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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20
NEW POSTAL CARD.

New Postal Card for Index Purposes
Will Be Issued.
A new domestic postal card is being
issued by the postoffice department,
designed primarily for index or library
being smaller than previous
issues. The size is 3x5 inches. The
card is white with red printing The
stamp is e profile head of Abraham
Lincoln looking to the left.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20
4s TO l..

Forty three Fargo bank clerks got
their business training at the Dako-
Ia Business college. One attended
elsewhere. The success possibilities
of the pupils from the different schools
teaching business and stenography are
forty-three to one, yet it costs no more
to attend the ID. B. c. Before enter
ing school, think it over.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20
chOp suey at Ras-skoiier. MOOrhsae.

With an area eight per cent larger
than Rhode Island, the English county
of Lancashire supplies the world with
70 per cent Of it's manufactures of
cotton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20
Remember the Name

Foley's Honey and Tar for all coughs
and colds, for Group, bronchitis.
hoarseness and for racking la grippe
coughs. No opiates. Refuse subsri
tutes. H. H Casselman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if il
fails to cure. E. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. Use.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20
Fargo Forum Makes Some Record
Beats BigCity Papers In Advertising Gain

RECENT ISSUE OF MAIL ORDER JOURNAL
GAINS OF LEADING PAPERS IN 1s1o-FoRUM OUT
MANY OF ITS LARGE CITY CONTEMPORARIES IN GAIN FOR
YEAR-No OTHER SMALL cITYsN u s. HAS SUCH NEWS
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20

Milk and cream delivered. Special
rates to large customers. Banner
Dairy phone 1852.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20

TALK WITH LEWIS HART.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20

Chop susy as rathsksl'sr Moorhsad
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20

This new 7-room house, all mod
ern but heat, full basement ready
for furnace, birch finish, east
front lot 5Ox140 feet, convenient
to high school, Fargo college and
car line. IN n "a
Special price. ... - OWW
Reasonable terms.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-20

Number Of Lines of Advertising
1903 1910 Increase
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
women,s Rights on Railroads.

To travel the greater part OF a day
in railroad coach, no matter how
luxuriously it may be furnished, is
a strain on almost anybody. In the
course of a few hours, nervous and
muscular discomfort often reaches
such a stage that to many the
journey becomes a mild form of tor
ture. For the man, there is some
relief He can go to the smoking
compartment and there sprawl at
his ease under the solace of tobacco
and unrestrained talk. But what
about his wife? He has left her in
one of the seats he found too un-
comfortable, to bear up under the
strain alone. What would she not
give for an hour in a coy apart
ment, exclusively for women, where
she could lounge and chat and have
cup of tea?
And now, strange as 1t may seem,
some OF the railway officials who
have apparently been devoting the
greater part of their time to devising
means for making travel more at
tractive to men, are asking them
selves this same question, notes the
Cleveland Leader. And, obviously,
TO ask it was TO answer it. 1t is
the Burlington road that has taken
the initiative. Two new cars, de-
signed enirely for the use of women.
are soon to be put into operation be-
tween Chicago and st. Paul. They
contain easy chairs, couches, "cozy
corners" books, magazines and
even a buffet, with an electric grill,
where the woman passenger, If she
wishes, can prepare special dishes
for herself and her friends.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
the rankesl pieces Of political rob.

the rankest pieces OF political rob-
berry that ever was attempted in
West Virginia, 1t was ali fixed 10
unseat two of them, allow the Demo-
Gratis to organize, and instead of hay-
ing a tie, to have that branch of the
legislature controlled entirely by the
Democratic members. This was pre-
vented and Republican was finally
chosen as president OF the Senate.
The same fifteen are now doing al
in their power to give the state a
fair and honest primary election
law
Indeed, II the Exponent and its
Democratic mates should take the
trouble to make an honest analysis
OF the situation at Charleston they
would change the tone Of their ref
ercnces TO the Faithful Fifteen"
Late reports are to the effect that
the Republican fifteen are standing
true to their colors and that prac-
tically all of them, represent ng a
much larger majority in proportion
to their strength than the Demo-
Gratis, are doing their best to keep
their party pledges and remain rue
to their const tuents.
On the other hand, take the situa-
tion in the House. The Gilkeson
resolution, which provides for a
commission to investigate primary
laws and report at Tive next regular
session OF the legislature, was passed
by vote of forty-three to thirty
seven, and of the forty-three votes
cast in favor Of it, forty-two were
cast by Democrats. This resolution
was undoubtedly intended to defeat
all possibility OF any primary legis-
lation in the House of Delegates
during the present special session.
AS the Wheeling Intelligencer points
out, this resolution is miserable
subterfuge adopted by the Demo-
Gratis because they were forced into
a dishonorable position by corrupt
senatorial combine. These forty
two Democrats are under a solemn
pledge to enact a primary election
law and when they thus publicly
spurn the wishes OF their constitu-
ents they hold themselves up as
veritable towards and traitors. As
the mtelligencer says, their be-
trayal of public interest and their
contemplate weakness in the face of
machine dominance prove their
complete unworthiness as repre-
sentatiyes Of the people. and their
complete inability to render honest
and efficient public service"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
The UnraithfuI Ones.

\ Democratic newspaper or two Of
this state is doing its best to cover
up Democratic sins by trying to
heap ridicule and aspersion upon
the heads OF Republican legislators
Such a thinly yelled effort, however,
deserves no more than laugh from
all intelligent citizens.
The Clarksburg Exponent is one
OF the newspapers in question and
It's silly stand calls forth the follow
ing proper rebuke from the par
kersburg Dispatch-News:
The Clarksburg Exponent does
not like to hear OF the Faithful
Fifteen But for all that, the ff-
teen Republican senators of this
state have some excellent work to
their credit. They prevented one OF
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
Making Room lor C.ty Jarks.

NAAN4AABE hO0lh ACA WV
An editorial in the Journal of the
American Medical Association on
Making Room for City Parks"
shows how hard pressed the larger
cities are for breathing spots and 1t
Is mentioned that artitice must now
take the place nature occupied years
ago. There has been periodical agi-
tation of the question OF establishing
city parks here and the hot weather
now emphasizes the fact that they
are almost absolute necessities. No
provision, however, is being made
for them, and as result artifice
will have to be resorted to here too,
when Clarksburg in the near future
will be compelled to have these
breathing spots III order that its
residents may not fall victims to
heat and lack of fresh air. The
Journal says:
The growth OF many cities in the
United States has been so rapid that
proper provision has not been made
for adequate public parks and
breathing places for the people. Re-
cent agitation for more parks and
play grounds and for the general
sanitation and hygiene OF cities, has
resulted in the making OF parks at
enormous expense in the midst OF
thickly populated districts: In
New York City the necessity for
further parks and also for greater
dockage facilities in the harbor has
eliminated in scheme for the Gre
alton OF a park in the air, so to
speak. At the present time nearly
the whole Of the west side Of Man
haitian Island Is occupied by the
New York Central railroad and plan
has been devised whereby space OF
200 feet wide and several miles long
will be converted into additional
space for railroads and docks by
filling in along the waterfront. 1t
is proposed to cover over this entire
space with heavy steel and concrete
roofing and then to fill in this roof
with soil and make a waterfront
park. Most cities having water
fronts have allowed these naturally
advantageous locations for parks to
be absorbed by railroads or other
industrial enterprises. Chicago,
with its wonderful waterfront on
Lake Michigan, has allowed this to
happen to certain extent. The
plan of New York, though an expen-
sive one. seems to be entirely FEAST
BILE; at least, it has been so pro-
nounced by engineers. Certainly 1T
would form most attractive addi-
tlon to the park system of that
city.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
The Non-supportcr.

The state of California proposes 10
solve the problem Of what to do with
the man who refuses to support his
wife and children. 1t has enacted a
law which provides:
Upon convection for non-support
a man shall he set to work upon the
highways of the state by the state
and his earnings of $3.50 per diem
Is to he paid TO his family"
The usual method is to imprison
the husband and father who neglects
his duty, In such durance his time
is wasted and his family gets moth
ing save the poor satisfaction OF
knowing that the mans neglect has
been punished. The California
plan also does away with the often
heard complaint that the man can
not get work, for the state gives him
employment at fair compensation.
1t also insures the support of the
convicted mans family by decreelng
that the money thus earned y paid
over to his wife and children. The
new law still has another recon-
mendation. 1t protects the spend
thrift father from his wasterul
weakness. Incidentally, the state Of
California will be getting a fine sys-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
Boosting the CITY.

Boost should be the motto OF
every resident Of Clarksburg. Civic
pride should possess him. Every
effort should be bent toward larger
and greater city.
What is known as ClarksDurg has
more than 10000 people. A popu-
lation SO great as this ought to be
able in many ways to accomplish.
United effort will achieve. Boost
ing" is not the least OF the es.
sentials.
Everyone knows that Clarksburg
is a live one That is know far
and wide and all say it is the best
of its size not only in the state
but also in the whole country. We
at home, however, know that 1t can
be made to have a great amount Of
additional life.
Individual effort accomplishes
much. Concerted effort accomplishes
more and both accomplish still
more. Why may not these various
kinds of effort be expanded. en-
livened, strengthened and developed
to their highest and best tension?
What is in the way OF the individual
in striving for greater things Why
may not cooperation be encouraged
and developed to its effective work.
ing point? Is there any reason why
individual and concerted effort
should not count?
Boosting sanely done is = COM
ponent part OF public development.
1t plays a splendid part in attract
ing" 1t is more than an invitation
to outsiders. 1t is even the same
to city what Autographs are to a
theatrical performance. Indeed. IT
is the effective picture.
Along this line the serious atten-
ton of many here has been aroused
by what other places are doing. For
instance, Fairmont has just closed a
successful membership campaign for
its board of trade, The result is,
several hundred residents, live ones.
are now members of that organiza-
ton and are taking an active inter
est in making Fairmont greater
By virtue of board of trade mem
bership campaign hundreds there
have been brought into concerted
effort for the advancement of the
city Their Individual efforts win.
also be greater and there are aroused
an energy and activity that did not
and could not exist while the central
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
organization was

boosting" organization was SO
small.
Butler, Pa, recently decided to
spend more than half a million dol
lars on boosting alone. Butler
will get results.
clarksburg has an excellent board
Of trade but the thought prevails
that It could greatly increase its use
fitness ifits membership were great
ly increased. with only little more
than half hundred members, a
board of trade is certainly too small
where more than twenty thousand
people live. "A larger board of trade
would certainly mean greater re-
suits. There are at least five hun
dred active business men here who
should be members of the clarks-
burg board Of trade. A membership
campaign on the approach of the an
nual election seems in order. Get
everyone to join and then boost" !
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
From Undertaking to Religion.


Not long ago the Telegram pre-.
dicted that the undertaking frenzy
would soon go into decline. The
people seem TO have their fill OF this
sort OF stun already and the pub
fishers OF the yellow magazines are
going to abandon It and take up a
sort OF frenzied religion. James G.
Cannon, New York bank president,
told members Of the Omaha Minis
terial Union the other day that the
magazines are to cease undertaking
and turn their attention to religion.
"1f there is not the greatest ingath-
ering in he churches he said, ut
will be the fault of the men OF the
churches, for we are going to have
the subject of religion so played IN
that the man who wants to promul-
gate religion will not have a single
excuse for falling to get busy among
his friends and neighbors. Any fool
can find fault, but the country is
tired and the time has come to call
halt in the undertaking cam
paign.'
Commenting upon this change OF
front the Pittsburg Gazette-Tlmes
observes:
III the magazines of the muck
raking type decide to take up relig-
ion as their principal theme, instead
of violent and indiscriminate use
abuse of American institutions, cor
porations and public men, it will be
for business reasons only and not
for the sake OF humanity. To re-
liglous minds there is something re-
pugnant IN the idea of thus exploit
ing or playing up a sacred subject.
The notion Of 'frenzied religion
through the medium of a 15-cent
publication with million of readers
is not reassuring to the multitude OF
quiet, old-fashioned, God-fearing
folk in this country. Mr.. Cannon
says that after religion has been ef-
fectively played up by the reformed
muck-ral;ers there will be no excuse
for church members failing to get
busy among their associates and
spreading the propaganda. But is
there any excuse now? The maya
zine men who have been bowling
that everybody, except select
coterie of reformers, is bad and that
the country is going 10 the dogs, are
not likely now to discover any new
and beautiful truths that will aid in
turning sinners from destruction.
What good can be expected from
sensationalizing salvation? 1t will
he observed that the magazines did
not cease undertaking so long as it
was profitable. Now that the coun-
try is tired of that sort of thing,
they are going to have snappy
series on religion instead. The
scriptural injunction is to be
fishers of men,. but the magazines
as usual, seem bent on catching
suckers i"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
simnlicity al SncecI

Whether or not the traveller is
right who contends that afty words
are enough for mans practical
needs, his theory OF an abridged yo-
cabulary for every day use is in line
with the tendency Of speech In this
country. We are simplifying the
language to the extent Of preferr.ng
the simpler forms OF expression,
both in our writing and our speak
ing. 1t is purifying our speech and
improving our diction, The master
of simple English, who can write or
speak in terms of the most commons
place language, is the most er-
fect!ve. Even eloquence may lie
wen defined as simplicity.
A great New York minister has
recently published series Of dis
courses in book form and one NAV
read half way through the volume
before he comes upon word that is
not common to the simplest speech
notes the Omaha Bee. Yet the book
in its diction is powerful. There Is
such a thing as working for tho
language, and such thing as lot
ting the language work for YOU
The master of English does tho lat-
ter.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
Water Boards Statement.

Elsewhere in this issue is publish
ed an itemized report OF the receipts
and expenditures of the water
works and sewerage board for the
year ended April II, 1911. The
total amount of business for the
year including water for public
uses, is $44.435.75, being an in
crease Of s7,943.15 over last years
receipts.
The total cash balance in the
hands of the city treasurer at the
close of business April II 1911,
amounts to $25, O0S.49, and the cash
balance on hand over all expendi-
lures for the fiscal year ended April
II, 1911 is $16,S67.25, a net cash
increase of $7,726.O1 over the pre-
vious years business.
While the receipts have been sub
stantially increased during the cur
rent fiscal year, and the business OF
the department almost doubled, the
operating expenses have been re-
duced s1,67S.26 below last years
expenditures by the application of
strict business methods.
The water works and sewerage
board is composed of sound, sue
cessfui business men who have de-
voted much time and work to the
building up of the citys water sys-
TEN, and the work of improvements
and extensions is receiving their I'M
divided attention.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25

The Exponent trumps up the ques-
ton OF a registration law as its ex-
cuse for being against a primary
election law How funny! That
reminds one Of the starving boy who
refused TO eat bread because he
could not get 1t buttered. The Elk
ponent reasons 1t out that the peo-
pie should be deprived of one good
thing unless they can get an
other good one at the same time
There certainly is a bubbling over OF
flow in that.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
Fixing the Blame.

Only Democratic newspapers either
dominated by the state machine or
too cowardly to take stand in be-
half of the people refuse to speak
with the wisdom the Grafton Leader
does, as shown in the following:
If a primary election law fails OF
passage at the special session OF the
legislature now on at Charleston,
the people will know where to place
the blame and be governed accord
ingly at the next general election.
There is a certain element among
Legislature, it pains us to have to
chronicle, who are reported to be OPP
posed to the passage OF any kind of
a primary election law, and, if that
element is instrumental in defeating
a proper bill to regulate primary
elections in the state, those who
compose it will stand about as much
show for reelection as a SNOWFALL
of retaining its natural form in the
good old summer time" Let
them bear this in mind, and at the
same time not forget that their
doom is as certain as the fixed do
crees of fate, if they persist in car
ry!ng out their evil design agains;
the people, their masters.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25

After thorough tests many of the
larger anthracite mining companies
are adopting new device to insure
safety to men entering and leaving
the mines. 1t is called a hosting
engine controller, and it keeps the
elevator, or cage from overrun-
ming its distance,
Mining in the anthracite region Is
carried on now at very low levels,
the shafts at some places being
1900 or 1880 feet deep. Thus the
transportation of men and materials
between the surface OF the ground
and the bottom of the mine becomes
a serious problem. Nothing is re-
gnrded as more important by mine
managers than the maintenance OF
cables and hosting machinery in
perfect condition.
The risk of cage accidents has
been almost completely eliminated
already, by the use of modern in
ventions, but there has always been
the slight chance of the cages being
pulled too h!gh-running into the
wheel at the top of the shaft and be-
ng wrecked. That is made impossi-
BILE by the new controller. If the
cage has not begun to slow down
upon reaching a certain point. this
device automatically shuts off, steam
from the engine and applies the
brake.
I'm testing the invention, the an
thracite operators were following
out their fixed policy of investigating
all devices that promise to safe
guard life. The new hosting
engine controller, when its effective
ness is more widely recognized, will
probably be in common use by
mining companies everywhere.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25

The Democratic state machine
either confesses Its inability to aid
In framing a primary election law
or its earnest desire not to have
such a law in the state. AS a con-
fession of its ignorance is its effort
to create commission to frame one
and as plain evidence that it
does not want such a law it wants
to empower the commission not to
submit It's report for approval for
two years. The machine may be.
lieve that a very clever way to
dodge the issue but the people are
on.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25

A notable change of heart IS
shown by the Exponent. Perhaps,
the moon has something TO do with
its jumping-iack performances. AT
any rate there is something mys-
terious behind the jgs 1t dances.
They are so different and so lncon-
s!stent. This latest wonderful
change of heart is shown by the fact
that but recently it was for Col.
John 7. McGraw and his primary
election idea and now it is against
both. The transformation is one OF
which no one in particular is proud
except those engaged in the somer-
sault.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
swcct Girl Grndnntcs.

This is the time Of the year when
the sweet girl graduate comes into
her own, and from the rostrum tells
the waiting world Just what Is the
matter with 1t and also prescribes
Just the right sort of tonic. no
question is too difficult for the
young woman to tackle. and with
the precision that smacks of Justice
Harlan, she tells the sages just
where they have been wrong, and in
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25
cidentally indicates the place where


they get of.
There was time when the gradua-
ton day was one of mingled joy and
sadness, reminds the Plttsburg Post.
1t was gay and festive to the girl
whose well-to-do parents were able
to fit her out with gown of be-
coming loyellness and OF rich ma
terials; it was one of deep purple
gloom to tho less fortunate girl.
whose own hands had TO fashion her
simple frock from the cheapest OF
materials. Dress is an Important
factor to femininity, and it makes
not the slightest differnce regarding
age.
Then some courageous indiv.duaI
suggested the dollar graduation
dress. 1t was a fine idea and in
many schools 1t was at once taken
up. The element OF sadness no
longer figured in the days recson-
ing. The rich and the poor went on
the platform arrayed in gowns of
equal cost, and not mothers
daughter but what looked lovely
enough to meet a painters fancy.
The dollar dress dissipated the little
hcartaches, the petty jealousies and
all the enyies that had before
ranked in the breasts of those not
able to spread themselves in fine
raiment,