The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-21
FINE BANQUET
FOR POSTMAsTERS
LADIES WERE IN ATTENDANCE
AND AN ENJOYABLE EVENING
WAS PAssEp-NUMBER or Ex.
cELLENT ADDRESSES FEATER.
ED THE SESSION.
BANQUET e Poatnastera.

The banquet that was rendered the
| tri-State ~postmaSters last evening at
the Prize hall by the people OF Fargo
| through the commercial club, was a
most pleasant affair. Nearly 200 peo-
pie attended, there being several Ia
dies in the company. 1t Is needless
to say that they enjoyed the affair
fully as much as did the gentlement.
Postmaster Plumley of this city was
selected by the committee of arrange
ments as POSTMASTER, and after the
excellent mem furnished by the Prize
company had been thoroughly dis
cussed he opened the speech by COM
~plirnenting Col. Morton Page, presi-
dent of the commercial club for the
excellent arrangements he had made
for the banquet, as well as for his adj
dress at the mornino session, and he
introduced Hon. w. ]. Price of this
city. who talked on Commercial In
terests.
Mr.. Price Talks.
Mr.. Price stated that he had Just
returned from the Chicago conven-
confusion and it seemed kind Of
peaceful to be home again and al q
gathering of this kind. He said that
the commercial possibilities OF Fargo
were greater than he could tell about.
He said that a commercial club was
the mouthpiece OF the community, and
that its object was to show the
was located was a pretty good place
in which to live and do business. "The
object of the club" he said, lis to
attract attention, and that Is why the
postmaSters have been invited here.
This gathering is made possible by
reason Of the club" He said that he
was glad he had been in Chicago, for
he believed that the convention there
n the one in Baltimore would be
the last that would ever assemble for
nominating a president rs he was
confident that this would be done in
the future by the people.
Another Reason for Club.
POSTMASTER Plumley said that Mr..
Price was right when he talked OF
the object of the Club to be that in
obtaining publicity and that another
object that all commercial clubs
should have in the northwest was to
prevent the people Of the states from
crossing the line and going across into
Canada, when there are really better
possibilities here. He said that the
postmasters spent many dollars out
of their own pockets in answering
questions and he gave many illustra-
tons that had come under his OBJ
servance. Mayor Sweet was then in
PRODUCED.
Chief Executives Talk.
Mayor Sweet was in a very pleas
ant frame of mind last night and he
kept the audience in the very best
| of humor and showed himself TO be
an adept at after-dinner speaking. He
humorously said that the p Ms had
many qualifications that the commo
people could not have. They were
amiable, kind, accommodating and he
intirnated that a halo had been con
| structed for each one of them. He
took the position that the postmaster
Is the medium Of thought and ex-
change for the entire country and that
he even drifted off into other coun-
tries with his letters, etc.
President Breeds Remarks.
President Breed OF the tri-state
postmasters was the next speaker and
he took h position that such an orr
~ganization was OF great benefit to the
officials and as a matter of course to
the people. This organization was
formed four years ago in ST. Paul and
had grown from q comparatively small
n to it's present large proportions.
and he wished all postmasters were
members. Mr.. Breed talked about
the rural carriers and said that if they
attended to their business as they
| should they would be Of great bene-
ft to a town, because they could in
sist on good roads. He gave an in
stance in his own town where just one
carrier had started to make his road
better and had succeeded and that Their
the other carriers brarched out, until
now nearly all Of the roads have been
bettered. He said the government in
It's postoff1ce department had the
greatest organization in the world and
that there were nearly 100000 in the
army OF workers all working under
the one head. He said thai while the
| department had thrown a great deal
OF red tape about the business, still