The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-26
Moorhead Department


ner family of Minnesota. 81 wish those
boys and girls were mine" he said
With a sigh
A fire on Saturday night completely
! DESTROYED the municipal electric light
| ing plant at Brainerd. The loss is
100000, partly covered by insurance.
Dr. and Mrs. M. M Fulton have re-
turned from their visit to the cities.
II. 0. shurson. acting president of
Concordia college has returned from
Apercrombie where he conducted
services last Sunday.
Julius G. Johnson was business Wis
itor to Fertile yesterday.
These are days of improvements in
Moorhead but the planned enterprises
won't all be completed this year, how
ever by the end of the fall 1911 there
VIII be few more attractive cities of
its size than Moorhead.
On Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week there will be an Anti Tubercu-
losis exhibition at the state normal
school under the auspices of the state
board of health.
Not only is the selling OF beer and
booze illegal in Fergus Falls since
licensing has been voted out by the
people, but treating is forbidden as
several people have found out to their
sorrow. Yesterday one man in that
city had to pay fine of $25 because
ne gave away liquor
Arthur Lundquist of Powers Lake.
n. D., who broke his leg last fall is
at Fergus Falls to have it treated.
inc setting was not quite successful
and the leg is paralyzed. Mr.. Lund-
qulst is cashier Of the First State
bank at Powers Lake.
Ray McCubrey is spending a few
days in the city and is renewing the
the acquaintance Of old time friends.
County Attorney johnson spent the
Gay In Hawley on matter pertaining
to his Office.
The contemplated new workmen
building will have q frontage of sew
enty-fve feet on Front street, between
seventh and Eighth streets, on the
site at present occupied by the Good
sell grain and machinery building.
Justice Wade had no very weighty
matters to deal with in the city police
So0Ab lAI46 morning.
City Attorney witherow Is i'm wash
lngton and his duties are beng attended
to by Attorney Doslard Until his re-
turn.
Secretary Wright of the commercial
club anticipates a big attendance at
at the club rooms tonight as the mat
jects up for consideration are of gem
eral interest and Importance to all
Of the business men.
A caller at census office today was
Postmaster McGrath OF Barnesville
which he emphasized in the purest of
Hfbernian brogue as being ''the best
town in the county" He made the re-
mark just after Editor Richards of
The News had left the office. MIR. |
McGrath said farming conditions in |
the southern part of Clay county
were satisfactory and the feeling was
that the recent storm had done much
harm. more than delay work which
anyway was unusually early.
Butchers and grocers have again
called the attention OF the mayor to
an annoyance which the contractor
who sweeps the streets seems to per
sist in despite orders given to the con-
-rary, emitting to sprinkle the nave
nents before putting the street sweep
sr In operation. The sweeping is done
ats at night but the story of the
complained Of carelessness is told nv
he accumulated dust along the store
ronts and where doors are not very
light, inside the stores.