The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-14
North Dakota
Kernels

II
Electric gongs have been installed
at the public schools of New Leipzig.
The same system also operates the
fire alarm.
Woburn will soon be incorporated
as a village and petitions are already
| being circulated with the view OF TAX
ing in nearly half Of a township.
Page Record: The Great Northern
has completed a large new water tank
here, to take the place of the old one
that has done service for many years.
Work has begun on the annual
school play at Fingal which will be
given Friday, March %. grhe play
selected this year, A College Town,
is a three-act comedy.
Lisbon House at Lisbon has closed
its doors. as there was not sufficient
business to warrant running. The
Lisbon House is one Of Lisbon's old
land marks, as it has been known for
/ many years.
Oscar Bothun of Sherwood has pur-
chased the old Schlaberg barn and lot
and removing the barn to make room
for the erection Of q large freproof
garage Of cement.
The Depot restaurant at Churchs
Ferry has changed hands again. The
Minnick family who have been running
the place during the winter, will quit
and H. P. Smith who formerly ran
the place, will take charge.
At Parshall a petition from the0
Couch addition, containing the sigma
lures of practically all the property
holders there, has been presented to
the board of trustees asking the ad-
dition's admission to the village.
The Fornan Sunday school will give
fair and entertainment for mission
airy purposes on March 10, at the Con-
gregational church. Each class will
have charge of q booth and also con-
tribute two numbers for a program.
John Copeland and H. H. Miller
have formed a partnership at Pembina
and will enter the mercantile business
there about April /. They have leased
the Cavalier store opposite the bank
and will put in a full line Of groceries.
|
| in the near future at Wyndmere in the
building which formerly housed the
Rex cafe, making for the present the
| fifth eating house in that town. E. J.
| Sjordahl and Otis Gleason are back Of
the project.
In a test for water at Scranton
| the Milwaukee railroad company
drilled q feet and struck one Of the
best flows along the line. The water
was within 8 feet Of the surface about
thirty minutes from the time the flow
was struck.
Messrs. Thompson and Sandkamp
of the Glendale Creamery Co. are in
chine in the plant. Most of the equip
ment is now on the ground, but it will
probably be three or four weeks be-
fore everything is ready,
The long looked for combination
mail route from Wyndmere to Home
stead and return has finally been act
Washington and Postmaster Otis re-
ceived official notice that Oscar Sire
had been named as carrier.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Farmers Mutual Tele-
|
ing officers and directors were elected:
President. J. L. Gorder; vice president,
Ole M. Ramstad; secretary-treasurer,
N. Magnuson; directors. Gust Vidar,
Ben Anseth and H. E. Holum.
At Churchs Ferry a mass meeting
of the citizens was held to talk over
the proposition of putting in an cleo
trio lighting plant. No definite action
was taken regarding the matter but
estimates of the cost of a plant with
sufficient capacity to furnish lights
and power for the town were read.
A team of horses owned and driven
by J. P. Keim, dropped into the dump
ing pit at the Farmers Union ele-
vator at Steele, when he drove upon
the scales. A large crowd was rallied,
the platform torn away, and the horses
pulled out by main strength by means
of ropes around them. They were not
outwardly injured.
A meeting was held at Lorraine to
organize a baseball team for the COM
ing season, at which the following Of
Vigil; captain. Alfred Knutson: Sec
rotary, H. H. Wheeler: treasurer. F.
J. Iwert. It was decided to hold a
basket social and dance March "a. for
the benefit Of the club. -
Sherwood Tribune: Rev. Ray w.
Smith, pastor of the M. E. church. and
wife and little son will remove to
Logan, Utah, where he has ben given
an appointment by the superintendent
of Methodist missions. Mrs. Smith has
been in very poor health this winter,
and has been confined to the house the
most Of the past three months.
Langdon Republican: Freight SUI
perintendent Griffin Of this division Of
the Great Northern spent a few days
of the past week in Langdon during
the farmers convention. While here
the matter of securing ample stock
ward facilities for Langdon was TAX
en- UP with Mr.. Griffin and he investi-
gated the situation and positively as
sured the commercial club that good
yards and shipping facilities would be
put in at Langdon this summer.
-.-. ~ Land Taken Over.
(By Associated Press)