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The Delta independent., 1910-09-16
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER lat the expense of
soiled hat Robert Orme saves from arrest
girl in a black touring car who has
buys . new hat and Is given in change
nve dollar bill with: Remember person
ond time he help. the girl in the black
car and learns that in Tom and Bessie
W., S%siiInEham they have mutual ,tsi,e friends.
In his rooms at the Pere Marquette he
telephones Bessie Wallingham and agrees
discovers another Inscription on the
marked bill. which, in futile attempt to
aeclpher IT, he copies and places the copy
CHAPTER u.-senor Poritoi South
American. calls. and claims the marked
oiIi- orme refuses 70 give IL up. HoI>
IN IA senor Aicatrante. minister from his
country. to vouch for him. Alcantrante
tries diplomacy to get the bill. orme is
suspicious and dismisses them with q
promise to Keep the bill until ten tomor-
row morning. The oiff>e clerk tells OTne
gone away without leaving name or mes
sage.
CHAPTER IiI.-OTme goes for an eve
nlhs walk and in Lincoln park rescues
Aicatrante from two Japa nese assallants.
A4cantrante again tries diplomacy but
iaIls 70 get tie marked till On his
turn TO tie Pere Marquette Orme is
ofaEGed by two Japanese into the tun-
uel-Hks passage TO the courtyard. Jiu-
.ltsued Into silent submission and a
another is effected. His AssaiIants es-
APE lie notes one OF them has a SCARED
forehead
cHAPTER Iv.-In the Pere Marquette
reception room he finds the girl Of the
al waiting FOR him. She too. wants the
oilL Orme tells his story. She recog-
llzes the Jap with the scar as MakU. her
l1tHtr butler. The second Inscription
on the bill is the key to the hiding place
~ important papers stolen from her IA
ther. Both Japanese and South Ameri-
cans want the papers. She can not tell
.lin who she is. the secret of the
papefs, but he promises to help her He
taIls Der Girl" Orme gets his copy of
Inc inscription. The girl deciphers IT.
Ihey start out in the black touring car
IN quest OF the missing -pGpers.
CHATTER Vim the university
kfounds at Evanston Orme locates the
uohg place. Maku and another Jap are
mere orne fells Msku with "a wrench
out the other escapes in the darkness
Win the papers. Drme finds in Maku's
poGkets folded slip OF paper At the
s"i request he takes her and the car
70 the home of her friend in Evanston
she is still just Girl"
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With a happy sigh, he turned his
back once and for all and walked
rapidly away. But he did not go
toward the electrician line, which
he knew must lie few brooks to the
west Instead. he retraced I he
course they had come, for he had de-
cided to visit the university campus
once more and try to discover what
had become of Maku, and more espe-
cially of the other Japanese, who had
secured the papers. That he would
be recognized and connected with the
attack on Maku. was unlikely.
When he came to the corner of
Sheridan road and Chicago avenue. he
hesitated for a moment. Should he
go north through the campus and
seek trace of the Japanese who had
escaped? Nearly half an hour had
gone since the adventure among the
trees. and the man must have got
completely away by this time. Hav-
ing the papers, he surely would not
linger TO learn the fate of Maku.
GTme found himself wondering how
the japanese had got to Evanston.
Granting that il had not taken them
long to solve the abbreviated direc-
uons on the tiye-dollar bill, they could
hardly have come by uotor-car, for
they had had a good half-hour start.
and - Orme had discovered them
before their work was completed.
Only on the assumption that their car
had broken down on the way could
Orme admit that they had used a
Uotor-car. Moreover, how were two
japanese, whose appearance did not
indicate the possession of much ready
money-how were they likely to have
a car. or even to rent one? And had
they believed that they might be
pursued? Would they not have come
to Evanston by an obvious route of
train or trolley?
These considerations led Orme to
think that the Car which he and the
girl had heard IT. the distance could
not have been occupied by the es.
Gaping Japanese.
The fellow. then. had probably made
for the electrician line. and in that
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distance to the northward. The eI-
plosions followed one another In rapid
succession.
He turned to the life-saver.
What boat is that?" he asked.
81 don't know. Some party from
Chicago, probably. She came up an
hour or so ago-at least. l suppose
she's the same one"
The explosions were now SO rapid
az to make almost one continuous
roar.
She's a fast one, all right" COM
mented the life-saver. Hear her go!"
Are there many fast boats on the
lake,"
Quite a number. They run out
from Chicago harbor now and then"
Orme was meditating.
Exactly how long ago did this
boat pass?"
"Oh, an hour or more. Why"
she seems to have been beachedl
up north here little way"
She may have been. Or they've
been lying to out there"
Ito be continued.)
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CHAPTER VI.
A Chance Lead.

To follow the girls suggestion and
return at once to Chicago was orme's
intention when he said goodnight TO
her. The hour was close to midnight.
and the evening had been crowded so
full with bewilderinc adventure that
he was tired Moreover, he locke d
forward to morning that might well
test his endurance even more strenu-
ously
He had now committed himself
definitely to continue IN the field
against the Japanese. Except for his
desire to serve this wonderful girl
who had come so suddenly into his
life. he doubtless would have permit
ted the mystery. OF the marked bill
to remain unsolved. But since the
important to her. he was prepared TO
run any risk in the struggle.
Who was she? But no. that was q
question she did not wish him to ask.
She was simply "Girl'-beautiful ten
der. comprehending-h ideal in
carnate. As he stood there. hesitant
before the house into which she had
disappeared. he pictured her again
even to the strand of rebellious hair
which had blown across her cheek
He could discover no fault in her
perfection.
A man came into view on the drive
at the side of the house: a servant
to care for the car. of course; and
Orme. with the uneasy feeling of one
who has been trespassing, moved
away toward the corner of the block
He looked back. however. and saw the
newcomer Chamber into the car and
send 1t slowly up the drive.
AT the same time light illumined
one of the upper windows of the
house. A shadow was thrown on the
curtain. Perhaps it was the girl her
self. What explanation had she given
her friends for appearing SO late at
their doorf Probably she had told
them no more than that she was tired
and belated. She was not the kind
Of girl from whom an elaborate ex-
PLANTATION would be asked or eI-
pected.
Then a tho,.yht startled him. Was
this, perhaps. LAT homef No, she
had spoken Of the people who lived
here as her friends. and she would
not have tried TO keep the truth from
him by subterfuge. II this were her
home and she had not wished him to
know II, she would have requested
him to leave her before they had
come SO far.
II dawned upon him that II would
not be hard for him to learn who
lived In this house, and possibly
through that knowledge to get = clue
to her identity. His heart warmed
As he realized how completely she
had trusted him. His assurance that
he would not try to nnd out who she
was had satisfied her. And Orme
knew that, n she had been 30 readily
assured. II WAS because she had rec
oGnised the truth and devotion In
him.
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event he would be well on his way to
Chicago by this time. The car he had
caught must have gone southwa ard
from Evanston about l0:45. The con-
ductor would be likely to remember
having had japanese on board; per
haps he would even remember where
the Oriental had got off. The natural
course for Orme, therefore. WAS to
take car himself and, II he did not
meet the other car returning. to get
or at the carbarns and make in
Quiries. The possibility that the Jap
anese had changed TO the elevated
road on the North side was great. but
the conductor might remember if the
change had been made.
But Orme did not turn at once
toward the car-line. Though his logic
pointed in that direction, he was IT.
resistibly influenced by desire to
walk eastward along the drive where
1t skirted the southern end of the
campus. A halfhour might go by.
and still he would not be too late to
meet, on its return, the car which the
Japanese would have taken. He
started. therefore, eastward, toward
the lake. throwing frequent glances
through the iron fence at his left and
into the dark shadows Of the oaks.
He came to the lake without en-
countering anyone. The read here
swept to the southwark, and on the
beach near the turn souatted the low
brick building which the girl had told
him was the life-saving station. A
man was standing on the little veran-
dA His suit Of duck was dimly white
In the light from the nearby street
Tampa.
"One Of the crew." Orme surmised.
and he sauntsred slowly down the lit
tie path.
The beach sloped grayly to the edge
OF the lake. where = breakwater thrust
its blunt nose out like stranded
hulk. The water was calm. tapping
the sand 30 gently that Il was hard
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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08
GEO. ". RODGERS
Will Be HERE
SUPREME COUNSELOR OF THE u.
c. 7. WILL ATTEND THE MEET
ING OF THIS JURISDICTION TO.
BE HELD IN FARGO NEXT
JUNE.

The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the big meeting of this
jurisdiction of the United Commercial
Travellers has announced that Supreme
Counselor George w. Rodgers of st.
Paul will be present at the meeting.
Rodgers was elected supreme coun-
selor at the grand council recently held
In Columbus, o., and this is the first
time that the jurisdiction of which the
Fargo council is a member, has ever
had anyone on the grand council. The
executive committee in charge of the
meeting has made a master stroke
In securing Mr.. Rodgers to be present
at the Fargo meeting.
Fargo Council No. 65 is making big
preparation for their convention. Word
received from over the Jurisdiction
shows that there is plenty of enthusi-
asm for the Fargo meeting. The
commercial travellers are strong for
Fargo and between 1900 and 1000 men
are expected to be in attendance at
the meeting. From the present out
look 1t will be the largest grand coun-
ell ever held in this jurisdiction.
The local executive committee is
laying elaborate plans for the enter
tainment of the grand council There
will be ten different committees which
will have to do with the various
phases of getting the convention to-
gether and entertaining the grand
council
Delegates will be here from the
councils at Minneapolis, st. Paul,
Zenith, SANITY City, Grand Forks,
Winona, Pwatonna, Crookston. Austin
Sioux Falls, Mankato. Huron, Aber-
deem, Minnehaha, Winnipeg, Feni
more, Albert Lea Regina, Minot. wa
tertown, Calgary. Red Wing, Bismarck.
st. Cloud, Pipestone, saltwater, Cement
City, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Bran
don This Jurisdiction is known as
the Minnesota Dakotas- Manitoba -Sas-
katchewan- Alberta district.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08
TRAVELLING MAN
NAMELESS ROAnER

A nameless creature, armed with a
sample case, covering the land like a
blapket, promoting the commercial in
terests of the country, educating the
masses, carrying light to the dark
places. moulding public sentiment. and
yet this man is incapable of looking
after his own personal comforts and in
securing his just dues Every day he
sells his birthright for a mess of pot
tage. Nothing like him on the face of
the green earth. Nameless, since he
has outgrown that of drummer"
which indeed he never really owned,
and no other word in the language will
even approach the modern avocation.
"rraveling man. covers all who travel.
Commercial traveller does not indi-
cate a salesman.
Why is it that man of such large
influence cannot take better care of his
own interests? The answer is simple.
A salesman on the road requires the
concentration of every faculty in his
makeup on the one thought of selling
goods. Otherwise he would never reach
the promised land" but more active
competitor would beat him to the tank.
Then there is still another reason why
he bears the present ills of his life
rather than fly to others of which he
knows not Few men 60 on the road as
profession for life, The army of
travelling men is made up of, first,
those who misfortune has overtaken.
in business OF their own, and to the
road they turn to reimburse their de-
pleted bank accounts. Second, aspir-
ing young men who seek broader
field for operations, and who see great
possibilities and the good salaries paid
to travelling statesmen.
While it is true that few go on the
road with the idea OF permanency. it
is nevertheless a fact that the larger
number, once on the firing line, remain
there until death or worn out they are
no longer able to influence trade.
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WITH THE TRAVELLERS
HIGHER ORDER OF
TRAVELLING men
PRESENT DAY METHODS DE-
MAND A BETTER MAN THAN
WAS USED IN DAYS GONE BY
MORE BUSINESS THAN BEFORE
AND NOT so MUCH PLAY.

1t is of quite frequent occurrence
that we read of the great Improvement
In the morals of travelling men and
some even 60 SO far as to acknow-
ledge that the travelling men are be-
coming real decent In this connee-
tion there are two facts which are
worthy of note: First, what are we
going to say of the very large num-
Der of men who travelled the road
In its very darkest period, when at
was not decent for a young lady ia
receive attention from a 'horrid drum
mer,' and these same men are now
at the head of the largest industrial
institutions in the country and taking
a leading part in the churches and
other elevating institutions.
Then it is well to note another fact
too often overlooked, In an evening
paper in Nashville appeared last week
editorially this paragraph:
"The publication of a newspaper
to meet the wants of the present day
is not what, it was twenty or thirty
years ago. The cost has increased
many fold, so that instead of $500 to
$500 per week it now requires an ex-
penditure of 5000 to $1,000 per day, to
which increased expenditure must be
added the reduced subscription price
at which the paper of today is fur
nished to its readers. Neither of
these are entirely met by the increas-
ed space used by the advertiser of
the present. besides it requires in
finiteiy greater and more varied talent
to publish the newspaper Of today
than was required in the publication
of a fairly good newspaper of quar-
ter of a century ago. The editor, or
fairly good editorial writer, who in
the distant past made the paper of
that day and time, is only a cog in
the wheel of the present"
This presents exactly the conditions
surrounding the men on the road some
years ago and now The expense Of
selling goods has largely increased of
late and yet the margin of profits has
been materially reduced The sales
man must therefore overcome this by
increasing his business. To do this
requires a higher order of business.
That different talent is called for
does not mean that the former travel
ing salesman any more than the old
time editors were profligate. 1t can
not be denied that there were more
Of that class in both professions than
now, but in each profession there were
many of the most moral men to be
found. The fact is that times have
changed in every respect Formerly
a merchant could often be started out
more easily with a flask than with
solid facts, but that kind have grown
beautifully less, and now the mer-
chants are looking for goods and
prices ratl- ar than a good time while
making the purchase.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08
FOSTERS FORECASTS
Copyrighted by W. w. Festsr, looo.)

storms will occur. Weather most Sc
we're in eastern sections
Fourth disturbance of October will
reach the Pacific coast about Oct. II,
cross the Pacific slope by the close Of
Oct. Is, great central valleys Oct. 19
to 21, eastern sections Get. 90 Warm
wave will cross Pacific slope about Oct
IL, great central valleys Oct 10, east
ern sections Oct 81. Cool wave will
cross the Pacific slope about Oct. 20.
great central valleys oct. %, eastern
sections Oct. "a
This will be another fierce disturb
ance, but while the previous storm will
be most severe in the eastern sections
this one will begin as radical storm
on the Pacific coast and will lose its
force as 1t approaches eastern sections
With this disturbance rainfall will
largely increase and with the close of
it temperatures begin a long and rapid
go-down, ending in cold weather dur
ing the closing days of the month.
/ advise farmers to prepare for a
very cold month in November. Feed
ing of live stock will necessarily begin
early and as a consequence much more
feed will be required for live stock
than is usual for that month. The
crops ere not as as large as has been
reported by interested spectators and
before next May we will see Chicago
market reports placing wheat at $1.25
corn 65 and oats As cents.
Early in November frosts will check
the growth of cotton and that month
will bring bad weather in the cotton
belt Planters lose by it if they fail to
pick all the cotton they possibly can
before the first of November
There is no good reason why cotton
should not continue to bring good
prices for the planter and if the big
spectators begin to run prices down
the remedy lies in refusal by the
planters to SELL
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08
A LARGE Glass.

The members of the Fargo Council
No 65, of the United Commercial
Travellers are expected to have very
large class of candidates at the next
meeting of the organization which will
be held Saturday, Nov. s. 1t is hoped
that there win be over twenty five
new members ready to be initiated at
this time.
Joe Purcell and Cap Wigdahle will
be in charge of the next meeting and
these men are well known devisers of
stunts worth while. The initiation will
begin promptly at o'clock and follow
ing this there will be a big social
stunt.
At the last meeting there were a
large number OF ladies present and all
ladies who can possibly attend are
urged to be present at the next meet
ing. OF special interest will be mu-
sical programme and luncheon. In
the report of the last meeting the name
of Miss Sylvia Forth was omitted
from the programme. Miss Fortin rem
dered a piano solo in a most beautiful
manner and II was an oversight that
her name should have been left out.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08

son & Cupler, plaintiffs, and against
S. B. Moffitt. defendant, have levied
upon the following described real
property Of said defendant, to-wit; All
right, title and interest of said de-
fendant in and to all of section twenty
five (25), in township one hundred
thirty eight Q3S) north, range fifty
one (51) west situated in Cass County,
State of North Dakota, And that
shall. on Tuesday, the 25th day of
October, A. d. 1910, at the hour of 2
o'clock p. m. of said day, at the front
door of the courthouse in the city of
Fargo, in said county and state, pro-
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ceed TO sell the right, title and inter-
est of the above named S. B. Moffitt
in and to the above described property,
to satisfy said judgment and costs.
amounting TO two hundred two dollars
and thirty cents, together with all ac-
cruing costs of sale, and interest on
the same from the 27th day of De-
cember, 1909, at the rate of per cent
per annum, at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash.
HENRY T. BOYLE,
Sheriff Cass Co, N. d.
Dated Fargo. N. D., Sept. "a. 1910.
(Sept "a; Oct 1-S-15-22.)
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08
ShsriH.s saIa.

State OF North Dakota, County of
Cass.-ss.
Pierce, Tenneson & Cupler, Plain
tiffs, VS.. S. B. Moffitt, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given, that by vir-
tue of an execution to me directed and
delivered, and now in my hands, issued
out Of the clerks office of the Third
Judicial District Court, State of North
Dakota, in and for the County of
Cass, upon a judgment rendered in
said court in favor of Pierce, Tenne-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08

looking toward the getting In of at
least 10000 new members by next
June.
To stimulate greater Activity. in
conjunction with the supreme execu-
tive committee, is preparing. as he
says, a proposition which will be sub
mitted to the grand jurisdictions at a
later date. 1t is hoped that when this
proposition is submitted 1t viii have
favorable consideration and he adopt
ed as means of increasing the mem
bership by many, if not all of our
grand jurisdictions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08

Note Meridian 30 runs north and
south through Memphis and ST. Paul.
Pacific Slope" all west of Rockies.
Latter, strip 400 miles wide. East
or Rockies to north and south line
through Atlanta and Pittsburg are
Great Central Valleys" East of that
are Eastern States" and Provinces"
of Canada. Southwest Is Texas,
Okla. Ark, Missouri. Northwest" Is
Wisconsin. Extreme Northwest is
British Columbia, Alberta, Oregon and
Washington.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08

Washington, Oct. S.-My last bulletin
gave forecasts of disturbance to cross
continent Oct. to 10, warm wave Get
5 to 9, cool wave Oct. to ~. In a
general way the best of crop weather
will prevail during this disturbance
West of Montgomery, Cincinnati and
east of Lake Superior conditions will
be favorable to all farm work. while
east of that line they will be unfav-
orabe.
Next disturbance will reach the Pa,
cific coast about Oct. II, cross Pacific
slope by close of Oct. IL, great central
valleys Oct. 13 to is, eastern sections
Oct 16. Warm wave will cross the Pa
cific slope about Oct. IL, great central
valleys Oct. 13, eastern sections Oct
Is. Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about Oct. IA, great central valleys Get.
16, eastern sections Oct. Is.
General average of weather during
the week centering on Oct. IA, will be
unusually warm and stormy. That
week will begin cooler than usual, then
very warm about Oct. Ia, and then
cooler than usual about Oct. II. These
conditions are estimated for Meridian
80. They will occur earlier west OF
that line and later east Of it. Not
much rain till after Oct. Ia, except in
small sections near where the severe
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08

George W. Rodgers knows of a fell
low traveller who borrowed SO Of him
and forgot to return it at once. How
ever, the same fellow traveller would
not be enjoying a position on the SUI
preme council had he not remembered
to repay the ten
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08
Earnn Man Aonorad

c. H. Dixon has been signally hon
ored by grand council of this iurisdic-
ton, j. B. Ellis of Minneapolis. Mr.
Dixon has just been appointed chap
lain of the jurisdiction by Mr.. Ellis
This jurisdiction includes the two Da-
xotas, Minnesota and western Canada
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08

Mark & Hunt will be here Saturday,
Oct. IS, with another fine bunch of
choice western draft driving and sad
die horses, young. sound, broke and
unbroken These horses will be on
sale at the N P stockyards.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-10-08

S. o. Sturgeon, of Marshall Field &
Co., has decided to locate in Fargo.
The reason is that he finds Fargo is
town of homes and he recently ac-
quired a bride whom he has Just
brought to Fargo. Sturgeon is nice
fellow, so we take it for granted that
Mrs. Sturgeon is nicer. Welcome,
Sturgeon.