The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-16
Moorhead Department

this territory has been transferred to
st. Paul, vice Fred McNutt, resigned.
Atty. Edwin Adams and family have
moved to the family cottage at Rose
lake and are comfortably settled, and
e. Flatenss family is now at home In
Mr.. Flaten's cottage at Shoreham on
Lake Melissa.
returned home from their honeymoon
trip which was an auto journey to
Minneapolis and other points OF inter-
est. They are now at home at 418
Fourth street south.
Mrs. w. j. Awty and her little
daughter spent the weekend with
friends at Frazee.
At the Hotel Comstock today was
George w. Swalley of Illinois with a
party of eight farmers who went out
looking over Clay county lands; w. b.
diversion, Williston, N. D., attorney n
former member of the state Legislatures:
III. a. Johnson of Ulen; g. J. Ostensoe
of Twin Valley; c. T.. johnson of Her
Wis.
There were big disbursements of
Northern Pacific pay checks here and
at Dilworth today and the paying tell
ers In the banks were kept on a lively.
jump for an o or two.
1t is among the possibilities that
Dean Southwick of the Emerson School
of Oratory, Boston, Mass, will give a
recital at the normal school in the
near future, perhaps next Friday.
Pursuant to the proclamation IF the
governor tomorrow is Good Roads"
day all lei Minnesota.
At the next general election. Belt
rami county will be divided, accord
ing to the plans and expectations of
residents of Baudette and Spooner. In
connection with the proposed division,
affortc oro L. 11naar Wa W To So invita- the
villages of Baudette and Spooner into
one municipality and this to the coun-
ty seat of the new county. The divi-
sion line would be somewhat north of
Red lake.
Knute K. Thoe, a well known car
inspector for the Northern Pacific
living at Brainerd died very suddenly
a few days ago. He was so years of
age and had held his position for
over thirty years. One of his sons,
Bruhne Thoe lives at Williston, N.
D. ~
Hawley Herald: Atty. w. Geo.
Hammett and wife, and Howard Ship
pey, left Tuesday morning for Duluth.
Mrs. Hammett being a delegate from
the Rebekah lodge, and Mr.. Shippey
is a delegate from Hawley lodge of
the l. Q. O. F. They will attend a big
three-day convention.
The recent statement of the State
bank of Hawley gives the institution
credit for loans and discounts $685. 1858
and total deposits $277,872 of which
1874, 296 are in time deposits.
Brainerd Tribune: The Northern
Minnesota Development association at
the Hinckley convention rejected the
proposal for a Northern Minnesota,
fair. The resolutions adopted declare
the state immigration commission in
Efficient advocate the creating Of a
department of public domain; urge an
appropriation for a soil survey, the
adopting of plain n simple rules to
facilitate the establishing of good
roads and call Upon Minnesota con-
gressmen to work for federal appro-
p%riations for roads and bitches in gov-
ernment-owned swamp lands.
The state organization of the Society
Of Christian Endeavor will meet at
Glenwood. Mimi, June 10 to %.
Mankato Fress Press: The act of
the 1913 legislature increasing the
compensation of the auditors and
~treasurers of many smaller counties
of the state n also the pay of their
clerks is declared to be unconstitu-
tional by the attorney generals de-
partment in a ruling today made at
the request of Andrew E.. Fritz public
examiner. The act is criticized as be-
ing discriminatory in it's basis OF
classifying counties and also because
the title of the act does not express
the r subject. William J. Steven
son, assistant attorney general, who
wrote h opinion, holds that the eff
feet Of the new act is to increase the
salaries of the auditors and ~treasurers
while the title conveys the impression
tht the act is "to establish a uniform
tax on certain classes of personal
property"
A week from today Ut Washington,
D. c., the supervising architect of the
United States treasury department
will open bids for. the construction of
the United States p~ostoffice building
at Moorhead, including the plumbing, |
heating, electrical work interior fix
lures etc..
Judge Comstock, Mankato, has put
a hole in that city's poolroom ordin-
ance, because it conflicts with the
state law the matter of age is the
point at ISSUE.