The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-19
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES

The fact that Honor Stargeson is an
ardent follower of 1zaak Walton, the
great exponent of fishing and saint Of
fishermen, saved him from being fin
ed or consigned to the ''bullpen' for
several days.
Mr.. Stargeson was placed on the
stool of repentance before Police Judge
Miller the other morning. He was
kind Of wobbly as he sat down and
the judge asked him how he came into
that condition.
After clearing his throat several
times and licking his lips to get the
cracks kind of fabricated so he could
pry them apart, he began:
Mister Judge, 1 had all kinds Of
excuses and causes for getting full
last night. I was down at the dam
fishing. 1 went there in the morning
and took my Inner with me so hat
1 could devote the entire day to fish
ing, and when I was getting ready in
the evening to go home ] met with
misfortune.'
How was that?' asked his honor,
who, at the word fishing, pricked up
his ears and gave his undivided at,
tention.
well, it was this way" and the
ma heaved a. sigh. Il had caught
seven nice pike and a whole string Of
bullheads, and I had them on a string
er tied to a stick in the water. 1 walk
over to the bank and picked up the
string and just as I was lifting them
from the water my feet slipped and
the string of fish dropped from my
hand. AS 1 saw them getting down
under cover I swore I never would go
home that evening sober and, your
honor, I didn't get home at all, for I
got pulled in. Can you forgive me?"
and the judge vas SO overcome at this
narrowing human story that he could
only motion for the man to get out,
and he got
Gus Lieber, the we'll known travel
ing man, and Charley Klaus, owner of
the Gladstone hotel, both of the city
Of jamestown, were guests at the Wall
dorf a day or two ago. Charley is
one Of the officials of the state con-
v%ention of the Elks, while Gus is one
of the big Elks of his town and is a
booster from away back. They have
committed to m some prose
which they Fecite in unison when they
are together, and here is the. way it
runs: g.. t-
Yes, we have the state convention,
and it comes off next June, and We are
going to give the fellows with the
horns the. biggest time that ever hap
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boasting, either, for we are prepared
to show this to all corners and you
can come and see. We will have all
kinds Of bands, all kinds Of eating, a
picnic in the grove and there won't
be a thing overlooked, and the ladies
will also be looked after by the ladies
Of u town" They then stop and
Gus says to Charley. and the former
says to the latter: ITS so, isn't it?''
and then they both wag their heads as
much as to say: Sure No town in
the state will do more to give the boys
a good time than Jamestown.
John F. Callahan of Casselton. when
he met the above men at the Gardner
while here, remarked to the James
town men: you can depend on every
Elk that lives in our town to go to
| Jamestown in June. I hear the boys
all talking about the good time they
expect to have, and from what / can
hear there won't be an Elk in that
Itown on the days of the state convesn
ton at JimtoWn. Casselton is growing
and the crops are all doing well, and
| seeding is about over with.''
The New York man, who was di-
voreed from his artist wife and de
sclared marriage was a failure, evil
IDENTIFY was not aware of the fact that
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