The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-20
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The big fellows at Fergus Falls are
now q%uarreling among themselves as
to whom the credit is due for the dis
coyery of the Hoot lake scheme for
supplying water and power.
Last evenings Fergus Falls Journal:
Leonard Erickson returned from a
trip to Moorhead, Warren and other
points Monday morning. He says
that the people in both Warren and
Moorhead are becoming quite inter
ested in the Hoot lake project, as
he idea Of using natural hills for a
dam and shooting the water down
through a steel tube strikes them as
something new and almost startling
in its possibilities, and some of them
expressed the wish that they had
such possibilities at their doors.
The death is reported at Fergus
Falls of Mrs. Anna Mark of Harvey,
n. D. She as So years Of ago and the
body has been sent to Harvey for in
terment.
John Peterson, a prominent dealer in
machinery at Stephen, Mimi, succumb-
ed to an attack of pneumonia yes
terday. He al 40 years of age.
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the farm home of James Mularky,
nearly four miles southeast from
Crookston was totally destroyed by fire
which started in the root near the
chimney. MI. Mularky and three
children were home at the time and
discovered the fire in time to remove
most of the furniture. clothing and
other contents of the residence, and no
other buildings caught fire.
The being an election day in Moor
read, a special one to vote on an
amendment to the city charter, the
saloons in the city were all closed,
pursuant to a proclamation issued by
Mayor Davy yesterday in which the
law stating when saloons shall be clos
ed was quoted.
Agent Stodder of the Northern Pa
cific has gone down to Minneapolis to
view the sights of the automobile
show.
A. NJ. Hopeman of the Hopeman
Construction Co., has gone to Chica-
go to attend the annual meeting of
the national association Of concrete
manufacturers.
The prediction is made that people
of Dilworth will vote for high license
at the town and village election to be
held in March. The fee which seems
to meet with general approval of the
people directly interested is one of not
less than 800 a month, $1,000 to ST.
500 a year.
The question Of securing ice for
summer use in Ada is one that is caus-
ing the local ice dealers a great deal
of trouble. Messrs. Lindberg and
Hovey are figuring with Crookston
parties for their supply of ice and may
ship it in from that point.
Mayor Davy: This weather is just
the thing for the potato men who are
now very anxious to get their see6
stock Of potatoes on the cars Inc or
the way to the big growers in the south
and southwest. There are about coo
cars to go out from Moorhead, Baker
Comstock, Sabin n other points in
Clay county. When the business fol
1911 is closed UP the potato story fol
Clay county will be an interesting one
lit has been practically told now hui
there are yet some finishing touches.
Auditor Houglum has gone to Haw-
ley to assist County Treasurer Paul
son in the collection of taxes which
is a part of the collecting tour auth
orized by the county commissioners
A good many people are paying uI
their personal taxes this month so as
to avoid the penalty which attaches
if they are not paid by March 1.
The polls for the special election
which Is being held today will clos,
tonight at 8 o'clock. Up to noon The
vote cast was very light, but Their,
is expected to be things doing thiI
afternoon and this evening. Th,
voting is for or against the adoption
of an amendment to the city charter
providing that franchises may b,
granted for a period of twenty-fy,
years instead of ten. The change Il
urged by the commercial club as i
means a great deal to the future in
~terests of the city at large. Three
1fths of the vote cast today must b.
Eyes" to the proposition if the amend
ment is to be adopted.
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Clerk of Court McCubrey today t
william Patterson, u. S. r~ecrnitin,
officer at Fargo, and Mabel Gerrar,
of Pierce county, Wash. Other licen
SEES issued were to BENZ. S. Steven
and Minnie N. Newman. both Of Fargo
N. d.; and Francis ]. Sullivan of Cas-
county, N. ID. and Alice i. Wetzel o
Clay county, MINI.
The funeral for Or. r. r. Patterson
a pioneer physician of Clay county
will be held at his former home a
GAINESVILLE tomorrow. The doctor
who was very highly regarded in thi
county gave up his practice at Barnes
vile about a year ago and last fall
accompanied by his wife he went t
Biloxi, Miss, to spend the winter wit
the hope that he would regain his i'm
paired health, but last week he wa
attacked with apoplexy to which h
~succumbed.
Would Keep Away.