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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-02
P. J. aennen Of CdsS County
Awarded First Prize
Bur|eigh County is Aonored
with Three Of the Winners
Grain VIII be Seen at the
North Dakota Exposition
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:. THE PRIZE WINNERS :.

: : : 4: : = : = : : : : + : : : !
!: THE PRIZE WINNERS i:
: First prize, P. J. Hennon of ::
I: Fargo, $125. :
:. Second PRICE. H. Nelson Of ::
: Bisbee, 500. :
:. Third Prize-John B. Wentz, ::
: of Fargo, SIS. :
= Fourth prize-W. J. Wiltse, {:
:: of Lisbon, $50. :
= Fifth .prize-John Yegan of (:
: Bismarck, $50. :
:: Sixth PRICE,. L. Nelson Of (:
: Bisbee, $25. :
= Seventh prize-Theodore #. (:
= Krfstjenson of Mcleod, $40 :
: Eighth prize-Charles Schebler :
:. of Bismarck, SIS. :
+ Ninth prize-Bernie Stayton of :
= Mohall, $3.50. :
= Tenth prize-Kristjan Halldor. :
:: son, of Mountain, $40. :
= Eleventh prize-Sather Bros, :
: of Sather, $3.50. :
+ Twelfth prize-George Kemp :
: Of Hamilton, SIS. :
e q = f : 8 :: 1: I: > :: = > =
The annual grain growing contest
held under the auspices of the state
department of agriculture was de-
cided at the capitol Saturday morn
ing. The judges were Governor
Eurke, H. S. Smith, George A. Welch,
c. F. Wyncoop, and Bernard J. O'Niell
They met at nine o'clock and exam
ined the relative merits of the various
of grain which had been
Many Splendid Samples
The samples of grain which were
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-02
commercial CLUB + :. 4:
WILL Endorse TRIP
ENTHUSIASTIC Meeting WAS
HELD At CLUB ROOMS FRI.
DAY NIGHT.

Large Number Of Automobile Owners
Have signified Intentions Of Par
ticipat:ng in Event.
At a meeting last night in the Com
mercial club rooms the automobiles
of the Capital City adopted resolutions
ravoring four or five days. tour over
the state and into South Dakota for
the purpose of advertising the Capital
City.
The idea was very favorably re-
ceived among those present and the
details will probably be completed in
the near future. A large number of
automobile owners in the city have
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-02
Manv Snlendid samnles

Many Splendid Samples
The samples of grain which were
submitted were considerably better
than those which were submitted last
year and there was much greater
and variety. Nearly every
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-02

North Dakota-Fair tonight and
Sunday; not much change: in tenn
perature.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
Dipped From The strear,.


A gold electric fan. with which to
dry her hair. has been presented to
Queen Mary. Most women dry theirs
by hanging it out on the clothesline
in the sun.
"A gentleman named Theodore Rab-
bit lives at Alpena. Mich. 1t seems as
though he ought to run for something.
A restaurant man at Des Moines has
been arrested for cooking onions. The
evidence against him is probably
strong.
The Carnegie commission has found
only 3S9 heroes. But wait until they
begin to count the men who hook their
wives up the back.
Anyhow, the war may be a good
thing in that several thousand of
those terrible Turk" wrestlers will
have to stay at home and fight istead
of coming to America to hippodrome.
OF course it will be necessary to re-
fer to Bernhard in Hamlet as "the
melancholy dame"
A Connecticut deacon has accumu-
lated fortune by pulling automobiles
out of the mud. He is believed to be
the only rich deacon who didn't make
his money trading horses.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
DON'T RESPECT THE LAW.

That was a thrilling and wholesome
preachment OF Senator Borah of Idaho
before the Young Republican club, in
which he compared the dastardly crime
OF the McNamaras and their whining
apologies" and the twicetold tale Of
"selfishness and greed. OF extortion and
lawlessness" OF two great trusts. with
their plea of justification that it was
all done in the interest of business
growth and industrial progress, says
The New York Journal OF Commerce.
From these and other events of the
kind the senator drew the conclusion
that there is no country of first inn
portance where there is SO little re-
spect for the law because it is the law,
the last expression of the sovereign
power, as in this republic There is
no place." he said, where life is so in
secure against the bomb or the bullet,
where criminal laws are so ineffectu-
ally enforced, where corruption is so
little condemned by public opinion,
where defiance Of law in the highest
walks of business so generally pre-
vails.' He declared that it was not
the fault of any one class. but "our
national sin, pervading all classes and
fastening its demoralizing hold upon
al o,,r irs+tt,,+iopv~
This is a rather strong indictment
Of a whole people" and contains the
element of exaggeration so character
istic OF fervid oratory; but there is
much truth to give it force as timely
utterance. But there is more than one
side to the case as in other sweeping
indictments. This is a country of too
much law as well as too much lawless-
ness, too much hasty and conflicting
legislation. too many statutes and
judgments which are not calculated to-
command respect. Where laws are
too lightly and too carelessly made a
disrespect for them will inevitably be
nurtured. Laws which curtail liberty
more than the sentiment Of a COM
munity will endure, like some of our
Sunday laws, invite evasion and lax
enforcement and breed the spirit of
disrespect for law. Our tariff laws
with their exactions and espionage.
their interference with what to many
seems like natural and indefeasible
rights, have done much to demoralize
the sense Of reverence and obedience
to government authority,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
EXPENSES INCREASE.

rrho t,,,,.ao,, - ,a,,.,,. ~ 4,,,t i..,,,a
= 80 800
- ~ ''",elsAl ss"s s'a
800 - 80
: W ' W W
= 80 50 lll"' '''e, s,e - 90
- ~ = = 80 -
; 90 : : oAA -gs - -'V' easu -
PEI cent Mni'e ne 'api'a'iza'ion y I
1850 s ~ . sAs eoss = $40
70 l"-s uss0 = ps' sAs 'l'e s"A"' iss
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28

Constable Ezra Bibbins says educa-
ton is a mighty useful thing. He is
using his sons sheep skin high school
diploma to nail over broken winder
light in the kitchen.
Deacon Pringle says the terrors of
the high cost of livin' is increasin' at
his house all the time. His daughter
Amy Is entertaining an old school chum
Of her'n named Mile Adiposa, who is
9 professional fat lady in a Chicago
dime museum when not at leisure as
she is at present. Mile Adiposa says
she greatly admires our town and will
stay some time. The deacon says the
improvements in our town have got to
stop as it isegetting too blame popular.
There is some talk of replacing the
triangular wheels on the coaches Of
the railroad which passes through our
village with round ones. which will be
quite pleasant innovation for those
who travel to and fro.
Economy is a great virtue and Hank
Tumms says he is just as economical
with his wife's allowance as possible.
! see that one of the famous artists
is goin' to paint an ocean, but what in
tunket's the use of paintin' an ocean
when the fust big sea will bust it all
up?
When Hold Peters was enjoyin' poor
health in the horsepitle. the nurse put
a glass thermometer in Holds mouth
for to test his temperature and Hod
grabbed 1t out and said that, although
he had took caster lie and quinine In
capsules good many times. darned If
he was goin' to swallow capsule a
foot long. nurse or no nurse. and by
gravy, he didn't nuther
Uncle Ezra Harkins says it takes a
whole lot of poor fishin to make a
Teller an expert in the art. Any dunn
fool could do it If the fish would bite
every time he dropped the line in.
Am Tillson asker Arson Judson, our
banker, If he kills a Teller with his au-
tomobile very often and Anse replied:
mo. not very often. Only once
Well, any Teller that would want to
be killed more than once would be a
hog on general principles.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
THURSDAY, DEC. %, 1911.
THE SURREY LINE.

With the march OF progress so rap
Id in these times it is hard to appre-
ciate all the conveniences which mod
ern science brings to our very doors.
which two decades ago would have
been almost as wonderful as the mir
acles Of the Arabian Nights. While
the numerous improvements in North
Dakota--which are conspiring to place
this state among the foremost in the
uniop--are noted with interest and
pride, they come too swiftly for their
real Importance to be realized.
The construction of the Surrey line
is one Of the great improvements of
North Dakota. What it will mean to
the future of the state and the cities
it touches. is realized somewhat, but
few sense its real Importance; partic-
ularly is this true of the majority of
Fargoans.
Just how much the Surrey line is
going to do for Fargo and aid in its
aspirations toward being a metropolis
is difficult to estimate. 1t is a safe
statement to vouchsafe. however, that
it will be one Of the most important
factors in doubling the population of
this city before another census rolls
around.
The territory covered by the Surrey
line is one that has never before been
in direct touch with Fargo and a part
of the traffic it win care for has prob
ably gone directly through to the twin
cities and larger points east. The COM
ing of the Surrey line will have a
strong tendency to direct this traffic
towards Fargo and will also greatly re-
lieve the congestion that is at present
suffered on the Great Northern lines
connecting this city with Grand
Forks. The evening trains are always
filled to overlooking, so that the oper-
alton of the Surrey line will not only
relieve this condition but will mater
tally assist in drawing more of the
state In the direction Of this city.
This line will benefit the wholesaler
and Jobber. but it will bring an inn
mense amount of new trade also to the
retailer. 1t also means that other
roads will be forced to build into Far
go from the east 1t settles the ques-
tion at once as to the actual railroad
center OF the state. Business men of
every class and branch should not de-
lay making ample preparations for the
securing and successful handling of
this trade.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
The ISSUE OF PROTECTION.

Bravely does The Evening sun, New
York, support the president and his
proposed reduction Of the wool tariff.
Its attitude is plainly reflected in the
following editorial which appeared in
that paper last Friday:
The news that the irreconcIlables
of the senate, the insurgent republi-
cans and the stand-pat republicans,
are in a fair way to agree with one an
other and with the president over the
wool reductions should not be surpris-
ing. Thanks to the steady course Of
the president, the issue OF protection
still stands as a fundamental differ
ence between the two parties. When
Senator LaFollette eagerly joined with
the democrats in guessing at tariff re-
duction for political ends the president
refused to assent to reductions which
were not certainly protective. Now,
through the careful and detailed inves-
legations of the tariff board, Mr..
Taft is in position to unite all repub-
licans in support of reductions which
do no violence to the established poll
ley or MS party.
We think the country has few illu-
sions on the subject of a scientific
tariff. The fixing of duties with entire
accuracy is unfortunately not a human
possibility. But excessive duties can
be considerably scaled down, wherever
careful, impartial investigation dis
closes the necessity. That the coun-
try is vary p,anerallv In favor of lonr,tn o.
off such gross excuses as exist in the
wool schedule there can be little doubt.
But is the country in favor Of aban-
doning the protective principle and
taking up with the tariff for revenue
only advocated by Mr.. Underwood?
That is the issue which is forging
to the front in congress today and up
on which the presidents course Of ac-
ton gives promise of uniting the par
~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
BUILDING UP BETTER.


The iconoclast is making himself
busy with American history. But for
tunately, except in purely academic
circles, he is not receiving much APP
plause.
One high-brow deliver into the ar
chives OF the past demands that the
school books be so changed as to give
truer account OF the Revolution
which, he says, was won not SO much
by George washington as by pure luck
and the stupidity Of Lord Howe.
Somebody else denies that there is any
historical basis for the story of Paul
Revere and his ride. Another declares
that Captain Parker didn't tell his
men to stand their ground when the
British advanced. upon them at Lex
ington.
Doubt is cast upon the ride OF Gen.
eral Putnam down the causeway and
on the general belief that the patriots
on Bunker Hill held their fire until they
could see the whites of their enemies
eyes. Coming to more modern times,
well-known author depicts stone
wall Jaclson as going about his du-
ties almost constantly sucking lemon.
OF what boot is all this? Possibly
George Washington ate pie with a
knife and General Grant drank tea
from a saucer. But the War Of the
Revolution was tremendous thing
it gave birth to a mighty nation and
marked the turning point in the adj
vance Of the human race. declares The
Cleveland Leader. The men who led
in the war OF secession were great
men and mighty. What is to be gain
ed by fostering doubt as to the truth
Of some Of the most stirring stories in
American history stories that kindle
patriotism and incite to deeds of dar-
ing and devotion when the country
needs them?
The hard, analytical mind can find
flaws IN every man and in everything
that man devises or produces 1t is
Of infinitely more importance to mag
Nifty the noble qualities in men and
the great things they accomplish,
IN the cold records Of history. truth
and accuracy are essential But why
NOT bury in those records petty facts
tending to destroy popular belief Ia in
spring stories Of American valor, sac
RIDGE and patriotism which have come
doWn 20 III from our Korefathers, a.
lons as essentials are not involved
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28

ercoat and runs for the street car, ana
have to sit by the cook stove all Gay
to keep warm. OF course it's duck
soup for him. because he has got 9
nice warm Office. Amt there nothing
that can be done TO such an migrate
full wretch?
Yes, dear madam. Get divorce TOT
incompatibillty Of temperature.
Fl, ]. T. writes as follows: MY neigh
Dor on the north side tells me build
my fire too low and my neighbor on the
south side tells me build my fire too
high. When / try to hit happy me-
dunn 1t goes out and 1t goes out wheth-
er try to hit happy medium or not
II any OF the brothers and sisters have
any advice to offer / am impatient to
hear it.
W. e. HI. writes: My wife stands
over the register all the time and her
skirts cover 1t so no heat can get by,
How can keep from freezing to
death?
Make her wear a hobble skirt
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28

fered q decrease Of about one-fourth
Of per cent today as a result of the
unceremonious departure from the mu-
nicipal boundaries of one certain Jo-
seph Banks. His migratory inspira-
ton had its inception in the police
court following his arrest, made on
the orders of general principles.
Joseph has no love for Grand Forks
Whatever affection he may have at
one time held for the city beautiful
has faded, and the spark refuses to
take life again. And, furthermore,
Chief Lowe of the Grand Forks police
department, although he is a member
in good standing of the commercial
club and believes in a greater Grand
Forks, is not exerting himself in seek
ing to keep Joe ''in our midst Rather,
he and Judge Church are OF one mind.
and Joe suffers.
The promise that was made IN po-
lice court this morning is now signed
and sworn to. but will be enforced UNI
less Joe changes his habits and be-
comes, in the eyes of the law vendors.
desirable citizen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
North Dakota Kernels

Velva proposes to have q creamery.
The Turtle Lake band has charge OF
the lecture course at McCluslxy.
600
The Northern Pacific is putting in a
large water reservoir at Mercer.
600
County as well as state politics seem
to be quite lively in Ward county.
900
The Pickert boys are still threshing
around McClusky, according to The
Gazette.
The commercial club Of Michigan is
planning to establish a club room for
younger boys.
The Scranton Record announces
that the Christmas trade OF the mer-
chants was excellent.
eco
The Promoter or Stanley advises
farmers to plant lots Of corn aud cut
1t green for feed. Sound.
coo
Many subscribers paid up for The
Adams Budget during the holidays and
made Mrs. Doherty's heart glad.
900
The Equity organization at Mott lis
wrestling with various problems to
help the farmers out in their difiicui-
ties.
900
Editor Delemater of The Knox Adj
vocate appears to have lost his meer-
schaum pipe. Better get corn cob
next time.
The live business towns in the state
are well shown by the newspapers and
the advertising or lack Of it evidenced
in the pages.
Editor Lampman of The Michigan
Arena gives the pardoning board
quite bitter lemon in connection
with the pardoning OF ZelI
900
The Hebron brick yard has been
closed for the season. but will be re-
opened in the spring as numerous or
ders are already on the books.
@@M
The Helping Hand society of Mer-
Ger announces through The Telegram
that all cases of need will be duly
cared for IL reported to its officers.
900
The Free Press is the name of the
new paper started at Carpio by M j.
Pavlik, formerly of The Carpio News.
1t is bright little sheet and well pat
ronized.
Editor Hancock of The Edgeley Mail
tries to pour oil on the troubled wa
ters in church circles there In regard
to Santa Claus controversy in one
of the churches.
j. G. Reede died at Bowden; he was
a member of a medical advertising
company giving a show there, and his
wife took the remains to Charles City,
Ia, for interment.
The Telegraph Of Sawyer reports
the farmers are butchering their hogs.
That has good sound. Prosperity is
sure to come where farmers keep a
fair amount of stock.
900
r. l.. Lampson of Lisbon shipped
carload of corn to Williston: this was
the first car of corn ever shipped from
Ransom county. This is the COM
mencement Of a new era.
900
Every issue of every paper in the
state should have at least one item
with the details of some successful
phase of farming in that vicinity. Get
the facts and publish them for the
benefit of the entire state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28

a chautauqua has been organized at
Mcclusky.
~@@
The citizens Of Beach are enjoying
roller skating.
Leonard is shipping baIed hay to
Fargo by the carload.
900
Chicken pox prevails at New Leip-
zig. according to The Sentinel
900
The creamery at Center is putting
up the ice supply for next year.
90
The alleged illegal fishing case in
Spiritwood lake was not proved.
Robert M. Stroup is now United
States commissioner at Stanton.
600
The F7axton Times wants political
harmony in the republican party.
600
The Northern Pacific depot has been
completed at New Leipzig, and Is now
in use.
~@@
The Neche Chronotype reports that
the health Of Hon. Judson LaMoure is
improving.
@@@
The telephone exchange at Mohall
has q new switchboard--an evidence
OF growth.
The settlers around Bowman are
making good money by bringing in
wolf scalps and pelts.
900
They are having hard times" dances
over in Morton county. Hard times
usually make people dance.
90
Miss Edna Banning is to hold a two
weeks revival campaign at Beach,
commencing early In January.
The Lankin Reporter wants the
girls to stop flirting; they would il the
men paid no attention to them.
900
Attorney Ulsrud has decided to set
tie in Deering. and The Enterprise
rejoices to have a lawyer in town.
coo
There have been over $50 season
tickets sold for the socialistic lectures
at Velva. according to The journal
900
A Mandan mother was fined $40 for
interfering with the punishment of one
OF her children by the school ma'am.
900
The Center schoolhouse is over i
crowded and more rooms will be need
ed in the springa healthy complaint.
Deputy Game Warden Kramar has
a fine pair of Chinese pheasants from
Oregon. which he will turn loose in the
spring.
The Hettinger county commissions
ers are planning to bond for some
$4,000 for seed grain, SO reports The
Mott Press.
The chicken fanciers at Stanton are
building reinforced concrete houses
for their pets, and the number OF eggs
show the investment good one.
900
Editor Schley of The Courtenay Ga
zette gives some wholesome advice to
the merchants of towns where they do
not advertise. He says that $40
newspaper cannot be printed in a 10
cent town.
The Westhope STANDARD promises
soon to give a detailed account of the
work done on the five demonstration
farms in that viqiAity - past 81 liners
This will be looked for with interest.
Give all the information possible in
regard to good farming. It will help
others.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28


wood and print paper from other
countries than Canada. and that there
is not a particle OF doubt as to the
inadmissibility of such products from
any other country under the favored
nation clause
1t was known even before the reci-
procity bill was drafted that this
question would arise in any event. If
Canada had adopted the reciprocity
pact the same situation would have
been presented. It is doubtful whether
any other country would have raised
question as to the applicability of
the favored nation clause If the ques-
ton had not been agitated in this
country.
There are many republicans who
feel that President Taft would do we'll
to take the question out Of the customs
court and settle it as a matter of
political expediency rather than per-
init 1t to be disposed of as a question
of law. Reciprocity, they contend. was
purely a political question, as is every
treaty Of commerce and trade entered
into with foreign country. There
fore, the president of the United States
would do well to treat the PROPOSE
tion in this way and thus avert an
embarrassing situation in which sew
eral foreign countries win be imme-
diately concerned.
It is contended that the president
himself Is the one man who can set
tie such question as is now present
ed, and that only in the manner indi-
Gated can 1t be settled 1t is known
that Mr.. Taft had no doubt whatever
prior to the passage of the reciprocity
act that the favored nation clause did
not apply. All he need do 10 put a
permanent quietus on the rresent agi-
tation, 1t is contendad, - to inform
the world that thisaN e. Blacaton still
The various countfnning that Cd would
be Obliged to y the district fdictum,
which would mespre the court. aprocjty
act In its relatiofsase will contod and
print paper applied canada,
regardless of the fact That that Sec-
ton Of the reciprocity act Is wholly
independent of the reciprocity propoA
sition itself
The same men declare that the
custom court has absolutely no juris-
diction over the matter, which for the
present is In the hands of Attorney
General Wickersham. Inasmuch as
reciprocity and treaties are political
questions involving two or more
countries, no court having jurisdiction
only in this country could render a
decision that would be binding on
foreign countries. It might render a
decision that would further embarrass
both the United States and the several
nations concerned in the present is
sue. Instead of settling the question,
therefore, a ruling by the court might
easily further complicate the situa-
ton.
For this reason Mr.. Taft's friends
who have made close study of this
question and are in position to know
what they are talking about are hop
ing he will cut the Gordian knot with
q word or with q stroke of the pen.