The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-01
North Dakota
Kernels

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The ButtzviIle school is to have a
new piano.
The children will soon have to so
back to their books again.
Those who are now sorry they made
those resolutions, hold up their hands.
The 500 depot at Parshall is. to be
enlarged by the addition of rs feet on
| one end.
| The electric company at New Leip-
zig has instituted the twenty-four-
hour service.
The new fire whistle for Tower City
has arrived there and will be in
stalled on the town hall.
Lester Stead is constructing an un-
! dertaking parlor at Parshall. The
| structure will be only temporary
one. =
Parshall has put on night watch
man for the winter months. John A.
selthun has been named to the posi-
ton.
At Parshall, H. c. Highfill made the
purchase Of the Crystal cafe from
Geo. LaLonde, who has gone to Mime
| sofa. =r@."
Half a dozen stoves are being used
| in the new school building at Parshall
in. drying out the heavy concrete
walls.a
The Frederic Hotel at New Leipzig
/ was formally opened with. nine
course dinner served to a large num-
Der of people.
Marlin Mauuardt, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. L. E. Marquardt of Bismarck,
had one Of his legs fractured as the
result of a fall.
ALI the Lisbon telephone force, that
had been employed three months or
more received two weeks extra salary
as Christmas gift. = ~ '~-~-
Two petitions for postmaster at
Hazelton are out at that town, one
being circulated by B. f. KIabunde
and the other by w. B. Andrus.
At Montpelier, Henry Gullickson
sold his interests in the Montpelier
meat market to Elmer Olmstead. The
firm name now is GullIckson & Ohm
stead.
The new motor fire truck purchased
| by Lisbon behaved handsomely in the
snow, when the city authorities gave
1t a trial in the street. to test it's eff
cheney. -
Reports show that the receipts of
greatly increased the year just passed.
The Rolla postoffice has also made a
new record.
The opera house at Hurdsfield is
being equipped with electric lights,
electric foot lights being installed on
the stage and clusters placed to light
the auditorium.
While saving wood with circular
saw. Clyde v. Snyder had the mis-
fortune to fall on the saw and receiv-
ed a severe flesh wound in the left
arm near the elbow.
Joe Augustine, who has been with
the Citizens State bank at Enderlin
for the past two years, resigned to ac-
cept position as cashier in the First
State bank of Orrin, N. d.
The Kukuk school souse in district
No. So near Cavalier. was burned to
the ground, with all it's contents. The
fire is supposed to have caught from
M. E. Ure1l, deputy sheriff of the
new county of Grant, is an old timer
in that part of the country, emigrat-
ing forty years ago and taking up a
homestead in the Shields neighbor-
hood.
Miss Emily johnson. teacher of the
primary department at the Prairie |
Rose school, had the misfortune to
break her arm. She slipped and fell |
while about to enter the Henry Ham
merly home.
The Northern Pacific hotel at
Jamestown is being remodeled and |
the name has been changed to the |
League hotel. Probably the initials of |
the old name should have been used, |
making it the N. p. League hotel.
The Minnewaukan siftings has
started the publication of volume "a, |
Twenty-Five of these years The Stiff
ings has been under the guidance of /
William Miller. This is a splendid |
record and The Siftings has been
splendid paper.
A school teacher of near Portal.
Miss Huff by name. had lot of hard
luck while visiting a sister in Cam
ada. She lost her purse with SIS and
had her grip with a number of valu-
able Christmas presents in it stolen
from her room.
At Tower City Clifford Rice has
purchased half interest in the moving
picture theatre from r. B. Hustad
who has been associated with III. H.
Vowles for the past two years. Vowles
and Rice will operate the establish
ment in the future.
A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Matt Michaelski of Enderlin. met with
serious accident. She was playing
with pair of scissors when in some
way the instrument pierced her eve.
While the sight Of the eye may be
saved. there is yet some doubt.
Montpelier is to have a creamery.
Henry Gullickson, Don Hobkirk and
Severt Spilde are now making a trip
through Iowa making Investigations
and getting the necessary informa-
ton for opening up plant in their
home town in North Dakota.
Valley City Courier: The fire whistle
attempted to elbow" Christmas night
to notify the populace that there was