The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-21
Travellers Tales

Tom Morken, who is now with a lant
company, used to be ticket agent al
the Northern Pacific railroad in this
CITY, and he has a. host of friends
among the railroad men, whom he
knew and associated with for a num-
Der OF years. He Is particularly
friendly with travellers who represent
the different roads and who paw pe-
riodical visits to the city. Nearly
every one Of the boys when they get
into town stop into the office where
he is employed, just to shake hands
and say, How are your and he Is
| glad to see them. Yesterday Jack
Bennett, a railroad traveller, was in
the city, and he dropped in to call on
Tom. The latter had with him his new
| baby boy and he was holding the baby
up TO view, so that 1t could be admired,
when one of the fellows in the Office
said:
Il think the little one is going to
bear resemblance to his father" and
Tom grinned like unto one of the Chi
nese earthquakes that swallow whole
towns.
Jack Bennett takes great delight in
making people uncomfortable for he
remarked:
Yes, that is likely to be. He does
bear striking resemblance to his dad.
Let us trust that the child will learn
t" bear 1t with patience and great
courage"
H. Hurdor, travelling passenger
agent of the Northwestern NAVIGATION
Co., with headquarters at Duluth. was
business visitor to the city yester-
day. He Is the gentleman who ac-
companied the Elks from Duluth to
Detroit on the boat week before last.
He left the party in the 500, and he
left them all feeling fine as silk. When,
asked how the Fargo boys got along,
he said:
"Oh, they were all right. OF course
can't begin to remember the names
OF scarcely any Of the 1876 Elks who
made up the party that journeyed by
water from Duluth to Detroit. I do
remember a quartette Of Fargo bows,
however. One of them was a slender.
dignihed gentleman, whom the resi-
honored by calling him deacon He
was sedate and decorious throughout
the trip and he appeared to be very
"AAlouS LUZ tie OIHeTS. another was
a great big man. He had the appear
ance had he been garbed In a monks
dress, of having just stepped out OF
some old time monastery and it ap-
peared to be the sedate mans business
to see that the fleshy man kept in the
middle of the boat, fearing that his
weight would cause the ship to tin
over If he ventured too near the side.
There was another slender man on
the boat whom / at first took to be an
lrishman, but he confidently told me |
afterwards that he was a Scotchnnan
and his business appeared to be to |
drill his party into correctly singing a
touching balled which / was told after |
they were through was entitled Pat |
rick James O'Hare. The trio were ac- |
by a round faced individual |
who was life everlasting all the time, |
and didn't attempt to sit down a mo- |
nent. He sang tenor in the quartette
until the Scotch leader put him out of
the choir and got some one they call
I'D Judge from up at Minot to take
his place. 1t was jolly party and we
lid all in our power to make it pleas
ant for them, but, say, let me tell YOU.
III bet that sedate individual was glad
when the party landed on shore and
his responsibility was over