The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-22
EAST SIDE NOTES.

The police at Fergus Falls have
been aunable to catch a scoundrel
who has beeI making a practice of
insulting women and girls on the
streets at night and as complaints
were so numerous the mayor engaged
the services Of woman to act as a
detective and a bill for So was pre-
scented for her services, but was ques-
toned as to Its legality by the council
The man has not yet been caught and
now the mayor has man, dressed in
woman's attire, parading the streets.
Rev. Richard Cox of the Episcopal
church at Crookston accepted an offer
from Bishop Griswold OF the Mission
airy district of Salina, Kan, the same
to take effect Jan. / next He will be
instituted into the recrorship Of the
parish of Ooerlin on Jan. 9.
Rev. e. P. Savage, superintendent Of
the Children's Home society of Min
nesota- was at Crookston yesterday
on his way to Warren. Mr.. Savage
stated that the members of the home
society were very busy this year, hav-
ing cared for total Of little more
than 5000 children in this home, there
being 81 more than last year. Twenty
nine children have been placed in
homes from this county.
Minnesota hotelkeepers will move
to have laws affecting their business
improved at the next session of the
legislature.
Pupils of the third and fourth grades
in the Third ward school, will parti-
cipate in Christmas exercises tomor-
row afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Governor Eberhart has named
March 8, and 10 as the dates of
Minnesota's first conservation con-
gress.
The Saloonkeepers' league of Moor
head have issued formal notice, bear
ing forty four signatures, which plain
away free bottles of wines, liquors,
ETC., as Christmas and New Years pres
ents will be discontinued, that in past
years the amenity has been very costly
and the generosity imposed upon. One
man, the night before Christmas last
year, hied himself to his home with
sixteen presentation quarts.
The dispatches report that County
Treasurer Kremer of Itasca county has
been sentenced to the penitentiary for
Ave years for embezzling $50, 900 OF the
county funds, but invested it in such
a manner that the county will not lose
a cent, in fact it has netted a comfort
able profit
The Misses Maud and Clara Thomp-
son. one teacher at New York Mills
g., It'll
the holidays at home. Miss Mae
OLaughlin is also at home from New
Rockford, N. D., where she has been
teaching.
An engagement for tonight will be
the state debate between the high
schools of Fergus Falls and Moorhead
at the normal auditorium.
The choir of st. Johns church will
meet for rehearsal this evening.
"A Moorhead hardware firm is going
to open a branch store in the new Dill
worth state bank building.
The Hyphenated card club at Dill.
worth, met at the home of Mrs. ia
cobus and both ladies and gentlemen
had a delightful time. Mrs. Johr
Heath. Mrs George Hall and Mrs
Helmers were the prize winners.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sponsell of Dill.
worth returned from a trip to the
cities. Mr. Sponsell. in Moorhead to-
day. said that affairs at the big yards
OF the Northern Pacific were getting
to be about normal and it looked a:
though regular switching crews would
soon be at work again. All applicant.
g. W.T.,
themselves, for examination.
M. ]. Cort the well known dairy
supply man, was in the city today or
his way to attend the big dreamer,
meeting today at Rollag.