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

DR.. Fred Bricker is an auto en-
thusiast. He has a machine and has
ordered larger and better one, which
he thinks will arrive in a few DAYS,
He is also a deep thinker, and as he
sits in the quiet of Is own office of
an evening he gets into deep subjects.
That is why he made the statement
few nights ago at the six-seat table
that he was of the opinion that auto
mobiles existed at least 1000 years ago.
OF course he was given the horse
laugh" but whoever heard of Dock"
being intimidated by a aha, ha," OF
course he was somewhat exasperated.
and he exclaimed:
"Why, the Bible clearly proves my
assertion"
When asked to explain he came out
with this dissertation:
Take the parable of the ten virgins.
of which number five were foolish,
Doesn't the Good Book say that the
whole ten were invited to a marriage
supper of some kind, and that only
five were admitted, because they
reached there on time, and that five
didn't get to the feast until every
thing was devoured and there was
nothing for them to eat. l take II
that when 1t says they run out of
oil, because they had been burning it
before 1t was time that this refers
to gasoline, and gasoline Is used in
an auto to an extensive degree. You
see l can easily figure 1t out how FIVE
of the females were driving q fast
car, one that didn't need half as much
juice as the one the others were driv-
ing and how they easily got to the
big feed in plenty Of time. Then, too,
/ can look back into the dim distant
past and see those other five girls,
all hungry as bears, sitting stalled on
some lonely road in a machine that
had gone bump because 1t had run out
of gasoline. There's a whole lot in
that story to prove the great age of
the auto. For instance, might 1t not
have been possible for those Ave de-
layed bridesmaids to have been pulled
in for not having hind lights, or for
speeding, or have had break down,
but of course this is only conjecture,
for the story runs about the lights
going out. Then 1t might be that
their headlights were out OF order and
that there was an ordinance filming
men and women for running q ma
chine without headlights, and they
were afraid to proceed. oh, that story
proves to me conclustvely that the
five foolish maidens were in an auto
mobile Of some kind" and Doc wagged
his head In a knowing manner, took
his seat beside DR.. Green and drove
away.
A. II. Bell Of Devils Lake, the newly
elected president Of the North Da-
kota Pharmaceutical Association
which closed It's two days business
session in this city last evening, Is
much pleased with his visit to Fargo.
He likes to come here because he
meets so many of his friends. Said
he: Il feel highly honored by being
chosen as the presiding officer of such
a body of representative citizens We
had delightful time at our meetings
here and were shown every courtesy
by the local druggists and their
We did not have dull
in Fargo. The people were
all bright and pleasant to us, and
honestly the biggest lot of us dis
like to leave you. WE expect to have
a fine time at the Forks next year,
for our society is growing each year.
Just think, we took in nearly forty
new members at the meeting which
closes today, and now numbers be-
tween 400 and 500, which Is going
some for an organization that is just
twenty-five years old, going on
twenty-six. Everybody was pleased
with the meeting here this year.