The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-08
North Dakota
Kernels

DR.. E. G. Sasse has been made city
health officer of Lidgerwood.
Amidon was without mail for q
! whole week during the recent snow
| storm,
Ice houses are now being filed for
the coming summer-but no more
mint juleps.
The Baptists and Presbyterians Of
Lisbon will begin a. series Of union
meetings this evening.
The business men of Wimbledon
will close their stores at O'Clock
from now until April 1.
At Tower City a dance was held for
the benefit of the basket ball team
of that place, the event netting $40.
The S-room farm house on the Cas-
sic Simpson farm southeast of VIM
bledon was completely destroyed by
fire,
C, A. Mccoy, of st. Paul, has taken
up duties as operator at the n. p.
depot at Tower City in place of L. l..
Begley,
One paper says that there are plenty
of hogs in North Dakota-howeVer, it
is impossible to find a state that has
not at least a few.
Mrs. Holeoplb. mother of Mrs. E.
A. Crommett OF Warwick, had the
misfortune to dislocate her collar bone
by falling down stairway.
August Gooselaw of Pembina re-
n nV1f1 hac rccnH kK4Tn nSf IA
brought him $2S with the bounty. He
also killed a red fox recently.Fss & .-
The Minot postoffice has no parcel
post window and the public believes
that one SHOULD be installed, accord
ing to The Minot Messenger.
A rural route will be. established
out of Osnabrock which will cover a
territory north and east of that town.
The route will begin its service on
March /,
Many Of the weekly newspapers of
the state were somewhat delayed Ow-
iRg to the snow storm. which tied up
trains and prevented paper being
shipped in.
Anderson Brothers OF St. Paul have
been awarded the contract for putting
up $4,000 tons OF ice for the Northern
Pacific Railway company in Mandan
this winter.
The Hastings Cooperative Store
Co. at Hastings took over the stock
and fixtures OF the Miesen Mercantile
Co. and Is now doing business under
the new name.
New Leipzig is to have a new gen.
eral store. Il. b. Ewald has rented the
Wolf building there and is construct
ing an addition to the rear and will
soon start business.
Mrs. A, r. Kurtz was elected presi-
dent Of the Bank Of Hazelton, at the
recent meeting of the stockholders and
directors, to fill the vacancy in the
office caused by the death OF s. d,
Kurtz.
Edward II. Heitkemp, who during
the past season has been assistant
in the WashbuFn- Merrick lumber yard
at Hazelton has taken charge OF a
yard for the Binghammer Mercantile
Co. at Thinner. %
January II will be a big day for the
Methodist congregations OF Pembina
and Toilette, At noon dinner will be
served by the Toilette ladies aid to the
Pembina folks who will spend the
day at Toilette.
Postmaster Chamberlain Of Enderiip
has made extensive improvements in
the postoffice. The fixtures have been
moved around, the front of the boxes
now forming two sides of hollow
square instead of extending straight
across tho building.
Kindred Tribune: Frank KiFkhanl,
who lost his leg on q G., n. freight
train here last spring, was given a
verdict against the railroad company
for $4,000 by q district court Jury at
breckenridge recently. 1t win be re-
membered that Mr.. Kirkham sued the
company for $4,000.
The Will Richard farm home. eight
miles east of Wilton, was partially
destroyed by fire, prompt work on the
part OF the occupants preventing COM
plete destruction. The dwelling was
occupied by Messrs. and Mesdames
Roy Mathison and Dahl Newman.
Souris Messenger: Harold Pat"
Pierrson, working at the Brainard
farm, tried to coax along a lazy fire
with a can OF kerosene and as re-
suit is carrying around q nicely toast
ed face. We all had better use q lit.
tie caution in using kerosene as o. fire
persuader.
Miss Anna Sukke. who is maid at
the John Sinner farm near Casselton,
met with a very unpleasant and rather
serious accident recently. While comb
| ing her hair she dtslocated her neck
A physician reduced the misplaced
bones. but the patient will have to
wear a cast for time,
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