The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-15
City in Brief

Do you know Carpenter? Accident
Health and Liability insurance.-Advt.
Clean shaves. neat hair cuts, seandia
Barber shop. Broadway and First
venue -Advt.
]. p. Hardy, Secretary: The com
mercial club is DESTROYS OF securing a
second hand safe, one that is large
enough to contain the ledger and 9TH
er books and valuables Of the club.
Call at club. -Advt.
The executive committee Of the Far
go Commercial club will hold its meet
ing at noon Monday, instead of Mon
day evening as has been stated. There
is much business to be taken up.
According 10 the farmers who have
been driving into town for the past
few days the roads in the vicinity Of
Fargo were nev in better condition
| and the absence of snow drifts Is con-
spicuous.
Roy Colgrove, formerly clerk of the
Waldorf but now running on the n. P.
from st. Paul to the coast in charge OF
one Of the dining cars, is here on a
visit to his old friends and they were
glad to see him.
A package was received at the Far
go p]ostof1ce this morning bearing the
address Of John Dealridje, Cass coun-
ty, North Dakota. The address Is in
sufficient for delivery and the authori-
: ties would like to have the proper
party in some way notify the depart
L ent so that the parcel may be de-
livered.
Last evening at $50 the twenty
first degree team of the Kadosh held a
meeting and banquet at the Pirie din
ing room upstairs, and discussed the
work for the ensuing season. The cap
tain Of the team, l.. r. Buxton, and
other members Of the organization
gave short talks. The dinner was an
excellent n
w. w. Cook, the we'll known travel
ing man, who owns the site for the
new town of Saunders was in town to-
day and states that the new village
is growing nicely and that there will be
a grand opening in the spring. Mr..
Cook while being ION the road" also
finds time to do a good deal of farm
ing in the season.
L. o. Thomas Of Muscatine, Ia. is
a business visitor to the city TODAY.
and will be here for several days, as
he is looking into the question Of Red
river land. He that there
VIII be several other people from his
section here the coming season, as the
land about his home is getting too
high priced to hold.
E. f. Collins Of GRAND Forks, was
a guest today at the Prescott hoteI,
he ls just now endeavoring to make a
deal for the purchase of the old gas
plant at Little Falls, Mimi, and ex-
poets to close the transaction in the
near future. In case he does he will
put in a modern plant and give the
people of Little Falls the best that
can be had.
Communion service will be observed
at the Glad Tidings mission tomorrow
morning at II o'clock and every one is
invited to attend. Rev. o. e. NC
Cracker, the pastor, will b. assisted
/ by Rev. John Moran OF Larimore. who
will preach, and there will be special
sermons this evening and tomorrow
evening as well. The meetings will
also continue all next week.
1t will be pleasing news to the hosts
Of friends of J.. Russell McVeety to
know he has been made manager of
the Horton Motor Co. whose place OF
business is located on N. p. avenue.
This is a very responsible position for
a man of Mr., McVeety's age and shows
the confidence in which he is held by
the company. Mr.. McVeety left last
night for Minneapolis to take in the
auto show.
On Wednesday evening of the COM
ing week the Mutual Advance ~associa-
ton which is composed of officers and
employees Of the Union Light, Heat g.
Power Co., will hold the monthly meet
ing and expect to have a fine din
ner which will be served by the Prize
Co. An excellent programme has been
prepared for the occasion and it is
hoped that every man will be in at
tendance.
Mart Rogers, who was charged with
keeping a gambling house in the Turf
Exchange on Northern Pacific avenue,
will have his hearing this afternoon
before Police Judge Miller. He states
in the most emphatic manner that he
is not running such a resort and pro-
poses to stand a trial. The case was
to have come up earlier in the week
but on account of the absence of the
city attorney 1t was postponed until
today.