The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-05
City in Brief

Rugs dirty? Phone 15a.-Adv4.
Drink Pokegama, a pure sur5ng wa
ter. Phone 1549.-Advt.
The complete shop, engraving, print
Ing. blank book. knight Printing Co.
-Advt.
Engraved and mposs work OF
every description. knight Printing co.
-Advt.
Comedy, Spring Fever, ST. Cecelia's
Guild, Civic Centre, Monday evening,
May 5. rs cents.-Advt.
Patronize the only lithographing
plant in North Dakota Operated by
Walker Bros. G. Hardy. -Advt
Steamship tickets to all foreign
ports. Wheelock Insurance agency,
6o2 Front street, phone 1006.-Advt.
There will be more automobiles this
year than ever before. More accidents
will happen. Do you know Carpenter?
-Advt.
Men for work on lawns and odd jobs
of all kinds. Call at Glad Tidings
mission, 116 Front street or phone
35S-L. Advt.
If you can't find the labor saving de-
vice you want at Walker Bros. &
Hardy's stationery department, it
hasn't been invented.-Advt. r. .a. .
Thomas P. Cooper, secretary of the
North Dakota Better Farming associa-
ton, Who has been making a business
visit to the twin cities, has returned
home.
The partition walls Of the new C. H.
Porrit building on Northern Pacific
avenue are up to the second story and
the structure is rapidly assuming pro-
portions.
r. D. Bixley, of Helena, Mont, who
has been looking after business mat
ters in the city for a few days and
who was stopping at the Annex, has
returned home.
The annual dinner Of the Y. M. c..
A. members will take place at the as
ISOLATION building on Friday night of,
this week and a splendid time is ex-
pected, with a large attendance as
sured.
There will be q meeting Of the city
council this evening when the business
of the council will be made ready for
turning over to the new city commits
sion which will meet tomorrow eve
ming at the council chambers.
Owing to the death of DR.. P. G.
knoWlton the date for the Fargo
College conservatory recital of Lillian
Wright, soprano and Hubert Beard,
baritone has been postponed from this
evening to Monday evening May 10.
Alex Stern in a few days will begin
the work Of making the repairs on the
rooms in the Edwards block which
were formerly occupied by the Union
Light, Heat & Power Co., which was
badly damaged by fire a few days ago.
On Friday night of his week there
will be a large class taken into the
Fargo lodge of the Loyal Order of the
Moose, and the business meeting will
be followed by a very pleasant ban
quet, at which there will be several
addresses made.
The treasury department accepted
the Chesley Lumber & Coal Co.'s bid
for coal for the federal building, fol
the fiscal year, 1914. Seven bids were
offered. The contract calls for 15C
long tons Of anthracite coal, and two
cords Of tamarack wood for kindling,
At the meeting of the Fargo council,
of the U. c. T. held Saturday evening
there were four candidates admitted tC
membership and nine applications
were received. 1t is planned to make
the next meeting, the first Saturday
night in June, a great one, with an i'm,
mense class. f.
Mrs. Stewart, mother of Mrs. w. j
Garlic, of Fargo, died Thursday al
Davenport, Ia. Mrs. Garlic, who has
been in attendance on her mother
will return here the latter part of the
week. Mrs. Garlic is president of the
w. r. c., and is Well known here. Mrs
Stewart has visited in Fargo and has
! MANY frionHC hero wEn will ho CrinJnS
to hear of her demise.
Three letters, all addressed city
were mailed at the postoffice here
and none of the firms addressed are
located in the city. Evidently the
from some other city, and thought.
lessly mailed them here. They are
Garrison-Keen Shoe Co, Roe Dry
Goods Co., and Mrs. Gregory's Sui
Shop. Does anyone know, where they
belong?
1t is expected that several other civ
ic organizations within the next few
days will decide to take part in the
civic day parade of the Masonic
Homecoming week, the civic day be.
ing the twentieth anniversary of the
great fire, which takes places on Sat.
urday, June Z. So far the commercial
Il SAao d1lu y Ia 81 ~ LII
ers have decided to enter the lists eacl
with handsome floats.
The regular business meeting of tn,
Fargo Elks will take place on Satur,
day night next. and at this meetint
there will be a report of the committe,
on the prospects for the attendance a
the Jamestown meeting OF the state
which takes place in June. 1t is hopet
by the committee as well as by the of
ficers of the local organization to TAX,
at least 200 to the state convention
and to go after n or more of TIN
prizes.
Herbert Benton, who was in tn,
jewelry business in this city, but VIII,
sold out some time ago, has beer
calling on friends in the city for I
day or two and has been taking a tril
through Montana and other place;
west. He has been stopping at Grea1
Falls, Mont, and it is likely that he
may locate in that city, for he believes
there is a fine opening there. FIis
friends wish him abundant success.
TOOk BODY To ST. PAUL