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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04
TRIP TIPS.

Out on the slope country the differ.
ent towns are boosting for the u. G. T.
souvenir book which the Fargo council
is getting out. Chas. H. Dixon and
Photographer Dewey are meeting with
great success. This week these gentle
men were down around Mott New Eng
land. Hettinger and that part Of the
country, and they met with great sue
cess in every town they have visited.
John Dye the senior counselor Of
Bismarck council, expects to quit the
road and go into business at Hibbing,
Mimi, but John says the boys will see
him at Fargo in June. sure: as he
would not miss the good time he ex-
poets to have for anything.
Harry Curtiss writes from Winnipeg
that he will be down to Fargo next
June to take in the grand council meet
ing. Lssla
Jerry Whitcomb, the popular sales
man for Noyes Bros. & Cutler, has
just finished a trip to the western part
of the state. Jerry was mistaken sew
eral times by his intimate rivals for
a foreign duke by the new overcoat he
is wearing. 1t sure is peach.
On Saturday, March 4, there will be
the election of officers of the u. c. T.
A large attendance is desired.
Cliff Ferich, the cigar man with
Moves Bros. & Cutler Of st. Paul, has
just finished trip to the slope coun-
try. Cliff reports a very fine business.
Bill Frentzel, who represents the
Bobby Burns cigar in this section, was
visitor to the capital this past week
and reports a very good business in
that section.
| The grand council which meets in
Fargo next June consists of thirty
councils, consisting of Minnesota,
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta,
South Dakota and North Dakota. This
grand council has membership OF
$3.50 members, of which Fargo expects
to entertain 5000, including the ladies,
who always attend these conventions
in large numbers. In order to make all
of these visitors have a good time and
go away feeling that they have really
seen "the biggest little city in the
world" will mean that everyone in
Fargo will have to pitch in and help
a good thing like this convention to
be big success. Don't forget to boost
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04
7. P. A. Will have
ITS own BANK
MEMBERS OF THE r. p. A. AT AT
LANTA WILL HAVE THEIR OWN
BANK FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
A-UNIoUE STUNT.

One OF the strong institutions of
Atlanta is the local post of T. P. A.
It's a live wire and is often heard
from. The latest stunt is to establish
in Atlanta a bank capitalized at $780,
600. The thing is exceedingly plausi-
bic and the wonder is that the trav-
cling men have not already established
banks at every distributing point of
importance. One in Nashville with the
support Of the army on the road from
this market would in a very short
time rival in influence that of any in
the city. Why not. with the large
number Of live wires behind the en-
terprise to talk it up on all occasions
OF this new Atlanta enterprise The
Journal says:
The first step in the organization
OF Travellers Bank g. Trust Co. with
a capital stock Of $250,00O, supported
by travelling men. was taken at the
annual meeting Of the Aravelers' Pro-
lection association held in the conven-
ton hall Of the Piedmont hotel Sat
urday evening. A large gathering Of
representative members of the local
post were present, as it was under
stood several important matters, in
Guiding the election Of officers for the
year, were to be taken up.
The plans for the organization Of
the bank and trust company to be
backed by capital Of travelling men and
known as the Travellers Bank & Trust
Co., were set before the members of
the association by J. Rutherford Cor
don. an old travelling men who has been
devoting a great deal of time to an
investigation of the possibilities for
the formation of an institution of this
character.
Plan Is Plausible.
In presenting the proposition. Mr..
Gordon suggested that it would be best
to organize the company with a capt.
tai stock at the beginning of at least
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

VIM. o. Brown, the coal man of
TIA. c. fame, with the st. Paul &
Western Coal Co. Of st. Paul, is leay-
ing Fargo to accept a promotion to
the very large duties of manager Of
the city department for st. Paul
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

There win be class of twenty-fi five
candidates to go into the u. c. T. to-
night at the A. o. u, w. hall, next to
the postoffice. If there is u. c. T..
from out of town in Fargo at that time
he is cordially invited to attend A
good time is guaranteed to all who
will take the trouble to be present.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

arthur" Baldwin, the electric man,
was up from st. Paul this week and
tells the boys that he will sure be in
Fargo for the u. c. T. convention in
June,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

tai city made a hit at Grand Forks
three years ago and intend to repeat
1t this year at Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04
Plan L. Plausible.

In presenting the proposition. Mr..
Gordon suggested that it would be best
to organize the company with a capt.
tai stock at the beginning of at least
$250,000. He reported that from con-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

Suggested as a reNlSeu NeEsloll Vi Lle
regular hotel room clerk:
One Ring-Ten cents to the bell
boy.
Two Rings-Fifteen cents to the
chambermaid.
Three Rings-A quarter to the porter.
Marshalltown, Ia, boasts OF having
the oldest travelling man in the state
and possibly in the United States. He
is Lott Dean, 81 years old, who has
been on the road continuously for
sixty seven years and for the past
twelve years has been with the Mar
shall Vinegar Co., making western
Iowa and eastern Nebraska. Mr.. Dean
is native of Hartford, Conn.
The travelling men OF Missouri are
making an effort to have bill passed
permitting them to vote even though
they are not at home when they must
register. 1t is stated that something
like 10000 travelling men of the state
lose their votes in the cities because
they are on the road at registration
time.
committee of fifteen Gideons met
at the Kimball house, Atlanta Ca, on
a. recent Sunday morning carrying
baskets of Gideon Bibles and started
out to distribute 1000 Bibles, placing
one in each guests room in the ho
tells of the city. This accomplished,
they returned to the Kimball and made
their reports
Statesmen in the employ of Ben Still
| lings and A. B. Sternbach Co., Port
land, Ore. were handsomely remem-
bered with New Years presents. At
the close of business on Dec. 81 each
salesman was given an equivalent of
10 per cent Of his aggregate salary for
| the year-a total of between $4,000 and
$1,000. To every salesman who had
been in his employ at least one year
Mr.. Steinbach gave either 500 or $3.50,
depending upon the period of his
service.
| A Joint committee of the railway
passenger associations has prepared a
draft of a plan for the insurance of
| passengers baggage which will be pre-
scented to the joint passenger associa-
| ton for consideration in a short time.
Under this plan, to obtain insurance on
his baggage the passenger will be asked
to declare the value Of his baggage on
checking and pay upon the value in ex-
cess OF 500. approximately Is per cent
of the excess baggage rate. AS the
excess baggage rates are based upon
the passenger rates the charge for Sin
surance' will amount to approximately
is per cent OF the passenger rate for
every 500 Of value declared. 1t win
remain to be seen how any such regu-
lation will be REGARDED BY the travel
| ing public.
The commercial travellers Of Ken
lucky are bringing vigorously to the
Iattention Of the state legislature the
necessity of law regulating hotels
land procuring further and better pro-
lection Of guests.
A decision by the highest courts III
! Pennsylvania changes somewhat the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04
A GOOD JUDGE

of what is good value for money expend-
ed will tell you that you can get more
and better value in the line of Cleaning
and Repairing here than elsewhere. All
we ask is
A FAIR TRIAL
and we will guarantee to prove to your
satisfaction that this is true statement.
Join our long list of satisfied customers.
FagO-N. ". Cleaning and Dyeing Co.
Phone al 62l N. P. Ave.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

a decision by the highest courts Ia
Pennsylvania changes somewhat the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

Suggested as revised version of the
regular hotel room clerk:
one Ring-Ten cents to the bell
boy.
Two Rings-Fifteen cents to the
chambermaid.
Three Rings-A quarter to the porter
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

The commercial travellers Of Ken
lucky are bringing vigorously to the
attention Of the state legislature the
necessity OF a law regulating hotels
and procuring further and better pro-
lection Of guests.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

Harry Curtiss writes from Winnipeg
that he will be down to Fargo next
June to take in the grand council meet
ing. lssIa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

Bill FrentZel, who represents the
Bobby Burns cigar in this section, was
a visitor to the capital this past week
and reports very good business in
that section.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

Cliff Ferich, the cigar man with
Noyes Bros. & Cutler Of st. Paul, has
just finished trip to the slope coun-
try. Cliff reports very fine business.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-04

On Saturday, March 4, there will be
the election of officers of the U. C. T.
A large attendance is desired.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
Japanese humor.

No people exists among whom Il sense
~ hunlor is developed to a greater eX-
tent than It Is among the Japanese,
says Il writer in the Strand, and there
Is certainly no type of humor so dit
ticult for ~ foreigner to understand as
the Japanese. At root. of course, ii is
of the same nature as the hunlor of
ali the world; but the unique character
and genius of the language, The pecul-
lar traditions and habit of thought Of
the people, grown up through so many
centuries apar from contact with the
outer world, contribute to make tho
point of q Japanese Joke a puzzle to the
outsider. The most brilliant flash of
fun vanishes, while by the end of an
elaborate exposition it becomes a bore
Il stupid WEAKNESS.
In Europe the pun is, as a rule, a
poor form OF wit. though, of course,
~verybod can quote bright exceptions.
In Japan the play of words-a thing
IN the Japanese language far too SUBJ
tie and significant to be called a pun
not only makes the wit and humor,
but carries subtleties of poetic mean
ing unknown to other tongues. No
translation a even make Ineligible
he full significance of a u Japanese
poet; there is an interplay OF mean,
lngs and a use of words involving IL
literary al!usion and association h
utIGI1y UGLY IOQuCliOH, anu Il mere
verselet of Il few lines will carry more
curlously and beautifully interviewer
meaning than is to be compressed into
European poem four time as long.
For many reasons it is inevitably
that Il vast deal of Japanese humor
much remain forever a sealed book
to the foreigner u~nacquaintcd with
language and literature. Blu
there is a great deal more which is as
readily comprehensive to a foreigner
as that of his own couHtrymen. There
are w Japanese comic papers. both
very populas-the Kokkci Shimbun.
wholly and entirely Japanese in char
acter. and the Tokyo Puck, which, as
Its name suggests, has Il largely
Europeanized outlook. The Kokkei
Shimbun we must set aside, for Its fun
Is so completely Japanese that explana-
lions would be tedious and cause 1t to
%evaporate entirely. AS a small i'm
stance. it may be mentioned that many
Japanese written characters are COM
pounded of two or more others, each
having a wholly different meaning:
and a great deal of shrewd fun arises
and many sharp hits at current events
are made out of the associations OF
these homogeneous meanlngs-all plain
'ly lost on a foreigner ignorant Of the
written characters. even in the Tokyo
Puck. the best of the fun is apt to lie
IN the purely native jokes and i'm po-
litfcal n local illusions little UNDER
stood on this side of the water.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
MiiIionairea Buy Fake Pictures.

In "The Interpreters House," in the
American Magazine. Finley Peter
Dunno. author of 'Mr. Dooley." con-
tinues his new series on "Mr. Worldly
Wiseman in the Art Market"
The American millionaire who sets
up as an art collector Is the biggest
sucker in the world. says the CON
Because these fellows that nave
made a lot Of money are SO stuck ON
themselves. o take a fellow that's
been running a big tin shop and about
making it pay and business booms and
along comes q crowd OF bankers and
k him n a trust and pays him
IL times more than his old plant. is
worth and there's nothing you can
teach that fellow, he's SO sure of him.
self. You'd think he made the world.
II you can reach his egotism you can
sell him anything from a coat-of-arms
rich men nowadays to collect pictures.
I guess 1t always has been the fashion
and ! suppose good fellows like myself
always got a bit out of 1t. Well, q lot
OF money falls on top OF some old fell
low that's been squeezing a dollar for
frst he's bewildered by the flood and
then he begins to think he made the
money becausesh he was wiser than ANY,
body else, and then he begins to branci.
out. He reads IN the papers e. {.
Morgan and Kahn buying old r..
for $1,000 apiece and he we
get into the game. He don't
much about art at first and he's
of 1t. His dream OF beauty up to this
time has been a few. specimens Of Har-
lem art in the front parlor, his name
IN geraniums in the front yard and a
herd Of iron deer frisking on the lawn.
It's my business to grab him at this
stage when the family have brought
him to Europe and educate him. Say,
Bill, o talk about your Berensons and
art c%onnysoors than all the lecturers on
art between Rome and Pekin. I can
take a millionaire who hasn't owned his
roll long enough to get the axle grease
out of his finger nails and In a week
tional gallery where Hobbema spoiled
his picture Of the avenue In the woods
by slamming in too much madden lake,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
Parental rerror,,

AT evening, when we heat tho milk for
which our darling cries,
We watch her putt swiftly down with
fond and loving eyes,
And then we go to bed. but not to sleep
q single wink.
All. no! We lie awake tili morn and think
and think and think.
Suppose the COW who gave the milk was
suffering from mumpe!
Suppose the farmer had forgot to sterilise
his pumps!
Dupnose-ah. dreadful 10 the thought that
grips like iron bands!
Suppose the hired man had acOrned to
manicure HE hands!
0uppoxc the grass had grown too rank:
snppose tn creek Was green:
SUPPOSE b dairy WAS ncesWashed that
morning. Uhite and clean;
These are tho feaS1 mat MI with Woo
HES vayto9Ated page
Whenshaby.a hld = drink q milk Of un.
known netoNtn8e.
.-0ecs.e Ntch = PcoSta Hssall-T.an-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21

Though castiron is not now chosen
for the working parts of machines Il
has been known to show great durabii-
iey when % used. In an instance late
" brought 70 notice Q castiron crank
1917. made ls7. 0oo, 900 revolutions ana
the stress on the neck at the beginning
Of each stroke had ranged from 1850
70 $3.50 pounds q square inch. In an
other instance. q castiron gudgeon. put
70 use before 1888. has continued IN
service without fracture. It has with
. stress Of $500 to 1900 pounds a SQUARE
inch.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21

Here are a few examples from Basil
H~argraveis Origins and Meanings OF
Popular Phrases and Names:" The
phrase every man Jack Of them" is
explained as q corruption Of the arch
aic "everich" or "every-cilop" (every
one) into "every-John" and then "ev-
ery-Jack." "Hobson's choice" goes
back to the seventeenth century. To-
bias Hobson, who kept q livery stable
at Cambridge. England, and who
would only let out his horses in strict
rotation. saying: This or none.'"
Mind your p's and as is said to be q
to allow the score to run too long"
Point blank' was the white spot in
the center Of the target. from the
French blanc.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
MY PIE rl.ANr.

Last spring l took a tiny seed
No bigger than Il minute
TO lex at it you'd never guess
A he lived deep within it.
Down in the dirt 1 dug a hclc
And put this seed to bed.
Then with my shiny garden rake
l covered up It's head.
All summer long this big green vine
Has climbed around the yard.
Till father said to dis ii UP
But then ! begged so hard.
1t stayed M rev and now you see
a punI right and yellow.
And thanks Sive to grandna's SIX III
For The pie so richly mellow.
-Woman's World.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21

batteries in the world is being manu-
Pictured In America. It is to be at
Baltimore for heavy rates Of discharge
This battery consists Of 152 cells. each
containing 1888 plates. Each OF the152
lead-lined wooden plates measures four
feet two inches high and 21% inches
wide and 72N inches long. and will
weigh, without plates and electrolyte.
approximately 1000 pounds. The total
weight Of the entire battery equipped
with plates and e~lectrolyte. when ready
for service. will be approximately 1,1OO,-
600 pounds
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
Foassr CITY SOUTH DAKOTA

One of the smallest of the German
municipalities is undertaking q very big
experiment in financial legislation. The
diet Of the elder of the two principal
tiles of Reuss. which lie in central Ger
many. to the southwest Of the Thur
ingian states. carried recently a reso-
luton in favor OF increasing the state
lncome tax by 5 per cent of the tax on
incomes between G15O and 1900. and
by 10 per cent of the tax on income
Exceeding G300 a year in the case Of
Unmarried persons of either sex who
have reached their 30th year.. The diet
consists of IL members. ard the reso-
luton was carried by seven votes
bachelors has often been proposed in
other German states. and was jocular-
~ referred to as a possible form of inn
perial taxation by the Emperor WILL
lam,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21

Gypsies introduced the practice OF
paln,istry into England. This appears
from q statute OF 1854 called an "Acte
concerning Egypsyans," which recites
that "afore this TYNE DIVERSE and many
outiandysshe People. callyne them
seifes Egyptians. using no craft o
his Realme and gone from shire "a
Shire and Place t o Place and used
create subtyll and crafty meanes to de-
ceyve the people that they by palmes-
tire could tell MEME ana women for
tunes. IA have by crate and subtyltie
deceived the people Of their money"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21

Birds 20 to the arctic regisus to rear
their young because of the Iabish
0eed eating birds flnd IN abundant snn-
ply OF c~ranherr1es. crowberries ana oth.
er Ground fruits which remain frosan
al winter. while insect eatine birds
have only to open their mouths to nm
them win mosQuitoea The condition
Y siberia and Alaska ara Identical. the
re 9 % birds being . period of
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
A Present for Little Boy Blue.

~ Ivy LsiuSs
Our %neishbor. he calls me his Little Boy
Blu
Whenever he goes by our yard:
ne says, Good morning or How
do you do?'
Rut sometimes he winks awful hard.
1 guess he don't know what my name
really is.
Q else he forgot. il he knew:
ana my You would think I am really
He calls he his Little Boy Blue!
Our n%sighbor. he told me that Little Boy
Once stood all his toys in a row,
And said, Now. don't go till l come back
for you."-
By that was a long. time ago.
And one time at Christmas, when 1 had
He brought me a sled. all brand-new.
And smiled when he said it was partly
And partly for Little Boy Blue.
Dur Neighbor. he's not going to have any
So he says the best he can dc
Is try to get something to partly give me
And partly. give Little Boy Blue,
because = ne's here. 1t would make him
And he said he knew It was true
Inat ever and ever so many folks had
Our Meighbor. he calls me his Little Boy
And said he would like to help trim
our Tree Tree y. when 1T came-he would feel
1t was partly for me and for him.
He said ne would fix it with lights and
wax flowers. ~
With pop corn and berr.es-you 500
He'd like to come over and helm to trim
ours '"'
He's not going to nave any tree.
Post. AseHtHs
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21

The jewelers. Circular Weekly.
speaking Of h great increase in value
Of pearls, says that q necklace recently
so.d for 10000 had been bought In
the trade paper adds. are that the de-.
Mand for pearls is stronger than ever.
Were It not for the resale to dealers Of
pearls that have already been worn. the
market would almost be barren Of fine
gems. az the increase IN the number of
pearls from the fisheries has not been
commensurate with the de-
'mande.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
santa's Orders.

The letters poured on Santa Claus.
From children near and far.
When he was planning his campajen
Beneath the great North Star:
re read the mail from day to day
n task soon had him tired
TIL children most desired.
he sy thought M Of q course the standard thing.
The drums and sleds and dolls and horn.
That come from Santa Land:
AS Christmas time drew nigh
That all the children, near and far
Demanded ships that fly.
Some wanted bi-pianes-others asked
For plane: OF single wing;
The Zeppelin the thing; = ""0
And SO he ordered sky machines
Fol- every girl and lad.
"Because.'' hi sad, "Old TOYS ara f,aos
Thu world 10 airship mod" aa-
Denver Republican
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
Only Once.

From the Kansas City Journa,
The fool must be answered accordir~
q his folly.
How often does your road kill a man :,
asked . facstious travelling salesman Of
9 Contra Branch conductor the othsr
day. -
';Jsst onoa." rspl,sd ~ eonductor.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1911-07-06

the student body as whole. Fictitious
ideals and impractical standards pre-
vail. There is a crying need for sys-
tenn of education which will prepare
both the boy and the girl for the prac-
tical duties and business problems of
real life and home building. Not alone
to equip with the skill and ability to do
so, but with sane ambitions and prac-
tical tastes FOR these greatest duties
and privileges. In this might we not
find at least a partial solution for de-
pleted farms and country homes and
over crowded cities and over crowded
professions.
The Dixie University school being
built at this place with its shops and
agricultural stations, with its curricu-
lum arranged upon purely practical
basis, with the real purpose for which
the institution is being launched with
the Christian and cultivated personel of
its founders and its faculty, will, we
predict, produce results beyond the ex-
pectations of the most sanguine.