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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

The coming of Charles Klein's
strange and powerful drama, The Third
Degree, to Fargo, Dec. 81 gives rise to
a question stepped in mystery. What
is the Third Degree? The author says,
plainly speaking, my play, The Third
Degree is a metaphysical plunge"
Old law reports in England, France
and Germany are filled with gruesome
details of the way in which persons
were tortured in order to extract con-
LESSONS from them. officials were
frank about it then. 1t was legal and
permissible. Nowadays 1t is only oc-
casionally that torture is limited at
by the newspapers but that this me-
dieval procedure is not wholly ex-
tinct is proven by reference, in and out
of court, to The Third Degree A typ
ical instance of The Third Degree was
the treatment Of suspect in a recent
sensational case. The man, it was
said, was subjected to thirty hours
continuous questioning by relays of
police.
Discussing this and other familiar
cases, beach and bar points out that
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27
HOW TO ESTABLISH A
COOPERATIVE CREAMERY
State Dairy Commissioner Flint Gives Some Good Pointers Re
garding the Establishment Of Creamery IN North
Dakota-Shoud Be Done by Cow Owners

"The establishment of a creamer!
in any community should be the effec
of a cause rather than the cause it,
SELF" says Dairy Commissioner Flint
'Tt is true that successfully operat.
ed creamery does apear to encourage
many more farmers to milk cows anC
patronize IT," he continued, ''but 1t Il
really the publicity given of the prices
received by the patrons for their dairy
product and the general prosperity o.
the farmers who are keeping COW:
that attracts attention, excites COM
ment, and prompts others to do like.
wise.
$50, 1t is really the cow that is the
cause OF the prosperity of the dairy
farmer and when kept in sufficient
numbers by a reasonable number OF
persons in community should be the
primary cause of the erection of d
creamery.
'The demand for q creamery should
properly come from those who have
dairy products to manufacture and sell
and when this class takes the initia-
tive, then there is much hope for the
success of their plans. When the idea
Is to form a cooperative organization
the plan of cooperating should be
carried on from the beginning. Some
one must take the lead here as in all
other movements and self appoint
ed person should suggest that those
interested meet at one central point
usually at some farmers home, and
discuss the project. From this meet
ing at, say the district school, house
All such gatherings should be pre-
sided over by chairman, and sec
rotary appointed to keep record OF
the proceedings.
1.-THE true secret of successful CO.
operation lies in putting all questions
to a vote and then abiding by the will
Of the majority. The first proposition
that should be considered is the mum
Der of cows that would be MIXED and
the milk and cream brought to the
creamery. The number necessary to
reasonably insure successful operation
will depend on the producing ability
of the cows, whether they are owned
by a few or many farmers. and
whether the creamery is to be located
where 1t VIII have competition or not.
If located In the country some dis
lance from other creameries, 1t might
be practicable TO erect a plant and the
patrons receive better prices by mark
citing their cream through the cream
cry than when the butter is sold at
country stores II there are not over
800 cows Generally. however, lie Is
considered necessary to have from $50
to 500 cows before it is profitable to
build. The location of country
creamery IL frequently a great hind
rance to the organization and when
this can be settled early 1t facilitates
matters very much. The things to be
considered In choosing d site are; a
central point easy Of access, avail
ability Of an abundance of good water,
good drainage, and then the conven-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27
ce of a fuel and ice supply.

| fence Of fuel and ice supply.
1.-THE water and drainage questions
are really the most important points
to be considered, but the general loca-
ton Of country creameries has been a
serious stumbling block over which
many a temporary organization that
otherwise had excellent prospects, has
gone back to earth. The selection of a
site in village naturally becomes
sub ?ordinate to the other conditions,
The secretary should be instructed to
apply TO the dairy division, Washing.
ton, d. c., or the state dairy depart
ment, Bismarck, for list of creamery
machinery needed and at the same
time 1t would be well to request
creamery machinery manufacturing
concerns to send catalogues and such
other information as they may have
that would be helpful to a new organi-
cation.
'It is also desirable that a commit
tee be selected to visit some creamery
that is being successfully operated as
they could secure in this way, better
idea Of the building and equipment
needed and the manner of conducting
the business than from reading de-
scriptions or looking at plans and H.
Illustrations. Representative farmers
in different sections of the territory
from which the creamery should draw
patronage should be selected to solicit
subscriptions of stock If a sufficient
amount is not taken in the meetings.
A number should be appointed so at
~ kr oh %r~
persons time.
The plan of the building should be,
for economy and convenience, con-
sidered in connection with the size and
make OF the machinery that it is to
be equipped with. "A reasonably warm
building with an abundance of light
and ventilation should be considered
necessary. Farmers wishing to or
ganize creamery companies should re-
member that both the federal and state
governments maintain departments
that they can draw on for advice and
assistance. AS each person and COM
munity has their own problems and
conditions to face, 1t liz difficult to pro
vide printed information that will do
any more than cover general condi-
tons. Individuals who can discuss
such matters may be secured from
these departments, free OF charge If
application is made.
In nearly all cases 1t will be found
that IL the farmers have held one or
two meetings themselves before ask
ing for personal attendance OF federal
or state officials, they will make bet
ter progress. as they viii then have In
their minds the points they wish in
formation on and the time need not be
taken up In unnecessary discussions"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27
More DanviIIs Proof.

Jacob SchralI, 4S2 South street,
Danville, ILL.,, writes: For over
eighteen months was a sufferer from
kidney and bladder trouble. During
the whole time was. treated by several
doctors and tried several different
kidney pills. Seven weeks ago COM
menced taking Foley's Kidney Pills,
and am feeling better every day and
will be glad to tell anyone interested
just what Foley's Kidney Pills did for
me-" Fl. I'll. Casselman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27
NET HIS SWEETHEART
AND ESCAPED DEATH,

Conneaut, o., Dec. 27.-G. Law
renee, believed lost with the car
ferry sunk two weeks ago with
thirty. lone men. is back here. He
left the boat at Port Stanley on
the trip just preceding the fatal
one. The captain failed to report
his absence.
BY chance met my sweetheart
while / had short shore leave"
he said, "and ! missed the ferry by
five minutes"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

States army and one Of the high dig
nitaries of Free Masonry.
Some weeks ago his sister, Mrs.
Caroline s. Neergard, who lives with
another sister, Mrs. Susan c. Hope, at
Bordeau, France, petitioned to have
Westcott declared insane. His estate
is not large, but the influence of John
ID. Rockefeller, II is said, has continue
ed Westcort's salary regardless of his
incapacity for service.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

him. But has case was hopeless. He
saw investigators on every hand and
he was in constant fear he would be
called again as a witness In the main
suit against the Standard Oil.
Even his most intimate friends
were debarred from his confidence.
They were as much "the enemy" as
any Of the fancied spies on his trail.
Twice he escaped from the sanitarium
and fed to the Hotel Manhattan,
where he formerly had an apartment.
Imapines Himself q General.
Melancholy progressed; paranoiac
symptoms appeared. He believed him
self lieutenant general of the United
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27
Mind WRECKED
BY EXPOSURE
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE STANDARD OIL co. DE-
CLARED lNSANE-HAS MANY
COMPANY sEcRETs-oNLY az
YEARS OLD.

A sheriff's jury in westchester
county has pronounced Hampton
Gould Westcotr, formerly vice presi-
dent of the Standard Oil Co. of Ken
lucky, incompetent to manage him
self or his affairs, says The New York
World.
Ten years ago, Westcott, who is only
AZ, was one of the bright young men
| OF NO. 26 Broadway. A member of a
prominent family with an estate at
Waynesvilles N. c., he attracted the
attention Of he building spirits of
Standard Oil by te ability he display
ed while a clerk III the main offices of
the Kentucky branch of the oil trust.
at Covington. In 1900 he was brought
to New York. Soon he was made vice
president Of the Kentucky company
and intrusted with secrets Of Standard
Oil management.
Organized Spy System.
1t was WestcoIt's duty to furnish
the Statistical department" at No. rs
Broadway information concerning the
, business of the independent oil COM
panies in Kentucky. When they be-
came menacing these companies would
be bought up by Standard Oil and run
by it as independents"
The Kentucky company was the
selling agent for Kentucky, Georgia,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and
Alabama The management of its
business upon the lines laid out from
No. 26 Broadway fell upon Westcott's
shoulders. To procure the information
needed in the plan of destroying COM
petition Westcott's fertile brain con-
ceived and carried out elaborate
methods of espionage.
The organization of the bureau of
corporations in 1905 put a check to
many of these operations. The fed
eral inquisition into the methods of
standard oil, part OF which was car
ried on here In the fall of 1907,
brought Westcott to the witness stand
under oath.
Made Westcott Tell Al.
Special Deputy Attorney General
Kellogg grilled Westcott as he grilIed
John ID. and William g. Rockefeller.
Westcott was made TO tell how he re-
ported to No. 26 Broadway, how the
dummy independents" were worked,
about the spy system, and many other
details of the business. kellogg made
him produce the books Of the Ken
lucky company, books that contained
damaging evidence against Standard
Oil. The great result of the inquisi-
ton has been an order for the DISCO
luton Of the Standard Oil Co.
But there was another result. The
mind Of Hamilton Gould wesrcott be-
came obsessed with vain regrets and
f-condemnation A few weeks af-
ter his examination his health waa so
broken that he was sent to a santa
rum. In the hope that rest might cure
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

Tid-Bits: In a Sheffield school the
children We're asked to come prepared
with the meaning Of the word bach
elor" for the next lesson.
This was one little girls confident
definition: A bachelor is a very
happy man"
The teacher wanted to know more.
How did the little girl know that?
Father told me sol"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

Baltimore American: "The people
on that farm are such warm hearted,
hospital folks. They will take any,
body in"
Il kno,. they will. We boarded
with them last summer"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27
Are You Going To Take
AN INVENTORY
Every merchant does at this time oy tha
year, and you should investigate our Loose
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THE PORTE CO., FARGO, N. D.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

Cleveland Leader: Il see by the
papers" says the philosopher of folly,
THAT the dentists will form trust.
suppose It will be known as the
'Teething ring, /"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

Judge: Don't you think, Mary, you
are too old to play with the boys?"
mo, mamma; the older / get, the
better / like Them
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

Punch: German ConduCtor-Vi ISIS
der flute more softly dan 1t can?
Flutist Cpointing to score ppp)-
Pecause dey does!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

Chicago Tribune: Mr.. Lingering
had queer adventure this afternoon
Miss de Muir with swift glance at
the clock You mean yesterday at
ternoon, presume.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-27

THE PORTE CO, FARGO, N, D
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-03
AsaiAIGG,0atGg!IEs
THE GREAT ENEMY ALCOHOL.
Destroys the Body and Skaters the
Social Fabric.

That alcohol has an affinity for pro-
toplasm, the physical basis of life
itself, and that this is the reason for
the widely varied injuries that it may
infict on~the body, is asserted by Dr.
Henry Smith Williams, in a series of
articles contributed to McClures Mag
azine. In the first, entitled alcohol
and the Individual" DR.. Williams
shows that the tissues of the brain. the
nerves, the heart and blood vessels,
the stomach and intestinal tract, the
Emphatic system, the kidneys, and the
liver, may each and all become dis
eased by the habitual drinking of even
small quantities of alcohol. He notes
also that these consequences are not
confined to the drinker, but are passed
on to his descendants of successive
generations. All this, DR.. Williams
tells us, may be compared to the erod-
ing effect of a flowing stream, which
has its greatest action on the part of
its banks that is least restraint So
alcohol, circulating in the blood, tends
TO attack whatever organ or tissue
may be weakest and most susceptible
Dr. Williams agrees with those who
tend to class alcohol as a poison, and
eiscards the pernicuous theory" that
II gives any persistent increase of
muscular power" He goes on:
1T is even questionable whether the
energy derived from the oxidation Of
alcohol in the body can be directly
used at all as a source of muscular
energy. Such competent observers as
Schumberg and Scheffer independent
ly reached the conclusion that it can
not. DR.. Abel inclines to the same
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-03

A physician tells me that he goes
through his medical library every year
and throws out a lot of books which
have become useless to him because
the new, the up to date, the more pro-
gressive, are pushing out the old
We all know that some of the scien-.
tific books published are useless
year after they appear in print There
never was a time in the history of the
world when the new in every line of
endeavor crowded out the old as it
does today.
If you examine your business thor
oughly you will probably find old fogy
methods. obsolete ideas and cumber-
some ways of doing things-a lot of
red tape IN your methods.
Remember that nothing else is i'm
proving faster than business methods.
If you are keeping books as they were
kept a quarter Of a century ago, If
you are using the same business sys-
TEN, you will find that you are away
behind the times.-Success Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-03
Advertising {
For an Angel
By MA RSHALL GROIN
cOELL.
/, Copyrighted, 1888, by Associated
Literary Press.

CranstOn picked up the locket and bur
ried after the girl, but during that mo-
ment in which he stopped to pick the
jewel from the floor Of the ferryboat
she was swept away in the press Of
passengers.
He was certain that this particular
girl had dropped the trinket, for he
had left the ferrybOat behind her and
he had heard the tinkle of the locket
as it struck the planks.
CranstOn was decidedly interested in
her. Once before he had seen her in
a street car, and she had haunted his
memory for days. On this occasion
she had completed her conquest, and it
was a man very much in love who had
followed her from the boat in the hope
that something might occur to enable
him to speak to her.
He might save her from being run
down in the traffic, or she might slip,
or any one of hundred things might
happen which would break the ice Of
convention and permit CranstOn to take
the plunge into unconventionality.
And now something had happened. but
to his dismay Cranston found that it
did not profit him greatly, though per
haps in the long run it might. The
locket was of gold, plainly chased and
of no very great intrinsic value. but
still it might be valued for its associa-
lions. Cranston opened the case and
was dismayed to find there the picture
of two small children
1t was just such locket as young
matron might wear, and Cranston re-
garded the pictures dolorously The
girl did not suggest a matron. yet why
else should she carry with her the pic
lures of two little children?
His hopes rose again when in an
swer to his advertisement he received
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-03
To Cook Rice TO Perfection.

Wash two cups of rice in three wa
tiers, drain and dry. Have ready a
good sized kettle in which are four
quarts of boiling water. Slowly let
rice sift through your fingers into the
boiling water, never letting it stop
boiling. Keep lid off kettle. Add Ia
blespoonful of vinegar to whiten rice
and to keep 1t from boiling over. When
cooked tender, which will be in about
% minutes, empty the contents of ket-
tie into a colander which is placed
over a bowl (the water from the rice
making an excellent starch. Pour on
and through the rice boiling water to
remove the starchy sickness, then
place colander over the kettle of gen
tly boiling water to steam for five min
utes. Pour into hot dish and serve as
a vegetable If you once eat rice
cooked this way, no other way will
suit you.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-03
BOY SPENDS COLD
NIGHT IN A SHED
PUPIL IN A NEW YORK SCHOOL
LOCKED UP BY MISTAKE IN
OUTBUILDlNG.
is SOUGHT LONG ERE FOUND
Hungry Rat Comes to Bite Him Under
His Vest, and Cold Makes Him
Keep Moving for Sew
eral Hours.

New York.-Albert L. Percival, Jr.,
who is only a very little boy, eight
years old, spent all Friday night and
part of Saturday recently locked up
by mistake in a shed in the yard of
q school in the Bronx listening to the
squeaking of rats and fighting the bit
ter cold the best such a little boy
could know how.
The boy had heard the janitor's key
turn ia the lock just minute after he
had run in there to hide from his
playmates when school had been dis
missed for the day. Even as he began
pounding on the door he could hear
the janitor's footsteps passing through
the yard and into the rear of the
school building.
After he had called and called until
his throat was sore he began TO walk
about the dark alleyway of the room.
1t was supper time before long, and
down under the fold of his sweater the
little fellow felt the Hungry Rat NOV
ing around. He had often wondered
just how badly this Hungry Rat could
bite, especially on days when the
range at home wouldn't work, and
his mother had told him that he would
have to wait for his supper. But this
time the Hungry Rat did bite for sure
Just chewed and nibbed and made
a pain come right where the supper
ought to have been.
Soon it was totally dark. AS he
walked up and down the little fellow
would keep one hand on the walls to
guide his steps. Albert had never been
taught that all kinds of bogies and
-skippy men swarmed the night, but it
is one thing to be sitting in the circle
of the reading lamp and look outside
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-03
Encouragement.

In village in Scotland an old farm
er sympathized one day with the CON-
plants Of an old friend of his, a ped
der. The peddler said the times were
always hard in Scotland; the people
had no money there; 1t was a poor
place to get along in.
What you say is true" the farmer
agreed, why don't you emlgrate to
Australia, lavish? Australians a grand
place, by all accounts"
1T used TO be-" the other returned.
"but it is so no longer. Australia is ms
overcrowded now as any other land"
"The coast may be-" the farmer ad-
mitted. but the interior. I'm sure, Is
not, Go to Australia, lavish. and pr
into the interior"
"Hang the interior" said the
der. There's nothing there but
garoos."
The farmer thought that kangf
were some 'orcign race Of pc
"Well. Tavisn," he said reproach
isn't Il kangaroos money as GOO
any other man's?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-03
CARE OF UTENSILS
CLEANLINESS AND ECONOMY IN
THE KITCHEN.
A Little Consideration and Fore
thought Here Is Well Repaid
Proper Treatment of Tinwsre-
To Clean Copper or Brass.

To Clean a Frying Pan-Rub with
a hard crust of bread and wash with
hot water and washing soda. Never
scrub it or the next food fried in it
will stick.
To Clean Enameled or Granite Uten-
sils Whose Contents Have Been Al
lowed to Burn-Ffll with cold water,
add a piece of washing soda the size
of an egg and heat to boiling point.
Wash at once, as the burned parts will
then be more easily cleaned.
Saucepans and baking dishes should
be filled with cold water Immediately
after using. so as to prevent the frag-
ments clinging to them. By doing
this they may be cleansed in half the
time otherwise required.
Tinware should be washed in hot
soapy water, rinsed then dried with a
towel. Drying tinware on the stove
darkens and sometimes melts it. If
desired bright, first wash and then
clean with either writing or some min
eral soap, not with sand, as this will
cut through the soft metal and soon
wear it out.
Coffee pots should always be bright
on the inside to insure good coffee. By
occasionally boiling soap, water and
washing soda in them they will be
kept in an excellent condition.
To clean rusty and blackened knives
and forks, use half raw potato dipped
in brick dust.
Stains on tinware or teacups can be
removed by dipping a damp cloth in
common soda and rubbing briskly.
Wash and wipe dry.
Granitewear should not be left TO
dry over hot fire, as the heat in ex-
panding may cause the outside TO
scale.
To clean copper or brass, If it is
very dirty. put some fine salt on a
plate, dip into it a cut lemon, and rub
on the metal. The strong acid will re-
move the worst stains.
Tumblers which have contained
milk should be first rinsed in cold wa
ter before washing in hot water.