The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-31
Travellers Tales

Senator Gilbert and Attorney Gala
han of Casselton. were in the city this
morning en- route from Detroit lakes
where they were communing with ma
ture, also fishing and while they were
not loaded down with the finny tribe,
still they had a number of fine speci-
mems of pike and pickerel as we'll as
la few black bass. which they proudly
and somewhat boastingly displayed at
the n. p. depot while the train ling
cred for a short time The supply of
snake cure was exhausted, but not by
the two gentlemen, for they had seen
a man who had just seen a water snake
and he was fearing that the serpent
| had bit him, so he took all the cure
there was. Mr.. Callahan was spokes-
man for the party and he related an
account of the experience of yester-
day.
Yes, / had great luck" said he. II
watched the senator catch the fish and
he is an adept at the business / tried
fishing right beside him, and cast my
line in the same place that he did, but
there wasn't a fish in the whole lake
came up and even nodded at my hook.
Say. do you think there is anything
in this story about some kind of dope
that you place on a hook? / spit on
mine in true sportsmanlike shape and
sat still for two minutes at time. but
nary a bite. Once the senator baited
my hook and made a cast for me, and
10, and behold, l got bite, managed
to get the FISH to the. top of the water,
but he got a glimpse of who I was,
threw the hook and dainty fish morsel
out of his mouth and sank again out of
sight. What the senator said of my
lack of knowledge of ashore / do not
care to repeat, only he intimated that
III lacked wisdom and bad better go
ashore and study the comet and other
things. He let me use a landing net,
because he said II was unsportsmanlike
| for him to use it. and / liked the job
first-rate, only after | had landed the
first fish there was no more to land
guess l am a hoodoo at this fishing
game. How much did we pay for the
| fish we caught, asks you? Well, you
can ask the senator for by the advice
of my attorney Ct am my own attor-
| ney) / refuse to answer fearing to- in
eriminate myself and being an accom-
! plice by testimony would be irreve-
liant. incompetent and have no legal
bearing on the case" and as the train
lpuIled out Mr.. Callahan was holding
| the fish high in the air while a well
known fish dealer of Detroit smiled
audibly.
Mayor Michael Murphy of Grand
Forks. who is also an ex-state senator
and banker OF his town. was in the
city yesterday in attendance at the
Knights of Columbus function at Col
umbus hall. He was enjoying himself
here and remarked to The Forum:
You can say that our town is forg-
ing ahead at hundred mile minute
gait and we will soon catch up to
Fargo If we keep on at the rate we
are now moving. New buildings going
up everywhere, streets are being inn
lproved, the street car lines are ex-
tending their branches and even the
cemetery association has started TO inn
prove by building a new home for the
superintendent thereof. We haven't a
complaint to make i'm regard to either
business or pleasure We have a pretty
ltown, know 1t and are glad OF IT, We
have been very successful with the
many conventions we handled during
| the past winter and expect to have
many more yet this summer, and are
Arranging for more In the fall and next
winter. Was glad 70 see that your city
i council Is getting ready to take over
your ornamental lighting system. 1t Is
the only proper manner In which to
do your lighting and the system works
Iwell with US