The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-13
City in Brief

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The bids for the new bank buildine
at the town of Streeter will be opened
tomorrow. 1t will cost about $1,000.
The chapter of Gethsemane cath.
edral will hold their regular monthly
meeting this evening at 1880 o'clock
Miss Lugers musical will be given
this evening at Prizes hall at o'clock
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend.
w. A. DonnelIy, the we'll known
traveller gave clam supper Saturday
evening to a number of his friends,
the guest of honor being ex- Governor
Sarles of Hillsboro
Bishop OReilly will go to James
town this week to attend the com
mencement exercises of the st,
Joseph's academy. There are seven
in the graduating class.
The woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the First M. e. church will
meet Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock
at the home of Mrs. w. F. Taylor, 1924
First avenue north.
The plans for the $4,000 armory
building that Is to be erected at James
town during this summer are expected
to arrive at the Fargo Builders and
Traders room this week.
]. H. Murray, of the Murray insti-
tude, has made his son Wade one of
the happiest boys in the city by pre-
senting him with a Ford touring car
as graduating present.
The new addition to the Crane G.
Ordway building on Northern Pacific
avenue Is being pushed forward as
rapidly as possible. The workmen are
now on the second story.
The work of plastering the big Ave-
story North Dakota Improvement Co.
block on First avenue, next to the
Grand theatre, has been about COM
pleted. 1t will be about Aug. 1 before
the building can be occupied.
Report was made this morning by L
P. Clapp, administrator of the estate
Of Louis A Reid, deceased, late OF
Georgetown, III. Reid owned a quarter
section of land in Cass county, which
necessitated the probation Of his es-
tate here.
The Ladies Aid society of the First
Baptist church will meet on Tuesday
afternoon at the church parlors. Miss
Austin, who represents the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society Of the
state will address the ladies. A full
attendance is desired.
The lecture Of Prof Wilhelm PETER
sen of Minneapolis, to have been deIiv-
cred before the Young Peoples society
of Rev. Romsdahrs church, has been
postponed till some time in July. The
tickets sold for the lecture this weel,
will be good for the postponed date.
The Scandinavian w. T. C. U. will
meet tomorrow evening at o'clock at
the home Of Mrs. A. P. Peterson, 216
Fourth street north. This meeting will
be the annual flower mission meeting
and good programme has been pre-
pared A large attendance is desired.
Col. J. D. Benton, wife and daughter,
Miss Mary, are expected to arrive home
some time tomorrow. They had been
spending the winter and spring months
in California. Dudley Benton, a son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Benton, will be one of
the graduates at the Princeton uni
versity tomorrow.
His many friends in Fargo and the
state will regret to learn that G.. G,
McCracken, the popular representative
of the National Lead Co., in this ter
ritory, was called to Canada several
days ago on account of the sudden
illness of his mother. She was eighty
six years old and was unable to with
stand the illness and passed away June
amongst the loved ones who gathered
at her bedside. Mr. McCracken has
the sympathy of a host of friends in
this territory.