The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-07
EAST SIDE NOTES

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Coach Harry Hitler of the normal
entertained the boys Of the basketball
squad at a complimentary dinner
Thursday evening at the home Of Mrs.
Godfrey on Eighth street. The boys
have won deserved praise for their
fine work in all their games, and
especially for their attention to train
ing. The winning of the conference
championship is due partly to their
attention to training. Mr.. Miller in
giving this dinner in honor of the
boys, a started what should be a
series Of .ovations for the team.
The subject for the morning sermon
at the Congregational church tomor-
row will be the Unexpected Purposes
of God and in the evening the Rev.
Mr.. Kernen will address the young
people, on The Note of the Heroic. The
address to the Mems seminar, which
meets, after the morning service will
be delivered by Prof. r. r. Reed Of
the state normal school, who will des-
cribe the city of Heidelberg,
Germany.
A successful road meeting was held
at Perham, a day or two. ago, under
the. auspices of the Perham Advance
VII VI SS6SS were IlduC ny
Messrs. Aahberg and Forbes Of the
state highway commission.
Dr.. J. S. Johnson, manager in charge
of the assembling Of the Minnesota ex-
hibit for the Norway centennial ex-
position at Christiania this year, has
announced that he will sail from New
York with the exhibit April 8. He
will leave the twin cities April /.
His Moorhead friends will be inter-
ested to learn that J. J. Bohlander has
been unanimously reelected super
intendent Of public schools at Monte
video, Mimi, for the sixth time.
Internal revenue receipts Of the
federal government for February in
Minnesota were $140,724.S3, a falling
off Of :$154,060.36. This is the first
month in The fiscal year beginning
July l, to show a decrease from last
year.
The Daughters of Norway lodge, at
Halstad, promoted a surprise party
for one of the members whose hus-
band is suffering from failing eyesight
and presented her with a purse con-
tanning $25.
The anti-machine republicans Of
Norman county have been hidden to
meet at Ada next Saturday - their
business will be to a
candidate for governor.
The Norman County Herald sees
wheat rapidly climbing towards the 81
mark.
The Crookston Times: The old heads
say thai a wet March snow is a first
class fertilizer. and if this is true,
Mother Nature has been very gracious
to the Red river valley the past two
lays. The present heavy snow means
plenty of moisture this spring,
throughout the valley.
People at Lake Park are nervous
over the result Of the election. next
tuesday, on the question Of Saloons
the town has been dry for a number
of years-The Journal hopes it will
remain SO.
The first annual meeting Of the Min
nesota Red River Valley Farm
Development association will be held
in Moorhead. June, rs and ga week
later than the date named at the
organization meeting held at Crooks-1
ton a week or so ago.
Giyndon News. The, force OF men at
work in the Boyle potato w~arehouseI
six carloads of the product ready to
move out that night.
According to a Fergus Falls pane n
c Iati IN the passenger train schedule
Great Northern, but the only train on
the Fergus division that will be af-
fected is No. Z, the northbound W;nni-
peg ,hyer. This train, which now ar
riVes: here at 1906 in the evening. will
hereafter arrive at IL p. m, ffty-five
minutes later.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bliss have concluded
a visit of three months at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward LtttIer and have
rafIfrnp6 fn their hnr1n OF JC~-A ~ j
Ia.
The funeral Of Mrs. Catherine Wam-
bach was held from the Roman Cath
Ollie church at Georgetown, this morn
ing n the interment was made in
the cemetery there. Mrs. Wambach
was 81 years of ~age and figured among
the very earliest settlers at George
town. -. . . -
Arthur A. Charest, the accountant Of
this city, who has been making a com
plete audit of the books of the city Of
Fergus Falls, following. one made less
than a year ago, has made his report
and has started something in that de
mure little burg: Mr.. Charest found a
serious lack of 9 proper municipal
system of bookkeeping, many viola
tions Of charter provisions and many
for materials, etc. His report fills a
page Of one of the local papers.
Harry McCulloch is a patient at the
Northwestern hospital. ..:.
The b~oilernakers, machinists and
blacksmiths laid off at the Northern
Pacific railroad shops at the end OF
December are being gut back to work
at Brainerd n the shops will soon be
running with their usual complement
of employees. At the car shops the
schedule changed to ten hours on
March / and to meet the busy times an
additional switch engine has been put
to work in the Brainerd yards.
Under the auspices of the commercial
club, moving pictures, showing good
roads and roadmaking construction,
were the attraction free of charge at
the Lyceum theatre this afternoon, the
enterprise having been promoted by
Engineer Hopeman.