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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
YOUR BOYS CHANCE
Of Future May Depend Upon What
You Save New--PIay
Safe.

IL you are married man or woman
you are probably figuring out the
future Of bright boy or girl. You
are undoubtedly planning to give them
an education; get them properly start
ed i'm the battle of life when the time
comes for them TO launch out.
Your savings, the sum you are able
to lay aside from week to week or
month to month are the motive power
that will some time furnish the propel-
ling force to push the young folks up
into the position they should occpy.
They are certain to do so If wisely
invested and The Northwestern Mu-
tual Investment Co., of this city fur
nishes the perfect way
Write to the company at Fargo, or
call at their Office in the Port Huron
block and investigate their plan for
safe and systematic saving. 1t will
interest you to see how equitably
large and small investors are treated,
the possibilities for profit in their CO.
operate form Of real estate ownership
and investment. DO 1t today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
WORLD GROWS BETTER


The following from The Chicago
Record Herald is commended to the
attention of those who believe the
country is going to demnition bow
vows
War dishonesty in public and private
life, drunkenness. impurity of word and
act.
These are the four prolific sources OF
evil referred to by President Harry
Pratt Judson of the University of Chi
cago in his address before the North
ern Baptist association. And 1t is GER
tain that there must be courageous,
persistent, devoted efforts to overcome
them. 1t is certain, too, that society
needs the impulse of moral motive
for this purpose, but Ii we consider
the history Of these evils, do they not
suggest most gratifying progress rath-
or than decadence?
Work for peace was never so thor
oughly organized as fr is now. The
Hague conferences are great step
forward, new arbitration precedents
have been established, the public SEN
timent OF the world lis favorable to
further advances. Temptations to war
have been removed by the settlement
Of boundary disputes, the conquest OF
the wilderness and the satisfactory
division of the territory among the ma
lions. The very navfes that are In the
sense temptations impose enormous
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confined to fatal accidents. They have
often put out peoples eyes and burned
down their houses--and in various 9TH
err ways established their title to the
name not Of parlor matches but Of
devil matches.
How 1t is that they are still manu-
featured and still bought and sold and
used is mystery. 1t just shows how
utterly reckless and improvident the
average man and the average woman
are, for these matches are constant
menace to life and property-and there
are plenty Of matches besides safety
matches that are safe.
In many states the sale OF parlor
matches is prohibited.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
COST OF LIVING

There have been temporary decreases
in the prices of some Of the staples
during the last thirty days. 1t has
been argued by some that the climax
in the value of the farmers products
has been reached and there will be
general decline now until old prices
again prevail.
This may be some encouragement
TO the consumers and corresponding
ly pessimistic view for farmers ana
stock raisers-but there is little, II
anything, TO base the assumption there
will be any marked decline in the cost
of staple articles Of food.
Bread is now at an exhorbitant price
especially when the present day
wages are considered. The adverse
reports from the winter wheat belt and
the great demand for wheat for milling
purposes does not indicate there will
be any great decrease in the price Of
grain.
The recent showing that the per
capita consumption and export OF
meats exceeds the supply would not
lead any man to place much faith in
the assertion that meats will be sold
at a less price for any long continued
period.
The advance in freight rates. fol-
lowing increased wages for railroad
workers, indicates there will be little
reduction TO consumers-even II the
price OF foodstuffs is somewhat low
cred at primary markets.
There is one factor that may be an
important one. Should the back to
the farm gain great headway-each
man taken away from the city would
reduce the number of consumers and
to a slight degree the demand for food
stuffs. While II he actually went to
work on the farm he might consider
ably increase the supply. Should this
movement induce hundreds of thou
sands to become tillers of the soil
there might be some effect. With the
present status the influence is unlike
Nv 10 be quickly noticeable.
There is nothing to indicate that
North Dakota farmers have any i'm
mediate intention of letting their land
lie idle for fear the products will not
bring a fair price.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
Ryder Notes.

Ryder, N. D., May ito The
Forum: That the Northern Pacific is
anxious to complete the Turtle Lake
extension by fall is evident from the
great activity they are displaying in
forwarding the work Following close
on the heels of the right of way men
come the graders, having been shipped
up the Missouri river from Mandan,
and dirt is already flying south of
Ryder about twelve miles. Just where
the new towns will be located liz not
yet known, but undoubtedly one will be
established near the location of Rose
glen postoffice-in the richest country
about here.
A party of Ryderites autoed to FL
bowoods last Wednesday.
Miss Irene Rosenberg has left for
Lacrosse. Wis, where she will spend
the summer.
garage and will handle full. line of
supplies.
large number of Ryder people took
in the automobile show at Minot last
week.
Mr.. Engdal, the Fort Berthold reser-
walton surveyor, and Mr.. Hall, a promi-
nent rancher, visited Ryder friends the
first of the week.
Attorney Dickinson has announced
himself as candidate for the republi-
can nomination to the ONCE OF repre-
sentative from this district. He is con-
coded sure winner.
Crops here are in excellent condition
and the acreage will be very large this
lyear.
| Cor q
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
Travellers Tales

The little short blonde waitress was
in talkative mood an evening or two
ago as she sided up to the bald head
ed Minneapolis travelling man at the
dinner hour at one of the leading
hotels in Fargo and she wanted to talk
just talk, and she didn't much care
to whom her conversation was adj
dressed so long as she had an oppor-
tunity of talking.
do you know there is more caste
among working girls than you will find
in the Hindoo" said she. Just take
us ladies who wait on the tables. why
we look down on those who hash in
a restaurant, and then the 'hashers'
they sort of look down and sneer at
the girls who have to work out
Working out means the girls who work
in private houses. Amt 1T funny, too,
that the working out girl sort of
looks down on US girls who wait on
tables. Then there is the girl who
works a typewriter Why she wouldn't
think of speaking to any of us no more
than she would think of going to her
work of a morning without having
4 PoWdCA Ol LlSl Lave eAtid hSA AAc@AA NASAAN
UP in the latest style. Then there Is
the lady cashier. Why she looks down
on the whole bunch, and the clerk In
| the store she thinks she Is away above
all of us of the dining room, and
don't see what for, for we get as much
some weeks in tips alone as the store
clerk girl gets in the way of a sa'ary
Jealous, bless, you, no. Why I'd rath-
| er be dining room girl than a clerk
any time, and can't understand why
\ the clerks and others think we hain't
as good as they are. There is caste in
| all branches Of work that women are
\ employed in" said the observing
blonde, as she almost blinded the bald
headed drummer with swoop of the
napkin she was using to knock off the
| crums THE lawyers office typewritel
girl thinks she is away above the one
who typewrites in a store or just e
business Office. She sort of thinks she
is more knowledgeous than the other
There is caste in the girl clerks fol
the one that clerks in the big dry good;
stores wouldn't look at the little
modest clerk who hammers away IL
the five and ten. Yes, / could go or
all along the line and talk all day
about the caste, but what's the use,
and as the drummer reached over afte1
the sugar bowl he upset his coffe'
and the conversation ended.
w. Fl. Lock of Valley City has jus
returned from business trip out tt
the state of Montana, where he was II
the interest of the Webster theatrica
exchange in which he is interested
He said: ST always was proud Of thu
fact that am living so near Fargo.
occasionally forget myself and registe
Fargo and am always glad that
do. for somehow or other / ~et littl,
better treatment than If ! registered
from some town that isn't so wei
known. Away up in the wilds of Mon
tana my business called me in some o
the smaller places and l didn't strikt
one in which the name of Fargo wa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
MATCHES

What used to be called "Lucifer
matches" have become obsolete. They
had coating of sulpher which caused
the unpleasant odor conveniently at
tributed to the devil and his abode and
hence their name, for the fashionable
title of the devil is Lucifer.
AS a matter of fact. however, the
matches called Lucifer matches, or
devil matches, had far less of the devil
in them than the more modern sort,
which were free from sulpher and bad
smells--but were far more explosive,
treacherous and dangerous.
Many things go by contraries in this
world, and as the harmless matches
were called devil matches II was nat
ural that the dangerous sort should
be called parlor matches.
These reflections have been suggest.
ed by the report that an Illinois wo-
man recently lost her life BY stepping
on . parlor match. The blazing head
OF the match flew into her clothing anc
set 1t on fire--so that In spite Of every.
thing that could be done she was
fatally burned. Yet there was nothing
singular about 1t, FOR 50 many womer
have lost their lives In the same way
that it may be called common oc-
currence.
The evils Of parlor matches are moi
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
caIesburu Notes,

Galesburg, N. D., May Ito The
Forum: III. s. Curry, state COM
mander Of the @. A. r., was here call
ing on old friends Friday.
Miss Nellie Gammelgard. improv-
ing. having been indisposed several
days the past week.
George Gagnon Of Page, was seen in.
our burg one day this week with quite
a load on, that Is. the auto was heavily
loaded with lightning-rod man and
his paraphernalia. We have known
George for the past ten years and can
conscientiously say, he has never been
known to indulge in anything stronger
than strawberry pop.
Mrs. Alex Stewart returned to Far
go Monday She was accompanied by
her niece, Miss Ruby Reuntal.
Iver Johndahi il having his auto re-
paired. Galesburg Is becoming quite
an auto center Judging from the num-
erous automobiles fitting hither ana
thither
Walter Taylor shipped carload ct
stock to the twin cities one day this
week
Miss Doris Cunningham left last
Wednesday for Michigan, where sha
will spend the summer with friends.
DR. Heinge of Clifford was here ore
| day this week looking after his scarlet
fever patients, who are not improving
as fast as could be expected.
Cor. q.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
MORE UNDERTAKING.

In the musty newspaper files of the
republics early days Representative
Kahn has discovered a number Of red
hot MISUNDERSTANDING that the muck
rakers were at work even during the
administration of the first president,
when very little party spirit was sup
posed to have existed.
The congressman reproduced some
of these fire-tipped arrows in a speech
which he delivered in the house some
time ago.
Quoting from The Aurora of March
%, 1895, he submitted the following
choice bit of criticism which con-
temporary opposition flung at the re-
vered character of Washington:
eff ever a nation was debauched by
man, the American nation has been
debauched by Washington. If ever a
nation has been deceived by a man,
the American nation has been deceived
by Washington. Let his conduct, then,
be an example to future ages let II
serve to be a warning that no man NAV
be an idol; let the history of the fed
eral government instruct mankind that
the mask of patriotism may be worn
TO conceal the foulest designs against
the liberty of the people. What will
posterity say of the man who has done
this thing? Will it not say that the
mask of political hypocrisy has beer
worn by Caesar by Cromwell and by
Washington alike?"
But this is not the worst of the SAM
pies. 1t was even charged by some oil
the muckrakers during Washington's
administration that ''the father Of his
country" had been unfaithful to the
cause of the American Revolution-and
quite number of forged letters were
published to show that he was secret
ly in communication with England.
While the capitol and the White
House were in process of erection, Il
seems that the criticism OF Washing
ton was particularly bitter--and this
paragraph will show with what venom
his administration was assailed:
Ninety -seven thousand dollars have
gone into the presidents house and al
much more is wanted! Eighty thous.
and dollars spent on the capitol, ant
the building scarcely above the foun.
dalton walls! And this wastefulness
is encouraged by a government thai
can not raise money to pay the interest
on the debts it is each year contract.
ing.'
Such detraction is ridiculously a.
variance with the judgment which the
whole civilized world has pronounced
upon Washington.
Posterity has chosen rather TO adop
the estimate OF his most partial eulo,
gist, Light Horse Harry" Lee. wht
said OF him that he was first in war
first in peace and first in the heart:
of his countrymen-and the lofties
monument ever erected on earth L
commemorate individual achievement
is only one of the countless memorial,
which today recalls the first grea
American.
The fate of the criticisms which dis,
gruntled politicians flung at Washing
ton proves that venom is powerlesi
to traduce real greatness.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
WHITE MEN VlRILE

1t is often said Of certain tropical
countries that the climate is fatal to
white men," yet experience shows that
white men can live anywhere that ne
groes or brown skinned people can
live. Indeed, the resisting power of
the Caucasian is greater, even in I'M
favorable climates, than that Of the
natives-aIways supposedly that the
white men take care of themselves.
This fact receives fresh demonstration
in the report of the sanitary officer
Of the Panama canal zone.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
A DIFFE RENcE

Down in Tennessee Governor Patter :
son is being lambasted by the press
for too frequent use of his pardoning
authority. In North Dakota 1t Is diff
ferent. The pardoning power has been
taken from the executive in this state
and transferred to a board. To over
come this--the governor takes an at
titude of resentment to those who
prefer charges against his friends.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16
Alexander Notes.

Alexander, N. D., May Ito The
Forum: Mr.. and Mrs. Lalonde and
family and Mrs. v. w. Eaton were
guests at The Dunlava homesteads.
j. and e. Warnke returned to Willis
ton Tuesday to resume work.
Mrs Johnson had ten acres broke
last week.
The first ball game of the season was
played Sunday on the Alexander dia-
mond between the Arnegard and home
team, the latter being defeated
G.. A. Dunlava made trip to Lena
Burns ranch Tuesday.
The Dunlava Bros purchased Gang
pillow while in Williston last week.
Mrs. Eikirn was unable to entertain
the Aid, owing to the illness of her
sister, Miss Iverson.
Cor. A.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

unknown. When registered from here
the landlord would say: oh, from
Fargo, I've heard quite bit about the
place. Pretty nice town that and
then we'd sit down and have visit
and I'd tell of how great a city this
is and what is being done here year
after year and the landlord would open
his eyes and say that he'd have to stop
off here the first time he went east.
Yes, you have the dandy town"
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Foley Kidney Pills contain in con-
centrated form ingredients of estab-
lished therapeutic value for the relief
and cure of all kidney and bladder all
ments. H. III, Casselnan,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

AZ Some people claim the flies have
been killed-but there is no occasion
to feel too positive about 1t. Flies are
as spontaneous as combustion-mos
times.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

fH II Professor BolIey's theory that
farm fertilizers are more OF menace
than help to land-because Of their
spread OF soil infection--is true, there
may be check to the system that
Ii rapidly gaining ground In this state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

Ey Miss Farrar. the great grand
opera singer, appeared in the pen in
Atlanta and sang to the convicts. A
paragrapher referred to It as q "star
among the stripes"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

Eg St. Louis statistics show de-
crease in drunkenness--but an increase
in the sale of beer There was fall
ing off in liquors.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

lEY North Dakota might break into
the farm for every man" movement.
There is plenty of land-and It's fer
tile.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

az The city council of Fargo might
strike a popular chord by enacting an
ordinance against the sale of fireworks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

kg The Baltimore widower who de-
clines to marry till he can ind a
woman the proper size co wear his
deceased wifes clothing--is certain
ly an economical cuss.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

financial burdens that make the people
long for disarmament.
AS for what we call graft, the his
tory Of our own country reveals scan
dals in earlier times that would hardly
be conceivable now. The government
had hardly been founded when the leg
islators Of Georgia made an outrag-
eous grant of public lands to companies
in which they were directly interested.
1t was before the civil war that Wis
consin legislators and state officials
sold themselves to a railroad company
for it's stocks and bonds. Years before
the Tweed ring established its elab-
crate system Of robbery in New York
there was complaint Of bribery and
stealing and conspiracies to defraud
the public in that city There was rot
tenness in the federal government dur
ing Buchanan's administration that
would be impossible now. job con-
tracts, patronage, money were used in
way to remind us Of the worst ex-
amples Of municipal corruption.
Descriptions of general and brutal
izing drunkenness in England during
the eighteenth century are common
There was much drunkenness in the
American colonies, also, and a histor-
ian who has made a most thorough
study Of the early years Of the republic
says that at the opening of the nine
teenth century almost every American
family could show some victim of in
temperance among it's men. The testi-
mony Of students of the subject is thai
drunkenness became less common al
the century advanced.
If by impurity is meant sexual i'm.
morality there is at least one grea
social change that must have exertet
most potent influence on the side Of
morality. We refer to the abolition
OF slavery in the southern states. Ant
if there is a tendency toward all kinds
Of self indulgence where wealth &C
cumulares and an idle leisure clas
increases, an indictment to hold gooC
must be against the masses.
The evils are growing less, the Unit
| ed States and the world are growinl
better. Other historical illustration
of this truth might be added to thos
we have given. The laws are NOR
humane, we are nearer the goal of i'm
| partial justice for adj classes. Rea
the appalling stories of the old prison
in our land, the vice. the cruel neglect
the brutality, the horrors Of every des
cription, and then ask If the societ
that tolerated them could be the equa
of the society of today in refinement, II
morality, in humanity.
The improvement has been vast tn
world over. and it is this that give
men heart to work with renewed en-
thusiasm for all that is noblest an
| best
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

If1 The cannibals still show a fond
ness for missionary meat--and no in
dication Of becoming vegetarians.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

Eg II there is any class Of men in
the country who earn their money
it's the rural mail carriers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

En- The increased freight rates will
cause a renewed agitation of the deep
er waterways question.
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az Some of the former farmers are
turning back-and may put their hands
to the pillow.
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iss- The hail insurance men will soon
be more active than the assessors.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-16

Rg The horses of North Dakota
would be big boosters for good roads
If they could talk.
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EE RooseveIt's triumphal march was
somewhat checked by the mourning
in England.
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FE Honest, were you counted?
EE This is not the first time the re-
publican party had insurgents.