The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-08
City In Brief


Rummage sale. SIS Second avenue
north, Nov. 5 and 9.-Adyt.
1t Is stated that the Town Criers
are to have another grfdiron enter
tainment in the near future which will
be a very pleasant affair.
Supt. w. u. Hoover Of the public
schools leaves tonight for Bismarck
where he will take charge of a meet
ing Of the state board of examiners.
The Personal Workers League of the
city held an important meeting at the
Y. M. G. A. last evening and attended
to a good deal of business. The meet
ing was presided over by President
Taylor.
Secretary Wagner of Grand Forks
Y. NJ. C. "A. will be the speaker at the
local Personal Workers league next
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock and it
is hoped that there viii be a large at.
tendance.
The work of plastering the new An
mex hotel on upper Front street is now
going on after which the decorators
will begin work. 1t will be Jan. 1 be-
fore the building will be opened to
the public.
The ordinance of baptism for chill
dren will not be conferred at the First
Presbyterian church until the Sunday
following Thanksgiving day, when all
who have children to be baptized
should be present.
The Red Men will hold a meeting
next Wednesday evening, when there
viii more than likely be several can
didates present their applications for
membership. for it is stated that there
are several knocking at the wigwam
doors for admission.
The remains of Mrs, j. ]. Gokey, who
passed away at one of the city hospi-
tails, were taken last night by her hus-
band, whose home is at Dawson, this
state, to Grand Rapids, Wis, for in
terment. The funeral will take place
sometime tomorrow afternoon.
Tom Hall, secretary of state elect
n erstWhile secretary of the board
of railroad commissioners, was in the
city g. short time last night. Mr.. Hall
was on his way to Grand Forks to at
tend a meeting of the railroad COM
missioners who have a number of i'm
portant matters to take up with ship
pers and others.
Rev. O.. e. McCracken desires to
state that all of the people in the city
I 6AIh " NSA1AIN9 u lANllGo W dNbCAlN IAA0
dedication services of he new Glad
Tidings mission on Sunday afternoon
next at 3 o'clock. There are meetings
every night this week in the new
building, which are most interesting
and are addressed by Rev. f. III. Ash
craft of Greenville, Ill, a personal
friend Of Pastor McCracken.
J.. B. Kesler, now of 734 Fourth
street north, is one of the old timers
in North Dakota. He settled in Edge
ly tWentX-nine wears ago. A few years
ago he moved to California but is now
a resident of Fargo. He is the owner
of the Hagaman block on Second ave-
nue. north, which he is having improv-
ed and will also put in cluster lights
as a part of the white way system,
which will liven up hat street to a
great degree. !
1t is hoped by the officers Of the
Fargo Elks' lodge that every member
who a possibly do SO will be at the
meeting which will be held tomorrow
evening of this week, for there will be
q vast amount of business to be at
tended to. the most important of which
will be listening to the report of the
trustees as to a. new location and the
taking up of applications for member
ship and balloting for the candidates