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The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-11
EDITORIAL P A E

almost beyond endurance by special agents no one will deny who has fol- lowed the situation. In the case at issue. the local firm has been sub jected to all sorts of trouble and put to no end of expense. through the activity of one of these agents. And this in the face of the fact that another agent passed on the matters at issue, accepted a certified check for the payment of the tax alleged to be due, and practically called the matter off.
 "A meeting of the Seward Com mercial Club, called for the purpose of taking up this question, decided, without a dissenting voice, in nam ing a committee which take up this matter with the secretary of the in- terior through resolutions dealing at length with the grievances com plained about. The resolutions will be a diguified protest against the hardships of these regulations, es- pecially as interpreted by some special agents.
 "It is high time for such action. The government denies us the use of our coal product, through the tie ing up of the coal fields, and fol- lows this action by making reserves of timber all over the country. Un- .uI the opening of the coal fields there should be no wood tax at all. People must have fuel and they should be permitted to cut it any where, without let or hindrance, stumpage tax or any other handicap Fuel should be made as cheap as possible in a country where 1t Is so necessary to the comfort of inhabi- tants. This is not an unreasonable demand"
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-11

The city Of Seward is justly stir red up over the regulations of the department which have closed all their coal mines and placed all their timber in reserve. Yesterday one Of the citizens oC that city was in- dicted for purchasing wood from someone who has cut 1t on the re- serve. A meeting of the citizens was called Co protest to the depart ment at Washington and some fiery speeches were made. A resolution drawn up stating the position of the citizens and asking for relief. Speaking Of the matter the Daily Gateway says.
 The people of Alaska are, on the whole. among the most law abiding on the face of Gods green earth. They patiently endure, with out complaint or protest, more than most people would undergo. But after a time patience ceases to be a virtue. and a time for vigorous and united action comes. We are at that point now. The matter cul- inmates in the seizure and sale of certain lot of cord wood, claimed and paid for by the local firm of wood and coal dealers, by a special agent of the land department.
 The Gateway holds no brief for this local firm. Neither does it desire to do injustice to agents Oi the land department. Its aim, in this connection, is to espouse the cause of Alaska and AlaskaUs, as against harsh rules and regulation. and oyerzealous officials.
 That Alaska has been harasset
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-11

head in mOurnful way and wishes he could do more for the heather fin Ar rica is going to keep nightly close tab on your pin money after marriage.
 "A freckled face man is generally contentcd man. but whether COntented with his lot or to let his wife build the fire in the morning is a thing you have got to find out later on.
 There are men who come courtng who are soft spoken and move about like a cat. After marriage they will yell at the oxen so as to be heard a mile away.
 "The boiSterous man is apt to be hearty and good natured, but he win wake the baby up every time he comes into the house and let all the family Quarrels be known all over the neigh bOrhOOd.
 "A man who sits and rubs his hands and smiles and uses precise language is thinking how much tea and coffee he will allow you to measure out for a drawing after marriage.
 "A scowl between a mans eyes means concentration of thought, but the trouble Is that you don't know what he has concentrated on. It may be love, and it may be speculation.
 "A wldder woman In sizing up a feller who has come sparkling should take a good look at his mouth. If It is unusually wide his talk will never go much beyond Cabbages, but if it's a woman's mouth he'll be a good hand at saying cutting things. If it droops at the corners he considers himself a sort of martyr and m used by the world. and whenever the bread is heavy or the potatoes not quite done he's going to break out
 "Then there's one more sort of man. He's the chap that boldly knocks on the door and stalks in when it's open cd and says:
 "'Are you the widder warnerT
 "T am,' says you.
 "'Had three husbands, under standT
 "T have
 "well, it's time you took the fourth, and I'm here to an the bill am what [ am and am worth about S5,0O0 all told. I've got to drive along to the blacksmlths shop to get my wheel fixed, and I'll stop for your answer when come back
 And does he stop7" asked Aunt Sally.
 "He does" ~.
 And does the wIdder consent?" .-s
 After knitting and thinking for an hour or SO"
 And and it Is a happy marrlage3'
 "The chances are even up. and you haven't fooled away any time over the matter"
 Aunt Sally turned to a piece of cali co and wet It with her mouth to see If It was a fast color and then backed ur to the counter to giggle and say:
 Thanks. Uncle Sile. l reckon I'll go home and walt for that feller to come alnng!'
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-11
COAL.

Phone 76 for Shaw's coal. Henry If
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-11
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HOME GRO WN PRIN c
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Arrive and DepartFrom ThsDoc
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08
Daddy sBeddrne
~. The Owl That
OTmV~ Stayed Out
Too Late

"a Wis and their ways always interested Jack and Evelyn
A pair had nested near the house, and the children were hoping
they might be able to make friends with the young ones
You would better let them alone" daddy advised. "Mrs, Owl
not like your coming about the nest, and, while owls ire generally
peaceable birds, you can't tell what a frightened mother owl may do IL she
thinks you are likely to harm her babies a#r me-
"The younger owls are not 81 wise as their parents They like 60 see the
world and &C night sometimes, when they have learned to Hy, wander far
from home When morning comes they crawl into some dark corner 10 sleep
instead Of flying back to their own hollow tree
mot long ago q young owl who lives In Van Corhandt park, In the upper
part OF New York city, was on his way home at any early hour in the morn
ing when he saw what looked like q nice dark cave in q bank.
Here is q place for me to crawl into and 80 to sleep no doubt young Mr.
Owl said to himself
"You see, be was stun a long way from home, a tribe tired after his nights
outing and It WAS rapidly growing daylight Owls, you know, cannot see to
dy about in the daylight
cave, and this would be enough to tempt any owl to follow It,
so In he went The cave see ned very Ions. Here and there be came
upon lights
Suddenly he heard q Noise like thunder behind him. The owl darted to
the nearby platform and tried to cling 70 the wall, but II had = smooth. shiny
surface like china, and 30 he grabbed a wire and clung there while q train
went rushing by -
After that he raj 70 scared that he allowed the man from the ticket
Office to take hn down and carry him into his booth
THE owl lad flown into the tunnel where the New York subway railroad
meets outdoors The children on the way to school were greatly pleased with
the OWL Indeed, they crowded aroLnd the ticket sellers window SO that he
could hardly sell folks their tickets for the trains,
You see what comes Of staying out too late some grownup said wisely
20 the children. A
"Hook h0Otp agreed the OWL
When the ticket seller went home that evening he took the owl outdoors,
and let him go You may be sure that owl win be careful how be ventures
into strange places agaiM"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08
PLAYING BOTH ENDS.

Why American railroads are COM
PEELED to pay $2S a ton for rails when
the steel trust is selling the same rails
abroad for $40 and $22 is at last made
clear. The house committee in charge
of the investigation of the steel trust
has found the directors of the trust
dominate more than So per cent of the
railroads. Consequently they can
compel the transportation lines to pay
whatever the trust cares to charge for
rails or anything else.
Sitting as directors of the X. Y. & 4,
railroad, these men pass upon the pur-
chases of material, AS directors of
the United States Steel corporation
they naturally order contracts with
that monopoly-at any old price. The
public-which pays for freight and
passage on the railroads-is MIXED
that the steel trust may wax fat. The
railroads are robbed of money which
should have gone as dividends.
These i~nterlocking directorates are
the upper and neither millstones. Be-
tween them the people who travel or
pay for freight transportation-as well
as the stockholders of the roads-are
ground pretty fine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08

"P-l-a.y R-a.I.l.R
ROY x. MoVLToN,

"P-l-a-y R-a-l-l.H
Oh, look at all the columns handing
out the diamond news,
And listen to the experts as they ped
die out their views.
Forget about the congress and when
Roosevelt will land,
The real folks soon are going to quit
perliminaries and
play B-R-l-L"
Oh, watch the fans out throwing old
pop bottles at a mark,
To be in trim to toss them when they
get out to the park.
Ice cream vendors now rejoice and
peanut vendors smile;
They know that they will surely hear
in just a little while:
Play B-a-l-l,"
The ONCE boys grandmother is
about to pass away.
The clerks will all be getting ill at 2
o'clock each day.
The very atmosphere is laden with the
only game.
There seems to be no doubt at all
that summer time have came.
play BAIL"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08
WEDNESDAY,. NAY 8, 1912.
Y A NOMINATION.

Daily the question is being discuss
ed as 10 whether Billy Bryan will not
be the candidate of the democrats
again this year. The situation seems
to be developing so that he may be
called again as the standard bearer.
A little incident which occurred when
he was in Fargo this winter is of in
terest. This story has only recently
leaked out. Ii is learned from anthem
tic sources that among the democratic
leaders in Fargo from over the state
there was quite a little discussion as
to whether he had said that he would
n o again accept a nomination for the
presidency. Many present claimed
that he had been thus quoted, and
others denied this assertion.
To settle the matter-after the peer
less leader was through with his lunch
at the MetropoIe-he was waited upon
by a delegation of prominent demo-
Gratis. He was asked If he had said
that he would not accept the nomina-
ton. He replied that he had not. He
had said that he was not a candidate
land this he would repeat.
He was again quizzed as to whether
he would decline the nomination, if
rendered him. He hesitated a mo-
ment and then replied:
Gentlemen, that is an unfair ques-
ton. I have been a candidate for the
presidency three times. 1t Is safe to
say that from 5000, 900 to 7,O0O,0 900
voters have supported me. Probably
the former number have been the
same individuals on each of the three
occasions. / class these 100000 vot-
ers as my friends. They believe in
me, and in the policies which 1 repre-
sent. As long as 1 am a private citi-
zen these men have faith in me. If 1
should accept the presidential nomi-
nation again and chance to be elected,
] could not satisfy one out of 1000 of
these 100000 friends-neither in the
way of offices Or policy. Is it not
better for me to have these 100000
friends than to be chief executive of
the nationT'
1t was an apt reply to the inquiry
but in spite Of it. most of those who
heard it, seem to believe that Mr..
Bryan would again accept the position
of standard bearer for his party when
the Baltimore convention is held,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08

since 1904, and there ID some question
III 1t ID not less than that year which
harvested 325.4 100000 bushels off Of
rs, sec, 900 acres.
In the northwest the farmers will
sow less wheat. Al decrease In acres
age was foreshadowed last fall when
rains interfered with field work and
spring piowfng is not considered de-
sirable for wheat culture. In addition,
the late season has been a drawback
in the northern half of North Dakota,
especially in the northwestern section
of the state.
The famous Red river valley will
cut It's wheat production. An unusual
diVersifcation of crops will mark this
season, the gains being in corn and
potatoes. As these are crops that re-
quire cultivation their production will
result in great benefit to the land, ride
ding it of it's foul weed growth; the
result of too frequent cropping to
wheat. In Minnesota and South Da-
kota an increased barley and corn
acreage is expected.
terminating conditions in the north
west have been very favorable and in.
ln6 EOuAnSIn hdl VI lhS SPINS BAdLA
belt the early sown grain is already
UP. Rains have been frequent; too
much so in some sections for the rap
id completion of field work, but as
complaints had been received Of dust
storms the laying of the dust and the
allaying Of apprehension more than
compensates for the delay in seeding.
In the extreme southwest, Texas and
Oklahoma, the reports r very fiat
tering. In Nebraska the news has
become more favorable, although some
loss in condition is indicated during
the last month. In Kansas the re-
ports have been mixed and have tend
ed to disclose a rather serious situa-
tion in the central part of the state
where the wheat production is heavy,
suggesting considerable loss in acre
age.
Good yields in the northwest will so
far towards making UP the deficiency
in winter wheat. The necessity, how
ever, of a liberal spring wheat harvest
will make this section of the country
of more than usual Importance in the
production this season.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08

This lnsussent.
Once On q time a thief was caught
in the act OF stealing; the mob pure
sued him. In order To detract atten-
ton from himself he fell in with the
crowd and shouted, stop thief" as
loudly as any Of them. He was an in
surgent.
An insurgent is the fellow on the
outside who wants to get in-by fair
means II he can; by foul IL he must.
He Is the fellow who turns states
evidence. He is the rat who deserts
the ship about to founder; he Is the
Pharisee who cries, "Holier than
thou;" he lis the patriot who is willing
to hang a score Of his fellow citizens,
II need be to make one vacancy for
himself; he is the straphanger who
drops into the first vacant seat and
let's the ome stand.
he is a tramp with the appetite of
a Sybarite; he is an egotist in the
guise OF philanthropy; he is a dema-
gogue whose willy tongue clothes ig-
Crane with the phrases of philoso-
ply; he is a hypocrite with the mien
of n who loves his fellow men.
In peace he is an agitator; in war he
is q coward. He Is a viper with the
color Of a chameleon in that he
changes color with his surroundings.
In n presence Of knowledge he con-
ceais his tell-tale ears. but in vain, for
his braying proves him an ass.
He is the reformer who, in pursu-
ing graft, finds it necessary to work
fhirfxy- tive y. -, -. .1-kg.- -z-.
pay for it. He is the guardian who
uses the public funds to make himself
the largest depositor in his own banks.
He is the educator who spends, for his
own qualification, what might other
wise be wasted on the children Of
the schools.
Don't confound the words '.insurg-
ent' and 'revolutionist." A revolu-
ZIONIST stands for progress; an in
surgent for destruction. A revolution
list fights the battles of men with men,
for men. An insurgent makes war on
the women and children in the alb
sence of men. He is an Apache that
strikes from ambush and runs away.
His presence is known by his odor;
his absence by the sweetness of the
air and the smiling face of nature, for
nature frowns at his presence.
He will knife his best friend on the
threat of danger or at the call of self
interest,
He is altogether d~espicable and the
sooner his tribe yanishes from the
earth the sooner will there be charity,
hdelity and honor among men.
Is there a choice between the two?
Let us be Americans.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08

Nearly all Boston girls are reported
to have bow legs and big feet. But
there may be Boston girls whose left
shoulder blades are pretty.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08
TREATMENT or PRISONERS.

The Forum has frequently called at
tention to the fact that too many ar
rests are made-and too many men
are jailed for petty offenses. 1t is a
serious question and one that makes
criminals - rather than prevents
crime.
OF course there are old and chronic
offenders whom it is necessary to
throw into Jail occasionally. But why
increase this number by inearcerating
men in prison for first offenses-when
the crimes are minor ones?~
Being thrown into Jail humiliates
most men. 1t robs them of their
pride and takes away from them the
Of personal dignity every up
right man must have.
How much better it would be-if
every prisoner brought up for the first
time for a mere misdemeanor-was
permitted to go overnight on his own
recognizance? He would not then be
thrown into a VIE hole called a jail
and compelled to associate with a lot
OF low characters. If given the right
kind Of treatment by the officials and
later made by the judges to realize the
seriousness Of the course he has pur.
sued-the average first offender might
correct his habits and improve his
eonduct. Thrown in jail-and dis
grace. added to his petty crime-he
loses his manhood and self-respect
He feels that he has been so intensely
Inundated there is nothing for him in
the future-but a criminal career.
If the peace officers of the country
would take a position mat it was Their
duty to correct-rather than to pun,
ish first offenders the crop of criminal
wouldn't be SO large. The supply o
chronics would become exhausted aft
er a-While-and there would be fewe
occupants Of the jails and peniten
tiaries.
The number of crimes and the mum
Der Of criminals increase annually il
q most startling manner. There mus
be something wrong with the old sys
tenn of treating Offenders. Why no
try the more modern and more hu
name plan2
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-08
Press Comment

Valley City Times-Record: Any
mar can stand well with the general
public where he is not particularly
ranks high in the estimation Of his
immediate neighbors must have more
than ordinary qualities. 1t is doubt
full if there is any man in Barnes coun-
ty who has won the respect of a larger
number of citizens than has Captain
Henry and his announcement that he
viii be a candidate for the office of
secretary of state has been generally
received with a feeling that he is
competent for the office and that full
trust may be placed in him to success
fully discharge the duties Of the posi-
ton.
Mott Spotlight: Just what effect
the announcement of G. A. Johnson
for governor will have on the two fac
tions of the republican party cannot
as yet be determined. 1t is evident
that J%ohnson's announcement through
several of the state dailies, has thrown
CONSERVATION into both camps.
BY some it is asserted that johnson
will draw strength from both candi-
dates. That many will prefer John
son to Hanna on first choice votes,
and will draw a heavy second choice
vote from the Buchanan forces, who
would prefer Johnson to Hanna.
The supposed line up as 1t appeared
recently in a Minneapolis daily with
Johnson heading the ticket, contains a
number of strong candidates of both
factions.
Congressman Hanna is expected
from Washington in a few days and
his appearance on the field of battle
will probably place a new complexion
on the present situation.
-
Devils Lake World: Just at present
the so-caIled progressives are pattins
| themselves on the back for having
brought out @. "A. Johnson, and The
new Bismarck Times which "PeWee'' ii
now responsible for, even goes so faI
as to say, with the permission of Tbs
ICooperstown Courier, that g. A
Johnson will kill of l.. B. Hanna ant
give Jim Buchanan an excellent chanc
to get the nomination Then the mex
paper of The Bismarck Times stamI
claims to know nothing about thu
scheme. Better get together, boys, OF
team work. Your stories fail to jibe.
Mott Pioneer Press: Must Wa
again tolerate the gubernatorial can.
didacy of thai man johnson? OF al
the weak sisters out for Office of gov
ernor in history, this year takes tn
persimmon. +. B. Hanna is about tn
only one in the race at this time wht
has the talent and ability to hl thu
bill.