The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-18
CITY IN BRIEF

= J. ?. Hardy went to his cottage on
Lake Melissa this morning to spend
the weekend with his family.
John D. ellis will leave the city this
afternoon for Lake Pelican, where he
will spend Sunday with his family.
Fred J. Ryan Of MINNEAPOLIS, for
merry Of this city, is in the city a few
days on business and is at the Gard
ner hotel.
Senator Purcell of Wahpeton, who Is
the democratic nominee for that Of
flea again this year, was in the city a
few hours last night at the Gardner
hotel.
G. E. Lewis of Minneapolis Is regis
tered at the Metropole. Mr.. Lewis, who
is at the head Of the firm Of C. E.
Lewis & Co., was in Fargo to look
over the firms branch house.
The contract was signed today for
about $1,000 worth of sewer and water
connections, which will be made for
the city by Contractor Ed Madison in
anticipation Of next years poving
work.
, w. F. Harvey Of Brinsmade, N. D.,
was In Fargo today en- route to his
farm at Ortonville, where he will in
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the seasons harvest. Next week he
will return to Fargo to attend the
state fair.
Two city employees are planning new
residences on the south side. F. L..
Anders, city engineer, will build a $4,-
900 residence on Sixth street south,
and Ora c. Ayliffe, chemist at the city
water works plant, also will build on
Sixth street south,
It Is a question whether Fargo music
lovers missed anything or not because
Of the police departments opposition
to street entertainment. Two Scotch
ag-pipers applied at headquarters
yesterday for permission to play on
the streets, but were turned down.
T. o. Schjeldahl, well known Hatton
farmer. was in the city yesterday. Mr..
Sckteldahl has been farming near
Hatton for twenty-nine years, and
consequently his statement that ev-
erything indicates bumper crops in his
vicinity this year is considered au-
thoritatiVe.
Lieutenant Governor Kraabel, who
Is octing governor of North Dakota
during the absence Of Governor Han
ma, was in the city a few hours last
night on his way to Bismarck, where
he was called by Assistant Attorney
General Zuger to sign certain extradI-
ton Iapers.
Mr.. Inc Mrs. Wesley J. Moorish are
home from Brooklyn, where the for
mer was called by the serious illness
of his sister, Mrs. J. M. Smith, of that
city. Mrs. MorTish Joined her husband
later and they returned via the Great
Lakes. Mrs. Smiths condition is con-
siderably improved.
J. P. Hardy, secretary of the COM
mercial club, and c.. r. Stone, general
chairman of the Armory-Auditorium
campaign, left today for the lakes,
following their arduous duties in con-
nection with the campaign just closed.
They will spend the weekend fishing
for fish instead of subscriptions.
The condition Of Mother J. S
Campbell, Wellington apartments, is
said to be very much weakened today,
and friends have little hope that her
strength will return. Her critical con-
dition Is attributed to complications
which have developed since the auto
mobile accident in which she was in
jured several weeks ago.
F. M. FIoteling, of the National Cash
Register Co, is in the city for the week
end at his apartments at the Gardner
hotel and will have charge of the COM
r'any's exhibit at the North Dakota
State fair next week. Mr.. Hoteling,
originally from Richmond, Va. takes
the place with the Cash Register Co.
made vacant by the transfer of Wal
ter Wetz to the st. Paul offices.
Among those sentenced in police
court today on the charge of vagrancy
were the following: William Callahan,
colored, four days; William Davis,
colored, ten days. RUDE Stanley,
colored, was arrested but has had no
hearing. Andrew Ravelley, colored,
was discharged. Frank McGraw was
given four days on a drunk charge.
Should fire be started under the
boilers at the old water works plant
in Island park, there would be some
commotion for a time. The swallows
seem to think that the old plant was
abandoned especially for them, and
thousands have built their nests in the
tall, unused chimney. They attract
much attention every evening when
they circle about the big chimney be-
fore retiring"
About twenty licenses have been is
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gage in the auto livery business dur
ing the state fair. Drivers are re-
quired to procure a permit for one
year, for which a fee of $25 is chars-
ed. This means that thus far the city
has taken in about $500 In license
money in anticipation of the fair, and
the number probably will be increas-
ed early in the week.
The street car company put special
fair grounds cars into service yester-
day, and they were we'll patronized.
Many persons are attending to busi-
ness affairs at the grounds, and others
are just "rubbering." Some people start
taking in the fair several days before
1t opens. and stay a day after it closes.
But it requires all of that time to see
everything that will be exhibited at
the North Dakota expo" this ear.
City Auditor Watkins has %encount-
cred a new method employed by water
patrons to profit by the 10 per cent
| discount even though they haven't the
, money to pay their quarterly fee be-
! fore the ten-day period is up. Several
| checks which were turned in on the
last day upon which to benefit by the
discount have been returned marked
mo funds AS the dodgers are locat-
ed by the auditor, they pay up, but