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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES.


An investigation by one of the deans
of the University OF Illinois seems to
indicate that college activities have
no marked effect upon scholarship.
The average standing Of those on the
athletic teams of all kinds vas con-
siderably above the average for the
entire student body. and the same
holds true to a greater extent for those
connected with student publications,
musical and literary organizations,
even dancing clubs.
OF those with the twenty lowest ave
erages for each of two years, not n
was engaged in any college activity.
Three were classed as "lazy fraternity
men, interested in nothing but passing
away the time painlessly," eight were
attempting an impossible amount or
kind of work, and the remaining nine
Should have been engaged in some
simple manual labor"
OF the twenty highest, only n de-
voted himself to anything outside of
his studies, and but two We're frater-
nifty men. Those who keep the 'activ-
tiles going are evidently neither the
"grinds" nor the ~loafers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
FRpoLous INVESTIGATIONS.

10 Is generally supposed that inves-
dga&1ors should be conducted along
nesnhwgia& the same Tines as court
psaessdirEs. and all matter not prop
cry snelnded in the question should
be excluded from the hearings.
%unh has not been the case of late
with the queries taken up by con-
erAssionsI committees. The investi-
gskBOHs have become drag-nets to find
something. whether along the lines OF
the original resolution authorizing the
same or not: it has not mattered either
whether the matter was wrong or not.
They have been conducted simply to
lag bare before the pubic something
which the popuIaee generally did not
know before, and IL this was accom-
pfiahed the investigations were salts
factory
This practice has not been confined
to Investigations as to the legality OF
seats in congress. but has been gen
sraa. Referring 10 the steel trust i'm
auiry. The Chicago Record Herald
aays:
Sorae Investigations are altegethel
Obi@ctiess and wastefnl, but even when
theirs liz gneffcd behind an inyesMga-
ton, ae veil as sound. honest purpose
III i RppMliins 10 think Of the waste 81
public time and money it almost in.
yaxaably i~nvolves, TO get a penny.
wogth Of relevant fact we get volumes
OF irTelevance, cheap hlliIlor. cheaper
politics and empty verbiage.
Tse Gtalaley committee Is inyesti-
gaMng the Steel corporation, Well and
coed. What does it want to know
WHY not save tirpe and money bg ask,
ing pertinent questions and insisting
on pertinent answers.
What M. Carnegie thinks OF oul
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
y saying pleasant things.
Dipped Fron, the stream.

All conductors and brakemen on
the Erie have been ordered to wear
black neckties; but then any necktie
Is black after one trip on the Erie.
Diamond Dick and Nick Carter be-
ing dead, it looks as though all the
lurid literature will have to be inspir-
ed by Detective Burns.
Andrew C~arnegie's income is $44,.
600 a day. Uncle Andy can almost
afford to have bacon and eggs for
breakfast.
Congress is investigating the price
Of sugar. II it investigates far enough
it will find that sugar is high.
A New York woman laughed her
self toe death over a joke. Harry B.
Smith or George AIDE ought to find
out what that joke was and write a
musical comedy around it.
Buffum, who walked across the con-
tinent and broke the record, ate moth
ing but peanuts. It would be abso-
iutely unsafe to turn that man loose
at a circus.
A Missouri jury has placed q value
Of only so cents upon a stolen kiss,
Perhaps the jury demanded to be
shown.
Roast camel is being served in the
Paris restaurants and the customers
have to hump themselves to pay for
it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
TUESDAY. IAN. 10. 1912.
coLD WEATHER.
a.4

Every one win concede that the
Weather has been cold. There has not
been the suffering in North Dakota,
however, that the east has experience
ed-due partially at least to the prepa-
rations made here for the severity of
the winters-and the additional fact
fhat the atmosphere is dry.
There il one good feature which
should be considered in connection
With the recent frigidness-there may
Be more than one consoling thought;
but history shows that North Dakota
always produces a bounteous r o. aft
e one of these cold winters. The
frost penetrates far down. and is slow
- disappearing in the spring.
The conditions were unusually ia
yeraAis here this winter-abundance of
rainfall during the autumn and only
q light blanket OF snow when the cold
gave came along to send the frost
way down into the ground to be res
uYr6cted next spring and summer when
aseded xor the growing crops.
Nven aside from the cold weather
Sss people Of the state have reason
Is be extremely optimistic over the
present outlook for the coming season.
Go ahead and do your best and the
state win have a growth lever even
dreamed OF in the past.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
REAL HONOR PAID.

IAN illustrious historian has recently
pnbIished a book in which he makes
the assertion that the body, brought
from Paris and buried at Annapolis
with the belief that it was that OF John
PAUL Jones, was not the body OF the
naval hero at all.
SELDOM has q more striking proof Of
the inutility OF the academic mind, in
this day OF large views, been afforded.
1t is not probable that a positive
Identification Of the body could now be
made, in any case, says The st. Louis
Times. And it should be remembered
that honors, In due form, were paid
John Paul Jones, when the United
States government. with proper pa
geantry and pomp, and acting upon
the most accurate information at its
command, brought what was supposed
to be his body to the land he served
ana gave 1t a suitable burial.
is no such q matter purely senti-
mental in any event? was not the
real honor paid when the real effort
was nader
That men-of-war should go across
the res and bear a handful Of soil
back from the garden where John Paul
Jones returned t. dust after his gall
liant career was ended; that this gov
eThsnens should pay tribute to that
dust-is there anything lacking of
y9ppeR honor ia that?
"A monument to the great hero has
bssn erected at Annapolis; his body
balengs to the swinging earth; his
senl Sgoes marching on" Is not the
akspticis1n OF the scholars. therefore,
Of parcel with those endless bubbles
en- % che meanings in shakspere
which were obscured by careless
rrinting OF bis day and as a result OF
the difnSultias which beset the makers
pe books sn shakspere's time?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

M ~ ID had q fine time on the pond today, daddy sMd Jack Evelyn
NV and i tried cur new skates, and they aTe the best ever
1--WE just hated to come in" added Evelyn. ut would be SO
nice lie W could put on oUr skates whenever we had to go any
where and skate of instead OF just crawling along In overshoes'
III you lived across the ocean In the little couRtry named Holland, the
land OF the Dutch, that Is what you could do" said daddy. smiling
Tell is about itfs cried Evelyn. FsssMs4
We'll Holland As cut up by canals Once the country was nearly an
swamp OF water. But the people built great walls Of stone to keep the sea
from coming in on the land where it raj very low. Where st was very
swampy or wei they dug long bitches, and the water ran on into these and
made the canals This left the land nice and dry 20 that they could build
'Their canals ana sea walls are carefully watched 20 that the sea may
not leak In o. the canals get filled up again With sand In sunrner the peo-
pie travel up and down these little canals n boats q their way 70 and from
market Horses, sometimes dogs drag the boats along the water
I'm winter, though, It IS very cold. and al the canals are frosen ovr.
Tie little boys and girls Of. Holland get out their skates, tie their wooden
rnufaers carefully yer their caps ana ear and around their neehs ana g
skating on to school hand In hand My, how those little Dutch boys and
isn't nach that they can't do on skates
Tut skates are stn more useful fa Holland When Y the winter the
little Dutch chndrens fathers r. mothers wish to go to- market with d basket
1 eggs or butter they get on their Akates and, balancing the basket on their
heads 80 sktnnang Oft TO town as lightly as birds.
Every one skates in Holland. In winter 1t IS the best way to- get about
Horses and wagons ire DEAR and the people are too thrifty to spend q penny
that they can help.
Their outdoor life makes them strong and rosy. They wear queer old
fashioned clothes, such as one sees in pictures of long age They have wooden
shoes on their feet, and the women wear quaint white caps.
sAa oTr Holland you VIII zee wiHdmiDs. The clever E0HandeEs have
harnessedz the wind to do their work. Giantdke windmIgs help them pump
the watero ont OF the marshes These they III still busy In making into dry
lane, and little BIZ Little they force back the sea with their high walls 81
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
NO REASON FOR pousT.
a Statement Of Fact Backed by
Sirens GUARANTEES,

We guarantee complete relief to all
sufferers from constipation, or, in
every case where we fail, we will sup
ply the medicine free.
Rexall orderlies are a gentle, ef-
f~ective, dependable, and safe bowel
regulator, strengthened and tonic.
They aim to re-establish natures func-
tons in a quiet, easy way. They do not
cause inconvenience, gripping or
nausea. They are SO pleasant to
take and work so easily that they
may be taken by any one at any time.
They thoroughly tone up the whole
system to healthy activity.
Rexall Orderlies are indispensable
and ideal for the use Of children, old
folks and delicate persons. We can
not too highly recommend them to
all sufferers from any form Of con-
stipation and it's attendant. evils
Three sizes, 1oc, csc and soc. Remem-
Der you can obtain Rexail Remedies
in this community only at our stores
the Rexall stores-The Fargo Drug
Co, Economy Drug Co, Waldorf Phar-
macy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
gslOCITDcAl1
MEhS ND M1ZE5

Towner News-Tribune: Hon. r. C.
Cooper of Fargo has been suggested
to us as a logical candidate for gepub-
lican national committeeman, and
while we have not yet heard that Mr..
Cooper is interested in politics this
year, we have no doubt but what his
announcement for this position would
meet with general approval Mr..
Cooper was formerly insurance conf
missioner Of this state and made an
enviable record, serving the people Of
North Dakota to the best of his ability
and doing much to make the laws gov
erning insurance companies, that are
now on our statute books. North Da-
kota people could not and q man more
capable OF filling the position men
toned, and we hope that this sugges-
ton will have its effect.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

! BpA14b ~ WOA 49, the 4etkeE Oh ~
lutte freedom.
The country has owed much to the
men Of learning. who have been fear.
less fighters Tor better things. From
the time OF Roger Williams these
men have exerted an influence upon
governmental conditions aud civic
life that will not die. Professor Aaker
believes that men Of education should
make use Of learning to secure the
greatest good to the greatest number,
and that Improvement can come in
Yell regulated municipalities rs well
Is in legislative halls.
The service of Professor Aaker a.
mayor Of Moorhead VIII not be- forgot
ten In many years. HIS service for
North Dakota will long live. But 1t is
In the character building nature OF
his school work that he is building
MOST for posterity. The boy or girl
who comes to him In the FIRST flush Of
commercial ambition is taught from
the frat day that the highest value Of
the worker In the commercial world
attaches to moral environment, the
clean life well lived every day as well
us the proper striking Of trial ban.
ances or to the perfect translation Of
the ssenographer's notes. Professor
Aaker calls them his +boys and girls =
and his interest attaches to them long
after they have gone from the portals
Of his schools, well sQuipred for good
work ia the commercial world. This
was his idea as he titled the broad
acres In Minnesheik county, Iowa.
He taught the same lessons as well in
Wilmar seminary. At Concordia coli
lege. as its principal, the same truth
was flashed upon the students every
day. BY practice as well as precept
he has taught that good habits make
good citizenship.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
North Dakota Kernels

Inkster is to have a checker tourna-
ment in February.
The commercial club at Inkster is
taking In new members.
$50
'Tla Democrat has a ane write-up Of
Cando's waterworks system.
go
The News WANT one of the new
demonstration farms located at Leeds.
900
Brinsmade has effected q tempo
rary organization Of a commercial
club.
The public library at Wtlliston liz
being well patronized according to The
Graphic.
@@@
N. III. Scott los his farm home near
Ignite, by fire; most Of the contents
were saved.
The savings bank organized at the
school in Rolette seems to be meeting
with decided success.
@%@
Editor Wood has taken his printing
plant from Newburg to Russell and
merged it with The Sentinel.
600
The fire department Of Leeds has
been dropping those members too busy
to attend the meetings called.
600
Attorney and Mrs. Laxdal have been
entertaining the members of the board
OF county commissioners at Cavalier.
900
The Golden Valley State bank at
Beach has installed safety deposit
vaults. and is having them handsomely
decorated.
A boy in the Lakota schools got his
thumb into the cogs of the grindstone
used in connection with manual train.
ing work, and had 1t badly crushed.
900
Senator Martin has secured the re-
placing Of the telephones in the depots
at Beach and Sentinel Butte. They
are reported a great convenience to the
public.
w. A. Marlatt is a pro-
moter operating in the northwestern
part Of the state; he has built eight
the past year, and has two more under
construction.
A Hannah farmer was asked to sub.
scribe towards the farmers institute
fund. He promptly responded witt
$40. That shows what the farmers
think Of the institutes.
900
The way the editors Of the state have
advertised the corr contest shows thai
they are alive to what corn means fol
the state. It would have cost 5000
If all this advertising had been paiC
for.
The editor Of The Maddox stand.
ard declined a good big ad from out o.
town because it would hurt local bust.
ness, and the local merchants cut dowr
their announcements about a half page
That is encouraging-for the editor.
90
At the meeting of the Farmers Ell.
evator Co. OF Dickey it was decided tx
rescind the motion of last June, de,
elaring a 10 per cent dividend, as man,
stockholders had not paid up, although
the company had done a good business
eco
Editor GoodselI Of The Magnet hat
started a new department, called Tn,
Editors Garden, and will tell how h.
succeeds. He had the only white clio,
yer lawn in Dunseith last summer
and it was bright and green while tn,
others were dried up.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

Bill-You say you want to borrow a
clean shirt so that you can take a life
insurance examination, You ought to
know better than to ask us. we can't
stay in bed while you are being exam
ined.
H. G.-The only. way that We know
OF to avoid spending all OF your money
for coal is to live In a steam. heated
fiat and spend it all for rent.
Myrtilla-We are not running a
matrimonial bureau, but il your in
tentions are serious, we know OF a
party who is so lonesome that he
writes poetry dedicated to lady trap
exc performers.
Indignant-We cannot roast your
neighbor, for he doubtless takes the
paper the same as you do, but if he
walks around at night with a wooden
leg that squeaks and keeps you awake,
the only way you can retaliate is to
buy a hound and teach him t o sit un-
der your neighbor's window every
night and howl. This viii make it I'M
pleasant for both of you.
Margaret-If your last biscuits were
too short the only thing we can think
Of for you to do is to make them long
kr.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
CONSULAR {.

The appointment by the president of
seven young men to posts in the diplo-
matte service as the result of examina-
tons held to determine the fitness of
candidates is a reminder Of the prog.
ress that is steadily being made in
the conduct of this department of the
public service. The New York Even
ing Post says: I'VE are gradually
getting rid of the notion that consular
and diplomatic offices have their
reason for being in the conveniences
that they afford for the payment of
political debts or the extending Of
personal favors. Promotions and
transfers in the higher positions, as
well as original appointments in the
lower grades, are being made with a
view to utilizing talent and experience.
and bringing the service up to a high
er state of efficiency.
'The extension of the ideas of the
merit system, which has been going
on in all directions, since the enact
ment of the Pendleton law in 1883, has
been a cumulative process, consistin :
Of innumerabIe steps; the most graft
flying thing about it is that a gain
once made has been, substantially
without exception, maintained per-
manently, This is at once a convinc-
ing proof of the ~soundness of the
movement and a satisfactory guaran-
tee of the continuance Of its onward
march"
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.2 A
And cheer you when you're real heart
sick,
Is n good friend to have.
He may not mean all that he said;
The truth may meier come in his head:
But really, truly, on the dead.
He makes a hit with me.
And when he comes a-smilin' round,
It seems as though rim simply bound
To make obisance to the ground,
For he's right good to see.
There's lots OF fellers who get by
BY spreadin' salve, and that's no lie;
They're fiatterers until they die
And go to take their wings.
CT course, they've lied a lot, but then,
You must forgive 'em for it, when
They've really cheered their fellow
men
BY saying pleasant things.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

The News wants Leeds to have a
boosters club.
The Park River banks declared 10
per cent dividends.
&S8@
The Hartsteain store is being moved
from Keiser to Elgin.
900
Dan Porter Of Calvin sold his team
Of Percheron mares for S l 1900.
improvements have been made
around the depot at Kathryn.
Alex Curry was reelected president
Of the First National bank Of sharon.
Leeds is making extended prepare
tons for a farmers institute, Jan. p
and 20.
The Times is happy because Elgin
down in Morton county is to have an
operahouse,
Steve Meyer of Glen Uilln was
charged with killing a horse. but was
freed by the jury.
900
The Panorama of Aneta boosts An-
drew Torfn for sheriff. He is a good
man for the place.
90
Williston now has four wards to
comply with the state law and the
growth Of the city.
80
"A few more crop reports in some Of
the local papers would be very ac-
ceptable news just now.
600
The Times reports that many broken
rails have been discovered by the Sec
ton crews around Bel1eld.
.@&&%
The Courier wants fire protection
for Donnybrook; the editor wants to
watch the city grow-not burn.
900
The Advocate says that Knox is all
ready making preparations for a good
ball team for the coming season.
90
The railroad water tank at Mott was
destroyed by fire, supposed to have
caught from efforts to thaw it put.
go
The Cooper trial cost Trail county
SO, S30.1O, and the auditor has sent
Grand Forks county a warrant for the
same.
90
! The city council at Rugby does not
seem to favor a transfer of the fran
chise for the electric light company in
that city.
The government wards on the Tur-
tie Mountain reservation are receiving
another installment of their land
money-about $4,000.
600
The Young Peoples society at
Petersburg is making arrangements
for q series of lectures and entertain
ments during the winter.
900
The bunk house formerly used by
the Greek section men at Tolna was
destroyed by fire the other night.
When 1t was found what was on fire
no effort was made to extinguish 1t.
go
The Ashley Tribune reports that the
iceland blind pigger who skipped but
had been trying to bride the sheriff
for some time by occasionally sendinf
him a IS bill in a letter. stating that
more would follow soon.
go
The basement Of the Methodist
church at Cando has been fitted UP
with a fine roo for boys, a kitchen
and other conyeniences, and is heated
independently from the auditorium, Sc
1t can be used at any time.
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and patience, you may rest assured
that he viii seek the nomination for
governor or congressman of, the third
district. With you he could win for
governor on his proposed primary cleo
ton and corrupt practice law alone,
and in his last campaign each vote cast
for him cost, him about one-fourth of
cent.
Consider him. His life explains the
proposition fully. But a trial will con-
vince you. And the sooner you take
him INTO your fold the better you'll
feel and the more youll save
At Minot he is popularity known an
the Senator, and most Of you know OF
him.
Why not lend the hand and send him
that endorsement right now?
Very respectfully yours,
Herman N. Midtbo.
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HAVE WON TWO.
Dickinson Rifle Men Defeated Pair Of
TAafns-Lost Qnee.

Dickinson, ~. ID, Jan. 1s.-With
victories out Of three already to.
their credit, the Dickinson rife club
will next meet the crack ear of Bis
bee. Ariz. The Dickinson club is handi-
capped this year through the loss of
Wolford and Louden. both Of whom
are leaders in the North Dakota Ma
tional guard, and who have served, III
past years, to help the local organiza-
ton very materially.
Ia the three matches held Up to the
present time. Minneapolis, ST. paul
and Adrian, Micn. were the contest
ants; and Of those only ST. Paul was.
successful III defeating the locals. The
score III that event was 9Ti to 94S. ~
the Mipveapolf match, the score Mas
9d2 to $40, and In the match against
Adrian II WIS gss 10 GAG.
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banking system, or Of the trust probe
lem generally, OF the tariff; how Mr..
Carnegie got ahead OF Mr.. Rookie
Teller or thinks he did; how he en-
joyed b holiday call on the oil king,
may all be amusing or profitable read
ing. but what on earth have such
things to do with the status and pol
icies of the Steel corporation?
There is a time for hunor and a
time for "reminiscences. There is a
time for serious discussion Of trust,
tariff and banking problems. An tin-
vestigation' Of a situation or affair or
person should be strictly limited to the
issues involved. Flippancys miscellany
and ~irrelevance make a farce OF most
Investigations.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

Ghe AAkex 9uBk-
ness colleges.
Fargo and Grand
Forks, is one OF
those types Of
higher education
who believes
that In the exer-
else Of franchise
the man Of learn
ing and broadand
deep convictions
Is but doing his
to the govern
ment which has
brought 10 it
many millions
from across the
. to enjoy the
fha iaAfnr - eh.