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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-12-12

with the Apache element. These are
far worse than the Apaches of Paris
and, in proportion to the population,
far more numerous. There are thou
sands of them. ranging in well organ
lied bands about the slums of the
towns. Only strict police watchful-
ness keeps them from constant out
breaks, and even this is not always
successful.
"The downfall of Huerta-unless he
was instantly succeeded by a govern
ment powerful enough to enforce or
der, which is unlikely-would mean
that these Apaches and bandits would
join forces to raid the city. I believe
that Huerta's resignation or overthrow
would be instantly followed by one of
the worst outbreaks the civilized world
has ever seen and that the United
States government would be powerless
to protect the victims or punish the
criminals
These are days of preparation in the
wal department. An unusually large
number of specifications are being sent
out inviting bids for supplies of all
kinds, particularly quartermaster's
stores. The ordnance department
closed contracts recently for big sup
plies of powder. For some time the
quartermaster's department has been
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THE MEXICAN CRISIS
British Squadron Gets
PeremptoryO Orders to
Sail For Vera Cruz.
Huerta Defiant.

Boush, commanding fourth division of the
Atlantic fleet, Captain II. A. Field com
handing; 81 officers and 1852 men.
At Tampico.
Nebraska. first lire battleship of 14,94s
tons, Captain Spencer s. Wood command
ing; 40 Of GERS and s37 men.
Wheeling, sunboat of $50 tons. Com
mander 5. Il. ". kittelle commanding; S
officers and Is men.
The British cruiser squadron in West
Indian waters received %pereElptory or
ders to proceed TO Vera Cruz. The
squadron consists Of the three armored
cruisers Suffolk, Lancaster and Ber-
wick and is commanded by Rear Adj
miral Sir Christopher Cradock. whose
flagship Is the Suffolk. The three YES
sells are of the same type, d~isplacing
1900 tons. They carry an armament
of fourteen six-inch, eight twelve
FOUNDER and three three-pounder guns.
Huerta Prepares For War.
That Huerta regards as probable in
tervention by the United States is evil
dent from an order sent by the state
governors to report Immediately how
many soldiers they can have ready on
short notice. The official explanation
Of this Is that 1t is merely part of the
plan announced in a recent decree in
creasing the army to 10000 men.
Owing to the menaeing of the town
of Orizaba by the rebels and the con
sequent threatening of communication
between the federal capital and Vera
Cruz, foreigners are iocling to the
coast In large numbers, as they see
the possibility of being bottled up in
Mexico City. Every train to Vera
Cruz is loaded to capacity. Colonel
Ramirez. in command of the garrison
at Orizaba, is terrifying the strategic
points about the city.
That the United States, If it succeeds
in driving Huerta from power, will
merely plunge the entire nation into
anarchy was the assertion made by
Juan Espinosa Reyes, a merchant and
banker of Mexico City.
st is plain to any one who knows
anything of the condition in Mexico
City," said Senior Reyes, "that the depo-
sition of General Huerta will be the
signal for the outbreak of anarchy
such anarchy as no civilized city has
seen since the French revolution
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ing hard, sleeping long and eating sim
pie food. Indeed, he eats whatever is
set before him and seems to assimilate
it. One who sat near him recently at
a banquet noticed that every as
it left his place was bare except for
the bones. He appeared to be assval-
liant with the trencher as with the cup.
"a Plain old Indian"
I'm just a plain old Indian is a
phrase of which Huerta is fond in al
luSions to/himself and his democratic
tastes. He vaunted that humble ori-
gin not long since at a banquet to
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the biggest be ever made proba-
bly,. Fighting is the only thing Huerta
knows. His contempt for Madero fat
tened on every manifestation of mercy
which Madero evidenced toward his
enemies. His contempt for the United
States is bred from virtually the same
cause. He doesn't think Wilson is a
fighting man, that he wants TO fight or
that he will fight. and consequently
Huerta has a poor opinion of him and
his government.
A recent compilation of the fighting
forces of Mexico showed that the mill
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making up a list of the merchant YES
sells and other privately owned craft
that can be converted into transports
without very much expense or delay.
MAJ Department Busy.
This air of preparation permeates
the whole war department, but positive
orders have been issued by the direc-
ton of the president against any n
talking with official authority on the
subject, and precaution was taken to
have the preparations proceed along
the lines and in the way that would
arouse the least possible comment.
Apparently the administration has
determined to be prepared for an emer
gency and does not want to be found
in the condition that the country was
In a few months prior to the Spanish
American war. Then it was officially
known that neither the wal depart
ment nor the navy department was In
any condition to meet a formidable
foe.
1t became known that the ordnance
department of the army has about
completed war plans on which it has
been working for the last six years
and which were recently hurried to
completion. For the first time in the
history of the army, 1t was said by one
in authority. the war department is
ready Immediately to put into the field
a great army of men equipped and
ready for action.
General William Crozier. chief of the
bureau of ordnance. who Is now
abroad, directed these preparations to
be made little more than six years ago,
and the work was intrusted to Lieuten-
ant Colonel J. T. Thompson. Colonel
Thompson's plan, which will be Off
cially known as the "war plan," is de-
signed to meet actual hostility. 1t con-
templates increasing the line of the
regular army to its maximum enlisted
strength allowed by law and to muster
into the service the entire organized
militia of the several states at full
war strength, the remainder of the
army of half a million men to be made
up by voluntary enlistments.
The plan comprehends concentration
camps at which this army shall be
armed and equipped before the differ
ent units are sent into the field. Maps
and tables have been prepared show
ing the present strength of the regular
army and the militia and the increase
necessary to bring them up to the full
war strength.
1t became known recently that in the
estimate of appropriations required for
the army in the fiscal year there ap-
pears an item of $S,000,000 for ammu.
milton. This is an increase of $1,000
900 over the appropriation asked for
the purpose a year ago.
Huerta's Rule lettering.
Huerta is beset by foes other than
the United States. The Constitution
alists are menacing him. In fact, they
have won notable victories. Under
General Villa they have taken posses
sion of Juarez. General Pablo Con
zales, commanding the attacking
force, reported to Constitutionalist
headquarters at Matamoras that he
had captured Victoria, capital of the
Mexican state of Tamaulipas, after
killing every member of the federal
garrison. The garrison is believed to
consist of 600 men.
The victory completes the control
Of the adherents of General Venustiano
Carranza, the Constiturionalist leader.
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drenched the streets of Paris with
blood.
Consider the facts: In the neighbor-
hood of the City of Mexico, it is well
known, there are many bands of ROY
ing bandits. These men-mere high
waymen of the same stripe as those
who made for the Spanish mountains
a terror to the traveller in the early
part of the last century-call them
selves federals or i~nsurrectos, just as
the mood strikes them or policy adj
vises them. In reality they car moth
Ing for either side or for any side.
They are buccaneers of the present
day, and there are thousands of them.
Anarchy Would Result.
"In the city itself there are miles Of
rabbit warrens of tenements filed
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94s tons, flagship of Rear Admiral Frank
F.. Fletcher. commanding second division
Atlantic fleet, Captain C. s. Williams com
manding; 40 officers and S56 men.
New Jersey, first line battleship Of 14,94S
tons. Captain Frank K. Hill commanding;
4e officers and $50 men.
Virginia. first line battleship and sister
ship OF the Rhode Island and New Jersey,
Captain John C. Leonard commanding; 40
officers and 1863 men.
Chester, scout cruiser of 3,750 tons, Com
mander William A. Moffett commanding;
20 officers and 351 men.
Michigan. -Dreadnought OF 10000 tons,
Captain Edward c. Capehart command
ing: 40 officers and 756 men.
Tacoma, unarmored cruiser of 3. 200 tons,
Commander Nathan c.. Twining command
ing; Is officers and 279 men.
At Tuxpan.
Louisiana. first line battleship of 1900
tons. flagship OF Rear Admiral Clifford ].
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~ATITH a feet of United States
NV battleships In Mexican wa
tiers, with transports ready
to convey troops into the
seething republic, with General Vic
toriano Huerta. his Indian fighting na-
ture aroused to the highest pitch, ut
tering daily defiances of President VIII
son and the administration at Wash
lington, a hair trigger situation is con-
fronting the United States. Europe is
watching every move of this country.
It is realized that there never was a
time when diplomacy was put to a Sc
verer test. 1t seems that a spark will
plunge this country into a war, with
all that the dread word implies.
The assembling of American war
vessels in Mexican waters makes 1t APP
parent that this country is prepared for
any emergency. There are 532 officers
and 9,425 bluejaekets and marines on
board the fourteen American war YES
sells. OF this number forty-nine Of
iicers and 0S5 men are at Guaymas and
Mazatlan, on the Pacific side, while the
others man the ships now IN guard at
Vera Cruz, Tampico and Tuxpan, on
the Atlantic side.
These are the ships. with their COM
manding officers and the number of
men on board each of them, that will
institute the blockade of the Mexican
ports If that policy is adopted by the
administration to force Mexico into a
state of peace:
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
At Guaymas.
Pittsburgh, armored cruiser of 1860 tons
displacement. Captain William W. Gilmer
commanding; Al officers and S37 men.
Annapolis, gunboat of 100 tons dis
placement, Commander Henry j. Ziege-
meier commanding; s officers and 1S men.
At Mazatlan.
California, flagship of Rear Admiral
Walter c. Cowles. commander in chief Of
the Pacific fleet, armored cruiser Of 1850
tons, Captain Newton A. McCully COM
mandlng; 4S officers and S37 men.
Maryland, armored cruiser of 1850 tons,
Commander Philip Andrews commanding;
Al officers and S37 men.
ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.
Vera Cruz.
New Hampshire, first line battleship of
1900 tons, Captain James II. oliver COM
manding: 40 officers and BOG men.
Rhode Island, first line battleship of IA
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given to convivial pursuits. and his
prowess with the cognac bottle is much
lauded, but how much truth there may
be in this gossip is hard to tell. One
hears all sorts of stories, but it is a
serious question whether his alleged
devotion to the bottle ever interferes
seriously with his mental processes or
with his work.
Save for his poor eyesight he looks
physically fit. Probably he is much
more robust and active mentally and
bodily than the average American ap-
preaching sixty. Huerta is nearly that
age. He has led an outdoor life. work
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Army and Navy Prepared
to Move Into Mexico.
Europe Watches
United States.

~ATITH a feet of United States
NV b~attleships In Mexican wa
tiers, with transports ready
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13
RANCH SECTION OF
NORTH DAKOTA IS NOW
SPLENDID GRAIN COUNTRY

building and three substantial church
buildings, the Lutheran, Catholic and
Congregational. Hebron is incorpor-
ated as a village with a population of
700, n has a we'll organized fire de-
partment, splendid operahouse, and
energetic commercial club which is
constantly advancing the interests of
the community, and the town has won
considerable fame through it's fine
band and ball team.
AS a result Of the enterprise of this
Missouri slope town, there are five
general stores here, a modern drug.
store, furniture and hardware stores,
three lumber yards, meat markets,
millinery stores, livery stables. garag-
es, blacksmith and machine shops, and
a large stock yard. Automobiles seem
and it is said hat there are enough
autos owned at Hebron to convey $50
people at one time.
There are two banks which are stu
ated in modern brick buildings, the
Hebron State bank with a capital and
surplus of $4,000, and the Merchants
State bank with a capital and surplus
Of $4,000. There are three real estate
offices in the town, q doctor and a
dentist and three attorneys. :
Hon. George j.. Landon is editor and
publisher of The Hebron Tribune, a
weekly newspaper which he establish
ed here five years ago. He a a mod
ern printing plant in connection and
supplies the town with a vast amount
Of tasty printing. He is also justice
Of the peace. and has just been ap-
pointed a United States commissioner.
There is also a German weekly paper
published here. The Wacht Am Mis-
souri,, one of the Oldest newspapers on
the Missouri slope.
Like many of the enterprising
towns of the state, Hebron is supplied
with two good hotels and several res
taurants. The Columbia hotel seems
to be the headquarters for the travel
ing men. 1t is conducted by Andrew
P. Nyden, who came here from Bis
marck over two years ago.. His hotel
is electric lighted, has comfortable
rooms and good wholesome meals are
served. The Hebron hotel is owned
by H. P. Roth, who has just remodeled
the house. This hotel also has fine
rooms and is noted for it's excellent
meals.
Having unlimited acknowledgements
in coal, clay and agriculture, the loca-
ton and shipping facilities being ideal,
Hebron offers splendid inducements
for all kinds of enterprises, and en-
ployment for a multitude of people.
ccakpu zewae i shrdlu fwy hrdl mfw
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13
UNKNOWN Man
KILLED BY TRAIN

Casselton, N. D., Sept. 1s.-No. 8
arriving on the N. P. ran over an UNI.
known man in the yards at. Casselton,
killing him instantly.
So far as could be learned from
the train crew, the man was walking
on the track and did not hear the
whistle. There was no time for the
train to. be stopped, and the man was
knocked by the engine against a box
car standing on the side-track. The
impact caused his instant death. The
train was stopped long enough to see
that the man was taken up and then
proceeded on its way. The name of
the victim vas unknown to the train
crew, but he is a man OF 40.or As
years.
A small grip was found near where
he fell. It contained a few old clothes
but at the time of leaving, the iden-
tity of the man remained a mystery.
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A 80 Per Cent Tax
. on the Farmers Crop

Northwest Farmstead tested a sam
pie of grain for a reader with the
above result, and The Farmstead com
ments as follows:
,s0ne-. third of this whole crop is weed
seed, not wheat! -
One-quarter of it is the pestiferous
wild oat. And my friend was gonlg
to use this stuff for seed,
It is not fit to sow on any land. II
the usual quantity, IL bushels of such
seed, is sown on ar acre, o put
into the land half a bushel of weed
seed to one bushel of pure wheat. NO
farmer can afford to do that. 1t is
agricultural suicide to do so.
TO be sure, it cost money to grow
such a crop. But one-third OF all the
moisture it required was used in pro-
dncing wild oats, cookie and wild flax.
Besides this, a. third of the time n
labor. of harvesting was consumed in
getting these worse than useless I'M
purities. They made one load in three,
in hauling from field to, market; that
is, two loads of wheat and m load
Of weeds! w. 5:gs5z%, g-t =.
-. A. Killing Tax.
?. This means that on each acre OF
twelve bushels, eight bushels are wheat
and four bushels weed, seed. Wheat
at 80 cents per. bushel means that II
this entire field had yielded twelve
bushels of wheat and no weeds, the
additional profit at the close Of the
season would have been $1,000.
AS. a matter of fact, although each
bushel of this grain contains only
about twenty pounds Of wee dseed, 1T
will be locked twenty-five pounds per
bushel at the elevator. Which means
that if pure wheat is worth 80 cents
a bushel, this man will get only 81
cents a bushel for the stuff he delivers
at. the elevator! 49,. ii 49, E-t$
This one farmers loss in this one
season upon this one crop is over
{, $500! He was a slave to King Weed,
and paid to this tyrannical taxmaster
a toll amounting to ,one-third OF. all
the work, brains and money invested
in that GAO. acres for a. whole year.
The docking for weeds in this grain
amounts to nearly 81 an acre. If the
land is worth an average of $50 an
acre, this tribute to King Weed Is
equivalent to a tai of $50 annually on
the value of the land. If the normal
income of the land is measured by
twelve bushels of wheat per acre., then
this loss is equivalent to a tax Of 1870
upon the income from the land each
and every year!
A Common instance.
If your local assessor and tax gath
erer made you pay a tax equal to $50
d year on each $1,000 of the value OF
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13
''Tobaceo Habit
Easily Conquered

A well-known New Yorker OF wide
experience, has written a book tells
ing how the tobacco or snuff habit
may be easily and completely BAN
ished In three days with delightful
benefit.
The health improves wonderfully af4
ter the nicotine poison is out OF the
system. Calmness, tranquil sleep,
clear eyes, normal appetite, good
digestion. manly vigor, strong memory
and a general gain in efficiency are
among the many benefits reported. No
more Of that nervous feeling; no more
need of pipe, cigar, cigarette or chew
ing tobacco to pacify the morbid
desire. The author, Edw. J. Woods,
534 Sixth avenue 118 B, New York
City, will send his book free on APP
~plication, to anyone who writes to
him. -Advt,
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Mother of Eighteen Children.

IT am the mother Of eighteen chill
dren and have the praise Of doing
more work than n young woman in
my town." writes Mrs. C. ]. Martin,
Boone Mill, Va. Il suffered for five
years with stomach trouble and could
not eat as much as a biscuit without
suffering. l have taken three bottles
of Chamberlain's Tablets and am now
a we'll woman and weigh 1913 pounds.
I can eat anything I want to, and as
much as I want and feel better than I
have at any time in ten years. 7
refer to any one in Boone Mill or
vicinity and they will vouch for what
/ say" ChamberIain's Tablets are for
sale by all dealers.
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of Court M. F. W~oesner of Kidder
passed through here to Daw-
son this morning from Calgary, Al
berta, where he committed suicide
last Thursday morning by shooting
through his head with a revolver. He
had Authorization that parties We're
following him and kept to his room fer
days, having his meals brought to him.
He left here two weeks ago for Eden
burg, Alta, to take land. He was well
fixed and single, az years old.
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KNOCKED down.
and RUN OVER

h Ryder, N. D.. Sept. 13.-Charles
will lay him up from work for some
weeks. He was engaged in loading up
a wagon with lumber when the enc of
"a board poked one Of the team in the
ribs. The frightened horse started to
run and Charles jumped for it's head,
vas knocked down and run over, one
of the wheels of the wagon passing
over his left ankle. The ankle was
-%sprained and badly cut. His injury is
likely to confne him to the house for
weeks. Only the fact that the ground
was soft and sandy saved him a brok-
en- leg.
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Pinned Under Auto.

Glendale, N. D., Sept. 13.-Herbert
Perry had a rather serious accident
Thursday afternoon when the car he
was driving got beyond his control
and turned turtle. Mr.. Perry was
prisoner about an hour when a pass
ing team helped free him and pulled
the car with Mr.. Perry in it to Ellen
dale. Mr.. Perry was not seriously in
jured,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13
TRAIN STOPPED TO
Shoot CHICKENS

Cooperstown, N. D., Sept. 13.-It has
been the custom of the freight crews
on this line of the Northern Pacific to
slow down the train when a covey of
prairie chickens was spotted so the
e brakeman could shoot enough for
lunch.
Brakemen Al Kramer and Walter
Schneider jumped off the caboose when
the engineer s%ignalled. Schneider was
in front and when Kramer's gun was
accidentally discharged a large part
of the lo2& entered the back of
Schneider's head. He was treated here
and then taken to the railroad hospital
at Brainerd. His condition is quite Sc
riOuS.
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your property, how long could you
stand it? If you had to pay out in
cash each year one-third Of the value
of everything your land and labor
produced, how long could you stand
it? But this is exactly what this far
mer is doing on a whole section of
wheat each year, and it is costing
him a loss equal to over 5000 a month.
What to Do in This Case.
Better not use such wheat for seed
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Store
WAS BURGLARIZED

LaMoure, N. D., Sept. lS.-The La
Moure candy store was b~urglarized.
The thieves secured about $125 in cash
and a diamond ring. They also took
a liberal supply of CONNECTIONS and lit
teredsup the place in bad shape. They
secured an entrance through the base
main building through a stairway.
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MISTAKE in
JUGS NEARLY
PROVED FATAL

Devils Lake, ". D., Sept. ia mar
by the name Of Perkins was brought
down from Rock Lake and taken to
the General hospital. Mr.. Perkins
nearly lost his life by drinking formal
dehyde, installing it for water. He
has, however, passed the danger point
and will recover. MI. Perkins was em4
ployed on a farm near Rock Lake and
1t seems that he kept a jug Of water
by his bedside. Very indiscreetly there
was a jug of formaldehyde there also
and Wednesday night when he reach
ed for a drink of water he got the
wrong jug. The mistake nearly prov
ed fatal, s4 o
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13
POSTMASTER AT
H'VILLE QUITS

Neville, N. D., Sept. 13.-F. w. Nc
Dougall has resigned as postmaster, a
position he held for seven years. II.
B. Blackey, a local democrat, is the
popular choice for the position. A
petition Is being circulated asking his
appointment and If. the wishes of the
patrons of the office are regarded he
will no doubt be selected.