The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-22
North Dakota
Kernels

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Kernels
The Great Northern has a crew of
men at work at Page making prepar-
atoms for the erection Of q new wat
er tank.
The Camp Fire girls have been or
ganized at Page among the school
girls who are busy making their
plans for the future.
Ole sviggum Of Gunara was badly
frostbitten about the face during a
drive to the Oscar Larson home
southwest of this town.
A change in the management OF the
Thompson Yards, Inc, at Neville, has
taken place., H. E. Lund Of Chaffee,
N. D.. has assumed management.
]. B. Martin of Hamilton has con-
structed a sheep shed 2ox2O0 feet and
corral 200 feet square. Mr.. Martin
has over 600 sheep that he is winter
ing.
The program is now complete for
the fifteenth annual meeting of the
North Dakota Live Stock association.
which will be held at the Municipal
auditorium at Bismarck, January "a
to 25.
The Devils Lake Region Medical So
ciety elected officers as follows: Pres
ident. DR.. ]. A. Carter, Warwick; vice
president, DR.. r. c. Heron, Tolna;
secretary and treasurer. DR.. G. F.
Drew.
Chas. Roberts of Egeland suffered a
painful accident while putting coal
into the furnace at the school house
when in some manner he slipped and
fell, smashing two Of his fingers Sc
verely by the falling coal.
M. Mccormick, who has been leas-
ing the Maurer hotel at Binford for
the. past six months, departed from
that place. The Maurers have again
taken possession, and will remain I'M
til another renter can be secured.
The Larimore school saving system
is growing rapidly with a total saw
ings of $382.89. The first banking day
after the holiday vacation proved to
be the biggest of the year when
$124.S3 was brought in by the different
grades
Miss Anna Brovold of Enderlin, who
has shown symptoms Of insanity dur
ing the past year, was taken to Lisbon
and from there, after examination by
the insanity board she was sent to
the state insane hospital at James
town.
At a meeting Of the cooperative
Store Co. at Hastings, L. L. Green
law, of Detroit, Mimi, was selected
as manager Of the store. Mr. Green
law has been for five years in the
employ Of Monson Bros. of the Mime
sofa town.
w. H. Biddick, the new proprietor
of the Berlin Hardware & Furniture
store at Berlin, left for his old home
at townsville, Wis, to straighten up
his business matters so as to be able
to devote his entire time to his Ber-
lin business.
The young band members of Kin
dred at their meeting organized by
electing the following officers: Pres
ident, L. Larson: vice president, G.
Elstad; secretary and treasurer, Ord
ner from. librarian, Thee. Olson; di-
rector. Arnold Dahlen.
VIM. Wildish mail carrier on r, D.
No. 3 out of Sherwood. travels over
his route warm and comfortable, as
he has installed a small soft coal
keeps the temperature of the interior
just right. --s-.~''. -~
A night school will be started at
Wahpeton. Courses in English gram
mar, reading, spelling, arithmetic, and
other common branches will be Of
fered. The teaching force will be
made up from the high school and
science school faculties.
The county commission of Benson
county has appointed Magnus Hof-
strand a member of the board of trus-
tees of the county agricultural school
at Maddox to succeed Victor Ward
rope, who was elected as states at
torney.
Residents of Eastview school dis
trict in Ramsey county in which the
Lawton consolidated school is situat-
ed, are circulating petitions to call
special election to vote on a $4,000
bond issue to raise money to build
an addition to their school house.
Larimore Pioneer: Mrs. H. Cham
pion is mourning over the loss of her
faithful pet dog, Booty" The dog
has been her constant companion for
the past ten years. There is hardly
q person in town who has lived here
for the past dozen years but who
knew him.
Kindred Tribune: Grandpa Broten
out at Ole Swenson's, reached his 96th
birthday last Sunday. A little gath
ering was planned but owing to the
extreme weather it could not be car
ried out. The old gentleman is still
hale and hearty in spite Of his almost
five score years.
Sherwood Tribune: Drs. Walter and
J. Van de Erve are slipping about the
country in their new motor sleigh.
The new machine is a decided i'm
provement on the one they built last
year, as the axles have been shortened
SO that the wheels at the rear are
sleigh runner width. d., 49,.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Griggs county fair as
ISOLATION was held in Cooperstown.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing. year: President, J.
G. Mills; vice president, w. H. Sans
burn; secretary, ]. A. H. Winsloe;
assistant secretary, Ben Killeran.
Minnewaukan Siftings: The "Iittle
old man" of The Siftings would like
to take one good look at that old In
dian weather prophet who prophesied
an "open winter" Probably he meant
to say open at both ends''-fall and
spring; surely he had no reference to
the months of November. December
and January.
Agitation is under way at Christine
for a new school building for that VIII
lage. The present structure is not