The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-13
LEADING PAPER
MENTIONS FARGO
FARGO GIVEN PROMINENT MEN,
TON IN A RECENT ISSUE OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR.
ONE OF THE LEADING BOSTON
NEWSPAPERS.

The city of Fargo was given a most
favorable mention IN a recent issue Of
The Christian Science Monitor. not
only n of the leading Boston news
papers but a publication known
throughout the entire country because
of it's increased circulation due to the
rapid growth of the Christian Science
church. The following was said in
The Monitor about Fargo:
The building of a handsome, steel
constructed auditorium, having $500
seating capacity, the securing Of such
industries a. a candy factory, knit
ting mills, creamery, wholesale grocery
house, suspender factory and corset
factory for the city, besides helping
the city administration supply an up
o-date street lighting service as we'll
as assisting the farmers Of this COM
munity to the use Of more economic
and efficient methods, are some of the
things that have kept the commercial
same time, given it and the city it
represents a name throughout this
territory that many a place twice the
size would be glad to own.
The commercial club of Fargo was
organized in August, 1902, under a,
charter issued by the secretary of
state, in which. the purposes of the
corporation were set forth as follows:
TO encourage and promote the COM
mercial and manufacturing interests
OF the city of Fargo, to foster and en-
courage through social intercourse a
public spirit and feeling of loyalty
to the city, to promote the growth
and beauty Of the city. to assist in
making it a city of homes, to develop
the %jobbing and wholesale interests Of
the city, to encourage manufacturing
within it's limits, to advise and assist
in municipal improvements, and to
establish such social features as would
necessarily assist in carrying out the
aims of the club.
The scheme of the present ~organiza-
ton is as follows Every organization,
rs per cent of whose membership are
members of the commercial club, may
become one of the affiliated bodies OF
the club. and is then entitled to elect
one of its members as representative
Of that organization on the executive
committee of the club, SO hat today
the club has an executive committee
OF twenty-one members, representing
tw~enty-one organizations, both pro-
fessional and business organizations.
The result of this cooperation has
been a wonderful increase Of activity
in club work.
Probably the biggest thing the club
has done for the community is the ex-
tension of its street car line to the vii
lage Of Dilworth, at which point the
shops Of the Northern Pacific railway
are located. To accomplish this, the
club had to secure a franchise from
the cities Of Fargo and Moorhead, and
the village of DilWorth, which was &C
complished after a years hard work,
the result of all of which was that 200
families that would have had to move
to DilWortfl. were saved for Fargo.
Next in Importance is the building of
the local auditorium, now in process
of construction. This building, which
is a combination Of auditorium and
armory, will have a capacity, on the
auditorium floor, for $500 people. 1T
is practically a three-story building,
of concrete and steel construction.
Through the good Offices Of the
commercial club, the local autonaobile
club is being enabled to improve the
roads leading into Fargo from all di-
Erections TO a distance Of about fifteen
miles. adding to the pleasure Of the
automobile tourist, and contributing
larEely to the comfort os the farmer