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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
GIFTS WISELY BESTOWED.

Those who give to the Salvation
Army give wisely and well. That or
ganization dispenses its charity i'm
partially to those who are in want. 1t
is noteworthy fact that Protestants,
Jews, Roman Catholics, infidels and all
share alike-and equally well the ben
efits of this wonderful Institution.
For that organization there are no fav-
orites-unless 1t be the most depend
ent. the most needy. those who are in
want.
CASTOR clothing, furniture and 9TH
er articles that are no value to fami-
lies are given to the Salvation Army.
In turn such things are placed where
they may give comfort to sufferers.
Things that are worthless to people
in comfortable circumstances are
made to clothe the naked and feed the
hungry. Worn clothing, shoes. quilts
and blankets-when placed in the
hands of this organization--are made
to meet the dire needs Of suffering
people.
In New York city the Salvation
Army is now hard at work endeavor-
ing to raise sufficient means to pro-
vide Christmas dinner and liberal
distribution of clothing for 25O,OOO
people. To accomplish this, every dol
lar to be expended must be collected
off the charitably inclined people of
the community.
In Fargo the Salvation Army is do
ing great work. Money is being
collected with which to help the
needy. At every hand are seen those
good men and women who are trying
to help those who cannot help them
selves. They are asking the people of
Fargo to make 1t possible for them to
brighten the approaching holidays for
those whose lives are clouded by pow
erty and want.
These contributions will be expend-
ed for a good cause. Every giver will
by blessed by the sustaining and COM
forting fact that such gifts will bring
ray of sunshine to many desolate
homeland make glad the hearts of
suffering and dependent children.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
SATURDAY. DEC. ., 1911.
RESPECT FOR LAW.

The proper respect for law is great
asset for any community. North Da-
kotans realize the value of a reputa-
ton of this kind. The state as a
whole is populated with men and
women who prefer legal observance to
illegal violations.
Just at this period when North Da-
kota is spending so much money in
promotion, advertising and develop
ment-it is we'll to remember the value
of this asset.
Seekers for homes in a new locality
are inclined first to ask about the. rep
utation the place has for observance
OF the law-whether it has churches
and how the schools are. They want
to feel their rights and liberties are
guaranteed.
There is no better assurance to the
new settler than that the people where
he is to make his home have a proper
and abiding respect for the law.
No man is likely to invest his money
---or make his home in community
where he is positive there is a disre-
gard and disrepect for the law.
While North Dakota is reaching out
for the thousands of homeseekers who
are coming west next year-an effort
should be made to impress them with
a proper idea, Of the attitude of the
great majority or the people of the
state on law observance and enforce
ment.
In order to make this impression
permanent and effective-the people
of North Dakota must hold the proper
views. The laws must be enforced
il the people are to have proper re-
spect for them. Legal decisions must
be stable.
Life prisoners must not be pardon
ed for sentimental reasons-after
brief period of service. Clemency of
this kind is harmful. It places a
premium on crime-cheapens the es-
innate of human life-and is an out
rage ON justice.
North Dakota cannot afford to es-
tablish reputation for holding life
so cheaply that it turns It's convicted
man killers loose-three in one week.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
According to Uncle Abner.

II there is any one thing more than
another that kid appreciates for a
Christmas present it is a bucksaw.
When you come to look up the lucky
dogs who don't have to work for a
living you will find that most of them
have wives who are teaching school.
or taking in plain sewing.
1t seems as though most everybody
in this world has at some time or
other experienced an Irresistible inn
pulse to take music lessons and add
a little something to the onhappiness
Of their neighbors.
Speaking of professional women. y
did anybody ever see an amateur
woman outside of the female imper-
sonators2
Christmas presents is between the
Fourth of July and Sept. /. A person
always has money at that time, until
that time comes.
There is tide in the affairs of men
which, taken at the flood leads on to
the police station.
Hank Purdy broke one of his Christ
mas presents on the way home last
year and it all spilled down his boot
leg.
Grandpa Bibbins says If all the
Christmas neckties he has ever re-
ceived in his life were tied together
end to end they would reach around
the earth three times and leave room
for a bow knot. They probably all
give him neckties because he has a
long flowing beard and never wears
'em.
Am Tilson says the time to run for
office Is right after Christmas when a
Teller has got plenty of cigars that he
don't know what else to do with.
Uncle Ez Harkins says the only time
he was ever kissed was once at a
sleighride party when he was all bum
died up and she thought he was some
body else
What has become of the old Teller
that always used to grease his chest
with arniclxy before he went to bed
He is probably keepin' company some
where with the other old Teller that
used to stay at home when the wealth
err bureau predicted a storm.
The Teller that dyes his rnoustache
and leaves his hair gray doesn't fool
anybody but himself.
Grandma Perkins carries her false
teeth around in her pocket, and she
chawed up most of her plug terbacker
through force OF habit.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
North Dakota Kernels

Taxes can now be paid.
Unlicensed dogs at Minot are to be
slain.
The Richland county democrats met
and talked.
State papers are reporting a great
many large grain yields.
go
II you haven't Christmasshopped--
now is the time to begin.
Some of the Ignite mines Of the
state are being worked overtime.
900
Robert Spanton has purchased a
half interest in The Havana Union.
The membership of the Minot Com
mercial club is being rapidly boosted.
900
The total sales of timothy seed at
Northwood during the season reached
$4,000.
A Virginia baby had four legs and
four arms and the proud parents may
name It Centipede.
@8~
Engineer Cram of the N. p Mott
branch was injured in a hunting acct
dent and one arm was amputated.
The Grand Forks Commercial club
certainly made a whirlwind campaign
and the total Membership is now e51.
90
VandaIs have been damaging the
old Catholic church building at Han
kinson and the officials are after them
The Driscoll News tells of two
crooks who escaped from the city in
the Misunderstanding numerous cred
itors.
Some men claimed Mcnamara was
mot a murderer-but fanatic. Most
every guilty man would be willing to
take that view.
Opportunity knocks at some mems
doors so hard--it almost batters the
doors down--and still men fail FREE
quently to nice 1t.
Some Of the state papers are protest.
ing against the establishment Of a
printing plant in the state prison-for
job work purposes.
600
The western part Of the state will
some day be more famous for it's
dairying and creameries than it ever
was for its range cattle.
900
A Dickinson man wrote back to a
Jimtown paper that his wife had not
attempted suicide as was reported in
his former home at Jamestown.
900
Keeping sober is easier now than in
the old days-when most men were
expected to become deeply and gross
ly intoxicated on every opportunity.
900
1t is reported a wholesale grocery
house rs to be established at Fair
mount. The town has the Milwaukee,
the 500 and the Great Northern
roads.
900
Barnes county capitalists are inves-
tigating the feasibility of establishing
a beet sugar plant-since learning how
successfully beets can be grown in
that county.
A writer roasted The Goodrich Cit
izen because the editor urged the peo-
pie to purchase goods at home-and
the owners of horses to keep the ami
mails blanketed. Neither charge seems
to have been a very leinous offense.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
GIVE TAFT A CHANCE.

The Minneapolis Journal had the
following editorial, which should ap-
peal to people who wish to be fair
minded:
A Nebraska paper thinks the state
ments made for the president in Mr.
Leupp's authorized interview debata-
BILE. Undoubtedly. And evidently the
president wanted them debated. The
interview reveals the president as a
modest man. who does not claim to
have been infallible. He confesses the
difficulties that surrounded him in the
tariff discussion.
Similar difficulties have confronted
other presidents. Grover Cleveland
was a strong man who had twice
brought his party into power, the Sec
ond time carrying with him a con-
gress democratic in both branches. He
and congress Were equally pledged to
reduce the tariff to a revenue basis.
But, strong man as he was, Cleveland
failed to overcome the intrenched in
terests, and in the end was compelled
to denounce the tariff bill Of his own
party as "a record of perfidy and dis
honor" 1t was so bad that he would
not sign 1t.
TIE fairfield interests did not relax
their hold between 1898 and 1909. On
the other hand. there is evidence in
the Dingley law that they took adj
vantage of the wilson German act to
strengthen their grip.
When Mr.. Taft became president, he
was pledged to reduce the tariff, and
his first effort was comparative fail
IRE. He was blamed first for signing
the Payne bin. and afterward for de-
Tending it. The signing is less defen-
sible than the Endorsement Many re-
publieans today believe that the pres
ident would have done well to have
forced the tariff issue to a conclusion
by refusing to accept the Payne bill
as Aldrich had amended it.
he very frankly tells why he did not
do that. He was not the whole gov
eminent. He had to work with his par
ty in congress. He took the stand with
the so-called regulars because they
were the majority Of his party. He did
not know that certain congressman
would put excessive protection ahead
OF party. He learned that later. when
S%t~ 0S1ASNA0tS lAlSu W pass separate
tariff bills, and certain southern dem
Ocratic senators repudiated their plat.
form pledges in order to save rates af-
feeting industries Of their own states
These facts merely prove that the
president was not omniscient. Neither
were any of the progressives. The
president wanted to make a strong
stand on the paper duties TO whom
did he apply for information and adj
vice? no Senator LaFollette. And
what did LaF'ollette advise. Not the
low duties the president wanted, hui
a sliding scale beginning considerably
above those duties in order that ths
paper industry in Wisconsin might be
projected. This only goes to show thal
compromise was in the air
AS to his Winona Endorsement, II
amounts simply to this. that the presi.
dent owned up to the defects in this
bill. but said that it was after all, ths
best tarin bin we had yet had Why
Because 1T contained, first. the corpora,
ton tax, which has since proved tn,
salvation Of the treasury; second. tn,
Philippine tariff, for which he has
bssn working Tor years; third. the en-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
FARGOANS DOING WELL
Valentine & MccIans Getting Reputa-
ton for Fancy Poultry
on the Coast.

A Pacific coast poultry magazine
has the following interesting item re-
garding c. N. Valentine, formerly dep
uty United States marshal in Fargo
and r. G. Mcciane, formerly proprietor
Of the McClane Art store here:
The plant of Valentine q McClane,
on the outskirts Of Port Townsend. is
one of the best equipped plants on the
Pacific coast today. Don't take my
word for 1t, come and see for yourself,
you will find on arrival that you will
be welcome. Messrs. Valentine & Me-
CIane are glad TO welcome visitors
and and are never too busy to show
you around. And mark my words
fellow fanciers, these two gentlemen
are on the right track picking their
steps slowly. making sure they are
right first, and then going ahead with
out asking any favors from any one.
Before long new star will be born
on the poultry armament, and the
birds from Valentine & Mechanics
yards viii be heard from wherever
poultry III exhibited. Look out some
OF you old broed6rs, you will have
10 90 some In the near future to beat
&c birds from tsds firm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
SCRIPTURE.
peuteronomy xxviil:1-12.

Deuteronomy xxviii:1-12.
And it shall come to pass, If thou
shall hearken diligently unto the voice
of the Lord thy God, to observe and
to do all his commandments which i
command thee this day. that the Lord
thy God will set thee on high above
all nations of the earth.
And all these blessings shall come
on thee. and overtake thee, If thou
shalt hearken unto the voice Of the
Lord thy God.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city,
and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shalt be the fruit of thy
body. and the fruit of thy ground, and
the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of
thy kline, and the f1ocks of thy sheep.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy
store.
Blessed shalt thou be when thou
contest in, and blessed shalt thou be
when thou goest out.
The Lord shall cause thine enemies
that rise up against the to be smit-
ten before thy face: they shall come
out against thee one way. and flee be-
fore thee seven ways.
The Lord shall command the bless
ing upon thee in thy storehouses, and
in all that thou settest thine hand un-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09

/ Courtenay had a walking contest.
Wahpeton dems are active.
Rabbit hunting is the rage at Ha-
vana.
A Bottineau threshing outfit was out
ninety days.
Several towns insist on being watch
ed while they grow.
Former Editor Morrill, Of The Wah-
peton Gazette is dead
At an insurgent meeting in Sargent
county collection Of $S4 was taken.
Many North Dakotans have return
ed to the old country for holiday yis-
it's.
The good weather has helped the
farmers get their winter work cleared
up.
Devils Lake is to have an inspiring
sight-a wrestling exhibition by a
woman.
The custom of pardoning lifers-
from sentimental reasons--is a dam
gerous one.
The News complains Of the excess
sive amount OF Bookkeeping around
Driscoll.
The sharpshooters in the state mill
tia are to be divided into classes to
give the new beginners chance.
The Hunter Herald reminds deIin-
quents that money is necessary evil
around newspaper establishment.
The merchant Who goes bump
doesn't get much sympathy when it is
learned that he was too cheap q skate
TO advertise.
Hunter is to have an up-to-dat
electric light plant. The storage bat
terry system is used after the plant
shuts down at Il o'clock.
Get Right With God" is slogan
used by an evangelist. One of the
ways to do that is to see that your
subscription is paid in advance.
H. I. Nelson of Garrison recently
purchased some more land, making
thirty-two quarter sections he now
owns. He is demonstrating his faith
in North Dakota.
Former Editor Mitchell of The
Hunter Herald, who has been in Can
ada for some months, recently visited
his old stamping ground. He will be
in the realty business in Florida until
May.
The democrats are endeavoring to
sidetracl1 Governor Burke and put up
new man for governor That will be
cruel-also disappointing to the re-
publicans who want to lick him to a
fragile.
90
Colonel Bloom of The Devils Lake
Journal bravely waited till the retire
ment of Heine Mitchell from The
World-then attacked him. The coll
onel is a dead game and a fair sport
perhaps.
The state board Of pardons, granted
pardons by the wholesale. Twenty
five or thirty men were given clemency
and of that number three were lif-
ers-many having served ronly four
years. That's putting human life on
cheap basis. a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
Do hi NOW.

Business days slip away rapidly.
Before the neglectful shopper realizes
it, Christmas will be at hand. Any
one who has waited until the last day
to prepare a list of gifts and-then
wander from store to store making
purchases-knows that this trial robs
Christmas of it's pleasure and makes
the spirit of giving a torment and
agony. After one such experience the
neglectful shopper declares that next
year the shopping viii be done long
before the rush. Next time the same
delay occurs and the resolution goes
to smash-along with the patience,
temper and good nature.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
TOO CLEVER BY FAR.

A light-ingered person was caught
in another mans house before he had
a chance to steal anything. He told
the magistrate before whom he was
later arraigned that not burglary
but unlawful entry-should be the
charge against him. He admitted that
he entered the house to steal-but
pointed out thatehe. had not succeeded.
This man had evidently been reading
the pleas and arguments of beef trust
attorneys. So expert hairsplitter is
capable of better things than petty lar
ceny.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09

to; and he shall bless thee in the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee. S
The Lord shall establish thee an holy
people unto himself, as he hath sworn
unto thee. If thou shalt keep the COM
mandments of the Lord thy God, and
walk in his ways.
And all people of the earth shall see
that thou are called by the name of the
Lord; and they shall be afraid OF thee.
And the Lord shall make thee plen-
teous in goods, in the fruit of thy body,
and in the fruit Of thy cattle, and in
the fruit of thy ground, in the land
which the Lord sware unto thy faith
ers to give thee.
The Lord shall open unto thee his
good treasure. the heaven to give the
rain unto thy land in his season, and
to bless all the work of thine hand
and thou shalt lend unto many ma
tons, and thou shalt not borrow.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09

al new standard Of marital happi-
ness has been established by a Chica-
90 couple who revised the usual prom
Uses. The husband agrees to give his
wife al his earnings and to allow her
to be boss of the family while she
promises to let him buy his own ci-
CARS and to feed him well. The prom
ises are not romantic nor even pictur-
esque, but this couple are proving
their constitutional right for the pur-
suit Of happiness on q practical warl-
ing basis.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
Cut This Out
Reclpe thet Breaks q Cold IN Day and
Cures Amy cuFsbie Cough

"From your druggist get half ounce Of
Concentrated Pine compound and two
ounces OF Giycerine. Take these two In
gradients home and put them into half
pint OF good whiskey; shake well and use
In doses of one or two teaspo0nfuls after
each meal and at bed time" Smaller doses
to children according to age. But he sure
to get only the genuine (GlObe) Concen-
trated Pine. Each half ounce bottle comes
druggist does not have 1t he will quickly
get IT, Many mixtures are OF large
quantity aud cheaper but 1t is risky to
experiment. This formula comes from
first published here six years ago and local
druggists say It has been in constant de-
mand ever since.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09

A Des Moines man had an attack
of muscular rheumatism in his
shoulder. A friend advised him to go
to Hot Springs. That meant an ex-
pense of $4,000 or more. He sought
for quicker and cheaper way to
cure 1t and found it in Chamberlain's
Liniment. Three days after the first
application of this liniment he was
well. For sale by all dealers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
Wen Never Be Happy Until We
Raus Nit ,Em.

Furnace fires that pass in the night.
Oxford shoes in November.
False teeth that slip out during the
soup course.
Inside seats at the theatre.
Gauze pajamas in the winter.
Cures for falling hair.
Mandolin orchestras.
aluminium chimes.
Short handled snow shovels.
Canadian money.
Pompadours.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
EsIlI THE.SPUR>.
s THE .NIoNKEsNT
~ Nv RoN &. haQulroM.


Some KIND but
misguided friend,
who has evidently
been harboring a
deepseated grudge
against us. has
sent us by ex
press anonymous
ly a live 'possum
and we have got
him chained In
our cellar. Those
who are not ac-
nlrafufad with cha
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
slOLITlc.Aly
] NEkS AND M1ZE

Cooperstown Courier: Governor
Burke is looking for a very small ex-
cuse to run for the governorship for
the fourth time. He says il The For
UNI don't let him alone he viii surely
be a candidate again. The governor
puts us in mind Of a child who after
being slapped by playmate says II
tell pa on you"
Fargo Democrat: Governor Burke
according to The Minneapolis Tribune
OF Nov. 10, is not at all certain whetn-
! er or not he will again be candidate
for nomination by the democratic par
ty and a candidate for reelection,
which would mean contest for the
fourth time for election as chief ex-
ecutive of this state.
Among other things he is quoted
as aking the following statements:
Another thing that might cause
me to accept fourth nomination for
governor would be the chances that
the nomination would come from the
progressives of North Dakota. 1t was
the progressive wing Of the repubh-
can party that helped to elect me the
last three terms, and at their hands |
might be persuaded to make a fourth
race.
North Dakota is now in the hands
Of the progressives from the stand
point Of republican control. They are
the recognized leaders OF that party
in my state, From now on it will be
the independent voter who controls
IL - 4~ft sar
tics have passed"
The governor evidently thinks that
there Is a likelihood of the republi-
cans nominating Hanna, and he evil
IDENTIFY believes that in such an event
large number OF the progressive re-
publicans enough OF them to elect
him, would come over to his support
as they have done heretofore. 1t is
very questionable whether or not the
governor is justified in his conclusions
or the conclusions that he seems to
have arrived at. The contest with Han
ma If he should be the republican nom
inee, would not be a contest such as
the governor has had twice with John
son. and once with Sarles, all three OF
these being q protest against certain
matters in the republican party rath-
er than an independent endorsement
of Burke.
1t would seem that IL the demo-
Gratis are looking for success it would
be wise at this time to put new
man In the field, one who would COM
mand the support OF the entire mem
bership of the party, not as a protest
against something that has happened
or might happen within the party. but
by reason of his own individual worth.
Governor Burke has, no doubt, in one
sense. irrespective OF what good ne
has done, worn out his welcome as a
candidate for governor to some extent,
at least, with the democratic voters Of
this state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09
:
CAN'T GET ALONG
WITHOUT FORUM.

Omak Wash, Dec. S.-To The Fo-
rum: Enclosed find $1.20 and six
coupons for which please send me the
$500 dictionary. We take The Forum
and can't get along without 1t, even
though we are about 1900 miles from
Fargo. for we must know what goes
on in North Dakota, our former home,
and The Forum will certainly tell us
all about the state. Respectfully,
Il. NJ Adams, Omak,, Wash.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09

A well filled crib Of well matured
corn, which generally means good
yield per acre. is much more salts
factory and to be desired than many
first prizes at thefair.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-09

II you are troubled with chronic
constipation, the mild and gentle eff
feet of Chamberlains Tablets makes
them especially suited to your case.
For sale by all dealers.