The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-02
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES

Charley Elliott, who a charge of
the Waldorf cigar stand, will be abb
sent from his duties there for several
day, but his place will be well filled
honest, hard work in the country
Charley and his running mate, Lew
Meehan, had heard the call Ito the
fields" and have determined to do
what they can to save the crops OF
North Dakota for the consumer, and
that is why yesterday they girded on
their overalIs and started for New
Rockford. 1t is true that their hands
are a little tender for this ind OF
work, but they'll get hardened all
right and 1t will be no time until they
will do more than their share of farm
labor. The two boys decided a day or
two ago that a few days at real good
honest, hard work in teh country
would do them good and knowing that
farm hands were a mighty hard thing
to get in North Dakota they started to
render what assistance they could.
There are a number Of other young
men, clerks in the city, who would
mighty well like to follow their ex-
ample, not only for the money there
is in it, but because they feel that the
work and out door life would do them
good.
William e. Boyd of the Waldorf, be-
fore starting with his partner, Robert
K. Keller, to the twin cities and other
eastern parts said to The Forum:
1--WE expect to buy a good deal of the
equipment for b new Annex hotel
while we are away, for much that we
are wanting will have to be special
stuff, and we want to order early so
there will be no delay when we open
the new hotel here early next winter.
We are going to make this n Of the
finest houses in the entire northwest.
OF course it will not be so large as
the waldorf, but it will be fitted up
in the finest kind of shape. / don't
know just when it will be ready, but
I think we can get in early in the win
ter and be ready for the winter trade.
At times during the summer which is
rapidly passing, we could have filled
at least another hotel the size OF the
Waldorf and still not have been able
to take care of all who wanted to stop
there. The present summer has been
one of the very best the city has yer
seen in a hotel way and from what l
can heal next summer is likely to be
the same and we want to be ready
for whatever comes up. The rates in
the new house will not be quite sc
high as those at the Waldorf, for we
want to make the new Annex on Front
street a place where the farmer and
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great big expense"
w. d. Gross, of Staples. MINI, and
Charles Hunkins, Of breckenridge,
Mimi, were guests at the Webster
this morning and will be here for a
day or two. They are w old timers
in the northwest. Mr.. Cross has been
here since 1888 and Mr.. Hunkins since
1879. with the exception of the year
1885, said MI. Cross, "the crops this
year are the best that the state hal
ever known, and i don't know but
they will come nearly equalling even
that bumper year" Mr.. Hunkins in
speaking on the same matter said
to h Forum: II have travelled all
over the western part Of Minnesota
and all over North Dakota, clear into
the Montana state and / want to
tell you that the same crop condi-
ttons that prevail right here seem to
prevail everywhere. 1t is the great
est crop with the exception Of the
rear that Mr.. Cross refers to that /
have ever known, and in the nearly
forty years that I have been in the
northwest I have been a close OBJ
server"
Fred Whitmarsh, who represents one
OF the big bank safety companies, Is
visiting his friend Fred A. Irish of
the First National today. and he re-
ports that business is excellent all over
the northwest, and whit" ought to
know, for he has been travelling some
in the past few weeks. Il am feeling
fine" said he this morning, and have
regained my health and am in the
best kind of shape. Fargo is always
showing signs of Improvement and /
like to come here, because / have
plenty of good friends here, as well
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