The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23


having collected around him a most
competent corps of helpers. There are
~also two excellent business colleges.
Churches of various denominations,
twenty or more, have houses of wor-
ship. The clergy rank with the best.
Benevolent work besides that carried
on by the churches and different asso
Citations finds expression through
guilds where constant activities reach
the remotest cases of need. Fargo is
the see city Of both the Episcopal and
Catholic churches of the state. Bishop
Mann presiding over the Episcopal
cathedral and Bishop Shandley, former
ly st. Paul pastor, is the Catholic
prelate and has one of the finest church
structures at Fargo to be found in the
Northwest. The Methodists also pos
| sess a fine building and are fortunate
in having an able pastor in Rev. H. G.
Leonard.
While the people of Fargo are active
and practical. there is fraternal spirit
manifested through the presence of all
the leading benevolent orders The
! Masons, perhaps the strongest, have a
temple costing $4,000, the second
| largest in the Union, and a library sec
| ond only to that of Iowa, which state
| has the largest collection of Masonic
| books in the country. Every branch Of
the order is represented in the temple
| the shrine alone having nearly 1000
members. There is also a club and
reading room, open night and day. A
visit to it is delight to every Mason
and lovers Of the beautiful. The city
also has a $4,000 Carnegie library, but
! unfortunately, like many other similar
libraries throughout the country, is not
patronized as it should be. Fargo has
| eleven newspapers, two of them being
daily, and three in foreign languages.
| The Evening Forum is managed by H.
| G. Plumley, prince among men and
writer of ability, and one constantly
! in touch with affairs. Maj. A. w. Ed
wards, president of the Forum com.
pany, and one of the noted editors of
| the Northwest, is present consul gen.
eral at Montreal, Canada. The Morn
ing Call is published by J. ]. Jordan.
whose industry and worth entities him
| to the success he has attained. With
! him is associated Thomas Hall, whose
good qualities have been several times
officially recognized by the public.
Morton's Daily Bulletin, while not a
| daily, is notable publication, issued
under the direction of Col. c. A. Nor
| ton, whose name is inseparably cor
nected with the upbuilding of North
Dakota.
Col. Lounsberry, founder of the Bis
marck Tribune, the first paper in the
state, also founded the Record, pub
lished at Fargo, and devoted to state
| history. He is now special agent OF
the interior department, but makes
Fargo his home.
Fargo is a well built city. Many of
| the business blocks would do credit to
much larger places, while the residence
portion contains really palatial homes
and numerous modest cottages. in
most cases occupied by owners. The
government building, used by the
United States courts, land office and
postoffice, is a $1S0,000 structure, while
the county court house is the best in
| the state, but to name all the substan-
umns of space. Statistics which
show the handling Of millions
of pounds of freight by the railways
of postoffice receipts, showing a profit
to the government of nearly $1,000 a
week, an uncommon record in postal
affairs; of one telegraph company, en-
ploying forty persons; of telephone
company, with phones in use equal
to each ten persons in the city, and so
on through a long list could be given,
| but a person only needs to see Fargo
to be quickly convinced that it is one
| Of the greatest towns for its size in
the country. 1t may also be an item Of
news to say that there Is but small
bonded Indebtedness on the city, and
| that it is being gradually extinguished.
Fargo is a pivotal ce1rSer around
which can be found a wide field of en-
terprise. Strong men have pioneered
| at Fargo. Some are still here, and
others are busy elsewhere. Chas. T.
Yerkes lived here for years, was presi-
! dent of the first territorial agricultural
society; now a street railway promoter
and owner in Chicago and London.
VIM. H. Hunt, governor of Porto Rico,
studied law in Fargo, and afterwards
located in Montana, where he became
chief justice. Gov Hunt and his
brother issued Fargo's first city di-
rectory. e. A. Webb, one of ST. Paups
successful business men, publisher of
the Farmer, began his newspaper ca
reer in Fargo. Andrew Burke, who
served Cass county as treasurer and
| afterwards the state as governor, made
Fargo his home for time. He was a
New York city waif sent West to grow
| up with the country, and made the best
| Of his opportunities. He is now q
special agent of the interior depart
ment. Gen. Harrison Allen, former
auditor general Of Pennsylvania, lived
in Fargo while he was U. S. marshal Of
the state, and still calls 1t his home,
| though in Washington as second au-
ditor Of the postoff1ce department. Col.
Pat Donan, noted as a lurid writer and
lecturer, was editorially connected
with the Fargo Argus for a couple of
| years. George s. Barnes, who, with
Col Magill, inaugurated the present
system of handling grain through ele-
yators still lives. in Fargo. Another
Fargo character, whose tragic death
by suicide at st. Paul few years ago
may be recalled, was J. B. Chaplin, who
built the Continental hotel, each story