The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-23

Inc IOltOWluR UNUSUALLY luLSLSSLLAS
letter was sent to The Forum by
Eleanor M. Daily, daughter Of M. J.
Daily of Moorhead. She writes:
Having worked in the long dis
| lance" telephone exchange in your
city, know what a nose for news you
newspaper men have. So just at this
time when the world is reading the
late Jack London's works-with inter-
est-it occurred to me that it might
| be of interest to your readers to learn
that the "original"-"Valley Of the
Moon" of London's famous novel, is
| the Rogue river valley, southern Ore
gon, wherein a number Of former Da-
kotans now live.
Miss Daily's news letter. which con-
tains information concerning num-
Der Of former Dakotans. follows:
In "The Valley of The Moon"
Now and then--we pick up a paper
and read that someone" from some
where" in Dakota or Minnesota is
visiting in Rogue river valley, south
ern Oregon-and we are glad-even
though we do not know them person
ally-for it brings back memories or
the "old home" states which we have
not forgotten. Though we are many
miles apart-we have a little "cozy
corner in our hearts for anything that
spells Dakota" or minnesota"
Among the former Dakotans, who
now live in the valley" well and
happy, and who entertained guests
from North Dakota and her sister
state during the previous year. many
of the following will be familiar:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Hodgson of Ash
land, ORE; Miss Marion Hodgson,
(who has recently completed a course
at Corvallis college and accepted
position as a domestic science instruc-
tori; Marjorie Hodgson, and John
Hodgson, had as their guest, Miss
Louise Leonard formerly Of Fargo, and
now Of st. Paul, Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard formerly or
Dakota, now Of Ashland, Ore; Mr.:
Howard is a G. A. r. veteran, ana
Mrs. Howard is active in relief WORK
Mr. and Mrs. Albert w. Thomas and
family from the vicinity of Fargo, are
located at Ashland. where Miss Rose
Thomas is an instructor in pubic
school.
Mr., and Mrs. e. A. Perry and
daughter. Mrs. Lena Perry Ames, ana
family reside at Talent, Ore. Mr.. ana
Mrs. H. w. Frame of Talent, enter-
tanned Daniel B. Holt of Fargo. MISS
Mary Daily, "a graduate OF y: n. y.
law Department., with MISS Eleanor
Daily (public stenographer), Of Med
ford. entertained Miss Ef1e BroWnlee
and Miss Elizabeth Wahl, both OF Far
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Loomis and
family of Medford, Ore, had as their
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Manning,
Mrs. C. e. Wilson and daughters, MRS:
Neon and Miss Helen Wilson; Mr.. ana
Mrs. Bert Grafton, and Mr.. ana MIS-
Frank Gardner, all Of Fargo.
Miss Gladys Carter, formery Oh
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Sven
and daughter, Katherine, of Medforo'
Mrs. e. B. Davis of Medford, Ore,
entertained Mrs. Dick Tyler of Fargo
Judge e. E. Kelly of Mcdford, Ore,
and sister, Mrs. Laura j. Lining OF
Phoenix, formerly OF Darlington,
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Maxwell
and family formerly of jamestown.
Mrs. Aiming will be remembered as
Mrs. Etsenhuth, former state superin-
tendent of public instruction in North
Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Gray OF VAL
ley city, reside at Applegate, Ore.
Mrs. Tom Sloane passed through re-
Gently en- route south.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. campbell,
formerly of Valley City, are located at
Medford, Ore.
Two people of note who have ranch
property in the valley are Madame
Schumann- Heink. and Mrs. Potter
Palmer OF Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Void, drug
gist), formerly of Valley City and Far
go, reside at Medford. Ore.
There are residents throughout the
valley from every state in the union.
To those who have not been fortu
nate enough to visit the west, ! would
like to tell something of the valley
in which your former fellow towns.
men live. "The Valley Of the Moon"
the late Jack London called 1t, when
he passed through several years ago
of that name.
Bright and early, one spring morn
ing, our party trotted briskly along
the country road on our Indian ponies,
exclaiming with delight at the beauty
OF the surrounding country as viewed
from a different angle at each new
turn OF the road Finally we spied a
sign board ITO Roxy Ann'-which was
our destination. We turned and pass
ed through q gateway into an immense
orchard tract which seemed ike q
wonderful fairyland. with row after
row of fruit trees spread out before us,
laden with pink and white blossoms
filling the air with their fragrant per-
fume.
1--WE rode on through Cherry Row
so named from the cherry trees plant
ed in a row on each side Of the road
and extending for a distance OF about
a mile. We soon reached the foot