The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-10-12

AAC 5nOtWGm rtOT3l 10. IS now
handling fine LOT Of chrysanthemums.
The board of directors OF the X. M.
G. A. will hold their annual business
meeting tomorrow evening at o'clock.
The Colonial quartette at the Grand
this week is one of the biggest hits OF
the season and Is certain to draw big
crowds.
The style book just issued by J. f..
Holmes & CO. Is particularly attrac-
tive this fall and clothes buyers are
making many favorable comments
about IT.
Hon N. Rasmussen of Valley City
spent Saturday in Fargo on business.
Mr.. Rasmussen is getting his affairs
in shape so he can spend the winter
in California.
The man who offered to trade a
horse for a piano accomplished his OBJ
ject through a Forum want ad. It cost
rs cents and required two weeks time
but patience won.
Parsons full orchestra of six pieces
furnished the very excellent music
which was SO highly commented upon
at the democratic banquet at the Wal
dorf Saturday evening.
On his way down town this morning,
Harrington, the hardware man, re-
marked to friend that Taft certainly
had funny bone, and a man on the
other side of the car responded, yes,
and Bryan certainly has wishbone.
Many of the Japanese porcelain fac
tories are not paying expenses, and
production has been reduced by 80 or
40 per cent. In Tsu maxi mura twen-
ty-eight of the eighty porcelain factor
les have suspended, owing to the de-
crease in American and Chinese i'm
ports.
The clearings Of the banks Of the
city for today as shown by the clear
ing house figures were $170,424.6S.
The Ladies' aid OF the First Baptist
church will meet on Tuesday after
noon at g O'clock at the home OF Mrs.
F. e. Dtbley, ss1 Eighth avenue south.
The Scandinavian w. c. T. U. will
meet at the home of Mrs. s. Sivert-
son, 1401 Fourth avenue north on
Tuesday evening at s o'clock. An
interesting. programme will be rem
dered and report from the state con-
vention will be given by the delegates.
All members should try to be present.
Shocking! In the table of contents
of the first annual report of the in
spector of high schools to the state
high school board for the current year,
Just published, the third item reads,
Letter of ''Transmittle.' More than
the mere assertion will have to be done
to prove that 1t is simply a typograph-
ical error.
One OF a number of students on their
way to the agricultural college, a par
ticularly bright young lady made the
rather apt remark about the trouble
between Servia and Bulgaria, that Eu-
ropean trouble OF that nature always
served one good purpose. 1t adds to
the sum of geographical knowledge in
this country by setting everybody to
studying the maps.
r. f. Lenhart, president of the Lem
hart Wagon Co., of Minneapolis, was
in the city Saturday and Sunday Wis
iting with J. H. Plath of Ninth street
north Mr.. Lenhart was en- routn
home after making trip through the
northwestern part Of North Dakota ON
business. II was his first visit to the
state and he was greatly impressed
with the country and thinks that II is
the greatet state he has been in.
j. L. Lemison. train dispatcher on
the wabash railroad at Decatur, Ill.,,
was in the city for a short time Sat
urday evening, Mr.. Lemison has been
travelling over the state looking over
the land with the intention of in
vesting and he Is greatly impressed
with the agricultural value of North
Dakota soil. There are several other
railroad men in Decatur who are In
terested in Mr.. Lemison's trip, and
there is little doubt but that some of
them Will invest in some of the good
farms In this state.
Miss Amidon was In the city today
from Valley City In the interest of the
advance sale OF tickets for the Nor
dica concert at that city, Nov. IL.
She is much pleased with the encour-
agement received at the hands of Far
go people, but was disappointed to see
the item in The Forum Saturday that
Nordica might play Fargo. AS the
Valley City association has a contract
with the Nordica management not to
play at any other point In N. d., this
season, Valley city Is the only place
Nordica can make an appearance in
concert.