The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-06

from his district to all the unex-
PRED term of Sen. Charles Mcdonald.
who resigned to become a candidate
for sheriff of Morton county.
Mcdonald is making q strong race
for sheriff." he said, "and is an ex-
cellent a The thing we are paying
most attention to out in our part Of
the state is the condition of the crops
this year. We all want a good crop.1
"Well, sir" said Sam Clark OF the
capital city, editor Of Jim Jam Jems,
II came down from Bismarck with BUR
Elks' bunch out there Just to show
them that Fargo knows how to enter
tain on such occasions, in the right
style. There is no set of Elks more
likeable than the Fargo boys and no
one knows it better than /. Just as
soon as / arrived in own I started
out to hunt for Jim Shea and search
ed as far as / could, but failed to land
him."
Just at that moment the genial gov
eminent official put in an appearance
and Jim Jam, jr, made a mad rush
for the marshal and the two ven
away arm in arm together for Sam
wanted to hear one Of those famous
Indian stories.
Two guests at the Gardner hotel
during the Elks convention were Geo.
p. Mcpherson, business manager or
The Bismarck Tribune and Secord
Henderson, the we'll known shoe sales
A. B. Kerlin Of Devils Lake, one Of
the leading fnanciers of that city, Is
a guest at the Gardner hotel.
Capt. Frank S. Henry of Valley City,
candidate for secretary Of state, who
was in the city attending the state
Elks convention, said last night to a
Forum representative that the OUT
look in Barnes county this ear was
more than excellent for the return OF
a republican administration.
IL expect to see Barnes county give
a big republican majority at h com
ing general election" he said. "The
people nave seen that what the state
needs is a good business administra-
ton and / believe they are going to
do their share toward putting into Of
fee this year the set OF men who will
put the state OF a good business foot
ing. Regarding my own candidacy,
my friends from ali parts of the state
have expressed the confidence in my
success this month and tell me that
l have every reason to feel optimistic
at the primaries"
One Of the visitors at the recent
Blks convention was ID. r. Streeter of
Linton, representative in the last ses-
sion Of the legislature from Emmons
county who was known as the "old
war horse of the house" Mr.. Streeter
said that crop conditions throughout
Emmons county were more h a good
and that the political situation was
bristling.
II am for Hanna for governor first,
last and all the time he commented.
"And / feel pretty sure that the Fargo
congressman is going to be nominated
at the primaries. If there is anything
this state needs 1t Is the restoration
of a good republican business admin
istration to get conditions back where
they were about six years age From
all I have heard l think Mr.. Hanna Is
going to have pretty clear sailing at
the primary election and will run bet
ter than he has ever run before in any
of the state wide campaigns he has
been in"
A visitor in the city this week is
Sen. Hans Jacobson Of Mott, who is
a great booster for his home city. Mr..
Jacobson is attending to some legal
business in Fargo and will probably
be here until the latter part OF the
week.
Each time I come to Fargo" he
said yesterday to The Forum repre-
r~esentative at the Gardner hotel. 81
am impressed with the improvements
that are being constantly made here.
Fargo is growing to be quite a city
and one Of which the whole state may
well be proud. The people know how
to do things here. too. I was surprised
to see the splendid manner ia which
the big Elks' parade was conducted.
That was n Of the finest professions
i ever saw, and I've seen one or two