The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-05
NORTH DAKOTA HAS
MARVELLOUS CROP
MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE FOR.
I'M TOOK TRIP WEST AND WAS
DELIGHTED WITH SPLENDID
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE
FORUM is SUED.

The rRaders of The Forum are to a
certain extent familiar with the Dan
Russell case. An echo of it has just
become somewhat interesting to this
paper.
Papers have been served through the
United States court. asking for $25, 900
damages for the publication of the
statement, two years ago, that man
named Whitmore of Minneapolis took
Dan Russell to Minneapolis, and was
alleged to have drugged him, and Sc
cured the signing of certain papers by
Russell in the interest of the plaintiff
in the present case. These papers were
afterwards secured by Attorney Simp-
son OF Dickinson, and used on the trial
OF the probate case in Boston.
This publication was made two years
ago. and was in several other papers
as well as The Forum. Mayor Lowell
Of Fargo is looking after the case for
The Forum Printing Co, but it was
thought well to interest Senator Simp-
son in the case, owing to his familiari-
~ with the facts, and a representative
or The Forum went to Dickinson Sat-
turday night to see this we'll known
attorney, and it gave him a great deal
OF pleasure to have the opportunity of
being associated with Mayor Lowell in
the trial of this suit.
This item was not started though to
tell the story of the libel case-that
comes in simply incidentally The trip
west gave an opportunity to view the
TDnTfiffnVn Of ha mi.
is a dream all along the way from
Fargo to Dickinson, and the reports
from all other sections are that similar
conditions exist everywhere in the
state.
Winter rye is looking fine and proves
to be a great advertisement for the
state. There is much corn planted that
is looking fine and is the right kind
OF evidence to present to those travel
ing over North Dakota. The wheat Is
thick, covering the ground well. and is
generally fairly free from weeds. The
fields are as level and smooth as lawns
around a city residence, and no lovelier
green ever greeted one than stretch out
on each side as far as the eye can see.
Dickinson should be designated as
the city of windmills:" they are every
where and are used to pump water for
the lawns and the gardens. They were
erected before the system of water
works we're installed. Around every
windmill Is a beautiful grove of trees.
and the growth has been wonderful
during the past few years. The bad
Lands" have been turned into a verit-
able garden of paradise.
The city has some very attractive
homes, and more are rapidly being
constructed. Some are mansions in
reality and others are of the bungalow
type-one of the latter built of brick is
unique and very pretty.
The new Masonic temple is very
imposing structure, with one of the
best lodge rooms to be found in the
state The excavation has been com
pleted for the new Elks Home, which
will be one of the very best i'm the
northwest. Quite a number Of sub
stantial business structures are under
way and more are needed.
The Forum representative met many
friends, and there were others not seen.
whom 1t would have been a pleasure
to have again greeted but time was
too short
The country around Dickinson is de-
veloping very fast, and that section Of
the state is greatly in need of addi-
tional railroad facilities: the steam
Dlows are breaking up township after
township, where the grain will have
to be hauled thirty and forty miles to
reach shipping point
AS an evidence that the city is the
front rank of progress 1t is only neces-
sary to state that over 200 automo-
biles are owned In the city, and nego-
tiations are already being started to
secure a line of airships to assist in
communicating with the tributary
country.