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Williams news., 1914-01-22

The balance of this vast desert domain is composed of great DOT ton of unsurveyed land, consequent tly after all these years since the original grant in 1866 they have successfully evaded taxes. Now by successful manipulation the Conservation interests are endeavor- ing to get under Governmental su- pervision Gas Perrin is now owner and under Government supervision of the Ashfork addition 10 the Tu- seyan National Forest) and even- tually unload it upon the Govern ment for land scrip, as they are now handling the Moqui and Nav I ajo base scrip, enabling them to gather the very cream of the state, thereby turning to successful ac- count lands fit for only rattle snakes and sand dunes mirage and painted deserts worth not postage stamp per section, but good enuf to command $500 pei acre as scrip.
 Reverting again to the proposed ten million acres as another pro posed watershed.conservation schem The entire acreage is unsalab ble as is, to my certain knowledge, and l am thorougly acquainted with it, having had direct contact with it for forty years. l am at perfect liberty to say it is not worth to ex- ceed 25c. per acre, or about ?, 5O0- OOO.OO, but include it in a grazing reserve and unload it upon the Government and it readily becomes worth from $500 to $500 per acre, or at least from 30 to 50 million dollars. Why should not sub stantial howl go up for Conserva- ton and Watershed Protection! There is margin enuf to buy all the Sulzers in New York and all the Baileys in Texas.
 J. F. DAGGS.
Williams news., 1914-01-22
CONSERVATION OF R. B. LANDS
Salt River Valley Water shed and the Lever Graz ing Bill.

In any proposition arising from the consideration of the relative merits and status of any grazing bill to extend over Northern Ariz- ona to include a great block of un- surveyed land in the four counties north, viz: Apache, Navajo, Coco nino, Yavapai and Mojave, we must first consider the relative interests involved.
 First:- The struggling man with children, the farm and the school: The County, the State, and last of
Williams news., 1914-01-22
JUST BLAME
 THE MAYOR

If your hen refuses to lay,
 Blame the mayor, If you fail to draw your pay,
 Blame the mayor; If your false teeth break in two And your food you cannot chew,
 Blame the mayor. If your streets are never paved,
 Blame the mayor; If your soul is never saved,
 Blame the mayor; If your collars torn and split, And up your shirt there is a slit,
 Blame the mayor. If the water mains run dry,
 Blame the mayor, If some one blacks your eye,
 Blame the mayor; If your sewer is not laid, And your taxes are not paid,
 Blame the mayor. If the weeds grow on your lawn,
 Blame the mayer; If your summers cash is gone,
 Blame the mayer; If you have no overcoat, And old winters got your goat,
 Blame the mayor. If your kids catch chicken-pox,
 Blame the mayor; If no coal is in your box,
 Blame the mayor; If your Jersey COW dries up, And you lose your pointer pup,
 Blame the mayor, If your taxes are too big,
 Blame the mayor, If your neigbor keeps a pig,
 Blame the mayor; If the street lamps do not light, If your crossing is sight,
 Blame the mayor. If the trains too fast do speed,
 Blame the mayor; If the ordinance they exceed,
 Blame the mayor; If the engineers are fined, And the trains are all behind,
 Blame the mayor. If you're sore at all mankind,
 Blame the mayor, If your pants are patched behind,
 Blame the mayor; If he doesn't trade with you, Roast him till he's black and
 blue, Give him thunder, that's his due,
 Blanc the mayor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
Daddy: sBedtirne
O, The Boy
OtOry Who Looked :.
After the Birds.
Frightening the Bird SO
That II Flew Away,

"RWNHEREs a bird sings in that elm tree in the front yard" said Evelyn,
1.-THE sweetest song. We have tried to se him, but he keeps hidden
from sight among the leaves"
Some day we must find out what kind of q bird he is" said
daddy. II am glad you spoke of song birds. for it reminds me of a story, and
you must be like the boy in the story, Jack, and always protect the song birds
Some of the foreigners who re lot acquainted with the laws " customs
Of this country Or do not care tt observe them ven if they have heard about
them make a practice, am sorry tt say, of shooting the innocent song birds
and cooking the poor little things for food.
There ws a boy named Roland who lived in the outskirts O. a city not
far from here. His home was nar a field and a wood beyond it. This wood
was well filled with birds that sang the most beautiful songs and Roland was
delighted with them and used to spend all the time he could lin listening to
them.
"n the city there vas a large population of foreigners, and a number Of
the men used to spend their Sundays the same as they had done in Europe
They would take their guns and go out in the woods to shoot birds. Big or
small, it didn't make n difference to them. There were printed warnings
posted on the trees by the authorities telling how mn doing this would be
punished, but these men could not read English, and they went right on
shooting. Once in awhile n of them would be arrested and punished. but it
did not seem to make any difference to the rest for they kept right on break.
ing the law.
on the limb of a tree In the woods. It was the day Roland was tramping in
the woods to gather chesmuts. The bird was singing merly, when all of a
sudden Roland Ia ne of these foreign men standing nearby pointing a gun
at the bird.
Roland leaped in the ara and gave a loud cry, frightening the bird so that
it few away, and the foreigner fred too late to touch the bird. Roland ran
home, while the man We very angry. @
The little boy remembered that the mayor of the city lived not far from
his home, and he called upon him that evening and told his story. He told it
so we-for he loved the brds-that the mayor was much impressed, and next
day he told the officers to get right after these bad ne and put a stop to
this bad practice, and the officers did their work so well that today the birds
II not disturbed any more"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
A PECULIAR SITUATION.

North Dakota, more than many 9TH
er states of the union, has a large ele-
ment of foreign residents who owe
their allegiance to some of the numer-
Gus countries now embroiled in the
European war. In the PAPER of some
of the larger cities Of the United States
/ advertisements by European govern
/ ments have appeared ordering those
who still owe allegiance to their coun-
try to return and assist in the con-
fict. Aside from the patriotic senti-
ment these foreign residents Of the
! United States feel, they do not dare
| refuse to respond to the commands of
! their native rulers. Should they do
so their property owe there would be
| c~oniscated. Some of the nations would
! go so far as to impose a penalty on
| their relatives. Few of the reservists
will fail to return to their native land
| If possible. They will at least report
to the representatives Of their gov
eminent in this country and demon
strate their willingness to go as soon
! as a way is provided.
The obligatory military service is
| difficult for an American born man to
realize as the service in the United
States is purely voluntary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
WEDNESDAY,, AUG. IL, 1914.
A DISTRIBUTING CENTER.

One thing that Immediately i'm
Fargo is the splendid opportunities the
city has as a distributing point. A
casual glance at the map shows the
radiation of the railroads from this
point in a manner that is convincing.
+ A careful investigation of the true
situation indicates the possibilities are
even greater than they appear on the
surface.
After learning of the advantages in
this regard no stranger is surprised
that Fargo is the third largest dis
! tributing point in the United States
for agricultural machinery. He is not
) surprised at Fargo's strength as a
Wholesale grocery center. The large
las the logical result of the great OPP
lportunities to reach the trade. Other
! lines in Fargo are appropriately
represented.
But a more complete investigation
of the situation here will be something
! OF a disappointment to the experience
} ed man who is delving deeply into
focal conditions. He will wonder why
there are not more wholesale and job
J bing centers. He will demand the rea-
son for so many lines of trade being
unrepresented and such a splendid
! territory being neglected. 1t is diff
cult to explain to him why local
capital has not developed certain
lines, or why outside capital has not
been interested.
That there is a waste of opportunity,
Ethat full advantage of the wonderful
possibilities of Fargo as a shipping
bcenter are not being realized is evil
dent.
With the general prosperity that is
prevailing over North Dakota at pres
ent, is this not a good Oyear to
inaugurate a campaign to get more
: jobbing houses for Fargo, to have more
lines of goods shipped out of here, to
secure more manufacturing enterprises
to make goods in which heat and pow
er are not such essential requisites?
The commercial club Is the source
through which this movement can be
initiated. The officials, however, can't
do all this work alone. The co-opera-
ton of every resident of Fargo is es-
: sential.
A further organization Of that Won
derful band of get there people, who
recently gave Fargo a demonstration
of their value, should be formed. Their
assistance could be utilized along other
than money-raising campaigns.
Why not enlist them in a great
movement to make a bigger and great
YER Fargo?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
U. S. FOOD

h European var makes the cues
ton Of the u. s. food supplies an i'm
portant issue. No section of the Jul
try is at this time more interested thar
North Dakota. No state can expor
a greater percentage of it's total grain
crop than this.
There has been an old adage that
"the invading army travels on its own
belly In olden times the invaders
lived on the country, but in modern
warfare that is an uncertain method.
Germany is carrying the fight into 9TH
er territory and for that reason must
have a bountiful supply of ~foodstuffs
not only for its huge, army, but for the
teeming millions at home. Germany is
a manufacturing rather than an agri-
cultural country and will be unable
to produce its own supplies with the
ease of other nations. In this respect
itssis undoubtedly handicapped to a
greater degree than any of the larger
powers. Even England, which imports
everything, is better off because Of its
supremacy on the seas.
OF all the countries engaged in the
great struggle, lF~olssia, with it's large
area and more thinly populated terri.
tory, can come nearer to producing
on it's soil the needed supplies. France
because Of the intensive farming meth,
ody, is probably second.
should the war become q long drawn
ont affair. an endurance contest, TIL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
Had tuberculosis,
New Insured

when you know a man has been af-
ficted with Consumption, and later OBJ
tanned. insurance, 1t means that he has
recovered his health, as in this easel
2ST Dean ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Gent1emen:-T was troubled with
night sweats. a severe cough and was
very weak; having in fact, absolutely
no ambition whatever. + consulted a
physician, who told me my lungs were
affected. Not satisfied, I went to an
other doctor, who said that I was in the
first stages of Consumption. At this
point l started to take Eckn1an's AL
terative. The night sweats stopped al
most immediately, my cough became
1ooser and gradually disappeared. My
weight is now 142 pounds and my ply
stefan has pronounced me perfectly
sound-which, together with the fact
that I have Just been accepted by two
different insurance companies for in
surance, makes ms sure of my entire
recovery" fAbbreyiated)
(Affidavtt) w. e. GEE.
Eckman's Alternative is most effica-
cious In bronchial catarrh and severe
throat and lung affections and up
building the system. Contains no harm
full or habit-forming drugs. Accept ne
substitutes. Small size, 81; regular
size, 50. sold by leading druggists.
Write EoiSrnan Laboratory, PhiladeI-
phia, Pa, for booklet Of recoveries.-
l1Adxk
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
TRlTE SAYINGS.

If care would kill a cat, as is stated,
1T might be good policy for care to
visit some places.
There Is one thing about a sponge
1t can be squeezed,
Blasted hopes are often the result
of blasted luck.
The fellow who is always soldering
never makes much of a killing.
One would find more following the
straight and narrow path If it were
only q good motor road.
It's all right to love your neighbor
as yourself, but it amt a safe PROPOSE
ton to extend the same courtesy to the
rest of his family.
Thoughtfulness is the mica axel
grease on the spindle of the world.
Bare facts would be a little better
off with some clothing.
Some of these bright ideas don't
blind many people.
The majority OF men don't make
much of a defamation when they tbust'
up.
A person should have plenty of grit
but there Amt no use getting sand,
about 1t.
1T lis sometimes rather hard to find
the fellow with the yellow streak
| due probably to protective c%oloration.
A fellow had better get a pair q
lineman's climbers before he starts III
the ladder of fame.
"A little lark often turns out to be I
big stork.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
THE FIRST FALSE STEP.

Thirty-two millions a year Is stolen
in this country by trusted employees
who delude themselves into the belief
that they will return the money before
the thefts are discovered, according to
a letter written by Hubert ]. Hewitt.
secretary of the National Surety Co.
Mr.. Hewitt quotes William B. Joyce,
president of the company, who esti-
mates that only 20 per cent of all the
losses sustained through embezzlement
represents deliberate robbery. From
which it may be drawn that the cash
Ter who taps the till or falsifies the
books, telling himself the while that
he is merely taking a temporary loan,
is no mere figure Of fiction.
The surety company's statement
calls for little comment. The way to
remedy the condition Is by the pay
ment Of a living wage by employers
and by a strengthening Of the old
fashioned principles of right and
wrong on the part Of the employees.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
WASHINGTON'S LAST
ADVICE TO NATION,

George Washington, in his farewell
address, regarding ~entangling Euro
pean alliances, said: "It is our true
policy to steer clear of permanent al
~liances with any portion of the foreign
world, so far, I mean, as we are now
at liberty to do it; for let me not be
understood as capable of patronizing
inf1delity to existing engagements.
The great rule Of conduct for us in
regard to foreign nations is, in extend
ing our commercial relations and to
have with them as little political con
n~ection as possible. So far as we have
already formed engagements, let them
be fulfilled with perfect good faith.
Here let us stop. Europe has a set of
primary interests which to us have
none or a very remote relation. Hence
she must be engaged in frequent con-
troversies, the cause of which are es-
~sentially foreign to our concerns.
Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in
us to impliCate ourselves by artificial
ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of
her politics or the ordinary combina-
lions and collisions Of her friendships
or her enemities.
Our detached and distant situation
invites and enables us to pursue a diff
ferent course. If we remain one peo-
pie under an efficient government, the
period is not far off when we may defy
material injury from external annoy
ance; when we may take such an at
titude as will cause the neutrality we
may at any time resolve upon to be
scrupulously respected; when beliger'
ent nations, under the impossibi1ity Of
making acquisitions upon us, will no
lightly hazard the giving us provo
cation"
AS the years go by, the wisdom o.
Washington is the more keenly realiz'
ed by all sane-thinking Americans. HI
was not only the strong man of hi
time, but the strong mar of Ameri
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
Beef RolI, x c StyIe

Three cn$s. Hoat; / keasboonfuy SaN; 3 leyel tea
stooafuLsK Baking Ponder; u ca1 sho,zenfngi
sWees NTH; Z cup each, 6hfSted cooked beet and
hG0a; 4 keGs6oo,vRf mixed mustard; 2 6eGkets
eggs; grating of on ion; u keGstoo,vnl each, sail
@nd $sbBe,, broth or Wnker.
Make a biscuit dough of the -four,
salt, K baking powder, shortening and
milk, and roll into a sheet half IN inch
thick, having the ends even. Mix the
other ingredients by themselves, using
liquid as needed to make a paste.
Spread the paste yer. the dough and
roll like a jelly roll. Bake I'M buttered
pan about forty minutes. Brush over
the outside with a little beaten egg left
for the purpose and return to the oven
to brown. Serve hot with q rich brown
sauce. Other meats, such as chicken or
veal, alone, or ID combination, may be
used. The onion and mustard may be
omitted.
Ninety recipes just think of it--by the
| famous cooking authority; Mrs. Janet Mckenzie
Hill, sent free upon receipt of the colored Ger.
tifcate packed In 25-cent cans OF X Baking
Powder. Send for the handsome Cooks Book
tedagto the JAoyEs MEG.Go GhicagQ.S ri
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12
MARRIOTT TELLS
SIEGE OF LIEGE

CBy Capt. Guy Marriott, special CORE
spondent of The London Standard.)
Liege, Aug. 7.-(Delayed in trans
MISUNDERSTANDING is a consecutive
story of the assault of Liege by the
Seventh and Tenth army corps, begin
last night and coming to an in
glorious finish this afternoon in the
capture by the Belgians Of numerous
prisoners and seven field guns and the
death Of more than 1000 Germans and
the wounding of many times that
number.
Strength Astonishes Germans.
The Germans were astonished to
find the resistance Of the defenders of
Liege so strong. Their commanders
held a careful consultation and then
determined to continue the attack
from the north and southeast of Liege,
which was protected in those d1rec-
.tions by the forts of Norchon Evegues,
.Fleron, Chaudfontaine, Emboure and
Boncelles.
Advancing all along this front last
night. the Germans were constantly
exposed to a raking fire by the mobile
artillery, occupying an improvised
cover in the spaces between the forts,
but hidden to an extent that 1t was
impossible to direct the artillery at
them successfully.
Mines Kill Many.
The Germans also were subjected to
the terrific havoc of barbed wire en-
tanglements and mines, which 1t was
impossibel to see in the darkness, but
despite the falling of the dead and
wounded. in blocks, the invaders con-
tinued the struggle forward. =.
Ravines. woods and winding roads
afforded some natural cover, but the
superbIy courageous charges of Bel
gian cavalry rendered this protectlon,
of little use.
Germans Driven Back.
Shortly after dawn the Belgians dis
posed of the dangerous German as
sault against Fort Norchon by a mas
terly charge of the mixed cavalry bril-
gade, which drove the shattered Ger
man ranks before them like a whirl-
| wind. The Seventh corps, broken up
hopelessry. retired il disorder, over
5000 fugitives being reported as pass
ing through Maestricht toward AK la
Chapelle.
Tenth Corps Fares No Better.
Meanwhile the Tenth corps was
busy further south. The first German
regiment crossing the spaces between
the forts of Embourg and Ckaudfon-
1 tame 1OSL us COlOuSI "IIlAAh yoAO o
| from the garde civique, and then SUI
fered themselves to be ripped UP and
down mercilessly by the fearful cloud
burst of lead from the Belgian artii-
lery and forts.
Trapped in Mined Chateau.
The Germans succeeded in sur
rounding the Chateau of Lanteress,
opposite Fort Embourg, under v of
their artillery. and Immediately the
Belgians wrought frightful disaster in
the ranks by blowing up the chateau,
which had been mined.
Despite defeat on all Sides the Ger
mans sent a, parlementaire to General
Leman. demanding the surrender of
| Liege, which the Belgian commander
| promptly refused, despite the threats
Of the Germans that they would send
| an airship over the city.
Soon afterward a dirigfhle lowered
over Liege and dropped bombs which
set part of the city afane. but failed
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12

Jean Leon Jaures, the most pow
erful socialist leader in Europe,
was assassinated in Paris on the
eve Of the outbreak of the Euro
pean war. He was dining in a
restaurant when a shot was fired
through the window killing him
instantly.
Jaures was spectacular in his ca
reer and impressive in the power
that his ~eloquenCe with tongue and
pen gave him, not only with the
pOpulaCe and in the chamber of
deputies of France, but throughout
Europe. For twenty-nine of his
.fifty-three years he was prominent
1y before the public as a legislator,
journalist, socialist and philosoph-
er.
He had been a fierce denunciator
of the policy of huge standing arm
les, and in 1906 he was the cause Of
sensation when Emperor William
refused to allow him to deliver a
lecture in Berlin. The subject Of
this lecture was an appeal to So
Ctalists the world over to adopt a
common program against militar-
ism and the capitalists and to work
together for the cause of the peace.
He pointed out that If France,
Germany or Great Britain went to
war with either Of the other powers
1T would be a disaster to the world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-12

food supplies of the United States will
be in great demand. The wheat Of
North Dakota will be needed by the
fighting troopers. 1t will bring a good
price.
England has done much to insure ex-
port Of grain by insuring against losses
of cargoes consigned to that nation.
The responsibility of the American eX-
porters ceases when the grain is af1oat.
That this is a most beneficial arrange
ment for the northwestern farmer is
apparent to everyon
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