The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-20
North Dakota
Kernels

| Wahpeton opened bids last night FOL
some new paving that Is contemplate
ed for this coming season.
The ladies of the Munich Presbyter-
ian church held a church supper re-
Gently at which they cleared over $50
Crosby is talking baseball club. An
effort is being made to get a good
team to put in the field this coming
season.
The Calvin school opened on Mon
day after a weeks holiday which was
brought about by an epidemic OF
humps.
| The farmers of the Calvin vicinity
will meet at that town on March "a
for the purpose nf organizing a farm
loan association.
Ray is to have a market day on
April Z. 1t is expected to make these
days a monthly occasion in that town
this coming summer.
o. r. Benson has been made secre-
tary of the Michigan Commercial club
| to fill a vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of r. B. Murphy.
Jim Collins of Clyde had the mis-
fortune of being thrown from load
of straw, fracturing his collar bone
and badly bruising his head.
The First National bank Of Mandan
is having the interior portion of the
its constantly increasing business.
Mrs. A. Oihus. from near Nash. was
given an examination by the insanity
board at Grafton and adjudged insane.
She was committed to the asylum at
jamestown.
Marvel Mackin Of Streeter had her
arm quite badly cut when it was
pushed through pane Of glass. The
physician was obliged to take ten
stitches to close the wound.
The Blaisdell Implement Co.. which
has been conducted at Blaisdell by
Otto Olson and Ole Benson, has been
sold to Lewis Anderson, former county
commissioner Of Mountrail county.
At a meeting of the Flasher Rural
Telephone Co. held at the Bollinger
school house near Flasher, Howard
Lindbloom was elected director of the
concern for a term of three years.
George Mcclure has been appointed
by the Minot General Hospital asso-
citation to take charge of the cam
paign funds. Already $4,000 of the
expected 100000 has been subscribed.
The Carey elevator at Mapes was
burned with about $4,000 bushels of
grain. 1t is believed that the fire
the office. The loss is partially COW
cred by insurance
The contract for the A. Ingwalson
building at Crosby was let ito Beck
we'll & Widell Of. Mankato. MINI. The
building will be erected On South Main
street on the site on which the Crosby
Furniture Co. store now stands.
New Leipzig is going to have large
building season this summer. Already
a number of residences have been con-
tracted for and many Of the farmers
in the surrounding country have
planned extensive improvements.
If the farmers in the Binford COM
munity will cooperate to the extent of
planting a larger acreage to potatoes,
1t is almost q certainty that a ware
house will be erected in Binford the
coming summer. of sufficient size to
handle the entire production.
At Park River the proposition adj
vanced by the Great Northern rail-
road for the city to maintain and pay
a monthly rental for scales and stock
yards in that place, has been rejected
by the council. Park River has been
trying to get enlarged facilities there.
For the past five years the CONNER
cial club has been discussing the adj
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opened up in that town. 1t now seems
probable that one of the small So
barrel a day mills will be put in OPP
Grafton at that place in the near flu
ture.
The Watford Guide gives an account
of two drunks who mistook The Guide
office for a restaurant and in trying to
find the lunch counter upset a case
Of type. There was plenty Of PIP
then, according to the editor of the
sheet, who is probably still saying
things.
The Watford City Commercial club |
will give a luncheon and smoker on |
March Fl at which time the PROPOSE |
ton of constructing telephone line |
rom Charleson. Keene. Banks and |
Berg to Watford City will be discus |
sed. The club has invited everyone in !
terested in the proposition to be pres
emit at this session.
Langdon Republican: A number of |
he hunters of Langdon are talking |
about an organized crow hunt and ex- |
pect to put one across in the very
near future. They believe that the only |
way to have chickens in the fall is to |
destroy the crows that prey upon the |
nests and the young chickens earlier |
IN the season. 1t is planned to organize
two teams. and the one that brings in |
the most crows will have a dinner at |
the expense Of the other team.
A new telephone company, under
the name OF the New Hradec Tele-
phone Co. has been organized, the |
members including fifteen farmers
north and northwest of Dick |
Inson. A meeting was held for the |
organization of the COM |
pany and it is expected that it will |
be made permanent at the next meet
ing. The officers chosen are as fol-
lows: Vincent Kovash, president: A.
G.. Sadowsky, vice president; John |
Fisher. secretary; Louis Kostelecky,
treasurer
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