The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-19

his bite. Someone had samples of
wheat from the southern fields sent in
the other day and those samples soon
were centers Of interest for the grain
was alive with green bugs or ''alphis =
They We're lively fellows and showed
reciprocal interest in the brokers, who
were promptly set to scratching each
others inaccessible points where the
green bugs had made a reconnaissance.
Market bulls say that If the green
bugs" get into Kansas wheat prices
will slSy-rocket.
20. K" in big letters was the report
on the Panama canal made by the Chi
cago Commercial association delega-
ton upon it's return from a call on
Chief Engineer John f. Stevens of Chi
cago at the isthmus where Chicago
brains have been so conspicuous, in
the persons of Wallace, Shonts and
Stevens. They said sanitary conditions
are good, that remarkable progress in
actual digging is being made, that the
labor is efficient and Stevens leader
ship is superb" Delegations from st.
Louis, Cincinnati and Boston accom-
panied the Chicago men JOY Morton
the canal zone as anywhere. Italian
and Spanish labor was found to be
very desirable.
William Wambaugh will return
from Chicago to his sheep ranch in
Colorado mourns the loss of bride
pulls $4,000 in cold cash, against which
losses his only offset is distinct gain
in experience. Wambaugh met Sophia
Finlan in Denver, and Sophie leased
$4,000 from him on the way to Chicago.
This vexed him so much that ne COM
planned to big policeman on the cor
ner and Sophie was put behind iron
bars. Wambaugh went to see her she
won his heart again, he dismissed his
complaint and within half an hour
they We're married. Sophie declared he
must at once buy new trousers, and
when he left her to try on pair in a
big department store he gave her his
roll, which amounted to another 3d.
900. She said she was going to buy a
hat in the millinery department but
when the ranchman got into the new
trousers, he had no money to pay for
them and Sophie had disappeared.
Charles Edward Russell who ar
raigned the big Chicago meat packers
in his book The Greatest Trust in the
World, believes that conditions have
changed In a letter to the officers of
the National Packers exposition, which
has just been made public, he writes:
IF | can possibly arrange to be in
Chicago between May / and II, shall
be glad to visit the exposition, and |
hope 1t will meet with great success.
think none of us that have criticised
the old time methods have any interest
except to see carried out the reforms
that you indicate in your letter" AS
the occasion seems likely to have a
bearing on the public's discrimination
in the products of food manufacturers
and of meat packers, it has been en-
dorsed by the Chicago board of trade
Both the kaiser and king of England
have been invited to send personal rep
resentatiyes and consuls Of all foreign
nations will be guests of honor.
Great feasts of Roman and British
history and the greatest of barbecues
We're all but outdone by the big feast of
the Chicago Commercial club last week
at which $500 men sat down. The ban
quet is proving success in arousing
interest in boosting Chicago and daily
increases of membership are reported
The amount of food consumed at the
banquet runs into big figures. Among
the items were 800 gallons of soup,
1000 pounds of beef tenderloin, fifteen
gallons of olives. 1400 tea biscuits, 200
bricks of ice cream and 5000 cigars.