The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-28
EAST SIDE NOTES.

The rainfall Sunday night and yes
terday morning at st. Cloud measured
ia inches, making a total precipita-
ton for the month in that section OF
10 inches. AT Fergus Falls and vici-
nifty there was not so much wetting,
the Official report being only .sS OF an
inch.
Atty. J. D. Sullivan of st. Cloud, rep
~resenting the Great Northern, is a
guest at The Comstock.
Crookston Times: Mrs. III. o..
Rosaaen, Miss Rosaaer, Clarence and
Hugh Rosaaen and Miss Kate Peter
sol of Fisher and Will Peterson auto
ed to Fargo Saturday in the Rosaaen
a and were the guests Of friends
over Sunday. They returned in the
car this morning.
Mayor Seeburg of st. Cloud has
taken personal charge of supervising
the policing of the business streets
and the educating of drivers OF teams,
automobiles, bicycles and motorcycles
to keep on the right side OF the road
way. The mayor says the regulation
is necessary to ensure safety in a.
busy city like st. Cloud. Some of the
careless and don't-care-a-continentaI
fellows are squirting over the de-
mands of the city's chief OFFICER, but
the latter is relentless and he is MAX
ing them toe the mark.
Miss Bertha Lund has taken the po-
sition of st~enographer In the office of
Atty. FL 3 Sharp.
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the shops will be closed on Memorial
day, the BARRIERS will keep their es-
adjustments open on Wednesday night
until 10 o'clock.
The board OF insanity examiners.
last evening, ordered the commitment
of Ed. Erickson to the detention de-
partment of the asylum at Fergus
Falls. The unfortunate young man
has been suffering from a mental de-
rangement but his friends are hop
ing that under a disciplinary treat
ment he will regain all Of his mental
faculties.
The first circus of the season wiz
show in Moorhead next Monday, Civ
ing performances in the after noon
and evening.
High school pupils were engaged to-
day tussling with state examination
papers, but despite the 'posers' sub
mitted all concerned appeared happy
after the first session.
Front street is in the hands OF pro-
fessional decorators who are putting
the city in proper garb in honor Of
the thousands of visiting Elks who are
to attend the convention Fargo next
week.
The weather signals today indicat-
red fair and cooler, but all day threat
ening skies have been lowering over
the city.
Preliminaries for the remove OF all
wire poles from Front street to the
alleys are wen under way and it is
expected that within a month the
work will have been completed. Mayor
Davy is doing his best to keep the
work moving along and whenever a
prod is required he administers IT
promptly. AS far as practicable every
unsightly feature will be placed out
of sight.
President Aasgaard and Miss
Thompson of Concordia college have
put over the Hagen-D osland cur con-
test from next Friday evening until
next Monday evening, on account OF
the commencement exercises at the
normal on the former date.
Harry Patterson was fined $50 and
costs yesterday for selling liquors
without a license. on a plea Of guilty.
Among the arrivals at The Comstock
were F. M. Niedener and Judge Doug
las of st. Paul, Horace G. Whimore, G.
Bracelen and G. p Jones Of Minnea-
polls and Q. Leonard Of Fergus Falls
]. C. Vincent of the Moorhead Hard
ware Co., received a letter this morn.
ing informing him OF the destruction
of a large barn in which he is inter
ested on a farm near Berlin, N. d.
last Sunday night during a wind anc
rain storm. The man in charge esti-
mates the damage to be about $3.50
covered by fire and tornado insurance
A travelling a also informed Mr.
Vincent that considerable damage iat
been done in communities about
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