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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
TUESDAY, OCT. 3, 1911.
FARGO TOWNSHIP WATER.

There is more agitation In a mild
way over the city's contract with Far
so township. Years ago some resi-
dents located along north Broadway
beyond the city limits. Some moved
there because they liked the location
and wanted more room than they
could secure in the residence districts
down town. Others decided In favor
Of the township because of the smaller
taxes they would have to pay.
1t was soon found inconvenient 20
reside out there without the advan-
tages enjoyed down town. A water
supply and sewage system were nec-
essary. The latter was impossible
without the first.
A contract was entered into with
the city by which the people con-
structed and laid their own water
mains. connecting with the city mains
and securing water at q stated sum-
This price was later regarded as too
low and was raised. Later the water
mains were relaid by the townshippers
and the water rates were again boost
ed--despite protests.
Now IL Is insisted the rates are still
too low. as compared to what residents
OF the down town districts have to pay.
1t is proposed to increase the charges.
Naturally the townshippers are Wig
orously protesting.
The water system Of Fargo is a mu-
nicipal enterprise. 1t is owned by all
the taxpayers. II is for the benefit of
the actual residents of the city--those
within the incorporate limits.
While there should be no DISPOSE
ton to treat the residents outside the
city limits unfairly--or to charge ex-
tortionate rates-there is no reason
for the municipality making a dona-
ton TO the outsiders. If the present
water rates do not compensate the
city--the increased charges are neces-
sary. The city is under no obligations
to the residents OF the township.
II the people out there want the ad-
vantages Of city Iife--they should
either incorporate their district in the
city limits or move down town. They
can't expect to dodge city taxes-and
at the same time enjoy city privileges.
They can't use Fargo's water and
schools without paying for IT.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

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They may be great and all of that,
But can't tell just where they're at.
They drag along without tune:
For me they can't get through too soon.
To me, his music, I confess.
Resembles just a jumbled mess.
The Wagner stuff cannot commence
With operas we have on our fence.
Our operas start about midnight
And last right through till broad day
light.
We have our prima donnas and
A tenor who is simply grand
Caruso never tried to get
The note that he can reach, you bet.
Our mezzo and our baritones
Can sing until they jar your bones.
Their music has the Wagner kind
Backed of the pavement, to my mind.
or course sometimes they're jealous,
too.
And fight like prima donnas do,
And when they cross each others path
They open walls of their wrath
And talk about each other in
A manner that seems like sin.
But still their music rings quite true
Compared with some I've listened to
Upon the grand operate stage.
Where screeching seems to be the rage.
Cat operas may not be grand"
But they're the kind i understand.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
From The HiokeyviIIe Clarion.

Aamriah Tilson, our Eentlemanly
and congenial tonsorial artist, lent his
razor to Abijah Wicks OF the Hotel
Hickeyville for to cut some ham for
some sandwiches and a trave1in' dram
mer who dropped into the barber shop
to get shaved had to wait ten minutes
while Am ran up to the huttel and got
it. Miss Daisy Frink made some cook
ing school doughnuts the other day
and Grandpa Frink is carrying one In
his pocket to scratch matches on.
Ezra Purdy kin remember back quite
a ways. He says he has attended put
ty nigh every inauguration except
Washington's and he wouldn't have
missed that only he was in Jail at
Tombstone, Ariz., at the time for
stealth photograph. The only thing
that lends any truth to the story is
that Uncle Ez says he was in jaAl.
Miss Anatasia Kick is savin' UP her
money which she gets as second cook
at the Hotel Hickeyville for the pur-
pose of goin' back into her regular
profession, which Is writin' poetry for
the magazines When she sold her ten
acres some years ago she was able t.
stay in the poetry business for several
months.
Miss Lutte Purdy, the proprietor OF
the millinery emporium. has got a new
hat which has got everything on 1t ex-
cepting pelican. Hank Frisby says
he can't smoke pipe because his
tongue gets sore and William Tibbitts
says he can't smoke one because his
wife gets sore. Mr.. and Mrs. Caleb
Prouty had been debatin' for some time
whether to name the baby Mary or
Imogene, but when 1t arrived they had
to compromise on Reginald.
Deacon Jenkins land is so hard and
adamantine that when he does his
spring plantin' he has to hire an ex-
pert safe cracker TO come and drill
holes for the seed. Elder Haskins lis
mad clear through. He sold twelve
dozen stale eggs to Teller down to
the city and when he got home he
found the Teller had paid him with a.
bogus ten dollar bin.
Every time the station agent gifts
tired Of rasslin' trunks he greases the
track with soft soap 50 the trains
can't stop.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
MINISTERS AND MARRIAGES.

The Brooklyn Times had the follow
ing editorial on the authority of min
listers to perform marriage ceremo-
niea:
The Rev. Israel Ainsworth, of Trim
aty Congregational church, Revere,
MASS, appears to be a gentleman Of
q peculiarly sensitive conscience for a
Massachusetts, clergyman. At the
Boston Congregational ministers
meeting on Monday he took part in
the discussion over the Astor wedding
which continues to be a live theme az
discussion in clerical circles, and he
startled his more conservative breth-
rem by asserting that he could And no
warrant in the scripture for clergy
men taking any part In the marriage
ceremony. Nothing In the scrin-
lures" he said to his astonfshed audi
tors, "can be found authorizing the
performance Of the ceremony bv min
listers OF the gospel, and such being the
case cannot see why we should unite
people in marriage. NV conscfenca
has troubled me many times on this
question, and I thought / would take
this opportunity of bringing this phase
OF the controversy to the minds Of 9TH
ers."
The Rev. Israel Ainsworfh Is pre-
sumaoly young minister with a very
sensitive conscience. who has not yet
settled down and adjusted himself to
the conventionalities that are a part of
the elergyman's life. He wants to
ma scriptural warrant for all that
ne does in his official relations with
his congregation, and If he cannot md
such warrant he is disturbed in his
heart. This is a very laudable and
commendable spirit in which ia enter
unto the discharge of his prfegtIy
functions, and should command the
respect OF his congregation and OF his
xeiiow clergymen. But he will learn
IN time that Ii he expects to find an
exact and precise scriptural warrant.
Thus saith the Lord" for all OF
the duties his congregation and his
church expect him to perform he win
have TO get a new revelation. lit is
true that there Is not to be found In
the Christian Scriptures any ritual de-
signed Tor the celebration Of marriage
nor any hint that the clergyman has
recognized place in the ceremony.
but there are many other features OF
religious ceremony which are ia like
case. Probably Pastor Ainswortt
would have no objection to conducting
funeral services at the burial OF q par
ishioner, but he would find just as lit-
tie scripturaI warrant for such q pros
ceeding. There was q time when
nothing could be done without the In
PREVENTION OF the church. and we'd
dings and funerals must alike be sol-
esnnized BY clerical observances. but
although such participation BY the ec-
clesiasticaI authorities is no longer en-
forced By law. long custom and con-
ventionaaity have In great measure
made them obligatory upon those
who do not desire to be considered &C.
centric. Strange to say, the simplest
form Of marriage, and that which has
nothing at all of clerical assistance or
sanction, has long been regarded as
vaIfd BY the law OF Scotland. the most
church ridden country In Europe, but
there as elsewhere the woman who
wants 70 b. ''decently married." In
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
SEPTEMBER WEATHER
Il Was Cooler and Drier Than the
Normal Though Wetter Than
for Three Years.

September was both colder and
drier than the average for thirty-one
years.
The average daily temperature for
the past month was Sc, against an
average of $3.50 for thirty-one years.
1t was the coolest September since
OF The hottest day Of the past month
was SO Sept. / and the coolest was
S4o Sept. "a.
The precipitation for September was
2.15 inches as against q normal Of
gao. The rainfall, however, was
heavier than during the last three
Septembers, which Is an encouraging
sign for storing moisture for the 1912
crops. The deficiency in moisture for
the first nine months OF this year is
3.22 inches.
There were eleven clear days, seven
that were cloudy and dozen that
were partially so.
There were five thunderstorms in
the month and one frost, the latter
occurring Sept. 28.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
North Dakota Kernels

Darlington had fruit war.
600
Some dead beats are being listed.
900
Corn win some day be king OF NORTH
Dakota crops.
Some one started an advertising cpl.
demic at WtlIiston.
eco
There is saiC ~ be a great drought
In Walsh county drugstore circles.
900
The disappearance OF a 14-year- old
boy from near Darlington caused some
alarm.
Darlington claims the first convic-
tons for drinking on a train in North
Dakota.
Because Of SO much incendiarisrn,
fire insurance rates are higher in North
Dakota than In Minnesota.
go
So successful was the corn crop this
year many farmers are making bigger
plans than ever for next season.
900
It was reported that Finnish la
borer was held UP and robbed at
Rolla and The Herald wants a night
cop.
Director Williams OF the Pekin
band has removed to Cando where he
will lead the reorganized musical COM
bination.
Farmers are on the watchout for
the fellows selling fake medicine cab
inets--on agreements which are i'm
possible to fulfill.
900
A man who was overcome by gas
in a well near Tioga later acteo
strangely and was sent to the state
hospital at jamestown.
90
The newspaper boys extend sym.
pethy to Editor Stefonwitz Of The Cot
tonwood Lake Mixer over the loss
Of his plant in the recent fire.
The slurs of The Bismarck Tribune
on counties and people not showing at
the Industrial expo are Ill-advised and
are making needless enemies for a
worthy cause.
Bottineau has postmaster named
Nero-but he won't have time to fiddle
any Oct. 27--as that Is the date set
for the opening Of his now postal
savings bank in his office.
900
The vegetables are so large In North
Dakota this year that 1t requires a
stump puller to get the beets out Of
the ground and a derrick to load the
individual spuds onto wagons.
900
One item in the political columns
of The Forum from The Crosby Re-
view was inadvertently credited to
The North Dakota Democrat-for
which apologies are extended to Ed
itor Ware.
AS an extra inducement to Fargo
ans to attend the meeting of the boost
ers at the commercial club Oct. 10, IT
is stated that the name Of the new
club secretary is to be announced at
that time.
Some one at Mott who had evidently
escaped from an asylum wired Bis
marck the day the Mott visitors
were there that two men had been
shot and the bank had been robbed.
There was no truth to the report, but
the Mott bunch put in a nervous hour,
till they could get In telephone con-
nections with home. The fool-kilIer
certainly overlooked a great opportun-
ity when he failed to swat the idiot
who sent out the stuff.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

i Aonail wants market day.
winston has taaiee assessors.
900
me Cando Democrat has increased
It's advertising rates.
900
Inc compulsory school law is to
De better enforced this year.
90
AT Hannah a man was arrested al,
charge OF cruelty to animals.
900
Mali carriers protest because farm
ers drag rocks into the roadways.
Al Ambrose a runaway team broke
Doth legs of man named Church.
900
G. *. vonNeida, formerly OF Fargo.
has purchased an abstract business IN
WiIliston. =
Three men were arrested on q
charge Of robbing another in a box
car near Upham.
w. L. Richards Of Dickinson soma
grass cattle in Chicago at more than
500 per head.
90
1t Is estimated that 10000 bushels
OF potatoes will be marketed at Sher-
wood this fall
The Forums dictionaries may do
some missionary work in teaching tba
youth how TO spell.
600
Inc Indiana reunion held near Flash.
er was a great success. There were
eighty-five in attendance
@3~
some candidates for office are count
ing heavily on the second choice" pro
vision In the new primary law.
90
Inc announcement Of the candida
cies Of certain men for office does not
always result in great gobs OF joy.
The newspaper publishers ara r.,ns
considerable space in their efforts
70 collect delinquent subscriptions.
900
William Reap was arreSraa a. Wa.
hope on the charge OF setting Are n
a Great Northern box car at Nansen
900
Adams county has a teachers, insti-
tute this week, with Mrs. Matte M
Davis Of Fargo in charge OF the work.
go
The Hamilton Independent aaems -
prefer President Worst of the A. G.
Tor governor to be secretary of agri-
culture at Washington.
900
1t is reported that ". b. Noble Of
Botttneau has secured an option on
the telephone and electric light and
water plants at Devils Lake.
900
Two men and woman are travel
ing over the state claiming to replate
silverware. They are said to disap-
pear with What is entrusted to them.
900
The chief OF police at Bottineau is
not popular with Editor Falkestein OF
The News. The Courant wonders ii
II was because the chief gathered In
the editor for riding on the sidewalk.
%@@
Editor Nye OF The Inkster Enter
prise was solicited to purchase a book
telling how to run a newspaper. He
refused, because he said almost ev-
eryone In town could give him pointers
on how to conduct the paper and the
advice was free.
Just what The Bismarck Tribune
hopes to gain by its filings at the Red
River valley is difficult to see. How
ever, there is no reason for blaming
Commissioners Gilbreath for 1T. He is
not editing the publication. Bismarck
is to be evangelical.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

Tuberculosis Ii said TO be durable By
SIMPLY living Ia the open air and taking
W. apundance OF fresh eggs and milk.
Ia this way; but the approprEnte remedy
Tor Consumption III Eclman's Alternative
no al You possibly can to add 10 atrangth
ana increase weight, eat wholesome nour-
ish1ng food, and breathe the cIcanest and
pufest air--then. to the sensible things of
right living add the tonic and curative
e sIt. ~ Eckman's Alternative. Read
What II did In this case.
900 West street, Wilmington, Del
-, 5entiemen; IN January, 1903 I was
TAKEN With hemorrhages Of the lungs
NY physician, one of tho leading prnxti-
TONERS. said that It was iunr trouble
TOOK eggs and milk In quantities. but I got
very weak, and | kept on working In the
store. The doctors said I would not gain
II weight as long as ] stayed III the store,
nut kept on working and prayed each
Gay that might get WE'LL 1 believe my
prayers We're answered, for Mr. g. a..
Co.. Department Store, 806 to 314 Market
street, Wilmington, Dell. had learned of
2 remedy called Eckman's Alternative that
concentration | began taking 1t at once.
This was about June 1908. I continued
xaithfully, using no other remedy, and
which appeared to be old chunks OF blood
coming up. I now have no trouble with
my lungs ! firmly believe Eckman's
Alternative Al saved my life. sent my spit
be examined for tuberculosis baciIli and
none were found
my mother died from Consumption
when ! was about two years old
II make this statement so that others
may learn of the wonderful merits Of
Eckmans Alternative. | regard nv recoy-
cry as being miraculous.
(Signed Afndavit) JAS. SQUIRES
Eckman's Alternative Ia effective In Bron-
chitis. Asthma, Hay Fever; Throat ana
Lung Troubles, and In upbulldinG the
system Does not contain pOisons, opiates
or habit-forming drugs. For sale by
Meredith Drug Co. and other leading drug
gIsts Ask for booklet of cured cases and
write to Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia,
Pa, for additional evidence.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
slOlITIc.AL7
MhI5 AMD M1ZB

Marmarth Mail: The most hopeful
note in the North Dakota gubernafor-
ial contest of next campaign comes In
the announcement that Hon. l. b.
Hanna will run for governor. It is to
be regretted that North Dakota hasn't
had q Hanna for governor in the past
two campaigns for then the spectacle
Of democratic governor for North
Dakota would have been extremely
unlikely. Here's hoping that Mr.
Hanna will be able to beat his envia-
BILE record at the polls in past years.
McClusky Gazette: H. Fl. Aaker of
Fargo has announced his candidacy
for governor OF North Dakota. He
will again ask the support OF the re-
pubaicans as he did two years ago.
Mr.. Aaker is being severely criticised
by many OF the state papers because
he did not support the republican tick
ct at the last general election. after
he had been defeated in the republican
primaries. He may be announcing
his candidacy early in order to have
plenty of time in which to explain his
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
Helpful Households Hints.

How to make beaten biscuit: Mix
one pint Of -four and shortening with
one pint Of dynamite. Place whole in
oven. Then beat it.
How to remove berry stain from
white lawn dress: Take the material
containing the stain and stretch 1t
carefully around the edges Of the stain,
removing the piece thus cut out. The
berry stain win never appear again in
the same spot.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

Sists upon the aid or the minister 70
make the tie apparently more binding.
Nor 10 the feminine instinct al fault
Ia this care. The bride instinctively
recognizes that the more there Ii OF
form and ceremony and the sanction
Of authority to the tying Of the nup-
tiaa knot the longer the knot ia likely
to hold and the better her prospects
OF q happy married life.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

Copyright. .1s11. by C. N. Mather.
Wagner Beaten.

Some folks upon
r. Wagner dote.
But / don't like
the stuff he
wrote,
Although his nu-
sic is the rage
Upon the operate
stage.
I have heard old
u IN n h a u s e r
sung
Also the Gotter-
=
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

reasons for not supporting the regu-
lar ticket at that time.
Flasher Hustler: With Hanna out
Of the way Hon. u. L. Burdick would
have walk away" with the govern
orship. But it Is a noticeable fact
that from the tenor Of great many
Of the state papers they are pleased
that Hanna Is In the way.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
Beatrice spareribss Colunr.

Anxious wife-Ny |" advice tO the
lovelorn' does not Apply to married
couples and you muse 'ook elsewhere
for information ais to how you can
rna Ike your husband stop dumping his
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
THE HUMAN CROP.

This is the day Of uplift and upIift
movements. Some of them are good
and some are worthless. A few, how
ever, are of the deepest significance
and the widest Importance.
OF the latter kind is the work Of
issuing bulletins on the home training
Of boys and girls. originated and car
ried on by William A. McKeever. He
Is the head Of the department Of phil
osophy in the state agricultural col
lege at Manhattan, Kan. 1t is describ-
ed by Professor McKeeyer himself in
an October magazine.
The spirit of the enterprise may
be best obtained from the following
paragraphs from Professor McKeev-
er's article:
The fact that many persons are still
following eighteenth century methods
OF child culture In the home and at
the same time applying the aids Of
twentieth century science to wheat
culture, horse culture and hog culture.
has for some years appealed to me as
one Of the anomalies of our time.
After observing carefully the meth
DDS of the agricultural experiment
stations in sending out free bulletins
on live stock to thousands of interest
ed readers, / decided to undertake a
counterpart of their work with a SER
les Of bulletins on the home training
of boys and girls.
1t lie a matter Of fact that the states
and the nation spend millions OF dol
lars and employ the most skilled ex-
perts to look after the welfare of all
live stock and food and fiber crops.
Bpt Americans neglect almost entire
" the most important crop OF all
the human crop.
With the great facts Of modern med
teal, sanitary and psychological knowl-
edge avallable-they are practically
allowed to go to waste because they
are not taught to the people and are
not applied by the people to the every
day problems of child rearing.
There Is scientific crop raising and
scientific stock raising. Why shouldn't
there be scientific raising of boys and
girls?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03
NEW DICKINSON HALL OPENED.

Bohemians Have Erected Costly Mod
ern Brick Home.
Dickinson. N. d., oct. 3.--The dedi-
cation of the Bohemian American ma
tional hall in this city was very
largely attended by people from west
ern North Dakota. The local lodge
has membership of forty and have
been able to erect a costly brick home
in the city. where their meetings win
be held. 1t is also intended for an
amusement hall.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

Forty years ago this fall a COW In
Chicago kicked over lamp and
burned the town down. 1t has, how
ever picked up remarkably well ever
since.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

ETWhen a man buys a new hat
these days his first job should be to
shear the bloomin' thing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

Now physician tries ID remark
that there Il really no such thing as
seasichness. The imitation, however.
Is 80 good as To deceive the most ax-
perfenced.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

&5-It is not absolutely necessary to
wait till Oct. 10 to become booster
for Fargo. Start in today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

E3-An effort is being made to learn
whether deposits in postal savings
bank are subject to attachment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

M-An effort is being made to pro-
mote hairless football on the ground
that it's more sanitary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

EwIn some cities the motorcycle
speeders are In about as great disre-
pute as the autoiste who endeavor to-
run over every one.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

Ira Missouri woman got a divorce
on the ground her husband had nine
afIlnities. THAT fellow must hare been
after Artist Earle's record
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

fI This year husband and wives are
wearing suits of the same cloth. Some
also dress their pet pups in the same
goods.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

E~ Those people who urged John l..
for congress must have some terrible
spite against congress.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

car The New York old maid who
waited forty-fvs years FOR her sweet
heart holds the champion long dis
lance love record.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-03

fyUndertakers want to change their
name TO 4-mcrticians" What's the
difference-they deal with dead ones.
any way7