The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-14

opposing contestants and their friends.
Fargo won i've Grand Forks yester-
day. Pitching for Fargo today are
Hammerude and Sherwood with Benz
ish as catcher.
J. Social Features.
The social events or the day, too. are
all absorbing to those of the fair sex
VINO are present. This afternoon 4
large card party was rendered the la
dies, which will be followed by the
United Commercial Travellers annual
grand ball at 8 o'clock tonight.
Tomorrow's sessions will be- largely
routine so far as the council is con-
cerned, filed with reading of reports
and'e election of officers for the ensuins,
year n the general rush of business
which usually attends the closing of
conventions.
Crookston Crowded.
Crookston is packed with visitors
from all the leading cities OF the 11ris-
diction, knights of the grip and their
ladies' coming from Minneapolis, ST.
Paul, Duluth, Fargo, Mankato, St.
Cloud. Bismarck, Grand Forks. Devils
Lake, Minot, Valley City, Jamestown,
saltwater and Red Wing.
Special trains arrived yesterday
from all the leading cities bringing
hundreds. More than 100 came YES
terday from Fargo alone to be present
at h opening of the convention,
which has been voted one of the most
successful in the history OF the grand
council.
Away Right on Time.
Promptly at 7:05 J.. P. Dotson's
Mitchell, the pacemaker car, rolled
away from in front of The Forum of
nee on the trip to Crookston. After
dts d SnoTt interval came the pilot a
WIN JACK Lang at the wheel and
then came the mechanics car.
The other autos followed at short
intervals. The feature of the start
was its promptness, and the fact that
the cars got away right at the time
scheduled, caught a few laggards in
the lurch, some few drivers not get
ting around until 1880 when the rest
OF the train was well under way.
however by the time the train cached
Halstad every laggard had caught up
ana the rest of the trip was made with
the party entire.
At Halstad at 9 O'Clock.
the pacemaker car pulled into
Haistad a few minutes before 9-the
tifne ~hedul for reaching that town
AND al 9:05 every car had been
cneckea IN and out. The Forum
representative telephoned at 9:O5 and
the press "a was ~throbbine at Tho
of the telephone exchange. wait
ing Tor him to make the start.
AT Halstad 1t was reported that the
roads were In excellent condition. that
the entire party arrived safe and
SOUND n the only accident so far
mad been the breaking of a wind
Shleld on one of the light cars, the
break being caused by the vibration.
Inc party passed an auto that was
oroke down In the ditch, from an ac-
cldent to the rear springs, but no in
quiries were made as to who was the
owner. 1t. was not one Of the u. G. r
tourists.
Following is a list of the cars and
the party making the trip, as checked
out at The Forum office.
Pacemaker car-Mr. and Mrs r D
poison and son, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G..
Pilot car-Mr. and Mrs lack 1,.pg
w, M. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Miller
car-W. w. Smith. r
PaTker L. F: Van Volkenburg.
Car Hector Barnes. Addison
Leech, Otto Morrow, Art Smell.
Car MIR. and Mrs. l. D. Richard
son, Mr.. and Mrs. q. A. Pardoe.
Car 5-Wm. Workman, Miss Helen
5.ea, MISS klrkland, H.. J. Letfors and
Car 4 (checkers)-C. f. REYNOLDS.
?. Porter1eld. James McGuigan,
Joe Kossick.
Car 5--T. ]. sirrs, A. N. Palmer.
Car IA. J. Danstrom, Robert Cole.
Geo. Dyer and wife, Miss McGrann
Car Sc F. Atwood and two daugh-
tiers, j.. Lein.
Car &c. Q. Smith and son. J p
HARDY, J. ]. Hannaher, Frank Chaney'
Car l2-Clint Smith and wife, Chas.
Cork. w. ID. Hatch.
car 10 Sbanner)-Jack Shotwell.
and wife. ~
Barker.
Car IA Cpress car)-W. w. King ana
Wlte 2 son; James Southland, repre-
Gar l7-H. z. A1sop and wife, r. q.
and wife.