The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-30
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KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP.

be Of greater interest to those who !
are not members of the order, for the i
matter of hotel inspector is to be given |
thorough winnowing. From to o |
p. m. an open meeting will be held so |
That all travellers may be given an OPP |
portunity to express their views re- I
garding the fitness of the various cam |
didates and who should be endorsed for !
the position by the local council 1t |
is desired that he who is recommended |
by the local council should be the
choice of the majority of the local grip
carriers. Senior Counselor Stewart
9nd Secretary Dunno are sending out
special invitations to this meeting.
Following the open meeting a regu-
lar meeting of the council will be held
One of the features of this will be the
settlement of the Mackay cup contest
for 1907. AT the last meeting il was
found that there weFe six members
tied for first place in this contest
Since then the boys have been doing
some lively hustling and it is believed
one or two of them have forged ahead
of the bunch so that it may be pos
! sible to pick a winner.
Another candidate for the position of
! hotel inspector has appeared upon the
stage. This is G.. w. Mckinney, the
well-known oil salesman, who makes
his headquarters in Fargo. Mckinney
| has many friends in this city and on
! the road and he viii undoubtedly be
| largely endorsed.
| j. p. Mulaney, who formerly repre-
sented the Smith Manufacturing Co is
| now with the Huber Manufacturing Co
and is making his headquarters in
| Fargo.
| T. ID. Hughes. senior counselor of,
| the Bismarck council, spent the week in
| Fargo hustling for Equitable Life In
| surance business.
| Alexander Crozier, the big and pop
1 ular secretary of the Minneapolis
/ council, is sojourning in Fargo for a
/ few days, working in the interests OF
the Y NJ G. A. Salesmanship club
Robert McCulloch returned last Night
| from Il brief business trip through
| Richland county.
| c. f. Leonard viii leave Monday
| night for Chicago and other eastern
points. He expects to be gone several
| weeks.
1 North Dakota is not the only prohi-
bition spot in the United States, ac-
! cording to Charles Rogers the popu-
lar Minneapolis traveller who spends
| much of his time in this territory. Mr.
Rogers who was in Fargo Friday
| stated that he had just received a
J message from Knoxville, Tenn, his
lhome town, stating that that city, a
place of 10000 people and having $50
saloons, Went dry at the last election,
i ut is one Of the best things that ever
happened TO the town, too he, said,
and there was great rejoicing among
:he people over the result of the ball
Hot
4 C. #. Mohr and w. q. Anderson have
Il been working the Minnesota, towns
4 along the N, p. to the east of Fargo
during the past week for the North Da-
kota Improvement Co. and report very
successful trips.
If the travelling statesmen of the
country ever had a friend in their
lives it is James III. Sprague, president
os the Sprague Umbrella Co, of Nor
lwalS, @. Mr.. Sprague has a whole lot
4 tGf good ideas about how the retailers
should receive the drummer who comes
20 him for business aad he puts his
} ideas into very readable shape in a re-
cent issue of Farm machinery Mr..
Sprague says:
, The man who does not treat travel
ling statesmen who call upon him, with
J courtesy and respect is twin brother
, to the party with the speaking part
that BALKAN rode and is out of place
as Il buyer. He has missed his calling,
] and some manure fork is pining away
in lonesonleness without the unfriendiy
grasp of his withered hand. He is not
Ia good man for the firms he misrerre-
sents as buyer or proprietor, he Is
going through the world missing the
! honest. friendly grasp of hundreds OF
/ lmanly hands; he is losing the cream
i of the bargains that many travelling
} Imen have up their sleeves for good
t people," he is advertised only as q
sneak by the men who are unfortu-
i mate enough to call upon him once;
I'll he is stunned by the boys on the road
| | VINO are always well posted on who
/ | are the decent men in the trade, they
) all lay for him and do him If they can
) | He may think he is sharp but the
) boys all think he is an idiouc loon
y | and they love to give him an unfriendly
/ J, blast every chance they can get and
) many of them will work over time tc
say as mean and generally true thing
about him. Many of the VERY smart
I 4 buyers are upstairs VINO GO not repre-
sent dollar they have earned; who
! are excess baggage on the hands of the
, firm they try to buy for, who would be
: more in proper place as wrap holders
!. for a second race horse, or chamber
: maids in country livery stable, thar
!. as buyers for reputable. concerns.
is not necessary to buy of every tray
I efer who calls upon you. but if yot
!, have to be the least bit mean to amy
! one. vent your spite on one Of then
whom you have given an order. Il
! YOU feel called upon to be wamble-
cropped and ugly, and are such q foo
| that you can't hold it in, and too COW.
]. ardly to try 1t on some one your size
; give d traveller a good order and tler
/ he will grin and bear your idiocy. Tel
: him if the goods don't come Just ex
aetly as represented and plumb up t
the sample. that you'll fire EN- bacl
and kick him out the next, SHINE h
i comes. He will laugh at it and sa,
= to the boys, "The old mani isia d-r--t
I old crank, but you cam soil him al
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