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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
UNIQUE WAY
TO GIVE GIFTS
PRETTY FANclEs FOR THE 4oL.
tDAY sEAsoN-cHRtsTMAs CIV
ING TN HOME WHERE THERE
ARE NO cHiLDREN--MAklNc A
HUGH STOCKING.

In family where thew were no
children and none to be borrowed from
near relatives they devised this method
OF distributing the gifts: The day be-
fOre Christmas a barrel covered with
crepe paper was placed In the recep-
tion hall Yt was tied around with red
ribbon and green's, and each member
OF the family placed parcels within. AZ
breakfast IL was rolled into the dining
room and the contents disclosed by
the one whose lot 1t was to perform
the pleasant task This honor was de-
termtned by two candy canes, one
long, one short; the man who drew
the long one officiated as Santa Claus.
This is not much trouble, and infinitely
better than just the ordinary giving
things.
Another novel way Of distributing
presents is TO make huge stocking or
turkey-red cotton or white drilling.
runa wire in the hem around the top
to keep It open, and suspend from q
hook In the ceiling by a wide red rib
bon.
Decorate light stepladder with rib
bon and holly or Christmas green's and
stand BY the stocking. Hang If M >
few days before Christmas and have
all parcels dropped into it. Light
packages and letters may be pinned on
the outside. AT breakfast table on
Christmas morning draw lots for the
nonor OF unloading the stocking.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
TUESDAY. DEC. ta, 1911.
sHoP AND SHIP EARLY.


After tonight there are just ter
shopping days left. Have you pur.
chased your Christmas presents?
Fargo merchants are carrying an
unusually large and attractive line OF
Christmas goods. There should be
little difficulty In making selection
OF something nice and appropriate.
Hundreds of excellent presents are
daily offered through the columns of
The Forum. Do you read the adver-
tisements? If you don't you are miss
ing very interesting part OF the
paper especially just at this time.
With only ten more days left in
which to shop-don't wait longer. II
you have not made your selections
do it now. Don't delay till the last
final rush-when the goods are picked
Overland the poor clerks are too tired
to stand.
In addition to shopping early--ship
early. Mail or express the packages
10 avoid the rush of the closing hours
land to insure prompt delivery.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
Tires for the chester.

Kansas City Journal: The Kansas
press continues to make facetious re-
lnarks about the boat line. The Atcht-
SON Globe says that the promoters
ought to put wide tires on the Chest
er's wheels and then she might be able
to travel In the sand. The Hutchinson
News remarks:
The government has been asked to
mend the bottom Of the stream so the
water will not all leak out, but the
government is delaying the opportun-
ity, and by the time the appropriation
comes the river may be over in the
next county. RI Kansas City can sue
ceed In getting the bottom OF the Mis-
souri, River made waterproof ii will be
time for Hutchinson to take the mat
ter up with the government and have
a half sole put on the Arkansas river"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
According to Uncle Abnsr.

A feller that is very madly in love
never wears celluIoid collar or eats
onions.
So long as every feller thinks his re-
ligiOn is the best, what's the use OF
startin' anything in the way Of an ar
gument?
Anne Hilliker says he would like 10
be president some day, but he doesn,t
entertain much hope bekuz he air't a
lawyer and wasn't born in Ohio.
Who ever heerd OF bride that
wasn't beautiful and accomplished?
/ never saw a president OF rail-
road or trust magnet who had a
reputation as a fine dancer.
There are 1888 varieties of oil
stoves that won't smell--in the adver-
tisements.
A man with a large family Who ID
working on salary doesn't have to
seek an investment. They come to
him.
A new patent mcusetrap Is invented
in this country every three minutes
English IL a universal language now
excepting In England and the United
States.
There are s,7es.5z4 excuses 10 give
the wife for getting home late and not
one good one.
II the energy wasted by stenogra-
piers in chewing gum could be har-
messed 1t would drive all the railroad
trains In this country and nineteen in
Canada.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
A Juvenile Criticism.

BY jing! 1t was a bully show, tht
very kind like to see.
Ihey called 1t mellow dranlmAr, but /,
made an awful hit with me-
ia peddle handbills all day long 1ust
for chance to get In free.
The hero was engineer, who loved .
pretty gal named Bess.
The villain said he loved her, too. but
ne just loved her coin, guess.
The hero had an awful time a-gittin
her, / must confess.
The villain had fearful crouch and
hypnotized folks left and right.
And he made me 50 goI dinged mad /
felt as though I'D like to fight,
never hated anyone like did Kim
last Monday night.
The engineer who loved the gal was a
nice man whose name was Jim.
l noticed everyone around where /
sat seemed quite fond Of him.
And once or twice his chance of COR
ralin' Bess seemed mighty slim.
1Ou tdih ABOUT eNclteEnenr--W1en the
villain throwed that railroad switch
To catch the Lakawaner train and
shunt her plumb into the ditch
Just to kill Jim, 1t beat all OF them
high toned plays wrote by Clyde
Fitch.
When Bess came and throwed back
the switch, tell you what, it was
just great,
NY feelin's was at such a pitch that I
just couldn't hardly wait.
It's going to be all off with Jim some
night when she gets there too late.
The villain and his billy" were tri-
umphant right up to the last.
He soaked them all upon the bean and
they kept fallin' thick and fast.
1t looked as though the manager
would have to get whole new cast.
OF course. Jim won the gal at last and
everything turned out all right.
And what that villain did to him be-
fore he got her was a fright.
When I grow up I'm going to lick the
guy who played that part that night.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
THE GREAT AMERICAN FARM.

secretary Wilson of the department
on agriculture, might well be called
Old Man Proud Of His Job - IL he
were named Indian fashion. His an
nual report is always pleasing reading
big as 1t is. Because Of the fervor OF
the optimism which pervades it and
the thoroughgoing devotion to the
American farm and the American
farmer, his wife and his children
1t is something different from the typ
ical departmental heads holiday sea-
son contribution to the country's huge
stock Of public documents.
This year the veteran secretary
who thinks too much of Solicitor Nc
Cabe and too little of DR.. Wiley and
Is occasionally wrong headed in 9TH
Or respects-begins his report with
two bright and breezy pages of tab
ioid facts about American agriculture
and its latest year. All is done in the
spirit of youth and with the touch of
early enthusiasm. There was never
anything quite like this rapid-fire in
production to an official document of
such length and seriousness.
Nothing can keep down Mr.. Wilson's
overnowing pride in American agricuI-
ture. The year. he admits. was ex-
tremely hard on crops and most Of
them dropped below recent standards
Despite this, he points triumphantlv
to the fact that their market vaIuA
held up to the highest records-all but
animal products. He shows how this
country still dominates the world IN
corn and cotton--how its surplus
products of agriculture sven it's ex-
pcrts-and how the outflow and in
now OF staples Of the soil does much
to keep Its ports and wharves busy.
The veteran secretary tells how his
department has been invest;aatine
cold storage studying the weather
bringing useful plants and trees fror,
the uttermost parts of the eartb-
coaching lesser agencies for the nro.
motion Of scientific agriculture--in.
specting meat and improving i've
stock-fghting for pare drugs and
food and warning upon insect nest.
and vegetable diseases. Protection ~
trees. fruits and grains against enc
mics Of many kinds has engaged the
attention Of the department al ar
dently-as it, constant struggle 10
keep the country al nearly free a.
possible from epidemica dangerous to
domestic animals.
Better crops better roads, more Il
traetiye conditions Of country life. the
renting ana management Of farms the
marketing of crops AL these subjects
and their rainifcations engage The 81
attention or Secretary wiz
sons report. Much space ii given to
forest fifes ard their prevention. to the
satfins Qf timber aa n reforestation.
rhs study and survey of soils lii iii
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
WILLIAM J. BURNS.

When the McNamaras confessed ex.
President Theodore Roosevelt sent te
William ]. Burns the following teIe-
gram:
All good citizens feel that they owe
you a debt of gratitude for your sig
nal service to American citizenship"
Now. Mr.. Burns was neither the
prosecuting attorney in the case. nor
the judge, nor the foreman of the Jury
yet to him was ascribed the credit
for the sudden. dramatic ending of the
trial at Los Angeles.
He was the detective who gathered
the evidence and arrested the defend
ants. Human interest Inevitably.
therefore, centers upon his work as a
wonderful, astounding achievement.
Truth, when enabled to arise is the
mightiest force extant. 1t was
through him in this case that truth re-
ceived that ability. 1t proved so power
ful that court of justice was not
needed to vindicate it. Bribed Jurors
could not stay its progress.
1t was what one OF the keenest le-
gal minds in the United states tilted
against for months and found to be a
stone wall.
That Burns, as the right hand as
slstant to truth in its triumph in this
case, performed a distinct service to
the cause Of American citizenship can
not be denied.
The result, too. has been a similar
service to the cause Of union labor
Two black-hearted Williams have
been brought to punishment--have
been prevented from further desecrat-
Ing the name and faith or great orr
ganization-and have been prevented,
too, from unworthily wearing the
crown Of martyrdom.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12

am an independent man.
And worry me, nobody can.
the price OF new faIl hats and such
Does not concern me very much.
Let others rant and paw the air
And cuss the interests everywhare.
The trusts can boost where,er thsy
will
And not touch me. / just sft still
And let the trusts do what they please
While ! abide In perfect ease.
do not have to earn my way
Or for my living have to pay.
I'm quite contented, as d rule,
You see my wife, she teaches school.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12

parts Of the country goes forward
steadily and with excellent results
Fertilizers, birds, game and other ami
mai life are not forgotten. The range
Of the report "a immense and It's en-
tire tone and contents must stimulate
the pride and patriotism Of Ameri-
cans who read It.
The secretary Of agriculture has q
great field. a noble province OF en-
deavor and advancement. His de-
partment rests on the soil and on that
sure foundation the prosperity Of the
American peopleand the future Of
their country still depends more than
upon any other basis.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
His excuse Effective.


Indianapolis News: Little Glenn
aged 4. hates q Ticking worse thar
almost anything else. But he draws
several nevertheless. When he feels
that one Ii imminent he gives pop
all sorts OF reasons why he should not
be punished. Sometimes the excuses
serve their purpose and sometimes
they do not Generally they do not.
But recently the youngster put forth
such . novel excuse. without any
foundation in fact that pop" spared
the rod.
Father approached Glenn with the
intention OF chastising him. Glenn
knew the signs. but ne made des-
perats effort to get from under
say. pop he pleaded, please don't
this time. I'll be good. It'll give me a
awful headache III you dol''
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
North Dakota Kernels

shop early--ship early.
There was revival at Spirftwoot
rive.
The new depot at Beach has beer
occupied.
/ G4@
Edgeiey's farmers meeting drew
large crowd
@.@A
A bunch Of McHenry men went te
Norway for the holidays.
coo
Judge Winchester Of Bismarck will
De a candidate for reelection.
| The Darlington independent doesn't
want school land contracts Cancelled.
600
There is to be a change Of manage
ment OF the Grand theatre at Devils
Lake.
The police at Hope are after idiots
who stretched wire across the side
walks.
An effort is being made to secure an
assistant for the county treasurer at
Stanton.
the dry farmers are greatly en-
thused over the success of the meeting
at Dickinson.
Statements of accounts for del,n.
quent subscriptions are burdening the
Ierre 7
The Beach Chronicle thinks Editor
Conrad OF The Mandan News is more
to be pitied than blamed"
900
VIM. Pierce of Bottineau got five
days for breaking Jail. The offense
was committed some years ago.
900
The Minot Independent has Joined /
in the chorus against the establish
ment of job printery in the state pen.
600
The Sawyer bank robbers are con-
tinuing their scraps In the state pen,
one recently carving another with a
knife.
One OF the escaping prisoners from
The Bottineau county Jail was recap
-ured for a second time. This time at
@@1
With two revivals in progress at
Valley City at the same time-solne Of
he people should be in the proper
spirit for Christmas.
90
If Morgan and Hill have really pur-
hased the controlling interest in the
dilwaukee-further extensions of the
Milwaukee in this state may be del
aged.
Not only will the municipal cleo
ions be held on the same date as the |
residential primaries March l9-but
he township elections also occur on
hat date.
The condition of the states finances
nder the present administration is
sufficient reason why there
hould be a business man at the head
the next.
Some state papers are unintention-
lily injuring good cause by the pub
cation of the misleading statement
nat Red Cross seals are barred from !
Sc In the mails. They can be used /
ist as always-and the fund raised i
y that manner goes to help fight tile
hite plague. t
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
Laxative Cough Syrup
Cures When All Fail.
Make IL AT Home.

This fine recipe when nrena raa
at home, Is said to make the surest
acting cough cure ever heard ~ ~
nas cured many In B hours by the
CLOCK. Fine for "a grippe, colds,
sore throat, and chronic bronchItis
OF old people, too. Any one can
easily make 1t at home--a full pint
costing less than 90 cents. Obtain
q IA ounce package O4 essence men
th0-laxene and make III into q nInr
Of syrup BY following sfmnle 4
rections contained In package. You
make the syrup OF granulated sssrar
and mix. Eight to ten doses daiIv.
create a laxative action al fha
bowels and cough and cold are senr
cured as the p0is0ns are carried ont
OF the system. Tt relieves fha
tightest cough I'm one hour ana eY,rem
the chronic cough OF old Deonl1
quicker and surer than nnvfhinV
ever heard OF; while Ii Is lust fine
for chiIdren's coughs. az thew ill.,.
H., and by It's laxative tonne sffSgss
II prevents pneumonia, fever and
other complications OF colds
Those In this city who have tried
IL, think II Is the best thing ever
discovered to relieve and cure throat
and lung trouble.
Here Is the formula.
Essence mentho-laxene. .01h 0xs
Granulated sugar syrup. 13iS ORA
Compared with labeled rvvunp
you save SO or 81 by making at
home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
TelIsx News


Tolley, N, D. Dec. 9.-To The Fo-
rum: Peter Bertelson of Kenmare
was a visitor in Tolley Wednesday.
Mr.. Perkins, auditor for the Rogers
Lumber Co, was in town Tuesday.
The Lutheran Aid met with Mrs.
Anderson Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Grinnell returned home Friday
morning from Kenmare where she was
visiting her daughter and son, who at
tend high school there.
A farewell party was given Mrs. l..
Culver at the home Of Mrs. 4. Christen
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Saturday evening shower was Civ
en- In honor of Miss Larson, at the
home of Mrs. G. A. Anderson. Miss
Larson is the intended bride OF Roy
Johnson.
Alice Young, who has been visiting
at the home Of Il. A. Marshall. left FOR
her home at Minot Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Hynes returned
home from weeks visit in the south
ern part Of the state last Monday.
Cor n
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
our Own Recipe Roek.

Musical Comedy Take two dozen
fresh chorus girls and add handful
Of ribbon clerks VINO know how ID
wear dress suits. Scramble thorough.
" and add one joke every fiye minutes
until done Add one navel lieutenant
with q tenor voice. one prima donna
and light comedian who can balance
q feather on bis nose and repeat 1T
intervals: -she III beautiful. Ii she
not? Yes. she is-not." MIX bit of
spice In the shape of q dance that
will make the police sit up and take
notice, one song about moonlight, also
an automobile, 2 bathing scene ana
one spotlight. STIR the whole thor
oughly and serve III hot III ii ii at ali
underdone the critics viii r0ast it to j
turn Then II will probably be one of
the successful productions Of the sea.
son
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
FOR THE STOMACH


lock.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets remedy
stomach troubles BY aiding nature ID
supply the elements the absence 81
which In the gastric juices causes indi-
Eestion and dyspepsia. They aid the
stomach to digest food and to quickly
convert 1t into rich blood ana material
necessary tor overcoming natural body
waste.
Garry d package OF RexaH DYSPEPSIA
Tablets in your vest pocket, or keen
them In your room Take one after
each heavy meal and prove our asser-
tion that indigestion win not bother
you.
We know what RexalI Dyspepsia
Tablets are and what they win al.
we guarantes them ID reIievs indipas-
fion and dyspepsia. II they fail w.
will refund your money Three sizes
25 cents 80 cents and sIDo. Re1nern-
ber, you can obtain Rexali Remedies
only At our stores The Rexall Stores
Tie Fargo Drug co. ECONOMY Drug
Co. Waldorf Pharmacy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12

A telephone conversation has bean
carried on successfully between II on :
don and Basel In Switzerland. COO
miles away and 1t IL expected that be-
lore long most OF the large cities In
europe viii be IN telephone communi-
cation with the British capital. what
good viii 1t do, however, to connect
man In London with a man In Ber-
lin II neither understands the Others
language?
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12

Copyright 1911. by c. N. Mather.
The conssntsd Mar.
saAg0 20 NOUA.To ID.

! don't care how
the biizxards
blow;
How It may rain
or fl may snow.
! don't care how
the prices soar
Or how the popu-
lace may roar
The price of coal
ID naugl1t to ME-
For I don't have
xA s~snms4e KSSex
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
Monotonous Thjncs.

W0notono0s IHsnass
The high cost Of living.
Darned socks.
The overture from rannhauser.
The beef trust.
Joe Cannon.
Suspenders.
Goldfish.
Working on a salary.
Musical comedies.
Life insurance agents.
Other peoples babies.
Warmed-up potatoes.
Living in Kalamazoo.
Check suits.
People who give advice.
Graduation essays.
Fife and drum corps music.
Telegraph poles.
Pictures of golf champions with one
oot In the air.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12
VOLUME xxxv, NO. "a.

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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12

Forks, N, d., capital stock, $4,000, in
corporators. A. G. Sorlie, III. Bendeke.
and Carl Sorenson, all of Grand Forks.
Filed Dee. 8.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12

The names of statesmen and cities
In China are inexplicabIy mixed, and
they cannot well be unscrambled until
this cruel war ii over.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-12

II EdgeIey Mail: The majority Of In,
state press boys who are boosting fo,
=. =. Hanna are doing so from the fac,
that they have found that he ls d mar
that they can tie TO. Al man thes
know where to find all the time Wher
H. 3. Hanna gives you his word you
can bank on his fulfilling Ii to the lat
Ter, and that ie q qualification very
rare among candidates for political
Positions
Minot Independent: North Dakota
as state. 10 In serious financial
straits. It is estimated that the funds
are overdrawn fully 100000, and the
various funds have TO be juggied in
order that the necessary bills may be
paid at All. In fact. the state il be-
hind on its coal bills several months.
and there are other bills that ought to
be paid. Governor Burke should be
blamed largely for this condition. for
II IN the duty of the state executive I'd
see that economy is practiced ali
along lines. North Dakota needs an
executive who will give us q good
business administration. A governor
does not necessarily have to be the
best orator in the land ut doesn't
matter IL he does not know Just how
or when 90 wear his silk hat The man
who will give us the best business ad-
n1inistration ought to be elected. The
primary election law, the corrupt
practice act, the anti-pass bill and
many other laws have been enacted
SO there is not such demand for .
politician in the gubernatoriaI chair
as business man who knows how.
Mandan Pioneer: tits to be de-
pIored that many OF the papers in
North Dakota, whose editors for reas-
ons best known to themselves are on
posing the candidacy Of Hon. r, r.
Hanna for governor have stopped to
personal abuse, as the weapon with
which to bring about the defeat of the
Fargo gentleman.
Congressman Hanna has been IN
public life for many years. and when
his record Of public service is SO free
or criticism, when his Official acts ex-
posed to the searchIight of publicity
reveals nothing worthy of attack and
detractors are forced to resort to the
means employed to attempt to create
opposition, the voters Of North Dakota
are intelligent enough to reason for
themselves that q faithful public serv- /
ant Is deserving their unstinted sun
port.
It has been urged in behalf OF the
candidate who opposes Mr.. Hanna.
namely Mr. Buchanan, that he posses
ses q clean record. The fact of the
matter is the while Mr.. Buchanan NAV
be q very estimabIe gentleman he
possesses no record whatever as 4
public ofticial. He might make a GOOD
governor. and he might not. The
chances are that one with no expar-
ience whatever in public life would be
more arnenabIe to outside influences
than one who has gone through the
nre OF many political battle and
come through unscathed.
Meanwhile the columns of abtsa
being heaped on Congressman Hanna
In lieu Of anything more substantial IN
the way of campaign argument. while
u must be annoying to him and his
family win in the end turn thousands
Of votes for him, for personal viIlifica-
ton sooner or later turns against the
viliifier and those whom they stand
for.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-02-17
MobridgeSt z~
MOEEIDGE, SOUTH CALCLA
% M A n s za aa "a as . a Ees % pa @ "a p

VI raulV-actTvILy, Il that CAT ftaAc
the round Of the whole earth more
than seven times in a ccond-taIas
355 years to come to us from that
star.
Yet Delta Librae lies in shallow
water. 1t is a gem cast up on a shoal,
and all around it the mighty doeps
of the ether descend to profnndi-
ties unthinkable. At ten times, a
hundred times, perhaps a thoasaaa
times, its depth glitter the star
sands Of the Milky way. To our
telescopes they appear to lie on the
very bottom, drifted into heaps md
curves by mysterious currents, but
it cannot be the real bottom even
there. Beyond yawn abtsgas so
black with excess Of depth that the
stars, themselves, great suns that
they are, fade to inyisibility.-Gar-
rett p. Seryiss in New York Amari-
can.