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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-17
VACATION ON IA CANAL BOAT.
1t Was Slow Travelling and There Was
Tinnn Fnr nfs az Fun.

~ y tEftS &4FE
Woman's Home Companion: Now,
please don't laugh. We did at first, U
it was the jolliest, oldest and most
restful trip we ever took--a canal trip
from Troy to Buffalo, and back. real
canal trip. with horse. or was 1t mule,
power, and no train smoke, no malod.
orous gasoline, no hotels to look UP, no
rush or hurry; just green n SIG
ing slowly by as we sat on deck unde
an awning and read, seWed, talked or
Just did nothing. People came to the
banks and talked with us, and offered
fruits for sale, though some would
take no money, but threw over cher
.ries or berries, or a head OF lettuce,
perhaps, simply because they had
more than they wanted.
''There was one idyllic stretch where
we kept exclaiming like children, ON,
do see this!' and the joy Of 1t was that
you could see. In a train or autOmo-
bile you just get ready to look and
you're a mile past the scene. The locks
were great excitement.
After we were thoroughly rested,
we made little venturesome journeys,
advised by our hostess, whom we dub
bed the boat lady. We would alight
when the horses were changed at some
convenient place, go up into town a
little way, take a trolley car and ride
on to the next stopping place, buy
DOCKS, magazines or CANDY, anQ IN q
delicious frenzy of fear lest we had
missed our boat, hurry back to he
sleepy old canal always in plenty Of
time to Chamber aboard. and always SO
glad to get back to its calmness and
coziness.
children would run alongside and
chat with us, and we would 'swop' bits
of candy for berries strung on grass
blades and for cherries.
even the few stormy days were not
disagreeable. The storm house on deck
was cozy; we played we were out IN
the raging main and sent wireless
messages and acted generally like
children let loose from school, We
saved up our letter writing for rainy
days, too.
Five dollars a week is not exorbi-
tant considering that it includes trav-
cling expenses and board"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-17

@&-EE@g N&E@t~GE
This has been proven in every Mace
where tried. A careful inyestigation
an New York showed that the farms
securing an income from a number OF
sources invariably returned a larger
income than those obtaining So 90
per cent of the income from one prod
uct. The same fact was brought out
In investigations in Illinois and Min
nesota. The largest profits are Sc
cured from the farm when good pro-
d%uction is combined with diversified
ton and the proper size and type of
farm.
Income TrebIed BY Diversification.
For several years in three sections
of Minnesota figures were kept on a
group of average farms. Definite in..
formation was obtained on each farm
as to the cost of operating the farm,
cost of producing the various
crops, and finally, the actual cash in
comes secured through the various
methods of farming practiced. Each
group of farms represented average
conditions and the accounts kept for
each group were kept as carefully as
for any business enterprise. One group
of farms was located in the western
part of the state in the Red river VAL
ley where grain production was para
mount. The second group was located
in southwestern Minnesota. where di-
Vers1tlcatlon was commonly practiced,
and the third group was located. in the
south central part of the state, where
the farms were fully diversified and a
large number of products sold. The
most striking comparison is shown be-
tween the specialized grain farms in
the Red river valley and the fully di-
cersitied farms of the south central
section of=the state. Under conditions
of grain farming, the farms averaging
sol acres in size, the average gross
cash income per farm for fifteen
years was $2,S94.7S. In the south CEN
trail section, with greater diversified
ton, the gross cash income from farms
averaging 1863 acres in size was 81
S15.26. Placed upon the basis of gross
cash sales per acre, the grain farms
averaged an income of $5.75 per acre.
while the diversified farms averaged
an income Of $16.65 per acre, or prac-
tically three times that secured
through grain farming. The cost of
obtaining his income placed upon the
acre basis, was but little over twice
the cost of obtaining the income by
grain production, and the gross re-
turns were left either to pay interest
upon h investment or to pay as Wag-.
es to the owner of the farm was almost
three and a half times greater on the
diversified than upon the grain farm.
This evidence collected from a group.
of farms over a series of years shows
plainly the value of Investigation and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-17
GRAND OPERA OPPORTUNITIES.
America Should Produce as Great
Tenors as Any Country.

America Should Produce as Great
Tenors as Any Country.
Washington Post: There is no
reason why America should not have
just as many tenors as any other
country, and all the talk about
climatic conditions is nonsense said
Ralph Nichols of New York, who has
just returned from an extensive trip
to Europe.
me" remarked Mr.. Nichols, shat
American parents overlook the great
opportunity there is for a young man
in a grand opera career. The general
excuse is that the climatic conditions
OF this country do not develop the
tenor voices. Nohing could be more
foolish. Climatic conditions have alb
solutely nothing to do with voca de-
Velopment, There is no reason in the
world why American youths should
not be able to draw the large salaries
given foreign grand opera artists if
they will be just sensible enough 10
work hard for success.
Every profession and almost everv
walk in life is overcrowded and we
near much about the hard struggle the
young men of today nave to get along,
Why don't they turn to the grand
opera stage as the best possible OPP
p~ortunity for large money and a sure
chance for success in life if they have
tenor voices?
I nave, just returned from a trip
through Europe hearing tenors. and I
only wish American boys were as am
bilious as the foreigners. The great
here is that all of the so-called
popular music is pitched in low KEYS.
and as the inevitable result there IS
no vocal development. While abroad
the ambition of every boy with a voice
is to develop it and make a name"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-17

of better farming to the merchants
and the farmers Of the state.
An incident recently told me by a
banker illustrates the Importance of
better farming to the merchant. Al.
farmer who within the past four years
had become interested lin the dairy
business and was receiving a cream
Of approximately 500 per
month, said that things were lots diff
.ferent now that he had cows. When.
was raising grain and the wife asked
for money to go to town, I said, No,
must wait until fall. Now when
h asks Q money we a always
take 1t from the cream check and buy
what we want At the same time he
said, W. are getting as much money
from = farm in grain as ever before
The farm is business and the agri-
cultural industry of the state must be
viewed in that light. Until the agri-
cultural labor, capital, and land of the.
state r utilized as it should be to
bring the greatest income return, it
will be necessary for all to urge better
armin
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-17

Bismarck, N. D., July ITALIAN j.
Price, aged As, a sword sWallower with
the Altman Carnival shows. died here
from morphine and hyosciene poison
ing. He had destroyed all papers that
would lead to his Identification, but
it was learned that he has Chinese
wife in New York city, and tina the
Hotel Trafalgar in New York was his
headquarters there. 1t was also learn
ed that some time Age he had sold his
body to be delivered after his death
to John Hopkins university 7 Baltl-
more for $500, and his body Will PROD
ably be shipped there for surgical ex-
animation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-17
"sPRING SHALL CoME.,,

Spring shall come. come again, sailing
up the moor-fowI,
Spring shall bring the sun and rain,
bring the bees and flowers;
Red shall the heather bloom over hill
and valley
Soft flow the spring through the
even-f1owing hours;
Fair the day shine as it shone on my
childhood
Fair shine the day. on the house with
open door;
Birds come and cry there and twitter
in the chimney
But I go forever and come again no
more.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-17
Really Has a Punch.

London Punch: "'The prince of
Wales made a lightning tour Of Frank
fort the other day, exploring the ca
thedral in five minutes, and there is
some talk of making him an honorary
American"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

The New Orleans Board of Trade
wants state convention to endorse
the Ransdell-Humphreys bill. An in
vitation is extended to the mayors OF
cities, commercial organizations, le-
wee boards, police juries, and others
interested, in this State, to appoint
delegates to this meeting. This will
be a strictly business meeting, start
ing at $3.50 a. m. on November 29thl
and concluding the same day, and il
is held on that day so that those OF
the delegates who contemplate at
tending the National Rivers and Har
bors Congress in Washington on De
cember 3rd, 4th, and 5th, may leave
New Orleans on Saturday night, the
18th, or Sunday night, the goth, in
plenty of time to reach there.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

WANTED TO BUY FARM LAND.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

tunity to dissolve voluntarily. The
answer Perkins made was defiance to
the government. Rather than obey
the law he stood at Armageddon and
battled for the Lord. AS matter OF
fact, he furnished the ammunition for
the Bull Moose forces of the Mighty
Theodore. Today the public appre-
ciates the fact that Perkins was really
battling for the right to suppress
competition and to sell farming i'm
plements at monopoly prices,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

On motion meeting adjourned.
A. B. BRTANT, Mayor
G. l.. PLETTINGER, Clerk.
! hereby certify that the foregoing
is true and correct copy Of the orig.
inal minutes as they appear on pages
1853. 27O, I'll, 272, and 27S, of minute
book a."
G. L. PLETTINGER, Clerk.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15
THE PEAS DID IT.

w. r. Daniel had yield of ten tc
one in fish potatoes. He is keeping
his crop for seed. Mr.. George Will
cox, who gives us this information
says that his own crop, from the same
sort of seed, gave good results, but
not SO fine as Mr.. Daniels, because
the latter had previously had his land
| in peas.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15
WHY HE STOOD AT ARMAeEppoN

N o. States:
The motives of the presidential
campaign Of 1912 are being revealed
by subsequent events. The suit filed
by the United States government
against the Harvester Trust is espec-
tally illuminative. "The international
Harvester Company was the child of
one not heretofore in the business,
George W. Perkins, a banker and in
surance man." reads the governments
brief. He stepped in at an opportune
time to bring the rival manufacturers
together; he and others, by means of
a combination, in corporate form, de-
stroyed competition and entrenched a
monopoly" 1t is also alleged that
Cyrus H. Mccormick, Charles Deer
ing and George w. Perkins hold shares
of the company in voting trust, and
they and members of their immediate
families own over $90,00O,0O0 par
value of the stock.
1t will be remembered that the Taft
administration, through Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham, gave the Interna-
tional Harvester Company an oppor-
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

GEO. H. WILCOX.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

A play is being, rehearsed, which
will be presented shortly for the ben
eft of the high school library. Miss
Beulah Holmes is directing it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15
CATTLE BUYERS WARNED.

My property, near Myrtles planta
ton, on Y. C NJ. V. railroad, is hereby
posted against trespass of all kinds
Cattle-buyers are warned off the place
Leon Garfield in particular, under pen
|alty of enforcement of the law of tres.
pass.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

Hon. w. l.. Stirling went to Baton
Rouge, Monday, to take his seat as
delegate from West Feliciana to the
Constitutional Convention.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15
''L|TTLE ADS"

II you have good farm land you
want to exchange for improved New
Orleans City property that is produc.
ing net revenue of $1,000 per year
valued at $12,5OO, write and give full
description Of your lands. This prop
osition will bear close investigation.
No overflow lands considered. Ad-
dress P. o. Box 800, New Orleans, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

F0UND-Silver spoon. Owner may
recover same by properly describing,
and paying for this notice.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

Wood, all kinds, delivered prompt.
ly. Langlois, phone 10.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

Those wishing to sell, state num-
Der of acres, improvements, and
terms of sale. Address p. o. Box
693, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-15

FOR SALE-4-wheel trap, good as
new. Apply to s. Nice. Lawrason.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13

lost weight by the help OF drugs 20
which she had recourse, the husband was
entitled to decree.
Blobbs-Thc Diblc tells US We should
love our enemies.
Slobbs-I wonder If that il why women
kiss each other Philadelphia Record.
Three mon who met every day at Iuh-
chcon were discussing the remarks maze
by Joseph Ettor. the radical labor leader
in his address To the striking waters dt
B,vaut Hall while ;he omnibus was
having the cloth. When the waiter came
for tho order one Of the party sdl''
we arc capitalists. Brig nine nara
boilcd cgxs in tn, shell. -hrc, bottles 81
bccr-unooaAe G-and boz OF seated
crackers. We all have engagements WIFE
,ur families and that's the safe 1000
The waiter. evidently ignorant OF h'tor :
yciIed threat. took the order SERIOUSLY
and would probably have s-.ycd the sal
articles II the guest lad rot changed Ms
mird for foai that others IN the place
might think that there WAS real dang
PA. when people say that mar. Is
= good pruvidsr. what does II mean!
1T means that they are trying 10 "Pco-
gizc Tor his bad habits. Detroit i'e'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13
MORE ANENT ANNIVERSARY
Correspondent Reiterates That 1913
Saw White Men Living Here.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Celebrating upon the letter ! sent
YOU on january ;, beg leave now to sab
nit the following. in reference 20 the an
hiversary OF the real settlement OF New
York city:
II is well known TO all students Of our
Dutch government in exploiting this Sec
ton of the world was purely commercial
Neither industrial nor agricultural factors
were in any way considered in the very
early days The reports made 10y Hen
dirk Hudson were followed up by indi-
,dual ventures OF commercial kind, in
which trading with the Indians constituted
the only feature.
II is, therefore to the commercial set
Element purely that We must look for our
authority to fN . date OF the beginning OF
our present great metropolis and II GER
tainly would be the commercial idea that
would transcend ali others in any descrip-
ton Of the city to-day.
Johannes de Lact, who became a per-
sonagc Of considerable importance later,
published in 1925 a book called The New
World in West India (Amerlca)."
After mentioning the discovery by Hem
Dirk Hudson OF the river and surrounding
country. IN 1909. he said
Hendrix Hudson, having returned TO
Amsterdam with his report in the follow
ing year OF 1910. some merchants OF AM
sterdam again sent a ship thither. and in
the subsequent years the high might
nesses. the states General granted TO
these merchants the privilege OF navigat-
ing the river and trading there. and our
people wintered there.
"Our countrymen have continued to
make voyages thither each year. and con-
tinuously some OF our people remain there
for the purpose OF trafficking with the
natives. and on this account the country
has justly received the name Of New
Netherland.
I'm the year 1914 our traders had not
only traded In the fresh (Connecticut)
river. but Block, whose first ship was
burned. had built a new vessel"
We also read OF voyages OF many pri-
vate adventures prior to 1921, among
these being one Argall. who reported in
1913 TO the Governor OF Virginia that he
had found at Manhattan four houses and
pretended Dutch Governor. We have
additional knowledge Of the erection Of
one or more houses by Adrian Block about
where the Holland American steamship
Offices are now located, at No. 80 Broad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

The business of the New York STOCK
Exchange for the first fun week in the
wear 1913 contributed little toward es-
tablishing trend in stock market
prices. There were developed, now
ever some features which mark de-
uarturc from the speculative to the IN
vcstmcnt field. An evidence OF thIs
change was a reviving interest in some
of the high class bond issues "hlch
were neglected last year, owing To their
low Yields. Among the investment
houses this sign Of returning TO the
solid securities. which had always
held a high place among investors
until the high cost Of living sent pur-
cbasers into the new classes OF securl-
ties Offering more liberal incomes, IS
accepted as a steadying influence ana
the beginning Of better times. The
announcement Of new financing by sew
craI railroad systems was believed TO
be the signal that the worst had been
passed IN the financial situation, and
that the leading banking interests
viewed the future with less alarm.
Commercial agencies in their weekly
reviews of trade conditions reported
cOnservativcly favorable situation III
matters of trade and industry. The
iron and steel trade is affected hy a
scarcity Of material, and i'm some
branches the demand has produced an
acute situation. especially in semi-iin-
ished lines. As regards new business.
however quiet tone was reported.
Uniform dulness prevailed in pig iron
and fewer rail orders were reported.
This is not strange. however. consider
ing the excessive buying during the
latter part of 1912. More activity in
the cotton goods market has becr dis
played since the first OF the year, and
drygoods generally presented an en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13
CONGRESS AND ARMY AVIATION.

To tho Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: / read with great deal Of interest
your article I'm yesterdays issue, French
Army Makes Strides in Aviation one
Of our illustrious dead made the remark,
In time of peace prepare for war. Your
article points ont that the French Gov
eminent has $50 piyots of aviation Ac-
cordinc 10 the best information ! have.
this great country of ours has only
eighteen fying machines. although ]
understand there will be ten more added
uy July l. Now. then. compare that with
tho foreign powers. IL seems about time
that Congress should wake up and do
something for the United States. Britain
has %. France has 2jl Germany has IS;
even Russia has III. Italy 26. Japan r..
OF the diricible machines the United
States has one So antlquated, compared
With those which arc built by foreign
powers. that Il amounts practically TO
nothing. England has 6. France 80; Ger
many has 10 and 10 more ordered Russia
.. Italy , japan > Why doesn't Congress
put up a prize sufficiently large to induce
inventors TO build models FOR both the
dirglblc and the aeroplane. believe such
money would be well spent
II. HENRY u. KLlNkER.
New York. Jan. s, 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13
TWO CHINESE POLICIES.

The reported waning of American in
fucncc i'm China and of Chinese con-
tidcncc i'm and regard for America
does not seem difficult 10 explain on
tircly apart from whatever resentment
there may hc-prohahy 50 slight ~ tu
he upoIiniblc-on account of our c1ch-
sion laws If dnubllcsS i due chiefly.
If moi entirely. ro tlc traditional char
octor or american foreign policy, cS-
pcciaIly. Of course. rs applied to China.
and IFS striking contrast ia the poiiricS
Of other countries
I, may Inc said without yaiuglor,
nut fbcrc i no country for which
China nu.sht to cherish feelings 81
gratitude ami confidence more than for
tlc United States. This country has
ncyer made up.,rcsSiuuS m,ou china
rr dcSuoilcd hcr territory. CA the
contrary II WAS thc Iuitcd States
,rli,b ur,u,rIr,tnI tho international
,,iucf,Ie. .r thc anon donr and the
,o,,rt,,i,l iu,oo,.i,, If cbiuu and
which acted with constitutions gcncro~-
ir IN voluntarily, roturniug to that
rouut,v - considerable norton of the
indemnity which had been paid ON ac-
rount If thc Boxer outraecs. Vet we
,,.,, ,,Id ,I,,, China * lo.ipo confidence
;r -. aud l. c,u'nu ia regard our
,,io,,Jyhir -. If liiilr yaluc
rim, +, ic,.,,,,o This country pursue,
. ,.,,.,,oIor,l,. massive rolicy 81 IGiSyCy
,,;.. ,,I,iIo .n,,or. arc incess,ntIy ar.
,,,,...;,.o i,,r,.,,i,c soaliuo to exert
.,,d ox,o,d iuaucnce in China and aS.
.rrin, tho pc,,n., Government, that
.c,driu.. tho friend not short" That
,o,, ,hs,inc,re from effort, io control
,lf,., u.bi,L ,uoht ia he one of our
.,,ou,,o., recommendations a. Chinese
.,,f,t,,...,. H. iu,uu,oJ IA us as weak
49,. .,,.,, ,,.,r,r,Ios.uess while the now
.. it'll, o,o most AGGRESSIVE and
,,.,I,,o.o,,o ,,c r,ol,od unnu for that
,.or,. ',.,..on AZ host worth cultiyatln.
cr;o,l, our disintoreStrdncss *
i,,,.,.,.,..,.d -. lack az interest u
,rin,.. rnIfor.
# X upforiunat" for both countries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13

way. IN 1919. Here he lived, mere was MS
business and no one can DOUBT but tna'
the occupation was continuous Thereafter
on October II. 1914. group OF mer-
chants of Amsterdam and North Holland
who for three years mote this) had been
sending trading ships TO the regions about
the North River. asked and obtained from
the states General. under the title OF
the New Ne,herland Company. monopoly
OF trade in the region between latitude 10
labout Absecon fnlcD TO 40 thead OF
Lake Champaign to continue FOR three
wears. This was the first formal charter
recognizing the name New Nethcriand as
a settlement.
Hendrix christensen. partner Oh
Adrian Block. made ten voyages under
grant from the Lords States who granite"
him the privilege OF the first opening up
of the place These were made previous
to lGlt
New York settlement as real I've pace
Of abode By white people unquestionabiy
began i'm 1913. Why. then, should not TINS
event be perfectly proper factor OF ,cole-
bration this year?
NICHOLAS GARRETSON NIIEELAND.
Jersey City. y. j., Jan. 10. 1913.