The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-07
North Dakota
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The Harvey chautauqua will be hell
| on July Is to II inclusive. TheS
dates have Just been fixed.
Nels Nahum of Fingal. was injured
| quite seriously when he fell while at
tending a sale in the country.
The ladies of the Scandinavian Am.
erican Lutheran church Of Blaisdell
met and formed a Ladies' Aid so.
ciety.
Some new cottages have been erect
ed along the shores of Lake Juanita
Other improvements are being made
to this resort.
The flour business of ]. F. weedine
at Crosby, was sold to Herman
Brackelsberg, who has already taken
charge.
church of Killdeer. arranged for the
purchase of a parsonage for the resi-
dent minister.
A. n. Gather of Defiance, was
brought to Golden Valley, where he
was adjudged. insane and committed
to the state hospital.
The third annual Market Day sale
which will be held in Arnegard or
April IL and Is. is attracting attention
all over Mckenzie county.
The proposition to organize a band
at Parshall has been taken up again
and it begins to look as though that
place would get what it wants.
The state fire marshal has ruled
that any resident of a school district
has the right to ring the fire alarm in
the schools for fire or fire drills.
The Valley City Municipal band is
making preparations to give the peo-
pie of Valley City and vicinity a con-
cert, to take place at the armory. April
II.
Andrew Zimmerman of Gackle. has
purchased the dray and transfer line OF
j. A. s. Heffelfnger at that place and
will. take complete charge immediate
~.
A deal was made at Arnegard by
which Harry Bauman and Don CI.lds
of Rawson purchased the Arnegard
pocket billiard hall from Thomas
Shirley.
The Great Northern hotel at Arne-
gard has changed hands. Robert
Bousliman. of Williston leasing the
place from the owner, Sivert Knudson
for a year.
A movement is on foot at Valley
City for the organization of a Citizens
Rife club. There are a number OF
residents of the city who desire to take
up range work.
The tennis club of Harvey is waking
up after it's long winter sleep and is
getting ready for an active season
The membership of the club will be
limited to twenty members.
Grace City is to have a Catholic
church. The Catholics of that town
and vicinity have made arrangements
for the purchase and remodelinE of an
old school building at that place.
1t is probable that an English
Evangelical Lutheran church will be
established at Killdeer. 1t is under
stood that there are a large number
of members of the faith in that town.
At Crosby. Charles Ackerman:s resi-
dence was slightly damaged by fire
A fire in the chimney communicated
to the ceiling and walls and for time
~ appSoASN 40 khOuSh ShS iOuSO was
doomed.
Oscar K. Thollehaug assumed the
management of the Winnor- Torgesen
Lumber Co.'S yard at Goodrich. Mr..
Thollehaug formerly was located at
Lakota, where he had charge Of the
lumber yard.
The village board of Fingal has
made ARRANGEMENTS for the opening up
of a street between the Ramsett store
and the Atlantic elevator. The board
Is also considering the matter of
proper drainage for the town.
A motor and booster pump has been
installed in connection with the fire
cistern in the town hall at Van Hook
and will be used as an additional fire
fighting engine. An effort will be. made
for organizing and drilling the fire
department.
Fred J. Johnson and Martin Christ
enson are the first two young men
from the Mott territory who have
answered the call to the colors. The
boys were recruited there joining the
United States regular army for coast
artillery service.
For the first time in their history
Schafer and Watford City have a
smallpox epidemic. The disease first
broke out in Watford City several
days ago. A number of cases have
developed since and when it was sup
posed the spread of the disease was
checked it broke out at Schafer. There
are two cases there at the present