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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-07-25
The Road Contract System.

There are three systems Of road
maintenance in use In this country
viz, the contract system, the labor tax.
or personal service system. and the
systam which provides men perma-
nently employed to look after particu-
lar sections of road. The contract sys-
tenn has been used to some extent in
various states, but it has never been
found entirely satisfactory. AS a gen.
eral rule. the amount paid for this
work is small and such poor service
Is rendered that in many cases the
roads have become worse rather than
better.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-07-25

FIG. !I.-CONi.A I;ATIyE Types AND LOADS
FOR WOODEN BEAMS.
many of our highways at the present
time. Such bridges are a menace to
our travelling public and are expensive
to maintain The price of timber Is
advancing, and the increasing traffic
demands safer bridges and culverts.
Reinforced concrete for this class OF
work appears to form the best solu-
ton of this problem. Bridge construc-
ton is eminently the wolk for the en-
gineer. and his services should in all
cases be secured.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-07-25
K. Separators and
Treatment of Cream.
By LAURA ROSE,
Oemonstrator and Lecturer In Dairying
at the Ontario Agricultural Col
lege, Guelph, Canada.

copyright. 1911. by A. c. McClurs & Col
TIME invention Of the cream sep
arator gave Il great impetus to
the butter industry and revolc-
tioniZed the handling of milk
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-07-25

THE Balm Wagon is not the lowest
! priced wagon but it is an acknowl-
edged fact that it is the best and is the
standard by which all other wagons are
compared and for service ard utility
will, in the end, prove your best wagon
buy.
For sale by
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
Edna Admired the
LadY,a Flowers.

- ADDY was thinking hard. You have to think hard il you area daddy
with a jack and Evelyn, to whom you must tell q new story every
~ night Poor daddy often wrnked his brow. Now he smiled.
"oh, yes; i must tell you that little Edna thinks she is quite q
big girl now. Her mamma allows her to make calls o n the neighbor lady
when F1orde Or Mimi goes to her house o an eunnd.
Though she is just past three, Edna is not nearly SO shy Is Mimi, who
is six, nor Florde who is eight years old. .a@@
Edna is not forward nor rude. No indeed; she is very careful about her
tell you about it
The other day the chldrens mother wished to send som tomatoes to
the neighbor1ady. She put them into a basket and gave them to Blorre.
Me, toor called Edna when she saw her sister about to start
$50 her mother said she might go with her sister
Edna was not satisfied to go without also having a gift for the neghbor
lady.
$50 her mother cut two nice big flowers for her to take.
when they reached the neghbor ladys porch they sat down and chatted
while they ate a piece Of cake and a pear. t
"They talked about the neghbor ladys black pussy, who was not always
Is good al he should be- and about Muf, Flories black dog, who barks at all
the folks who pass his yard.
Then they told the neighbor lady how afraid poor Mimi was of bugs
Mimi had once been stung by a bee, and now she fears all insects.
" Me no faid' said Edna bravely Bugs no bite Edna
80 they went out into the garden and looked at the neighbor ladys how-
ers-red mes and pink ones and yellow ones and white ones.
Even though she wasn't afraid of them, Edna chased the big mosquitoes,
who rose lazuy from the grass to get a nip at her round pink arms
"Then she shifted the flowers in the garden. Nice flowers she said.
"But the neghbor lady was stupid. She did not take the hint
"An many nice lowers Edna limited again. Edna like nice flowers
"Sul that very stupid neighbor lady did not understand.
come see your
And then the stupid neighbor lady remembered her manners, and Edna
and Florrte went home ladened with gay flowers"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
FLORENCE WILSON
SETS new RECORD
OPERATOR AT NEW YORK BuSI~
NESS SHOW DEVELOPS SPEED
OF 1f7 NET WORDS PER MINUTE
ON WRITING MAcHINE-WAs IN
FARGO RECENTLY.

A new worlds record for speed and
accuracy in typewriting was set at the
Annual Business Show in New York
City Tuesday night. 1t was establish
ed during the Worlds Professional
Typewriter Championship test and the
winning operator was Miss Florence IL.
Wilson who wrote at the rate of III
net words per minute for one hour.
The increased record has attracted the
attention of the entire business world
end because of the large number of
typists who were known to be In prac-
tice for the event, the tests, which are
held annually, were looked forward 30
this year with more than usual interest
On h part Of the typewriter fraterni-
~. The prize competed for was the
International Trophy, contributed by
all the typewriter companies. 1t is a
silver cup properly inscribed with the
Worlds Typewriting records and Yalu-
ed at $1,000.
Miss Wilson was closely followed by
Emil A. Trefzger-record 1855 net
words per minute.
Thousands of people viewed the con-
test and the result of it was wired to
many anxious thousands all over the
world.
The time of writing was one hour,
and j. N. Kimball, known nationally
as a shorthand and typewriter expert,
was in charge of the judges and check
ers. The contest was based on straight
copying work, writing from strange
matter. AS five words are deducted
for each error made by the machine
or by the operator the gross rate
established was very much higher than
the net result and much faster than
typewriter experts of a few years ago
ever thought would be attained.
Typewriter contests originated in
1906 when the first one was won ny
Rose l.. Fritz, who wrote 50 words a
minute. The tests lave been held each
year and the record has been mount
ing up a few words annually until II
has reached it's present high rate. In
1907 it was 81 words, in 1909-95 words
In 1910-109 words. and in 1911-11E
words, all championships having bee!
established on the Underwood ma
chihe.
The phenomenal rate of speed al
which the champion wrote In the test
can be judged by the fact that it was
necessary to exceed ten strokes on ths
typewriter for every one of the g.
800 seconds of the hour.
Typewriter contests, the purpose OF
which is to raise the efficiency of type
writer operation, are attracting added
attention each year. They are o
looked forward to With as much inter
est as any other contests for speed and
are meeting with the encouragement
of the business public.
Fargo people who witnessed the re-
narkable demonstration of speed type.
writing that Miss Florence e. Wilson
gave them here early this spring viii
be glad to know that this popular
young woman now holds the worlds
championship by her remarkable speed
record at the New York business
show.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
TASTE, SMELL and
HEARING RESTORED
A SIMPLE. HARMLESS REMEDY
QUICKLY RELIEVES CA
TARRHAL DEAFNESS.

The thousands who suffer the mis-
cries of colds and catarrh and claim
they have never found a cure can get
instant relief by simply amounting the
nostrils with Ely's Cream Balm.
Unlike internal medicines which up
set the stomach, or strong snuffs which
only aggravate the trouble, this cleans
ing, healing, antiseptic Balm instantly
reaches the seat of the trouble, stops
the nasty discharge, clears the nose,
head and throat, and brings back the
sense of taste, smell n improves the
hearing. More than this, 1t strength
ems the weakened and diseased tissues.
thus protecting you against a return Of
the trouble. This remedy will cure
a cold in a day, and prevent its be-
coming chronic OF resulting in catarrh.
Nasal catarrh is an Inflammation of
the membrane lining the air passages,
and cannot be reached by mixtures
taken into the stomach, nor can it be
cured by snuffs and powders which
only cause additional irritation. Don't
waste time on them. Get a so cent
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist and after using 1t for a day
you will wish you had tried it sooner.
Mothers should give the children
Ely's Cream Balm for colds and Group.
Ii is perfectly harmless, and pleasant
TO take.
Agents, Fout & Porterheld.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
ARE GOING TO DULUTH
FL zagaI's Famous Patrol Will Leave
This Evening for the Northern
City on a Visit.

Capt. Otto Welland will marshal the
Arab Patrol of Ell Zagal Shrine this
evening for the trip to Duluth, Mimi,
and there will be in the ~neighborhood
of thirty members make the trip. They
will be the guests Of Aad temple of
Duluth and a big time is expected.
Saturday morning the members of the
patrol will go to Minneapolis where
they will spend the day in sight see
ing. The great ceremonial session at
Duluth will be held tomorrow after
noon, and will close with a banquet
and general festivities in the evening.
1t is also the intention of the local
patrol in the near future to pay a
visit to KEN temple in Grand Forks.
but the date for the ceremonial session
there has not yet been fixed. The
Duluth temple and the Fargo temple
travelled on the same train when they
made the trip to Los Angeles last
summers
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
POLICE INVESTIGATION.

Few people appear to take much
stock in the charges made against
Chief OF Police Keefe. He has lived in
Fargo for many years and has never
had the reputation of being a crook or
q CRATER. But the chief may rightly
re-echo the cry for deliverance from
his friends.
There is a great deal of criticism Of
at least two phases of the alleged in
v~estigation. The council authorized
the appointment Of an investigating
committee. Mayor Sweet constituted
himself the chairman of the committee
to investigate the acts Of his a%ppointee
OIL virtually his own administration.
In addition to that the secrecy with
which the committees work has been
conducted has led many people to form
the opinion an effort was being made
to whitewash Mr.. Sweet-if anything
should be found-and incidentally to
save the reputation of the present ad-
ministration.
Mayor Sweet should not have placed
himself on the committeeman the
greatest publicity should have been
given the investigation proceedings.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
children and our children's children
of all time to come"
THE SEVEN GOVERNORS.

The Duluth Herald had the follow
ing editorial:
Remember the seven little COVER.
nors'' who informed Colonel Roosevelt
of the universal demand hat he be-
come a candidate for president.
They were Stubbs of Kansas, Carey
of wyoming, Glasscock OF West Vir-
ginis, Aldrich of Nebraska, Osborn OF
Michigan, Bass OF New Hampshire
and Hadley of Missouri.
Stubbs of Kansas a for senator,
meeting defeat, and then there were
six.
Carey of Wyoming ran for re-elec-
ton, meeting defeat, and then there
were FIVE.
GIasscock Of West Virginia ran for
reelection, meeting defeat, and then
there were four.
Aldrich Of Nebraska ran for re-
election, meeting defeat, and then
there were three.
Osborn of Michigan was not re-
nominated, and then there were two.
Sass of New Hampshire was not
r~enominated and then there was one.
Hadley of Missouri returned to the
republican fold, and now there are
none
And Of the sever states those seven
little governors represented, six went
for Wilson and only one-Miohigan-
for Roosevelt. "
Selah!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
TRAVELLING TRUNKS.

For generations it has beer the
custom to swear at the baggage men
Tor the manne in which they wrecked
trunks. 1t has been alleged hat all
Of them were either in the pay Of the
.runk trust-Or owned stock In it. All
kinds OF schemes have been tried in q
hopeless effort to have trunks handled
with care. Some people have even
labeled their trunks as containing K
plosives. The newspapers have rallied
against the idea and placed the trunk
smashing in the same class as the
mother-in-law jokes-and other truth =
eul things.
The worm has turned at last. The
baggagemen are demanding that all
Trunks be of uniform length and shape.
fhe railroad companies are planning
S.waT on alltrunks over certain length
as we'll as against those with swelling
tops and sides and ~protruding knobs.
They are against the drummers who
carry buggy whip cases Inc all other
forms of freak trunks.
Probably if the odd and freak-shap-
ed kind are abolished the baggage
smashers may be better natured and
handle with more care the trunks that
conform to their ideas of length and
breadth and thickness.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
HOME FROM WINNIPEG
North Dakota Sir Knights of the
Grand Commanderx Attended Big
Function in Canadian City. &

The Fargo sir knights of the grand
commanderv Of the state Of North Da-
kota Knights Templar have returned
from Winnipeg, where they assisted
King Arthur Preceptory of the order
In giving the Red Cross degree, and
in taking part in the field day exercises
incident thereto. In the party were
DR.. S. J. Hill. grand commander; Hon.
w. L. Stockwell, grand secretary;
Herman Winterer of Valley City, past
grand commander and wife, and the
Grand Forks commandery. The an
nual ball and reception tool place at
the Alexandra hotel, and the local men
Edward Preceptory did all in it's pow
er to make the visitation of the NORTH
Dakota sir knights and they succeeded
1t was a splendid trip and was great
ly enjoyed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
BACK in JAIL AGAIN
Ed williams In One Scrape Not Salts
fed Until He Manages to Get
into Another.

Ed Williams, the colored man is again
in charge of Sheriff Boyle, and Is in
the county jail.
Williams was arrested a few days
ago for shooting through a window of
his place on Front street at some man
whom he said was making an attack
on him, but as the man was fleeing
when the bullet was fired this was
doubted. The bullet struck the lower
vest button of a pedestrian, and caused
a bruise to appear on he mans stom-
ach. Williams was charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon with
intent to do bodily harm, but gave bail
for his appearance at the district court.
on a "toot' a day or two 6 and was
arrested for being drunk and very dis
orderly. His bondsman appeared be-
fore the court and withdrew h bond
and williams was again placed in jail
n will likely remain there until his
trial.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
PROFESSIONAL r O

Since the memory or man runneth
back there has been a hue and cry
against professional Jurors. Kansas
which generally tries out all new leg
islation-is now endeavoring to have
professional jurors. The attorney gem
eral has advanced an dea-in which
he suggests that men be especially
trained for jury work-learned in the
law like lawyers and judges. He wants
Them to be educated in law schools
and paid good salaries. These Jurors
are to be elected and are to sit with
the court in the trial Of all cases
deciding the questions Of fact while
the judge determines the points of
law.
There is no denying the defects of
the present day jury system. 1t is
more or less an abortion on Justice
and men who are supposedly well
qualified for service on important
cases are those who have kept the
least informed. Many attorneys en-
deavor to prevent informed and in
telligent men from serving.
After Kansas has tried out the new
professional jury pIan-if it works
well other states may adopt it.
There are other reforms that should
be effected in the jury system. The
rule requiring unanimity should at
once be abolished and a substitute
adopted which would permit a major
ity. or three -fourths of the jury, to
form a conclusive verdict.
That would greatly improve the pres
emit discredited jury system. 1t would
eliminate the disagreement" cases al
most entirely-and expedite the bust
ness of the courts.
Justice would be more nearly meted
out and it would no longer be possible
for n or two friends of the defendant
or an o~bstreperous and stubborn man
to- bullify the work of the judge. the
attorney, the witnesses and the rest of
the jurors.
The next session of the North Da-
kota legislature might take the jury
system up and make some improve
ments that would be helpful and ef-
Cective.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
IN THE HOTEL LOBBFS

Il hav been in the city of Fargo for
two or three days" said James Davis.
of Cory, Pa, a former member Of
the legislature of Pennsylvania, who
is stopping at the Waldorf, land 1
have paid a visit to the agricultural
college of the state out in the north
ern part of the city and I want to tell
you that you folks in North Dakota
have something to be exceedingly
proud of. l have visited what is
known as state college in my state,
which is devoted to the study of agri-
culture and it's kindred branches. and
1 want to say further that l think the
establishment of the same kind in
Fargo is really superior to that in the
east. / visited the grounds a day or
two age, and / must compliment the
faculty on the manner in which every
thing is conducted. At Belle Foun-
tame, where our school is located, the
buildings are magnificent, but no nicer
nor more comfortable than has this
state, which of course Is a hundred
years younger than Pennsylvania.
Il was much amused in walking
about the grounds out there to see on
one Of the buildings that l suppose be-
longs to the college the sign, Copper
Kettle Inn. 1t reminded me of the
time when / was a student at state
college, Pennsylvania. Some of us
conceived the brilliant idea of NAM
ing club house The Canteen. Well,
the most of our faculty were made up
of staid old United Presbyterians,
the strictest of the strict, and they
associated The Canteen with the ia
NOUS ~canteens Of the United States
army and naturally of the drinking
that generally went with them, with
the result that the same afternoon the
sign was up 1t came down again at
the hands of the outraged members Of
the faculty, and one was placed up
which read. Temperance Inn.
Il have been simply delighted with
| what I have seen of the state of North
Dakota and il it Is at all possible you
can rely on 1t that / shall visit here
next summer when the grain Is grow
ing, for / am told hat the sight is
well worth seeing"
Rev. +. HI. Ashcraft of Greenville,
| ILL.,, who is the guest of Rev. 0. r.,
McCracken of the Glad Tidings mis-
sion, stated that he was glad that he
had come to Fargo on this trip. He
resides and breaches at GreenvilIe. ILL.,,
and came to Fargo to assist Rev. Mr..
McCracken in the dedication Of the
new church on Front street. II have
travelled a good DEAL" he said, " but /
never was in a city and on a street
which seemed to me needed the
preaching of the gospel more than on
Front street in this city. I want to
say, too, hat / never saw q set of peo-
pie who appeared to listen any better
than do these same people, and / be-
lieve there is no place where such a
chapel or mission could be erected
where 1t would do more good. / be-
speak for Mr.. McCracken and his con-
gregation great good in his new little
church and hope the people of Fargo
will give it the liberal assistance A.
nancialiy and otherwise that 1t de-
serves"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
A WORD TO FARGO
HOUSEKEEPERS

Next time you do not know just
what to serve for dinner try MINNIE
sofa" Spaghetti. You will be mighty
pleased to see how the family enjoys
the delicious appetizing flavor and, If
you serve it often, you will make a
big saving in household expenses.
Minnesota" Spaghetti is the most
nourishing and most easily digested
food known. II can be served in so
many ways that no n ever tires of
it.
be made to take the place of
meat very ~largely-its cost is only
about n cent a dish.
Insist on getting the genuine Min
nesota' Spaghetti. made from the
VERY BEST DURUM wheat with
ALL the wonderfully nourishing Glut-
en- left in.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14

You know when your liver is bad.
when you bowels are sluggish. You
feel a certain dullness and depression,
perhaps the approach Of q headache,
your stomach gets sour and full Of
gas, tongue coated, breath foul, or you
have indigestion. You say, II am
bilious or constipated and I must take
something tonight"
Most people shrink from a physic--
they think Of castor oil calomel, salts
or cathartic pills.
It's different with syrup Of Figs.
It's effect is as that of fruit; of eating
coarse food; of exercise. Take a tea
spoonful of delicious syrup Of Figs
tonight and you won't realize you
have taken anything until morning,
when all the clQgged MI waste mat
ter, sour bile and constipation poisons
move on and out Of your system. with
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
YOUR LIVER and so FEET
OF BOWELS WITH "SYRUP OF FIGS
MORE EFFECTIVE THAN cALoMEL, CASTOR OIL OR SALTS; GENTLY
cLEANsEs THE sToMAcH, LIVER AND BOWELS, WITHOUT
NAUSEA OR GRIPPING. CHILDREN DEARLY LOVE 1T.

u grippe. nausea or weakness. Moth
ing else cleanses and regulates your
sour, disordered stomach, torpid liver
and thirty feet Of wa~ste-cIogged bowels
like gentle, effective syrup OF Figs.
Don't think you are drugging yourself.
Being composed entirely of luscious
figs, SIENNA and aromatics, it cannot
cause injury.
IL your child is cross, sick and
feyerish, or its little stomach sour
tongue coated, give Syrup Of Figs at
onc It's really all that Is needed to
make children well and happy again.
They dearly love its pleasant taste.
Ask your druggist for the full name,
Syrup OF Figs and Elixir of SIENNA"
and look on the label for the name
California Fig syrup Company. That,
and that only. is the genuine. Refuse
any other fig syrup substitute with
contempt.-Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14

A crusade OF education which aims
that common colds may become I'M
ommon within the next generation"
has been begun by prominent New
York physicians. Here is a list Of the
don't" which the doctors say will pre-
vent the annual visitation of the cold:
Don't sit in a draughty car"
Don't sleep in hot rooms"
Don't avoid the fresh air"
Don't stuff yourself at meal time.
Overeating reduces your resistance"
O which We would add-when you
take a cold get rid Of it as quickly
as possible. To accomplish that you
will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
most excellent. Sold by all dealers.
-AdVt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-14
WHY GROW CORN?

Corn is a good cleaning crop where
weeds trouble, says J.. III. Shepperd,
Dean of the agricultural department,
N. d. A. C.. in a recent bulletin,
1t is a good moisture conservation
crop. 1T keeps a surface mulch OF
loose dirt over the ground all season
which prevents evaporation. In the
dry season of 1900 wheat after corn
crop produced 25.4 bushels per acre
and after small grain a. bushels per
acre. This was the result of retaining
the moisture. In 1910 results of the
same sort were secured but they were
less marked than in 1900.