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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-29


Be 1t Ordained by the City Council
of the City of Fargo:
Section 1. That Section 81 of Title 2
of Chapter Q, of the Revised Ordin-
ances of the City of Fargo, be and the
same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 81. Police Magistrate, Bond,
Salary. The Police Magistrate shall
give a bond in the sum of $1,000 90, and
Shall receive a salary of $1,S00.00, per
annum, payable monthly.
Section 8. All ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with this or
dinance are hereby appealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its passage, approval and publication.
First reading, June 10, 1912.
Second reading and hnal passage,
June 10, 1919.
Publication, June 90, 1912.
Approved. WIN. d. SWEET,
Attest: Mayor.
A. r. WATKINS City Auditor.
(June 29.O
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-29

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-29
no. 2sI.
No. 3sI'
AN ORDINANCE

Amending Section 81, OF Title Q of
Chapter 2, of the Revised Ordinances
of the City of Fargo, Relating to
Bond and Salary of Police Magis-
trate.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-29
Notice 90 Contractors.

q Sealed bids will be received at IN
office of the First State Bank OF Fer
tile, MINI. up to fou o'clock P. NJ. oe
Friday, July 9Th. 1919 for the erec-
ton OF a bank building according to
plans and under the supervision of
Hancock Bros. Architects of Fargo,
N. d.
Plans and, specifications can be seen
at the Bank, and at the Builders Ex-
change at Fargo and Grand Forks, and
at the office OF the Architects.
A certified check for $4,000 made
payable to the Bank must
each bid on the building. and for
$4,000 on the plumbing, heating and
wiring.
The right to repect any or all bids
is reserved.
FIRST STATE BANK,
Fertile. MINI.
dune "a, rs, 90. ~, a. 80, July /, 2. as
Notice.
TO whom 1t may concern, the Red
River Mercantile Company have dis
posed Of their stock OF merchandise
and are not and will not be liable for
any debts contracted on or after tha
10th day OF May, 1912.
Signed Red River Mercantile Co.
Saturday. June 16-22-29.1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

courses in metallurgy and the physics
of metals.
The degree Of master Of architecture
and master Of landscape architecture
are classed under the engineering de-
partment in some universities. Inc
modern architect must deal with many
problems unknown to his predecessors
One Of the latest Of these has to DO
with the problems of air In the con-
structiOn Of a. building attention IS
now given to the amount Of air pres
sure, the velocity Of the wind and Otner
matters affecting the erection Of sky
scraping office guiding
Columbia university, Of New York,
combines a course in municipal and
sanitary engineering under It's civil
engineering department Vhis course
which has no connection with medt-
cine. includes the study Of drainage
systems, the proper appliances for ven
tlattOn and plumbing in buildings Of
all classes. the location OF factories
with respect to the health Of the com
munities the publication Of water sup
plies, the destruction Of mosquitoes
and kindred topic Sanitary engineer
ing has been developed to its high
est perfection on the Panama canal
zone, under the direction Of the Unit
cd states army Formerly, this was
one Of the pest spots Of the earth Now
It's health record is higher than that
of most American cities and the dread
diseases believed to have been unaVOid-
able In that climate are completely
bantshed This was accomplished by a
thorough system Of sanitary engineer
ing. which drained sWamps, purified
water and in q scientific manner ar
ranged for the destruction Of all waste
products. the decomposition OF which
might affect the public health.
Military EuEineerfnE.
Military engineering has come TO
include almost every branch Of the
profession in a more or less modified
form The principles of sanitary en-
cheering, applied 10 army camps,
lessen the diseases which at some pc
RODS have been more deadly than the
guns OF the enemy The construction
and equipment of the great ships call
Tor several kinds OF engineering. The
naval architect builds the vessels, add
ing 10 his knowledge OF the materials
and construction much further study
water upon them
with all the machinery needed for
speed and safety. In the great float
ing palaces now on the oceans the san
itary engineer is called in to provide
the best systems Of ventilation and
plumbing Each staterOOm must. De
supplied with the requisite amount OF
pure air heated or chilled TO the prop
er temperature. The plumbing system
of large shin is also important. as Il
involves several problems not encOun-
tered in the plumbing systems OF
buildings.
Tomorrow Professions in Bust
ness Administration.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
The Herald's Daily
ShortStOry

power"
Then we talked about the boy and
Z his prospects
7 hope to. meet you next year"
said when 1 left Il shall call on yOL
IN your new home, Ziegler."
If the lighthouse does not topplC
over this winter" he replied.
The lighthouse did not tOpple Ovel
Jnat winter but ZieSler was not trans
ferred to North Foreland light. Two
years passed before returned. But one
day In spring 1 once more visited the
island, and my first walk took me
through the little cemetery A new
tablet in the wall caught my eye.
read the Inscription 1t said that Zies-
Ter had died the year before on Christ
mas night OF his death the inscription
gave no Information.
I walked slowly toward the little
fishing village and invOluntarily
turned my steps toward the signal
house on the cliff. I was so filled with
thoughts OF Ziegler that I was not at
al surprised 10 find his wife there,
staring toward the lighthouse as OF old.
had heard nothing about II"
said as / shook her hand.
Hadn't YOU" she replied and again
stared toward the lighthouse. Only
one boat was in sight, a small cutter,
coming shOreward.
7 suppose. it happened during a
Storm l asked
u
but IL was very dark and fOggy."
Then she told me how her husband
disappeared.
On Christmas Eve the light was to
have been lit at 4 o'clock. but the min
Utes passed and at half past the Bish-
ops Rock was still dark On the island
people realized that something had
happened and the cutter was made
clear OF the three men in the light
house only two were found. They said
that Liegler had taken the day watch,
while the other slept He was to call
them a little before 4, but when they
woke up it was dark and Ziegler was
not about.
When they lit the light they saw that
he had made an entry in the journal II
$40 that a schooner was in sight They
looked eyerywhere, finally descending
the spiral stairway The lower door
was open. From this a narrow iron
ladder led down TO the little landing.
There was only one explanation.
ZieEler must have gone out on the iron
ladder then stumbled and fallen into
the sea
This was what Frau Ziegler told me,
and / wondered why she should want
to go on living here, within sight Of the
Bishops Rock.
She shaded her eyes with her hand
and stared across the sea.
There is the cutter from the light
house" she said Come down to the
harbOr with me and shake hands with
Leopold He is third man on the Bish-
Oh now.
You are surprised" she went on. as
she looked at me DO you remember
that the last enry that Frederick
made was a bout a schooner? That
schooner went ashore on the rocks at
half past 3 that Christmas Eve. One
man lost his life, the rest were saved.
That man was drowned because my
had not lit the lights in time,
and that is why I gave nv son in
stead II the Bishops light goes down
this coming winter it is only life for
life"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

quantities. Tt is as natural for & Texan
to be Democrat as it is for Japanese
to be slant-eyed. Republicans are 81
scarce in the state that it is Sometimes
necessary to appoint Democratic Dost-
masters. The state is governed bv a leo
islature of great firmness and industrS
whose greatest diversion is REGULATING
corporations and railroads 1t has rec7Is
lated the latter so carefully that If nv
takes three corporation cOunsels to ruD
a freight train across the state witbo,7+
mourning S1,0O0.OOO in fines. The society
for the prevention of cruelty to railroad
presidents IS growing rapidly throughout
the state.
The metropolis Of Texas is San An
tonic, the most interesting foreigD civ
in the United States. Tt IS being nnsbs5
hard by Dallas and Houston, little cities
with deep bass voices, and bv Galveston
which was swept away by a tidal wave
ten years ago, but which has come back
and now dares the gulf to do it again.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
Byron and the Greeks
By REV, THOMAS B. GREGORY.

IT WAS 81 years ago April - 1924
that lord Byron died at AIisIonghi
Greece. whittier he had gone to as
sist the Greeks in their struggle for
freedom
1t has been repeatedly claimed By
ron did not live right. and possibly the
claims may have been true. but the
bitterest OF his critics were never able
to deny that he did right
The great poet describing in one Of
his poems an Oriental sunset, wrote
these lines.
Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be
run.
Along Niorea's hills the setting sun:
Not as in Northern climes. obscureIy
bright.
But one uncIouded blaze Of living
light
Had Byron, with. seer's. eve, been an
ucipaung his LIES setting. he could
not have described il more truly. It
was a glorious death, that death OF
BYRON at MisSOlOnghi. and along the
horizon Of the worlds memory it viii
always remain -One unclOuded blaze OF
living light"
Byron was an aristOcrat OF the aris-
Gratis, but he was at the same time a
sterling democrat. His wonderfully
Keen and penetrating intelligence en-
abled him to look quite through the
sophistries OF the world and to see
that most OF the distinctions separate
people from each other in this
world are not worth the breath that
II takes to pronounce them.
he realized that humanity was big
ser tnan any clique, and that its large,
common rights overtopped all the con-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
TEMPTED.

Just to see the dawning OF another
country day.
Just to see the CLINT again on meadow
grass and clover,
Just to see the morning sun kiss all the
dew away
And spread in golden patches al the
smiling country over,
Just 10 tread the bank again where
rOguish waters pass,
Just TO hear their music Ike q
friendly fiddle playing;
Just to be the target for a kill-deer'a
noisy sass
That nests among the branches OF
the leafy sumach swaying;
Just to stretch my length again beside
the fishing hole,
Somewhere in the silence where the
stream has ceased its pra ttlfng.
Just TO feel the thrill again along an
alder pole
And meet the test OF patience in the
simple knack OF waiting;
Just to 90 and be a part OF what I used
to know.
Just to tune my heart again with sum
mer's drowsy humming-
This alone would tempt ne to forget
my task and 90
When vagrant breeZes whisper
through my open window: Com
fng2"
Buffalo News.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
a.: y: YEA: =: -; 4s :: To- D.,
This Date 1893 uoy

Diamond Dick is in town as a wit
The esstboUnd Sunset limited brought
IN % passengers today.
Mrs G. H. Mitchell left on the Sun
set Limited today for New York
President VIM. Mckinley today called
TOT 4z5-OOO volunteers for the army.
Senator ". ". Turney went to Eagle
Fass this afternoon to be gone a week
General passenger agent Turner OF
the Texas & Pacific is in town today
en- route TO Dallas
Inc EpwOrth league Of Trinity Meth
OGlSt church gave a musical social last
night at the church
one carload Of Mexican troops arrived
IN Juarez last night from Chihuahua
10 aid In guarding the border.
me CorralitOs company received 1859
mead OF cattle yesterday and 1886 head
To-Day all canning from the south.
zen II. A. Shafter arrived in FL Paso
on this afternoons Southern Pacific
train and leaves for New Orleans to-
Capt J. r Hughes OF the state
rangers was ordered to send his COM
pany or y men to Valentine today. He
4OIlOWed them late this evening
Inc firing Of revOlvers in town after
Midnight has become a nuisance and
complaint has been made TO the police
WIN the request that they stop this
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
The Lighthouse Keeper
By Hans FOIkrud

II VERY third month a broad Shout
/ dered, squarely built man prom
enaded along the quays Of the
little fishing village on the island OF
I Pelworm- He was dressed in a black
! Prince Albert coat. white vest and
stovepipe hat wnen he walked along
| the quays. but when he disappeared he
took up his vocation attending the light
house on Bishops Rock
Why he had entered this branch Of
I the government service, have never
been able to find out Now, at the age
Of 40, he was filled with a horror OF the
sea and the prince Albert coat, which
he wore during his week off, ne put on
as protest against his work. Nothing
gave him more pleasure than 10 be
taken for a drummer.
The sea is as smooth as a polished
floor he said TO me one day, when We
were sitting together on the shore
looking westward 10 where the light
house was dimly visible against the sky.
But the sea is treacherOus"
Around Bishops Rock there are IN
dertOws, currents and eddies which no
body knows Fortunately ] have only
one more winter TO spend there, though
1t would be Just like my luck If the
old tower should blow down this winter
in a storm from Northwest"
He voiced the general opinion Of the
islanders. The former light house had
been swept away by the waves and.
though the new one had now been
standing for several years, everyone
knew that a fOghOrn situated so feet
above the rock had been carried away
night.
. asked the lighthouse keeper, ZiegIer
by name, If the had been in the light
house when that happened.
No, II was during one Of nv weeks
4. Z 01-- "a
night when a wave broke through the
three inch thick glass Of the lighthouse
and put out the light 1t was an awful
winters night. 1 was sitting in the
upper story reading a book. when all
at once there was a crash as If a thOus-
and guns were being fired near nv ear
and 1 found myself lying on the floor,
soaking wet and cut by flying glass.
The storm was beating the salty spray
into my face and the lhgt was out. II
was pitchdark, and from the sea
drought / heard the groans and shouts
Of the ghosts OF drowning men"
Ziegler trembled and stood up
Thank the Lord 1 have only one
more winter to spend out there" he
said.
And theu?"I queried.
Then I am to be transferred to the
North E'oreland lighthouse and will be
able to live ashore with my wife ana
boy By the way, I wanted to speak to
You about Leopold He viii soon finish
school, and what are We to do with
him then? Come along home with me
and have a chat with my wife and the
boy
Frau Ziegler was a red checked. bux-
ON matrOn. whom no one would sus-
pect Of morbid ideas but she never
theless shared her husbands horror Of |
the sea She told me of long nights I
spent awake listening to the storm, |
when with her minds eye she saw the
lighthouse swaying before the gale.
1t seems q miracle that it has not !
blown down. she said, for it looks to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

TentiOnaHties and agreements OF the
socalled polite society
Hence IL was that he became, fu-
Stincuvely and inevitably. the remorse-
less critic OF upper tendon IN his own
and other lands. Hence II was that he
laid his scorpion lash upon the back
OF the titled hypocrisy OF bis day. max
Ing II vince as IL had never WINGED be-
fore
Byron was one Of the greatest
PREACHERS that ever lived. His poems
especially Don Juan are the most
eloquent appeals ever made for SINGER
tty and truth. for decency and the true
righteousness With the genius that
was almost preternatura1 he exposed
and pilliOried the lies and corruptions
OF society, and whenever the occasion
presented itself entered a plea for
honesty and straight dealing
Embittered by a false maria ge-a
marriage that was forced uDOn him BY
the hOllOwness OF the times=and tan
tailed by an unnatural mother. also
the product OF the insincerfty and
sham OF the period. Byron had a hard
tight with the cynicism which at ona
time threatened TO destroy him: bnt.
prevailing over IT, he dedicated him
self to the nOblest OF all causes. that
OF human liberty, on behalf OF which
ne died In his 9Th year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

G1EAAS Is the William H Taft of
the commonwealth. tt IS the
largest state in the union and has
by Tar the greatest waist measure. 1t has
almost four million citizens and vet there
aren't enough of them in any one spot to
make city of 100000 people. All the
people IN the world could gather in Texas
and there would still be room for the
gentlemanly ushers to pass between the
rows selling tickets for the big concert
10 take place after the show.
Texas IS over a thousand miles long
each way, in places, and contains
10O,OOO square miles. Passenger trains
frequently lose two DAYS time in passing
through the state and Texans die of
sunstrOke and freezing in the same ait
ernOOn- Ten thousand land agents have
been selling farms in Texas for 80 years
and there are still places IN the state
100 miles from the nearest drug store
There are 5000 miles Of railroad IN the
state. and vet in some sections man has
to get up early and run for nearly three
weeks in order to catch the train to
town.
When first discovered, Texas consist !
ed mostly of cOsmic junk. including cac-
tus, rattlesnakes. horned tOads, tarantu- I
las and four kinds of climate. Later the
greaser, a species of human invented by /
the Spaniards, moved in and the rattle /
snakes moved north in search of better I.
society I'm the past 20 years. however. |
great improvements have been made. 4
The cactus which formerly grew over the /
state so thicklv that it was impossible /
for a citizen to fall off his horse with J
out puncturing himself IN 1000 places /
Is now being replaced by onion beds. cat !
tie ranches and corner lots and the (
horned tOads and other horrors have been I
used to promote prohibition campaigns
with marked success.
Texas raises cotton, rice, steers and
Democratic maiOrities in tremendous
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
Become A Home Owner

~ Quit paying to somebody
the ndord but
A city of owners the best
earth A home takes yard, pride
he a permanent
and that he has faith
apay down. on the
lookup
builder viii feel
different paying your money somebody else
that is becoming In few easy
Bsbee There is no reason
should have anything enough
going the fact that both are
cities that both speed proof of this
tantazing nssnzn hypnizg summer resort advertisements m
already beginning hardly paid
yet
don't know when there's IN
PasO.
right then Theo Roosevelt is not the man We want for
the presidency HssEn this the paHsts-not the man who
knows it all
place days think they are eligible
membership in the Pioneer society.
greatest virtues of life; fulfilling promise is an
Rockefeller training private reghters if is an
nOunoed What's the use he can't take them with
cOnsoHng to the smoker
There are still some Americans who come out of Mexico who declare that 4
Probably get into the papers nv other
way.
living insist on having
things cost much
joke Is not yet timely
It is about time orohHght pnbns got busy The prims. are not
far
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
Local Nonsense
By Timothy Turner

EkN PRIG as cub
The question OF which cooks
the best. Mrs. Sheldon or Mrs
Harvey, is still attracting the un-di-
vi-ded attention Of our idle rich, those
Of them that are idle.
Alberto Madero. uncle Of Frank Ma
derO, is an enthusiastic baseball fan.
And ne is no fan, Mex. Senior MaderO,
who is an apparently willing sojourn-
er in FL Paso. went out to Washington
park last Sunday and became such a
bug that he fractured a perfectly new
straw sailor
The chop suey problem in FL Paso is
becoming serious one. There is only
one restaurant Of obscure location sell
/ ing the guess what dish. Lovers OF
alien dishes can find lots of places to
get dynamite chilli, but the Chinese
ed desert
Well. what if JEFF does want to get
married? It's natural
Hagerty says: a gentleman nav
play a poor game Of billiards. but no
gentleman plays good game Of pool"
W. A Williams. the perfectly polite
policeman who stands at the transfer
station u hours out OF the day. used 10
be circus clown and acrobat He has
lost most Of his clOwnish traits INT
you should see him get out Of the
way Of an automobile. Talk about an
acrobat,
There is a bar-sOmewhere not far
away-where they serve herring.
dried herring, with a certain sort Of
beer. Il is a favOrite resort for the
army officers from Fl. Bliss They al
ways go down in trios. just like the
Herring Bros Army men like dried
fish. anyway Herring and black beer
will make a second Lieutenant feel like
a rear admiral Nautical!
Two visiting war correspondence
they call EN- that-are going to get
up a society for the protection of Ice
bergs. They suggest putting light
houses on all icebergs more than two
miles long for the protection Of tbe
polar bears and little fishes. Wen!
George says he doesn't read PBcl<.
He shaves himself.
The newest thing in shoes-Do
smarty. not feet-is a low heeled Main
thing with invisible eyelets In a nair
OF EN- perfectly all right chaps Meth I
er eXtremities look like those Of an IN. /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
lArchfson Globe. !

A horrible example never scares as
many people as he should
We still contend that the steam roll
Ter is a more popular vehicle than the
motorcycle
After being married five years about
all a man has learned IS the art Of be-
ing contrary.
While people talk a good deal, they
change their minds" Oftener than they
are willing to admit
Doubtless you have lived long
enough to learn there is sometimes a
difference between history and facts.
A crank likes TO brag about having
the courage Of his convictions. al
though they may not amount to much.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
One-Sentence Philosophy
REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR
New York Press.)

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
New York Press
A woman can be mighty interesting
70 man by not being his wife.
You can generally tell what a wom-
ans complexion isn't by what It
seems to be.
The reason the baby didn't talk am
earlier is he was so smart he wanted
to, but it wasn't time yet.
Somebody ought to invent an i'm
proFement that would enable US to
get along for awhile without improve
ments-
When man has q mission in life
generally II is to drive other people
crazy by making them see the i'm
pOrtance Of It
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
University Scholarship Contest

THIS FL It witnesses
banOing scholarship
University scholarship plans
the and IS
arranging higher
institute the money
As the club its enlarged but for the first OF its
t will be Austin The tuition to paid
the interested n
boy girl getting highest given
casting the different
pupils
object of the society
was
boy girl may popular many parents
may amply
BOTH ambitions the but whose parents
crafty
and girls that the selections should be made
Jeff McLmore appears candidate congressman large
Texas where Jeff is
people
that he against aast
ought to be satisfactory El PasO
fighting it quite salts
factory plenty
according from Colorado
many people did not think their opinions w. established facts there
would not be 50 much for argument in the world
Many having pockets picked by
stranger-by beating the stranger to the job
principal congressman
buildings
buildings powerful
The state Democratic convention of New Mexico hit upon live place when
Clovis its Clovis
veloped for its
proving consistency advocacy by setting
the example recalling his presidency again
Frances eds says the ways of women are as varied as the shells tie
seashOTe" What about the of Franes7
From the way the primaries are going begins to look like Roosevelt and
Teddy Dogs ought to
make the political wool fly.
automobile woman are much alike Nobody understands them and
they they not expected