The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-05


and made the closing of school for a
day a necessity.
Beginning with last Sunday the
free public indoor band concerts that
have been a pleasant features of the
winters for several years past at
Williston were resumed.
Committees of the Leeds CONNER
| cial club are busy making arrange
ments to care for the crowds that are
expected to attend the national con-
vention Of the Hallings which meets
in Leeds in June.
The criminal assault and damage
case OF Thea Bye VS.. John Isaacson
Of Tioga was the chief center Of in
terest in district court at Williston.
The jury was out % hours but failed
to reach a verdict.
Wolves are becoming a nuisance to
stock owners in the northwestern part
Of Richland county and are reported
to be holder than usual owing to the
cold weather and difficulty Of securing
their usual food supply.
w. Brown of Neche was the victim
Of a painful accident when his thumb
Of the right hand was caught in some
manner between the fly wheel and the
governor Of a gasoline engine. The
The w. w. King Co. at Tower City,
which for the past quarter Of a CEN
fury has been doing business at the
Big Corner store, went out of exist
ence and from now on the store will
be known as the Monarch.
The ice house which E. L. Bulls
had erected on his place north Of
Robinson, was blown over in heavy
storm recently. The contractor be-
lieves that the collapse of the build
ing was due to a defect in the plans.
Commenting on the beaver dam
prognosticators, The Hankinson News
says: The fellow who predicted an
open winter is now snugly located
back of the old heater and confidently
prophesying another wet season next
summer.
Fire completely destroyed the school
building at Orr. The fire started in
the basement of the building during
the noon hour and before it was dis
covered it had gotten such Roadway
that it was impossible to save the
building.
A crew Of men arrived at Churchs
Ferry to begin the work of erecting
the new Great Northern depot. Sew
eral carloads of lumber are being un-
loaded and the carpenter work has
begun. the concrete foundation was
laid last fall.
The board of education of Cavalier
district has engaged Prof. H. H. Kirk
Of Larimore as superintendent Of the
Cavalier schools to supply the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation of Supt.
Callahan. Professor Kirk has assum-
ed his new duties.
Oscar Christensen of near Velva
met with a painful accident at his
farm. AS he was starting a small
gasoline engine the glove on his left
hand caught in one of the moving
parts and his hand was drawn into
the gearing. Three of the fingers were
badly mangled.
The Williston baseball board, ap-
pointed for 1916. in closing the bust
ness of the season makes public a
statement showing the seasons bust
ness to have totaled over $500. The
club has no Indebtedness and starts
the new season with a clean slate and
a small cash balance.
August Affeldt of Hamberg was in
Fessenden circulating a petition to
present to the Great Northern traffic
department to have passengers Nos.
and stop at Hamberg on flag. A like
petition was also being circulated at
Hamberg and Maddox and all three
were being literally signed.
At Grafton Charles Currie entered
plea, in the district court, Of guilty
to stealing turkeys from Mons, Mon
in the county Jail. Walter Hobbs,
charged with giving liquor to a minor,
entered a plea Of guilty and was
given a suspended sentence.
Souris Messenger: A. H. White has
just returned from Iowa where he
purchased a yearling Shorthorn bull
which is without doubt the best ever
brought to this part of the country.
Mr.. White insists that only the very
best is good enough for the Meadow
Lown stock farm. The price paid was
$1,000.
A meeting of the Wittenberg hos
pital committee at WKilliston result
ed in the first steps toward effecting
a permanent organization preparatory
to active building plans. The business
management will be in the hands of
a board Of nine directors who will
elect a president and other officers
from their own number.
There is a prevalent opinion among
the patrons Of the postofflce that the
present quarters are inadequate for
proper accommodation of the public"
says The Park River Gazette-News..
THE business of the postoffice has
been on the increase and grown to a
considerable extent since the post
office was first housed in the present
10 years ago."
wolford Mirror: The Great North
ern railway during the past week has
had light placed at the south end OF
the depot platform in order to COM
ply with the state law requiring rail-
ways, when trains arrive after dark.
to have their platforms lighted. and
in complying with this law has, with
It's usual extravaganza, put up a tin
lantern affair on the end OF a scant-
ling.
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