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New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
CITY'S CHRISTM4S GIFT.
Beauties and WOnders of the Garden
of the Gods.

Colorado Springs. Col, found a handsome
Christmas gift ln It's stocking when it awOke on
the morning of December % to find itself in pos
session of the Garden of the Gods. Probably
no other city in the country dealt with so
generously by Santa Claus, for this present is
famed far and wide of Americas scenic
wonders. The whole world however, may share
In it, for the terms stipulate that the Garden of
the Gods shall forever be kept open as a public
park, and the transfer of the great scenic resort
prevents an, possibility that it might ever come
Into the hands of persons who would exploit il
for selfish purposes.
The gift is made by the children of the late
Charles F. Perkins, who was formerly president
of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy Railroad
He obtained the tract, comprising 4SO acres bv
purchase in 1879, and has always kept access to
1t free to the public. On several occasions large
sums Of money were offered to him for the park
which, according to the valuation made bv the
Colorado Springs Park Commission is worth
$2oopUO but he refused all of them desiring
that the great natural wonders should be free to
ALL In his will he made no disposal of the Car
den of the Gods but left a note written on the
back of old envelope which said:
ut is my wish that my children give the Car
den of the Gods to the city of Colorado Springs
for park purposes
To carry out his wishes legal steps were taken
about year ago. when the tract was placed in
the hands of three Colorado Springs trustees
d. " Donaldson Henry LeB. Wills and Henry
= Hail Inc ordinance formally accepting the
tract became a law on the morning of December
20. The children of Mr.. Perkins making the Gift
are Robert F. Perkins, Framingham. Mass
Alice Perkins Hooper, Boston; Edith Perkins
Cunningham and Margaret Perkins Rice both
OF WestWoCd Mass, and Mary Russell Perkins
and Charles E. Perkins, both of Burlington
Iowa.
NO ceremonies marked the transfer but later
an elaborate programme will be carried ont
when representatives of the Perkins family will
visit Colorado Springs. and a handsome bronze
tablet, to be designed by Guy Lowell. grandson
OF James Russell Lowell will be unveiled
The conditions of the gift are that tho +rao+
Shall continuously and forever be designated as
The Garden of the Gods" and shall he main
tanned and used a public park free to all.
that no intoxicating liquors shall ever he mann
factured' sold or otherwise dispensed upon the
premises; that no buildings other than those
necessary to care properly for the property shall
ever be erected.
The fantastic and marvellous rock formations
New-York tribune., 1910-01-09

Brown must be terribly in debt.
What makes you think SOP
He got raise in salary the other day and
never said a word about it.'-Detroit Free Press
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
Good Livestock State.

livestock does exceptionally well in
this state. Fed on the high quality
reeds, -inyigorating with the sunshine
and pure air they make rapid growth
ana show fine bloom. Nowhere. were
inner buffaloes to be found than on
the Dakota prairies. We must, how.
ever learn to keep only the best
stock. Fifty dollars worth of feed
fed to poor animal may give a pro-
duct worth $50, while IL il is fed to a
good animal 1t may give several hun-
dred dollars return. II costs about
rs much to keep a poor dairy cow as
good one and the poor one will not
pay Tor her feed, while the good one
may give q product worth a hundred
dollars more than her feed. We can
not AFFORD to feed our high quality
feeds to poor stock.
Farm machinery has been developed
to its highest to meet the North Da-
kota conditions. At first driven by
the scarcity of labor the North Dako-
ia FARMER was compelled to do al much
as possible with machinery until now
ne has got into the habit and likes
TO DO nothing by hand, and the state
Is wonderfully well adapted TO the
running OF power machinery and big
machines of all kinds. IN many Sec
tons the gasoline engine is now 4ak-
Ing the place OF horses, the grain is
produced entirely with this kind of
power from the plowing of the land
to the hauling of it to market. Then
when the farmer comes to town 1t is
in an automobile. He miIks his cows
with a milking machine and soon he
will make his journey to st. Peters
gate In flying machine. It is spread
Ing to the women, too. They are in
Producing machines and appliances in
to their homes. and In response to this
demand course in machines, me-
chanics and appliances for the home
is offered in the Home Economics
course at the agricultural college so
that the women may learn the prin-
ctples Of machinery and appliances so
that they can have their home equip
ped as up to date as does the man his
farm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
The Markets.

MdTketS are another feature. On
the west We have the Pacific coast and
Its millions Of people. On the east we
have the teeming millions and the
manufacturing cities, and we hardly
know which we shall recognize in
their call on US for bread Forests
we have not. but our fertile acres are
worth more for farming. and Mime
sofa on the east and washington on
the west are anxious for@onr market.
With the greatest coal deposits Of anv
state we will soon be converting Min
nesota iron ore into iron, steel and ma
chinery The Increased cost of land
will drive us TO farm better. 1t will
make It necessary to so till our ground
that we keep up It's producing power
that we insure good crop every year
Rotating crops to get the many
good results will come in this way;
Improving soil conditions for each
crop by growing some other crop
killing out weeds, Graduating plant
diseases. saving moisture, increasing
the organic matter. and reaping larger
crops as result. Then being on the
lookout for the best varieties; In this
way 1t may be possible to increase the
yield. However, remember that seed
grown at home becomes acclimated
and so il the best
We must raise stock That is the
most profitable line OF farming. we
must educate the children In agricul-
ture. Farming Is developing so fast
that he who would keep up must have
q good understanding of soils. crops
and animals as well as OF machinery.
With such rapid progress II Is prac-
tically out Of the question to learn
how to farm at home as was the case
when more slow progress was being
made. Now special course OF train |
ing Ia needed in order to BE- able to |
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
STATE CONTROL OF
FEEBLE MINDED
BOARD or HEALTH OFFICER
WANTS STRICT REGULATIONS
ESTABLISHED - SAYS HEREpI.
TY PLAYS IMPORTANT PART IN
THIS CONDITION.

DR.. J. Grassick, secretary Of the
state board of health, takes UP an Inn
portant question in the current issue
Of the state health bulletin, that of
the control OF epiIeptics and feeble
minded. and. 1t also touches on other
subjects which 1t appears would be
brought before the state legislative
assembly for consideration next win.
ter.
There is another problem in our
social pathology worthy of attention.
We have an estimated population in
our state of epleptics and feeble mind
ed of about 1,200. Or these about $50
are cared for at our state institution
at Grafton, leaving 1850 without care
or supervision outside OF the ordinary
rules Of society. It has been found
that this class are on the increase and
unless the state exercises it's Fight to
curtail in some way the production OF
the unfit there Will ultimately result
such burden on charity and on so
ciety that they will be overtaxed. This
Is one OF the conditions In which
heredity plays an important part. In
the cases admitted to our own institu-
ton so per cent with this as q causa
tive agent can be directly traced.
When we consider that the families of
the feeble minded are nearly twice as
numerous as are those OF normal In.
dividuaIs the far reaching erect Of this
problem becomes obvious. Our duty
to care for these unfortunates should
be coupled with our right to regulate
their propagation by methods beyond
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
HARDY Names
The Committee
FARGO MEN WHO WILL REPRE-
SENT THIS CITY AT THE GREAT
CONSERVATION CONGRESS IN
ST. PAUL WILL ACCOMPANY
ROOSEVELT TO BIG SESSION.

President Hardy of the Fargo Com
mercial club has appointed his COM
mittee Of three who will represent the
club at the national conservation con-
gress which is to meet Sept. 8, Z and s
at st. Paul and to which Colonel
Roosevelt has been invited.
The committee is composed of H. H.
Wheelock, George H. HOLSTER and w.
p. Porterield They will leave Fargo
on the evening of Sept. 5, which is
Labor day, and will have the honor of
riding TO ST. Paul in the same car with
the ex-president. This is to be one
of the greatest gatherings for conser-
walton men that ever assembled any
where In the world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
A Vigorous Climate.

The climate may not be all that
some wish for, yet 1t is good one. 1t
gives life and vigor to man. beast and
plant $50 that they have abundant
health. and the product is one Of quail
ity. The oak that is ever lulled with
gentle breezes does not get strength
In the grain. The cold, the snow. the
winter were necessary to develop the
flbre, thp vigog. the character and
civilization of the Anglo Saxon, and
1T will require these to keep him sturdy
and ahead in the race. Fed on the
food of quality that this climate pro-
duces, invigorate with its pure atmo-
sphere, its sunshine, its balmy breezes,
and prodded on by the occasional cold
and snow lest we go TO sleep. The
alarm clock may not make pleasant
noise, yet 1t Is often necessary.
During the summer when the plant
is making it's growth the days are
long and bright. The sunshine Is not
cut off by clouds. so that the plant
can make continuous growth from
nAorning until night and SO makes q
greater growth in given time
than further south. and when
the plant has finished Its
growth the cold and the frost works
on tibet soil disintegrating 1t. this
preparing plant food for the next crop.
The rainfall is psrhnps rather limited,
yet this Is a blessing too. Had their
been heavy rainfall during all the
years that the soil has 5een formed
much Of its plant feod would have
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
Worth While,

The display of all kinds Of hardware
at tse Buchanan Hardware Co.'s booth
Is excellent.
The Buchanan Hardware Co.'S artis-
tically decorated booth in the Mer-
chants pavilion OF state fair contains
a splendid showing Of builders hard
ware of the best approved quality. Buy
ers Of this class of goods will find
1t to their advantage to look over these
articles. Every man will find it worth
while to inspect the exceptionally fine
array of sportsmen's supplies and
sporting goods, while the ladies will
be attracted by the pleasing assortment
Of modern conveniences in household
hardware of every sort that are there
In profusion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28

the control Of the affected individuals.
All states have some restriction as TO
marriage. A few have very stringent
regulations. Michigan and Connect.
cut forbid the marriage Of epiIeptics.
Indiana has gone further perhaps than
any other state in this direction 1t
extends the prohibition to all persons
suffering from transmissable diseases
of any sort and in 1907 provided that
confirmed criminals, imbeciles, idiots
and rapists be unsexed-surgicall
Under this law about 1000 have been
sterilized to date. Oregon has defined
confirmed criminal as one who was
serving his third term. In North Da-
kota we have a law forbidding the
marriage of whites and negroes. How
much better 1t would have been had
the restriction been placed upon the
class of degenerates we have been
considering.
Summing matters up I8would sug-
gest as remedies:
Il. The prevention of marriages of
detectives.
g. custodial care Of majority of
cases.
"s. A sexuaiization of selected
cases.
Nor would I confine the restriction
of marriages to the foregoing classes.
believe that those affected with the
ao-ca9led social disease should be
barred from the privileges of mar
riage. The fact that 40 per cent of
all cases of blindness and 10 per cent
OF all special surgical operations on
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28

make the most of the rapid develop
ments, and North Dakota is going to
be right In the center of this rapid
developments as the conditions are
just right here, and in no section of
the country are the farmers SO wide
awake for the new things that are
being worked out
We must also learn TO cooperate.
A farmers club Is good beginning.
Get together during the winter, ex-
change experiences send to the en-
tension department occasionally for
a speaker. Such meetings will de-
veIop leaders and aCcustom farmers
to working together. The isolation Of
the farm naturally makes us rather
suspicious of each other. BY getting
together we will find that our neigh
bors are pretty good sort OF folks
that they can be trusted and that we
can all work together and to our mu-
tual interests
In closing let me congratulate you
in living in state witn 80 many OPP
portunities, with such rapid develop
ment, and to rise to, the occasion by
educating your children so that they
WAL DC 4GnAJ ~ tlNA10AS bAACSG SG1ASs W
their full capacity so that they Will
know how to use machinery the most
80 that they will understand
marketing, 80 that they will have the
best possible training for meeting the
Of civilization, and you
farmers and your wives get together
as you are doing here now in the VIM
ter; do 1t every other week, swap ex-
periences. Glorious are your oppor-
tunitiey, splendid are your achieve
lnents. wonderful IL yoAr outlook Tor
the future.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28

women are directly or indirectly the
result of infection from one Of these
diseases, and that the deaths of untold
thousands of unborn or newly born
infants, and the lifelong taint of dis.
ease upon the children who do live,
are due to another of those diseases,
should be arguments enough, for the
state to demand control. The man
who approaches the marriage altar
should be made to feel that he must
do so with clean bill of health or,
as the lawyers say, Come to court
with clean hands, once let 1t be
realized that a physical standard will
be demanded, and that knowledge
would be more effective for morality
among young men than preaching,
teaching and moralizing."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28

the crops out some. The rivers that
were dry are now full OF water.
Mrs. H. Henricks and son Rinholt
left on Thursday for Sank Center to
visit at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
r. G. Neils.
Mrs. e. P. woldo got word Thurs
day that her daughter Marie was sick
with appendicitis at the nome Of Mrs
w. r. Porter in Fargo. Mrs. Waldo
has left for that place.
On Monday, July IS, the married
men and the single men of the town
had a baseball game. The single men
beat the married men "all to smash"
Cor. @.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
CRYSTAL Notes.

Crystal N. D., July 27.-To The Fo-
rum: Misses Clara and Annie O'Sul-
livan left here on visit to Kalispell.
Mont where they will stay for a
week or so.
We had a drenching rain on Sat-
urday morning. 1t will surely help
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
A Splendid Exhibit.

One Of the features of the state fair
Il the exhibit of the Luger Furniture
Co., consisting of rich oriental rugs,
beautiful furniture, pianos and the un-
surpassed Apollo Piano, the original
self player instrument that plays full
So notes. The Luger booth In the
Merchants building Is a popular place.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
The Farmer Of Today Has Become
Specialist, Says Prof. Palmer

been washew away, and bv hand,,nr
this soil carefully and saving is
moisture II can be made to produce a
! good crop every year. and orons grovvv,
on SOIL that does not have too much
an are OF better quality, for in
stance grain grown with irrigation
uoes not have the quality that that
winch Is grown with natural rain
ran has and especially where culti-
Vatlon mas to be used to conserve it,
me crops that we can grow are
many. Grains grow to perfection
clover grows with wonderful luxur.
lance; alfalfa produces its matchIess
Looo in abundance, corn responds Ia
the FERTILE soil and continued sunshine
potatoes and vegetables produce wop-
oerful quality. There Is yet much 70
learn about crops and about varieties
l1at may do better than those that
we already have. Winter wheat IL
sfVlng promise, though It's growing
mas not yet been solved, and the best
variety so far known is Turkey Red.
we afso learn that 1t should he GOWN
early the latter part OF August or the
nrst OF September; that 1t needs some
protection during the winter. In fact
should like to see some try growing
1t on small scale. an acre ar t,,,o
IN sowing IT In corn the ideal way
woulo De TO SOW with a one horse
ur1h' put In the absence OF this, Ii
tnere is rain enough to make 1t ger
inmate something might be done by
seeding 1t broadcast and then cultivat-
ing II IN. This, Of course, would not
give very uniform stand. but IL
would at any rate show whether il
would do well nthis way. Then some
or the corn should be left to hold the
snow whether 1t would do well IN this
way. Then some of the corn should |
De left to hold the snow, at least every
NTH or sixth row. Every one should |
try growing some corn. When nrovi- |
dence made this crop she must GER
tainly have put forth a special effort |
10 give man valuable plant. as IL |
combines in marked degree all the |
sood qualities of all the other plants. !
IL makes its growth during the warm |
est part Of the summer when condi. |
tons are the most ideal for plant |
growth and when 1t can grow fastest. |
Ihen Is the time that the cultivation |
given 1t is the most valuable in saw |
Ing moisture, and as a result IL pro-
duces more forage per acre than any /
other plant as well as more grain. /
Lt is the surest crop we can grow and Il
again 1t practically assures good crop 1
of grain the following year; so let /
the wonderful corn plant have a
,hance;' select and cure the seed be- 1
ore frost plant it on we'll prepared
preferably fall plowed, har-
'ow after planting and until four or II
I've inches high, then cultivate thor
'ushly, but not deep, and an abundant
harvest viii be the result. It is. the
,orn plant that has given value to
he land in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
ND that great section. Remove the II
orn plant and the land values will II
all to one-half. 1t will be as potent
increasing land values in this state
when 1t once gets to be grown more
generally 80 IL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28
To Serve Lunches at Fair,

The Baptist Ladies' Aid society will
serve lunches of home-cooked foods at
the fair grounds near the grand stand
every day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28

MAPLE-o will make your Maple
Syrup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-29

parts OF Europe and a thousand peas
ants tramped down the mountain sides
with arms filled with mountain flow
ers.
One little girl laid upon the casket
a bunch of edelweiss that blooms alone
amid the eternal SHOWS of the Alps,
bound with a ribbon upon which had
been written, gathered among the
mountain peaks over which you flew"
Monsignor Scaparandi, bishop of Lima,
officiated at the services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-29
ALL ELSOPE PAYS TRIBUTE TO The
MEMORY OF CHAVEZ AT FUNERAL

Domodossola, Italy, Sept. 2.-The
funeral of George Chavez, the aviator.
fatally injured after having flown from
Switzerland over the Alps to Italy,
was held today. The occasion was re-
markable in the matter of the tributes
paid the courage of the youth. Gener-
al Spingardi, Italian minister of war,
sent a special representative and the
populace followed the body to the
church. Floral tributes came from all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-29
LA Toilette TO
FIGHT OPERATION

Madison. Wis, Sept. 29.-LaFoI-
lette will go to Rochester, Mimi, this
evening to consult physicians re-
garding his health. He will avert
an operation If possible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-29
AERONAUT is LAKE VICTIM
Hope Given Up of Finding Homer
Hazard Alive.

Houghton, Mich, Sept. 29.-Hope
was given up last night of finding
Homer Hazard, aeronaut, alive. He
made an ascension at the county fair
grounds Tuesday at o'clock and no
trace of him since has been found.
A farmer says he saw the balloonist
drop into Portage lake with a para
chute. He was at great distance
and could offer no assistance. The
balloon was found a quarter of a
mile from here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-29

so because of bribery or corrupt inf1u-
ence. 1t would be unjust to have any
other assumption
To this statement Senator Hepburn
added: THE whole committee is pro-
ceeding with lack of presumption of
corruption in the election. The bur-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-29
Wright Bipane, Kept Under Perfect Control, Near
Goal Without Single Mishap and
With but Two Stops
FORCED TO DESCEND TWICE TO GET OIL
Worlds Mark of 141 Miles for Continuous Flight Outdone
and of 100 Miles for Sustained Flight Ap-
proached-Train Fairly DiStanCed

Springfield Sept. 29.-Brookins reached at 4:26.
Chicago, Sept. 29.-Brookins descended few miles be-
Mt Pulaski "a miles from Springfield at 800 1t is
expected he will his fight Immediately
Chicago, Sept 2e-Brooins resumed his fight from
Mt Pulaski 3:45, confident he would reach Springfield
within hour.
Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 29-Broolins he passed
Pulaski, 8S miles from Gilman, broke the American
country record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-29

Preceding Holstlaw, Representative
White Of O'Fallen, ILL.,, finished his tes-
timony, telling what he did with the
$1,000 which he said he received for
his vote.
The committee again ruled adverse
ly to the introduction of Whites manu-
script of his experiences as a Iegisla-
tor
1t was expected that Representative
H. ]. c. Beckemeyer would follow
Holstlaw on the witness stand, but
through a misunderstanding Becke-
meyer had been dismissed for the day
and the senators adjourned without
calling any other witnesses.