The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-21
HAUNTED HOUSE
On LAKE SALLY

Shoreham. on Lake Sally, Minn.--No
wen regulated summer resort should
be without a haunted house or some
other attraction that will make the
guests wonder, and Shoreham is no ex-
ception. There is no need to special
ize, but 1t is certain that the people
down this way are of the opinion and
belief that there Is a haunted house
near here, located of course across the
lake, but right on a road that is much
travelled by automobiles. 1t appears
ON what can be learned of the house
that 1T was erected several years ago
by an eccentric couple, who, didn't get
along so well as they might and they
decided to separate and one, is living in
this section of the United States while
the other has gone clear out Of the
country. Z
Since then the house, a splendid
structure, has been cIosed,and boarded
UP, vet this does not deter the spooks
Or what not from cutting up didoes in
the wee sma' hours of the night as well
as midnight. While the stories are not
we'll connected certain it is that there
are plenty of them. 1t is stated that
night not long ago two men and
two ladies who did not wish their
names to be mentioned were driving
past the house when all Of a sudden
there was a light or the ground and
upper stories and Immediately after
there was the sound of two shrieks,
together with the noise of talk. The
shrieks were of such a nature that the
party Immediately got away from
there. One night within the past two
weeks two men who took nj stock
whatever in the ghost stories decided
that they would remain in the house
at least until midnight, and they
bravelY lit a fire in the fireplace. and
with a supply of smokes and a bottle
of Scotch and water they proceeded to
put in their vigil. 1t was just 1920
that they reached the hotel again, and
they said they didn't see anything, but
they had heard all kinds Of sighingtand
~groanings and as they didn't care to
participate in either they picked up
and left. AS a proof that they left
hurriedly a man who went there the
next day found q half empty bottle Of
whisky, to show that they left in haste.
1t is stated by sone that the faces of
a man and woman have been seen at
the upstairs windows, but no one who
claimed to have seen them has yet APP
parently identified them. Certain 1t
is that the people who built the house
are both very much alive, so that it
cannot possibly be either of them, and
lit is also stated that no one has ever
U PcAoSN0 CIV ~ y rs ~ t&EEW ~
makes matters more and more mys-
terious. Just what truth there is in all
Of the queer stories that are told isn't
known, but certain it is that people
would sjust as soon" not pass that
way.
Shorehan1, 1t may not be generally
known, is owned at least In part by a
Fargo man. The Hotel Shoreham,
which comprises eighteen acres OF
land. a big hotel, cafe and dancing pa
vilion, and Twenty-Five beautiful cot
tages, is owned by John x. West and
Elmer Smith OF Fargo. It lis managed
by C. w. ziebell. who spends d great
deal Of his time in the winter months
In Fargo where he has a large ac-
quaintance. Strange to say there are
many people who come from away on
Chicago, Minneapolis and even Win
nipeg, sumraering here.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. r.. Coleman Of Win
nipeg have been here for a week Oh
two. Mr.. Coleman is half owner of a
large wholesale business In the Cana
dian city and has been in Far
so. He says that he has heard SC
much Of that city that he proposes to
stop OFF there on his ID back home