The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-09

II North Dakota
II Kernels
Dave Brightbnl was elected mayor
| of Cando.
| Axel Rude of Mona has been elected
as principal Of the Milton school.
Hazelton is having some trouble in
| securing land to be used as a dump
ground.
The Cozy theatre at Bowman is be-
ing repaired and number OF improve
| ments made.
Another dynamo and engine have
| been added to the electric light plant
at Litchville.
At the meeting of the Fordville
| council. Isaac Mitchell was again made
president of the board.
o. E. Banding was made president
| OF the commercial club at Harvey. H.
B. Bachman was chosen as secretary.
Bowman is to have a baseball team.
An organization will be perfected at a
meeting to be held in the near future.
The postoffice building at Pisek has
been remodeled and q garage made Of
| the vacant rooms and part Of the
| front.
At Park River. the Park River Tele-
phone Co., was granted q franchise,
the town council renewing the old
franchise.
The home Of L. D. Briggs. on his
farm. eleven miles northwest of Hazel
ton. was destroyed by fire. The loss
is about $500.
The Emmons County Republican at
Hazelton. Is still Of the belief that a
live commercial club will be of great
benefit to the town.
A Close, Fordville drayman, met |
with q painful accident when a large |
box dropped on his hand, breaking two |
fingers and otherwise bruising the
hand.
At Cando. C. H. Olson is having |
plans prepared for the erection of a |
new store building in which he will
open department store this coming |
summer
"A crew OIL INCH are GuRdBcO dL 4NSCLS |
remodeling the Great Northern round |
house to make room for the larger |
engines which are being used on that |
branch this spring.
Tom Jorgenson of Langberg is |
carrying around badly battered face
and a black eve. as a result of being |
kicked by a stallion in the Gallagher |
feed barn at Bowman.
The Hansel creamery was sold re-
Gently at public auction. Fred Puppe |
purchased the building which we un-
derstand he will convert into potato |
warehouse. The machinery was sold. |
Christian Jacobsen, young son of |
Robert Jacobson Of LuVerne, accident
ally shot himself through the left |
hand, between the thumb and index |
finger while handling % calibre rifle. |
The st. Anthony & Dakota Elevator |
Co.'s house at Colfax. one Of the big
Rest in that section, was destroyed |
by fire. two freight cars on the track |
next to the elevator also being burn
ed.
A deal was contaminated at Lisbon |
whereby Leo Billings became the own
er Of the old City hotel property form
erly owned by Ole DUAL. Mr.. Billings |
is having the building redecorated and |
otherwise improved.
A meeting of farmers Of Emmons |
county was held recently at Hazelton, |
when a tentative organization was
formed that is expected to develop into |
a stock breeders association. Another |
meeting will be held in the near flu
ture.
Arthur Wabeschew Of GAINESVILLE, |
Wis, purchased quarter section of |
land from u. L. Burdick, located near
the Burdick ranch 20 miles east of /
Williston. He is now completing his
plans for stocking and farming the
place this summer.
Backed by the Women's Civic league
spring cleanup week has been pro-
claimed officially for Williston by
President F. Craven. The week Of
April % to % has been set as official
cleanup week and on April 80 an Of
fetal Inspection will be held by the
city authorities.
Luverne Ledger: A car Of cotton
has laid on the industry track of the
Great Northern here for some time
owing to an overloaded freight engine.
This car is consigned to Petrograd,
Russia, and the freight bill against 1t
at the time Of it's arrival at its
destination Will De $1oVVs
The local Woodmen camp passed
the hundred mark Monday evening,
when six applicants were elected and
seven candidates initiated" says The
Litchville Bulletin. Three months ago
the camp had only 3S members. More
than 100000 in life insurance has been
written this winter"
The old artesian well at Sheldon, at
ter many difficulties thrown upon the
village authorities to control it's flow,
has caved in, creating an enlarged
chasm about IS feet deep, with the soil
edges falling in all the time, which
renders it a menace to the town.
Some means will have to be employed
to remedy the threatened danger of
engulfing the town.
A deal was closed at New Rockford
whereby s. N. Putnam disposed of
majority of his interest in the indie
pendent Lumber Yard to liver Roald-
son and Robert Olson. and the two
new men will have active charge of
the yard as soon as Mr.. Roaldson is
relieved from his position as manager
of the Bovey-Shute Lumber Yards,