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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20

Grand Forks Herald: A review Of
the educational measures passed at
the recent Legislative session, written
by j. s. Bjornson, field deputy in the
office of the county superintendent Of
schools. In contained In the present
issue of The School Bulletin. The ar
ticle followh:
Perhaps the teachers pension act
was the most important educational
bill which became a law.
Senate bill No. 1877 requires front
and rear exits in all school houses
having more than one school room; 1t
also requires that stationary fire es-
capes with proper landings and rail-
ings be attached to the outside of all
school houses having more than n
story, 1t is made the duty of the
board OF education to see hat the
provisions Of this act be. carried into
effect, and a penalty is provided for
its violation.
Senate bill No. 81, introduced by
Senator Cashel, is an act to amend
sections 1882 1887 of the revised ocdes
of 1905, relating to education, as
amended by chapter SO of the session
laws of 1907, and chapter 267 of the
general laws of 1911, and to amend
sections Is of chapter 40 Of the gen
eral laws of 1911. and to repeal sec
bill provides that the high school
board shall apportlon to each of the
high schools of the state, which has
fully complied with the requirements
of the law, and whose applications
have been approved by the board, the
following sums: $4,000 to each of the
seven schools having manual training,
Ent1Nn-+tn n1nFnNnxv ~ A1rAaYVL,.%z
departments (two new schools having
such departments are thus created by
the act) and after the school year
1913-1914, the sum Of $4,000 to each Of
the ten (10) schools having huch de-
partments (the same being constituted
by this provision); $500 to each school
maintaining a four-year high school
curriculum, and doing four years OF
high school work; the sum of $500 to
each school doing three years of high
school work; and the sum of $500 to
each school doing two years of high
school work. 1t is further provided
hat after July !, 1915, the amount ap-
portioned to each high school, except
to those having agricultural depart
ments, shall Ia every case be $500.
No school which does not offer a fun
f~our-year curriculum shall then be
considered a high school. This act Is
one OF the greatest significance to the
educational organization of the state.
1t will revolutionize the classification
Of high schools N of rural schools.
a great many of the smaller high
schools will undoubtedly be relegated
to the rural classification. It al a
great deal for future teaching OF vo-
cational subjects in the state. 1t pro-
vides further: an addition to the
state aid Of 1880 herein provided for,
a state high school having an agTicul-
tural department defined in section s
Of this act, shall receive it's proDor-
tionate share Of all moneys appropri-
ated by the national government for
the teaching of elementary or second
arY education
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
The Farmer and the Railroads

New York SUM-: Throughout the
generations the farmer has been the
pet of the people and the government
of this country. For his benefit the
states have established agricultural
colleges which annually receive large
s~ubventions from the federal govern
ment, which also maintains a depart
ment of agriculture likewise for his
benefit. Costly experiments are con-
Quoted for his ediflcation, seed is dis
tfibuted to him gratis, at their own
expense the railroads run ~demonstra-
ton trains accompanied by lecturers
to show him how to make two blades
of grass grow where one grew before.
Yet with all this the farmer seems
able to make only about nine-tenths Of
a blade of grass where n grew be-
fore. A current compilation of h re-
turns OF the last census shows that
there was grown in 1910 actually less
corn than in 1900, and, notwithstand-
ing the Increase in farm acreage, less
tina 4% more wheat n less than 10
more oats. The outpu an acre OF corn,
oats, barley and cotton was materially
less than In 1900. Although over a
century ago one Paul Hathaway raised
124.5 bushels of corn on a single acre
of land in southern Massachusetts,, and
the bureau of plant industry records
instances in which over 200 bushels of
corn have been raised on a single acre,
the average y1elu GOr the UnlLeQ states
an acre in 1910 was only 26 bushels,
The acre production of wheat increased
mainly because of the withdrawal Of
the poorer wheat land from wheat Gull
tivation. England, France and Ger
many do far better, n in those
tries bread costs only about one-half
as much as here.
And this is not all. The population
of the United States increased during
the census decade about 1000, 900 per-
sons, or 21oh. That the output of the
ten principal crops did not keep pace
with the population is shown by the
fact that the per capita supply of the
ten principal crops ranged from a de-
crease of 21% to an increase of 20%.
Yet the farm value of the diminished
per capita supply increased from S4%
to S3g6. .
For example, the relative supply Of
corr that was 100 bushels in 1900 was
10 in 1910; the relative farm value of
corr that was 500 in 1900 was 144 in
1910. That is, while the supply of corn
an inhabitant fell off 21% the value of
the supply an inhabitant increased
4416. In the same relation the supply
of wheat fell off 145, while it's value
increased 47%, the supply of cotton
fell off so, while it's value increased
500. We have the word OF census
officials that the farm years covered
by the reports for 1900 and 1910 were
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20

Chicago Record Herald: William
o. V. Redield, the new secretary of
commerce. has just published The
New Industrial Day, which is a dis
cussion of present day labor prob
lens. In it he argues that human
values are not fully appreciated in the
great body of our Industries. Here
are some extracts from his book:
Never give up self study. There
will always be something to learn
about you ways.
Don't let our initiative become
sterilized by a tariff or anything else.
(Thts may be-as a friend says it is
grossly ~inferential," but it is true.
nevertheless.)
1t is not wise to destroy the initia-
tive of your. working force by looking
so hard at a quarter yourself that
you can't see the IS bill beyond.
A justly disconnected force can cost
you more directly and indirectly than
the most expert and costly supervision
a eve find out.
The cheapest and most efficient
discipline is that which well paid,
hopeful and jealous work naturally
creates. "...
The cutting of peace work rates and
wages is the hallmark OF inefficient
management.
Obsolete machinery is the foe of
profits, the brother of high cost and
the friend of bad methods.
Export trade begins at home. In
your own shop, and first with the head
of 1t. To get it, bring your wages and
output up-your costs and prices
down; know what is doing in your
wi plant and you can smile at a
competing world.
When you have good stuff to sell,
well and cheaply made, properly
designed and Of regular quality, well
packed you will have no trouble to
sell 1t abroad. What one country or
market won't take another will. IT'S
a large world.
Mr.. Redfieid was actively connected
with manufacturing life for thirty
years, filling positions from shipping
clerk to- president.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
AN ELECTRIC %coMMUTER.

At a shrilI command of his electric
alarm clock, John Smith, oommuter,
sprang out Of bed in the grey dawn
and switched on the electric light. He
hastily washed with electrically
manufactured soap. A seasoned
veteran Of the TAP express, he wasted
few minutes in dressing, but before
he was half clad the water was steam
ing hot in his electric shaving mug.
Dashing down stairs he attacked a
rapid-fire breakfast of eggs, %electri-
Cally boiled, toast, electrically grilied,
coffee, electrically percolated, and
cream, electrically separated from
milk, electrically MIXED from e~lectri-
cally curried cows. He dashed out
of his front door just in time to catch
an electrically heated and propelled
trolley to the railroad station built of
electrically manufactured cement.
While waiting for the TAP express he
lighted an electrically made cigarette
with IN electrically manufactured
match. When the express came buzz
zing up, Mr.. Smith settled down in the
smoking a to read his electrically
printed morning newspaper.
Arriving in town he descended into
an electrically lighted subway through
which he was whisked on electric cars
safeguarded by electric signals. He
dSCSIIuS0 " HIS U"SnkN SLOEY SlllSG III
ain electric elevator and touching an
electric button summoned a steno-
grapher with electrically curled hair
who operated an electrically manu-
featured typewriter with electric
Enough?
But it's not a joke!
One could take John Smith through
every minute and hour of his business
day, follow him back home again IN
til he turned in for the highland
every minute and hour of that day
and night would be made in some way
more convenient and comfortable by
the marvels of electricity. There are
hundreds of thousands, millions of
John Smiths in every great civilized
country today.
The change has come so gradually
that we do not realize what q revolu-
ton electricity has wrought In modern
life. Thee are few uses to which
electricity is not put In modern indus
try and up to date households. For
an infinite variety of work ranging
cream, from running sewing machines
to washing dishes, from the manu-
facture of locomotives to the making
of wall paper, effective and economical
use is now made of electrical ap-
raratus. Recently the Crocker-Whse
Co. made a tabulation Of the purposes
for which n type only of their
motors was used, and the following
list includes only q small part Of the
products electrically manufactured
automobiles, barrels, baskets, boats,
bolts and nuts. boots and shoes, bot
ties, boxes, bricks, brooms, candles,
cans. carriages, cartridges, cement,
chains, chairs, cigarettes, cordage,
corks, elevators, envelopes, gun powder
hooks and eyes, hoops, ice, iewelry,
paper bags and boxes, pins, pottery,
presses, rivets, rubber, silk, soap,
spools, tacks, textiles, typewrfters,
wagons, wall paper and wire.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
Woman's Character Is UnerringIy
Revealed by Her Choice Of Dress

physical rather than their innocent
charms, the fault is not so mulch with
the girls as with their mothers who
permit them to buy and wear such
ClOthes. The excuse that mothers can
not control the attire Of their daugh-
ters is begging the question. A moth
er is a pretty poor failure when she
has to confess to such an admission.
When girls are PERMITTED to buy and
wear the amazing hats that they wore
last year., set on a head loaded down
with puffs and rats; the waist so thin
and transparent as to be absolutely
indecent, with sleeves so short and
neck SO low as TO transcend the line
of deCenCy, and a skirt SO tight that
the figure is displayed at every step,
with stockings OF the thlnnest trans
parent silk-there is a question Of
morals involved that is, to say the
least, important.
There is no sense in our being
shocked at tho social evils that exist
and seem to be on the rapid increase
on every side, threatening our young
girlhOod at every turn, so long as we
distinctly and directly add to those
evils, yes, bring many of them about,
by allowing this shamelessness in
dress of our daughters. 1t is all we'll
enought to deplOre the vicious habits
OF men, but is this sort Of dressing
calculated to check them. It is with
in the lines of calm speaking today
that no single element in modern life
is adding so much to the evil past of
society as THIS absolutely indecent
dressing that is permitted our young
girls.
1t is hard to see what the mothers,
or fathers, or guardians of these girls
are thinking about to allow this sort
of dress to go on. 1t deliberately courts
danger, and when danger comes and
it's deadly result is stamped on the
girl for her lifetime. the parents are
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
A Dry White House.

Kansas CITY Times: If President
Wilson doesn't wish to serve wine at
the White House for the next four
years, he has a perfect right not to.
But further than that, isn't it a pretty
wholesome sort Of thing for the coun-
try to have that sort of a standard
set by the president of the United
States.
The wise father of today, who may
drink himself, would prefer that his
son shouldn't get the habit. The
athlete in training doesn't drink. The
big business concern prefer that It's
employees be not drinking men. The
mar who desires the best things for
his boy knows that liquor won't do
the boy any good. 1t may do him Il
lot of harm. So what's the use Of
taking chances?
If a first class fighting man like
President Wilson should bar liquor
from his table. his action would have
a wide influence for good on young
men all over the United States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD
SOLD IN FARGO

To some Fargo women it will be
news that minnesota" M~acarUni, DC
sides being so delicious. is also four
times as nutritious as beefsteak and
six times as nutritious as potatoes.
minnesota" Macaroni contains more
prUteids than most foods and is there
fore more strength giving, and it gives
the body greater power of endurance
without overlooking the stomach.
II it is served often in place of meat
the whole family will be mach health
Ter. And, besides, 1t will reduce the
cost of living, as Minnesota" Maca-
roni costs only about / cent a dish.
Try the handy Minnesota" Cut
Macaroni, which is cut into uniform
pieces-it cooks more evenly and is
quicker to prepare.-AdVt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20

Editorial in Good Dressing Maya
zine: What we must not forget Is
that there is a distinct point Of NOR
ais in this question of how a oma
dresses. A woman is never better than
she dresses, or. what Is equally i'm
pOrtant, as she allows those to dress
over whom sh" has a mothers or
equally responsible control. In other
words, a WOman's dress reveals with
unfailing accuracy exactly what she
is. There is, in fact, no mirror that so
clearly reveals the character as a
woman's dress. 1t is uncrring and abb
solutely s~eIf-reveaIing.
. When we see young girls, as we saw
them I'm larger numbers last summer
than ever before, brnzcniy or thought
Iessly displaying in their attire their
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
school Money "a loan.

Bids are solicited for $4,000, sinking
fund OF Dist. No. z, until Sept. /,
1914.
Same to be loaned In compliance
with school laws requiring bonds for
twice the amount OF the loan.
Bids to be opened Thursday, March
house, Mapleton, N. ID.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
w. w. Bishop,
Clerk.
Per. III. C. ID. -Adyt.
(March 14~-17-20-25.)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
Faulty Abstract,

Pittsburg Post. How about that
girl who married the Duke?"
she has entered suit"
For divorce so soon?"
mo- against the company that
his title.n
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
She WASN'T n Quadrnped.

Life: You can't go out like that,
my dear, ] can see right through your
skirt"
why, what do you see?''
Two legs"
Well. that's all rye got,s
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
PROVIDED FOR
new SCHOOLS

REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL MEAS.
UREs PASSED sY THE LEGS
LATURE-TEAcHERs' PENSION
MEASURE is ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT. ...... ..,. a...
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20

The complete shop, engraving, print
ing, blank book. knight Printing Co.
--Adyt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20

Make Courtship b Science, Is the
motto Of the Fathers and Mothers
cIub OF Boston.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-20
Wanted.
Secretary RedfsId,a Book.

Two good BARRIERS, at once. Cowie,
the hair cutter.-Advt.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
PEACOCK GLIDE TAME
FORM Of TURKEY TRO7
Chevalier Arrigo Bocchi Be
lieves None of Freak
Dances Will Stay

LONDON, Aug. 23.-What is the
peacock glider"
The answer is a new dance form
which has been received with approval
by the United Kingdom Alliance of Pro-
fessional Teachers of Dancing, in con-
ference assembled These experts
while condemning the accepted forms
of the tango and the turkey trot as
inelegant, vulgar and boisterous, ad-
nitted substitutes in the new tango
and the peacock glide" These are
designed. 1T is said, to replace the OBJ
jectionable movements of the earlier
American importations.
But professional condemnation in
London does not stop at the tango and
the turkey trot. Chevalier Arrfgo
Bocchi, whose experience OF the ball
room entities him to speak with au-
thority expresses the opinion that none
of the new tangled dances have come
to stay
They are not nice" he observed
with emphasis. There is no grace in
them as they are ordinarily danced. II
may be all very well when they are
performed by experts, but the major
ity of dancers can not equal that. Even
then, it reminds one of bears hugging
one another. No. they are not chic .
But what about the peacock glider
Il don't believe that will last any
more than the others"
What dances do you favor?"
There is nothing better than the
square dances generally But there
will be an effort to reintroduce the
still older dances later In. the year
Washington Star
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
WILL SELL HIS INVENTION
Inventor, Dfsgusted with British Ad-
miraIty, VIII Sell 1t

LONDON, Aug. 23.-After experiment.
ing for five years with a range finder
invented by A. Hungerford Pollen, the
British admiralty has decided not to
accept 1T for the British navy. The in
ventor has therefore patented the ap-
paratus. and will seek to dispose OF 1t
to some foreign nation.
The Naval Annual. in commenting on
the subject, says that it is at loss to
account for the decision OF the ad-
miralty, as experiments had proved the
one In existence. The appartus Is based
on the paradox that il two ships are
approaching each other at a combined
speed of so knots, and the first shot
be fired at range of 10000 yards, the
range would have to be altered by
nearly half a mile while q six inch pro-
jectile is in the air.
1t was, therefore, not only the alb
sence of a range finder that accounted
for the short distance at which naval
firing was being carried out, but be-
cause no one had yet solved the prob
lem Of how to ascertain the future po-
sition Of the moving target and to
lay and train the guns accordingly.
The conclusions at which Mr. Pollen
arrived were, firstly. that the only clue
to the future position of the target
must be found In It's past movements;
secondly, that the only conceivable in
formation of Its past movements that
could be obtained must be the obser-
walton of its successive previous po-
sifions; thirdly. that If these were
plotted, with due allowance for the
progress OF the observers ship through
the water. plan would result: and
fourthly. that from such a plan, the
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
SEEKS COMMON GROUND
BETWEEN THE CREEDS
E-..ch con~ress to Assemble Which
VIII Attempt to Connect Science
With Religion

PARIS. Aug. 23-Some weeks ago
remarkable lecture was delivered by NJ
Emile Boutroux, which estabAsned q
connection between science and reli-
gion. The eminent academfeian is ABOUT
to preside over congress, to be held In
Paris, which will occupy itself with
this problem.
Deleeates from all over the world,
and representing the principal religions
and philosophic systems, will attend the
gathering. The object Is to find COM
mon ground for understanding ana re-
snect between the different beliefs,
Christian and non-Christian and scien-
tific thought
M. Boutroux thinks there Is no neces-
sarv antagonfsm between what Is called
faith and what is called knowledge. In
his onening address he will seek to
show that no incompatibility exists be-
tween religious principles and the basic
theories Of the philosophers. Partlcu-
larly in the region of morals. 1t is pos
sible. he thinks, to realize an accord
NOT between the details of the different
dogrnas and philosophy so much as be-
tween the real religious spirit and the
philosophic spirit.
conference such as proposed atten-
yates, says NJ. Boutroux, the shock of
different opinions. 1t is necessary to
study. conscientiously and with sympa-
thy, the opinions of others. This Is the
real foundation of tolerance.
Philosophy is the natural link be-
tween science and religion. 1t ap-
proaches the two, provided religion re-
spects thought and science does not oc-
cupy itself exclusively with phenomena
artificially detached from living reah-
ties What apparent contradictions
could be smoothed away If man would
only reflectv' exclaims NJ Boutroux-
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
SPAIN EN[IsTs NATIVES
FOR SERVICE IN AFRICA
Sending of inexperienced Re-
cruits From the Peninsula
Proves Unsatisfactory

MADRID, Aug. 23-The new duties
state the organization of a colonial
army. From the moment that the
issue of the Franco-Spanish negotia-
tons became apparent the government
recognized the Importance of having
a permanent force of some SO, 900 men
for service In the Spanish zone. and the
creation of General Berenguer's native
regiments and squadrons mostly re-
crufted from former soldiers of the
~Roghi OF Seluan, was the first step
toward obtaining 1t. These native
troops are rendering good service, and
1t is proposed to raise their strength
to two regiments of infantry The law
of June 5. 1912. for the establishment
of volunteer service in Africa, was
another measure In the same sense
Premiums and other advantages were
offered to volunteers, but, perhaps, be-
cause the premiums were too small,
perhaps because the war is unpopular.
the law has. to use the words of the
minister of war. "signally failed" In its
effect. only 5000 men having been re-
cruited in II months.
The renewal of hostilitles by the
Moors has made the want of ADEQUATE
colonial forces severely felt IT has
now been recognized that the dispatch
of unseasoned troops from the penin-
sula is not of much help to the general
in the field and only tends to make the
struggle more difficulty and costly on
account of the large percentage of sick
and the heavy casualty lists, due to in
experienced soldiers, If not to their
leaders Cases have. been quoted by
trustworthy special correspondents.
such as Senor Rivera Of the Impartial.
OF cavalrymen who do not know how
to charge and artillerymen who are
learning to handle their guns under
fire.
The royal decree signed by the king
Is designed TO remedy this state of
things. 1t provides for the creation OF
colonial army of paid volunteers un-
der more favorable conditions than
formerly Higher premiums are Of
fered. varying from $72.5o to s145.
Volunteers are accepted from the reg
ular army. Ten years service insures
a pension and a plat of land. The de-
cree allows men serving in the penin-
sula whose regiments might be under
orders for Africa to find substitute at
their own expense. This advantage is
calculated to appease the families of
the bourgeois" recruits. who. since the
enforcement of obligatory service, have
had to bear their burden of hardship,
at the front in common with the work
ing classes.