The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02
North Dakota
Kernels

| eTdl plate glass windows at Langdon
Fire in the scale pit Of the Equity
elevator at Tower City did damage
estimated at $500.
The ONCE of the Beach yards of the
Schulz Lumber Co. has just been com
pletely redecorated.
A band benefit dance is being ar
ranged at Lorraine for Monday evening
April 8. at the town hall.
The Robinson baseball team realiz.
ed over 800 from the dance and
basket social held recently.
The Verona Implement association
held meeting recently and discussed
| electric lights, chautauqua, and grav-
| eled streets for the town.
| Arrangements are in progress to
have a three days' chautauqua in Van
| Hook some date in June. There will
be two sessions each day.
| Williston will make another gain in
| population May l. when it again be-
| comes a division for the railway mail
service. according to unofficial reports.
The farmers in the vicinity Of Alsen
| ers' elevator which Il is expected to
erect in that town this coming sea-
| son.
Leonard Journal: A crew Of survey
| ors worked up from Woods to Leon
| ard. with a view to ballasting and
| strengthening the Northern Pacific
road bed.
At Beach the c. H Brown livery
| barn was totally destroyed by fire, the
origin of which is unknown. One horse.
COW, several hogs and some equip
| ment were burned.
While cleaning a gun. a short time
ago. Roman Schonberger of Wheat
| land, suffered a painful accident. los
| ing the little finger on his right hand
The gun was loaded.
| While working around the elevator
at Neville, Allen McDougall, son of
! place, had one of his legs broken be-
| tween the knee and ankle.
Gackle Republican: It has been
| rumored about the village that a new
| modern. fireproof hotel building will
| be under construction before long on
| the three vacant lots on the east side
ton.
A new implement firm, composed Of
Theo. and Melvin Mark and Fred
Swanson, has organized at Neville
under the name of the Neville Imple-
ment Co. The new company will oc-
cupy the old livery barn owned by P.
T. Mark.
LaMoure Chronicle Echo: Miss Rose
Schaub, the County school nurse ar
rived at LaMoure Wednesday. Miss
Mary A. Baker will remain until about
April assisting Miss Schaub in get
ting acquainted with the details of the
duties Of her new position.
Pembina Pioneer Express: 1t is safe
to say that the city treasury will re-
ceive at least $50 benefit from the en-
thusiasm the Derby dog race brought
to Pembina. There are fully twenty
five added to the canine family all Of
which are in harness most OF the
time.
A movement is on at Nortonville
and subscription lists are in circulat-
ion for incorporating and organic
ing Nortonville Public Hall Co.
Stock is being sold at $40 per share.
This movement was started a week
ago and something like $500 in cash
has already been paid in.
Darlington Independent: A young
tarantuIa. deadly spider. arrived with
a bunch OF bananas at Walker & Co.'s
ured about six inches from tip to tip
of feelers or legs. He was about allin-
ski from the cold. but when placed
near heat rapidly revived.
Farmers in northwestern Williams
county. through their organization,
the Grenora Farmers Elevator Co.,
will erect one of the largest and finest
elevators in the northwest this spring,
a concrete structure of $4,000 bushels
gross capacity or $4,000 net. The new
elevator will cost approximately $1S.-
900.
The Langdon Light Co., at Langdon
has placed an order with the Cavalier
County Implement Co. for one of the
late models of so horse power Mogul
engines, which will be installed for
use in the light plant. This engine
burns a low grade of oil and is intend
ed for use during the season of the
year when the amount of electric cur
rent consumed is low.
posed water and sewer system at this
time. Before the matter is placed in
the hands of the people Of the city an
appropriation will be made by the
city council for the purpose Of sink
ing test wells to ascertain what sort
of a water supply can be secured. |
This was decided at a mass meeting
of citizens of the town.
While negotiations for the sale of |
the LaMoure electric light plant have |
been pending for several weeks, it |
was not until last week that the trans |
fer was definitely contaminated. ByIl
the deal closed o. e. Jackson of Eu- |
reka, s. D., c. ]. Thies Of Pepin, Wis,
c. ]. Johnson, formerly of Minneapo- |
the entire business of |
the LaMoure Light & Power Co.
At a mass meeting at Fessenden.
which was largely attended by citi- |
zens Of the town and rural residents, |
it was decided to organize COMMUNE |
tY club and after some discussion a |
set of bylaws were adopted and the |
club to be known as the Community |
Club of Fessenden. was duly launch |
ed. In order to best put the new
organization on it's feet and to make |
the club a permanent organization 1t |
was thought best to incorporate.
The people living along the Farmers |
line of railroad in the western part of |
Pembina county and eastern Cavalier
are organizing to have the line extend |
ed from Concrete to Stilwell and Olga. |