The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-24
City in Brief

Rugs dirty? Phone 153.-Advt.
For sale at 3h Eighth street south.
-Advt.
Drink Pokegama. a pure spring wa
ter. Phone 1549.-Advt.
Home cooking sale Saturday at
Bland & Bland. Advt.
Vacuum cleaners for rent at soc per
day. Phone 153.-Advt.
The complete shop, engraving, print
Ing, blank book. knight Printing Co.
-Advt.
Engraved and embossed work of
every description. knight Printing Co.
-Advt.
Patronage the only Ii~thographing
plant in North Dakota. Operated by
Walker Bros. g. Hardy. -Advt
ports. Wheelock Insurance agency,
602 Front street, phone 1O06.-Advt.
Men for work on lawns and odd jobs
Of all kinds. Call at Glad Tidings
mission, l16 Front street or phone
358-L. Advt.
There will be more automobiles this
year than ever before. More accidents
will happen. Do you know Carrenter?
-Advt.
Pitts and Schaefer have opened a
Traders Exchange at 400 IL n. P.
avenue. They will exchange all kinds
Of property. Advt.
Roy NJ. Farmer, manage Of the
North Dakota Improvement building
has returned from a business trip to
Devils Lake, in the interest of the
company.
There will be a good deal Of business
to attend to at the meeting of the ex-
eCutiVe committee of the commercial
club at the meeting which will be held
on Monday at noon, April %.
Wherever t~Ime-savlng is important.
wherever system ia established,
wherever a typewriting machine is
used, tho Dictaphone is as ~indispens-
able as a telephone. Walker Brothers
& Hardy. agents.-Advt
Charles f. Leonard Of this city, Sec
rotary of the State Business Develop
ment association, will leave tomorrow
morning at an early hOur to attend the
meeting of the association which will
be held at Valley City and it is hoped
there will be a good attendance.
There were three cases of drunken
ness before Police Judge Miller yes
terday. Two of these were men and
the third was a decTepit old woman,
with gray hair who was very much in
tOXiCated. She was discharged while
the two men were each given a Jail
sentence.
There will be a meeting Of the Far
go Elks on Saturday night and it is
( expected that there will be a number
- @n-. e.
initiation. a pleasant evening is eX-
pected. The newly elected officers
will have their first initiation on this
occasion.
Secretary Wolf and Physical Direc-
tor Henderson are preparing to get the
boys into shape for the baseball sea-
son. Several Of the prospective a n
didateS for places on the ball team are
already working out in the "Y' GYM,
and are showing up nicely. The assO-
citation expects to have a good team
this season.
The local tribe of the Red Men held
an important meeting last night which
was we'll attended. There was a good
deal Of routine business attended to
and il is likely that several candidates
for membership will be on hand at the
next meeting which will take place on
the second Wednesday night of the
coming month.
There will be a gospel temperance
meeting at the Glad Tidifgs mission
on Saturday evening which will be
| addressed by P. l. Williams, one Of the
talented speakers of the northwest,
and he will take for his subject The
Drunkard's Conversion. 1t is needless
to say that all will be most cordially
welcomed by Rev. o. e. McCracken,
the pastor.
]. E. Carpenter Of Crookston, Mimi,
has sold the Eckleson hotel, his hard
ware store and meat market to E. T.
Phelps, of Eckleson. The hotel is To-
Gated in the town of Eckleson and the
consideration was $4,000. Mr.. Phelps
is now in possession n expects to
keep the hotel up to it's present high
standard. His many Fargo friends eX-
tend him well wishes.
There will be a special meeting at
the Salvation Army barracks this
| evening at 8 o'clock, and it will be
| conducted by Captain Levine, the con-
verified Jew. The captain is a good
speaker and will give the story of his
conversion. There will also be spe-
| cial music and a very large attend
ance is expected. Captain Levine has
charge of the Devils Lake barracks.
According to Exalted Ruler Nesbit
| there will be no initiation in the Elks'
meeting next Saturday evening in the
new hall on First avenue, for there
will be a large amount of other bust
ness to attend to, and among this will
be a large number of applications for
membership to be read and referred
to the proper committee. 1t is hoped
| that there will be a large attendance
! at this meeting. 1t is expected there
will be a large class for admission in
attendance for the big meeting that
will be held on the fourth Saturday
night of the month of May which will
likely end the floor work for the sea-
son. The officers are all expected to
be in their seats at s o'clock. There
will be lunch served after the meet