The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-03

lot In that town on account or the in
creased rate Of insurance that would
result to his store building on the
same lots.
At Wyndmere a petition was being
circulated last week by J. J. w.
Dvorak. asking the 500 line to stop all
trains at the platform. At present all
trains but one. No. los, southb0und,
stop and it is this train to which the
petition referred.
The Melville Auto & Supply Co.,
which has been doing business at Nc
Vile the past two years under the
ownership of Messrs. Iippert, Klemes-
rud and Haggberg, has been dissolved
as partnership and MIR. LippeFt takes
over the business.
Paul and Mike KIM Of Hankinson
are planning to enlarge the plat of the
Hankinson Automobile Co. as soon
as spring opens. An addition thirty
feet wide will be added to the north
side of the building and it will be
made fifty feet longer. -
The North Dakota Sheriff's associa-
tfon elected officers as follows: Presi-
dent, J. P. French, Bismarck; vice
president, NJ. c. Stensby, New Rock
ford; secretary treasurer. K. n. Kun
KEEL, Fessenden. Jamestown gets the
convention next year in July.
At Casselton a recent high wind
which did much damage, started
car Of coal in the Great Northern yards
which travelled as far as Colfax before
1t could be stopped. Luckily no one
was hurt, although it is estimated it
was travelling at the rate of about fifty
miles per hour.
w. H. Heinmiller Hankinson black
smith, was forced to vacate the shop
in the cement block factory at that
place owing to it's purchase by Fred
and being unable to secure
another suitable building has decided
to move to Victor, S. D., and open a
blacksmith shop.
w. o. Kingston, facing a charge Of
perjury in the district court at Minot.
filed an affidavit of prejudice against
presiding Judge Leighton. This will
necessitate the bringing of another
district court judge to Minot to try
the case. 1t will come up some time
later in the session.
The annual city election at Hankin-
son occurs on Monday, April 2. this
year The only officials to be chosen
are one alderman from each of the
over for another year. The aldermen
whose terms expire are r. L. Ireland,
G. Ross Fowler and John Green.
All the stock in the Scranton Pub
fishing company, publishers of The
Register here, has been transferred by
George A. Totten, Jr, and his asso-
ciates to Roy Johnston. Mr.. Johnston
Is from Lennon, S. D., where he has
been employed on the staff of The Her
aid, of which Ole X. Fetland is prop
rietor.
Supt. H. K. Jensen of the Morton
schools is greatly interested in
the school for foreigners and announc-
ed his intentions of having rural
school teachers give q little of their
time to teaching foreigners to read.
write and cipher. 1t is believed that
on in the rural schools on Saturdays.
Plans to organize a potato ware
house building association were
at meeting of farmers and
other interested persons held at Mich
gan. The proposition was received
those present voting
to give their support, |
md preliminary steps toward the or
ganization of such an association were
aiken.
The directors of the First National |
1ank Of Neville have purchased a con- |
rolling interest in the bank at Pekin |
If T. j. Alstad and stock owned by |
he late Chas. Rurseth of Cooperstown.
This makes the fourth bank that the |
first National of Neville is now in |
crested in besides the Neville institu- |
ion. one at Temple, Sharon, Pingree
Ind Pekin. |
The total amount of money appro- |
oriated to the public schools of Ward |
county under. the February apportion-
nent, which covers a quarterly period |
rom December l, Is $26,O76.59 and the |
Der capita apportionment is $3.50 for |
he same quarter. The number of |
OF school age in the county |
Ipon which the apportionment is |
BASED is S,494.
One of the colored porters on the |
Glacier Park limited. the Great North
ern passenger train arriving in Minot
1T ZAP p. m. from the twin cities |
lad supply of booze with him when
he left the wet districts and before |
ne reached Minot had consumed en-
ough of it to want to run the train.
He caused the conductors so much |
.rouble that it was necessary to sum-
non the local police. He was taken
% the Minot police station.
AS a result of two weeks revival
services conducted by Rev. Mrs. %. s.
snelgro of Los Angeles. Cal, in the
lome of Mrs. Spriggs, at Bismarck,
he colored people of the city have
organized a church membership of
eighteen and have already paid 500
Town on piece of property on Eighth
street. G. H. Coleman, w. A. Mar
shall, Thomas Lee and Henry Oliver
# soliciting funds to pay for the prop
srty,' which will be used as q church,
s now under way.
Earl c. Hamilton of Minot, had an
almost miraculous escape from death
It that place in the Great Northern |
yards. He, was walking along |
he tracks and stepped from the
reight shed SPUR onto the main line.
moving west and when he did see 1t,
I was too late to jump to safety. The
engine struck him just as he was leap
ng from the tracks and threw him
distance. Other work.
nen who were passing ran to his aid |
md were cutie surprised when Hamil-
on informed them that he could walks
lone. Other than feeling the effects
# the bad shaking up Hamilton was
ininjured and will be able to resume i
his duties at the freight shed in the
course OF a few days.
"a GOOD, OLp.FASHI0NED
PHYSIC,"