The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-26
EAST SIDE NOTES.

Inc sunshine society at st. Cloud
is urging the erection OF a ~workhouse
in that city, alleging that many fam
lies have been found where the hus-
band Is unwilling to work.
The Mcmahon Lumber Co. of Fer
gus Falls has sold out its yard at Pei
lear Rapids to Stenerson Bros. of the
after place.
Straw votes do not always reflect
conditions accurately. Up in Bemidji
a straw vote vas taken for mayor,
and the mar who received the high
est vote, 40. at a moving picture show
contest, the very next day only re-
ceived 80 votes in the entire city.
Thomas Guinness of GAINESVILLE is
one of the officers of the state gro-
GERS accoeiation.
A campaign has been started az
Crookston to add 1000 more volumes
to the shelves of the Carnegie library
of that city. Citizens will receive a
circular asking for the donation of n
or more books and a card saying what
books r available will be Sent to
the secretary of the library commit
tee. Later the books will be collect
ed by the Boy Scouts Of the city Of
Crookston. The books collected will
be submitted to the library board and
such volumes not desired, because Of
duplication" or Censored will be
divided equally between the Roman
Catholic and Lutheran hospitals.
The town Of Bagley experienced a
bad fire Friday afternoon. The loss
included the destruction of two news
paper Offices and is estimated at up
wards of $4,000.
Brainerd Dispatch: with a iock
OF mallard ducks sporting in an open
spot in the Mississippi river at st.
Cloud, butterflies enjoying themselves
at Little Falls, robins in the vicinity
Minneapolis and the small boy
cleaning off a spot on the pavement
st. Paul on which to play keeps
spring certainly cannot be far off for
these certainly are harbingers.
This evening r. w. Richards and ].
B. Erickson will be the hosts at a
card party to be given for the A. D.
y. w. lodge at the conclusion of the
regular order of business. All the
members of Phoenix lodge and visit
ors are cordially invited to attend.
The Fourth of July celebration in
Moorhead, this year, will be under the
auspices of the hook and ladder COM
of the city fire department.
A license has been granted to A. r..
Warner to do electric wiring within
the city Of Moorhead.
According to the official canvass the
amendment to the city charted voted
upon a week ago was given $50 more
votes for adoption than the required
three fifths to carry 1t.
Glyndon News: The melting SHOWS
of February reveal numerous back
yard jobs of landscape gardening
more OF less picturesque though of
rather crazy central design-running
to the miniature mountain peaks and
ranges, extinct volcanoes, and such
like.
w. H. Diemert went to st. Paul,
Saturday night, and expects to return
about Wednesday accompanied by his
wife whom he hoped to find well
enough to travel.
Martin Widsten, an attache Of
of the papers at Warroad, was among
the visitors today.
Weather signals today were for ris-
ing temperatures with local snow
fiurries.
At the auto show in Minneapolis,
last week. DR.. ID. c. Darrow fell in
love with a 1912 model of the Over
land, self starting, and he expects the
machine to be delivered some time in
April.
Secretary Wright: The regular
meeting of the commercial club viii
be held tomorrow evening and for this
particular occasion it will be held in
the city hall at the usual time.
Among the visitors in the city were
J. III. Williams of GAINESVILLE, Andrew
johnson and E. Mcdonald of Hawley
and J. L Waddick of Georgetown.
Mayor Anderson of Fergus Falls adj
vocates the erection Of a city hall and
suggests a bond issue to meet the
cost, about $50, 900. The city is o
free from bonded indebtedness, except
electric light bonds which are being
paid by electric light users. The pro-
posed new city building is to have in
1t a public gymnasium for the use Of
the youth and young men of the city.
1t is predicted that the statements
of the Moorhead banks which have
been called for, Feb. 30, will show a
Considerable increase in deposits over
what was shown in the corresponding
statement a year ago.