The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-17
North Dakota
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The commercial club of Valley City
is putting on campaign.
The cities and towns of the state
are now interested in the local cleo
tons.
The Killdeer Masonic lodge held a
| banquet. There were a number of
visitors from surrounding towns.
Geo. H. williams, an experienced
chef and restaurant man. has leas-
ed the Nigey hotel dining room and
cafeteria at Mandan.
The farm home of Matthias Dahl
eight miles northwest of Hazelton, was
burned and practically the entire con-
tents were DESTROYED.
An incipient fire in the Woodman
hall at Sanborn was extinguished be-
fore any great damage was done. An
overheated stove was the cause.
Arrangements have been made for
| st. Patrick's day dance at killdeer
this evening which will make the day
green letter day in the history Of the
| town.
At jamestown Police Magistrate
James A. Murphy reports that not a
single arrest was made during the
month of February. and not a fine
turned into the city Golfers during the
month.
The first annual banquet of the Mi
| not Automobile Dealers association
was held at the Leland hotel in that
city. Some forty members Of the as
ISOLATION were present and spent a
very enjoyable evening.
The 1915 class of the Minot normal
school took the initiative in establish
| ing a fund for the installation OF a
| master clock and a system of signals
for the calling and dismissal of classes.
Workmen are busy making the
| installation.
Joseph Dyer of Lisbon. who went
to the front with the First North Da-
| kota as commissarY sergeant has re-
| turned to his home from Montana,
where he filed on claim under the
privilege which his service for Uncle
Sam gives him.
The officials of the Independent
Harvester Co. closed a deal with the
Killdeer Equity Farmers Elevator Co,
| by which the latter takes over the
Independent line of machinery and
will handle 1t hereafter. Moving Of
1
| weather will permit.
The members of the Norwegian
Lutheran congregation of Milestone
have decided to build a church at that
place. The plans call for the erection
of a building costing about $4,000.
There will be a full basement which
will be used for church society enter
tainments when completed.
The Minot Motor Sales Co. at Minot,
has purchased the lot adjoining its
property on Third street northeast and
will enlarge the present building now
story structure b0X140 feet. Plans are
now being made for the improvement
and the building will be erected dur
ing the present season.
Belheld Times: Organizers have
been at work. the past several weeks,
selling stock for a farmers organiza-
ton which will take over the w. 7.
Hendren store and operate it as a
farmers store. Eighty shares will be
sold, sixty of which have already been
subscribed for. No one will be al
lowed to have a controlling interest,
thus making 1t a purely cooperative
store.
The new pipe organ purchased for
the department of music Of James
town college has been installed in the
reception room of the department and
is now ready for use in the instruction
of organ. The installation Of the
organ is but temporary as it will be
placed in the new music hall as soon
as it is completed. probably some time
before the beginning of the school
year next fall.
Cooperstown Courier Sentinel: The
city council at their regular meeting
this week. considered the protests
against both the water and sewer sys-
TENS and found same to be insufficient,
but decided not to advertise for bids
at once, but to go carefully, making
some further Investigation as to water
supply and septic tanks, and for that
purpose are sending two Of their men,
hers to inspect systems in several
cities of this state.
When Dr. Towne of Bismarck,
heard that the submarine Deutsch-
land arrived last time. he wired in
to New York for some novocaine. a
non poisonous. local anaesthetic. He
wired direct to the FarbwaeTke Co.
of New York and was among the very
few fortunate dentists in this country
to secure a supply Of this valuable
Gated in the United States because Of
a highly complicated formula.
The committee in charge of the cam
paign for subscriptions to the funds
for the erection Of the general hos
pital in Minot. the location for which
has recently been purchased. state
that it is meeting with liberal re-
sponses in the way of subscriptions,
It is stated that the matter of procur-
ing subscriptions will be pushed with
increased energy and that 1t Is expect
ed that the money to erect the pro-
posed structure will be available in
reasonable time.