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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10
WITH THE TRAVELLERS
HOW To TREAT
KNIGHTS OF GRIP
HERE ARE SOME IDEAS THAT
THE RETAIL MERCHANT MIGHT
READ AND FIND FRUIT FOR
THOUGHT. FOR 1T is PRINTED
FOR HIS BENEFIT.

1t will be new to some retail nner-
chants to tell them that there is an
art in handling the commercial trav-
eler who is making them a visit, and
they will laugh as they reply: why.
we can treat him any old way and
he will never complain. He is SO
anxious to sell a bill he will give us
the best he has in stock, no matter
how we handle him"
Well. maybe he viii, and maybe he
won't. Mr.. Retailer, IL one of your
own customers tries your patience to
the breaking point, are your going
to give him or her the best you have
in your stock? Commercial travel
ers are just like yourself, only they
are better schooled in preserving their
equanimity, and making you believe
YOU r getting the best, when you
have caused them to waste valable
time while you were pottering around
doing practically nothing.
Take h from a man who knows
what he Is talking about. If you will
show proper consideration for the
travelling salesman. you will be largely
the gamer. You will get better prices
anu bClAS4 6&tIAALNOA CNOIy Wdy over
the other fellow who tries his darn
est to belittle and distract his visitor.
This does not mean that you should
buy a bill from every n who comes
along. You need buy from none Of
them and still hold their esteem and
friendship. 1t Is not a matter Of buy
ing. but of giving prompt attention.
A merchant is never too busy to do
this, and he will And it a wonderful
mavytno ~ hfu oufa Akran
When a travelling salesman enters
your door. give him just q moment
at the very earliest opportunity. Let
him state briefly his business. Then
either give him then and there a posi-
tive mo-" or fix an hour when you
will hear further what he has to say.
Then right on the minute give him
you undivided attention. If others
call you away, refuse to leave the
waiting salesman. Listen to his spell.
for 1t may be worth something to you.
All OF this may take but a very few
minutes of your time, and IL he real
lies that he has your attention he
Is not going to insist beyond reason
able limits. Then If in your judg-
ment you do not want what he has
to sell, say so in plain words and
that ends the negotiations.
Now, listen again, and / will tell
you q secret. The reason the travel
ing men hang around a merchant SO
long and persistently is because they
see he Is going to give them only half
Of his attention and he really don't
know his own mind. There is moth
ing left for them to do but keep tug
ging at him. wasting his time and
theirs.
If one of these statesmen continues
to persist after you have given him
a fair hearing and a positive refusal
to place an order, then kick him out
OF the back door, and he will re-
ceiYe only what he deserves.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10
MADE GOOD
Fargo Contractor Gets Credit for Fine
Work in MiIwaukee-super-
vised by Chas. Sehruth.

Contractor L. w. Schruth of Fargo
u have been making good in NIL
waukee from the nice comments by
the papers. The work has been under
the supervision of Chas. W. Schruth.
In speaking about public improve
ments The Milwaukee News had the
following paragraph:
The work Of L. w. Schruth on his
last sewer contract, was accepted and
the chairman of the board Of public
works informed the council that he
had inspected the streets where pipe
had been laid and found that the
work was the best ever done for West
Allis. The contract called for lay
ing 1887 feet Of ten-inch pipe, and
S,419 feet of eight-inch pipe. The
work was done under the supervision
Of Chas. w. Schruth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10
CREDIT MANS SAYINGS
Something That Everyone Should
Paste in His Hat and Keep
There for Reference.

Dry Goods: Friendship makes bad
credits.
TO i il human. to repent ID stu
pid.
Prompt payment insures prompt
shipment.
The only SUR way to the top: Saw
wood.
short-time payments make long
There r no elevators in the house
Of success.
A pleased customer is the best ad-
'~vertiseYnent,
II At arst you don't get rich. 'Fail
fail again"
A sharp collector is q credit mans
first lieutenant.
The only certain thing in litigation
is its uncertainty.
The tale OF the G. o. d. never seems
fisf1y to the credit a
The man who never made q mig
take, never made a discovery.
When a mans business gets run
down the sheriff usually winds 1t up.
Pay as you go" liz a good motto.
Ours is better: Don't go till he pays
A whole a without losses will de-
stroy almost any credit mans modes
ty.
The debtor who repeatedly breaks
his promise to pay is liable to go
broke.
Politeness yields big dividends to
the collector, but 1t is well to take the
axe along.
Salesman's considerations: /. Him
self; 2. His customer; 8. The house;
4. The credit a
The less people know about credits
the more inclined they Ire to c~riticise
the credit man.
There Is snothing In a name does
not apply to the man who has every
thing in his wife's name.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

and south through Memphis and
St Paul. Pacific slope, all west OF
Rockies, Latter, a strip 400 miles
wide. East of Rockies to north
and south line through Atlanta and
Pittsburg are great central valleys.
East OF that are eastern states and
provinces of Canada, Southwest IL
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mis-
souri, North west Is middle Can
ada, Dakotus, Minnesota, Wtscon-
sin. E&tI eme northwest IL British
Columbia, Alberta, Oregon ana
WashinGton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

for in many homes, and especially
those which Ia cash for their grocer
les, the children are sent out after the
needed articles, and so long as they
ence to the housewife where they come
from.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Were all medicines as meritorious
as Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy the world would be
much better off and the percentage of
suffering greatly decreased" writes
Lindsay Scott, OF Temple, Ind. For
sale by all dealers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

club started OFF with membership Of
sixty-five.
F. Duncan and J. B. Lockhart start
ed The Grandin Chronicle.
In the absence Of Judge Barnett,
Clarence Johnson was acting as po-
lice magistrate.
Edward Flynn, a brother OF J. X.
Flynn, passed away after a brief Ill
ness.
One hundred members Of the GimIe
society enjoyed a picnic at Detroit
The Forum complained OF the condi-
ton OF the city jail and declared 1t
was a veritable pest house.
Aug. s.-T. L. French, president OF
the Peoples bank al Wahpeton, was
killed by being thrown from his bug
gy. His funeral vas in charge of the
Masons.
1t was reported that p~ostoffice in
spectors had been sent to Bismarck
TO make trouble for Postmaster Bogue;
IL does not seen possible that even
twenty years ago inspectors could
have been used for that purpose.
Ed. Fitzgerald bought out the Pro-
lessor Gordon barber shop at the
Headquarters hotel but it was alleged
that he was still in cahoots with Paul
Martin of the First National barber
shop.
Deputy Sheriff Dan McLaren report
ed that there were now sixty-nine in
mates in the penitentfary at Bismarck.
David Bartlett was a candidate for
states attorney from Griggs county,
while George l.. Main was a candidate
for county auditor in Towner county.
Aug. 10.-The republicans Of the
Eleventh district nominated Eben
Young of Tower City for senator;
George Churchill Of Erie, J. b. Nc
Arthur of Wheatland and Sam Billiard
of Maple River for the house.
J.B. Bowers & Son was awarded the
contract for the building of the new
Unitarian church at 1894.
Major Hamilton came to Fargo to
assume his duties as secretary Of the
republican state committee.
+. p. Hinckley claimed to have in
vented q new rotary steam engine
which weighed only 100 pounds but
had a twenty horse power capacity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

One Of the most common ailments
that hard working people are afflicted
with is lame back. Apply Chamber
lain's Liniment twice a day and mas
sage the parts thoroughly at each
application, and you viii get quick
relief. For sale by all dealers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10
RECORD OF A
GREAT MEDICINE
Doctors Could Not Help Mrs.
Templeton - Regained
Health through Lydia E.
Pinkham's Compound.

Hooper, Nebraska am very plad
30 tell how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND has helpedme. Forfve years
/ suffered from female troubles so | was
scarcely able TO do my work. took doc
tors medicines and used local treatments
but was not helped. / had such awful
bearing down pains and my back was so
weak ! could hardly walk and could not
ride. Ioften had to situp nights to sleep
and my friends thought 7 could not live
long. At my request my husband got
me q bottle Of Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound and I commenced to
take it. BY the time I had taken the
seventh bottle my health had returned
and began doing my washing and was o
well woman. Atone time for three weeks
/ did all the work for eighteen boarders
with no signs of my old trouble returl-
Ing. Many have taken your medicine
after seeing what 1t did for me. Iwould
not take $1,000 and be where / was. You
have my permission ia use my am IL
1t viii aid anyone. Mrs. SUsIE TEN.
PLEToN, Hooper, Nebraska.
ThePinkham record Is aproud and peer
less one. IL Is q record Of constant VIC
tory oyerthe obstinate ills of woman-ills
that deal out despair. n@->N
It Is al established az
fact that Lydia r.. mn
Pinkham's Vegeta- VII ~
ble Compound has re-
storedhealtl1 TO thou
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Cap Wigdahl and his family will
be home in a short time from taking
their vacation and Cap" writes that
he is having a good time and waiting
for the appearance here Of Cap
Kile.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Since the young ladies have been
getting married from the Hotel Gard
ner, the clerk "Bill' Laimer, fearing
that the fever is catching, never goes
out at night these days unless he has
male company.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Harry Horwitz, "the father Of a
large family" which sometimes arrives
in pairs, writes that he is having a big
trade in various parts Of the country
and that he is tickled at the crops.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10
ROTARY CLUB PLEDGE
Something That Could Be Tried in
This City With Good Effect
for All Concerned.

Some towns in this vast country
Of ours have evolved the idea of hav-
ing what they call a Rotary club
and 1t is for the purpose Of assisting
home products, and they are asking
the people of this city to sign a pledge
giving the club and the local manu-
facturers and merchants the prefer
ence over all others. Here is the
pledge with the word Fargo in It:
For the purpose of demonstrating
the mutual benefits of cooperation in
using Fargo-made goods, l agree to
confne my purchase Of articles man
ufactured in Fargo to such articles.
quantity and quality being equal, and
I further promise not to accept sub
stitutes.
signed
1872"
Put your John Henry to the above.
Then stick to it for a year and there
will be no further necessity Of your
signing anything-for you will see the
advantages in your home town and
will always insist on getting them
whenever possible.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

New novelty silk dress goods are
displayed in A. L. Moody's main floor
department. See details in
ment this issue.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Hector Barnes still retains his mem
bership in No. SIS and Is one OF the
staunch members.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

W. M. Ware. who is summering down
at the Big Pine lake, Mimi, was UP to
take a look at the druggists conyen-
ton, and he was having a fine time,
Mr.. Ware is a fine dancer but couldn't
be prevailed upon to trip the light fan
tastic here. He reserves his energy
for the Big Pine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Aug. 6.-The knights Templar dele
cation from North Dakota started for
Denver in charge of Leonard A. Rose;
there were nineteen in the party.
A brilliant reception was rendered
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.. Lane on their re-
turn home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Aug. 8.-The democrats of Fargo
organized q Cleveland and Stevenson
club in the parlors of the Headquar-
teri hotel: @. l.. Bradley was made
president; p. G. Crenshaw, treasurer,
"A. r. Sherman, secretary and VI. G..
Judge, corresponding secretary. The
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10
KNIGHTS OF THE oRIP.

Otto Morrow, the we'll known local
traveller, is nicely fixed for the sum
rner at Big Pine lake, near Perham.
He Is out on the road all week, but
manages to hit for the lakeside cottage
every Saturday and he spends a very
pleasant time over Sunday. There are
many visitors to his cottage.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Professor" said Miss Skylight, II
want you to suggest a course in life
for me. I have thought Of Journal
ISM
What are your own inclinations %
"Oh, my soul yearns and throbs and
world a life work that shall be mar
velous in It's scope and weirdly en-
trancing In the vastness of it's struc-
tural beauty"
Woman, you are born to be a
milliner."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

ropes" for a most interesting affair.
There will be several candidates for
instructions and according to the SEN
Tor counselor there will be a bite to
eat after the business has been at
tended to.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10
TWENTY YEARS q

Aug. 1.-The North Dakota drug
gtsts intended to have their outing at
Detroit lake and when they found that
train No. 2 was nine hours late they
hired a special and went down any
way. 1t iE needless to say they had a
good time.
Jailor wade. Policeman ROSS and
sam Baird had a lively chase after
some suspected burglars who had
been selling valuable property at sus-
piciously low prices. Two OF the men
were safely brought to the lookup
while the other two escaped. At the
same time the case was on Charlie
simmons saw a man steal a bolt of
dress goods from the Bazaar and i'm
mediately notified Proprietor Boges-
kov, who gave chase. The cloth was
recovered and Clarence Green finally
captured the thief after a long chase
over the slough.
William r. Kellogg of The James
town Alert was reported to have en-
listed for life in the suicide club be-
cause of grievances too bitter to be
narrated.
Deny Hannafin went to Detroit lake
to get a little quiet; he said there
were so many applications coming in
for the suicide club that 1t kept him in
hot water all the time.
Aug. 5.-The Forum seemed to APP
prove the appointment Of Judge Spal-
ding as chairman of the republican
state committee, but there may have
been a little sarcasm somewhere in the
item.
Charles A. Lee, who had been run
ming The Bathgate Democrat started
a new paper at Neche called The Oak
leaf.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

Rev. Herman Jones, q former tray
cling salesman, has been called to the
passionate Of Trinity Presbyterian
church. st. Louis, Through selling
goods on the road he supported a wife
and two children and saved enough to
put himself through Louisville Theo-
logical RemfnarY.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

1t il estimated that Frank Gravel of
Duluth, head of the Stone Ordean-
Wells Co. statesmen, shook hands 2333
times during his stay in Fargo the past
few days, and he enjoyed 1t, too.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

The Ashelman boys at Fair Hills on
the Pelican have been entertaining
many OF the travelling men this sum-
mer and they all like to go there.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

1t viii be no fault Of NJ. Bishop. SEN
Tor counselor OF the local council lie
the u. @. T. don't have q big time at
their next meeting which will take
place on the first Saturday night OF
next month, for he 81 laying the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

J.. s. Simmer, one OF the old tim,
travellng men OF the northwest Win
halls from the twin cities, was caaIin,
on the trade here this week ana hi
was having q good time among old
friends.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

mnoWs r,' all the ropes. What do you say?
VIII we start now?"
"Ho could refuse such an invitation? Not
'g average American tourist upon his first
,''''' True, with the aid Of a Guidebook
ne Hilght find his way to the Louvre. His
Do"Iulhg school French might even serve
~ get MIN to Versailles and back again
"I'hout serious mishap or extraordinary
"PeHulture. But nearly all American Wis
l'orS Doth male and female. desire for
o''ce IN their lives to witness the far famed
hear-naughtiness of Paris at first hand, and
'hdt is where the guide comes in.
versailles, the Bois de Boulogne. the
Louvre, a dinner at the cafe de Paris, fol-
lowed by a night at the Folies Berrere,
might suit small minority OF the Ameri-
can visitors, and a few OF the women folk,
aiter a cheap glove hunting trip a day in
the dressmaking establishments in the Rue
de la PaiX and a grcnadinc at one of the
marble topped tables along the Boulevard
dcs ltaliens, feel that they have seen all
that is III to see of Paris.
Not so. however. with the great major
itv. Male and female alike clamor for the
Moulin Rouge, the Bal Tabarin the Alb
haye, MaXimS, the Tavern of the Red Ass,
the Rat Mort and other resorts Of lesser
repute. They seek to comb the narrow
streets Of the Latin Quarter that they may
see Bohemia with their own eyes They
are anxious to buy wine at the Dome for
models who sometimes pose, they do not
rest until they have visited the Bal Butler
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
;an Crae in Paris Find Their Fellow Comymen Easy Marks

here having a pretty soft time. I've only
been over here two months. but some Of the
push have been here for years"
lie helped himself to my cigarettes and
continued:
Paris is a cheap place to live in. A per-
feet dinner costs very little. The rent of a
nice room is about half what you have TO
pay in New York, less than that once you
can speak French and know how to make
a bargain. Clothing of the best sort can be
had for song, and a two-horse carriage
can be hired for about twice the price of a
carfare in the States.
"Pickings are good during the tourist
season, and the only kick that the boys
have is on the French shoes and cigarettes.
Several Of the bunch import their own
smokes. OF course the favorite graft IS
the American tourist. He always has
money, and is over here to spend 1t and
have a good time. II we spin good yarn
about hard luck its pretty easy to make
touch" for a louis. and most any New
Yorker will fall for ive-franc piece
Il used to keep a set Of books In CleVe-
land" another American CRATER told ne
over a glass Of Algerian Bordeaux in d
little hrassGrie in the Rue Nignon. Il
saved a bit Of money and felt too strong TO
push pen any longer so | came over mere
10 take in the sights. l went broke the
third day after my arrival, and | found
so many people willing to help me I've
stayed here ever since. Paris is all right
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Beggars, Panhandlers and All
Sorts of Borrowers" AL
ways Ready with Tales of
Woe for Yankee Ears.
BY stephen Allen Reynolds.

4 LONG the houlcvards between the
n Madeleine and the Place de Ia
Republique. along the Champs
E,ystcs from the Arch to the Obelisk,
IN little brasseries along the Seine.
IN the so-Called American bars" of the
opera quarter, in the pastry shops along
the Rue du Faubourg St. Honore, at the
rrix fXo tables d'hote along the Boup Mich
Of the Latin quarter-in fact. in almost
any Of the twenty arondissements within
the ffty-siN gates Of the French capital.
vii he found the ubiquitous American
CRATER
Attracted to you by either the American
roll 10 the brim of your derby or your
Frochtou made shoe, he Will uuerrinClv
single YOU out as a fellow countryman
abroad on pleasure bent. therefore FISH for
his net. He may he working on one Of the
three commoner "layS'-the touch" the
loan or the guide" In other words. he
may ugazenly ask you for a small sum Of
money with which he may obtain food or
lodging, he may tell you a hard luck story
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Most Prosperous of All Is the
"Guide Who Shares Liber.
ally in the Exploitation of
His Companion.

after you've lived here awhile and know
the ropes. I'm here going on seven years
now. and l expect TO live here the rest OF
my life.
when l first went broke / hardly knew
what to do until | met a wise American
who had lived in Paris ever since the fair.
He told me what to do. and | followed MS
Instructions. First / went TO the American
Relief Society in the Rue du Faubourg 81.
HonorG. They put my name on their pay
roll and gave me Is francs week tor
nearly six months; then they offered me
chance to work my way back 10 the states
on an American ship out of Cherbourg' l
refused. of course, and that cut me on
from the society.
In the meantime l got hold OF list OF
names a,d addresses Of persons VINO were
good for an occasional touch one OF EN-
was the American wife Of French oahNer'
She coughed up a louis every fortnis NJ as
regular as clockV ork. Another grou1hy o'o
American who lives here most OF the tlthe
used 10 swear at me every time caileo
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

I 1t seems quite unnecessary to add that
! from the moment you enter resort care
| ful account is kept Of your expenditures,
! and at the moment of your leaVetaklng a
commission varying from % per cent 10 -
! per cent passes from one palm to another.
| It is usually 30 per cent in the resorts
which appeal to the inner man, as well as
at tho show places and Cabarcts OF Mont
martre
Even should you venture into a place
where your guide IS personally unknown 70
the management he still obtains his COM
mission, for when you enter his first move
is to whisper TO the proprietor or manager
these four magic words: "Je suis Iinter-
pTete. tn" commission IS added 70 the