The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-12
Moorhead Department

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| Monday evening, May 22. ana among
the guests will be superintendent Ed
wards and his wife. the teachers and
Miss Reynolds and 3. n. zika, the
class counselors.
President Weum OF the First state
bank has returned from Duluth where
he Went to see his son who Is on the
sick list.
In court at Elbow Lake, Wednes-
day afternoon, a decision was filed
which was to the effect that the re-
cent election in the village of Ashby
was valid notwithstanding certain ir-
regularittes, changing judges, etc. The
decision makes the village wet and
saloons will be reopened.
Men who have travelled and know
what they are talking about say that
before the rains, nowhere did the grain
Teids look better and conditions more
hopeful than in the country tributary
70 Moorhead and Fargo and now with
the recent good wettings the fields
nave had the grains, hay and pasture
lands Will go jumping along in great
shape.
Wheelock's Weekly says people Of
Fergus Falls have been seeing double
since the reopening of the saloons in
that town.
The ladies of Fergus Falls meet
weekly at the public library and tell
stories.
The Waubun paper says that q O.
Y. JOHNSON was up from Moorhead for
IL tIafc ~.
Closed q deal whereby he became own
er OF the sash and door factory at
Ihlef River Falls. 1t is closed at pres
ent' but as soon as he gets 1t re-
paired 1t will be opened.
Norman County Herald: Consider
able corn will be planted this week.
Nearly every farmer in Norman coun-
ty viii have at least twenty acres
seeded to corn this year, and the ma
Jorlty VIII have much more than that.
GENERALLY speaking the fields through
OUT this county are in fine condition
ana the grain seems to have suffered
very little from the high winds that
nave prevailed during the past two
weeks.
Alderman Morrow is having the
spacious home which he bought from
MRS. F1nkle. corner of Second avenue
and Second street north extensively
remodeled and the work includes the
installation Of a concrete basement
which is being constructed by the
Hopeman Construction Co.
Fridlund Bros. received from the
Northern Pacific Railroad Co. today
letter approving Of their application
Tor the lease OF twenty-f1v feet adj
Joining the property of the Star ImpIe-
ment Co. on the right Of way. facing
Front street. The lease for the prop
erty is now on the way for signatures.
The leasing firm will erect. forthwith.
an Office and warehouse building.
Atty. w. H. Cherry of the Arm of
Spooner & Cherry, Morris. Mimi. had
business before Judge Nye this morn
ing.
The Ladies Of the Maccabees held a
largely attended and very enjoyable
meeting last evening.
A mass meeting of citizens. under
the auspices of the civic league OF
Moorhead. will be held at the city hall
tonight, the object being to sound the
temper OF the taxpayers on the subject
OF new high school building which
viii mean the bonding of the district
for at least $4,000. It is stated that
inaddition to the proposed building
some property will have to be acquired.
George Gluck Of the p. F. Gluck Co.
Cincinnati, was doing business in the
city yesterday.
The Moorhead Boy Scouts are
hustling for a supply of regulation
uniforms. If the latter are secured
in time for the local division will par
ticipate in the Memorial day exercises
at Glyndon, and march in the van of
the G. A r. veterans in the parade.
The venerable j. B. Blanchard. now
in his Goth year. attended the funeral
Of his late friend, Adam Stein, at
Georgetown on Wednesday, despite
the rain and wet. Mr. Stein was Just
three days the senior Of Mr.. Blanchard
who now can dash off his autograph
without lifting the pen.