Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-14

.Mas tne anhua Ineetins oL Ine
tional Education association.
Observation-Disclosures B. C..
Ward announces that early in the
spring the Fargo Bridge & Iron Co.
will begin work on a 7O-foot span
bridge over Burnt creek,
near the Sperry farm, north Of town.
This bridge will be me Of the first
features Of a program Of Improvement
River Road which the county COM
mission intends. to restore to its for
usefulness. In early days this was
the all-important highway between
bismarck, Washburn, Fort Berthold
and other outposts on the Missouri
river, to the north and west.
Fargo-It leaked out here this aft
eIrnoon that the %four-dollar c%ontribu-
ton from the Saturday sewing cir
cle' to The Forums tobacco fund for
the American soldiers. came from a
person who had won a stake in a
Saturday afternoons poker game.
The donation was accepted.
Parshall-Awakened by the smell
Of smoke. members Of the Abel Bell
more family living is miles south of
town, escaped from the burning
structure into the sub-zero weather
clad only in their night-clothes. In
their bare feet they wandered a dis
lance of 800 feet to a neighbours place,
suffering from the extreme cold. Mr..
Bellmore's feet were badly frozen.
Bismarck-N. C., Macdonald, state
superintendent of public instruction,
will leave Friday: evening for Wash
ington and Atlantic City, where lie
will attend a national rural school
the superintendent section Of the
National Education association.
Fargo-John Hurley, a homestead
or near Williston, paid a fine of $50
in federal court Monday afternoon for
bringing five pints Of beer into the
state: from Montana. ~.
Observation-Disclosures chairs were re-
quired to seat the number that at
tended the father and son banquet
given under the auspices Of the local
Y. NJ. c. A.. Arrangements had been
made for 165. Two hundred were ac-
commodated. The address vas given
by Hon. Andrew A. Bruce Of the state
supreme court.
Bismarck-There seems to be no
lack Of money in some rural districts.
State Auditor Kositzky reports that
payments Of principal and interest on
school land contracts are running as
high as 100000 the day. A majority
OF these lands are sold on 20-year
contracts, providing for the payment
of one-ffth down and one-ffth every
five ensuing years until the total has
been paid.
Jamestown-"The Power House.
the official publication of the James
town. Commercial club. gives the
membership Of the club at 175. The
officers are jubilant over the cooper
alton between the farmers and the
merchants and also in the fact that ii
farmers belong to the club.
Valley City-Friends and relatives
gathered and honored Mr.. and Mrs.
H.. c. Ames. who recently celebrated
the sixty-fourth anniversary Of their
marriage. Mr.. Ames is 81 and his
wife IS. %
Fayette-The sight Of his father
and a neighbor in a quarrel and the
constant fear which he has entertain
ed since is believed to have unbalanc-
ed the mind of the 11-year-old o OF
Sila Pogrebnek. Frightened at the az
fair. h boy ran away from home but
later returned. A few days ago anoth-
err neighbor CHANGED to visit the
place. This seemed to add to his ter.
ror and he went insane.
Fargo-Yesterday marked the las,
aliens. Chief of Police Louis Dahl.
gren, chief registrar, reports tina,
t~hirtyrone were catalogued in Fargo
The little town@of Durbin, Cass coun-
ty. with hardly more than three
buildings registered sixteen.
Bismarck-Edward Erickson, state
solidated schools, conducted four sue.
cessful consolidation meetings in the
vicinity Of Martin, in Sheridan coun-
ty, last week. Mr.. Erickson will spend
the remainder Of this week around
jamestown, leaving Friday evening
with other educators for important
school meetings in Washington and
Atlantic City.
Jamestown-Figures made public
here show that the Northern Pacint
spent $500, 600. here in the last three
years in improvements. The annua,
payroll OF the company in. the cit,
amounts to between $500, 900 and
100000 When the railroad force !.
J employs. about us men which is in.
creased to about 1000 in the sum.
mer. 1t is estimated there are 43s
railroad families in Jamestown.
Fargo-w. P. P~orterheld, directo,
OF explosives. is out with a bulletir
announcing" that an ice shortage i,
next in line and urges a large harves
OF ice to be stored locally. He say,
explosives and other articles enterinl
into the war. have created an enor.
nous demand for ammonia, used II
the manufacture of artificial ice, /.