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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08
The Prediction
Reproduced from Cadillac
advertisements Of December, zoos.

Ultimately the Cadillac will find it's
way into the hands of hundreds of
owners who have heretofore paid
twice and thrice as much money.
The deep-rooted conviction which
there must be something lacking in
the Cadillac to make such a price pos
sible-is one which the Cadillac Com
pany is eager to encounter wherever
it can be found. y
To meet n defeat that impression
by practical demonstration during the
ensuing season is of vastly more inn
sales.
The latter problem has been dis
posed Of by a demand from dealers
which has exhausted an output of ten
to exert its fullest continuous pac
ity, night and day.
OF infinitely greater moment as
affecting h well-being of the Cad
lilac Company a year from today, and
ten years thereafter, is the establish
ment of a principle that a high-pow-
cred car, Of the highest grade, can be
built to sell at a popular price.
. Stripped to the chassis and subject
q ed to the jealous scrutiny of experts
in materials and mechanics; matched
detail, with cars of known integrity
sold at the highest market figure, he
Cadillac will prove beyond question
that such a car can be built at such
a price.
But your Investigation, proving that
the Cadillac Company has made the
impossible possible by heroic means
and methods, will likewise demon
strate this, that
HIGH-PoWERED CARS EQUAL
TO THE WORLDS BEST CAN
BE BUILT TO SELL AT A Pop
ULAR PRICE IN ONLY THE ONE
FACTORY WHICH is FITTED
BY EXPERIENCE AND EQUIP
MENT TO UNDERTAKE. THE
TREMENDOUS TASK.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

when the grand council OF the United
Commercial Travellers will be held
here, and this amount was raised by
the council without assistance of the
Crookston Commercial club which is
reported not to have contributed to the
fund. The boys expect Grand Forks
to turn out In large numbers for the
occasion and they assure everybody
who comes the best kind of a time"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

Charters for the new councils can
be obtained without consent Of exist
ing councils, according to The Sample
Case. which is mighty good
If the charter list is signed by not less
than fifteen eligible nonAmernbers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08
CROOKSTON GETS BUSY

A special telegram from Crookston,
Mimi. recently has the following:
sTlle Crookston council OF the Unit-
ed Commercial Travellers has raised
the sum of 5000 with which to enter
tain the visitors to that city next june,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08
Dull TINE. in
FARGO COUNCIL
NOT MUCH ELSE TO DO UNTIL
AFTER THE LENTEN SEASON
is OVER EXCEPTING TO TALK
OVER THE AFTER EASTER
DANCE AND cRooksToN TRIP.

There won't be much doing in the
Fargo council of the United CONNER
eial Travellers until after the Lenten
season is over, and Immediately after
Easter Sunday the boys will have their
annual dance and reception, the date
being the first Friday night after Eas-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

has several eligibies in both bodies,
and any one of them would make a
good official in either the grand or
supreme body.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

1t might be well for the grand
counselor of the district to know that
Fargo has about all the travellers with
in her borders members Of SIS at the
present time, and the few that remain
are being worked on By the mem :
bers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

There was a good deal of business
attended to at the last meeting in adj
dition to the reading of a arg num-
Der of communications by the secre-
tary,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

Manager Liembacher of the Hotel
Gardner states that since the hotel
added thirty new Dor for guests the
house has been filled several times, a
fact that ~pleases him immensely.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

A committee of n member who
will act with the orders legal depart
ment will give special attention to the
fight for equitable xce baggage rates
and regulations and it is hoped that
the fight will prove successful.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

"Pony" Purcell says the new baby.
is acting all right and that she is
growing nicely and already can take
notice of what, is going on.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

Only past counselors are eligible to
once in the grand councils and only
past grand counselors are eligible
TO ofice in the supreme council, Fargo
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

meat, and cook very slowly for an
hour. Add the meat and cook for at
least half an hour. If more liquid is
needed, use the stock In which the
meat was cooked and any liquor left
from sweet pickles.
Pour all into a stone jar and cover
take out as much as needed and heal
with muslin and layers of paper tied
tight, or seal in fruit Jars. TO use,
carefully before filling into the pie tin.
cate that it has been delayed again.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

The boys are still talking OF the very
fine entertainment that was given by
the members of the Dakota Conserva-
tory and the students from the Vest
ern School of Expression last Saturday
night. 1t was one of the very best
that the council has ever enjoyed.
There has as yet been no announce
ments in regard to the next meeting Of
the council.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

Fargo expects to go to the Crooks
ton co~nyention in the very best kind of
style, and they will travel in autos too.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-08

Dixon. Maj. Pony Purcell and several
others were there hobnobbing with the
members and senators and they all re-
port success.
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The. ARGUS PFiE ASANT
HIDtNG In IT'S OWN fLJIIIAGE

the haunts of the egret. Hunters learned
Of the possible profits, of the habits of
the birds and found great rookeries In the
swamps of the south where they came
in season to build their nests and rear
their young. Soon 1t was discovered
that during the nesting period the feath-
ers of the egret developed peculiarly and
were much more attractive than at other
times. Soon the public came to de-
mand that particular variety Of aigrettes
plumes of the species that developed at
nesting time.
To supply this demand the hunters
came to make special efforts to kill the
birds at the time that these aigrettes
were especially developed. This was while
hunters hung about the rookeries and
spared the lives OF the mothers until
the young were In the nests and then
killed them. With the mother dead the
young slowly starved and thus was the
sacrifice multiplied. Thus did the kill
ing of one bird mean much more toward
the determination OF the spectes than 1t
would seem.
So the egret came to be very scarce
in the United States. Its final refuge
was in the swamps Of Florida. and here
it was long hunted after 1t had pract1-
cally disappeared from other haunts.
Finally the various states prohibited the
killing of the egret, and while the law
is very difficult to enforce, they are be-
ing preserved and allowed to multiply to
a certain extent.
The egret was formerly abundant al
most the world around in tropical and
temperate zones. It's practical extermina-
ton has already been brought about in
many countries. At present the greatest
activity on the part of the egret hunt
ers is in Venezuela and Colombia. So
rapidly are the birds being killed In
these tropical countries where they are
making their last stand that it Is es-
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A RApE BlPD fRolI IHE SOUTH SEAS; foUND By THE.
fIOrIE. HUNTERS ONLY To BIZ. E.5TE.F1r1INATED

nearby twig, but it's fall was so
silent that not even it's mate. was
warned OF the danger.
So one, and another, and another fell,
and so was the demand for plumes sup
Piled, but to cause greater demand
Thirty and forty, and as much as sixty
dollars is the price Of the skin Of a single
bird of paradise. The time Ter their pro-
duction is almost past. The traveller who
twenty years ago saw one OF these splen-
New Guinea forests may now travel
day and never see bird. If the demand
still continues the time IL very near when
not enough Of them will be left to prop
agate the species. even though the
slaughter 10 stopped.
The Tyre bird Of Australia IL another
rare species that IL among the most re-
markable OF all birds. It gets its name
from the peculiar shape OF its tail feath-
ers, which resemble in q remarkable way
the form and appearance OF q Tyre. This
bird IL unknown except In Australia. 1t
was at one time very abundant IN that
suffered when the millinery trade placed
a price on its life. Australia protects 1t
by making its slaughter violation OF
the law and It's shipment a fine OF 800.
This does much toward giving the Tyre
bird a chance. but as long as there Is
a high price demand for these birds there
will be poachers to evade the law. But
a short time ago 200 Tyre bird skins were
seized en- route to London from Australia
This bird is the most remarkable mimic
that there is among all the creatures Of
the world. It can sing song Of any
other bird Of the woods One which lives
near house will mimic most remarkably
all the sounds Of that household. The
ak OF the woodchopper. the bark Of a
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e.

vHE Greeks, through ostraclsm,
tried TO counteract that law OF
nature which causes greatness,
strength and wisdom to tri-
umph. The operation succeed
ed. the patient died-and TO this day
Greece lies dead
The little ones golden age begins with
Christianity. To be poor, little, weak,
deformed became an advantage: the mis-
fortune became source Of proft-
Rome. that through her belief in the
potency of the strong. had become a
world power. was devoured by the little
ones, and with the suspension OF the Ro-
man rights the little ones claims were
established.
But the fight between the little and
the great ones has been carried on. and
continues to this day: still victory seems
to smile on the little ones.
My friend was little with a vengeance.
for he was a dwarf and hunchback. His
origin was as obscure as a back street in
a large city. His youth had been sad
enough. Early apprenticed to a painter,
ne at nrst painted window and door posts.
afterward signs, and finally, staiEcases
with landscapes. Z,
One day he went to the museum, and
there he saw beautiful landscapes; he
was seized with an easily understood de-
sire 10 paint on canvass, make himself
q name and enter the temple of fame.
: Then he painted a landscape on small
piece Of canvas and showed IT to an old
gentleman who lived In the same house.
This friendly gentleman, himself a dilet-
tsnte in the art of painting, was seized
with pity for the poor little fellow. and
determined TO do something for him. He
gave him paints and brushes, taught him
The handling Of them, took him with
him TO call on his friends. the professors.
and got him into the academy. Having
thus vcuched for his protege's talents, he
did everything In his power TO make him
a credit to him. In 7.hts way Emil--that
was the little fellows n ame-got ahead
OF his big comrades. who could "help
themselEss." and when he had risen
above them people thought 1t was because
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THE LITTLE ONES New Easter Story by August Smbeg
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tighten his remaining years, and she be-
came his wife.
Did she love him? There can be no
doubt about that for she gave gave
MN everything, without receiving any
thing in return, and that is love WHY
IL was even claimed that IL was not
only mother-love, but cenjugal love
After few years of marriage the
little one was mere shadow of him
self; one morning his wife found him
dead in his bed.
X x
When she lifted the quilt and saw
the little monster she was appalled,.
She had to ask herself how in the
world she could have loved that
abomination. She believed that she
had been the victim of an optical de-
fusion. Surely she had loved the great
soul which had lived in that physio-
logical composition, but now that the
soul had fitted away she did not want
to see its covering again.
But was his soul really SO great or
did its greatness not also depend upon
AN Illusion? He painted well. and was
in way eminent He was Intellectual,
but, then, many are that; a genius he
was not. Only by the comparison, which
constantly IoTceu ItselI upon one, De-
tween his little figure and his intellect,
which was SO much superior to 1t he
seemed to be SO great.
One saw a child and heard a man.
which gave one the impression Of an In
FAINT prodigy. One felt that nature had
done him a wrong, and wished therefore
to do more for him than he deserved,
which caused a pleasant life and peace
full death to fall to his lot.
No, he was just as small as the rest
of us. just as bad. just as tyrannicai,
and had he been allowed to live longer
his small feet would have trampled down
many more, for he would never go out
of his way for any one. never was noble
minded. never loved. never forgave-be-
cause he was SO small.
Blessed are the little ones, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven, and soon the
earth will be theirs also.
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.tinlated that none will exist in another
decade.
Internationally one Of the most
beautiful creatures that has been
called into existence since the world
began Is the bird Of paradise. peculiar
to certain of the South Sea Islands.
New Guinea is the chief home Of the
bird of paradise. This creature Of tho
tropical forests, which, when strutting,
surrounds itself with an aura Of brill
liant plumage, has astonished travellers
from all parts Of the world since first
they began visiting those islands,
The range of the bird of paradise Is
very narrow. being limited to those
islands OF which New Guinea Ii the
center. Because Of this limited region
in which 1t Is found. 1t Is a species
Travellers who visited New Guinea q
score Of years ago told fantastic tales
of these beautiful creatures OF the air
and Of their abundance. Specimens
lions and some began to find their way
into the millinery trade.
The beauty Of the feathers attracted
much attention and created strong
demand. The traders began to call on
the hunters and the natives for bird OF
paradise plumes. The offer Of money
accomplished ITS result. The natives
of New Guinea went forth into the
forests to STAY these creatures of
beauty that had been there, since the
beginning Of time. In these native
haunts they climbed high into the
tops of trees and there laid in wait
with their blow guns until a bird ap-
preached into the range Of these silent
implements Of death. The noiseless
shot pierced the creature Of color on
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of children, and even the spoken words
of the teamster will be reproduced with
a remarkable exactness by this bird. One
settler tells of Tyre bird which used
to mimic exactly his call of "Geup Bess''
to his driving nag. The Tyre bird will
be protected If bird plumage on hats
is legislated out of existence.
On our own Atlantic seaboard there
has been during the last score of years
a most striking example of the exter-
minating Influences of the demand of the
millinery trade for feathers. There were
formerly two species of water fowls from
Maine to Florida that were exceedingly
abundant. These were terms and gulls.
that no one would have thought it pos
sible to exterminate either. Finally the
millinery trade began to use terms skins
in ornamenting hats.
Half dozen years later the Audubon
Society suddenly awakened to an apprecia-
ton Of the fact that the tern on the At
lantic coast was ceasing to exist.
Through the efforts of this society Mus
keget Island of the Massachusetts, coast
and Gardeners Island off Long Island
were set aside as bird refugees. and here
were remnants Of the tern family pre-
served and here did they multiply and
again begin stocking the nearby coasts.
The supply Of tern feathers having been
exhausted, the trade has turned to gulls.
These are much less ornamental, but the
law operates on less attractive feathers
when the more attractive are gone. The
gulls of the whole Atlantic seaboard are
now threatened with determination de-
spite the greatness Of their numbers.
A most striking example of the heart.
less methods used by the plume gather
ers In their wars of determination against
the feathered creatures of the wild may
be had by reciting the exploits of one
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necessity stop bird slaughter the world
around. 1t could be expected to have
very material effect, however, for the
dictators of fashion want to give their
edicts force the world around. The
American market is very important, and
Paris would think twice before discarding
the American hat trade.
In England the campaign against the
use of bird plumage is even more active
than in America. The house of commons
and the house of lords have each passed
a bill prohibiting the Importation of bird
plumage. but at different times. The law
has thus never been written on the
statutes. 1t is bitterly fought by the
feather merchants of London. who are
the most powerful In the world. With
the prohibition effective in America, 1t IS
probable that Great Britain would imme
diately follow suit. as would Germany.
This would put Paris in a position where
its styles, if they sanction bird plumage.
might not be adopted in the greater part
of the world. So would America become
a pioneer In the application to bird life
already saved from extinction the buffalo.
the elk. the fur seal and other creatures
of the wild.
The stories of the vanishing birds are
the egret that beautiful bird of the
heron family which was at one time ia
miiar in forty states of this country. The
egret is wanderer by nature, and the
youth of this nation of generation ago
was sure to see it at one season or an
other stalking shyly about the nlarshy
places of a neighborhood. or standing ma
jestically upon some tree limb along the
creek.
X
But the feathers of the egret, some
twenty years ago, began to come into
fashion. Steadily the demand began to
bring forth more and more feathers from
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on to coil of rope, issued his orders
with the trumpet at his mouth.
The anchor was hoisted, the man at the
helm cried Ready and down to the
engine a thin, hoarse voice penetrated,
giving the command "Forward!" and then
the ships hull creaked and groaned, the
pistons sucked with Kissing sound, up In
the cylinders, the eccentrics moved, the
water spouted from the scuppers. the
rudder creaked, chains ratified and, obedf-
emily, as a float on fishing line, the
colossus, with its two black snokestacks.
glided out into the infinite darkness-put
In motion by weak voice from a sunken
chest in which two impaired lungs breath
ed with difficulty.
1t seemed as IL the little man understood
that equality between all people was an
impossibility, and that, when there was
an opportunity for it. 1t was not at all a
as not to be trodden upon. He could not
stand side by side with others because he
was too small, but he could manage to
get above them; and when he came
across any one who stood above him he
was Iii at ease until he had got them down
beneath him.
one could almost think that he was
ignorant of his deformity. He once stood
with some friends on pier when q
Emil turned away from him as from
something ugly, and said:
X x
cit is really pity about that young
fellow, he is so consumptive." That was
his expression for 1t. just as It one was
to speak of renouncing ones fortune
when one became bankrupt
He had already managed to get his
old friend and protector beneath him;
his debt annoyed him. and obligations
weighed heavily upon him.
You should not paint" he had once
said to the old man who had taught
him the first handling Of the brushes.
"Why not?" asked the old man. sor-
.owfully, for Ii was the only thing that
made life worth living to him.
Because you do 1t so badly" said this
dwarf without moving muscle. why,
1t Is all green."
The old man never again went to see
the little one, who felt much freer after
that operation.
One evening painter, Barren X, gave
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OF his greater talents, and not because OF
the protection he enjoyed.
He Is supported said the big ones.
THAT is not to be wondered at-when
he calls the professors by their Christian
Names said the big ones.
But Emil felt that he was superior to
HsN.sthers, and he would soon show them
that such was the case. He went about
the painting school and criticised When
he was impertinent to his elders and they
answered him accordingly. he pulled their
ears, In fun first, afterward in earnest.
The big ones did not dare to pinch him,
or would not lift their hands to strike
the gnome-he was deformed.
Emil quickly developed into a despot
At his patrons home he lolled on the
sofa and made droil remarks about the
artists pictures AS no one had the
heart to reprove the poor little creature,
his small malices. But through that he
got into the habit of saying anything
that entered his head. and in that way
he developed the habit of repartee so that
he was soon considered clever, and ended
in becoming go.
When he began to aim his shafts at
the masters and they became angry over
IL, they were always consoled by 'How
can any ono mind what that LIliputian
says?'
Now it behooved the little man to
find patron who would pay his ex-
pe1ses for foreign trip. He succeeded
tolerabiy soon. and one fine day Emil
found himself installed in large studio
in Parts. There he lived we'll. without
any cares; dressed like little fop, pa
tronised his friends and sent home sew.
eral pictures In the new French style.
His many supporters got them sold, and
there We're always plenty of BUYERS who
wished TO help the poor little gnome.
In Paris he was grand to behold.
At the cafe he always appropriated
the best place and led the conversation
because he was used to do so and be
cause every one was afraid of his sharI
tongue In the street he showed his
greatness BY offering his arm to friend
who was double his size, quite as IL ht
wished to support him. Women laughed
at his approaches, took him ON theil
knees like a little child, and ended b.
becoming his victims. He made con