The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-22
City i'm Brief

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The complete shop, engraving, print
ing, blank book. Knight Printing Co.
w. --Advt.
Taxicab and Livery; careful and
prompt; charges reasonable. Phone
145, evening 915.-.Advt. -,
Engraved and embossed work of
every description. knight Printing Co.
E,a -Advt
Steamship tickets to all foreign
ports. Wheelock Insurance Agency,
692 Front street, phone 1006.-Advt.
Some exceptional values in loose
leaf ledger outfits, in the several lines
we are closing out. See window dis
play. Walker Bros. &. Hardy.-Advt.
There are only a very few patients
in the detention hospital Of the city
and none of the patients are suffering
from anything serious. The city is now
about free from contagious diseases.
The city water rents, according to
City Auditor Watkins, are nearly all
paid, a fact tina he is very much
pleased to 1t shows that
the people are taking an interest in
this work.
A. J. O'Shea, the well known archi-
tect of this city, has gone to Chicago,
where he will look into business af-
fairs in which he is interested. He ex-
poets to be absent from the city for
several days.
Lee Cooms, the we'll known attorney
Of Valley City, who has been attend
ing to business in this city, has re-
turned home. He reports that business
in his section of the state could hard
ly be better. .. 81,
L. r. Buxton, assistant cashier of
the First National, has been. making a
trip over the northern part of the state
and he reports that everything is
looking fine and there is every indica-
ton for good crops.
Melvin Hildreth left this afternoon
for Grand Forks where he will have
charge of the publicity work for the
Better Farming association during the
farm boys encampment.
DR.. Hoffman, of the deLendrecie
building in this city has returned from
a pleasant visit to friends at the lake
side in Minnesota where his family
are spending the heated term.
August Hanson of this city, general
agent of the Case Co., has been in the
western part of the state for some
time and says that business is looking
very good just now and the prospects
for good crops are all right.
William Laimer, clerk of the Gard
ner hotel, left=yesterday for st. Cloud
and other places in Minnesota to visit
friends and have a good time. He has
started on his annual vacation and his
friends hope he may have a fine time.
Art Rusk is erecting a one story
building on N. P. avenue between
Third and Fourth streets and he will
occupy it within the next six weeks or
two months. 1t is a handsome struc-
ture and is being pushed forward rap.
idly.
There were several cases heard in
the police court yesterday. One of
these was for fighting, while two 9TH
ers were for begging On the streets and
they all met with the usual punish
ment which Police Judge Miller meted
out for them.
Thomas Cooper, secretary of the
Better Farming association, has re-
turned from taking a trip over the
country. n he is very much pleased
at what he has seen, and especially
hat part of it which refers to the bet
ter farming work. He believes that it
will show up fine the coming season.
The Sons Of Veteran camp in this
| city promises to be one Of the most
important bodies of f~raternalism that
the city possesses. 1t is hoped to have
the new camp secure a membership of
at least 100 in the near future and the
boys believe that this can be- easily
done.
Dr.. Howard O.. Danford. son of
Rev. s. A. Danford, formerly of Fargo,
\ has loaafa6 az Marn1arth NJ n uharo
he will practice dentistry. DR.. Dan
ford is a graduate of the dental col
lege at Louisville, Kentucky, where
several other North Dakota boys at
tended.
La Rue Buxton, assistant cashier as
well as superintendent of construction
| of the new First National bank, who
has been travelling in the far west, is
expected home some time tomorrow.
He writes to the effect that he had a
good trip and that he found the crops
to be in excellent condition and was
very much pleased at what he saw.
Newt Everhart and Lew Seabright,
two attaches of the Orpheum theatre.
went to Lake Cormorant, Mimi, a day
or two e to spend a week at fishing
and having a good time. This is the
vacation period at the house and Man
ager Fowler n Director Halliday and
William Stern are at Chicago looking
up a company for the ensuing term.
The boys write that they are having a
big time and are all tWell.
The rain last night will delay con-
creting operations in connection with
railway tracks on Ninth street South
from Fifth avenue to Ninth avenue
and about half a block on the latter
thoroughfare. The street car rails have
been relaid ON iron ties and last night
were ready for the concrete. Yester-
day the work of paving between the
rails began at Fifth avenue. The work
of paving the unfinished part Of Four
Iteenth street south is in progress and
now the cars via the courthouse only
run to Third avenue and Fourteenth
street.
FOLLY IN THE MATER.