town-if they can't
get in to hear them.
Implement dealers from the Lake
region met in Devils Lake to organize
a Lake Region association for the fur
thering of their interests. C. D. Haley
was elected president and D. G. Rapps
secretary and treasurer.
The Dickinson Press has entered
up its thirty-fifth year of existence.
The paper started when the town of
Dickinson was a hamlet of half a
dozen houses and has grown with the
development Of the slope.
George A. Wolf, who for some
months has conducted a blacksmith
shop at Mandan, has leased the old
City Lumber company property and
will open an automobile repair and
machine shop in the spring.
ACOIldIo - seriously considering the
proposition OF remodeling the present
school building or Of constructing an
entirely new structure. Both plans are
being given much attention but a
solution has not yet been arrived at.
Aneta Panorama: Paul Overbo, SON
of Rev. o. j. Overbo, has been doing
some remarkable work this winter with
his wireless station. He has been re-
cpivinR naVyS fr0n1 xyarfnpS NJ %I,o
country. At present he is receiving
news daily.
A term of the district court will be |
held in Langdon on March z, accord
ing to an order just received from
Judge w. j. Kneeshaw. This is court |
term and no jury will be called. There |
are seventeen applications for citizen |
papers to be heard at this time. |
The Devils Lake Journal has not |
been able to figure out why it takes |
from Is to So minutes to deliver the
mail from the Great Northern rail- |
road station to the postoffice when
the postotfice is not over three blocks |
from the station. What's the hurry?
Garrison's fire department is get
ting very active. There are now two |
hose companies, one chemical company |
and one hook and ladder company. The |
department has just received 700 feet !
of hose and two carts and is now max
ing arrangements for a fire whistle to /
be put on the pumping station.
Rev. Harvey J. Moore, pastor of the
First Baptist church Of Somnersvilie.
Mass, who has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the First Baptist church
OF Grand Forks, will arrive there next 1
Friday. Rev. Moore will preach his first |
sermon at the morning service in the /
First Baptist church next Sunday.
Emil Estlnson, SUPERINTENDENT NJ
the Petersburg schools, has been re- I
elected for term Of two years, at a.
increase in salary, He is |
a Fargo boy and has made a splendid |
record at Petersburg. Great progress |
Is reported in every line of work OF the |
schools Of Petersburg since he has
been in charge. "
There is lone workman EMPLOYED
on the big water tank that Garrison is
putting in as q portion OF its water
system. This workman is c, r, Fair-
ell OF Des Moines. Ia, and so far he
has been unable to secure helper in |
the Garrison district. All during the |
cold weather this man has worked 1876 /
feet from the ground on scaffolding |
that was well coated with ice. Talk |
about war!
Cando Herald: City Marshal L. w.
Weston shot mad dog on Friday and |
afterwards killed another dog that had |
been bitten by the animal. The first dog |
had been swapping at several persons, |
and IL is more than fortunate that |
some were not bitten, We wish To warn 1