Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1911 — Old Rensselaer Boy Writes Interestingly From Fargo, N. D. [ARTICLE]

Old Rensselaer Boy Writes Interestingly From Fargo, N. D.

Fargo, N. D., Feb. 27, 1911. Republican: Incloßed please find P. O. order for $1.50 for another year's subscription. I would have to have an imagination as elastic as the author of 'A Columbus of Space” to imagine myself out hero without The -RenssPlarr- Reniiblican coming to me twice a week. My family have all been well this winter, except some colds. The winter has been very fine, only two bad days during the winter. —February has been sunshine almost every day. It has thawed quite a little the last few days. We have had eight or ten inches of snow on the ground all winter. Times are pretty tight here now on account of the short crop last year North Dakota alone was short seventy million bushels of wheat. That means almost that many dollars that are hot circulating around here. As for me personally, It has been as prosperous and happy a winter as I ever spent anywhere.* ! am working for the North Dakota Wholesale Harness Co. There are many Indiana people here and we all stick together and have many a social time. One thing that has been of great interest to me this winter is the indoor baseball league, consisting of seven teams. The Y. *M. C. A. team, A. C. college -team, and one team from the First Christian. First M. E., Broadway M. E., First Baptist, and the First Presbyterian churches. We played a series of two games. The Christiatts, of which 1 played field, got fourth place. The Y. M. C. A. and A. C. were the leaders. Our team made the best score of any. Our last game with the Y. was 4 to 6, and with the A. C. 6to 7. Next comes the league banquet. A word about the Y. M. C. A. building here. It cost about SIOO,OOO, has hot and cold bath and swimming pool. The gym is equipped with many appliances for physical training, and is large enough to play baseball and basketball. Around the wall is a rubber race track put in last summer at a cost of $1,200, affording the young men in Fargo a fine place to go to spend their time; a place where the air is not filled with tobacco smoke, the floor covered with tobacco juice, and foul and smutty language continually thrown out to be heard by everybody. It is certainly a great thing for Fargo. Would like to be remembered to all our friends, and if any should come to Fargo, the-latch string is hanging out at 1315 Tenth St., N. Yours truly,

EARL D. SAYLER.