The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-16
North Dakota
Kernels


A new barber pole has been erected
in New Notwithstanding to latest
adyices.
Is it a bold one? Heading in The
New Rockford State Center: Local
store plans to have new 'front.'
Eggs no more than get out Of the
class Of curiosities than potatoes
common old spuds-become relics.
Arrangements are being made at
Valley City for a ski tournament to be
held there either next Sunday or Mon
day.
A number Of branch towns are get
ting out Of the drifts enough to learn
that the United States has broken
with Germany.
The legislative session will soon be
over and the people OF North Dakota
can concentrate their entire minds on
the German situation.
The annual North Dakota firemen's
tournament will be held at Valley
City on June IL. The date was fixed
by the executive committee.
Sand mixing with the snow during
the recent storms Is the cause of many
OF the rotary plows being in the re-
pair shops most of the time.
There are probably more flags fly
ing over the state since the break with
Germany than have been seen in many
years except on the Fourth Of July.
The water tower for the city water
plant at Killdeer has been completed,
the workmen sticking to their labors
even in the coolest weather Of the
past few weeks.
The Boy Scouts at Killdeer, have
been reorganized with the following
officers: Scoutmaster. s. A. Delremple;
scout patrol, Louis Larson; secretary,
Willis Davidson.
Cyril Heath. cashier and ticket
seller at the Beach n. p. station,
leaves shortly for Billings, Mont, hav-
ing received a promotion to baggage
master in the Montana city.
A Reeder man cut cash in his ear
while shoveling snow. according to
The Western Call Of Reeder. There
are some ears that could be used very
nicely for clearing sidewalks of snow.
At Valley City IS is offered for the
best slogan with which to advertise
the automobile show that will be held
there. This year the auto show and
the products show will be held joint
ly.
A number Of Reeder business men
went on a rabbit hunt recently and
when they returned they reported
that they had only seen seven Of the
Dummies, having returned with only
five.
The Van Hook band now has a
of 35. new recruits com
ing Unto the organization constantly.
The~b has spent $1,4OO for instru-
ments which have been ordered and
will soon be put to use.
A petition was circulated at Van
Hook, and was largely signed, asking
ton of bonding the town for $500 for
the purpose Of erecting and furnish
ing schoolhouse. The petitioners ask
for 20-year bonds.
DR.. J. c. Jackman. formerly resi-
dent physician of st. Luke's hospital,
Chicago, chief house physician Of st.
Johns hospital, Springfield, Ill, and
also for a considerable time with the
Wabash railway dispensaries, has op-
ened offices in Minot.
Van Hook is to have a new gentle
mems furnishing store in the near
future. John Stephenson, a tailor of
that town, has lumber on the ground
and other material ready to begin
work on a new building for the estab-
lishment he will put in. u.
Reuben Ankarberg, Stanton black
smith, had a rather unusual accident,
when, while burning a hole through q
piece of wood with a hot iron, the iron
burned through the wood faster than
he expected and inflicted a painful
burn to one Of his legs.
w. J. Bear. better known as
"Blondy" Bear, wanted by the James
forgery, is being held by the police of
Rockford, Ill. AS soon as extradition
papers can be made out Sheriff Ross
will bring the accused man to James
town.
North Dakota is glad to have her
soldiers home from the border. This
was shown by the demonstrations all
along the line, many Of the smaller
towns turning out en- masse to cheer
the troops as they passed through
dered at the larger places where COM
panies are headquartered.
The fire in the Ignite coal strata
under the new schoolhouse at Dunn
Center has been extinguished. Salt
water was used after a tunnel was
dug under the building. Arrangements
are being made to prevent a repeti-
ton of the fire, which. it is believed,
was started from sparks from the
heating plant.
Rogers Citizen: One Of the largest
snow drifts resulting from the storm
of last Saturday night and Sunday
was to be found at the home OF L.
up the 500 tracks. Mr..
house was nearly entirely
covered. So bad was the drift in
front of the door that Mr.. Mickelson
found 1t necessary to get out Of an up
stairs window in order to get started
to shovel away the snow.
Grafton Record: The freight block
ade caused by the recent storm caused
great Inconvenience for the officers OF
the institution for feeble minded. 1t
takes between twelve and fifteen tons
of Ignite coal a day to keep the big
boilers of the institution going. All
winter long DR.. Wylie has been keep
ing the mails and wires hot in an eff
fort to get a supply of coal on hand
for such an emergency, but without
avail and on Wednesday the stokers
were scraping the bottom Of the coal
bins and no coal in sight.