Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-13
GRAFTON

parents. MI. ana Mrs. u. M. Haer,
who have spent The spring n sum-
mer months in Europe, will be home
October L.. The White Star liner.
Majestic" on which they. sailed from
.~Cherbourg, locked at~New York to-
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Baer LAY spent
most Of their time on the continent.
They will visit relatives in New York
City and Chicago before returning to
Grafton. t
An attempt to enter Brosnahan &
Olson's store between closing and
opening~i1ours was frustrated by I'M
known causes, possibly a noise or
passersby. When employees am
down to open the store they found
had been loosened, the window broken
in n the floor. covered with broken
glass. A close search failed to show
that anything had been taken from
the office or stock.
Jack Stewart and Bert Popowski,
football stars and graduates OF the
high school. have gone to Brookings,
South Dakota, to take the course in
forestry at the state university.
Miss Jessie Gillespie has gone to
| Sarles where she will teach the COM
ing year.
f. B. Eggers. Jr. and Miss Rose
Eggers left Sunday for Chicago. Miss
Eggers will spend the next two weeks
with relatives. Mr., Eggers will trans
act business and return in a few days.
Mrs. Lynn Williams and children
have returned from Santa Rose. Cali
fornia, where they have spent the
summer with Mrs. Williams parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Kibbee, former
" of Drayton and Grafton.
, Walsh county farmers will have an
opportunity to sell off ON of their
surplus horses under the auspices OF
the North Dakota Farm Bureau Fed:
GRAFTON, Ed S. Delaney, q well
known horseman, will be in Walsh
county early in October to inspect and
give demonstrations in market de-
mands. If he can locate one or more
car loads of horses he will undertake
their sale in the East. Last winter q
number OF cars of horses were
shipped to eastern markets from,
North Dakota and sold advantageous
ly, and there is every reason to believe
it is urged, that Mr.. Delaney will dis
pose of n animals offered for sale:
Herbert. the son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
G. Wilson, was host to nineteen little,
friends at a lawn party. Games and
sports kept the children amused until
half past five when a supper was
served indoors at three tables centered
with sweet e Mrs. Wilson was az
sisted in entertaining her small on's
friends by Mrs. j. J. O'Brien and the
Misses Dalma Hanson and Charlotte
Currie.
In spite of a heavy rain that fell
steadily all morning a. congregation
that taxed the seating capacity Of St.
Johns Catholic church assembled to
pay the last tributes of respect to Hon.
James F.. Hall who died Friday morn
Ing from a stroke of apoplexy. Father
Z. NJ. Turcotte. assisted by Father
LCArrol1. conducted the services. P. r.
Farr. "A. McConville, Martin Berg, 3.
A.. Sell, M. w. Hostetter and p. j.
Murphy acted as p~allbearers, ana
local members of the knights of Co
lumbus attended as an escort OF
hopor. Mr.. Hall was at one time a
tcahdidate for lieutenant governor.
Mr.. Hall is survived by his widow,
formerly Miss Louise Kelley to whom
he vas married July 13, 1885: one son,
Wallace J.. Hall, and four daughters,
Mrs. W. j. Clare, Grand Forks: Mrs.
George Lally, Spokane; Mrs. F.. r..
Lally, Chicago, and Miss Alice Hall.
Mrs. Frank Fl. sprague was hostess
Saturday afternoon to 4 group Of
ladies. complimentary to Mrs. George
McCabe,, who will leave soon for Min
sweet peas and asters
frightened the rooms where auction
bridgs wa the diversion. The favor
for the highest score went to- Miss
Maude Stewart. In the service of re-
freshmefts late in the afternoon Mrs.
Sprasue was assisted by Mrs. Man
ville Sprakue. Mrs. leonard Sprague
and Mrs. Henry B. Eggers. Jr.
The censps takers have completed
their canvass of Walsh county school
and returned the figures to
County Superintendent w. ]. Hoover.
The total Is 6,351 children OF school
aEe-3,272 boys and 3.0s7 girls. a<loss
Of 81. from the returns Of a year ago.
The August apportionment. which
has been delayed because some coun-
ties have not sent in their census re-
ports upon which are based the
amounts to be received by each school
district in the. state. will amount TO
$19S, 67a.70 this year. This is $4,000
greater than the apportipnment q year
ago. The census returns from the
cities and villages OF Walsh county
are: Grafton, 94b; Park River. d95;
Mimic, 1872; LaHkin. 204; Hoople.. 1913;
Fairdale, 173; Adams. 1877; Pisek,
1876; Edinburg, ia: Forest River, 90;
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