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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

New York, Aug. 14.-After more
than ten years of preliminary plan
nings, work has just been begun mere.
which when 1t is completed in 1912,
will provide this city with the great
est municipal building in the world,
covering two city blocks, affording
office room to more than $4,000 per-
sons and costing $15,000.000. 1t win
be the largest and most complete
building ever erected, or likely to be
erected for the accommodation of adj
ministrative and departmental officers
of city. In many respects 1t will
also establish new construction rec
ords. The contract for the foundation
it the largest ever awarded in this
country, not only as regards the es-
timated cost OF $1,000, 900 but also in
the amount OF earth to be excavated
and of concrete to be used. Not less
than 100000 cubic yards of dirt and
rock viii have to be removed, $4,000
cubic yards of which will be under
water, while the concrete to be used
for the mammoth piers on which the
building will rest will amount to at
least $4,000 cubic yards, necessitating
10000 barrels OF cement. The founda-
tions will extend 100 feet below the
street level and 90 feet below the wa
ter level while the height OF the build
ing from basement to the top OF its
tower will be $50 feet There will be
twenty-five stories in the main build
an acre while the total area of office
noN
thirty acres. Thirty-two elevators,
the greatest number ever installed in
one building, will take the passengers
up and down. and a subway station in
the basement VIII give direct access
to the city's various underground
lines. The lighting Of the building
will require more tnan ZOO miles OF
wiring and about 5000 electric light
bulbs. Altogether Father Kniclxer-
booker is to have a municipal building
entirely in keeping with his municipal
expenditures, which are equal to more
than one-third of the whole expense
of the federal government and the
largest Of their kind In the world.
In spite OF the remarkably cool sum
mer which this city has enjoyed, there
are some $4,000 OF its inhabitants who
are bit warm under the collar. The
$4,000 comprise the local membership
of the Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation, and the reason for their
warmth Is found in the recent utter
ances Of the Rev. p. A. Baker, who is
national superintendent of the anti
saloon league. In which he is widely
quoted as saying that the Z, hi. g. a.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
Mrs. vandsrbilt,s Chinese Blue.

New York Press: Mrs. Reginald C.
Vanderbilt is one of the few fashion
able women who do not devote half
their lives thinking of something new
TO wear. 1t is her rule to give herself
almost completely into. the hands of
her dressmaker with regard to her at
tire. Probably her chief interest is
the big string OF show horses of her
husband. She is essentially an outdoor
woman. Occasionally, however, she
applies an original idea to her ward
robe, and her latest expression in this
direction is frock Of Chinese blue.
She takes honest pride in this gown.
and not without reason. Chinese blue
Is the rarest and most beautiful blue
known, and 1t Is only for the woman
with no limit to her expenditures
Chinese blue comes only from China.
unlike many of the alleged Chinese
silks, and its rarity is due to the fact
that 1t takes two years 10 dye it. The
gown is OF the finest possible texture.
and its material ranks as one of the
costliest and at the same time most
attractive manufactured in the world
The process OF dyeing the material has
been secret with the Chinese for
many centuries. and 1t is seldom any
OF the finished product Is exported
Mrs Vanderbilt obtained her blue six
months after she had placed an order
with Fifth avenue firm, and as Mrs
Vanderbilt says. TT is almost toe
loeeIy to wear"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
Plants Great Travellers.

Pearson's Weekly: 1.-The Footsteps
OF the Whites" that is the poetical
name which the Indians have given
to the common plaintain, which now
is found in patches all over the west
prairies OF Canada and the northern
United States.
This troublesome weed was not, OF
course, purposely introduced by the
British colonists; nevertheless, it fol-
lowed them, as 1t always does, where
ever they go.
Few things In nature are more
strange and interesting than the way
in which certain plants, especially
those which we usually term weeds
will follow man across oceans and con-
tinents. Their seeds travel in all
kinds OF mysterious ways, and no pre-
caution seems capable of stopping
them.
When Australia was discovered II
possessed no plant common to the
northern hemisphere. Today it mas
hundreds, among them vast number
of which Australians would pay almost
any sum to be rid of.
Worst Of all is kind of burr. known
~~0 VIC A1oNA0A dCCluGUIlY lIQ=
ported from South Africa, which mas
spread all over the sheep runs. It
gets into the wool in such quantities
as to seriously interfere with combing
and carding operations and wool which
is full of these burrs brings a much
diminished price.
The thistle, too, has taken possess
sion of vast tracts of grazing land in
Australia and New Zealand; while
Tasmania has been seized upon by the
sweet-brier and blackberry, both of
which attain dimensions unknown In
Britain.
Watercress follows the Briton to all
temperate climes. Whole rivers in New
Zealand nave been completely choked.
and turned into swarnps, by. forests of
watercress, far ranker than any spec
linens Of the plant ever seen else
where.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

Chicago, ILL.,. Aug. 1E--what is per-
haps the smallest baby in the world
was born to Mrs. Fred Meyer in Aus
tin ten days ago. The baby's life was
saved through the use of the incubator
house at Forest Park A.
Baby Meyer was given birth at six
and half months. He Is ten inches
long and weighs 15% ounces. An
ounce and a half of this grand total has
been gained since he was delivered by
the stork at the Meyer home.
The experiences probably OF the
smallest baby in the world have been
most extraordinary, When the stork
came along to the Meyer home he was
in a great quandary. He wanted to go
to the hospital, located about seven
miles away. or to the Forest Pork in
cubators. But he decided 70 go to
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
ny WaIdon Fauosts.

Washington. Aug. 1.-THE United
States government Is preparing to in
augurate some very interesting and
important experiments looking to the
perfecting OF wireless telegraphy via
kites and war balloons. The great
obstacles to the employment Of a
dirigible balloon to carry afofr wire
less telegraph outfit have just been
overcome hv the Invention and con-
struction in the United states signal
corps shops OF 3 unique aerial wire
less set which weighs only seventy
pounds. and. equally important. has
the sources OF electrical energy 90
enclosed and guarded (by means oi
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

framed-but they are printed and paid
for and rotting in dark corner The
association secretary could not o. k. a
bill until the cards had been tackled
up.-see?
The other day members OF the
Builders and Traders each paid for an
ad on directory Of their membership.
This was to be printed and mailed to
every part OF the state. The ma
tertal has been printed, the man has
gone. There is no money or list for
postage, nor labor for doing the dis
trtbutton. a-...
Surely the busy merchant needs
some one to look after his interests
In this line. At very small cost 1t
Is estimated a reliable man would be
willing to look after the details of
contracts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

special cases) that there is no danger
that spark from the telegraph out
fie will ignite the gas In the balloon
and cause disastrous explosion.
Alexander Graham Bell and certain
other individuals have made number
Of experiments In wireless telegraphy
via kites and now Prof. Willis Moore,
head Of the United States weather
bureau Is planning to take up the in
vestigation in connection with the bu-
reaus exploration OF the upper air
by means Of kites In kite work the
telegraph instruments are stationed
on the ground and the wire attached
to the kite and which is paid out
from reel as tine kite ascends Ia used
as the channel OF communication.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

further, so LETT the baby at the Meyer
household, much to the surprise OF
2-year-old charlotte and s-year-old
Leona, the younger sisters
A nearby physician hurried to the
rescue. He took the tiny boy 10 the
hospital At the hospital they refused
to take the baby, saying 1t could not
live The doctor then took the baby
back to the Meyer home and called up
Nurse Katherine Lowery at the For
est Park incubator house.
TN be right after him." replied the
kind-hearted nurse" Mr.. Merle hap
pened to be near with his big car. He
said he would go, and the two few to
Austin. Baby Meyer was enconced
In market basket and an hour later
was safe in his little glass house in the
incubator.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

ing SO according to the terms Of the
sign. the grocer explained that the
notice was not intended to convey the
idea that he would give $40 for each
penny bearing the date OF 1908, but
that to each person who brought him
1905 one-cent pieces he would give
$40; and he could well AFFORD to for
he would be $9.0S ahead on the trans
action He found II very difficult to
win some OF his callers to his point
of view and otter he was put to the
Inconvenience OF ejecting insiStent small
boys who appeared with one cent and
demanded $40 for It,. In spite OF the
obvious hoax. however. his sales show
ed an increase for the day OF nearly
900 per cent, large in the shape of
crackers and the like sold to hungry
persons waiting their turn to receive
$40 dollars for one cent.
The opening of the fall term of the
Icity's public schools, now only three
weeks away, already promises all sorts
OF difficulties In caring for the 100000
children who make UP New York's
school attending army. For once. as
the end of vacation draws sneax, juven-
lie New York is rejoicing since the lack
OF accommodations In the public
schools will make IL necessary for
many thousand youngsters to continue
their holiday indefinitely. For many
years the city has been hard put TO
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

Forum Want Ads attend to the
furnished room business In this town.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

Miss Mann of Fargo challenged
Miss Morris of Minot the present cup
holder. Miss Morris had possession Of
the cup for two years, and had she
won this year it would have been hers
permanently Miss Mann defeated
her, however, and now has a right to
have her name engraved on the cup.
The score: Miss Mann defeated Miss
Morris 7-5, 6-S, 60.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
WORLDS GREATEST MUNICIPAL BUILDING
10 BROADWAY

COVERING TWO BLOCKS AND EXTENDING
STREET AND WATER LEvEL-NEW YoRk's
NEW st5oooooo STRUCTURE FINISHED 1912 WILL SUR
PASS ANYTHING KIND ON EARTH-FouNpATloN ALONE
TO COST s15Ooooo-THoUcH COOL, N. MEN,
RERs ARE MISREPRESENTATION IN PENNIES TAKES NOVEL
TuRN-t2ooo SCHOOL CHILDREN REJOICE PROSPECT OF
PERMANENT VACATION.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

is an institution which ought never
to have existed. Equally productive
OF feeling Is that portion OF Mr.. BAk-
er's remarks In which he IL quoted
as saying: "Oftentimes the Y. M. G.
A. is not christian organisation as
Ii should be. Many times 1t is one
of graft and greed in which money
from men not christian is solicited to
make 1t go. can almost say that
the present day associations are not
religious and are growing less relig-
ious with the years" That such crit
icism can hardly be regarded otherwise
than as the result OF personal feeling
and Is in no way borne out by the
records, was pointed out by local
association man when he said: "The
association does not exist merely as
an institution for processing christians.
One OF its prime purposes, as anyone
who knows anything about It's work
is aware, is to bring christian intlu-
ences into the lives Of men who are
professedly not christians. / am ut
terly at loss to account for Mr..
Bakers remarks unless they are due
to the fact that we prefer TO conduct
our work free from the domination OF
outside interests" Officers Of the as
sociation while they decline specifi-
cally to answer Mr.. Bakers criticisms
as is their settled policy, point out
that in the religious side of the work
since 1900 the number of layuen In
religious work committees has in
creased 2S6 per cent, the amount spent
for local religious work $50 per cent,
the number of Bible classes ais per
cent. their enrolment sci per cent,
and the total attendance Ats per cent,
ALI Of which places the statement that
this world d-wide association is not re-
ligious and Ia growing less religious in
somewhat peculiar light.
ses 9A
AS result of the local financial
furry over the appearance OK the new
pennies bearing the bust of Lincoln
during the first days OF which youth
full but enterprising specuIators in the
Wall street district disposed OF the
new coins at the rate Of two for a
nickel. an ingenious grocer brought tc
Hight a rather remarkable scheme for
attracting trade to his store. While
the demand for the new 1909 Lincoln
pennies. even at good premium. was
still at It's height. this canny grocer
hung in the window OF his store q sign
Ireading:
Notice: viii give so for 1908
pennies.
Before noon the line OF persons wait
ling to take advantage OF thie offer
Istretched half way around the block
TO each, as he entered. Offering PEN
my OF the vinfagetof 1908 and Demand
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

Forum Want Ads keep people who
are able and willing to work, working.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13
Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick, March 13-NIr. and
Mrs. Norman Brooks and family,
Mr. and Mrs Floyd Knowles and
son Willie and Mr.. Walter Clutter
were the guests or Mr.. and Mrs.
Charley Clutter Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Slagle spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr., and
Mrs John Slagle of near Wyan-
dot.
Mis-. DCaue Tobias is the guest
of her mother, Mrs. Anderson in
Bucyrus this week.
The young child OF Mr. and Mrs
Harvey Beaver is on the sick list.
Mrs. John EHnds Is the guest or
her sister at Oberlin, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs, George Mason were
the guest Of Mn and ms, Joe Ma
son north of Kirkpatrick Sunday
Mrs. Louisa Matthews was in
Marion Saturday.
Mrs. Even RGsencranse attended
the funeral Of Mys. Eva Mack at
Marion Tuesday,
Mrs. Frank Mason Is i'll with
pneumonia at the home of his broth
e.. Mr.. Joe Mason.
MIR. and Mrs. JAY Arnold ami
family OF NTaltel were the guests
of her parcnts Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Linn Tuesday
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13
All the News From Every
Part of the County.

were guests of Marion friends from
Friday until Monday
Mr. Ots Johnson and his guest,
Mr. Frank Setter of Marion, were
Calling ON LaTue friends Sunday.
Mrs. II. 70. Hill of Marion, spent
a portion OF last week with rela-
tlWes here.
Miss Fanny Horton is on the
sick list
Mrs. VIII Beckley and children,
Lee Edward and Wilford, of Farm
land, Ind, are the guests OF Mrs.
Amanda Cooper
Mrs. W.. Il. Hill and son John
have raturnued from n short visit
with Mr., aud Mrs. John Krouse, OF
Westford, Pa,
Revival services are being con-
Quoted by Rev Sinclair at the M
Il. church at present d
Mr.. and Mrs. IL w, Tobias re-
turned home Thursday from Ar
canum where they were called by
the death of the former aunt, Mrs
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13

Arnold
Miss Mabel Richards, of Marion,
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dick Richards
Miss Vernie Bilger was calling on
Marion friends Saturday.
Mrs w. G. Duuton Is spending
the week with her daughter, Mrs.
daniel Sovsly of Gallon.
Mss Dolie Barber of Barberton,
Ohio is spending the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Kramer Of
south OF town.
Mrs, c. L. Benson left Thursday
for a short visit with his parents
in Ft Wayne, Ind.
Mr.. c. L. Grim of Bellefontaine
was calling a short time on his
PARENTS Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Grim,
Tuesday.
NIr. Joseph Prettyman Is making
la business visit I'm Columbus.
Mr.. william Rusher has RETURN.
ed from a visit with Ills daughter,
Mrs, John Walker OF Marion.
Mr.. E w. Pummel OF AlIger, was
visiting friends here Sunday.
Mr. Scott Apt Of Marion spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr..
lOtis johnson.
A crew of workmen are busy
INSTALLING new block system at the
lBg Four depot
Mrs, Herbert Sylvester was bus
illness visitor In Marion Thursday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13
MarteI

Marel, March 12-Nliss Ada Ruth
erford, returned 70 Mansfield sun
day after few days visit with
her parents.
Mrs. John Rosin was visiting
f lends in Marion last week.
Mr. w. A. FullllOwe and NJ. S.
GUffey was I'm our village Sunday.
Mrs Maude Cyphers and Mrs.
Lulu Trafez were shopping in CAL
ion Friday.
llenry IJowmiller was circulating
among friends dn Gallon Saturday.
John Maloney and wife of Marion
Sundayed at the home OF i. NJ.
Spurlock
Mis- vada Rush of Marengo
spent Sunday at the Jasob Haney
home.
Mrs Cassie EARLY moved into
the Hilman property last week.
The tide water pipe line loaded up
s cars of pipe for Climax last week
Samuel Stauffer was at Marion
ON business Monday.
George GIilman has purchased
new hay baler. George will be get
ting busy soon.
John Winch Of Marion was call
ing on Martel friends Sunday.
Frank Kerr Of Bucyrus was in
our village Monday.
Howard Jackson is on the sick
list
Levi Jaipply made Bucyrus
business visit Monday
Otto Winters has accepted the po-
sftion as clerk In the Big Four
freight house at Marion.
Charles Rorlclt and wife were at
Gallon on business Monday.
Mrs. Bertha Burton entertained
the following at a dinner Wednes-
day: Mas. Jasob TTaney, Mrs. Lena
Emahiser. Mrs. J. +. Bending. MRS.
AGdie Stauffer and Mrs. VIM. Ruth
erford
MI. List Rutherford Of Marion,
was in town Saturday.
Mrs. Anna Rosen went to Wal
do to attend the funeral of her
grandmother.
Mrs. Thomas MnKinstry and
Mrs. Mary Miller OF 'Bucyrus and
IMiss Myrtle McKinstry of Manaton,
Colo., were guests at the John Nefr
home Monday
Miss Daisy Ma1lSee was visiting
friends in A,gosta Saturday
MRts Lemna Neff,. was the. guess
of Prospect friends Sunday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13
Caledonia

Caledonia, March 12.-NIr. Har'
yey ID, Crawbiugh and Miss BSss.e
NIable Lindsay, OF near llkel'
Chanel were married at the Epwcr'h
M, E. parsonage in Marion Wednes-
day afternoon at 3 o'c,ock, Rev, d.
II. Bailey officiating. The young
people will reside in Marion.
Council met i'm regular session on
"Wednesday evening OF last week
Aside from passing few bills ard
giving ordinance No. 1874, providing
for. the disposal OF liquor in dry ter
ritory it's second reading, no other
business was transacted.
During the past rev days wild
ducks and geese have appeared in
large numbers on the plains west OF
town. Many of our local nimrods
have spent hours waiting for them
to hight within shooting distance, but
no great killing has yet been report
ed
The Bucyrus transportation COM
pany has discontinued it's atuo trans
fer mnti the condition of the roads
improve. The ear can make good
headway on the pixies, hut when It
is necessary to turn out ON meeting
loaded wagon, it is impossible to
get It back on the pike again,
The pipe liners are now camped ON
the Coulter farm south of town aud
the men and teams keep thirgs pret-
ty lively here at present. The camp
resembles a circus show and covers
about as much ground Several loads
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-13

selves. The reporter takes a view
that the men would repudiate If the
reporter should put It up to them
as he understands It. SO trouble is
made all around because of the ia
considered remarks of Erie men,
generally very young men in the
service at that, sometimes young
fellows who are doing what we call
in school children 'showing off.
The man who has been long in the
service and who knows that Ger
tain amount of hardship must fall
to the lot of every enlgineman and
tnainman, rarely talks in that way,
especially i'm public, or where the'e
is a chance that he may be over
heard.
"It is proverbial that railroad
men will grumble about conditions
and / do net know Of railroad
manager who objects to 1t, so long
as 1t is not done in public. The
sort of g,Tumbling that radlroaders
do as a rule, relieves their minds
after the strain of a long and hard
days work, and for my part
rather like to hear it when the
boys are by themse'VAS as 1t is
generally an thdacauon Gnat then
heart is in their work and that
they want things to run smoothly
and do all they can to make them
do so. 1t Is only grumbling IN pun,
Nc where any one may hear that
exception can be taken to-"
'Then the remedy would seem to
be in the organization of "Don't
Knock Club of Erie men, whose
constitudicn and bylaws should be
Never say anything in public
about THE Hfe unless you can say
lsometbing good and with Boost;
don't Hammer, as a MOTTO sug-
gested Gaffney.
,"About that perhaps" assented
The Old Man .'But we've got d
crowd OF men ON the Erie who are
already members of such an or
glanlzation, and take off my hat
to no other Railroads employees
when dit comes TO loyalty and de-
woticm to- duty. Erie men in thai
respect are at the top Of the list,
and every Railroad man in the
country knows 1t TO be a fact.
defy any railroad in the world 10
show "a better record than the Erie
men have recently made during
the cold and stormy weather, which
tries thLe temper and ability OF
every man in the service.
"Take this mornings train sheet
for sample. Every committing
train ON the road in On time I
feel certain that with such weather
conditions th~"e's net another rait-
road i'm the country can show such
sheet.
do you know what that means|
II means that every man on the
Line i'm that whole district was
working lin perfect cooperate on That
every man from the Master Me-
chanic and Division superintendent
enginemen, trainmen, agents, switch
men, dowermen, everyone engaged
in the movements of trains. down
to the men who clean the ash pans,
was strictly on the job and that ali
worked in perfect harmony
With such a record Il isn't in
my heart TO complain even of a
litdle thoughtless talk that leads
to unjust criticisms. What the
rOed does counts for more than
what few men say when they are
tired and feel as # 1t was hard
fight they were having to overcome
obstacles that will try any mans
soul '-Er.e Railroad Employees
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