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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
FREE LECTURE
At The Y. N. c. A.
HON. WALTER CLIFFORD WILL
GIVE ILLUSTRATED TALK ON
HAWAII ON THURSDAY EVEN
ING AND WILL HAVE MANY
VIEWS OF THE COUNTRY.

Hawaii, which is the most conven-
lent tropical winter resort to the peo-
pie of. North Dakota, has sent out
Hon. Walter Clifford Smith to give free
illustrated lectures in the west about
its tourist advantages. Mr.. Smith will
be heard at the Y. M. c. A. Thursday
evening. He is accompanied by H.
NJ. Miles.
The Hawaiian Wonderland is the
name of the lecture, Over 100 beau
tiful slides are shown, and there are
5000 feet of moving pictures, one of
which shows the volcano of Kilauea,
200 miles from Honolulu, in state of
activity. The picture was taken
while many tourists were there and
the molten lava boils and surges and
spouts almost at their feet. other
motion pictures show summer and
winter beach scenes; the annual floral
carnival in February. shark fishing;
pineapple picking; steamer wharf
scenes. and views in the pineapple
fields.
TIE lecturer. Mr.. Smith, has been
thirty years on editor of daily papers
in California and Hawaii; was a war
correspondent of The San Francisco
Chronicle in China, and as a young
man was a member of the New York
legislature. He is said to be Hawaii's
favorite speaker. . ..s.."t
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
MITCHELL CASE
CAUSES MIRTn
MANY AMUSING INCIDENTS ARE
BROUGHT OUT IN CASE OF
FARGO ATTORNEY AGAINST
CITY TREAsURER--MucH Lo-
CAL POLITICAL CHATTER.

Many amusing incidents have been
brought out in the Hildreth- Mitchell
case. where the Fargo attorney is su-
| ing the city treasurer for $3.50 attor-
ney's fees for services last spring,
and which continues to hold the at
tention of the district court. The case
will probably not be concluded until
late this afternoon.
On account of the somewhat posi-
tive personalities of both plaintiff and
defendant and their respective ac-
tivities and associations in the city for
many years, situations and questions
have arisen in the case which provok-
ed considerable mirth among the In
terested listeners in the court room.
There has been quite an array OF
legal talent brought into this con-
troversy for, aside from the plaintiff
himself and the two counsels trying
the case, both the assistant states at
torney, w. s.. Satmbaugh, and the
former city attorney, w, HI. Shure,
have been called as leading witnesses.
Both were placed on the stand Sat
.urday afternoon by the plaintiff.
The firm of Stambaugh & Fowler,
1t may be remembered, represented w.
j. Price, in the filtration plant suit and
Mr. Shure acted for the city. That
the case was three or four cornered
affair with City Treasurer Mitchell as
an incidental defendant in a suit
brought by the city because of his de-
sire to secure an order from the court
to sign certain bonds while a litiga-
ton was pending. -t
IN Mr.. Shure's testimony Saturday
afternoon it developed that there was
an agreement between the former city
attorney and the treasurer not to
bring the treasurer's books into court
but to enter in evidence the statement
.of Walter Thomson, the expert ac-
countant who takes the balances from
the treasurer's books. The controver-
sy arose out of this. as Mr.. Hildreth,
as shown by the testimony of that
case, demanded the books being
brought into court ......
Mr.. Mitchell contended that his at
torney was attempting to trump up
lot of political stuff which pertain
ed to the controversy between James
Kennedy, the successful bidder on the
filtration plant, and w. J. Price, who
lost the contract. On the stand this
morning Mr.. Hildreth protested
against this contention and an at
tempt was made by the plaintiffs
counsel, that his client had always
been on the friendliest terms with
Senator Kennedy and had no interest
in his being awarded the contract.
Except that Mr.. Kennedy and l
are politically opposed we have al
ways been the closest friends said
Mr.. Hildreth. He is a stalwart re-
publican of course, and am very
strong democrat" This statement
caused a ripple of laughter in the
court room.
The examination of Mr. Hildreth
consumed the entire morning. Mr..
Mitchell was called to the stand Sat-.
urday afternoon as an adverse wit
ness.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
The Theatres
Fargo operahouse.
Dec. s-1O.-The Blue Bird.

This city will see at the Fargo op-
erahouse tonight and tomorrow after
noon and evening, The Blue Bird, an
unusual play in the contemporary the
atre and one of the most noted of cur
rent pieces. Persons who read the
Maeterlinck drama do not need to be
informed of The Blue Bird, but many
thousands of people in this busy age
are unable to devote time to the text
Of recent drama. and therefore the per-
sonages and the course of The Blue
Bird in its wonderful fight toward
happiness deserve to be dwelt upon. In
the words of Lord Dunsany. the Irish
poet and romancer, published recently
In The London Saturday Review
One takes away from The Blue
Bird memories of scenes full of mys-
terry and beauty. In the first scene
enters the Fairy Berylune into the
woodcutters cottage in search of the
grass that sings, which she can do
without at PINCH and the bird that Is
blue which she must absolutely have
because her little girl wants to be hap
py, In this scene the souls of the in
animate things dance blithely and the
journey of the two children begins In
quest of the blue bird"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
DR.. c. c. CREEGAN At Y.
Gave Pleasing Talk on The Balkan
War and The Foreign Missionary
Work.

DR.. @. C. Creegan of the Fargo coll
lege, was the speaker yesterday after
noon at the mems meeting of the Y.
M. G. "A. which was presided over by
r. Re Wolf of the Y. M c.. A., and
there was good attendance, many
strangers being present. There were
solos by Messrs. Davis and Veranson,
which were much enjoyed, and they
were followed by Or. Creegan who took
for his subject the Balkan war and
Missionary work. He gave in detail
the causes that led UP to the war and
he thought there would be more
trouble follow when the question OF
settlements came up for final dis
cussion He said that the mission !
aries were Handicapped in their work
In that section, and hoped the war
would bring about good results.
s. w. ID. Folger gave an interesting
account Of the meeting that he and
John Penhiter had held the following
Sunday at two or three OF the neigh
boring towns The meeting was fol-
lowed BY nice lunch that was served
in the room to the rear of the audi
torium, and those in attendance had q
good time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
is TO WINTER in EAST
George r. Nelson Leaves This After.
noon For Annapolis, Md. to Join
His Wife.

George r. Nelson, the well known
traveller, who sells shoes for an east
ern house and who is a member OF
Fargo council of the u. G. r., will
leave this afternoon of Annapolis, Md,
where he win join his wife and spend
the balance of the winter, returning
to the northwest early next spring to
take UP his route once more.
Mr.. Nelson's son, Harold j.. Nelson,
is a cadet at the naval academy OF
and the family has been living there
during this period. Harold has one
more year at the academy before he
will be recognized as a past nidship-
man. The friends of the elder Nelson
hope that he may have a pleasant trip
and a safe return.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
new singer
|. At The BIJOU
5IJoU ANNOUNCES A NEW At
TRACTION FOR THEIR POPULAR
PLAYHOUSE - EXTRE EMELY
GOOD BILL HAS BEEN SECURED
FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

For Monday and Tuesday the
pictures are excellent. The high ex-
plosives used in the u. S. Army are
shown, also the effect of the high
powdered projectiles used.
The Flower Girls Romance is a
beautiful picture taken in the midst
of the flower gardens of southern
California. A laughable comedy is
also on the bill. The Bijou orchestra
will play and the management an
nounces a new attraction, a singer
who is reported to have a beautiful
voice will be heard this week at the
Bijou --Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
WITH STONE PLANO co.

Manager Stanton of Stone Piano Co.
phoned Dakota Business college for a
real capable stenographer to take the
place Of a D. B. c. pupil who is re-
signing. Mable Lampman, who was
just completing her course, was sent
to the situation. The best firms are
employing these graduates-good ad-
vertising.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
ANNUAL MEETING
OF ASSOCIATION
BETTER FARMING OFFICERS AND
MEMBERS WILL HOLD A MEET
ING IN THIS CITY AT 10 O'CLOCK
TOMORROW MORNING AT THE
ROOMS AND ELECT OFFICERS.

| Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the
annual meeting of the North Dakota
Better Farming association will be
held and the annual election will take
place.
There will be the election of the
! president, two vice presidents, d
treasurer and two directors. All of
the present officers will be present.
The board of directors consist of
twenty-one members, all of whom with
the exception of A. r. Rogers and P. l..
Howe, reside in this state, the two
mentioned residing in the city of
Minneapolis.
At this meeting the work of the
association for the past year will be
gone over and thoroughly reviewed
and the work will be planned for
another year. 1t will likely be very
interesting session.
The work of the association Is at
tracing attention all over the country.
In The Sunday Pioneer-Press of St.
Paul, was an article of several columns
which was devoted to the work, and
1t was written by ]. A. Bye. In The
st. Paul Farmer is a similar article
with illustrations on the same topic
and it was written by d. A. Wallace.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
PYTHIANs MEET TONIGHT.
Election of Officers and ExempIifea.
ton of the Rank Of Pana

A circular from w. c. Green, chan
cellor commander of Fargo No. 2,
knights of Pythias, announces a very
important meeting of that lodge this
evening in the castle hall, A. o. u. w.
building at 1880 o'clock. There are
five applications to vote on and the
rank of page will be conferred on as
many as can be present. At this meet
ing, too, there will be the annual cleo
tion of officers for which nominations
were made at the last meeting.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
RESIDENCE PROPERTY

In order to close up the estate / will
sell at a sacrifice the unfinished Ed
wards house on Seventh street south
located on one of the finest lots in
the city, overlooking Island Park. Win
sell the property as it stands or the
house alone to be moved off the lots.
or the material in the house.
The price on this property as 1t
stands is one that would permit of Its
being finished and money made out Of
1t.
Let me talk with you about it. J. P.
Edwards. --Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
The christmaa snirit

Is evident in the window displays
and the interior decorations of Fargo's
retail stores. Much care, thought, and
art are used to make the stores reflect
the holiday spirit and please the eye
for the beautiful. A glance along
Broadway and other Fargo business
streets will reveal the fact that holi-
day spirit is very prevalent win
Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
BeautifuI Art NoveIties.

The largest and most exclusive line
of art novelties in the city at Rogers
art and book store, So Broadway.
Bring in your Christmas framing or
ders early to avoid the eleventh hour
ruSh,-AdVt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
croupy Coughs and Whszzy Colds.

CrouPy Coughs and Whezzy Colds.
The quickest simplest way to rid the
children of dangercu us croupy coughs
and whezzy stuffy colds is to give
them FOiey's Honey and Tar Com
pound. 1t gives almost instant relief
and stops cough promptly. 1t
scothes and heals. Contains no
cpiates. Economy Drug Co.; Fargo
Drug CO. --Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
Christmas Fiction az Rogers.

See our line Of Christmas fiction at
Rogers art and book store. SO Broad
books. the kind that will delight the
kiddiss. .Adyt
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
APPLES! APPLES!

Half carload of fine winter Missouri
apples S5c bushel, $3.50 barrel. De-
livered free to Fargo and Moorhead.
See them at S6 Front ST, phone 5S6.
--Adyt
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
Choice RESIDENCE LOT

For sale. Choice residence lot on
Eighth street south, 75x150 feet. In
orr T to close estate will sell cheap.
Apply ]. P. Edwards at Forum Of
fice-Advt
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09

Popular sheet music 15c. Hear
played at Stone Piano Co.--Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09

Your valuable papers are worth pro-
tecting. We sell fire-proof safes and
vault doors at wholesale prices to ad-
vertise our other lines of business. A
400 pound safe costs $50. Others at
equally low prices. Write to Hatcher
Bros, of Fargo, N. D., for catalogue
and prices. a. --Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09

The Great Northern Fuel s. Con-
crete Co. specialize in soft coal. Phone
1269.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
1T COSTS NO MORE

To attend Dakota Business college, be
seated at a roll top desk. taught by
experts and then sent to the very best
positions in the city than to go to
school elsewhere. The school is now
enrolling pupils for next term-a week
now is worth two later on-publicity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
We Buy Scrap Iron.

We Buy Scrap Iron.
Also sell second hand sheet roofing,
write for prices. Carload lots a spe-
cialty. Correspondence given prompt
attention. Fargo Iron & Metal Co.,
Fargo, N. D.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
A SAFE PROPOSITION

Call 1859 and let the G. N. Fuel &
Concrete Co. deliver your fuel.--Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-09
WHY NOT MAKE2

A small investment in land in Mime
sofa or North Dakota, that will soon
double in value. / have good lands
for from IS to SIG an acre, small pay
ments down, balance easy terms. For
particulars c. c. Schuyler.-Advt.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02

most of them have been found near the
shore. and it Is said that party OF
Engiishmeu are now planning to drain
the lake and nine the bed for the treas
ures. They are making a tunnel to let
off the water.
I heard OF similar treasure boards IN
his same region of South America.
There. Is one In Ecuador said to contain
the treasures of the Incas. and another
in Peru where it Is claimed that some
hing like S16O00.000 worth of gold was
JToWn at the time PizarrO broke faith
with Atahualpa and caused his death.
You may remember part OF the story.
PiZaTrO had conquered Peru and was
king away the silver by the shipload.
That metal was so common that the
Spaniards had their horses shOd with 1t.
It was at this time that PizarrO, the
Spanish general had captured the Inca
king Atahualpa. who was also a sort Of
4 prophet and high priest Of the people.
lie offered to ransom the latter If the
indians would fill the room III which the
king was imprisoned with gold
The room was II feet wide. 20 feet
long and nine feet high. The gold
was brought in in great quantities.
It comprised gold plates torn from the
Temple of the Sun of CuzcO, gold vases
wonderfully carved. immense gold
basins and hundreds Of drinking cups
and dishes of various kinds There
was so much Of it that it took the
indian goldsmith a whole month,
working day and night to cast it into
ingOts, and so much that it filled the
room. as Pizarro demanded After
Pizarro got the gold he treacherOusly-
killed the king. and it is said that the
indians then gathered together such
gold as they had left and buried it in
that unknown lake
There are said to be gold boards at
the. bottom of Lake TiticaCa. but that
can never be drained. There are
other gold boards in the nitrate fields
farther south. and indeed no one
knows just where the greatest treas
ures of the past lie. 1t is very prob
able that there is some on the Isthmus
Of Panama. and the excavation of old
Panama City. which is about to begin
when the new road there is completed,
will unearth some which were hidden
at the time that Morgan took and de-
stroyed the city. Morgan is said to
have taken away rs households OF
jewels. silver and gold, and he tor
tured the. people to make them confess
where the money was hidden
The Pearl Islands.
II treasures are found at old Pan
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02

anna it is not improbable that jewels
and pearls maybe found among them
The waters adjoining Panama and
other parts Of Central America have
long been noted for their maSnifi-
cent pearls Some Of those IN the
crown Of Spain came from here, and
in the cathedrals in Seville and Toledo
are strings and clusters Of pearls
which the early explorers took from
the indians. Columbus met natives
wearing ropes Of pearls while he was
in this part OF the world, and he took
one pearl Weighing 500 grains home
TO the queen. Cortez found black
pearls which came from the waters
of Lower California. while Ferdinand
De Soto is said to have robbed one OF
the indian queens of a great string OF
fine pearls
There are pearl fisheries Just outside
Panama bay and the diving is going
on now. ] find pearls for sale here in
PUnta Arenas and the walters at the
hotel tables will unite knots IN their
hankerchiefs and ask You to buy them
between bites. Some OF the pearls are
only seeds. but others are as big as
pea. In she stores YOU VIII see little
bottles of pearls which can be bought
by the lot for all sorts OF prices, but
as a rule the pearls are either very
small or not perfectly round was
told that one was taken out Few
years ago which weighed 90 caTats
and 1 have heard of another which
j. year old boy found IN an oyster ana
sold for $4,000 1t was taken TO Pan
anna and there sold to a banker and
in time IL reached Paris, where IL was
valued at $4,000 Not long ago some
pearls were found near our canal san
atOrium on IabOSa Island, and one
of them brought 5000
The most of the pearls. however,
come from the Pearl Isthmus. which
lie on the west side OF Panama bay,
about 30 miles from the islands on
which We are now building the fOrtifi-
cations WhiCl, command the western
end of the Panama. There are 16 of
these Islands. the most Of them small
They are populated chiefly by the
indians. who are engaged in pearl div
ing. The men use diving suits and
they bring up the pearl oysters in the
shell. After the shells are on board
the boats they are opened and the
oysters are searched over Tor pearls,
the shells being cleaned and sold to
make buttons, knife handles and other
such things in which mother of pearl
is employed I am told that the
shells found are worth about as much
as the pearls and that they are the
sure parts of the profit The divers
may work for days without finding a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02
INTERNATIONAL

pearl. but the shells always sell and
it is on that account that the business
is profitable In talking with one Of
the dealers here I asked him whether
1t was true that pearls could be made
by putting grain OF sand inside an
oyster so that it irritated its flesh and
made IT secreJe the solution which
cOmpOses the pearl He replied that
he had no faith IN the theory and that
he had found pearls Of considerable
size in very young oysters and that
there was no rule as to just where
they were. said he:
"A pearl is like an onion It is made
Of a series OF coats and you can grind
off the outside one to find those with
in intact As a rule the pearls now
found are small and not OF great
value, although there Is no telling
when fine ones may be discovered.
A Pearl as Big as an Egg.
am told that Pearl Islands have
been fished for pearls for almost 500
years, and that pearl fishing is carried
on all along this coast from southern
California to Mexico. The black
pearls Of the Gulf OF Lower California.
have been exported since the days Of
CorteZ, and more than 1900 ounces
That was in 1715 About two years
ago a diver found a pearl as Ions as
partridge egg, and 1t was sent 10
Paris, where it sold for $1,000. That
pearl was OF uSuL steer Co-uI- U4@
greenish black at the base
On the other side Of the isthmus
pearls have been found off the coast
of South America It said that Ven
ezuela is producing something like
$500. 900 worth every year 1t is that
region which is called the Gulf OF
Pearls" and it was from there on the
Island of Margerita that a pearl Of
ESQ carats was taken in 1879. That
pearl was worth perhaps $4,000. 1t
became the property of the king OF
Spain Another gem which adOrns the
Spanish crown came from the waters
of Mexico. 1t weighs 400 grains.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02
Copyright, 1912, by Fra nix c. carpenter.)

pin, made of solid rold, and there we're
smaller golden statues of st. Joseph, st.
Peter and others. There was a great
quantity of silver plate, and, in all,
vast treasure.
After burying this, the vessel started
back to Peru, but on its way it met one
of the revolutionary menofwar and was
bOmbarded. As a result every Peruvian
on board was killed, and only two men,
an Englishman and an American, were
saved. The American afterward disap-
peared. His name was Thompson. This
left the Englishman, a resident of New
fOundland named Heating, as the sole
owner Of the secret. Heating went home
and a short time later started out two
expeditions to get the treasure. In one
of these his vessel was wrecked and in
the other he and his crew were arrested
at Panama and sent back home. He left
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02

NUNTA ARENAS. Costa Rica, Nov.
~ A2.-COsta Rica has one Of the fab
\ led treasure islands of the world.
This Is Cocos, which lies southwest of
here in latitude degrees 30 minutes
and longitude 81 degrees 2 minutes. 1t
is claimed that on the island is buried
cold to the amount of millions Of dol
lars. One of the treasures was carried
there in 1920 at the time of the revolu-
ton in Peru when the people of Lima
and CallaO chartered the little vessel
living at the wharves and escaped to
Cocos with their plate, bullion and other
valuables. They were chased by a Pc
ruvian manofwar, but oUtran it in the
darkness. They landed II boatloads of
treasure at COcOs amounting IN value,
It is said, all the way from S50,000,000
to S1OO.OOO,000. Among the objects
was a life sized statue OF the holy Vir-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02

his charts, however. to his descendants,
and some years ago they were still in
the hands of one OF them, a Mrs. Young.
who was then living in Boston.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02
FRANK G. CARPENTERS LETTER
FRANK G. CARPENTERS LETTER
COSTA RIGA HAS one OF THE
FAILED TREASURE ISLANDS
ANCIENT GRAVE MOUNDS OF CENTRAL AMER.
ICA BEING DUG OVER FOR GOLDEN GODS.

Quantities of Golden Idols Now Found in Costa RIGA and
Panama-The Hoards of the Buccaneers and Gold
en- Madonna of Cocos-Lakes in Which Gold Is
Is BWied-The Treasures of the Incas-The
Pearls of the Western Pacific Some
Remarkable Finds-Black Pearls
of the Gulf of California.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02
Gold Buried in Lakes.

Some of the lakes of the Central Amer
lean highlands are said to contain treas
ures put there by the indians at the
line they were prosecuted by the Span
iards. There is one on the top of a
mountain in Colombia, not far from
Panama. out of which images like those
L have described have been taken. The