The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08
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vivid pictures OF the possibilities OF
the Red River of the North and how
the sections Of both cities through
which the river flows could be beauti.
fed thereby enhancing the property
value Of those parts Of the towns.
$50 few people realize there are dol.
lars in beauty" said President Lander.
THAT is one Of the things we wan TO
do-to beautify the Red River OF the
North In our two cities. 1t is what
we are going to do in Grand Forks
and we hope you will cooperate with
us down here. Instead Of its kinks
being lined with tin cans, refuse and
debris in the future we are going to
have beautiful green parked swards
/ sloping down to the rivers edge. Then
see how valuable the property along
there will become. We are still cities
in the making and this is possible for
both Of us.
Use of Red River.
"And the day of usefulness of the
Red river is not over by any means
as many seem to feel" he continued.
Il hope there is not a man in Fargo
who will ever ~rellnquish the idea that
> this is a navigabie stream and gov.
+, rnmen property. The city OF VIM
nipeg has built a big dam north OF
there 80 that the Red river near that
point is a good sized stream and 1t
is possible for us 70 do the same
thing under the provisions of the new
rivers and harbor bill that has just
passed the senate.
"The time Is going to come when
freight traffic can be carried on by
the Red river through the Rainy river
to Port Arthur and It has been de-
termined that by the Red river
through Hudson's bay, over 1000 miles
travel can be reduced between here and
Liverpool. Is that not worth some.
thing7"
The next speaker of the evening was
T. l.. Goodman who endorsed all that
had been said by President Lander
and hoped the spirit between the two
cities would continue to grow for the
mutual advancement OF both muni.
cipalities as well a. the whole state.
Jerry 5aeon's Talk.
Sen. j. d. Bacon, president Of The
Grand Forks Times Herald Printing
Co. and proprietor Of the well known
Dacotah hotel, was introduced by
President Hardy as "the mixer" Sen.
ator Bacon acknowledged being a
milkman and said he rose every morn.
ing al 4 o'clock and MIXED six cows
before breakfast as a part Of his daily
duties.
Cooperation wa.s the keynote Of
his talk and he urged that every as
sistance be given each other and that
every courtesy be shown n city by
the other. He thought the get-together
spirit and idea was an excellent one
and could not help but result IL good.
He urged that both cities cooperate
in making the state and county fairs
a success each e
President Lewis of the North Dako-
Ia State Fair association suggested the
idea that in case the county fair propo-
sitions in both towns every other year
hurt the state fair that 1t might be
wise to do away with the county
fairs, but Senator Bacon thought
neither fair injured the other. Form
er Mayor Lowell and others were OF
the same opinion.
The Meridian Road.
Another subject was the Meridian
road on which Secretary Graves OF the
Grand Forks Commercial club, Presi-
dent Lander, w. II. Kelsey and M. a.
Baldwin talked. The proposition viii
be pushed through this yea and the
cass county association will delegate
representatives to meet with the state
Meridian road association
II. "A. Bronson. one of the well known
Grand Forks attorneys, gave an ex-
ceIlent talk on Publicity ana urged
that ali outside publicity schemes be
discouraged, especially those that Of
fered inducements to -homeseekers to
mineral lands Ia the west.
TT. ~. Wells, proprietor OF the
Northern hotel Of Grand Forks. talk
ed on conventions and said that IL was
not the purpose Of either OF the cities
to so after conventions for the money
it meant to each OF the cities, but
1t was to the advantage Of each own
to offer the best meeting places so
it would be an inducemenf Ii the ass
gociafions 10 hold their conventions
in the Two bigger cites