The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-19

AT Linton h y. ketcnum mas sold
his meat market to Fred Kist OF
Steele.
Mrs. ]. IA Stuotenburg Of Edgeley
had the misfortune to slip on the icy
walk and break her arm.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Often OF Pembina had the mis-
fortune to fall and break her collar
bone.
The Oscar Freesene residence at
Sherwood was Quilted by fire. All OF
the household goods, clothing and 9TH
er valuables are total loss.
Bernard Dahl Of Reeder while slid
ing down the school house hin cut
his lower lip on a barb wire fence It
required two stitches to close the
wound.
The Flaxton Times is the first news
paper OF the state that has raised the
usual cry Of Clean Up" It is a good
thing and cannot be started any too
soon. Next!
Arrangements have been completed
for the establishment OF a 60-barrel
Touring mill at Edgeley. All the nee
essary stock In the new institution
has been sold.
Fire in the kitchen Of the City hotel
at Cavalier caused the department of
that town to make a run. Little dam
age was done before the flames were
put under control.
Pembina Pioneer Express: Thirty
inches thickis the ice crop on the Red
river where the ice has been exposed.
This Is about as thick as the ice gets
here at any time.
The Cando schools are to have a
school paper which will probably be
named The Dwarf. It will be publish
ca seml-monthly by Leonard Joiner,
with staff Of assistants.
big effort is being made at Gar
fson to organize a good band, AL
ready Is have Joined and the organ
ization has been completed by the ell
ection of officers. e. L. Vorachek is
president.
Page Record: The boys of Page held
a dog race on Monday afternoon. for
which there were four entries. The
course was from Page to Bedford, and
the race was won by Ralph Bryant
and his dog. $50 ss-.
The farmers institute and the Sec
ond annual midwinter exhibit will be
held at Cando on March and 2. A
large number of premiums have been
offered for vegetables, home products,
poultry, grains, sewing and other
things.
At a meeting at Hankinson the
Hankinson Chess and Checker club
was organized with DIR. D. e. Ryan
president, H. Solsrud vice. president,
and Rev. H. C. Juell secretary treas
urer. Meetings will be held each Mon
day evening.
AT Minot the Sit pupils attending
the Central school required forty-sev-
en- seconds to leave the building when
Fire Chief Slocum rang an unexpected
alarm. The chief made the rounds OF
all the schools in the city and gave the
pupils fire drills.
A charter has been issued to the
Rural Telephone company of Griggs
county, with home offices at Binford,
The incorporators are Ole L. Ander-
son. James A. McCulloch. Emil A.
Retalaff and others, and the capital
stock is fixed at s2S.000.
Wells county is entirely out of debt.
The last debt was wiped off the slate
when $4,000 funding bonds were re-
ceived cancelled by County Treasurer
A. +. Belcher. These bonds were is
sued Jan. 80. 1897, and ran for twenty
years, at per cent interest.
A committee from Pembina met
with the village council Of st. Vim
cent and discussed plans for putting
in a pontoon bridge across the Red
river. Last year the two towns were
cut off from each other practically all
summer by the high water.
Chief of Police Swanson of Valley
City Is exhibiting a fine ebony club
which is a present from Conrad Peter
son, who has just returned from the
border with Company @. It was made
by the donor during spare time. and
is much appreciated by Mr.. Swanson
The Pembina commercial club held
its annual meeting recently, J. Hene-
man being elected president and J.
LaMoure, Jr., was chosen as secretary.
The club discussed the matter of a
pontoon bridge across the river at that
place and took up the market day
question.
Hankinson News: N. H. Jones has
recently added ten head Of high grade |
Holstein cows to his dairy herd. and
with the model barn built last fall is |
on the road to one OF the best dairy |
plants in the state. A milking machine |
Is one Of the improvements planned |
for the future.
kilograms from Washington were
received in Pembina ordering the city
postofflce turned over to the new ap-
pointee, Sidney Douglas. to take eff |
feet yesterday. The Office will be con-
tinued in the same place until Mr.. |
Douglas can get fixtures installed in |
the Branchaud block.
Harold Hall, who has been running
The Tolna Tribune for the past six
months, has disposed of the pubIica-
ton and plant to Ivan M. Hennessy,
for several years with The Lakota
Observer. Hennessy has taken charge
and will continue the publication
along the same lines as has Mr. Hall.
AS a further proof that Cando is
one of the leading horse buying CEN
ters Of the northwest the records for
the last ten days shipments are sigr
nificant. During that time so head Of |
grade draft horses were shipped out.
purchased by Montana buyers; the
price paid averaged better than 5000
per head.
Bowdon Guardian. The people along
this branch Of the N. p should make
1t so miserable for the railroad off,
Gals during these blockades that
when another summer comes they
would put the line in condition to
give service in the winter as well as
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