The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-13
TWENTY YEARS AGO

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Nov 7.-Charles Roberts announced
that burglars had entered his house
on Eighth street south, but did not take
anything, bur. left screw driver
which was just what he needed. They
also visited e. G. Eddy,s and Doctor
ShurloclS's, but these citizens were not
SO fortunate.
/ AS one of the result of the election
| Nugent & Brown removed their bind
cry from The Argus building to a
store on Eighth street south.
Governor Mellette arrived at Pierre
and was planning to inaugurate the
new state government for South Da-
kota as rapidly as possible.
DIR. Carpenter, who had been in
Fargo for several weeks, decided to
locate here in the practice of medicine.
r. D.sHoslSins reached Fargo on his
way to Bismarck to assume his duties
as clerk of the supreme court.
| Burglars secured goods at DR.. Shur-
locks residence valued at $500.
Nov. S.--Major Fleming announced
that 2 cents per pound was all he
could get for dressed beef, while steaks
were selling for is cents per pound.
There is, somewhat of a difference now
in the prices, as the farmer gets much
more for his products in proportion 90
the price paid in 1889 than the con-
sumner has,to pay for what he buys.
Jud LeAdoure was asked who would
be thestwo United States senators from
NORTH Dakota and he replied. @Pferce
and merY
Governor Mellette, ON Leaving THE, Of
flee of che governor of the territory, to
assnmey his duties as chief executive
OF the. southern state, made d report
to the secretary of the interior showing
the wonderful growth Of both portions
Of the old, territory, During the pre-
vious year,sthere has been 1900 land
office entries, coevring 100000 acres,
as against ,LS38,000 the previous year
He advocated federal testing of irri-
cation by artesian wells.
e. v. Mcknight purchased j. r..
Brooks house. on Eighth street south
for $2,750. ,R Il, A
Nov. .9.-Peter Stewart argued that
farming was the greatest lottery that
could be invented.
William Mangold, who was in charge
Of the N. .P. telegraph, reported that
a copper wire had been strung as far
west as Wheatland and another one
would soon be placed in position. i
The Fargo Lumber Co. was succeed
ed. by the Valley Lumber Co. with J.
M. Fisher as, manager and Colonel
Clockett took charge of the property
of the Fargo Improvement Co.
M. NJ. Johnson was an active candi-
date for United States senator.
The clothes which had been worn
by DR.. Cronan on the night he was
murdered were found in a sewer In Chi
cago and 1t was believed that this fur
nished a valuable clue to his, murderer,
r. M. futile wrote a long letter
showing how North Dakotans had come
to appreciate the Ignite coal in this
state and that these. beds would be
exceedingly valuable before many years
passed by.
AT the annual meeting Of the Shi-'
Ioh lodge, F. j. Thompson was re-elect-
ed master and Frank Fellows, secretary.
Nov. lii. NJ Quinn published
poetical effusion in The Bismarck Rri-
bune addressed to Uncle Sam, on the
admission OF North Dakota as state
Montana was admitted as state.
Nov 8, one week after the two Dakotas.
Wallace Galehouse was appointed
postmaster at Darlington, vice Murphy,
removed; W. Mccullough at Inkster.
vice Barry. removed, and A. W. Schal-5
Tern at New Salem, vice. Schultz, re-
signed.
Al. A. Trovaten purchased the Nord-
Iyset at Grand Forks and consolidated
it with The Poster and The Vesten.
Mr.. Raynor came to Fargo to take
charge of The Argus bindery.
H. ID. Medium was seriously injured
while hunting near Perley.
A fire at Wheatland destroyed some
$4,000. worth OF property. u.s. M
Oswald RondalI Miles, who had been
In Fargo, claiming to be an English
earl, pleaded guilty in London TO steal
ing $4,000 from his employees, and was.
sentenced to eighteen months Of hard
labor His Dakota friends were not.
as anxious TO claim mountaineering
as they were while he was here Ia the.
city.
Nov 12.-F. b. Fancher Of James
town became president OF the Fidelity
Insurance co. OF Huron, and The Ar
gus highly recommended the company,
as 1t was the first one to pay It's policy
at the time. The Argus building was de-l
stroyed by IRE.
"A young man, claiming TO be A. s.
Mason OF Hancock, was arrested In
Fargo, charged with issuing many
fraudulent checks
Nov. 13. Windy Smith said he was
the worst kind Of a democrat and that
The Argus was the only republican pa
per he had ever subscribed for. ana
that he could not Get along without 1t.