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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

Every once IN while one of those
wild and woody western dramas blows
into town and puts up at one OF the
local show shops for two or three
nights. We have had them all from
me Virginian down to Daredevil
DICK, the Terror of the Rockies with
the Buckskin Grow. They all have
their Carlisle school Indians, imitation
card sharks and last, but by no means
least, the cowpunchers.
There is nothing on this earth. In
the sky above or in the waters under
the earth, like the stage cowp,,ncher
1t is not at all unusual for him ia
wear corset, and he does not look
ferocious enough to punch a ticket.
Inat is, ne does not look ferocious un-
I'll you look at his clothes. The clothes
would scare a man to death even il
they were hung on wax dummy out
In front Of 81 clothing store. They
would even scare real cowpuncher,
and a real cowpuncher is by no means
chicken-hearte
Cowpunching is fine art: so fine
In fact, that nobody knows exactly
what punching a cow means. You do
not walk up to COW the same as Won
would walk up to Jim Jeffries or Jack
Johnson and punch 1t with their fist:
neither do you punch 1t with a ticket
punch or with milk punch, although
OF course the latter would be quite an
proprate for COW: in fact. nobody
knows how, when or why or where 10
punch a cow. The COW is not punched
at ALL and that Is the secret Of the
whole matter. Therefore the cow
puncher is at best a missioner and the
stage cowpuncher In consequence is q
weak imitation of nothing.
These little defects are what cause
US to lose faith in the modern drama.
IL is almost as bad to see stage cow
puncher as to see section Of scenery
drop suddenly during the deathbed
scene in Uncle Toms Cabin, leaving
little Eva out on sidewalk in front
OF restaurant or Chinese laundry
with no one near to comfort her.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23
CAPACITY or ROCKS
AS RESERVOIRS.

The capacity of rocks to inbtbe mois-
ture varies with their physical struc-
ture, says a receipt report Of the Unit
ed States geological survey. Most OF
the water In rocks occurs in pores and
interstices, the larger part of the
worlds well-water supply being deriv-
ed from saturated porous beds, only a
small part Of 1t being obtained from
caverns or large cavities. Practically
all rocks however compact they may
appear to the eye, have interstices and
small cavities In which water may be
stored. The degree Of porosity of
rocks, however, differs greatly In diff
ferent rocks, being highest in open
textured loose sands, sandstones, grav-
els, and chalks, all Of which have great
capacity for inbibing water, and lowest
in close-textured clays, states, marbles,
and GRANTEES, which have very small
capacity for absorbing and transmit
ting water. Some rocks. however. such
as granite, which In their original con-
dition are almost impervious, become
water bearing through the development
Of fractures and crevices.
The capacity Of rocks for transmit
ting water is different from their ca
pacity for inhibition. In certain fne-
grained rocks the pore spaces are so
small they viii not readily transmit
water. Hence rocks like chalk or brick,
which absorb water freely, transmit 1t
slowly. whereas others with no greater
total pore space transmit IL readily.
Sandstones, for instance, vary greatly
in texture and consequently In their
capacity for carrying water
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

4
And eau de cologne on the gentle
breeze was waited across the lea.
The folks loIled about In delicious
ease with never a cause to fret;
There wasn't q frown on the whole
blamed bunch. a thing that I'll
ne'er forget.
There wasn't man with a bin in
sight, no taxes were gathered
there.
Tnere wasn't an automobile to dodge.
no whistles to rend the air.
The weather was neither too hot or
too cold. There wasn't thing TO
do
But just loaf around all the liveIong
day; I fancied that place clear
through.
There wasn't an agent to sell you
books, or try to insure your life.
And none OF the jealousy, discomfort
or pitfalls or worldly strife.
! settled right there in that land go
fair. and said 1t would be my own.
But was yanked out OF my charming
realm with mighty and sudden
jerk;
Wake upl" cried my wife. as she
shook my frame: TITS time YOU
were going to work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23
ADJUSTMENTS ON THE FARM.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: President
Taft touched briefly in his address At
Syracuse on one OF the reasons for the
large annual exodus from farm to CITY
suggesting that the lack OF wholesome
amusements on the farms and in the
email towns might have much TO ia
In hampering the back to -the farm
movement.
Evidently this is one phase of the
situation that has been generally ov-
CROOKED by those who are seeking IA
turn the tide country ward. THE
steady upward trend OF prices in the
last few years and the progress ~
scientific agriculture has made far
ming more profitable than ever be-
fore and offers q rich reward in
health and money TO the man who
VIII devote his Drawn and brain RIO tha
cultivation OF the soil. In spite Of this
the boys and girls. even those who
have studied at the agricultural
schools and learned the benefits Of I'M
proved methods, are going to the cities
In great numbers, not so many as here
tofore, but still enough TO make the
annual totals more than they should
be.
The abundance OF city anuse-
ments and forms Of relaxation nm
doubleday are causes that figure large
" In attracting the farm youths to the
centers Of population. The larger cit
les have paid deliberate attention to
this demand for entertainment and re-
Taxation. While the theatres and other
attractions are operated chiefly for
commercial gain, the city authorities
have joined in the movement BY open
ing Fairgrounds for children, establish
ing baths and public swimming pools.
furnishing concerts at the parks, turn
ing the schools into social centers and
making other provisions Tor the young
men and women during their leisure
hours. This is almost wholly lacking
on the farm and IL but inadequately
supplied In the small towns.
The country and the smaller cities
II they wish to keep the young people,
must prepare to meet this human
craving for amusement. The method
Of meeting II Is one to command te SCI
iaous thought Of advocates OF the
back-to- ths-farm movement.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23
NEWSPAPERS THE BEST.

Why does the west grow so rapidly
Look at the advertising appropria
lions Of the railways centering in that
territory and the nysery is cleared np.
The Union Pacific alone spent ST.
100000 last year in advertising.
This IL the greatest advertising APP
preparation ever made for year.
] i was spent in daily newspapers,
magazines, booklets, pamphlets, bill
boards and lectures.
Gevrit Fort. the passenger traffac
manager OF the railway. supervised the
gigantic advertising campaign. and
hare Ii what he said about 1t In =
recent interview given in st. Louis:
The daily newspapers have produced
the greatest results. Railroads nust
be developers. They must ,aevelon
the country through which the tracks
run. The only way that know Of IA
develop country is to let the people
know what you have to ofger. The
daily newspapers reach the people and
stimulate correspondence and desire
FOR further knowledge. Follow up lit
arature then closed the deal and makes
q prospective settler OF the newspaper
reader.
A conspicuous example occurred last
year Three years ago the Union pa
CHIC opened a direct line to Yellow
stone park Before that time the park
could be reached from our entrance
only by tiresone stage journey. The
first and second year we advertised the
new line only slightly and let IT take
care Of itself. The travel Increased but
slightly.
Last year we advertised the direct
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23
North Dakota Kernels

The Lawton townsite il being sur
~~@
Fall piowing makes things easier /
the spring
Einmons county viii send some I'm
corn to the state expo.
There were some fne poultry dis
plays at the Mandan fair.
600
Joseph Allen of MInot has purchase,
the Weaver mine at Foxholm.
900
The travelling men are to have day
at the exposition In Bismarck.
The gun club banquet at Formar
sot lot Of good fellows together.
A number OF the publishers of week.
~ papers are now conducting contests
@. o. Thompson Is the new editor al
The Taylor Reporter and he is making
good.
A runaway at New Rockford proved
Injurious to two men who endeaycred
to stop 1t.
The newspaper boys sympathize with
Editor Hancock over the death Of one
Of the twins.
New Rockford expects to be a d.
vision point on the @. N. between
Fargo and Minot.
NV~
Bismarck believes the eyes of the
people are on the capital city--dur-
ing the expo at least.
Eddy county is the smallest In the
state but 1t Is planning to make q big
noise at the state expo.
900
w. T. Davies of The Grand Forks
Herald was recently notified of the
death of his father in Ontario.
900
Editor Streeter Of The Linton pee
ord went somewhat into the history
OF the Mlnot normal school matter
900
Former Senator Carter of Montana
and former Governor Shortridge OF
North Dakota looked great deal alike.
900
The principal Of the Sharon schools
". G. McLeod--was shot in the leg.
The doctor picked out twenty-six pei
ets.
If improved farming would add from
s1O.0o0,000 to s25,O0O,000 annually 10
he wealth of North Dakota-why not
have it.
A writer in The Dickinson POST
Recorder scores the custom of dog
'atchers in mailing stray dogs that fol-
ow farm wagons.
900
An upstate editor thinks the white
nan who was stabbed while playing
ards with negro at Lakota got what
vas coming to him.
900
The assessment and taxes on the
'perahouse at Devils Lake were dis
;ussed at some length in the editorial
columns Of The Edmore Herald.
900
The nat wheel on the state line street
ar at Bismarck has the people about |
Iippy-and the exposition is about open
90, when the car is needed most.
900
Down at LaMoure q stranger swatted |
mother with glass and escaped. He |
vas finally caught at Wahpeton and |
brought back. In the meantime the |
Prosecuting witness got away and the |
nan was discharged.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

Men may risk their lives by going
up In shaky airships, or by MAKING
faces at champion prize fighters. but
there is no excuse for the man who
carries dynamite around in his pocket
This is what David Tut of West vir-
ginia did, and now they are trying TO
put him together in a hospital by
gradually assembling the parts. and he
may recover.
Tut carried two large sticks OF the
explosive In his coat pocket when he
was hit by a train. Being hit by q
train ought to furnish enough excite
ment for the ordinary individual, but
Tut was evidently out to break the
record, which he did, ais well as about
everything else in sight.
The carrying about Of dynamite ia
pockets Is a habit that should be
frowned upon as q general rule. Al
man is apt to forget that he has
bomb In his coat tail pocket and sit
DOWN suddenly in street car. This
Is liable to be very embarrassing to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

route to the park extensively. The
result was that we more than doubled
the number Of passengers carried in
the other years ALI OF these passen-
gers had to ride over various parts OF
our road to reach the connecting line.
That is what call producing direct
results. It is emphasized by the fact
that competitor who also touches
that locality, made only q normal In
crease I'm business. while ours more
than doubled.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

old Adelina Patti win be with us soon
again:
She's going to make another farewell
tour.
The question now arises, as the ques-
ton always has:
How long is Patti going to endure?
Grandfather was a youngster when
she gave her first farewell.
She was the favorita throughout his
days.
And father always liked her very
much, and even now
When she gives her farewells, he al
ways pays.
We've ever gone to hear her, and we
likely always will.
The children like her farewell con-
certs, too,
And If old AdeIina ever really says
Farewell"
We wonder what this world is going
to do.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23
The 1911 Pattern.


"oh, mammal" cried the young or
spring
In terror and despair.
"ch, what can be that funny thing
That's standing over there:
Is It some strange wild animal
Brought from foreign shore?
Oh, tell me, ma, for I've not seen
A thing like that before"
The mother soothed the little lad.
Who In grim terror shook,
And said, Those things are no 80
bad.
Now really, as they look.
He will not bite my angel child,
He's harmless as q toy:
The thing you see is nothing wild,
But just college boy"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

the rest OF the passengers who find
themselves suddenly floating over the
tops Of buildings or going through
store fronts with more speed than
grace, followed by an assortment of
car wheels, ticket punches, transform
ers. motors, motormen and conductors.
Then again, he might be crossing a
field and be attacked by a ferocious
goat or hooked by a COW. 1t takes
very little to arouse dynamite to pas
sion, and when 1t gets mad it is
cinch that something is going to hap
pen. 1t is almost as dangerous to
carry as the revolver that isn't loaded,
and the habit of toting 1t about pro-
miscuously, should be legislated
against. It is decidedly an European
sport, and has no place In America.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

Copyright 1911. by g. N. Mather.
The Fairest Lard.

/ lived for q time
In a. charming
land, the fairest
I'd ever seen.
Where rivers OF
silver meandered
through the for
ests OF shady
green.
Where money
dropped from
the very trees. a
glorious sight TO
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

car The grateful passengers on the
Minnesota train who raised s1O.7O as
reward for the youth who saved
the train from wreck did much to
put crinp into the hero business.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

Make brine syrong enough TO bear
up an egg. Boil and skim 1T well:
when cold turn 1t on the cucumbers,
Put weight on the cucumbers to
keep them under the brine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

A Missouri Judge rules that a man
Is at liberty to spank his wife. Like
wise q man il at liberty to wallop q
lioness on the nose IL he feels that
way.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

E1' North Dakotans are preparing for
great development period within the
next twelve months. The fall preci-
pitation seems to guarantee many
things.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

az There is controversy in New
York as TO whether cucumbers are fruit.
They get about the same results as
gren apples and apples break into
the fruit class.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

az The county fairs in North Dakota
have been unusually successful and
have aided greatly in attracting at
tention to the states products.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

az The cost of living Is undoubtedly
higher-even for the necessities-but
many people add so many luxuries
they can't keep within their salaries.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

RT With umbrellas at IL cents each
In Korea-what inducement is there
for anyone to be honest?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

ET Good roads require skill In plan
ming and execution-but their perman-
ence and benefits are worth the cost.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

e~ Taft win demonstrate he is some
long distance speaker.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

ET 1t IL probably not true-that the
same man who swatted Billy Pat
terson also got away with Mona Lisa.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

GT The nations which sign peace
treaties find that cheaper than sign
ing bonds for army and navy arma-
ments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23
THE SALE or WOMEN.

/ The st. Louis Globe Democrat has
the following editorial that presents
something OF interest on the sale OF
4 women:
Perhaps the moral protest of the
clergy and the people against the mar
riage Of Colonel Astor is not grounded
wholly upon the fact that he is a di-
yorced man. In the multitude of
spoken and printed criticism there is
q strong note OF protest against what
10 called the sale OF young woman"
to a man SO much her senior In years
that nothing but the fact Of his great
wealth and his great social oppor-
tunities, can be taken TO account for
IL. This protest Is. Of course, greatly
strengthened by the munihcent set
Element OF 100000 upon the bride
before the performance Of the cere-
mony Such an antenuptIal contract
argues that no romantic attachment
figured on the lady's side OF the en-
gagement.
What LIS virtually a sale of women in
marriage is not q new thing. 1t is as
old as matrimony. No doubt the cave
man and cave woman were ambitious
to marry their daughters to men with
the most hides, or the largest number
OF flint arrow heads, and living In the
largest and best appointed caves
Feudalisn and it's forms Of survival
have worked for unions for the holding
OF titles and estates. and resulting In
physical or mental blemishes inherited
by innocent people even to this day.
But the conscience, or had we better
say the resentment, of the people Of
this country has been aroused in re-
cent years, not by the swapping Of
women for wealth but by the swap
ping Of women with wealth for he |
reditary titles Of nobility. This is a |
new phase of salesmanship in women.
Feudalism knew nothing of 1t, for then !
cash had not broken down caste, and |
such bad marriages as were made were /
still within the class. The sale Of the
plebeian woman, plus cash, to the /
patrician man, minus everything but
title. Is a modern, and, we may add,
an American development.
At first we looked upon such mar
riages as jokes. We had our fun with
the lords and lordlings, and fatuously
believed that our sarcasms would i
brighten others of our young women
from the contemplation of such unions.
It has taken less than a generation to
teach us our mistake. Lately we have
been talking Of legislation to make
them impossible, or at least unprofit-
able. 1t is the revolt Of our public
opinion against the sale OF young
which swells the condem-
nation Of Colonel Astor now. although
ne, and not his bride. is the almoner.
We should concede, even while we are
making him "the goat that he is at
east several degrees better than a
1enniless divorced lord hawking his
,awo,,ok a.. n.zL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

a. The priests and ministers have
interesting things to say. Why not
take a Sunday of and attend church I?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

EE Whatever may be the condition
of the crops in North Dakota there
seems to be a bumper crop OF chill
dren.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

~ Boost for Fargo-for selfish II
for no other reasons.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-23

eT The alamo is to be restored.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-31
At PRESENT THE CITY
TREASURY IS WEALTHY
THE WEEK END REPORT SHOW $
SUN or S2GO,OOo TO BE ON
HAND.

There is more thin quarter Of a
million dollars in the treasury Of the
city Of Tulsa according to the week
end report of the city's financies pre-
pared after the close Of business sat
urday by E. h. Cline, city auditor.
Thoreport prepared and rendered
to Mayor Martin for his approval
shows that the funds on hand at the
beginning OF the week and taken in
during the week ending May 27.
amounted to $26O,2OLS6. Expendi-
lures for the period were $l0,523.8O,
making the balance on hand at the
end Of the week, $249,G7S.O6. A sum
Of five hundred dollars was turned
over to the auditor early Monday
morning, which figures in with last
weeks business making the sum in
the city treasury or available, more
than $25O,OOO.OO.
Mayor Martin the city auditor and
the commissioners all declare that at
the beginning of the fiscal year, July
!, that the city viii have balance
on hand In every department except
that which is bonded,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-31
DEATH CONES 70
NOTABLE WOMAN
MRS, j, ID. SEAMAN PASSES AWAY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
SORROW IS UNIVERSAL
Kind, Charitable and Sclr-Sncriflclng
She Wrought Much Toward the
Advancement of Community.

Not in the history Of the city has
any event called forth more universal
sorrow than did the death yesterday
afternoon Of Mrs j, y. Seaman at
her home at 322 South Cheyenne.
Death occurred about o'clock after
an Illness lasting but a cay
When Mrs Seaman arose yester-
day morning 1t was not known to
the other members of the household
that she was seriously in, and really
not to herself, During the forenoon
she did some work and complained Of
feeling ill., Miss Theodosia Farmer
a member OF the household, gave her
every attention, summoned a physic-
ain and notified Mr.. and Mrs. L. G..
Seaman, her son and his wife, At
ter the noon dinner Mrs. Frank Sea-
man, who had been with her since
the morning, took her to her own
apartments on the second floor, think
Ing she would be more comfortable.
Finding her still suffering, the young
er Mrs Seaman declared her inten-
tion to make another effort to get
the family physician who had been
called earlier in the day, but was
out OF the city. Mrs. Seaman did not
urge for the call, saying She might
be better soon. Mrs. Seaman left the
aged woman to call the physician. Re
turning Immediately after she found
her lying on the floor where she had
fallen from the chair dying. She
rallied NOT tho lpact Cbt had rp-
marked to her daughter Just before
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-31
A skeleton
once On A TIME
Now Mrs. |. A. Becker OF Clyde
Ky, Says She is Well and
Happy, Through Taking
Cardui.

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aug '""t WI" IS J" "e'u VI medIclhe'
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''',,
"HS "'." very peheiIriaI to me
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nov ~ 'U' "''" women
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