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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT
A Mexican "Foreien Hope"

New York Herald: At last that
Mexican mission of thanks" has
reached Japan. After many delays
and as many changes in it's personnel,
it has materializcd at Tokyo with Mr..
Francisco de Ia Barra at its head.
The visit of these Mexicans coulI
have no possible international sisnifi-
canoe were 1t not hat it comes at d
time when Japan is experiencing a re-
crudeacence OF anti American aeita-
ton. this based upon the report to
congress Of a new immigration bill
more frankly discriminating against
O~rientals than is the existing law.
Evidence Is not wanting that the
radical element in Japan would well
come any arrangement with Mexico
that would prove inimical to the inter
ests of the United States, but it is in
conceivable that the Japanese govern
ment will permit itself to be swept
by radical clamor from the m~oorings
of conservatism and good sense that
have characterized its handling Of 1.-THE
American question" in the past.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
BORROWING ON INSURANCE,

Indicating that this country con-
tains probably the most e~xtravagant
public in this most ~extravagant age"
Arthur L. Childs of Boston, president
of a life insurance company, called at
tention to the fact that borrowing ON
life insurance policies has increased
from 3 1-2 per cen Of the reserve
funds in 1888 to Is per cent in 1912.
Thus it comes about that Of the So
SOC, 200, 600 in the reserve funds of the
nations life insurance companies at
the end Of last year $3.50, 900, 900 had
been lent to policy holders.
Here is a fair index of the prodigal-
ity Of the times. Abandoning the pur-
pose for which the life insurance was
taken, many policy holders 'allow
their selfish desires for temporary en-
jeyment to outweigh their apprecia,
ton of the necessity for providing fol
the future.
When a policy holder borrows from
a company the policy is invalidatet
in the proportion that the loan bears
10 LuS AuIDUAL ltldL UdS UGSu palu OF
the policy. A mar with a $4,000 pol
icy is free, generally after three an,
nual payments, to borrow on the pol
icy, and he may borrow progressively
something every year, Should he die
or should his policy mature, Their
would be deducted from the payment
to him the amount he had borrowed
The practice Of borrowing has becorn
SO general that a great deal OF tn
nominal insurance in force carrie
little or no protection, and many
wife, not In the confidence OF hi
husband is deluded in the belief thu
she will get the face Of her husband
policies at his death-deluded becaus
he has, without her knowledge, bo,
roWed to the limit on the policies.
The reserves Of compal
fes aggregate nearly $4,000,000,0C
Loans ~aggregating 1s per cent Of tn
sum would make a tremendous inros
11pon them, or what s720,o00 (, 000 Won
represent. IL insurance borroWe
naid back their loans the situate
wauId not be 10 bad. but experien
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
From The Forum Book Shelf

Just made it's appearance and is de-
lighting b~ooklovers.
One of the poems in this volume.
The Woods. is a classic. Like all its
companion pieces. it breathes Of the
great outdoors and emphasizes the
Importance OF being decent. 1t Is
given below and is entitled Brothers
and Sons.
On a dirty floor at a Shiny bar in the
ante room of hell
I have seen them stand with a devils
leer, I have heard the tales they
I have heard them brag of the brut-
ish things, / have heard them
boast OF shame,
Till I longed again for the Jewish
God, for the God who smote
with flame.
And l wondered much if there linger-
ed still not a dream of boyhood
land,
Not a tender thought of a mothers
kiss or touch Of a sisters hand,
For we wander far, and the years go
by and the boyhood vision
fades, ..,... '
Yet we are the son Of the mothers
maids.
And it isn't there in the wilds alone
h a the souls of men forget;
In the house of pride, on the polished
stair. where the gilded mes are
met, ,n
/ have heard the tale that is otter
told on the dirty barroom floor
While the idle smiled and the loungel
laughed. and the bestlal asked
for more.
For the thing we are is the thing we
are, not the thing in garments
new;
And the coat that fits is the tailor.
coat, but the mar inside Il
you.
1t is such as I, 1t is such as you, tina
have made the jests and iades-
Yet we are the sons Of the mother
OF men and brother to all TIL
maids.
Yea, the sons we are Of a motherhood
Of a mother-love divine,
And l cannot SANDER this mothe
yours-lf j do not slande
mine;
say that the world shall spar
your own.
For a woman's name and a woman
fame. they are sweet and fra!
as flowers;
But the strength to shield and the arr
l, to WELD for the woman's lam
i are ours. ..-
Let the God-made man keep the God
/ made trust till his 1ife's las
twilight fades
For we are the som of the mother
Of men and brother to all tn
II maids.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
SATURDAY, JAN. 3, 1914.
FApDtSTS.

r Probably no man has lone more to
safeguard the health Of the people Of
North Dakota than e. F. Laid, pure
food commissioner, and head Of the
department Of chemistry at the agri-
cultural college. And yet there are
those who malign the doctor as a
dreamer and a ~"'faddist." The man
who makes such a charge lays him =
self open to suspicion as having ar
Interior motive back Of his state
melats Or else of being mentally de-
ficient.
The Kansas City Star uses the fol-
lowing biting sarcasm to illustrate
this kind of a person:
The bureau Of chemistry OF the
federal government is advising
drastic governmental action to
prevent the in~discriminate sale Of
such forming drugs as CO.
caine. That is just the trouble
with these government officials.
They think they can step in and
interfere with business any time
they please on the flimsy excuse
that it Is hurting the public. They
are Forever muSSlns rOnnd ana
trying to stop the sale Of sawdust
life preserves. and clay candy
and rotten esgs, and adulterated
foods and all that.
They are faddists, dreamers,
impractical men. Probably there
isn't one of them ever made a
hundred thousand dollars in his
life by selling the public bread
pills for curing consumption.
They haven't any respect for
vested interests. You never can
drive into their heads that busi-
ness is business. What IL people
do want to get the cocaine habit
and go to the devil in their own
way? Isn't it their affair? What
business is it of the government?
This interference with personal
liberty is going too far.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
Dickey Downy.

Diekey Dow1y.
Both the death Of Virginia Sharpe
Paterson and the enactment of the
Mclean bird migratory law by CON-
gress has started a widespread r~eviv1
urgent plea for the protection of
American wild bird life which has
done so much in the last decade to-
assist the Audubon societies toward
finally bringing about legislation in
this direction.
A decade ago, before Dickeb1
Downy was placed in the hands Of the
young, birds were slaughtered by mill
lions upon millions to meet the de-I
mands of the great millinery marts4
Before it was realized what was hap-
pening.. thousands of species became
extinct. with the note of warning
said The st. Louis Globe-Democrat in
a recent editorial, sounded by the cry
Of such eminent naturalists as John
Burroughs, Virginia Sharpe Paterson
| and the two Thompson-Setons, the
| carnage and plumber decreased
LEGISLATION along this line is yet in
| complete-in fact, it has only begun.
| The activities of the Audubon socte-
| ties were noted in the Underwood tar
if law. The time a come when the
| se~ntimentalist and the practical man
may work shoulder to shoulder in a.
| common cause, as the movements TOR
| the preservation Of forests and the
protection OF wild bird life afford ar
gumentE for both.
known book by the late naturalist, is
a work which should be placed in ev-'
ery school for every child to read. Its.
lesson is to teach all children to be-i
come bird protectors instead OF blrdI
destroyers. Its results in the direction
for good nave been amazing. Iold IN
Language so sweet and simple. D1ckeN
lDoWny presents a story n moral
that cannot but help appeal to the
heart of every child and adult as We'll
since its initial publication large bod
les of women, in their decorations as
sembled, have adopted resolutions to
forever discard the wearing of feath-
cred hat trimmings. Only last sep
ember did the Minnesota Federation
Of Women's Clubs take such a step.
frequently called the "architect to
the birds, Mrs. Paterson in recent
, wears has been g prominent Ieauer IN
the national conservation movement
! When governor Of Indiana, Vice Pres
. fident Marshall appointed her conr1is-
) sioner Of rivers and harbors, an ONCE
she held throughout his gubernatorial
Term and until within a few weeks OF
her death. Her life was crowded with
activities in many fields OF puol1c en-
deavor. She was the first editor OF
! chlldren's page in America, and as
writer her style was SO delightful that
FRANCES willard said of her literary
work. when urging her 70 write fol
:, the temperance cause, "a pen SC
+ bright would CLEAN like a diamond II
a crusade for the betterment OF hu
3 manftv." Miss Wizards prophecy wa:
correc, for Mrs. P~aterson's pen has
done much through Dickey Downy t
save to the world the song of the birds
I in forest and field for future genera
|tions to enjoy. "a. ]. Rowland, Phila'
ldalphia1 #".
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
BROWNIES Letters.

Says The London Mail OF recent
date :: The Times states that there is
a good prospect that the love letters
Of Robert Browning and Elizabeth
Barrett will be acquired for the ma.
ton. The letters Were bought in May
last at Messrs. Sotheby's by +.
Sabin for e6,550. During the summer
and autumn Miss s. M. De Lorey has
been active in trying to secure the
purchase OF the letters. She received
every support from MT. Sabin, who
undertook to keep thee letters In his
possession for a certain period. and to
cede them to e public institution at 10
per cent on the cost price. Miss Del
Lorey's private efforts have been so
far successful that, without any pub
lie appeal, she has received a promise
OF nearly half the amount necessary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
voLuME xxxvii, NO. az.

The Fargo Forum and Republican Is
published every evening except Sunday
in The Forum Building, corner of First
avenue and Fifth street north, Fargo,
N. ID.
Snbscription-The Fargo Forum and
Daily Republican, by carrier, 15c per
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Weekly Republican, 81 per year; SIT.
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the date to which they have paid
printed opposite their names on the
address slips.
Address all communications to The
Forurn Publishing Co, Fargo, N. D.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
Brothers and Sons.

A new candidate for the laurel has
appeared on the literary horizon and
his work bids fair to be classed with
that Of Robert w. Service and other
bards Of equal virility.
The new poet is Douglas Malloch. a
member Of the editorial staff Of The
American Lun1bernan, one of the
leading trade journals of the country.
Probably 1t was because OF this as
ISOLATION. which n~ecessitated a
Familiarity with the forests and out
door life. that him To write his
beck ef poems THE Woods which has
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

90 keep her quiet. They caused her 90 lose
much sleep and she was constantly TOT"
mented by severe itching and burning
IT tried several ~well-known remedies, but
got no relief until I got a sample Of Cutictlra
Soap and Ointment. which did so much good
that + got a large quantity that cured her
In ten days after she had been affected
for two months" (Sigued) Mrs. Edith
Schwartz, Feb. 20, 1918.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
LONDON NEWS LETTER

London, Dec. 3.--The liberal party
which recently celebrated the eighth
anniversary DC it's return to power,
now has the honor Of leading the af-
fairs of the British Empire for d
longer consecutive period than any
party for nearly 100 years. Premier
Asauith has now been In office for
over five and a half years, ana in
April next, il his government survives,
he will approach the record OF Lord
Salisbury. whose SECOND term OF office
LASTED just seven years.
I'm his recent tour I'M Lancashire Mr..
Asauith referred to his long term and
1.-THE stormy times that his government
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

began with piinples which
contained yellow corruption
and from the child's cloth"
ing they were greatly irris
tated. They seemed to
burn, which made the child
scratch them. resulting In q
mass Of open places. They
made her so cross and fret
full that IL was impossible
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
Hedging a King.

The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph:
President Wilson's censure of the
Order of Carabao, which committed
the atrocious crime of making fun OF
the administration in q comic song
is in his %grandest, sloomiest and
frostiest name The performance
reminds one of the process Of killing
an ant with a trip-hammer. Such
| ponderosity of authority contrasteC
! with the petty affair which provoked
it's exercise would be amusing If the
counter-balancing feeling of depres
sion were not superinduced by the
fact that a nation which dearly loves
a joke is now governed by a profes'
sional person who lacks a sense o.
humor and who considers that there is
dignity in deadly dullness.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF

Prevent dry. thin and falling hair auay
itching and irritation, and promote the
growth and beauty OF the hair, frequent
shauapoos with Cuticura Soap. assisted by
occasional dressings with Cuticura Ointment
are usually effective when other methods
fail. Sold by druggists and dealers through
out the world. Liberal sample OF each
mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston"
MEMen who shave and shampoo with Gu"
lNscrra SOAP will find it best for skin and SCALP
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
Madison, Wis,
Jan. /, 1913.
NJ. .. REYNOLDS says

III. ~. Reynolds SdyS:-
This is to certify that I have been
a great sufferer from rheumatism
since 1894. Contracted the disease
while working with a snow plow on
the railroad. Fol several years I
have been obliged to use crutches
q great part Of the time. Having
used three boxes Of the Meritol
rheumatism Powders, I have thrown
away the crutches and am now al
most fully recovered. 1t certainly
has done wonders for me and /
heartily recommend it. NJ, d. Reyn-
Odds. Central Drug Store, &C Broad
way, Fargo, N. D., Exclusive Agents
., -Adyt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

ErIck Westberg received a sprain-
ed arm in a mixup with a horse he
was riding while on his way home
from Neville. The horse fell and roll
ed onto his arm. .
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

John A. Weir, born in this state,
now a resident OF Saskatchewan, was
successful in passing the examination
for the Rhoades scholarship in that
district. He attended the university
OF Saskatchewan,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

Efforts are under way to lave the
white way system of street lighting
extended On Bruce avenue, South
Fourth street and South Fifth street
In Grand Forks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
Ierel1ants ana Manufacturers

Merchants and Manufacturers ex
change now in Europe.
The American representatives In
England come supplied with 1eSters
from the state department ana they
have been introduced at the board of
trade, 80 that they Will be granted every.
facility for getting into touch with
the leading manufacturing insaSestg
Iof Great E3rit~.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
North Dakota
Kernels

Cando automobile owners met for
the purpose OF forming an automobile
association and for the continuance
Of good road work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

The Academy of Mary Immaculate
was dedicated at Pembina by Arch
bishop Langevin Of st. Boniface,
Man. assisted by Bishop Beleauno.
Monsignor Dugas and Fathers ULTRA,
Loreau and others.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
SEVERE ITCHING
AND BURNING
Eczema Began With Pimples; !. o1
Lover Limbs. Constantly Tor"
mented. Cutlcura Soap and CUT"
cura Ointment Cured 10 Ten Days.

2o3 Walnut ST., Hillsboro. i'll. my
child had 9 breaking out on the lower umps
which developed into eczema. The eczema
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03
CHICAGO. MiLWAUKEE a sT. PAUL

TRAINS Arriving From EAST
Mo. 403 IL 80 d. mi.
Mixed Train ss...s... 5s45 3. I'M.
WrsiEa@ GOAs1g ESaf.
N ssgx. dos sr:i. ....... 5:5S !. f. e:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

Scarlet fever has broken out in the
school district east of Ambrose, and,
in consequence. the school is closed,
Miss HadIer, the teacher, luckily es-
capped being quarantined by being on
q visit to a n%eighbortnE home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03


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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

The unwilling of a bronze relief
tablet Of Dr.. l.. S. Platou, presented
by citizens Of Valley City to the mu-
n~icipality in recognition of Platou's
success in the establishment of a pure
water supply system for that city. vas
held with appropriate services. The
tablet Is placed at the city's water
plant.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

Rev. G. K. Mykland will be installed
next Sunday morning as pastor Of ST
Marks English Lutheran church at
Grand Forks taking the place of Rev,
]. N. LentZ, who will become travel
ing missionary for the district.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

"CoW day. is the rather homely
name that the Kenmare Commercial
club has applied to two gatherings
which will be held in this city the lat
ter part OF January. The purpose, as
the name signifies, is to promote the
raising Of sows in the 'gooseneck' dis
trict, the development of the dairyine
industry, believes the time is near
when the change from a straight grain
raising to dairying will be complet-
ed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-07-04

but let somebody mention the fact
that we have souls and might con-
slider them-and we pussyfoot away,
close up our ideas and endeavor to
look unconcerned.
Fortunately this theory is now being
com batted and the effort to get pub
lie attention to the greatest question
of all, is the hope Of religion and OF
humanity.
To illustrate what l mean, let me
give this personal experiment: For
years / was an attendant but not a
member of a church. In the member
ship were most of my personal friends
and associates. They never organized
a stock company, doomed town pro
position or planned a civic enter.
prise but they came and urged me to
go with them. But concerning the
church, the hope of a future life, they
never whispered. Occasionally a sub
seription paper for a church building
would be presented, but only as a
public spirited proposition, not as an
effort to make me enlist with them
in the organization that stands for
God and for our fellowmen, to march
on the only road which according to
their professions a man must travel
to reach eternal life.
My case is not exceptional. One
8
down this apparent exclusiyeness OF
the church. No other factor is to be
as great in this work as the news
paper, and you have only to look
around you to see the evidence.
Analyze the fight that is being
made by the press for better govern
ment, better conditions and better OPP
portunities and you will find these
teachings of Christ amplifed into de
tail but not improved or changed.
The pulpit is not to suffer loss of i'm
portance, but it is not to be so lone
some.
The newspaper is finding its place
of leadership, not only in proclaiming
the gospel as preached by others, but
by pounding it into the people with
its own good right arm. The editor
is to be a preacher, not with book and
text, but with thought and word and
everlasting practice, to break through
the unnatural pail which has covered
over religious activity.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-07-04

tience with the view that the press is
venal. Sometimes, in the commercial
ism of the profession enter injustice
and error, but the great mass of news
papermen, like the great mass of the
ministers, today work for the better
ment of society, a higher standard of
living and nobler ideals for mankind
AS higl. a measure of ethics, as ear
nest efforts toward helpfulness, as sin
cere devotion to right exist in the
newspaper Office as in the pulpit But
the approach to the task differs in the
two professions. To the preacher the
message is supreme; to the editor the
message is inextricably entwined with
a thousand business, social and politl-
cal nfil.ences-but nevertheless it
rings with truth. The preacher is Of
ten a man apart. The EDITORS seven
days arc spent with the hopes, the
failures and the accomplishments of
humanity.
The editors texts are of necessity
from the volume of the worlds activ-
tiles. There are psalms of mems re-
joicing in work, parallels on the van
ity of pride AMI on the glory of right
endeavor There are precepts, poetry,
lamentations. And there are revela-
tions-oh, the revelations that COME to
him, not only of frail-y in man and In
woman of vaulting ambition and
erasping desire, but of glorious self
sacrifice and of noble deeds, of love
that purifies and of calumny unrebuk-
ed that good may be accomplished, OF
faith that dwells in mems souls and
finds its expression in willingness to
serve.
Seen in it's true perspective, as the
editor sees it, the worlds highway
shines with opportunity and he dreams
hopefully of a new earth where peace
and purity and justice shall prevail
Hand in hand should toll the pulpit
and the press The institutional
church and the clean newspaper are
today the mightiest factors in the
worlds progress. Each possesses its
own field and neither priest nor editor
can enter fully into the others sane
-tuary. Neither is perfect The editor
claims no con- ecration, he assumes no
guidance than his own brain and
heart. but the press is doing its full
share to bring that contamination TO
which all good men and all good wo-
men aspire-the reign of righteous
ness among the children of earth.