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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07

Thomas Cooper secretary and direc-
ing association returned home last
night from Valley City, where he at
tended the closing exercises of the
joint short agricultural course which
was given under the auspices OF the
Barnes county schools and the Better
Farming association with Miss Nelson,
county superintendent representing
the one feature and Edwin Maryland
representing the better farming idea
The meetings were very interesting
and they were largely attended. Dur
ing the afternoon Mr.. Cooper made an
address on farming as a business, and
he was listened to with attention.
Interest intense.
The interest during the session of
the short course was intense" said
Mr.. Cooper this morning. There was
a splendid attendance and believe
that a great deal of good was done.
/ had the pleasure in being asked by
the committee having the matter in
charge to make the presentation of
the prizes in the yield contests for
Barnes county. The prizes which
amounted to 500 in cash were donated
by the Rogers Lumber Co. of Valley
City and the names OF the winners
were cheered as they were each pre-
sented.
Forty Attended School.
During the session good deal of
time was devoted to course for the
farmers boys and you may have some
idea Of the interest that was manifest
when / tell you that there were be-
tween forty and fifty boys in attend
ance. Each one of them showed un-
usual intelligence on the subjects dis
cussed, asking questions that display
ed a good deal of study. These boys
ranged in age from IL to IL years
and the work that was taken UP was
the study of live stock raising in its
various phases, as well as the growing
of corn. / think this was the first
short course attempted in the state
outside of the A. c., and 1 am glad to
say that it was very successful, for
there was splendid interest"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07
BUCKEYE BANQUET
LARGE AFFAIR
SECOND ANNUAL BANQUET or
OHIO SOCIETY AT THE GARD
NER HOTEL MONDAY NIGHT
WILL BE BIG EVENT-LARGE
ATTENDANCE EXPECTED.

The second annual banquet of the
Ohio society at the Gardner hotel at
$3.50 o'clock Monday evening win be
one of the largest and most successful
affairs of its kind held in the city
this year, according to the prepara-
tons that are being made by the COM
mittee in charge and the attendance
that is expected.
Buckeyes residing In Fargo. Moor
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07
Fit His case EXACTLY,

When father was sick about six
years ago he read an advertisement of
Tablets in the papers
that fit his case exactly" writes Miss
Margaret Campbell OF Ft. Smith, Ark.
He purchased a box of them and he
has not been sick since. NY sister
had stomach trouble and was also
benefited by themn For sale by all
dealers. --Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07
EVEN IN GRAND FORKS

They are beginning to employ Dakota
Business college graduates. one OF the
biggest banks there having recently
hired u. r. c. boy, All business
men are after tho bcSt---and the real
aggressive fellows know the -. Is. g.
course ts absolutely right and that
its graduates "cAn deliver the goods"
s~-thiR In advertising.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07

ed in any affair of the heart He
made his home with bis parents on
Third avenue north. The distracted
mother OF the boy is overcome by
his action.
Undertakers Gard & Son were call
ed to prepare the body for burial. The
coroner will arrive in the city today to
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07
YOUNG Man TOOK
HIS own LIFE
FARGO LAD ENDED HIS LIFE
YESTERDAY EVENlNe-FuNER.
Al WILL BE HELD FROM THE
RESIDENCE ToMoRRoW-suI.
eide A MYSTERY.

SHOOTING himself through the heart,
James White aged 10 years, took his
own life last night about O'Clock. His
body was found IN the rear of the
market where ne was employed as the
driver of the delivery wagon. He
was quite well known in the city.
No reason is known for the suicide
of the young RAN, as he is not thought
to have been short in his accounts nor
was he believed to have been entangl-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07
A SAFE PROPOSITION.

Your valuable papers are worth pro-
teetinE. We sell fre-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, --AdVt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07

investigate into the cause of the lads
unhappy ending. The many friends
of the family are doing all they can
to comfort the mother.
When the body was found about
z o'clock, IL was still warm. and 1t is
believed the tragedy took place only a
few moments before.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-07
BARNES COUNTY
CONTEST WINNERS
SECRETARY COOPER RETURNED
FROM VALLEY CITY WHERE HE
AWARDED PRIZES TO BOYS
SPLENDID INTEREST SHOWN
BY THE YOUNGSTERS.
WINNERS FOR
+. BARNES COUNTY.

Secretary Cooper of the Better
Farming association yesterday
afternoon awarded the prizes in
the boys yield contest for Barnes
county at the Valley City short
course meeting.
Arthur Hanson, OF Valley City
received the first of the Rogers
Lumber Co. prizes, $25 and he re-
ceived seventh in the state prize,
which was $40.
Harold Mortenson received the
second in the Rogers contest, get
ting SIS.
Ivor Tolstad took the third in
the Rogers prizes which was SO.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

ing this excess money 10 the school
districts throughout the State. are al
ready bearing moro than their proper
tion of the school expenses, by reason
Of the fact that large numbers OF
pupils throughout the state flock 10
the cities to enjoy the Cat least sup
poscd) greater advantages in choice
of schools, selections of school books,
and in election of studies. than they
have in their rcmotcr district schools.
1t might he supposed that one propo'
siiion would offset the other; but In
Utah the cities stand both; they cdu-
cate free those pupils from nIi over
the State which establish residences III
the city. and they also pay the excess
school tax for distribution in the NJ
rious districts throughout the State.
The principle, Of course, would be
precisely the same if The country dis
tricis contributed excess money to tho
support Of the city schools But, in
the only instance in which this Was
suggested in Utah, there was 4 prompt
uprising against ii, and tho PROPOSE
tion failed. II IS only one side OF the
idea that works, aud that certainly
works TO n charm
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

to the amount of reduction that is to
be made
With regard TO the cotton schedule,
there can be no reasonable contention
in favor of the present tariff
eXactions; they are abominable in
many respects. The duties were gross
" raised OH a number of the cotton
items. and the protection on cotton
has simply resulted in establishing the
most crushing monopolics in this coun"
try; ana the enhancement of the price
of cotton goods has practically de-
prlved us Of our foreign trade IN these
goods. This trade has fallen off one
half within the year, and is falling of
all the time. Cotton goods arc now
higher in price in this country than
almost anywhere else; and so our cot
ton goods are not III demand by the
world. 1t would he quite comprehen-
sible if Chairman Underwood had
put the revision of the cotton schedule
first: and, ii The country had un-
derstood that he was going to put tbc
wool schedules after any other
schedule, tue common voice Of the pub
lie would doubtless have been that the
cotton schedule revision was the one to
be put ahead of it,
The iron and steel schedules can, 10
he sure, be easily revised by practi-
callv destroying the protective prip-
ciplc Involved IN them; because, as MI.
Carnegie SAYS. aud as the practical
fact appears to be, iron and steel need
10 protection in this country; for we
have the greatest steel plauts IN the
world. and arc able to sell steel aud TO
take and fulfill steel contracts any
where on the globe in the face of all
the competition that can he brought
against us, Aud as no protection Is
needed in steel, all that is necessary
to he done in the contemplated re-
vision, is TO withdraw it discrimiuat.
| ingly, leaving il on III any dctal!
where 1t may yet do good service.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04
THE TARIFF PROGRAMME.

1t is little surprising, Us well as
confusing. to sec that the Democratic
leader in the House OF Representatives,
Mr. Underwood, has made what seems
like a complete change Of programme
so far as procedure in the amend
It has been announced right along,
anI has been accepted as fact. that
the first matter TO he taken up would
be the wool schedule. theu the cot
ton schedule, aud, after that, the
schedule GU iron and steel But Mr..
Underwood, chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee, announces now that
he will first take up the steel schedule,
and, after that, the schedules on wool
and OH cotton.
1t is probably true that Representa-
tive Underwood is putting the steel
schedule first because of his wrangle
with Mr., Bryan. Bryan. If will be re.
mcmbere1, charged Mr.. Underwood
with being interested III the iron com
pauies of Birmingham. Alaba ma, and
Brvau tbcrcupou pronounced Mr.. In
derwood to be an uulit mau for the
cbairmansbip OF the Ways and Means
Committee, which would have to deaf
with the tariff on the metals; Bryan
assuming that Underwood must ncccs.
sarilv be biased in his Official action
by his private investments i'll the iron
business Underwood Indignantly re-
pudiated this assumption; but still
apparently he smarls under it, and
is determined TO bring forward the
iron and steel schedules first of all.
The reason, therefore, for bringing
forward the steel schedule first is per.
soual 10 himself.
With regard TO tue wool schedule, II
appears that the Democrats are some
what divided. Democrats represent.
Jug wooI-producipg districts arc not in
as much hurry us they thought they
were TO reduce the tariff OH wool.
aul neither are they quite ns har-
monious as they were on the point as
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04
MUTUAL HELP FOR SCHOOLS.

The question of the mutual nciplul-
ness between country and city IN our
schools is one that is continually
cropping up. Iu Utah We have set
tied system that the cities, and cspe.
ciaIy Salt Lake City. must help the
district schools throughout the State;
this by way Of State school taxation
and the apportioumeut of money dc"
rived therefrom. The practical work
Jugs OF the system are that. whereas
Salt Lake City has much larger pro"
portion OF taxable wealth III proper
tiou TO its school population than the
districts throughout the State have,
it pays by the ratio of that excess
school tax money into the treasures
OF the various school districts.
Some years ago there was
proposition in Uiutab county TO levy
A school tax throughout the county
which would have replenisbed the
school district treasury OF Verual, the
county scat. There was an instap-
taueous revolt against this. and 1t
did not 20 through. The payment from
the cities TO the country districts is
ou 4 settled basis, aud is universally
made under the law, but the reverse
idea. 20 pay from the country TO tue
city, is frowDcd upon and repudIated.
And vet, this latter is a burning
issue at the present time IN Idaho. We
find in the Boise Capital News a com
ment on the claim made by tho county
commissioners of Ada county, that the
country districts have been compelled
i'll 1910 to contribute some thousands
Of dollars 10 support the schools OF
Boise City. This is held TO be wrong.
But on the CONTRARY the payment by
cities for country schools, is not held
to he wrong so far as we observe.
either in Idaho or III Utah.
There is a certain force IN the con.
tcntiou that the capital city, as Salt
Lake, for instance, should pay excess
money over its school population for
the support Of schools throughout the
State, the argument being that mas
much as Salt Lake City is the great
commercial emporium of the State
and gets tho advantage as such Of the
! State's trade. the mutnal correlation
would make it fair to have an adjust
ment Of this sort by the excess pay
ments by the city for school purposes
| But, if this argument is worth very
much, it would be just as logical td
apply il to other local taxation
throughout the State as 10 the schools
| However, the present school policy on
this is an unresistcd policy which
has prevailed here almost from the
beginning.
On the other hand il may fairly be
argued that the cities, without pay
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

that they will be willing to accept
Roosevelt rather than Taft. In the
meantime, however, the attitude of Col.
Roosevelt himself is the puzzle of the
situation. He has declined in such
terms that his supporters are encour.
aged in the belief that he viii accept
if the nomination is given TO him; aud
on that line they are working; the Wig
orous opposition of Roosevelt to Taft,
his ambiguous decliDations. all encour.
age his supporters to work for him.
They evidently take seriously as a
working proposition for themselves the
underlying IDEAS Of the following sar-
castle reference to the Roosevelt posi-
tiou in the New York Evening Post:
II there were any doubt that the Colo
ncl is back in political life. 1t would
be dispelled hv one little incident in this
mornings news In retort upon the un~
kind words of Chairman Barnes, the
Colouers friends are letting it be under
stood that a private letter by Barnes
which they have seen would tell diff"
fcrent story. This takes us back with
{ jump TO the stirring DAYS when per-
sonal letters were shown about the
White House or given to the press; when
"conspiracies" were discovered faster
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

evolve a common speech from their
own agglutlnatlvc foundations,
The adoption OF the English
language by the new republic of China
would be at once severance from the
old traditions. ami an advance into
the limclight Of modcrnity that would
give assurance OF earncstuess, and
would at The same time. evoke an ap"
plausc and support quite impossible
without such advanced step. The Eng
lish language for the new reublic OF
China would fit like glove; its adop-
tion would mean progress from the
first stem
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04
is IN THE FIGHT TO STAY.

President Taft spnuklly says III re-.
ypopsc 10 the suggestion that both he
and La Toilette withdraw AMI let
Roosevelt have clear field. that he
will do nothing Of the kind. He says
that nothing but death VIII keep him
out of the Presidential race this year.
In this President Taft is fulfilling
Justly consider him The proper. the
logical, Republican candidate, He is
a man of weight, Of determination. and
Of settled IDEAS. He has already an
uounccd his candidacy and his cam
paign, be likes the Presidency. and
would he glad to stay in il for an
other term, The common usage has
been that where President does we'll,
he Is considered to be entitled 10 the
denomination Of his party aud 10 re.
election lie has fully earned the honor.
Under every consideration. therefore. of
party usage and of public propricty,
President Taft is his party S rightful
candidate
Besides, nc has earned this preference
through his energetic action in bring
ing the country back to the basis OF
law. Under President Roosevelt. the
public opinion seemed 10 be shifting
away from tho basis of the law aud TO
be prepared TO accept the djcta of
Roosevelt. Pinchot, and that gang. not
only against the interests Of the poo
pic. but in contempt of positive statu-
tory enactment 1t really seemed at
one time as though the people of this
country were willing to bow down to
Roosevelt as a dictator, and accept him
as such. 1t has been the great duty
and service OF President Taft to state
clearly and positively from the first
that the law must be supreme, and that
all are bound by il.
The country had progressed so far
in the other direction toward the idea
that the law was a negligible quantity,
and could be either ignored or over
borne, that the action Of President Taft
in constantly insisting upon the SUI
premacy Of the law and uniformly and
form TO the law and obey it, has been
wholesome lesson which was much
needed in the United States. much as
Que regrets to state the fact. Nomi-
nally and (sboull be) really, this is a
nation of law, where nothing but the
law is absolutely supreme. We had
under Roosevelt. however, an admin
istration in which the executive will
was practically supreme, and cxecu
tive orders were made to supply Law
and TO ovcrturn Law. The service oi
President Taft in combating that
theory, which is alike vicious in the
governmental functions of 4 Republic
aud oppressive upou the interests of
the citizens. and insisting at all times
upon the reign Of law. has been the
supreme service that he has rendered to
| thp American ucop1c
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04
ENGLISH SPEECH FOR CHINA.

. Ii is stated that the rctormcrs in
China who arc undertaking 10 cstab-
lish Il Republic in that ancient empire.
aud who III fact claim that they have
established il. are about 10 aid their
country by the adoption OF the
English language as tho common
speech Of the people and The official
language Of tho new government
They could not possibly do anything
more advantageous 10 themselves, The
various dialects of China arc con
fusion impossible TO straighteu out,
The mha abitants of one province iinl
foreigners 10 all intcuts and purposes.
and they arc quite unable to under
stand each others speech There IS,
besides, the high-class language, COM
prehcusiblc only to officials and to stu.
dents, and as unntcljgible 10 the
mass Of The Chinese as is tho English
language itself Besides, all uf the
languages of China. from the official
upper class 20 the various village dla'
lects. arc obsurdlv cumbersome. mac
curate. and unfit for modern use,
1t would be far easier for the Chi
nese as whole to adopt the Eng
Hsh language than for them to
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04
DEATH OF ADMIRAL EVANS.

The death of Admiral Robley Dung
lison Evans will strike the people
of Utah with peculiar force and
grief For, Admiral Evans was ap-
pointed TO the L. ). Naval Academy
from Utah by former Delegate Cap
tain William II. Hooper, graduating
from the academy in 1868. He there
fore saw service in the War of the
Rebellion, and was a very dis
tinguiShed officer of the navy for many
years until his retirement on August
Is, 1905. He was badly wounded on
January 10, 1860, in the land attack
upon Fort Fisher on the coast OF North
Carolina. receiving four severe rifle
shot wounds. lie received his popular
name of Fighting Bob in conuec-
tiou With his actions in the harbor of
Valparaiso. Chill, in 1891, during a
period of strained relations between
Chill and the United States. The
-Cbilisps pDdcrtook 10 bmfr g Fighting
Bob. and cot as Good As they seui,
In the Wiz with Spain. Admiral Evans
commanded the Iowa in The blockadlnC
fleet of Santiago, and he. with his
ship, took an active part IN the de-
struction of Cervcra S fleet on July
3. 1898. He was Commander.in- Chief
of the L. S. batt]cship fleet, number
ing sixteen irsi-class fighting ships, IN
the celebrated tour of that fleet
around the world. His retiring age
came when the fleet arrived at San
Francisco. aud he bade farewell to 1T
apd 10 the active service at that
time.
1T will be remembered by salt Lakers
that the high school cadets went
from here to take part IN the welcome
Of the fleet and in the ceremonies III
connection with the celebration on Ad-
miral Evans arrival IN San Francisco
Bay and on his retirement. The San
Frauciscaus All that time were selfish
" about TO rule out the high school
cadets, when Admiral Evans, being
apprised OF the situation, notified the
committee that if the Salt Lake high
school cadets were not allowed to be
his personal escort on that occasion, he
would decline to take part in the cere-
monies That brought the San Fran
ciscaus TO time, and the cadets from
this city received their due place IN
the procession ana ceremonies.
On retiring from active service, Ad-
miral Evans passed eastward through
this city and was rendered reception
at the Commercial Club. which was at
tended by hundreds of Salt Lake Peo-
pie. Since his retirement upwards OF
three years ago, the Admiral has been
IN active business, and has passed
from shore TO shore repeatedly, having
a home in Los Angeles and another in
Washington He was a great officer, al
WAYS stcadfast in upholdlng the dignity
and prestige of his country and of the
American navy; and he was patriotic
10 the marrow Of his bones, His death
will be regretted everywhere in Amerl-
ca. but. as above stated, nowhere quite
so fcrventlv as in Utah, from whence
he went into the naval service. whlcn
he so signally honored, and when
showerel its houors so dcscrvcdly upon
Ia,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

What will the political bosses IN
California have TO say to the reported
women : resolve TO take charge of
not enough Offices now to 90 aroun1 ,
II the women have so resolved. It IS no
idle threat, for they outuumber the
men by nearly buudred thousand on
the registration lists.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

, 4 decrease Of 100000 iii the num-
her of sheep we have is reported
by the L. 5. Department OF Agricul-
'turc during 1911 But tue trouble is
that the department 5 ideas of the
number of sheep in the United States
have always been too high, The de.
creased figures in fact represent
chiefly the department S efforts TO ''re-
.durc lis surplus and get down 10
facts
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

The Russians are now III contro! at
Tabriz, and there are no news dis.
patches which tell about massacrcs, but
on the contrary, all is peace and order.
IL will he recalled that when all the
Poles had been massacred who could he
found in the capital the Russian geu.
eral sent the word, ''Order reieus III
Warsaw.' In like manner order now
reigns in Tabrz, after carnival Of
slaughter.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

Proof Of the Asiatic origin OF The
Aztecs is announced. But that is nos
new. Ii was made practically sure
many wears ago; the great puzzle Is
how there came TO be such diversity
of language among the Aztecs aud
other Indians of this country. Did the
Asiatic immigration dispIace older peo'
pies. but accept their different
languages as happened repeatedly 10
Europe, Or, if not, how did IL bapprnt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

, DR.. Charles W. Eliot started OH his
trip around the world at - years OF
age, He was stopped in Ceylon by an
attack Of appendicitis and submitted
TO au operation. IN due time he cablcd
~ his friends in Boston the single
woSd, Convalcsccnt.' He is now
upon his worldcirclipg tour again, in
health and active work. Thus does
"a well-speut, temperate life prepare Il
lna1 for a hale old age
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04
Florence aud Bossard are very hard

Florence aud Bossard are very hard
hearted in refusing TO repent OF their
.trapsGression in getting pictures Of the
inner parts OF the Mormon temple IN
this city. If they but knew the tre-
mendeus satisfaction which the an
nouucemeut of their repentance woulJ
create ia certain quarters. IT would
seem that they would at least pretend
TO repent whether they IN fact repent
Mt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-04
COL. RoOSEVELT'S POSITION.

The attitude Of the supporters of
Col. Roosevelt, and Of the Colonel him.
self. with respect to his candidacy for
President next year, is the anxious
concern of the Progressive Republicans;
and also Just now. of all Republicans.
The La Toilette men. of course. arc
not ANXIOUS for Roosevelt, being com
mittcd to La Toilette: but il is likely