The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-04
j. w. Foley's News Letter

the reunion, and Of whose residence in
California you will not know until you
learn it from this list.
M. II. Kiff, the well known Tower
City merchant and temperance work
er, was chosen as president of the as
ISOLATION for the ensuing year. ]. E.
Mhyra, r. P. Sherman and r. ]. Null
len yere chosen as vice presidents,
and A. M. Gamble was reelected as
secretary and treasurer. After the
ratification of the selection, President
Kiff was called upon for an address
and he paid a welcome and appro-
pirate tribute to North Dakota. its
people, it's soil and it's all around
progressiveness and enterprise. Ed
ward Winterer, formerly OF Valley
City, and now a lawyer in Los Angeles,
was another speaker. Rev. l.. G. Yeo-
ma was another to be called upon,
and J. w. Root, formerly a travelling
salesman of Valley City responded, in
addition to the observations that were
made by a humble poet laureate away
from home. Altogether it was a day
Of rejoicing for the Dakotans, and they
spent the greater part of the after
noon in exchanging greetings and adj
dresses.
George B. Winship vas up from San
Diego, but with his we'll known dis
inclination, to public speaking, could
not be prevailed upon to make an adj
dress. Winship looks well, and was
accompanied by DR.. Ekern, who came
up from a Diego to greet the Da-
kotans. Cass county was represented
by a considerable number of visitors,
and was honored with the presidency
of the association. DR.. and Mrs. Car
penter of Fargo were there and G. T..
Bliss, Bob Lewis brother -in-law, who
is out here for the winter. Senator
Welo I'M family dropped in, having
reached here q week or so ago. on
their way up the west coast and back
through Canada. DR.. w. A. Bentley,
formerly of Bismarck and at one time
adjutant general Of the state militia,
mayor of Bismarck and possessor Of
many civic distinctions. was in attend
ance, but his health is not especially
good and he was unable to respond to
CAllS lOI oil dQOICSS. 4 ndQ a RlC0SdAAS
chat with DIR. Bentley. His illness
is not serious and he is improving.
Mrs. J. M, Quinn, wife Of j. M. Quinn,
formerly Of The Tribune, at Bismarck,
afterward of The Butte Miner, and one
OF the cleverest newspaper writers
who ever came out of the west, is a
resident of Los Angeles. at 2131 Estrel-
Ia avenue. Her daughters, Madelon
and Margery, were with her and she
enjoyed meeting a number Of old time
Bismarck and Dakota people. Mrs. w.
e. Dodge, wife of w. e. Dodge, at ole
time attorney for the Great Northern,
was another visitor. Miss Carrie Bur-
CESS, a teacher in the schools here,
formerly a resident of Northwood,
where she was we'll acquainted with
Sen. Jerry Stevens and family, was
on the grounds. and we talked about
Senator Jerry, of course. / saw Mrs.
y W. Gregg, widow of Captain Gregg,
who w: secretary OF Gov. John Mil
Ter. She Is well. happy, and lives at
2D01 La France avenue, South Pasa-
dena. Miss Lillian Wineman Of Devils
Lake was another visitor. And ]
| might 90 on and recount scores of
old time Dakotans who inquired about
the folks at home. the state. the peo-
| pie old and new and the thousand and
one little particulars that come UP
when you are asking about the old
folks at home"
After all. it's q good thing for a
state to have a poet, even u 1t ~ only
a very simple and human poet like
me. Al state poem gives something to
rally about. to be glad for. to make
effectual the patriotism that every
resident OF a state feels. I watched
winship's face when I was reading
the letter home, and it lighted up
with the old time fire and patriotism.
It's worth while to have lived and
worked--if only to have written one
poem that has been adapted BY q
sovereign state. ! am glad.
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! have said this in the preceding