The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-21
City i'm Brief

The complete shop, engraving, print
trgs blank book. knight Printing Co.
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Taxicab ana Livery; careful and
prompt; charges reasonable. Phone
Las, evening 915.-Advt.
Engraved ana embossed work of
every description. knight Printing Co.
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Steamship tickets to all foreign
ports. Wheelock Insurance Agency
692 Front street. phone 10o6.--Advt.
Some exceptional values in loose
leaf ledger outfits, in the several lines
we are closing out. See window dis
play. Walker Bros. & Hardy.-Advt.
William H. Way, the we'll known
travelling man, has left this part of the
country, and has been attending to
business in the twin cities for a day or
two. He will be working in South
Dakota for the next few months.
Hubert Harrington desires The For
UNI to state that the hardware dealers
of this city entered into no agreement
to keep their stores closed on Satur-
day afternoon consequently they are
now kept pen on Saturday, the same
as on other days.
Farmers from all over this section
who have been out in the country
state that it would be almost impossi-
BILE for the crops to look any better
than they do at the present time and
the very best kind are expected and
looked forward to-.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Guiterman, of
| st. Paul, MINI, nave been in the city
for a few days visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Stern and Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Stern, attending. the, latter's silver
wedding which took place last Friday
night, and they are very much pleased
with their visit.
The different boat owners on the
| Red river lam have all agreed to fur
nish free of charge lessons in rowing
row-boats and the canoes as well as to
give instructions in the art Of swim,
ming. Already several of them have
large classes and many are learning to
become experts.
E. j. Weiser, president, and F. A.
Irish, vice president of the First Ma
tional bank, took a ride to Big Stone
lake, Mimi, last Saturday and spent
yesterday in seeing the sights INT
having az good time. They found the
roads to be in good shape n say that
the crops were excellent.
Judge Miller left Saturday morning
for the lakeside, his objective point
being Fair Hills, and he expects to
come back with all kinds Of fish, as
many as the laws of Minnesota will
permit him ito tote. The judge says
that there is nothing that so invigor-
ates a man as the lakeside.
The plant department of the North
western Telephone CO. was closed Sat
urday on account Of the funeral Of
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accident at jamestown and who was a
member of the staff Of the telephone
company. The plant department was
closed during the hours Of the funeral.
There were three cases in the city
police court last Saturday. OF these
there were two for vagrancy and one
for drunkenness and they were each
and every one fined. 1t is hoped that
Commissioner Jordan may find some
scheme for working the police court
prisoners on the streets or in a work.
house.
President Fowler Of the Fargo The
atrical Co., and owner of the Grand
and Orpheum theatres, Geo. v. HalJi-
day, producer for the Grand, and Will
liam Stern, Of the theatrical company,
reached Chicago this morning in their
quest for new players for the Grand
| Stock Co. for the coming season and
| expect to return home during the lat
ter part of the week.
There will be a meeting this evening
of the newly; organized Sons of tVeter-
ans which has been named the Gen.
John A. Logan camp, in honor of the
well known great Indian fighter and
civil war veteran. 1t Is expected that
there will be several new members ad-
mitted this evening and all eligible are
invited to attend and this means all
of the SOM Of veterans of the civil war.
P. I. Williams, the well known
speaker, will be at the Glad Tidings
mission this evening at the gospel
meeting that will be held by him and
Rev. o. E.. McCracken. Mr.. Williams
who is employed by the Scandinavia
society, will talk on Christ and Bara-
oas and will deliver a powerful sermon
and would like to have a large audi
ence., He is said to be very eloquent.
There are at the present time fifteen
prisoners in the county jail in this city
and this does not include four or five
who are in the Wahpeton Jail as long
term prisoners and will be kept there
until the new jail here has been fin
ished. This is the largest number of
prisoners who have been in the county
Jail for some years at this i'm of
year. The criminal business Is quite
large now. 5,
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