The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-12
North Dakota
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A victrola has been installed in tn
osnabrock schools.
The Calvin workmen are to Civ
a masQue ball on the evening OF 81
Patrick's day.
The Rutland BottIing works whicl
has been in operation in Rutland sine
last spring will move to Oakes in tn
near future.
BY slipping and falling so that tn
runners Of heavy sled passed owe
IL, John Swiden had one Of his leg
badly injured.
Ernest F'uIInel. of Enderlin, former
ly an old conductor on the 500, pur
chased the John Stenvick bowling al
leys and billiard parlor at Lisbon.
Mayor w. d. Best Of waIhalla ha,
a rib broken when a boxcar door fel
from its fastenings and landed on tot
Of him. He was trying to close thu
door at the time OF the accident.
The telephone operators at Calvin
have IL nice. A beautiful new rus
has been put in the once and Il:
greatly appreciated by the operator
according to The Times OF that place
Paul Scott of near Hannah, shot q
large eagle while it was perched OF
one of the tree-tops in the grove. Thi:
makes the third bird Of this kind that
has been killed in that vicinity re-
Gently.
An invitation has been extended by
the Watford City Commercial club tc
the commercial club of Arnegard to
smoker to be held on the evening
of Feb 16.
Osnabrock is going to get a NOV
ing picture theatre, something that
has been wanted in that town for q
long time. Walter Nelson Is promot-
ing the enterprise.
Mike Will and Ben Hutmacher were
arrested at Garrison and taken before
Magistrate Nelson where they were
foung guilty of bootlegging. each was
fined SO and costs.
W. Brown of Walhalla was the vic
time of a painful accident when the
thumb Of his right hand was caught
between the fiywheel and the governor
Of gasoline engine. The thumb was
badly crushed.
Among the proposed improvements
of the coming season at Hankinson is
one-story brick building by F. H.
Peitz. Mr.. .Peitz is now considering
plans and viii probably erect a build
ing 24x36 feet.
Only two pupils have thus far en-
rolled at the night school at Hankin-
nj MI srko ic
manifested the sessions will probably
be discontinued.
METERS & Withheld, proprietors OF
the Gem theatre at Hankinson, have
made arrangements to redecorate the
interior of the theatre. The theatre
will also be enlarged by utilizing a
part of the space in front.
Miss Olga Frisk OF Alamo had the
misfortune to break one of her arms
while trying to start a gasoline engine
preparatory to washing clothes, when
the engine backfired. breaking both
bones just above her wrist.
The old Alert building at James,
town which was partially destroyed
by fire was condemned by the city
council and a resolution introduced
requiring the owner to cause the
building to be torn down and removed.
The fire department of Glendale
made test Of the water pressure to
be obtained from the water system
and, according to The Leader, it was
found that there is not enough pres
sure to contest with q good sized fire.
The citizens Of Sanish have organ
ICED a fire department. about twenty
five enlisting at the first meeting. e.
f. Wesley was elected chief. The
town has ordered as much fire. fight
ing apparatus as possible at this time.
1t develops that while Peter Ed
wardsen, rural carrier out of Kindred,
has been in the service sixteen years,
that that town also contains q close
second for him-Ole Vagsness, who
has been in the service for fifteen
years.
Jonas Anderson of Fort Ransom
built a fire in the kitchen range and
left the room, which seems a lucky
thing. The water pipes were frozen.
The stove exploded and was blown to
pieces and all Of the windows in the
kitchen were shattered.
VIM. Schuett of Hankinson is spon-
SOlAHS d hIONSAlCAI " SCOdIC 1TCG IIId1l
delivery for that town. Cities of 1900
people or more are entitled to free
delivery, and it is thought a census
taken at this time would put the town
in the free delivery class.
At a meeting of the Wyndmere fire
department a committee was named
to confer with the town authorities
for the purpose of inducing them to
purchase a chemical engine. An ell
ection of officers was also held and
n. II. Nelson was made chief.
Cayuga Citizen: v. Bergstrom, who
has been confined to his home by ILL
ness for the past six weeks. was in
Cayuga on Tuesday. He reports that
the snow has almost hidden his farm
buildings from sight. The snow in
his front yard is eighteen feet deep.
Leonard Journal: The town turned
out en- masse Wednesday noon to wit
ness the arrival Of the rotary and it's
breaking through the drift just be-
yond the creamery, where drift had
accumulated some eighty feet deep and
500 feet long. squarely across the
track.
Hankinson News: They do say that
a chocolate colored porter on one of
the snow bound 500 trains here this
week took all OF the checker fiends
into camp. That the colored gentle
man is to be entered in the state tour
.nament at Grand Forks next month
as a dark horse is a report we decline
to credit.
H. G. Westphal, for several months
past temporary carrier on rural route
No. 2 out OF Hankinson has been ap-