The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-09
Travellers Tales

A. N. Hathaway. the veteran insur-
ance man of this city, was talking to
some of the juniors in life insurance a
night or two ago at one OF the hotels.
when he remarked that he had a queer
customer insured with him.
You can always tell" said Mr..
Hathaway "the state Of that mans
health from time to time by the way
he pays his insurance. He carries a
straight life or in other words policy
that you have to die to win on. When
my customer or as some of you
younger men would say, client is in
the best of health he Is about the
slowest man on the list to pay his
insurance, but let him have a pain or
an ache even in mis- big toe. and he is
always several days ahead. have
known him to have a bad cold mixed
with a little hoarseness and appear at
our place and pay his assessment as
much as two weeks before 1t is due.
If he ever gets confined to the house.
and he does sometimes. ne is pretty
sure to send for me either day or
night and hand me the money. He
says that so long as his insurance is
danger of his dying, but If he would
lapse even one day il would be his
luck to die and not get a cent. He
looks at this insurance policy of his as
a personal matter and told me one
time that he believed in a personal
existence after this life and he had
a curiosity to see what his people
would do with the money they would
get by his death, He said he ex-
pected to have plenty of fun in the
next world watching his relatives
spend his money and he wouldn't die
for anything without having his as
sessments paid We learned to know
this idea of his about paying promptly
when he isn't feeling well. and now
all have to do to insure prompt
payment Is to send a friend or two
of his around to his house and tel
him ne isn't looking Well Within
ten minutes after the second caller
has been there the insurance is set
tied
L. p. Smith, the well known banker
of Page was a visitor to the city yes.
terday and was the guest at one O
the hotels. Mr.. Smith said that tn,
Great Northern was beginning 1t!
work on the Fargo an Minot cut of
within mile of Page, and that wa.
the nearest the road would run to tn,
city. He said there would be plent,
of work there this summer End plent,
of business for the merchants and som,
building is going on. He stated tina
| 1t was expected that by June / Their,
would be shipped out Of and handles
| in Page a million bushels of wheat
The Farmers Elevator Co. he said
would handle about 100000 bushels 0
this amount. He believed that tn
Great Northern cut-off would be o
great benefit to Page unless the com
pany conceived the idea OF building
town eight or ten miles away, whicl
some seemed to think might be done
Mr.. Smith thought the town was Ii
good shape at the present time. bti
lunttl It was definitely known wfethe
Tor not another town would be bull
linear Page there would not be rnucl
building done.
/ Page" said Mr. Smith. is gettinl
Ialcng fine. The business men expec
| q big trade this spring and summer
the farmers are doing their seeding
| there liz a good deal of railroad wor'
in the immediate vicinity and the yer
air Id filed with the scent Of prosperi
Ity, were 1t not for that doubt abou
THAT new town"