The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-12

grown so rapidly in the past dozen OF
fifteen years that Ii has been difficult
TO provide for the civic necessities %
80 large a community. 1t has been sc
short a time in growing it does MOI
compare as q civic entity with st
Paul.. Minneapolis or the business cen.
ters Of the northwestern country. This
parks of those cities do o exit here
The streets are by no means compare
BILE to those OF the northwestern cities
Neither are the schools, churches oil
public edifices.
But they are building as rapidly as
they can find time and funds, and viii
in time erect a substantial and won
derful city here. The present area OF
the city is twenty-one square miles
but the hills and valleys for many
miles about here are being plated into
building tracts. and dotted with bun
galows. They build these bungalows
wherever the fancy happens to dictate
They hang them over the edge OF
p~recipices, stick them up 800 or 400
feet IN a side hill, poke them into a
grotto or pocket in the hills, with en-
tire disregard of elevation or means
of approach. One blessed thing in
buildings here-the builders do not
have to take the winter into account.
Winter and summer are about the
same and January is not greatly diff
ferent from June or July. And the
people live largely out Of doors any
way, and the having of any house at
all is perhaps largely a matter of sem
timent, or as a shelter in the rainy
weather.
Some observations and reflections
upon southern California | must save
for another letter, and devote a part
of this one to some things of a per-
sonal nature. A bit of tragedy link
ed with my coming here was in the
sudden death of George w. McCaskey.
formerly agent of the Northern Pa
cifc road at Grand Forks, and a
brother-in-law of Sumner Z. Streeter.
who will be remembered as job fore
man of The Bismarck Tribune way
back in the early 90's. l had q letter
to McCaskey from r.. w. Clark, secre-
tary of President Elliott of the North
ern Pacific, and presented my letter
and enjoyed an hours chat with
McCaskey shortly after / arrived
here. Three days later l picked UP
The Evening Herald and read a no
tice Of his sudden death from apoplexy.
So goes the world, and so little we
can foresee the future. McCaskey was
about AZ years of age, clever and like
able, and had made good here. 1t was
all very sad.
Judge Morgan, formerly chief JUS
tice Of the state supreme court, who
was compelled to resign because of
i'll health, is in a sanitarium just out
of Pasadena. 1t is in a beautifully
wooded area, and Judge Morgan and
Mrs. Lewis have one Of the s~anitarium
cottages. The judge is under the
care of DR.. Barlow, a leading physi-
clan here, and his friends hope the
restfulness, open air and quiet will
work an Improvement. He has in
vested in a horse and phaeton, and
will enjoy drives about the country.
which is all dotted with orange groves.
yellow acacias, pepper trees and much
that is beautiful and restful. E II.
Kent, formerly editor of The Lakota
Herald, is in a cottage of the same
sanitarium and a few doors from
Judge Morgan. He is suffering from
a pernicious anaemia, and is in a
rather serious state, although it is
hoped the res and treatment may
benefit him,
Florence Bosard Lawrence, another
Grand Forks resident of the olden
days, is dramatic editor of The Herald.
and her husband, Side Lawrence.
formerly of The Minneapolis Journal.
is real estate editor Of the same pub
LEGATION. Both are hard working.
popular and happy. They have a
pretty home out on Council street,
and ono a month she keeps open
house and entertains many interest
ing people.
DR.. and Mrs. Webster Merrifield are
residents of Pasadena, and have just
completed a beautiful home on the
arroyo, overlooking Pasadena from q
slightly eminence. They have a fve-
acre track, which slopes down into the
arroyo, and is beautifed with live
oaks, shrubs, vines, and will be Laid
out in beautiful landscape gardening.
Their home is the scene of many In
teresting gatherings, and DR.. Merri-
field Is busy with much in the way
of charitable and philanthropic work.
in which Mrs. Merriield takes an ac-
tive part. They are close friends Of
Or. and Mrs. Robert j.. Burdette, and
we met them at a reception given by
ENt - wI ~ Mr. - -
which Mrs. Merrifield assisted. Al
day or 81 before we had luncheon
with Or. and Mrs. Merrifeld at their
home, and there met Mr.. and Mrs.
Withheld Of Grand Forks, who are
visiting them for a month. And on
the last day of January we sat out
on the broad piazza at their home.
breathed the balmy air and looked
across at the blue mountains that
border Pasadena's horizon. We saw
Mount Wilson and Lowe and between
us and the ridge was an endless vista
of pepper trees, oaks, towering
shrubs and vines, green lawns and
natural beauty and delight. 1t is an
inspiring view, and full OF tendency
to philosophical reflection.
Hollywood, a residential suburb of
Los Angeles, numbers a number of
Dakotans among its residents, past
and present, i. r. Booker, formerly
treasurer Of North Dakota, owned q
home here for a time. Whitley, a
former Bismarcker OF territorial days,
plated Of the additions to the
city. A. 4. Patterson, formerly states
attorney OF Burleigh county and a
former Sargent county attorney, is in
the lumber business at Hollywood, and