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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-15
Daddy Bedtime
O.. The Clever
OCOIV- Frog and the
Stupid Elephant

%wAHE Hrehght shadows made funny pictures on the rug The children
were having great fun giving names % the shadows.
There" cried Jack; that's a hong'
- Look at that one" cried Evelyn, pointing to another shadow;
"thats a ghaReP"
"The whole nenagerie seems to be here in shadows" laughed daddy.
"Theres Mr.. Elephant Is sure az he has a trunk. And that reminds me ]
have a funny story about Mr. Elephant which you may like to hear.
"Once upon a time there lived in a jungle a hne big elephant who was
very proud Of himself. He could push his way through the thickest tange of
the forest and he wasn't afraid Of even Mr.. Lion himself As he tamped
through the jungle one day, feeling very hungry. Mr.. Elephant happened to
think Of a lake OF which he had seen some lily pads growing.
" Those lily buds would taste nice and refreshing o. a hot day like this,
Mr. Elephant thought as he troHed along. I'll just step around and see how
large they are He went crashing along, and when he reached the pond he
was hotter and hungner than ever.
"My. those do look niceE he exclaimed as he uoHed down the bank to the
shore of the lake. -.
HE reached out his long trunk to pick ne of the finest buds. He was
in such a hurry that he dropped it and the bud sank beneath the water where
be couldn't pick it up E.
Mr. Elephant was angry. There; that was the very incest bud of sNp he
cried. Well. I'm going to have it anyway and he waded out into the water
and began pedng down to find the bud.
HE couldn't see it for the mud and began to feel around on the bottom Of
the lake with his trunk. He thus stirred up even more mud than his tamping
about in the lake had done.
IF this isn't too provoking! he fumed, and then, gancing at a rock in
front of him, he saw a frog sitting there watching hm in amusement
"Can you see my lily budT he asked the frog.
"rNo; l can't answered Mr. Frog. i don't believe any one could zee it in
that muddy water, but If you'll stand very still for a few minutes and listen
maybe you can find it
How very oddv exclaimed the elephant. but he did keep quite still, ex
pechng to hear the bud moving about perhaps
I'm a few minutes, of course the water cleared. and there at his feet lay
the lily bud. He snatched it up and ate it
Now, wasn't that q clever frog and wasn't the elephant an old stupid no.
to have ho sense enough to stand still till the water cearedT
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sEMI.ANNUAL FAXES.

In this issue Of The Forum will be
found a communication pointing out
some of the objections to the semi-an-
nual payment of taxes, as provided in
a bill now before the legislature and
which has been somewhat agitated To-
cally. The Forum believes the objec-
lions are we'll taken.
North Dakota, despite the big adj
vances hat have been made along d.
versifed farming lines is still very
largely a. one crop state. In the late
fall and during the winter there
is a big influx OF money and the winter
is the logical time in this state In
which to pay taxes.
This applies to the merchant in the
town as we'll as to the farmers. Many
of the merchants do a credit business
during the summer months, and reap
their harvest after the farmers have
been paid for their crops. The Forum
believes that to have even part Of the
taxes come due in May would work a
hardship on many taxpayers.
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HoARplNGs OF THE HlNoUs,

The Hindus still have the boarding
habit. Montagu & Co. bankers. OF
London, in their annual bullion letter
estimated that the gold buried in India
in 1912 almost equals the product oil
the TransvaaT mines for that twelve
month.
India in 1912 imported e27,8O0,o0O
in gold or 2S per cent Of the
worlds total production. Practically
none of the gold hat India i'm
ports ever leaves India again.
The Hindus are constantly regilding
their temples with gold leaf. They put
their savings into gold ornaments,
which adorn the ankles, wrists and
shoulders of their m One rajah
has been using a gold sovereign to
form a center in each pane of the
!nnumerable windows of his palace.
But the greatest portion of the gold
India absorbs, is simply buried. The
courtyard or the cellar or the field IL
the bank Of India. There lie the saw
ings of the Hindus. 1t is just so much
OF the financial circulation of the
world sequestered.
India is not really a rich country,
In an area as large as the United
States east Of the Mississippi, India
supports $50, 900, 900 people. n man
in every Ave in the world is a Hindu
as one man in every four is a Chinese
This multitude in India is miserably
poor and rather wretched; there is
proportion of them, small relatively
large absolutely, who have SURPRISES
every year. These buy gold to hoard
India attracts gold by paying a pre-
MUM for it.
The result is that in the backyards
of India, in the palaces of her rajahs
and the temples of her gods, is {
treasure more valuable than the mine:
of the Rand.
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FARMING.

The United States department of ag-
riculture recently issued a bulletin
that is remarkable for two things
First, it shows very clearly the won.
derful results that may be obtained
from intensive cultivation. The second
and by far the more remarkable
feature is that this cultivation was
done by an ~unlearned negro, now over
Is years of age, on his own initiative
and the United States government
found his work on a two acre farm OF
so much Importance hat it a devot-
ed an entire bulletin solely to telling
about him.
This bulletin which came to The Fo-
rum table a week or so ago, is Farm
ers' Bulletin No. SIG. 1t tells how Sam
Mccall, an ex-slave, following the'war.
bought 1853 acres Of land, but finding
that he was land poor, the land being
worn out, he reduced his holdings to
two acres and put his entire time and
energy into making those two acres
productive.
He did not go into truck farming,
but largely depended on the staple cot
ton crop. He did not learn from books
or colleges, but simply from picking up
odd bits of information he has rams
formed his two acres of worn out land
into a farm that supports him with a
larger net income than many Of his
neighbors with forty or sixty acres.
He used simple methods like drain
ing his BARN yard into his field, putting
on leaf mold, blowing under all his
corn stalks, etc, and year after year
building up his soil. In late years he
has learned to diversity. The average
yield of cotton in the south is a little
better than One-third Of a bale pei
acre. His ambition is to raise nine
full 500 pound bales per acre. He has
already succeeded in raising seven
bales per acre and will yet raise nine.
One thing he learned quite early
was to select his seed from the fines
plants each year. This has resulted
in a special seed, now known as San
Mccall cotton seed, that is much il
demand in his neighborhood. The
| story Of Sam Mccall contains a lessor
for every man who farms.
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FOSTERS FORECASTS
ec~OpyTOhAsd hy W. ", Fesesss 1Ooal

occur in the wave that will drift
across continent Feb. 90 to &c.
We are still warning all to avoid
the dangerous storms expected Feb. 20
to 28. Voyages on the Atlantic coasts
should be avoided. We hope soon to
be able to more definitely locate these
dreaded and dangerous freaks of ma
ture.
Our expected cold wave for Jan. 25
to 20 came later than forecasted but
1t was a good one and made some OF
the ice men happy.
We have just published the first OF
a series of scientific papers explaining
the causes of our weather changes. 1t
lis hoped that every n interested in
weather forecasts will seSure n keep
q copy of this interesting article and
If your papers has not published it,
send a 2-cent stamp to Fosters
Weather Bureau, Washington, ID. G.
and a copy will be mailed to YOU
free.
The 1913 crops will depend largely
on the moisture in the soil when the
spring cropweather comes In. If the
soil is dry at planting and sowing time
and is followed by dry weather the
prospect will be bad. But with the
soil well soaked with water at plant
ing time most soils can Withstand the
April and May drouth. In northern
sections where the soil was well wet
when frozen last fall the farmer has
a treasure to start with.
But in large sections March prom
ises to be dry; particularly in the
middle and upper Mississippi valleys,
the Ohio valleys and the upper Mis-
| souri, valleys the prospect for March
moisture Is not good while in some
other sections too much precipitation
is expected and the sowing and plant
weather.
Much better crops a be made III
planting and SOWING is done to aliE
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All Riaht.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: The
prisoner was but a slight man, and
yet he struggled with almost super
human strength. The Bertillon ex-
perts had bound him hand and foot,
but he contorted himself to such a de-
gree that it was impossible to get him
in front Of the camera.
Finally, one Of the plain clothes
hruisers handed him a jolt hard
enough to make him sit still a minute.
We amt a-goin' to murder youse,'
explained this minion of the Law. "Set
still an be mugged."
"But what do you want my picture
for?" gasped the prisoner.
Fer de rouges' gallery"
"Oh, pardon me for resisting" said
the poor wretch, relaxing immediately
and assuming a $~6-a-dozen smile; Il
thought it was for a newspaper"
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SATURDAY, FEB. is, 1918.
A FARCIAL BILL,

1t is reported that a bill has been
drawn UP and will be introduced in
the state legislature that seeks to
get around the prohibition clause of
the state constitution. 1t is reported
that the bill is "cleverly drawn" 1t
must be.
The constitution Of the state of
North Dakota says:
No person, association or corpora
ton shall within this state, manu-
facture for sale or gift, any intoXl-
eating liquors, and no person, asso-
citation or corporation shall import
any Of the same for sale or gift, or
keep or sell or offer h same for sale.
or gift, barter or trade as a bever-
age.
That is what the supreme Law OF
North Dakota says about selling
ttauor. No legislature has the auth
ority to change n word of thai
clause, even by unanimous vote. That
right remains with the people. The
bill is farcial.
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Washington. d. c., Feb. 15.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbances
to cross continent Feb. Ia to liz and
Feb. 10 to 20, warm waves Feb. Is to
II and Feb. 18 to 90, cool waves Feb.
16 to 20 and Feb. FL to rs. First part
Of this twelve days will bring a mark
ed warm wave and the last part 9 de-
cided cold wave. Great fall In
temperatures Feb. II to 25. Most rain
or snow Feb. is to 19. Somewhat
stormy but no dangerous storms be-
fore Feb. 1S or 10. Then a period OIL
remarkable winter storms from near
Feb. 90 to 28. But this will not bring
as severe storms as occurred hrst hall
of January.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about Feb. "a, ros Pacific
slope about close Of Feb. A6, great
central valleys Feb. rs and %, eastern
sections March 1. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about Feb. "a, great
central valleys Feb. 26, eastern sec
tions Feb. %. Cool wave will cross
Pacific slope about Feb 81, great
central valleys March 1. eastern sec
tions March 3.
This VIII be a cold period and one
OF the best ice making dates of the
winter In northern sections. Not much
rain or snow but the Drecipitation will
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Der of artesian wells but rs the
propositions were not in accord with
the specifications the council laid them
all over until the next meeting.
Feb. 13.-The legislature only took
one ballot and H. F.. Miller was high
man with 20 votes, while Roach q
10; Stevens 10; John Miller IA; Walsh
z; Dobbin 5; oliver 2; Hodgson 2 and
Anderson, Gregory and Crum 1 each.
William Mulligan was a candidate
for the postofice at Hope.
The New Rockford Transcript told
a story concerning the Well-known
newspaper man Of Wells county, who
was elected justice of the peace. He
issued a warrant for the arrest Of a
man and the constable failed to make
the arrest because of finding the man
in Foster county. This so impressed
itself on his mind as to the limit of
his jurisdiction that soon afterwards
when a couple appeared before him
to be married, he pronounced them
man and wife so long as they remain
ed in Wells county.
There was a fire a Shipley's saloon
in Moorhead and the Fargo depart
ment was called to assist. When the
Yerxa hose cart got nearly Jack to
the bar it was discovered that some
one had placed a barrel Of whiskey on
the cart, and Chief Wade was very
indignant over liquor being transport
ed into a prohibition state and made
the boys drive back and unload the
barrel. 1t would hardly do to say who
put the barrel on the cart.
John Haas gave the Fargo fire boys
$500 for their good work at the Moor
head fire.
Feb. 14.-The legislature took two
ballots without result. On the first
one H. F. Miller received 29 votes; w.
b. Mcconnell IT; Palmer IL and the
rest were decidedly scattering.
On the next ballot H. F. Miller had
| 81; Walsh %; John Miller IL; Palmer
Z: McCarten IL; Roach q; and Muir
2.
Resolutions favorable to the early
| closing of the stores and to assist the
Eclerks, in that movement was passed
by the brotherhood of locomotive fire.
men, by the Woodman lodge, Cigar
makers union, and the Fargo Typo
| graphical union.
The Caledonia club secured the
Edith Ross company to give an enter
tainment, which was well attended
and thoroughly enjoyed.
Feb. 15.-The legislature took three
ballots in joint session n H. F. Mil
Ter was In the LEAD having 81 VoCeS on
the second ballot, while 46 was
necessary for a choice. Some Of the
Cass county members refused to sup
port Mr.. Miller and a large number
Of democrats voted for George Walsh,
who received 25 votes.
1t was reported that the republican
national committee had contributed
$4,000 to assist in carrying the state
Of North Dakota, $4,000 could be
traced and some prominent politicians
were anxious to know what had be-
come of the balance of the fund. IT
was claimed that some of this money
had been used in an attempt to defeat
the nomination n election of GER
tain republican members of the state
| Legislature.
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Letter WRITING is Not q Lost Art.:

Kansas City Star: This is a copy
Of a real letter written by a freshman
at the University of Kansas to the
loved ones at home:
Dear Mother must have a gym
rasium suit and a pair of tennis
shoes; please send them to me. If /
get them here 1 will have to a. for
them out of my allowance. Also send
along three ties, a pair Of gloves, a
Of course, I would not think of get
ting a smoking Jacket. / am sending
a pattern for a fraternity pillow,
which please embroider and return.
And, say, mother, kindly slip me a
five occasionally as Dad does not give
me a very liberal allowance. Now
you do not deserve this letter, as you
have not written this week, SO I am
not going to write you another word.
Your loving son"
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TWENTY YEARS G

Feb. 9.-The joint session of the
legislature took one more ballot for
senator with the following results:
Kingman, 27; Roach, 90; Palmer, ri;
Muir, II; and John Miller /. After
this ballot was taken, Representative
Hurley withdrew the name Of Colonel
Ktngman as a candidate for the SEN
ate, believing this would be in the
interests Of harmony in the republican
party.
Previous to the contest in the legis-
lature the republican caucus tool
seventeen ballots for senator and
an average of Is votes on each
ballot. John Miller was next with an
average of Is votes. Both men
received "a votes on different ballots
which was a majority of the republi-
cans present at the caucus but neither
was declared the caucus nominee as
there were six absentees.
The electoral college met at Wash
ington, and Cleveland had 227 votes
to las for Harrison. which was more
of a sweeping victory than DIR. Wilson
last year achieved.
Henry Rhodes reached jamestown
on his return from carrying the mail
to Glenfield, forty-five miles distant.
1t took his seven daaes- to make the
round trip in consequence of a nov
storm. .
The citizens of Devils Lake organic
ed a company to build an electric road
down to the Chautauqua grounds.
Among the incorporators were: A. o.
Whipple, E. e. Herman, J. w. Maher,
M. H. Brennan, j. A. PercivaL, A. J.
Stade, e. J. Chamberlain, E. P. Mann,
Ever Wagness, w. e. Swanston, J. e.
Watt, r. Noble, j. B. Eaton and r. L.
Hamilton.
Feb. 10.-There was another shift
in the contest for senator and the re-
publican caucus took thirteen ballots
when Jud LaMoure, who had been
acting as chairman declared that he
had a enough of boys play and that
if the republicans could not vote to-
gether he proposed to vote and act as
he saw At thereafter.
In the legislature three ballots were
taken and on the first one Lamb had
40 votes; H. F. Miller 80; John Miller
s; Senator Palmer 3; Treasurer Book
er 4; Mr.. Warnock 2 and Messrs.
Anderson, Roach, Muir and e. M.
Palmer 1 each. &
On the next ballot Roach received
SO. votes; H. F. Miller 26; John Miller
70; Muir 2; Walsh 2 and BROKER 4.
The rest were scattering.
On the third ballot lamb had SO
votes; H. F. Miller 81; John Miller Z;
l.. e. Palmer 10; Booker 2 and Messrs.
Anderson, Roach and Muir 1 each.
Both of the United States senators
united in recommending ]. B. Root as
postmaster at Cakes. The Office had
been raised to a presidential class and
Mr.. Root had served when it was in
the fourth class.
Feb 1.-THE legislature took two
ballots for senator and on the first,
Roach had 35 votes; H. r. Miller OF;
Palmer 10; and the rest were scatter
ing. On the next one Benton received
"a; II. F. Miller 90; Palmer IL; Muir
6 and the balance were scattering.
jamestown received bids for a mum
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Absolutely Pure

coming moisture. In case of dry ApriIs
and Mays the early maturing crops
should be put in very early and the
late maturing crops very late.
Drouths in April and May are often
followed by abundant rains in June
and July. Oats that fail in the April
and May drouths would make good
crops as a rule If sown six weeks later
sc as to get the benefit of the June
and July rains.
1t is believed that late sown spring
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Old AGA.

Old age as it ONE in the orderly
process of nature is a beautiful and
majestic thing. 1t stands for expert
ence, knowledge, wisdom, counsel.
That is old age as it should be, but
old age as it often is means poor di-
gestion, torpid bowels, a sluggish liv-
er and a general feeling of i'll health,
dependency and misery. This in al
most every instance is wholly I'M
necessary. One Of Chamberlain's
Tablets taken Immediately after sup
per will improve the digestion, tone
up the liver and regulate the bowels.
That feeling of dependency will give
way to one of hope and good cheer.
For sale by all dealers. -Advt.
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THE JANUARY FIRE LOSS.

The losses by fire in the United
States and Canada during the month
Of January, as compiled from the care
fully kept records of The Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin,
aggregated ~$2O,193,25O, as compared
with s35,663,150 in January last year.
The following table gives a comparison
of the fire losses for January this year,
with those Of the same month in 1912
and 1911, together with losses for the
balance of those years:
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Note-Meridian 80 runs north
ST. Paul. Pacific slope, ali west OF
Rockies. Latter, e. strip 400 miles
wide. East of Rockies to north
and south line through Atlanta and
Pittsburg are great central valleys
East Of that are eastern states ana
provinces of Canada. Southwest -
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mis-
souri,. North west is middle Can
ada, Dakotns, Minnesota, WISDOM
sin. Exit eme northwest is Brlt1sn
Columbia, Alberta Oregon ana
Washington.
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Address all communications to The
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The Best Couch Medicine.

Il have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy ever since l have been keep
ing house." says L. C.. Hames, Of
Marbury, Ala. ~ consider it one of
the best remedies l ever used. My
children have all taken it and it
works like a charm. For colds and
whooping cough it is excellent" For
sale by all dealers. -Advt.
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Unsteady Nerves.

Often the result OF indigestion, dys-
pepsia, constipation, bilious attacks or
impure blood for all of which MeritoI
Tonic Digestive is a standard remedy
that will give you instant relief. A
world famous remedy for all ailments
due to a bad stomach. Central Drug
Co., &C Broadway, Fargo. exclusive To-
cal agents. -Advt.
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Total 3s4,ss7,25o 226, ago, 900

During January this year there were
no less than 365 fires causing a loss
of $4,000 or over in each instance.
This compares with 536 fires of a like
RESPONSIVENESS during January, 1912,
when the severe climatic conditions
greatly increased the number of Sc
rious fires. The losses of $4,000 or
over this January, classified according
to destructiveness, give the following
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wheat would make good crops il sowlA
late in the plains states when the
drouths occur in April and May and
the rains come in June and July.
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tie cold weather, and to this state of
affairs much of the saving in loss Is
attributable.
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The get rich quick rascal always
has a get rich quick victim. They go
together.
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GREAT NORTHERN.
In ERecE Jan. D. I0Ia.
east bound Trains.

East bound Trains.
No. q. Oriental Limited. . .12:45 a. m.
aNo. i31, Moornead Northern. $3.50 a. m,
enc. "A, via Disadvantage. T:46 a. m.
No 10, via Fergus Falls. 49,. 1855 e. nj,
No. 10, via Breckenridge. . 10000 %. III
No. 80. via st Cloud ....11:20 p. ir.
West Bound Trains.
No. 8, G, winnipeg. ..... 1850 a. n,
No, 90, g. r. fast train. .... 6:lO a. m,
EMO. 1913, Aneta Branch...... 6:45 a. M,
NO. III, g. b. Local...... 2:4O b. nj,
No. /, Oriental Limited 80. 6:16 D. III
Trains Arriving.
(Tie up Tor tne mighty
aNo. zoe, Aneta Branch. Sos 4 n,
No. IL, st. Paul-Fargo local. $50 3. m,
sNo. 13, Fargo via Breck.. 800 3, m.
sNo. 100, Fargo-Crookston. 9:30 s. M
sExcept Sunday.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE, q ST.. patti.
Trains Arriving ErOm East.
NO. GVS ..-.s.12:30 D. M.
Trains Going East.
Ng. $40 7:10p nj.
na14ed srain .s.@sssss..-.. ZOO q. m.
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A Carpio man ran an ad in The
Carpio Free Press, warning "all thu
scoundrels who are in the habit Of
proving about others premises" tt
keep away from his place.