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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-01
The Increased Cost of Living
for the Hen.

set OF books and derived much pleas
ure from them. He showed me all
his figures for that year and his profit
was two dollars and fifty two cents per
head.
Well both of these men have sold
out and moved away and on both
properties the poultry houses stand
idle to this day. My friend of the
account books lasted until the end of
1908; then closed up his ledger sorrow
fully and announced that there was
no longer decent profit in it for
him. My other old friend had al
ready left US, for with grain climb
ing towards the forty dollar mark
there was no longer living to be had
from his little flock.
[ have cited the cases of these small
poultry raisers because [ think their
experience will appeal more nearly
to my readers than would that of the
men who have invested many thou
VI III OIdOoldCO POuIClJ
plants which have not returned a dol
lar on investment; but believe me,
do not want for instances of the lat
ter kind. I think | could show at
least a hundred thousand dollars
worth of them in two counties of the
state of Washington. That there is
profit to be made in the poultry bust
ness is shown by the fact that quite a
number of us are getting our living
out of it, but we are not making the
profits that we are entitled to. Lets
get down to figures on 1t.
In 1905 our lowest price for eggs,
Seattle market quotations, was IL
cents per dozen, highest price of the
year 45 to AZ cents per doz. Last winter
the highest newspaper quotation that
I saw was 48 cents but | know that for
a short time they sold around 55 cents
though / don't think many farmers
got returns at that price; but that,
as Kipling says, is another story.
Shipping to a restaurant in Seattle
got on one consignment, 81 cents a
dozen. The lowest price that l re-
ceived this season was % cents. SO
the five years show an increase of % per
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
Trains Goino West
GRoWN-UPs AT PLAY.

UNLESS a man be entirely cynical
there is a great deal to be enjoyed in
watching adults taking day off. The
old rule that all work and no play
makes Jack a rather dull individual is
easily demonstrable.
A vacation, however, brief, is bene-
fetal to busy people. 1t relieves the
high tension and enables one to relax
While it is good for the muscles it is
UNNECESSARILY better for the nerves ant
the mind. Dull care is forgotten-wor-
ry is placed on the shetland the en-
joyment Of the hour is the height OF
ambition.
In large conventions and outings, the
social side of humankind is brought
to the surface. When there is sport
and play, the dignity of years quickly
rolls backward and one renews youth
full interests.
, 1t is amusing to watch the grey
heads in competition with the young
sters in races and games-and to see
mothers, Of grown up children indulg.
ing with youthful enthusiasm in COM
petitive sports and contests.
Marked evidences of the enjoyment
of the adults in the sports and enter
tainments of youth were recently seen
at the editorial convention at Willis
, ton and the druggists outing at De-
troit. Such events are highly enjoy
able and beneficial. The relaxation
from day off will make the human
machinery wear longer-wilI relieve
the mind-and sweeten life,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
GORE AND SHERMAN.

Failure to please the morning organ
causes no surprise in The Forum office,
The fact that The Forum condemned
the unfair methods of Senator Gore of
Oklahoma in his unfounded attacks on
Vice President Sherman appears to
have displeased the night-edited muck
raker.
Senator Gore is entitled to all posi-
BILE credit for exposing what seems to
have been a huge fraud in the Okla.
homa Indian land deals. For this he
should receive praise and The Forum
hopes every guilty man will be penal
lied as he deserves.
What it does criticise in the Okla
homa senator is his false statements
about Vice President Sherman, appar-
entity because of the mania Gore has
for publicity-his wild ambition to con-
tribute the sensation of the hour.
Recently his charges have assumed
a less belligerent and grave tone. He
has, apparently, exonerated Vice Presi-
dent Sherman from the original charge
that he was one of the men implicated
in bribe- offering affair.
The blind senator would have retain
ed a higher place in the esteem of men
If he had chosen a more direct and
plain-spoken word in withdrawing his
charges against the vice president. His
admission--that he may have spoken
the vice presidents name in vain"-is
feminine in respect to its candor and
restitution.
But at least it helps to put the main
problem right-if it does not put Sem
ator Gore quite right.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
THE ATHLETE AT LARGE,

The man who was on the spot when
Mayor Gaynor of New York was shot
and who--despite a wound from which
he was uffering-captured the man
who made the murderous assault, was
"a college athlete-"Big Bill" Edwards
The incident serves to call attention
to the fact that in nine cases out OF
ten the man ION the spot"-when there
Is swift, hazardous work to be done
is a college athlete.
The reasons for the efficiency of this
type Of man are twofold-and both
reasons should be borne in mind, when
athletics in general are under discus
sion. In the first place, the athletes
limbs and eyes are trained. He sees
quickly, and he can bring a fully de-
veloped muscle to bear upon any prob
lem which arises.
But more important is the fact that
his mind, too, is under discipline He
has learned to act with lightning like
raptdity. He is trained in the diff
cult science Of doing the needful thing
without sleeping over night on it. The
average man can arrive at a sount
conclusion, and perform an impera.
tive duty-if he be given plenty Of
time to consider. But it is of tenfold
value to the man who does not have
to stop to think.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
NEW PARKS FOR FARGO.

Fargo is to be congratulated that
some official and organized action has
at last been taken on additional parks.
! For a great many years The Forum
has strongly advocated this. The ne
cessity for other and apparently more
necessary improvements has always
seemed to prevent the park from re-
ceiving the attention which it's impor-
lance demands.
There is a state law through the pro-
visions of which parks can be acquired
and maintained on long term bond is
sues. 1t is unnecessary for the present
generation to bear all the expense.
Posterity viii gladly foot the bills
as 1t will reap its share Of the enjoy
ment from these places of rest-and
fed grateful to the people of today for
the foresight that secured for the next
generation the advantages proposed.
The purchase of additional park sites
is a duty the people of Fargo owe to
their children and grandchildren. 1t
can be done now more cheaply than at
any future time There will never be
IA moment in Fargo when realty values
will be less. The owners of Oak Grove
take a personal pride in the city of
Fargo. They love the beauty spot on
the northside and are anxious that it
becomes a mart Of fine citySs boid;pgv
that its attractive features may be en-
HANGED and perpetuated. Now is the
time to grasp this exceptional oppor-
tunity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
GRAY HAIRS BANIsHED.

The old idea of using sage for darken+
Ing the hair is again coming in vogues
Our grandmothers used to have dark
glossy hair at the age of seventy-fve,
while our mothers have white hair before
they are fifty. Our grandmothers used
20 make ''sage tea" and apply It to
their hair. The tea made their hair soft
and glossy and gradually restored the
natural color. One objection to using
such a preparation was the trouble OF
making 1t, especially as 1t had to be
made every two or three days on account
OF 1t souring quickly. This objection has
been overcome and by asking almost
any frst-class druggist for Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur the public can get a SUE
perior preparation OF sage, with the ad-
mixture of sulphur, another valuable REM
edy for hair and' scalp troubles. Daily
use Of this preparation win not only
quickly restore the color of the hair but
will also stop the hair from falling out
and make 1t grow. Tt is sold by all
druggists for Soc. and 500 a bottle, or
is sent direct by the Wyeth Chemical
Company, "a Cortlandt St., New York
City, upon receipt Of price.
For sale and recommended by Fout
& Porterfeld.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
THE OPIUM SIN.

Great Britain's sin in introducing
unto China opium-and thereby MAX
ing the Chinese an opium using nation
has never been blotted out. Recently
Uncle Sam discovered an opium still in
Kansas City and closed it and arrested
the operators.
The United States is preparing to
lead the world crusade against opium
traffic. The crusade will be greatly
strengthened by the convention of ma
tions to be held at The Hague in Sep
TENDER. Great Britain, Frace,, Ger
many, Austria, Italy, Portugal, China,
Siam, Persia, Japan, Russia, the Meth
erlands and probably Turkey will be
represented.
, The necessity Of government super
vision of the strictest kind is made an.
parent by the fact that 100000 persons
in this country-including 10000
Americans-are addicted to the use OF
the narcotic. Statistics show that
$4,000 pounds of the drug are SNUG
gled into the United States annually.
What the U. S. representatives viii
endeavor to do is to secure an agree
ment among the opium producing
countries whereby they will prevent the
shipment of the drug to countries
where It's import is prohibited.
Or. Hamilton Wright, the govern
nent expert on the traffic, declares
that, In spite of the laws, great guam
titles of the drug continue to be in
troduced here and into the Philippines
A movement is now on foot to secure
uniform state laws In regard to the sale
and distribution Of opium and its de.
rivatives which shall conform to pro
posed federal legislation. The wipint
out OF cocaine and all other forms Of
the opium habit is contingent on this
coordination Of laws.
AS the case now stands the importa.
ton OF opium ID restricted TO ten ports
In this country and an effort viii be
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
NO FIRE PROTECTION
Monanso, N. D., Depends on Artesian
Well Which Has Been Practically
aes-7.-s Exhausted. ID

Monango Journal: People of Mon
ango who have anywhere from a few
hundred to several thousand dolla@s in
vested in property in this city are fac
ing most alarming situation at the
present time; viz: no fire protection.
Do you realize what that means a year
like this when every thing is as dry as
chip and would burn like shavings?
There has been a most fragrant waste
of water from the artesian we'll which
has reduced the pressure until the well
is absolutely useless as means of pro-
lection. In fact we do not believe the
well could muster up fifteen pounds or
pressure right now If every escape pipe
could be shut off, which cannot be done.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

Steele is to have tailor.
Palermo had a successful fair.
Duck shooting is reported near West,
hope. a.
Northwood is to Nave farmers
store.
A Mimic officer chased a thief into
the river,
1t has been, a dozen years since the
big fire at Bismarck.
o&%sSS
The Grafton papers threaten to
erupt over a circulation row.
The ~. p. surveyors west OF Turtle
Lake have suspended work.
Hasbrook & Davis purchased the
Cameron Hardware store in Page.
%Ss~~
In little more than a month the
Moorhead saloons will be down and
out.
The Palermo Standard wants to in
vestigate the Mountrail county rec
ords. ''a
@@S@
Or. Baker Of Bowman defeated Billy
Sherrard of Steele in a wrestling
match. 49,. -.....
s.-.-. @@@
Harmony was the keynote of the
committee meeting in Grand Forks
county.
+f'' MS&N
In many localities the harvest de-
veloped the fact that the crop was bet
ter than 1t had promised.
There is a lot of disappointment
over the fact there are to- be no field
trials in North Dakota this year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

The fact is the well would hardly flow
fast enough right now to supply a good
bucket brigade. If you don't believe 1t
just examine the conditions for your
self But even IL the well had a good
pressure 1t would be worthless because
the city does not right now own twenty
feet of hose without leak in it. Are
the citizens going to be among the
number who begin to think and plan
for fire protection after the best blocks
in the city are destroyed or are we CO.
ing to put forth an effort now when we
can best afford it and protect our
selves? Steps should be taken inrne.
dlately to prevent such a gross waste
of water. All towns and even large
places like Aberdeen are preventing the
residents from using water to water
their lawns except at certain hours.
jse .es ll~ wafer rs permitted to go to
waste and leaky hydrants are not even
repaired. The people of Monango
should raise a mighty protest before it
is too late, Petition the village trustees
to take immediate steps to procure
fire protection even II. it becomes nec-
essary, to bond the village.
:. These are busy days for electric and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

made to restrict the amount which may
be shipped from the ports OF opium
producing countries.
There's enuogh sin and want and
poverty and negligence in America to-
day-without the added distress OF the
opium habit
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

EB' After seeing the model OF the bat
tleship North Dakota at the state fair
in Fargo some Flickeraiis are quite
convinced the big fighting machine is
quite equal to a whole flock of doves
in preserving peace.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

ET The cooks claim they have great
difficulty in baking bread like mother
used to make" because the milIers use
the bleaching process and it's difficult
to get -four like mother used to have.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

ar The New York policeman who
boosted of eating sixty one roast ears
in four hours-must feel awkward not
to possess the other two legs that hogs
usually have. .-.. ....-....
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

ES' 1t Is claimed that alfalfa will cure
men of smoking. 1t is the popular
opinion in Fargo that many people
have long been smoking it--in districts
where cabbage leaves are scarce.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
Travellers Tales

"Ah, my dear" said the elderly lady
to the girl Bob Mcintyre goes with,
don't you ever think Of getting mar
ried rashly, Just keep your weather
eye open, like did when / was q girl
But I'm stuck on him. said the
girl land the Lord knows I'm old
enough, too"
Pooh! Pooh!" snorted the adviser.
Now you take me for an example.
You see this neat little cottage that
I'm living in. Well, it's all mine, and
/ got 1t fixed UP practically for moth
ing"
oh" said Bob's girl, and she was
thinking of him when she said 1t, "and
how did you manage it?"
why, dearie," responded the wo-
man who was full of advice as we'll as
business, II was engaged at first to a
carpenter and I kept up the engage
ment until all the woodwork was
finished; then l broke it off to go with
plasterer, and after he had finished
that part of my house, 1 married a
plumber. See."
The young girl saw and she has
started in the right direction, has
bought lot and is keeping company
with carpenter, while Bob is simply
waiting to see the end.
Judge c. J. Fisk, of the North Da-
kota supreme court with Mrs. Fisk
have arrived at their home at Grand
Forks after a visit of a month to many
eastern cities. on their way home
| they stopped at the judges old home
| near Morrison, ILL.,, where thirty FIVE
years ago he was a school teacher and
where he read law and was admitted
to the practice Of the law. He met
many of his old friends and had a de-
| lightful time at the scenes of his boy
hood and young manhood days. Said
he yesterday: GAS we came along ]
could not help but notice. that the
crops looked good in Illinois. There
will be, plenty of corn, and barley and
oats also had healthy and good APP
pearance. There will be good crop
all through that country. Business in
all lines in the east appears to be pick.
ing up. I did not have a dull moment
while I was gone, but really I am
rather glad to get home again. 'r
They left yesterday evening for
Grand Forks and from there will go to
Bismarck.
e. c. Schoene, who travels for the
O'Neill Paint Co., was liz the city yes.
terday calling on friends. He was at
the recent Jeffries- johnson fight and
had the pleasure of standing on the
moving picture platform and taking
over forty snap shots with his kodak,
and he had them with him on his trip.
The pictures are an actual reproduc-
ton of the big fight and show every
thing from the beginning. Said he:
THE moving picture men were not
for letting me take any pictures, but
| fortunately knew some of the parties
and after a good deal Of persuasion
they consented and let me snap away
with the understanding that I would
| not offer any of them for sale. JEFF
fries didn't appear to me to be in the
| fight from the first. He worked in a
disheartened manner, and Johnson had
all the better of the argument. In the
| fifteenth and last round /. don't think
there was a soul in that vast arena
who was in his seat. 1t was a mass OF
struggling, excited humanity, and ]
wouldn't have missed seeing the excite,
ment for all it cost me in money and
trouble. / have a ser or pictures that
will be worth a good deal OF money
some time"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

Tioga Gazette: The Fargo Forums
publicity and progress edition OF six
ty pages issued on July II, was un-
doubleday the greatest accomplish
ment in the newspaper line ever at
tempted in North Dakota. It was full
of up to the minute advertising and
facts and figures OF the resources and
development of the state, for surpass-
Ing any previous attempt made by any
paper in the northwest. The Forum
Is North Dakota's leading daily and
stands high as metropolitan pub
lication.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
VOLUME xxxIlI, NO. 2ss.

The Fargo Forum ana Republican In
Published every evening except Sunday 10
The Forum Building, corner Of First avenue
and Fifth street north, Fargo, N. ID.
Subscription -- The Fargo Forum and
Daily Republican, by carrier, 15c per week,
Qr Zoe per month, In advance; IS per year
81 per year. The Fargo Forum and Sat.
urday Republican, Sc per year. Single
ropies &c. Subscribers will and the date
70 which they have paid, printed opposite
ahefr names OF their address slips.
Address all communications to The Fo.
rum Printing Co., Fargo. N. d.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

ES' There is one difference between
the aeroplane and the auto. When the
latter breaks down you can hire farm
team and get back home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
FORUMS SPECIAL

Linton Record: That issue OF The
Fargo Forum of Wednesday of last
week doesn't look as though North
Dakota was going to the demnition
bowwows because of the dry season.
There were sixty pages in the issue,
and there were column after coulmn
and page after page of advertising.
II there is as good a newspaper as
The Forum, published In city the
size of Fargo. anywhere in the United
States, the editor of The Record has
never seen 1t.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

Ez- Some people think Oklahoma hal
more necessity for two penitentiariei
than two capitals.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

az The people are promised the pos.
tai deficit is to be wiped out. 1t will
certainly take some scrubbing to do 1t
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

ar Chicago has suffered about the
same experiences at Fargo--and DRY
street sweeping is at last under the
ban.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

&B' The recent attempted assassina-
ton in New York is another argument
against the -toting habit.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

ar If you have had no summer va
cation it's about time to begin to ar
range for one.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13
N. D. POLITICAL GOSSIP


Langdon Republican: Last week
The CourierD reproduced an
editorial from The Jamestown Dem
ocrat which. argues the fact of the
democratic candidate for secretary of
state falling to get on ballot as a DEM
| ocrat means the total elimination Of
the democratic party as the 80 per
cent vote is based on that particu.
lar office. The writer OF the article
in question probably did not look
into the matter very fully or he would
not have come to any such conclu-
sion. While the democrats may not
nave a candidate for secretary of state
on the ballot this year, there is moth
ing TO prevent any voter or any num-
Der OF voters from writing the name
or some particular man in the space
for secretary of state and in that way
this man becomes the democratic can
didate and the democratic vote in the
next primary will be based on the
vote cast for the man whether it be
only one vote or a thousand. At the
most the per cent clause in the
primary election law must apply, in
which case it would be necessary that
that the total vote cast for the Office
OF secretary of state shall equal at
least 5 per cent of the total vote OF
course If not a single vote is cast for
democratic secretary of state in the
fall election 1t certainly looks as
though the democratic party would
have to go out Of business and 1t GER
tainly ought to quit business if 1t
isn't capable Of soaring up at least
one vote in a whole state for this par
ticular Office. The same law applies
to the republican party, but the re-
publicans seem to have sense enough
in the primaries at least, to vote their
own ticket as the law says they should
and therefore they are not having this
trouble. If they tod switched their
politics on primary election day and
strayed over into the opposite camp
for some specific purpose they too
might look for trouble.
Mimic Journal: The republican
state central committee met in Fargo
and organized by electing E. C. Coop
er chairman and ]. M. Devine secre-
tary. Perfect harmony prevailed, fac
tlonalism was reIegated to the rear
and all Joined together for an united
party in the campaign now at hand.
This is significant from the choice Of
the former regular" chairman to be
the chairman and the "insurgent"
chairman to be secretary.
Cooperstown Courier: Some of the
state papers--notably The Minot Re-
porter, whose editor has a crouch
against Mr.. Johnson--says that only
16 per cent of the vote of the state
was cast at the primaries and that
Mr.. Johnsons majority was not so
large after all. Let's see. How about
1000 majority out Of 16 per cent
vote? If we had full vote then in
like proportion he would have re-
ceived six times as big majority
II Mr., Johnson would step into The
Reporter office and hand Sam Clark
some lubricant" we feel sure that it
would change his views on the gov
ernorship. considerably.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

ES7 II negroes lynch members of thei,
own race--is that race suicide?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

The sewers OF the largest 157 cities
of the United States, If laid. end to end,
would provide seven subways under the
Atlantic linking New York and London.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

Electric pumping stations are becom-
ing common In Kansas.