The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-17
". C. 7. u. PARTY
TO VISIT FARGO
DELEGATES TO CONVENTION
WILL STOP IN cfTY-DR. COOK,
FAKE EXPLORER, WANTS TO
LECTURE IN clTY-AUTo TOUR
TO LISBON.

On the morning of Get. Is, a special
train that will convey delegates to the
national w. c. r. u. convention, which
will be held in Portland, Ore" will
pass through Fargo. The commercial
| club will take steps to provide Tor
some kline of entertainment for these
| distinguished ladies who will make a
| stop of forty-five minutes in this city.
A committee consisting of Hon.
| Charles A. Pollock, Robert NJ. Pol
lock and H.. w. Gearey have already
taken steps in that direction, but will
know more about the matter in a few
days. The subject came up in the
meeting of yesterday, and more Will
! be- given out about the matter in the
near, future. D.,
The train will make a forty-fve
minute stop in Fargo, will make short
stops in Valley City, jamestown and
Bismarck, but the exact hour of
reaching North Dakota is not known.
The train will pass over the Northern
Pacific. Es .
Trip to Lisbon.
It has been decided hat the COM
mercial club will make h trip to
the corn festival at Lisbon in automo-
biles on the morning of Sept. q, pro-
Vided the roads are in condition, n
tif they are not it is the intention TO
! nave q couple VI SulS CT AhS SNNN'SA
here on that morning so that the
party IAN take the n. P. 1t is hoped
that fully 100 will make the trip. In
fact the committee hopes to secure the
pledges of that many who will agree
To go. 1t is estimated that twenty
autos will be sufficient to carry 100
people. Lisbon will heartily appreci-
ate his visit on the part of repre-
sentative citizens of Fargo.
Or. Cook Wants to Lecture.
Secretary slime of the commercial
club has received q letter from DIR.
Cook, who claims to have discovered
the north pole, in which he states that
he desires to come to Fargo under the
auspices of the commercial club and
give q lecture here, during which he
will endeayor to prove I, the s~atisfac-
ton of the club and the people of the
city that he is the simon pure, bona
fde discoverer of the north pole ana
not the -four flusher' that some have
tried to make out he is. The mat
ter was referred to President Page and
the committee and it was decided that
the club didn't care to get into the
lecture business.
Here's an Opportunity.
The Fargo Commercial club has re-
ceiyed a letter from the secretary of
the American Good Roads congress
which meets at Atlantic City at the
$1,000. 900 pier from Sept. 80 to Oct. 5,
asking that Fargo's business club send
three delegates to represent this city.
1t was decided that if there are any
Fargo people in the vicinity of Att
lantic City at the time of the con-
gress and they desire to attend
credentials will he sent them as dele
gates, but the club does not feel in
clined to send at the clubs expense
delegates at this time,
Wanting a Consolidation.
"A letter was received at the com
meroial club from the chamber of
commerce of Spokane, Wash, asking
Fargo to take some action on the
proposition of consolidating the Coun-
try Life congress-, the international
llDry Farming congress and the Ma
tional Irrigation congress under one
organization, and the letter states that
in the opinion of the Spokane people
one big organization would WELD a
great deal more influence than three
smaller ones. The matter will be taken
up at the first meeting of the exc
cutive committee of the club, when ac-
ton MAJ be taken on the request.
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