The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-11
Moorhead Department

hdppy. Inc wealth OF sunshine TODAY
and yesterday accompanied by a slight
breeze has done much in the way of
drying up the roads in all directions.
but still their condition at present is
not for very much travel.
The minimum temperature today was
30 degrees and the lowest last night
was 20 degrees. The maximum yes
terday was So degrees.
Upon very short notice B. Willen-
bring has succeeded c. I. Colby as ed
ttor-manager of The Record Review at
| GAINESVILLE.
Reports reached town this morning
that dragging was in active operation
on the Central Land Co. farm, COM
monty known as the old Tanner place.
An experienced road man who was
at the Comstock this morning was
heard to say that with the present
sunshine, the roads are in just the right
condition to be smoothed with a drag.
One good days work now will be
worth more than a weeks work later
on in the season.
A feature of the beautifully decor
ated windows at Howard Moody's store
is one which is devoted to a hand
some display of the new Bulgarian
silks which arrived this morning.
A well informed democrat who has
recently been h~Obnobbing with the
powers that be at Washington as late
as last Monday and who was at a hO-
tel in Fargo last night said that Pres
ident Wilson is devoting a little time
going over the list of suggestions with
Postmaster General Burleson for ap-
pointlnents in various towns and cities
where there are vacancies. Unless the
papers for the. pOstmastership at Moor
head have been sent to Washington
during the last twenty-four hours they
aro not on the way yet.
Among the registrations at the Ho-
tel ComstoCk were, II. s. Wilson of
Lake Park, Harris URLS Of Warren, ].
F. Mcdonald Of Ulen, and NJ. F. Phil
ippt of GAINESVILLE.
Supt. II. R. Edwards OF the public
schools will be the speaker at the
meeting Of the mems seminar of the
Congregational church next Sunday.
Before Justice Wade yesterday Axel
HendrtCkson was charged with the
theft of a bicycle from w. +. Dobson.
He was sent to the county lookup for
thirty-days. Albert Ring for the lar
ceny Of IS in money from a companion
wa sCommitted for INVENTIVE days,
President Aasgaard: Those who do
not want to miss the rare treat Of
hearing Capt. Road Amundson tell
his own story OF how he found the
south pole, JUS not delay getting
tickets as they have begun to move
rather lively-many out-of- town or
ders are being received every day.
Handsome picture postal cards from
Los Angeles say that 4. G. Sprague
and Attorney Witherow. who have |
been taking dispositions for a month
or more expect to leave the southern
center in about w weeks for Moor
head. The gentlemen have made the |
best possible use Of their spare time
and have not overlooked any sights
worth seeing.
President Aasgaard of Concordia, |
college will be the preacher at the
Swedish Lutheran Bethesda church
next Sunday morning and evening.
The morning service will begin at
1890 n the evening service, in Eng |
fish, will begin at s o'clock.
There are a great many in this part !
of Minnesota and likewise many in |
the adjoining state of North Dakota
who will regret to hear, in the dis
patches from Washington, that Willis |
NJ, Hayes, who for more than a de-
cade has been assistant secretary of
agriculture, has broken down in health
trora .overwork and is now in a sana-l
torium in Maryland. Working under
pressure until his retirement with the |
incoming Wilson administration. the
sudden cessation Of activity brought
on a nervous collapse. Professor |
Hayes physicians believe it will be six
months at least before he can be re-
stored to health. The former official
experts in the country.
Wheelock's Weekly is vigorously !
supporting w. /. Parsons for the third
judge of the Seventh district which is
10 be appointed under a new law
which passed the Legislature a few
days 6 and is now awaiting the sig
nature and approval of the governor.
1t is rumored that there is a great
deal of strife at Fergus Falls over
the judgeship and the town is split
over the matter. Some at
torneyS who know something of the |
circumstances at Fergus Falls say
they would not be at all surprised if
the governor went to some other
town than Fergus Falls to make his
selection for the bench. 1t is said that
II the appointment is not made until
after the closing of the legislature |
Senate Gunderson Of Alexandria may
get the plum.
Detroit Record: c.. q. Colby has
been summarily relieved as manager
of the GAINESVILLE Record Review. AS
a cooperative plant the GAINESVILLE
paper has not been a bowling success.
f. M. Rea, who has been in the en-
ploy of the Northern Pacific at De-
trott, has been transferred to DilWorth
he is employed in the freight
checking department.
If the bill which has passed the
house runs the gauntlet of the senate,
every couple who wishes to marry
must go to the clerk of court and have
their names posted in public for five
days previous to the day Of obtaining
their license.