The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-11
Moorhead Department

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No. SO, Improved order of Red Men
held in the wigwam tonight CTh,1rs-
day.. All the brothers are requested
to be present.
The Graymatter is the name of d
new socialist paper which has been
started at Bemidji.
The big lumber mill at East Grand
FORKS has been put out of commission
/ owing to the low stage of the water
IN the Red river and trouble is ex.
pected at Crookston. The repairing of
dam at Red Lake Falls is somewhat
interfering with the flow of water in
the stream.
Judge Watts of the district court at
Crookston has taken issue with the
county commissioners of Polk county.
ne says the constable of a city is en-
Utica 10 just as much mileage and
fees as is the sheriff of Polk county.
me county board spared down the
mileage of the constable and disalIow-
ed ices for committing prisoners. Judge
alloWed 10 cents mileage and the full
lee Tor committing prisoners.
i. j. Berrigan is entertaining his
tather who has come to Moorhead for
a visit from Ardock, N. d. e
Ollie L. Maxwell, commonly known
as "Cushfoot, the confidence man" wss
held to the district court for swind-
mig young farmer lad out of 1920
on a train. In default of $1,000 bail
Maxwell will spend the summer and
IAN In Jail-in close quarters at the
latter place as he is known to be ex-
ceedlngly foxy and is sure to be aided
In an effort to get him out for an es-
cape 1t is said there were two oueer
looking characters in the vicinity Of
the courthouse last Monday night. The
prisoner who is dope" fiend is f,er-
ing sickness.
Axei KAHN, clerk at Norby &, Hides
store very joyfuily announced the ar
rival OF fine big girl at his home
yesterday afternoon.
In its Twenty Years Ago" column
yesterday, The Moorhead News had the
LolloWlngi The Duluth Times re-
Ierred to w. H Davy, as the original
Duiuth photographer. He conducted
gaLery In the zenith city for several
years, leaving there for Moorhead in
1910
some fine wheat was delivered at the
DWlght mills today from the Bogstad
farm.
Give me AGO. please" will connect
you with the Garfield Rustad's new
law ONCE In the Glettnes block, his
phone having just been installed
MRS, M. E. Grannen and her two
children, of Marshall Mimi. are the
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Rustad
After this week there will Ia +yo
more weeks of the summer scboo, -
lle IorInal-then the faculty to the
" oous ana lakes for their rest and
mere was philosophical farmer in |
town today, buying porterhouse steaks
cahteloupes and watermelons for his
wfe' who said she was going to give
ner threshers treat this wear AZ
ne was turning away he remarked did |
YOU ever thlnk of it, that while a town |
"0Alian Is proud to provide good re-
LtesnIhehts when she entertains her
otuD' q country woman is just as proud
10 nave good refreshments when sbe
nas threshers at her dinner table?l
Not, for great many moons were
Lne streetsfof Moorhead as deserted j : |
-hey were today-the country folk are
100 busy with harvest and hosts of +be |
'lty people are taking vacations at the |
axes and elsewhere, and those who !
we're really busy had no time to be ON
ne streets-at one moment this morn
ne' only two men could be seen on
'roht street from Eighth to Fonrtb
streets and they were newspaper men
VINO We're wondering where all the
news had flown to.
An Alderman: The mayor ana ci+v
council have implicit confidence in tba
Fargo Bridge & Iron Co. and the
ing at the company in the Fargo
morning paper today was wholly ,,n
lecessary-it is wonder the renorter
ia not dig up United States war de-
oartment inspector to see that Mr.
lloley did not carry off the whole
trueture. The F. B. & l. Co. does its
work properly, whether the bosses are
N the ground or not.