The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-18

Miss Mae Stodder has gone to the
lakes, where she will be a guest with
the Ashelmans at Fair Hills.
Leslie Welter has returned from a
business trip to the cities and points
tributary to st. Paul, and Minneapolis.
He says the rains down there have
played havoc with early harvesting
operations and it will be a few days
before the fields are dry enough to en-
ter with teams and machinery. He was
at Anoka yesterday where the second
big rain within forty eight hours had
fallen. All of the country between
Minneapolis and st. Cloud appears ,as
though it had passed through a de-
luge.. Mr.. -WelteT made the journey
to Anoka from the Hour city by the
~interurban car which is operated by the
gasoline method and he. says it works
like a charm. Every trip the car car
ried a capacity. load of shoppers to
Minneapolis and as he viewed it he
pictured what Moorhead and Fargo
were losing every. days by not having
such a system between those. towns
and Glyndon and Hawley. w."
Today Mr.. Bodkin ventured the sug-
gestion that Clay and Casss counties
ought to get together and hold a big
produce fair some time in October on
the fair grounds in Fargo so as to
show the world what can be done in
the way of producing farm products in
northern Minnesota n North Dakota.
Al The rOddfellows conferred the first
degree at their meeting this week and
next week. candidates will be present.
for the second degree. =. .,'.. .
Help is scarce at Fergus Falls and
the street committee Of the city coun-
Gil is embarrassed ".... --. is
The authorities at Fergus Falls are
trying to decide whether the brewing
company there can sell in wholesale
quantities.
Mortimer Wilk is spending a few
days in Minneapolis. 49,
Friends, of will Anderson will regret
! to hear that he is seriously Ill and is
under the doctors care.
The Red Men defeated the Shirley
team in a game of baseball last night.
The score was 5 to 4. .
Mr. and Mrs. O. MINUS have. gone
to the, lakes where. they will :sojourn
with their children for two weeks.
During the month Of June Becker
county made a profit of. $89.SS out of
the caring for prisoners sent to the
jail at Detroit from Clay county, made
necessary owing to the building of a
new Jail at Moorhead. The profit in
May. was .$68.25. .,......, d.,
Detroit Record: Ri. Rev. Bishop
Corbett Of Crookston was motored by
Father Charles from Frazee to Detroit
on Sunday evening. His lordship de-
livered an eloquent address to the
Holy Rosary parish at the vesper
services. He spoke on the dignity of
the priesthood and urged the laity to
! cooperate with the priest by uphold
ing the societies and by helping to
build a suitable church edifce, as well
as a p%arochial school. His earnest re-
marks were keenly appreciated by the
large congregation in attendance.
Marriage. licenses were issued by the
lows: Clarence e. Ross of Hettinger
county, N. D., and Alice r. Lacross Of
Detroit; Arnold Preckel Of Cass coun-
ty, N. D., and Joice Poppler of Becker
county; and Theodore H. Schwork OF
Stutsman county, N. D., and Hattie
May ~Schoonover Of Detroit, MINI. (
Thanks to the liberality of the last
legislature five state officials will be-
gin, Aug. 1, to draw moro dollars from
the state treasury. Walter J.. Smith,
state treasurer; julius A. Schmahl,
secretary of state; c, G. Schulz, super
intendent of schools, and Elias *.
Lien, state librarian, will each enjoy A
years increase in salary of $1,000.
Joel G.. Winkier, dairy. and food com
missioner, will, receive an increase Of
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