The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-10-01
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been and were rather than tosthe pres
ent conditions the seashore showmen
lay their plight, and to prove their
faith in the future they are already
planning for a record breaking season
of pleasure and profit next year.
Rockefsilerss Rangers.
With an army OF alert guards at
every outpost. the skyscrapper castle
OF Standard Oil on lower Broadway is
today for the first time in years tight
" fortified against intruders. No look
out in a Tenderioin gambling house
ever exercised closer scrutiny than
that to which every face that essays
to pass the portals Is subjected by d
redoubled force of doormen and de-
tectives. A man must be sure of his
business and tell IL quick and straight
to get so much as q glimpse of. tho
labyrinth OF mysterious outer corri-
dors that honeyeomb the whole inter-
Tor OF the fortress of this notorious
trust. To loiter for minute outside
the stretch of ground glass doors with
In these walls is to be ordered to the
street by attendants that ceaselessly
guard each hall and landing. Years
ago when the elder John d. was wont
TO make constant headquarters inside
this building a like excess of vigilance
prevailed throughout the place. With
letter files as handy as they. must be
somewhere within, no one is wonder
Ing at today's renewal Of the strenu-
GUS vigil of Standard OILS guards.
Dementia of the Diamond.
In the midst of a metropolis mad
with the craze of the diamond the
baseball fortunes of the Giants are to-
day dwarfing the tioings of Wall street
or the presidential campaigners
Gotham has never in all its history
felt the fascination of the fan as Ii
does In this thrilling wind-up of the
league season. Men, women and chill
dren, who scarcely knew that New
York had a ball team month ago, are
keeping constant watch of every move
in. the contest. Stock tickers are be-
sieged by throngs that want scores and
not quotations, while business, shop
ping and amusement give way to the
jam about every score board. Sick
ness and mortality are visited twice
q week upon every office boy in town;
and boss meets boy without reproach
on the groaning baseball bleachers. 1t
is not often that this city is really
moved to such demonstration as the
American sport has this year called
forth.
Helpful HosteIry. ri,
With bulging cargoes of returning
tourists the big liners from across the
ocean have been docking here during
the past week by the dozen. Over
eight thousand men of the merchant
marine, 1t IL declared. have come
ashore from these greyhounds of the
sea since last Sunday. SWarmirlg over
the Chelsea piers, this army of seamen
Is today clustering about the big sky
scraper which will soon be In opera
tion as a modern hotel for Jack ashore.
When the American Seamen's Friend
society opens this sailors institute,
which is to cost some 1926, 900, sew
erai hundred sailors may each night
enjoy the comfort of club quarters as
clean and orderly as any in this city.
Billiards, bathing, bowling, concerts,
and library, banking and restaurant
facilities are some OF the things which
the friends of the sailor man hope to
offer him here to his hearts content.
He may attend religious services and
live as respectfully as any other vis-
itor in town. Already the land sharks,
crimps- and steerers that infest this
locality are losing their grip on their
former easy prey q
Tagged by Fog.
After week of Pittsbnrg skies,
Manhattan Island is sunk deeper than
ever in a pail Of thick smoky haze.
This phepomenal run OF impenetrable
sky is. being accounted for here by
the presence Of forest fires in the OUT
lying state. Whatever its cause, the
persistent atmosphere Of foggy London
Is acting like damper on all the ac-
tivities or the town and everyone is
hoping for its speedy removal Goth
am weather. with its chills, blasts
and changes, is considered bad enough
wfthout'th new admixture of Ieaden
haze.