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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-15

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of heroism or risk Of life is necessary to pro.
tect child from Group. Give Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy and all danger is avoided
For sale by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-15

A piece Of flannel dampened with Cham
berlains Liniment and bound, on to the af
tected parts is superior to any plaster When
troubled with lame back or pains in side or
chest give it trial and you are certain to
be more than pleased with the prompt relief
which it affords. Sold by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-15
STATE GEOLOGIST ELECTED

Nashville, Feb 10.-A. III. Perdue,
state geologist of Arkansas, was today
elected state geologist of Tennessee, vice
George II. Ashley, resigned. Perdue
will accept.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-15

DR.. Fahrney's Teething Syrup is the best
remedy for any sickness baby gets, no mat
ter how young or how old. Try it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-15
SUGGESTION OF
VIM. J. BRYAN
FOLKS ACTION INSURES
Solid Delegation from Missouri foi
Clark-Ex-Governor Adjures
All His Friends to Work.

st. Louis, Feb. l0.--Josepn w. Foil
withdrew as an active candidate TO
the democratic nomination for presi
dent today, after he had received a tel
egram from Champ Clark, in which
the latter agreed to divide the Missouri
delegation TO the democratic national
convention, as recently suggested by
William J. Bryan.
Mr.. Folk asked his ffiends to make
no further effort in his behalf and
promised to support Mr.. Clark.
Friends of Mr.. Folk said he will have
half of the state delegation which is to
be selected at Joplin February 20, but
that the Folk men on the delegation
will support Mr.. Clark. If it is seen
that Speaker Clark can not get the
nomination on reasonable number OF
ballots in the Baltimore convention,
the former governor will consider that
he has the right to enter the race for
the nomination.
Lon Sanders, Folks manager, is au
thority for the statement that the for
mer governor has, AS Sanders puts it,
"practically withdrawn from the race. /"
Sanders announced that Folk head
quarters would be abandoned. -
Folks Views.
In his announcement Mr.. Folk said
ha hoA annnInIaA hnt 70 NJ
Clark's prominence in Washington and
his long and honorable service the
speaker had better chances for the nom.
ination than any other Missourian.
"In view of this" says Mr.. Folk,
shall release all claims may have on
the delegation and request my friends
to join with me in giving Mr.. Clark
the united support of Missouri in this
contest
Speaker Clark, according to reports
from % of 80 counties holding prima-
ries today, was successful in all of the
28 except Girardeau, which went for
Folk.
Mr.. Folk issued statement tonight
in which he said he had contemplated
today's action for some time.
"The acceptance of the Bryan plan
enabled me to say what should have
said long ago." said ex.Gov. Folk.
When the Bryan plan was first
proposed it was my intention, if &C.
cepted, to have refused the instruction
for half of the delegates.
"Such instructions would not have
been impressive and would have i'm
posed the burden of an active campaign
on the other states, which L have nei-
ther the money nor the organization to
make.
"The delegation, under the accepted
plan, will be composed of half my
friends and half Mr.. Clark's, as nearly
as practicable. This announcement
would have been made some time ago
ii plans could have been agreed upon
earlier, but had no control over that"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-15

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sseIun looqos uI9Ao5 uBo uBm ON
IsqoesI poop 10 k1lIeno
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-15
cas. ~ prnnrasr

Cost OF ProgresS.
For every $250,000 spent on en-.
gineering 1t is estimated that a man
Is killed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-15

Must Be a Goal.
There can be no progress when
there is no end In view.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

Continued on afth page.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Found Klein Groves Will Yield Uncle Sam Many MILLIONS lear

to the fact that II decomposes readily anu
rapidly after being cut broken from
its anchorage, and in part to its snai'
content Of iodine and to its phosphate
content. To a limited extent, and In
wholly occasional way kelp has been
used in this way along the Pacific Coast
II has long been used along the Ne"
England Coast, where the torn kelp Is
thrown up On the shore in the fall by the
heavy seas then prevailing. and at sea-
son following the harvest when labor can
be spared for the gathering. In fact, kelp
gathering is made, in many localities,
gala occasion In England, Scotland, Ire
land the Channel Islands, Norway and the
coast of Brittany kelp is still gathered
more or less extensively and spread as
manure.
For many years European kelp was gath
cred as a source of iodine. and the shore
rights for gathering it were at one time
very valuable. Gradually II became the
custom to burn the kelp. The ashes were
collected from place to place by vessels
making more or less regular collections,
brought to Glasgow and there leached for
their iodine The residue, containing guam
titles of potash and some phosphate, were
sometimes sold as fertilizers, sometimes
simply discarded as waste of too little value
to pay for the handling. But the worlds
supply of iodine was controlled from Glas-
cow. Later, when this supply was OBJ
tanned from the mother liquors In the re-
fning Of Chilli saltpetre the control of the
output remained in Glasgow, although the
extraction Of iodine from kelp was pracu-
cally abandoned Control OF the produc-
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

ton and distribution Of iodine yet remained
IN Glasgow, except that Japan supplies its
own needs from kelp. the industry having
oeen received in that country on the break
Ing out of the war with Russia
The kelp Of the Pacific Coast OF the
United States is essentially different in GER
tain respects from the Atlantic klein and
that or Japan. II yields a much higher
percentage OF potash-fve or six times as
much as the Atlantic kelp-but has a much
lower percentage of iodine.
The principal kelp of Puget Sound is
commonly known as bladder kelp, or bull
KEEP ana Is probably the only one which
VIII Jusufy harvesting. Specimens seventy
feet long have been found, though the
average would probably fail considerably
short Of this. The average content of
potassium chloride seems to be between 20
and IS per cent OF the dry weight. and the
iodine content about OILS per cent other
varieties OF kelp occur, the next most i'm
portant attaining a length up TO forty feet.
with content OF potassium chloride some
what less and an iodine content somewhat
greater than the bull kelp A fair estimate
OF the weight Of kelp surveyed In Puget
Sound this summer was upward OF 10000
tons. and 1t is reasonably certain that a
complete survey OF the region would con-
siderably increase this figure. Puget Sound
kelps may be found wherever there is a
rocky bottom to furnish anchorage for the
''holdfasts' and there is at the same dime
a rapid tideway. Apparently It is essential
to the growth Of the kelp that the plants
should be constantly laved in new masses
Of water. They will not grow well In quiet
waters. which fact increases greatly the
difficulties OF study of their life history
and artificial propagation.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
MINING PHOSPHATE ROCK.

100000 tons, containing at least 10000
tons of potassium chloride. corresponding
to per cent OF the wet weight or 30 per
cent of the dry. worth at present upward
OF Sl6.OO0,OO0. or considerably more than
the value at present importations of all
potassium salts. But, excluding what
may be found in Alaska. IL is probable
that less than a fourth of the standing
kelp was mapped, and vast majority OF
the important groves could be safely cut
twice a season, so 1t does not appear eX-
travagant to say that the Pacific kelp at
It's best can yield more than 5000. 900 tons
or potassium chloride with value at
present prices of more than $2i0, ,000, 900.
There would also be recoverable at least
10000 tons OF iodine. worth at current
prices about $4,000, 900. No such guam
tty of iodine is. or. as far as can be seen,
Is ever likely to be used. Importations
appear to he irregular. but it would prob
ably be conservative % say tlat even with
much cheaper iodine 81, ,00O, 900 worth an
nualiy can be marketed In this country, the
cost OF production being only small frac-
ton OK this sum. Finally, admitting that
the estimates may be extreme and taking
all factors into consideration, IL is safe to
say that the Pacific kelp can easily be
made to yield upward OF 100000 tons OF
potassium chloride annually worth at
least s35,Oo0,0o0. and that the cost of pro-
duotion can largely, IL not entirely. be COW
cred by the value of the iodine and other
minor products. The value of the present
annual importations of potash salts from
Germany is, in round numbers, si2'5oo,ooo.
In so far as can be judged at present. 1t
should be possible to produce potash from
kelp at practically no cost, since the iodine
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

Strassfurt. OF, more properly, the Magde-
burg Halberstadt region OF Germany. The
United States takes nearly fifth Of the
entire output OF the mines and more than
half OF the amount exported from Germany.
Salt mines containing workable amounts
of potash are known elsewhere, as at
Kalusz, in the Carpathian Mountains OF
Galicia, Hungary; on the right bank Of the
Rhine. in Belgium at Elsass, upper AL
satia. and small deposit reported in Chill;
but these are not worked to an extent
which appreclably affects the worlds sup
ply, and none of their output comes TO the
United States. India still produces con-
siderable quantity of saltpetre, or potas-
SUM nitrate, from artificial "nitre beds"
and some of the material comes to the
United States. The major part Of the salt
petre coming into the country goes into
fireworks, brown powders and similar ex-
plosives. and but little, comparatively, goes
into fertilizer.
The new source of potash in the United
States discovered by the Department of
Agriculture is the beds OF seaweeds, or
keip groves, alcng the Atlantic and the
Pacific coasts The kelp groves are very
extensive. AS far back as 1876 II was re-
ported by experts there was bed OF bull
kelp covering twenty-five square miles lying
northeast OF st. Georges Island. Bering
Sea. and this same variety OF kelp is found
from the shumagin Islands. Alaska. to
Santa Barbara Channel, the extreme south
ern point OF California. By far the most
extensive beds however, lie along the
southern coast, from Point Sur TO Magda-
lena Bay.
That kelp has value as fertilizer has
long been known. This has been attributed
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Exorbitant Prices for German
Product Forced Depart.
ment of Agriculture
to Find a Supply
Nearer Home.

,s other minor products should At leas>
.nuaI in value the cost Of manipulation
Tt ,s not doubted that potassium chloride
can be produced on the Pacific Coast In
o,antity and sold at a price very low a
connared with the current prices on thu
Atlantic Coast. Probably the product OBJ
,oined from Pacific kelp could be placed
~, the Atlantic Coast at a price much lower
than "a now current. and certainly this
shouId be the case when the opening os
the Panama Canal makes possible water
shipment practically from the factory door
~ Atlantic distributing points
However, the Pacific kelp groves are, and
prooably will remain, by far the most In
nortant American source OF potash. In
fact. IL carefully and skillfully husoanded,
thew promise to approximate, and perhaps
even surpass, in Importance and value the
famous Strassfurt mines. Alunite. import
ant as II is. falls far behind kelp as Z
source of potash. Aside from all Other
notash salts. the present annual importa'
tion of potassium sulphate Is upward Of
5000 tons. To equal this, at least 2So'm
toms Of alunite would have to be mined
and treated each year. To take out OF the
Ground this much material, aside from pro-
yiding fuel, water, labor of manufactu''
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

From Point Sur south to Magdalena Bay
occur large and frequently very dense
groves OF kelps. The groves in this region
are on the exposed shores of mainland and
islands where there are rocky bottoms and
continued movements OF water. Some va
rieties of kelp grow at depths OF from six
to ten fathoms. One variety. called locally
elk keip and sometimes bull kelp, is found
also in deeper waters. twelve TO eighteen
fathoms 1t is frequently ninety feet long
and sometimes considerably longer. The
groves in this region are often very large
and very dense. Groves have been OBJ
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

served five miles long and one or two miles
wide. Last summer the area surveyed by
the government was about eighty-five
miles. OF which over twenty square miles
was OF very heavy growth. The area sur
veyed was probably not half the area Of
the groves from Point Sur to the Mexican
line. and certainly less than quarter OF
all the groves from Point Sur to Magdalena
Bay.
Tne problem of cutting and gathering the
kelp has not yet met with completely salts
factory results. and this Is apparently the
one detail lacking to insure success to the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

keip Industry. A number OF mechanical
devices have been suggested. and some OF
them have been tried out. but with mod
crate success The problem is a purely
mechanical one, with no theoretical diff
culties. so far as can be SEEN 1t is reason
ably certain that American ingenuity will
solve the problem. 1t can hardly be con-
sidered even serious one In forecasting
the possibilities OF a kelp industry.
The tonnage of 'keip actually seen and
mapped out last summer by experts Of the
Department OF Agriculture, IL cut to a
depth of eight feet, was In excess OF
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
From Vast Fields of Seaweed
Along Atlantic and Pacific
Coasts VIII Be Manu-
faotured Potash
for Fertilizer.

Copyright 1912. by william l.. Altdorfer)
T1 HERE is an old but true saying
ITS an i'll wind that blows no
u body good" and this was never
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06
THE HALF BACK.

-
When the stands are black with people,
and they yell, yell, yell!
When the whistle shrills the signal
for, the start,
Then the spirit sort of grips me in a
And the blood goes dancing swiftly
through my heart!
And the rooters are forgotten with
their flags n all,
n the joy of battle pulses through
my frame, e.. ....
And there's nothing worth the having
but that pigskin ball..
And there isn't any glory but the
game!
Now EN- down.
Throw 'em down,
81 Keep EN- on the go!
Get some ginger in you there, you're
too slow!
Worry 'em, '
Hurry en-,
Never twice the -Samei
Keep your wits a-workin' hard, and
Play the game:
Oh, it's good to hear the signal and
with courage Steeled
To go plunging where the linemen
make hole, ......
And it's bully to GO flashing through q
broken field
IS you dodge and twist and sCurry
toward the goal;
There's a thump of men colliding,
IneEtS the Lluu. VI lG6l,
There's the play that starts as sud-
den as a fame,
There's the grit that knows no quitting
and that won't be beat,
And they all are part and parcel of
the game! T.. -
RumpTe 'ern,
Crumple en-,
Smash their little play!
Jump 'em fair, out jump 'em hard
that's the way! Es.
500 Stop~'em quick,
Flop 'em quick,
Hold 'em till they're tame.
Keep forever on the jump, and
Play the camel
Is there anything that nils you with
a zest more keen
Than to spill the Interference in a
pile, ~. Z.
Or to slam the runner earthward with
a tackle, clean,
.Or~to- catherine putt in proper style?
Its the game of Anglo Saxon, It's the
d hard old stun. H..
IT'S he horror Of the timid and the
And IT calls for men of daring and of
fber tough Z
Who are worthy of a chance to play
the. game.
Break EN-. up,
Shake EN- UP,
FoolSem with a trick.
Forward pass and double pa~ss--plunge
or kick.
Razzle 'em,
Dazzle 'em,
Never twice the same.
Keep your eyes upon the ball, and
Play the game!
-Berton Braley, in Popular Magazine.
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POLICE TEST
AUTO HORNS

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 6.-The
traffic police here have just completed
an Official test OF the bulb horn as an
automobile warning signal.
SO far as is known this is the first
test OF the kind ever made. Mem
bers of the ira ffic squad went up and
down various streets where the park
ing of automobiles is permitted and
blew the bulb horns attached to some
four hundred cars. OF this number
only two gave what might be term
ed an adequate waTning-that ts,
one that could be heard more than
slight a sound that it could barely
be heard at all, In every case it vas
impossible to obtain anything but a
wheeze when the bulb was grasped
quickly, thus demonstrating that as
an emergency signal the bulb horn is
absolutely useless.
The test was conducted secretly by
the police for the purpose of gaining
first-hand information on the automo-
bile warning signal question now a
leading issue here and before the city
council for solution. Its results will
in all probability have an important
influence upon the enactment of the
ordinance recently introduced requIr-
ing the use of signals of greater pow
er and dependability.
Especial interest is lent to the test
by the fact Thai the record of acct
dents resulting from the failure to
hear automobile horns shows that ~
per cent Of these occurred at crossings
where the noise OF traffic is such that
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06
MURPHY HAS RESIGNED
Manager Of Horton Motor Car Co,
Has Been Offered District
Msnssership.

j.. w. Murphy who has been as
sociated with the Horton Motor Com
pany as manager of the Fargo branch
has rendered his resignation and will
leave tomorrow for eastern points.
Mr.. Murphy during the time he has
occupied the position of manager of
the Horton company here has made an
,enviable record in the number of sales
of Cadillac cars he has made. "A
larger part of their 1913 allotment for
this territory has been already con-
tracted for.
1t is an open secret in the trade that
he has been offered d district manager
ship by one Of the leading Motor a
companies of the country and that IL
he accepts the position his territory
will include this state which will Ill
low him to make Fargo his head
quarters.
Mr.. Murphy is one of the Oldest men
in the business in the state and has
been very successful in making friends
among the customers as well as the
dealers.
He eApects to leave eor Minneapolis
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06
SELF DEFENSE
At The Y. N. c. A.
"SPIKE" SYDNEsS WILL HAVE
CHARGE OF THIS DEPARTMENT
AT THE ASSOCIATION GYM AND
THOSE WHO WANT LESSONS
SHOULD SEE HIM.

From the time OF the prehistoric
man, men. real, virile. manly men. have
been interested in and DESTROYS OF
knowing about ne art or self defense,
as boxing: OF how to handle the
firsts." Although the scriptures tell IN
Ito turn the other cheek" there are
times when g. man Is compelled to de-
fend himself as others, and when a
little knowledge of boxing Is OF In
estimable value. The Young Mems
Christian association seeks to give the
men, and young men OF Fargo an op.
poFtunity to become familiar with, and
proficient in, this art. The association
does not intend to make prise fighters,
or bul1iss by giving this instruction,
but the class Is conducted only for the
splendid. exercise which boxing af4
fSTAs, and the proper way of defending
himself with the instruments which
the Lord haS given him..
Any nan a young man in the city ia
eligible to become q member OF this
class by calling at the association and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06

paying the necessary small fee. The
FIRST meeting of the class will be next
Friday night, Nov. 8, at 8 o'clock, All
that are interested in this feature or
the work are urged to be at that meet.
ing.
The course will consist or twenty
two lessons, covering a period of eleven
weeks. The class will meet twice
All those that know Marten sydness
better known as spike Sydness, Will
be glad to know that the association
has secured him TO give the instruc-
tion, Sydness is thoroughly familiar
with all the finer points of the game,
and possesses that which many other
instructors do not, the ability TO i'm
part to his pupils the knowledge which
he has, This Is u rare opportunity
pf.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06
Will be given the winner aud which
he viii be expected TO defend against
all comers in the heavyweight class.
LEO KOSSICK AND
TOMMY KlLBANE
THE TWO WILL CLASH AT SASHA
lTOON THIS EVENING AT 13s
POUNDS AND "A GOOD MILL Is EN-
PECTED-oTHER NOTES OF THE
BOXERS. "5 5 "

Fargo and M%oorhead boxing fans will
be anxiously awaiting news from the
Canadian city of Saskatoon, for this
evening at one of the theatres there,
Leo Kossick, whom everybody in Far
go and Moorhead is interested in, ana
Tommy Kt1hane, the redoubtable broth
er of the lightweight champion of the
world, will meet for fifteen rounds, anu
word comes from there tina the W.
boys are. in the very best of condition,
and that a new referee will look after
the details of the bout, which Kossick
thinks is something to his advantage,
as he. believes that Americans have a
poor chance for a fair decision If it is
at all.in their favor in the Dominion
.ptEN $50. - a."-,....e. .r.a .s.-. r .-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06
In the World of Sport
A, c. Went Up to Grand Forks
in Full Force on a Special Today

With the band playing, the green
siasm ito burn the "A, c.. special pulled
out of the Great Northern yards here
this morning bound for Grand Forks.
There were over 100 students aboard
beside the band of forty pieces, the
second squad of the football team, a.
number Of the faculty and quite a few
rooters from down town. The first
team went up last night. @" a
This afternoon on the university
field at Grand Forks the A. c.. football
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06
Helene Preeee.

Helene Preece, sixteen years old.
the most daring c~ross-country rider
in England, il coming to this coun-
try in November to show Americans
what she can do. Miss Preecs Is GER
tainly rider. having cleared
fences o than seven feet In height
and water jumps from twenty-four
to twenty-six feet wide. She has
ridden and controlled the most fiery
steeds in England and has been COM
mended by Queen Mary for her skill
and bravery. She IL the winner OF
almost n hundred prizes. ..
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n A dispatch from New York city SAYS
that Billy Mccartney, manager OF su-
thep "Lick" McCartY, formerly Sf this
city, is authority for the statement
that McCarty Is to receive q guarantee
of $4,000 for meeting Jim Flynn, the
Pueblo fireman, twenty rounds, at the
Pueblo Athletic club OF Vernon, Cal,
Dec. 10. Mccartney also states that
Tom MccArsy, who is arranging the
contest Is to ereF a gold belt which
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06

Louis De PonthieI, the champion
lightweight of France who has i'm
proved considerably in his fighting
since he returned 20 this country, has
been matched to meet johnny Griffith
Of Akron, o., in a ten-rounI bout at
Youngstown, o.. Nov. IL. Griffith is
said to be one OF the nest lightWeights
now fighting in the west,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06

warriors are battling with the state u.
That they will be well supported in
the yelling department" goes without
saying,
There is a splendid college spirit at
this morning by the big bunch of en-
thusiasts who went to the Forks plain
ly shows. The crowd had a number OF
new yel1s and songs with which they
will encourage their team this after
noon.