The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12
City i'm Brief

Rugs dirty? Phone 153.-Advt.
Drink Pokegama, a pure spring wa
ter. Phone 1549.-Advt.
The complete shop, engraving, print
ing, blank book. Knight Printing Co..
--~ ~. -Advt.
every description. knight Printing Co.
-Advt
Vacation time is coming. Better get
an accident policy for your trip. Do
you know CarpnterE-Advt.
Patronize the only lithographing
plant in North Dakota. Operated by
Walker Bros. & Hardy. -Advt.
Steamship tickets to all foreign
ports. Wheelock Insurance agency,
602 Front street, phone 1006.-Advt.
Men for work on lawns and odd jobs
of all kinds. Call at Glad Tidings
mission. ZIG Front street or phone
358-L. Advt,
Public s~tenographer. Phone 112.
Dispositions, specifications, CORE
spondence, reports. etc. 101 Broad
EWay.-Advt.
Hon. o. J. Sorlie of the town of Bux-
ton was calling IN his friends this aft
ernoon in the city and met with sew
eral business men. -.
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.
The city commissioners will nave a
talk wit. the county officials to see If
it will be possible for the city and
county to Jointly use the detention
hospital and save expense to each.
A large number of applications for
membership to the lodge of the Elks
lodge which was held Saturday eve
ming last and these will be instructed
on the evening Of May "a.
William L.. Grasse, of this CITY.
grand page Of this district Of the U. c..
l.. returned yesterday yesterday from
Fergus Falls, where Saturday evening
he attended the institution of a new
council and he says the work was
done'in fine style and that the new Or
ganization will be a strong one.
From now On there will be no Sat-
urday evening meetings at the Glad
Ttdings mission, this to be in vogue
until after the summer is over. There
was a large attendance at the three
meetings held yesterday afternoon, and
a great deal Of interest was given the
addresses.
Rev. 0. E. McCracken of Glad It'd
lngs mission has the address of a de-
serving woman who would like a place
on a farm, for herself and two chill
dren, one q boy of II years and the
other a girl Of IA, and the three will
be of valuable assistance on a farm.
Call on or phone Mr.. McCracken about
the case.
President Scott and Secretary Van
Horn have been out to the fair
grounds within the past day or two,
getting the grounds into first class
shape for the coming Interstate fair
which will be held in Fargo for four
days, beginning July 1, and they ex-
pect to have a large number of fast
horses here.
The driver of the dray that had the
spill at the corner of First avenue
and Fifth street north near the Ma
sonic temple states that the chain of
the dray broke and that this let the
load down ON to the horses. which
the horses did not attempt to run away
until the chain broke.
There will be no formal meetinp of
the city commission tomorrow morn
ing, but there will be an informal
meeting when a number of important
matters will be discussed, which will
be taken up publicly at another time.
In fact, there is a great amount of
business to come before the meetings
III the near future. There will be the
regular weekly meeting on Wednesday,.
A young mar who was throwing a
stone at a dog yesterday afternoon
was not a good shot and the stone
he hurled struck a young lady cutting
cash in her head. He stated that
the accident vas one that he was eX-
ceedingly sorry for. There were three
cases of drunkenness and one of vag-
rancy before the police Judge this
morning n each man was fined or
given time in the 'bullpen."
Frank w. Clark, head of the local
branch Of the Stone-Ordean-Wells
Co, of this city, spent Saturday at the
Detroit lakes, having an engagement
with several pike that he claimed to
have had knowledge of since last sum
mer. He reports that the catches were
fairly good, and that his famous tor
pedo car made the trip without a mis-
hap. He say there was a big crowd
from this city in attendance,