The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-27
Moorhead Departs

regular business Tomorrow the
board Will consider several road mat
ters among them the Moorhead, Baker
and Barnesville road for which final
adjustments are expected to be com
pleted.
Minnesota Woodmen will serve free
lunches at their tent on the state fair
grounds next week.
County auditors in Minnesota have
been notified in circulars sent out
by II. "A. Rider, executive agent Of
the state game and fish commission,
to insist on observance OF the law
which requires residents Of Mime
sofa applying for small or big game
licenses to make affidavit of their
postoftice addresses and length cf
residence. This requirement has not
been observed in some counties, Mr..
Rider said
The desk in the office of the Com
stock has been embellished with an
ornamental railing and Office door and
a cashiers window, altogether making
the business Office Of the hotel abso-
lutely proof from intruders.
Arnold A. frost, teller at the First
National bank, has returned to his
desk after two weeks spent enjoying
lake life. He comes back brown as
berry.
City Attorney and Mrs. Rustad ex-
pect to leave in a few days for the
cities where Mr.. Rustad will attend
to several business matters and also
he and his wife will visit the state
fair and view the great sights.
Emblems of the drama, in terra
Gotta, have been placed about the
enameled white brick front of the new
theatre on Fourth street south.
At the next regular session of the
legislature one of the amendments to
the state educational law of Minnesota
will be a provision which will allow
city boards Of education to make con-
tracts with superintendent and
teachers for more than one year il the
board SO desires after the first or
second year.
Callers at the Office Of Leslie Welter
today were Mr.. Tracy of the Johnston
Stock & Farm Co., Marion, N. D.,
President Lofgren' of the state bank
at Ulen, and c.. G. Burnett, potato
buyer of Lawrence, Kan. .a&
The case Of the alleged theft Of A..
600 cigars from John Karlstrom by
three strangers, John Smith, Burley
Swanson and Martin 'Keough, a week
or. so ago, has been postponed by
Justice Wade until Sept. at q p. m.
to allow the attendance of material
witnesses who are now out of the
city. ~- -. i. .,-.-.
The Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs
will meet in regular session and at
the usual place this evening.
High meat prices are indicated by
the price which is being paid for
choice cattle at the ST. Paul stock
yards, where twenty-three. head were
sold on Monday for $1,s00, an average
price of $7S.21 per head.
Wimbledon News. T. I. Lewis re-
turned to Moorhead, Tuesday after
short visit at the Joos cottage at the
lake. Mrs. Lewis will prolong her
visit here and is being entertained this
week by our townspeople, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. Clendening.
The change of the Great Northern
Willmar train, which leaves Willrnar
in thl morning and arrives at st.
Cloud at $3.50 and makes direct con-
nections for Duluth, returning in the
afternoon, is very popular with St.
Cloud and the towns on the line in
Stearns county.
Coach Slingsby of the Moorhead
high school has returned from a. tour
of western points and is now busy
arranging his plans for the coming
school year He reports a pleasant
trip. Some of the country he liked;
some he could not say that he did
like. He visited through Montana and
Washington; liked Great Falls and
Spokane. and found Seattle a busy
city. He thinks that Fargo and Moor
head continues as good a point for
business as any of them. Mr.. Sings
by will take little time to get his
laboratory ready for school and is al
SO working out plans for the football
season. Coach Slingsby thinks the
outlook for good team Is favorable
and the boys know that they have a
coach as good as the best. y
The city council passed, two import
ant ordinances at its meeting Monday
evening. One is for regulating the
use Of bicycles and motorcycles with
In the city and the other provides
rules and regulations relating to all
vehicles used upon the paved streets
of the city. The new regulations will
be in effect as soon as the ordinances
have been published in the legal paper
Of the city. 6Es