The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
TREAT SPOKE AT
OHIO BANQUET
OHIO SOCIETY BANQUET AT THE
GARDNER HOTEL A SUCCESS
president WORST PRESIDED
-sTIMMEL AND sTAMsAUcH
MADE WITTY SPEECHES.

The first annual banquet Of the Obi,
society, held at the Gardner hotel las
evening, was a decided success anC
well attended by large and represen.
tative number OF Fargo buckeyes. All
elaborate six-course dinner was served
at O'Clock after which a splendit
programme was given.
Pres. ,. Fl. Worst of the A. c., pres.
, ident Of the society, acted as toast.
master OF the occasion. He was par
ticularly happy in his remarks and
introduced each speaker in a manner
that brought forth the best in each
Alfred M. Colby, branch manager OF
the Bradstreet Office responded to the
first toast on the Governorship OF Ohio
Stepping Stone to the White House
Mr.. Colby gave pleasing talk in
which he cited the number Of Ohio's
governors who had stepped from that
office to the presidency, including Har-
rison, Hayes, Garfield and Mckinley
and he said there were some who be-
lieved there would soon be another in
the form of the present governor.
Smith Stimnel, candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor OF
North Dakota, was the next speaker
who told of the Pre- eminence of the
Buckeye. Mr.. Stimmel called atten-
ton to the number of prominent buck
eyes who the world over were filling
the big positions in life, for which
they were all so well qualified, from
the president of the United States to
the president of the North Dakota Ag-
ricultural college and the imperial po-
tentate of the Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine of the entire world. He even
went so far as to prophesy that Pres
ident Worst would be the next secre-
tary of agriculture.
Imperial Potentate Treat, a native
born buckeye, was then introduced
and gave most interesting talk on
the Camel as a Domestic Animal He
said that about the most he knew
about camels was that it was general
~ long time between drinks and for
that reason it was something on the
order of his own flock He said his
camel had been a Pullman for the last
eighteen months and had carried him
around many places over the globe.
he had visited recently and mentioned
a new building which had just gone
up in Cleveland, which was known as
a sky lease. This building is used for
q club and has been granted ninety
nine-year lease TO erect eight stories
on top OF another building six stories
in height. The swimming pool of the
club is on the twelfth floor. Mr.. Treat
talk was both interesting and clever
and added great deal to the success
of the evening.
Prof. Earle B. Putt spoke on What
the Buckeyes Have Done for North
Dakota and his speech was well re-
ceived.
w. S. Stambaugh, assistant states
attorney, was the last speaker of the
evening and one of the most success
full. Mr.. Stambaugh's subject was
What North Dakota Has Done for the
Buckeyes and he called attention to a
number of prominent North Dakotans
who were natives OF Ohio and also a
number of buckeyes who on numer-
Gus occasions had expressed their
willingness to hold public Office in the
fiickertail state, citing in particular
Mr.. Stimmel and Colonel Wilkinson
who have both been candidates for
governor and sheriff respectively. Mr.
Stambaugh said that because neither
had been elected wasn't their fault.