The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-11
Travellers Tales

Physicians when they register at a
hotel" said Frank Promo as he patted
his new yellow shoes that resembled
the old style colored canvas Cincinnati
hams, and crossed his legs under the
counter over which he presides at
Mayor Peter EIliott's hotel, should
always place either before or after
their names their titles. That is, if
John Smith was a doctor and was
stopping at hotel he should put
either the word doctor before the
name or M. D. after 1t. Some times
people get i'll in hotel and it would
be great help to the patient and like
ly to the doctor himself if this were
done. When was clerking at hotel
in Wisconsin there was a physicians
association meeting down there, yet
not one of the twenty doctors in at
tendance let 1t be known that he was
a practicing physician. They held their
meetings In a hall and we supposed
1t was company Of preachers who
were in session. That night some man
was taken very i'll with cramps or
something Of that kind and we hunted
the town over for a physician, and
finally after IN hours work got one
and the man was relieved, but it was
a close call for him. Had we known
that the house was full of physicians
we would have been spared the trouble
and the man would not have endured
the agony he did for an hour or more.
Charles T.. Morris, travelling passen-
ger agent of the Northern Pacific was
in Fargo for a short time Saturday.
He makes his headquarters in Detroit,
Mimi, and said, that the season was
about six weeks earlier than it usually
was. He said that the law did not
permit fishing until May 1, but that
in his opinion that fish had already
done their spawning and he did not
believe that it would do any damage
if fishing was done early this year.
He says that the saloons in Detroit
had all been knocked out'' by Indian
Agent Johnson, but he understood that
Mr.. Johnson had said that he would
permit two saloons to do business pro-
vided they were run by new men.
johnson claimed" said Mr.. Morris,
that the saloon men had not treated
him fairly; that the Indians got
drink in Detroit and that his regula-
tions were not lived up to. There
may be some truth in this, but let
me tell you something. Two Indians
from the reservation a day or two ago
fioated about the city looking for
something to drink, and they didn't
get it. They then started for Moor
head, and when they came back home
that night they were boiling drunk
1t is my opinion that the saloon men
at Detroit have tried to be careful but
If an Indian wants a drink and wants
1t very much he is sure to get it some
how"
A. W. Raymond of Wheatland was
of last week. He come here to secure
two or three men to work on a full
section of land that is to be put i'm
wheat. He was offering S35 month";
boarding, ETC., and he said that he
would get them before he left. Last
season he said that he had come here
after men, had gone over to Moorhead,
loaded two fellows into his auto and
had taken them to Wheatland, got
them sober and that they stayed all
the season and were good workmen. He
is putting in the wheat under contract
for Willis Harold al so much per acre
for tho seeding. harvesting and thresh-
ing. He said that some of the farmers
in that section had virtually finished
seeding while others were right in the
middle of it, and some were just' be-
ginning.