The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-14
North Dakota
Kernels

4 Inc LADIES' ala or Noonan cleared
$50 from.a basket social.
NJ. o. Grangaard was elected presi.
dent Of the village board Of Rogers.
The plant Of The Globe Gazette a,
Wahpeton has been greatly enlarged.
A number of improvements havs
been made to the Presbyterian manss
! at Larimore.
Casselton has q big motor truck The
Standard OIL Co.. has put one in serv-
ice in that town.
The explosion Of a tightly corked
bottle in a bonfire badly lacerated the
face Of Ted DAZZLE OF Bucyrus.
The Presbyterians Of Edgeley are
patriotic. A company has been form
ed and is being given military drill.
c. H. Dale of shollsmade. elected
county auditor Of Slope county at the
election last fall. has assumed his
duties.
A little daughter of Mr.. ana Mrs
John Beiver Of Leonard had one OF
her hands badly lacerated on q broken
fruit Jar.
The town board Of Leonard has
taken ND the matter OF removing the
hitching posts from the main street
OF the town.
The ladies of the German Lutheran
church at Munich held a supper and
sale and cleared $S5 for the benefit OF
the church.
The commercial club of LaMoure
now has a membership Of 10. The
club has been recruited by q big mem
bership campaign.
Edwin Raber Of Hebron has been
promoted to corporal in the First Min
nesota infantry, which Is doing guard
duty at st: Cloud. ..-
While playing in an open window,
Charlie Morton of Max had his scalp
badly lacerated when the window
came down on his head.
There is going to be some light
thrown on The Ashley Tribune. The
sanctum and the composing room were
recently wired for electricity.
Alamo. one Of the youngsters in the
northwestern part Of the state. is alive
was raised at benefit dance.
A trail will be marked from Bis
marck to Minot through Max and will
be known as the Yellow trail. The
marking will be completed by June l.
The residence Of Postmaster Roath
OF Maddox was badly scorched when
a grass fire he was attending got away
and set fire to a straw banking around
the house.
The Hebron band will give another
concert and dance on the evening Of
April q, when May Queen will be
crowned and the children will partici-
pate in a May pole dance.
The people Of LaMoure. voted to
Issue $4,000 for the Improvement of
the water works. The town was decid-
ed in its vote which was 125 for the
bonding and 20 against 1t.
A baseball organization for the COM
ing year was perfected at Amidon at
an enthusiastic meeting recently. A.
B. Landquist was chosen to manage
the team again this year.
AS a result Of the appearance Of
smallpox at Watford City the town
board has taken decided action for a
more strict quarantine. All dogs have
been ordered kept tied up or get shot.
The wood working plant, which has
been under construction at Steele dur
ing the past winter and equipped for
all kinds Of mill work, has been COM
pleted and Is ready for business. J. H.
Handy is head Of the new industry.
The Van Hook Tribune is looking
forward to lot Of excitement in that
town this summer. The town has a
baseball team. good band and the
hre company is going to do consider
able drilling. German submarines are
not expected.
A mass meeting of citizens of
Brinsmade was held recently and pre-
llminary steps taken for the organf-
cation Of a commercial club. A COM
nittee was appointed to enroll mem
oers and arrange a constitution and
code Of bylaws.
It now seems as though the people |
of Stanton are to get the road south |
of that town to Pleasant Valley i'm
proved. The Mercer county commits
sioners Were looking over the high |
way for the purpose of finding out |
While talking about the utilization
OF waste ground for war gardens, why |
would 1t not be a good plan for the
people OF each town to secure the |
right to farm the rights-of-way of the |
railroads for mile or so in each direc- |
ton! Raise something and make the |
scenery better.
A telephone company, to be known |
Is the North Line Telephone Co. will |
soon be doing business in the country |
North Of Halliday. Thirty nine farmers |
rave. subscribed and taken stock in |
he company and work will be started /
IN construction as soon as the frost
. out Of the ground.
All those unsightly vacant lots in |
the small towns should be planted to /
war gardens. Every village should /
have committee to take ND this work
and see to it that the people of the
town all do their share. Commercial
clubs in the smaller towns could do a
Eood piece OF work along this line.
PUTTING OFF TILL TOMORROW.
Of mans miraculous mistakes. that
bears
rhe palm, That all men are about to
live
Forever on the brink of being born.
All pay themselves the compliment to
think
They one day shall not drivel, and
their pride
On this reversion takes up steady
praise:
It least their own their future selves
applaud
How excellent the life they ne'er will
lead!