The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-23
Travellers Tales

"a we'll knQeJn minister of the state
was a guest a few days ago at the
Gardner" said Harry Dodge, the clerk.
II don't know just what he was doing
here, but his business kept him on the
go a good deal, and he was out of the
house most of the time he was here
excepting, OF course, at night. Some
Of his business took him to Moorhead,
where, l understand, he called on sew
eral of the ministers.
"One morning he left the hotel
shortly after z o'clock and incidental
ly remarked that he was going to
Moorhead to see a brother preacher,
and l said All right although 1t was
none Of my business. Along about
o'clock in the afternoon he came back
and he had patch of court plaster
on his cheek. I asked him what the
matter was and here is what he told
me:
"'Well, I got across the river said
he and as the morning was a nice one,
l walked. l needed a shave, but as it
was before o'clock / could not get
into any of the barber shops on this
side, so went over into Moorhead and
got into a shop shortly after the place
was opened. / sat down in a chair,
and soon discovered that the barber
who was shaving me had a 'toot' or
jag on as you would call 1t. There
was no one else in the shop and !
couldn't say word, but let him pro-
coed. Suddenly he gave me this cut
on the cheek, and said to him, Now,
you see what drink will do and as
&C fall hn 411I 10
had observed that drink did have a
tendency to make some peoples faces
tender"
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Hollands OF
Winnipeg were regi@tered at Mayor
Elliott's hotel yesterday. They were
married on Saturday evening of last
week, and came to Fargo on a short
wedding trip. Mr.. Hollands is a for
mer Fargo boy but is now a practicing
attorney of Winnipeg. He lived with
| his stepfather, Robert Rea, four miles
south of Fargo, until about six years
ago, when Mr.. Rea and family moved
to Winnipeg, where Mr. Rea died about
four years ago. Mr.. Hollands, in speak.
| ing about his home town said thai
| Winnipeg was growing fast and there
would be very much building done
! there this season. He was surprised
and delighted at the progress Fargo
had been making since he left this
| locality, and said he scarcely recog-
nized the city. He met many of his
old friends during his stay here ant
they were pleased to see him.
| w. S. Russell OF Dickinson was {
guest at the Metropole yesterday af
| ternoon and he took a walk about thu
city and was delighted at the appear
ance of affairs in North Dakota
greatest and biggest city. In speaking
of his town he said a great deal B
building was under way and mucl
more was planned for the coming
building season. The Masonic templ
is under way. There are some i'm
provements to be made In the rount
house, the Northwestern Laundry &C
is erecting new building, so is tn
Independent Telephone Co. as well am
a number of other business blocks ar
to be built. He said that many new
residences would be constructed in tn
near future. Mr.. Russell is connecte,
with the Dickinson Fire and Presset
Brick Co., and said that work in tn
plant was opening UP fine. The plan
has a capacity Of 1000 pressed brio
an hour, and a like number of the fir
bricks. He believes that Dickinso
has a great future.