The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-10
Moorhead Department
COUNTY OPTION
men MISINFORMED
CONFERENCE OF THE ANTI
SALOON WORKERS HELD IN
MooRHEAD YESTERDAY AND AS
A RESULT APOLOGIES WE'RE
MADE FOR FALSE STATEMENTS.

In connection with the visit to Moor
head, yesterday, Of Messrs, Mckenzie,
Walden. Youngdahl, stark and Martin
son, leaders in the advocacy of county
option over the state Of Minnesota,
there was an important conference be-
tween the Ave representatives OF the
Anti Saloon league of the state and
representatives of the commercial club.
The design of the conference was
that the gentlemen named be properly
informed as to the true conditions in
Moorhead, and their attention called to
the falsity of certain statements which
had been made in The Minnesota Issue
and in recent addresses made at Man
kato and Albert Lea and published
very fully in papers published in those
cities copies of which were in the
hands of officers of the commercial
club for reference. One alleged state
ment made at Albert Lea was to the
effect, that Moorhead was absolute
ly bankrupt, morally, socially and A.
nancially."
The delegation from the commercial
club also called the attention of the
anti-saloon men to the inaccuracies
used in printed comparisons between
Moorhead and Fargo on the back page
of a league pamphlet which has been
published broadcast in this and other
states. The contention of the COM
mercial club was that the figures given
were eleven years old. were wholly in
accurate at the time and in no manner
correct as to present day conditions.
The conference was Of a heart to
heart nature and all concerned exhibit
ed only the most cordial feeling in
what was said and it became plainly
apparent after the showing by the
commercial club that mistake had
been made and that the city of Moor
head had been placed in a false light,
and there was no basis for things
which had been said.
Retraetion Made.
During the conference p. J. Young
dahl, superintendent of the Minnesota
league, apologized and expressed deep
regret for the use of certain state
ments and figures printed in league
pamphlets, purporting to give COM
PARSONS between Moorhead and the
west side Of the Red river.
At the conference which was held in
the office of Hon. George E. Perley,
according to a member of the CONNER
cial club committee, it developed that
the comparisons used were given to
the officers the the Anti Saloon league
by persons whom they believed to be
responsible and these comparisons
were made in good faith by the
league. Rev. Donald Mckenzie and
Rev Carl c. Walden of Crookston
spent Saturday in Moorhead and in
vestigated the financial condition of
the city. 1t was found that the det-
rimental statements made by Rev. Mr.
Mckenzie in Albert Lea and reported
in The Tribune of that city. were un-
true, and Rev. Mr.. Mckenzie in his
address at the Congregational church
here yesterday morning made a gem
erous and manly retraction of these
statements. Also, in speaking of the
financial condition Of Moorhead. the
Anti Saloon league officers declared
that their Investigations of conditions
had revealed the fact that the city was
not financially bankrupt, that as a
matter of fact the opposite was the
case, in fact everything civically in
connection with Moorhead was con-
Quoted along the best business lines.