The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-02
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EAST SIDE NOTES

A pretty little social affair, a fey
Gays ago was given by Mrs. w. 1
Richardson of Second avenue south a
which were entertained about twelv'
young ladies at a four course breakfas
at IL o'clock. Yellow and white flow
ers were used in the deftly arranged
decorations in the dining room and thu
same color scheme was used in tn
menus. After the breakfast some time
was devoted to music and the review,
ing of high school days and the in.
teresting discussion of the comm
years school and college work and af.
fairs. The morning party was delight.
fully arranged and the generous hos.
p~itality of the hostess was greatly en-.
Joyed by all present.
Manager Simmons of the N. J. Olsen
Co. left for Omaha and other points on
a business mission.
Senator Marden has concluded his va
cation at the lakes and is again at his
desk, busy as a bee-of curse he will
take a supplementary vacation for a
few days in the hunting fields for there
are friends who were unable to enjoy
his bass catches, but who do love to
get busy with the breast Of a chicken.
Postmaster and Mrs. Flaten have re-
turned from a weeks end visit to Alb
erCrombie.
and young people of the Swedish Luth-
eran church had the time of their lives
at a picnic which was held yesterday
out at Nelson's grove. An attractive
programme was range for the chill
dren of the Sunday school and the
young people of the church.
The maximum temperature yester-
day was 96.3 and the forecast today
is for fair weather tonight and We'd
nesday with rising temperature.
Ole swenson. a prominent farmer,
living near Swan Lake. in Otter Tail
county. broke his neck in a peculiar
accident near Fergus Falls a day or
two ago. He met an and
turned out into the road to let it go
by. His horse was travelling at a slow
trot and paid no attention to the ma
chine. The regular track is not fol-
lowed on account of the recent CON
struCtion of a sewer and the animal
got a little too far out Of the road. and
one or the wheels of the buggy caught
on the guy wire of a light or telephone
pole and the buggy was drawn up onto
1t so that it upset. Mr.. Swenson fell
out and struck on his head, breaking
his neck and dying almost instantly.
Two hundred veteran employees of the
Great Northern Ry. Go. are to enjoy an
excursion to Glacier National park SEN
TENDER IA to Is. A special train will
bear them from st. Paul to the park
and the guests of honor will be Mr.. and
Mrs. James j. Hill. Other high ofcials
of the road are also expected to nc
company the train. The excursion is
the company's treat. everything being
done at their expense n no expense
will be spared to make the trip and
the time spent in the park most en-
joyable. The programme is not yet
complete. but will include a big cele-
bration of Mr.. Hills birthday on Sept,
16 in the park.
Their is an excellent stand of grain
IN the township of pane Prairie in
90 95t 6,,sb TAI &c county mt Wheat is yielding
40 to 45 bushels to the acre.
Representative Stevenson has been
added to the personnel of the republic
can congressional committee.
The many friends in Moorhead Of
Bishop Morrison of the Episcopal do
cese of Duluth, will be glad to hear
hat he Is fast regaining his health.
accident some time ago. His voice is
gradually geturning to it's old time
part in the meetings of the general
convention Of the church to be held in
New York next month. .r,..'.
Brainerd Tribune: A petition has
been led with the county auditor under
the provisions of the Elwelf law, for
the construction of a rural highway to
provide a link in an improved highway
from Moorhead to Duluth, serving d.
rectly the city of Brainerd and the VII
lage OF Deerwood, and by short pro
posed improved connections, the towns
Of Ironton, Crosby, Guyana and River
ton, and Offering more direct and econ
omical facilities to communities hav-
ing an aggregate population Of ap-
proximately. 10000 within Crow Wing
county. The cost Of the proposed i'm
provement as estimated by Engineer
F. A. Glass Is approximately $28, 919.
Under the Elwell law one-half of the
cost is borne by the state, ~one-uuar-
ter by the assessment on real property
benefited and o~ne-quarter by the
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