The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-02-01
Knights Of the Grip

Knights OF the Grip
In the very near future there will
be committees appointed by No. SIS
for the Crookston, Mimi, grand dis
trict meeting, and there will be plenty
to look after on the part Of Fargo.
Fargo would very much like to have
a visit from the grand counselor of
the district but 1T is believed that
a contest for new members which is
proposed for the district to end March
20 would not end well for Fargo, as
this city has about all the good ma
terial in the city In the council at
the present time.
Frank Frank X. Gravel, the head Of
| the Stone Ordean- Wells statesmen
writes that he will visit Fargo within
the next few days, and at this Frank
Clark, the local manager has begun
to brighten up his new torpedo
boat for the occasion. There are two
two Franks and they'll be tapped
upon the arrival OF the Duluth man.
A. w. Hagen, the tobacco man, who
has been making a short stay at the
Gardner has resumed his tour of the
state in the interest of his firm and
| he sends in word that business is
| lstiil good and growing all the time.
Just to show that there are others
who can write poetry besides Bob
Mcintyre and Bill Iafmer. Lud Lad
ner of the Waldorf bursts into song In
this way: sOh, Mary Jane, your face
1 is plain, but you're as good as gold.
That doesn't win the man with tin,
at least SO I've been told"
| 1t is hoped by all the members that
the old timers and their ladies will
all show UP this evening at the la
dies night events at the meeting In
the A. o. u. w. hall, for there will
be a very fine programme enacted.
It is stated that several Fargo
wholesalers and jobbers are contem-
plating the purchase Of automobiles
| for their men this spring. the men
| paying for them in the way of ex-
penses saved from railroad fares and
| the additional towns they can make.
Several of the boys have agreed to
take machines in this way.
l One lady who attended the last
meeting of the travellers said after
| the meeting that she thought she had
entered the meeting of a lot of
| Shriners, as they were all wearing the
same kind of headgear.
In q few days John McGrann, man
ager OF the Fargo councils baseball
team, will call for q meeting OF his
men, in order to see how many have
/ weathered the winter and viii be
ready for active practice in the early
spring Mac says that he will win
the Championship at Crookston the
coming June If he has to dope the
players on the other teams
1t is stated that there are several
applications for members to be pre-
4 sented to the council at the meeting
that viii be held this evening.
| There were two items sent in about
William bill Weigh but they won't
be printed. William don't allow It.
Many OF the travellers are &C.
| duaanted with O. j., Gordon, whose
wife met with the tragic death in this
/ lefty last Wednesday morning from gas
poison, and they extend their sym
5athy to him in his great sorrow. It
was one OF the saddest affairs that
has ever taken place in the city.
1
Chairman Dotson of the auto COM
mittee that Is to take the travellers
to the Crookst0n convention, will call
1 for d meeting OF his committee In the
/ near future as there are many arr
rangements to be made concerning
the trip.
Just one last word: Don't forget the
4 meeting that Is set for this evening
| and to which the ladies' OF members
! are most cordially invited to be pres
4 eEt and hear one Of the beet enter
1 talninents ever given in Fargo.
i This evening Is the great time FOR
! the Iadies. 1t is regular meeting night
i but promptly at the hour Of o the
idoors will be thrown open and the
I1adien of the members will be ad-
United and the meeting tIarnwn open
to the committee OF which Charlea
Il BiakesEee lis the chairman, and very
fine programme viii be rendered.
G. jackson HOLLAND of Mexico IS i
| guest at the Hotel Gardner Tor b few
weeks. He ig accompanied by hfs
wife and the two have made many
| friends since coming to this section.
/ Very many Of the boys are TALKING
OVER the trip to Crookston next june,
which will be made iii automobiles
/ IL iH believed that there viii Be very
| large crowd of machines leaving Fargo
/ Sox she convention ctkys II isnt axnl