The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-31
Travellers Tales

Judge Martin Ryan, who presides
with dignity and common sense over
the Fargo police court was last night
seated over in the lobby of the Gard :
ner hotel visiting with his friend, Joe
Callahan, the actor who is showing at
the Bi1ou this week, when he told
the following story:
II had coon before me once on a
charge OF stealing pair of ducks. It
was one Of the first cases / had after
being chosen to the office of police
magistrate and the coon, black as
ebony, was most demonstrative i'm his
denial of guilt. He said: Foah de
lohd, Judge, / never stole dem towels
bit, deed / didn't
Il couldn't understand why the fell
low was SO persistent in his denial for
the two ducks were found in his back
yard In coop that he had built, and
9 dishpan had been placed In the yard
Tor the two to swim or wash in. The
fellow was them ost persistent liar I
ever saw, for was morally certain
that he had stolen the birds and he
was just as certain that he hadn't TAX
en- them
Finally, / said, Joe, tell me how
does IL come that you took those
ducks? Yourw people are all more
fond of chicken than ducks. Now why
did you take ducks and let the chick
ems go? and immediately after Joe
borke forth with, We'll, jege. dar war
mt any chickens there and I sent him
up to the district court to have his case
disposed Of"
Patrick Kennedy, who used to be
bailifr in the United states district
court in this city, but who has been in
Seattle for some time, came home to
vote yesterday and will remain here
and visit his old friends for a week or
SO. In speaking of Seattle, Mr.. Ken
nedy said: Its a great place. con-
slider 1t one of the biggest and best cit
les In the country and 1t is growing SO
fast that to stay away for a month
you can hardly recognize 1t when YOU
get back Every line of business is on
the hump, and there does not appear
to be any chance of dull moment The
city is rich and getting richer all the
time. hope Fargo will have a good
baseball team next season. You know
used to take a big interest In the
game. I am more than glad to see
Fargo growing the way she is. This
is my home and / always expect it to
be, SO I feel kind of proud when
return and see the way in which
Fargo grows"
]. 81 Brodie of Dickinson was in the
city yesterday calling on his friends.
He was recently at Boston where he
appeared in the celebrated Russeu ca sc
in which Daniel Blake Russell Ii after
half of the Russell estate. He said
that Senator Simpson was more than
holding his own in the case, and that
from what he could hear and see ne
thought the sympathy was all with
the Dickinson claimant. Russell
said Mr. Brodie, has met at least 200
people from his old home and he has
convinced nine out OF ten that he il the
right man. I feel sure that he lii my
self MIR Brodie. In speaking of
Dickinson, said that 1t was enjoying
the greatest boom in her history, and
that the whole country was busy.
There are no less than fifty two steam
and seventy gasoline engines on the
ground, and said that there would be
at least triple the acreage put in than
ever before. He said that most Of the
new ground was seeded for fax and
ne predicts for the city Of Dickinson
. great future. He has ESQ men work
Ing In the coal mines during the win
ter months and eighty Ia the summer.