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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
Daddy Bedirne
~ Why Hot Gross
Buns Are Eaten
On Good Friday

%ooD Friday = the DAY for hot eros. buns bach and Evelyn knew
co that, but when daddy said he would tell them why folks ate bot cross
buns then they listened with eager eyes and ears
"A good while ago I'm England there ri q king named Henry.
There had been seven kings OF that name before him. 20 he was thu eighth
king Of that name" daddy began
I'm some ways Henry was a good enough king He began vey wen, but
be wanted bis own way I'm everything Even q king IL he tides 20 do what IL
right cannot do what he wishes all the time
"Henry thought that he ought to be the head OF the church. ana teU ali
Enghsb dsggymen what they should do.
"A good many OF the cergymen and many Of the people did not Hko the
idea. They did not think King Henry was a good enough man TO run the
church. ana the king put some OF them IN prison because they said so
"r Thomas More. one Of the best and wisest men I'm England. was among
these Sir Thomas had once been one OF the kings friends, bat Henry became
angry with him, - he did with any one who would not say that his way was
always the right one
by and by Sir Thomas More was killed by the kings order, ana an Eng
Mno "a shocked and gaeved Many people said that no good could ever come
60 King Henry after this evil deed.
"And after King Henry had ordered the 5aner in the Tower to end the life
Of Sir Thomas More the English peOpSe liked Henry even less than they had
before. t
$50 Henry thought and thought until he hit upon a plan that he believed
would make the people think him a kind and pius man Perhaps he as q
Little ashamed OF bis bad ways
he gave orders that thousands Of Ioayes Of bread should be baked o
Good Friday. On each loaf should be stamped a cross that all might remem-
Der that IL was q that day the Saviour died, and King Henry ws TO pay for
all TIM bread The loaves were to be given to the poor, OF whom there were
many In England in those days
king Henry thought that this gift to the poor might make up TO some OF
AIS oWn wicked dotngs and please the people who did not IKE him
For many years these loaves were baked and given away. Soon people
got into the way OF eating this bread with the cross upon it OF Good FRIDAY.
and after . time bakers made hot cross buns instead Of the bread and sold
them"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
STATES THE u

Richmond Hill, L. I.-AIbert Por-
ter, who has lived here for some time,
believes that when a man In bad
health finds something that is lust
what he needs, it is his duty to let
the facts be known.
He says: "All winter / had a had
cold and a cough which / could not
get rid of. / vas badly run down be-
sides. A short time ago I started
using Vinol and my cough ia gone now
and l feel well in every way. This
shows what Vinol will do for anyone
in that condition and / strongly
recommend it to everyone"
The reason Vinol, our delicious cod
liver and iron preparation without oil,
cured Mr.. Porter is because it went
directly to the seal Of the trouble
which was his weakened, rundown
condition. Its curative, blood-enrich-
ing and strengthening properties
built up his health and his cough
disappeared as a natural result.
We guarantee that Vinol will do
all we claim. and will pay back your
money II Vinol does not satisfy you.
Fout & Porterfield, druggists, 81
Broadway, Fargo. n. d.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
CROP c~oNoITIoNo.

The farmers say the soil conditions
this spring are nearly perfect. The
top soil is well pulverized and there
seems to >e ample moisture under
meath. OF course hot weather and
high winds will cause a great deal of
evaporization, but the seed bed is
good and the conditions very favorable
to early termination of the grain.
Many farmers are taking extra pre-
cautions this year to disc and drag
the md so there will be a mulch on
top which will assist in the retention
of the moisture 10 a great degree.
In some parts of the state last year
the threshing was so delayed that
fall blowing was o as general as in
other seasons-but in the greater part
of North Dakota the amount was in
excess Of the average year. This
makes it possible for quick seeding
this season. =
There is another encouraging fea-
ture from the farmers standpoint.
An unususl amount of winter wheat
and winter rye was seeded in the
eastern part of the state last fall. The
crop is generally good and with the
present favorable conditions both
crops seem most likely to grow rapid
ly ard mature reasonably good yields.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08

never more prosperous than now and
their land values were never better.
A comparison OF the present fruits Of
their labor with the results of any
former period disprovea the idea that
they have suffered in the least from the
causes named by the strenuous orator
in Minnesota. Farmers are a deliber-
ate class in making up their opinions,
and skeptical as to abstract theories
on their business from those who have
never been practically engaged in it.
They think that essays on their social
needs from the same class are not as
good as their conclusions, based
on hard work and actual experience.
Fifteen years ago the republican
party assumed control Of all depart
ments of the government, and retain
ed 1t until last year. The party Is not
displaced yet except in n branch of
congress. November will restore it to
full authority, or divide the legislative
and executive power, or give the dem
ocatic party both houses of congress
and the presidency, an advantage it
has not held in more than fifty years,
save during two years of Cleveland's
second term. Have farmers forgotten
those years of deep depression in all
business, and most trying of all in
theirs? 1t IS unlikely. They are rails
ing crops exceeding $4,000. 900, 900 a
In value and rot bothering about
Pinchot, Ballinger or a third term
promise to better their affairs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1912.
TREE PLANTING.

Arbor day will soon be here ard
thousands of people are planning to
plant trees at that time. There win
be appropriate exercises at many of
the colleges and the schools. These
are all good in their way-and such
even have a tendency to inspire the
youth of the state to excellent work.
But there are more serious efforts to
be made. Why wait till Arbor day?
Why not have a little Arbor day Of
your own? President Worst If the A.
c. made the suggestion last year that
every farmer in the state should plant
a row Of trees along the section line at
the south Of his farm. In other words
there should be rows Of trees east and
west every mile in the state o. North
Dakota. 1t is contended-and ap-
parently scientifically proven-that If
there were rows Of trees every mile the
hot winds-that work such devasta-
ton to the crops some years-would be
prevented.
1t is claimed that rows of trees
would break up the wind, that each
row would cause the wind to shoot up
higher and protect the field adjoining
that repeated breaking up of this
kind would ultimately dissipate the hot
blasts and save the crops.
The plan as suggested by the agri-
cultural college head is feasible. 1t
would not prove a heavy burden on
any farmer to plant. a row of trees
along the south line of his farm. In
addition to the protection to the crops
the trees would have value for shade
purposes and also fuel in time.
1t would be n method Of refores-
tation of North Dakota. The plan is
being adopted in Europe and in some
of the eastern states of this country.
Trees are planted along the road
sides for ornament and for fuel. The
trees would add greatly to the value
OF the farms from a pleasure stand
point. 1t would be a movement in the
interests Of posterity.
Not only should trees be planted
along section lines and roadways but
in school and church yards. around
farm buildings. along the city resi-
dence streets and in the prospective
parks.
Eve tree that is planted in North
Dakota will add to the pleasure of
both the present and future residents
of the state. 1t will be something of
value to posterity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
INTIMATE VIEW
Of PRES. WORST
ORANGE JUDD FARMER SAYS
HE is A "GREAT LITTLE EPI-
GRAM UTTERER".-.HE HEWs
STRAIGHT TO LINE AND FOR.
GETS THE CHIPS.

The Orange Judd Farmer says:
Rather a solemn looking Individual
tall. a little stopped, deliberate in man
ner but convincing in argument Pres
J. H. Worst of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural college told Illinois farmers al
their recent state institute some big
truths.
Hewing straight to the line, he laid
wide open some of the half admitted
weaknesses in present-day rural life
Some Of the chips fell uncomfortable
close to the audience, but al least
everybody got a clear view Of the
work.
Less work and greater efficiency in
doors will solve many of the large
problems, the speaker said, and the
iabor-saving devices and modern home
equipment can be secured by the farm
ers who "use brains. pure-bred bulls
and plenty OF manure. Great little
epigram-utterer is Worst!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
CASH VALUE OF WIVES.


What's your wife worth? In Iowa
q jury placed a SIS cash valuation on a
wife-and the august supreme court
sustained the verdict on appeal.
Would you sell yours at that price?
Some men might mark theirs down to
bargain h~gures-but the average man
is likely t. consider SIS a decided re-
lection on his discernment.
In Iowa q man went to a store and
asked for some coal oil. He was sold
. gasoline mixture. At his home an
explosion occurred. His wife and
their three children were killed and he
was injured. On the trial for damages
the jury awarded him SIS for his wife,
$2s9.71 for the trio of children and
$3.50 for his own injuries. The defend
ants appealed. The supreme court us
tanned the original verdict.
The Jurors who decided that poor
woman had a cash value Of SIS should
have a place in a freak show-and the
supreme court justices should be x
hibited along side OF them.
North Dakota wives are not thai
cheap. They are either worth more
than a be computed-or of SO little
value that their husbands would give
them ~away-rather than accept s2s
pei for them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
WELFARE OF FARMERS.

The ST. Louis Globe Democrat re-
calls some democratic experiences OF
the past and appeals to the farmers ia
the following:
In a speech at st. Paul, Colonel
Roosevelt declared that his plans ia
better country life have not been car
ried out, and that in regard to con-
servation his policy was completely
reversed by the appointment of Mr.
Ballinger and the dismissal Of Clifford
Pinchot." Not many farmers have
given much thought to the PERSONAL
ties referred TO, OF take special inter
est in them now. They remember the
coIoneI,s u~tterances while president
on the subject of improving life on the
farms, but found I'm them nothing thai
was particularly new or impressive
Tha main point to be made in regard
to Farmers Is that the republican party
sNaaB always been mindful Of their in
sxexesta and Te5oiced in their prosper
4ty. During the administration OF Mr.
Lirteoin slavery was ended on the
farms OF the south. a. homestead Law
was PASSED that has benefited millions
who have thus been enabled to make a
good living on the soil, and gain q
substantial competency.
American farmers. as q whole. were
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
FIX THE SIDEWALKS.

Last + II when the paving along
First avenue north was completed the
season was too late for fixing the
sidewalks to conform to the new curb
line. OF "nurs nothing could be done
during the winter. There is, how
ever, no longer any excuse for the
present condition. First avenue be-
tween Broadway and Roberts street is
one of the most travelled blocks in the
city. There is a great deal of travel
between roadway and Fifth and will
10 a great deal more during the Sun
day meetings and for the other events
to be held in the tabernacle. The
sidewalks should be put in decent con-
dition at once.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
On. SPWl9
Q.TKDMOMEN
by Roy K.Mctal4on. 81
Ridin' On the Train.

Ridin' On the Train.
A feller sees ON funny things while
ridin' on the train,
Some things he never saw before. and
never may again.
Fer human natures at its worst when
It's away from home.
You don't know any feIler's traits I'M
til he starts to roam.
There's always some fat gentleman
who shores an awful pile,
And sleeps all night with his sock
feet a-hangin' in the aisle.
The spinster with the hatbox SITS
quite prtmly up in front,
She has a parrot who pulls off a shrill
nerve-racking stunt.
The gabby actress person shrieks her
troubles and her woes
And peeves the tired passengers who
vainly seek repose.
The usual train Joker is on hand to
spring his CUFF,
And sometimes there's a punk quar-
tette that pulls some awful stun.
The brakeman throws the portal wide,
let's in the cold and snow,
And yells a lot of railroad Greek that
no one else could know.
The crying kid hits up his song in
tones bespeaking pain,
A Teller gets a dandy rest while rid
in on the train.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
ILLINOIS FOR 7. R.?
Continued From Page One

Continued From Page One
dence. A successor was appointed
months before a change was looked
for and no opportunity was afforded
for presenting the documents. There
fore, Mr.. Sims apparently feels that
he has a double complaint against the
White House. He was solicitor Of the
department of m and labor
when appointed district attorney at
Chicago.
Everything else aside, however. Mr..
Sims a the reputation Of being
about the best organizer in Illinois, the
home Of Senator Lorimer, who also
has some reputation along that line,
to say nothing of Representative Nc
Kinley, Governor Deneen, ct al. Any
how, the state has SO effectively
organized for Colonel Roosevelt that
friends of President Taft are rather
expecting to get badly licked" While
the c%olonel's friends may be too SAN
guine over the Illinois situation, the
chances seem to favor the colonel by
all odds, if there is any efficacy in a
compact organization bolstered UP by
a brand new presidential preference
primary law. Even without the prim-
airy law, Mr.. Sims and his co-workers
have all along expressed confidence
that the would carry Illinois for the
colonel.
Regardless of the outcome IN Illinois,
however, friends of President Taft
who are--or claim to be-on the "in-
side," declare e~mphatically that the
l proaf7nnf uyfIH uTin tho nnuafnaftrv "a
the Chicago convention hands down
on the first ballot, and that Colonel
Roosevelt cannot by any possible line
of figuring head off the present occu-
pant of the White House.
A story is going the rounds per-
sistently to the effect that the anti
Taft element in the republican party
are willing to go to the length Of
helping to elect a democratic president
rather than give a second term to
Mr.. Taft. 1t is declared that the
vicious assaults which are being made
on the president and the republican
party in general by this element with
in its ranks can have no other pur-
pose or effect. And it is contended by
republicans Who take this view OF the
situation that just such attacks were
responsible for the election of the
present overwhelming democratic ma
jority In the house.
If conditions within the party and
under the Taft administration were
one-tenth as bad as some progressive
republicans have pictured them, it Is
declared thai the country would long
since have gone to the dogs, the
L foundations nf fha rnp1lhfin har4ro
been undermined and shattered. That
no such condition exists is frankly
admitted on all hands. Therefore,
more conservative republicans. who
themselves would like to see some
changes in the @. o. r., deeply de-
plore the apparent tendency to reck-
less statement and what they term alb
soIutely unwarranted assault upon
the leaders Of the party and the party'a
record.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
Thinaa TO Think About.

A bee can sting you only once. in
which, by the way, the bee differs
widely from the book agent.
One of the best known p~reventa-
tives of pneumonia is the red flannel
shirt.
There are 1898, 1872 microbes on the
$50 bill, but the death rate among
the poets from this cause is very
light.
The first mustard plaster was used
in 1911, and the man who wore it
probably carried ii with him 10 his
grave.
At the present writing there are
4,57S ways to get to heaven. Each
one of them is right and all the 9TH
ers are wrong.
The only agency which has caused
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08

Mrs q. Al. Town, wife Of a well
known citizen Of WATERFOWL, S. D.,
writes: About four years g ! had
a severe case Of lagrippe and the doc
tor prescribed Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound. and 1t 500 overcame the
Iagrippe. When any OF my four chill
dren have q cold, l never think OF any
cough medicine except Foley's Honey
ana Tar Compound for | can always
depend upon its curing them. For sale
by ali druggists
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
Ahaa The cnid Bath.

claim that cold baths every morning
are beneficial is all bosh. The cold
morning bath is a deIusion and a
snare, and is harmful. Warm baths
are much better.)
We have lev heard of you,
Professor Corsan.
But we like you through and through
Professor Corsan.
For it's very plain to see
That you think the same Of we;
Professor Corsan.
We have shivered quite a pile,
Professor Corsan.
So that We could be In style,
Professor Corsan.
We have trembled, we have wheezed,
We have coughed and we have
sneezed
So that wife would be pleased,
Professor Corsan.
On each frigid winter morn,
Professor Corsan.
We have wished we'd not been born,
Professor Corsan.
How that ice bath we have eussed,
But suffraget gets fused
So essay the plunge we must,
Professor Corsan.
You have spoken just in time,
Professor Corsan.
For the ice-bath is a crime,
Professor Corsan.
We will try a warm bath course
Even though it calls for force,
Even though it means divorce,
Professor Corsan.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08

Soda crackers are more
nutritive than any other
flour food. Uneeda Bis
cult are the perfect soda
crackers. Therefore,
Uneeda Biscuit.
Though the cost is but
five cents, Uneeda Bis
cult are too good, too
nourishing, too crisp, to
be bought merely as an
economy.
Buy them because Of
their freshness-buy
them because OF their
crispness-buy them be-
cause of their goodness
buy them because of
their nouriShment.
Always 5 cents. Al
ways fresh and crisp.
NATIONAL BISCUIT
COMPANY
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08

more bald heads than marriages Is
the derby hat.
A corncob pipe is just in its prime
when it is 10 years old.
Mr.. Taft is the biggest president
that we have ever had.
An Arizona congressman paid noth-
ing for his election and, at that, he
paid about all 1t was worth.
Senator Cumming presidential can
didacy at any rate viii make q lot of
people ask who he is.
Governor Wilson says he will ignore
Colonel Watterson, but 1t takes an ex-
pert to do that.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
VISITING MuRsE.

GRACE N. ROBINSON, Ii. M. ASsOCTAT.
ed Charities; l TO 2 p. M, No. as Eighth
street south, phone b2z. Residence 134o
Second ave. So, phone 20a1-L. HourB;
$3.50 a.. N, to B p. M AT the service 81
physicians at any time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08
UNDERWATER

AND LICENSED BMBALMHR, FUNERAL
supplies. y. n. Rice, 3 South Broadway,
O6Acs south Of Moody's store.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08

Two Devils Lake men wanted to
have a IKE ON their wives, who were
on a visit-and left messages at
the telegraph Office bearing the words
April fool. The operator thought
the matter was a Joke and didn't send
thc-M
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-08

The Minct independent expects
George LaFoilette Smith Of Plaza to
be appointed consul to the Fiji Islands
-if LaFollette is elected president
but doesn't believe Smith viii bet on
the results like he did On the private
secretaryship.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
1000 NEW POSTAL BANKS

Washington. May 1-One thousand
fourth class postoffices scattered thro-
ughout the United States will open
postal savings banks today, by order
OF Postmaster General Hitchcock.
This will bring the number of such
banks up to about 5000. and it is the
intention Of the postmaster general to
extend the postal savings system to
the smaller offices Of the rural dis
tricts at rate Of thousand a month.
until practically all offices doing a
money order business have been sup
piled. A thousand more banks will be
created on the first Of June.
When the project has been complet-
ed the United States will have $4,000
postoffices doing savings business,
and the United States system will be-
the most extensive savings institution
in the world.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
INVENTORY TIME

! What will your community amount
to in twenty years? In ten? In five;
1s it gaining in population, in living
conveniences, in public utilities?
Are the young men satisfied to stay
at home, believing there is no better
place in which to strike out?
Are your farmers making the most
of their soil and keeping pace with
the vast science Of agriculture?
Are the manufacturing establishmen
more prosperous than they were five
years ago?
confidence in the community to invest
Have your moneyed citizens enough
their money in it?
Are you, yourself. keeping up with
the procession? Or
Are your principal products cobwebs,
wiregrass and tumbleweeds?
Are you allowing the opportunity Of
your lifetime to go unheeded-your
town to become prepay station
your neighbor to lose confidence in
the community and you?
Perhaps little ginger is what you
need. Next Christmas may be too
late. Why not take inventory right
now?
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06

Rich is pursuing the right course by
building another home on his Tyhee
property just across the county line,
for according to the virulent speeches
made by Bingham county democrats,
he won't be needed here after'lection.
Making it stronger still, two leaders in
the ranks of the democracy, stated ON
the streets Saturday, that this faction
was In no wise responsible for
the parentage even of the two demo-
cratic county commissioners, men who
could not be elected by popular vote
to the position of dog catcher, which
is really looked upon as being a most
undesirable position to hold When the
pot is billing to the right tempera-
ture. it is thought that few of the
bones OF contention will be fished out,
and presented to Governor Hawley just
to show him that he and his state
immigration commissioner are not all
there is to the democracy Of Bingham
county. Well, step to it boys.