The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-20

The Langdon Commercial club will
hold it's annual banquet next Wednes-
day night as a part Of the ASprecia-
ton week program.
1t is probable that a potato warehouse
will be erected at Lidgerwood. The
matter has been taken up by the COM
| mercial club Of that city.
A. L. Parsons was elected president
of the Lidgerwood Commercial club
at the annual meeting held recently.
f. w. Mashek was chosen secretary
and treasurer.
A special jury term of court. scr the
| trial of all cases, civil and criminal,
has been called for Eddy county, to
begin Feb. 13 at New Rockford. The
| term will continue about three weeks.
The Northwestern District Medical
association held it's annual meeting in
Minot. the election of officers for the
! ensuing year having. been made. DIR.
A., J. MCDANIEL of Mfnot is president
Albert Timboe. a brother of Chief
of Police Peter Timboe of Devils Lake,
has Joined the u. s. aviation corps.
He left for st. Louis, where he will
enter training. His enlistment is for
three years.
There was a good meeting held at
Slope Center at which time an or
ganization known as the Slope Center
Commercial club was perfected. w. H.
/ Barlow was elected president and w.
L. Reager, secretary.
The pin setter at Matthews pool hall
at Langdon received a bad cut on the
forehead by being hit by a returned
ball. Several stitches were required to
close the wound. Someone must have
thought he was pinhead.
George Burke, son of Ed. Burke of
near Devils Lake, was seriously burn
ed about the neck and hands and
which occurred when he was trying
to start a gasoline engine.
Among the improvements in SANTA
ton at the Fort Totten Indian school
is the Inauguration of a daily collec-
ton of garbage and other refuse
placed in the newly installed modern
metal sanitary garbage and trash
cans.
Contracts were let at Devils Lake
for the rebuilding of the Bangs block,
destroyed by fire three months ago.
| Fjelseth & johnson of Devils Lake re-
ceived g. $30,250 contract, and work on
the new building will start as soon as
weather conditions will permit.
The ice harvest is on at Langdon
and a large amount of ice has been
cut at the reservoir southwest of that
| town. The ice is very difficult to
handle, as it is now nearly three feet
thick and the reservoir has a large
amount of snow on top of the ice.
The Devils Lake fire department
was called on to put out bad Chin
| ney fire in the house occupied by l..
A. Sutton. The flames were confined
to the roof and attic, which were bad
ly damaged. The rest Of the house
was badly damaged by smoke and
water.
The total amount Of building per-
mits issued during 1915 in Minot, ac-
cording to the report of Building In
spector o. H. Moon, was 1923, 455.
The number of buildings erected dur
ing the year was I'll Of which many
were business blocks and large apart
ment houses.
The committee named, by the Lidg-
gate the possibility of establishing
creamery at that place have asked for
more time in which to make their re-
port, the weather being such that
they have been unable to make a
thorough CANVASS of the situation
T. J. Vincent, who for the last fif-
the Rogers Lumber Co. at Minot in the
capacity of superintendent, has re-
signed his position with that firm and
after three weeks vacation which
he is spending in the south. will de-
termine upon location and will en-
gage in business. for himself.
A convention call for the members
of the Sheriffs' association of the state
will be sounded about February by
j. P. French of Burleigh county, pres
ident Of the organization. The meet
ing will be for the purpose of discuss
ing matters pertaining to the Office as
we'll as any legislation which may be
proposed between now and the time
that the members convene.
The Amidon Auto Stage Co. is the
name of a new business firm estab-
this new business firm are J. G. Ire
land and T. ]. Haggerty and they will
engage in the business of transport
ing travellers into every nook and
corner of Slope county. They will also
operate a stage line running between
New England and Bowman.
very serious condition prevails in
the town Of York, where an epidemic
Of diphtheria has broken out. Two
deaths have occurred, and there are
eighteen cases. The town has a popu-
lation of about 500 people and there is
no resident physician. A representa-
tive of the main public health labora-
tory has gone to aid in checking the
epidemic. and a representative OF the
state board of health is there also.
Prefers Chamberlain.
Tn the course Of conversation