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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
Mechanical Power
for Small Farmer

Farming in this modern age is be-
mechanical power. The revolution, or
evolution, whichever is the best de-
scription, is being brought about grad
ually but surely, writes Clinton L.
Oliver in. The Pueblo, Cal, Chieftain.
Fol a good many years power ma
chinery people have been devoting
their efforts to making farm machin-
cry hat is adaptable to the large
farm: to the thousands Of acres in the
fiat country. Wonderful results have
been attained, and it has enabled i'm
mense acreage to be worked that
would otherwise have been unprofit-
able. . ~ Mil. =. III.
For a long time it has been a farnil-
lar sight in the plains country to see
immense gang plows and threshing
outfits working away on cid that
wond erful work and a work that had
to be DONE. However, in recent years.
We have come to recognize the bene-
fits to be derived from mechanical
power and long for it's application to
the small farmer. Z
During the past few years manu-
facturers Of traction engines have
been made to see the need for smaller
machines, and with the advent Of oil
and gasoline engines they have been
giving their attention to constructing
such machinery as will not be un-
wieldy on, the small farm and at the
same time be as efficient in it's work
as the larger power is on the broad
fields Of the plains country.
Several Of these engines have been
designed and more are to follow. Not
alone will we soon see the day that
there will be power machines for plow-
ing and harvesting, but we will see
convenient power machines FOR plant
ing and cultivating on the moderate
farm.
One Of the greatest fields for a small
tractor is to be found in the orchards
of the fruit growing districts. 1t is a
very hard matter to get horses tina
are built right for orchard work. An
orchard horse must be shor ano
blocky SO that the orchardist can get
close in to the trees and lnde the
limbs. Such horses are not to be
found everywhere and cost a lot OF
money when they q be found. An
orchard tractor built on proper lines
would travel faster and more steadi-
ly than horses and enable the fruit
grower to do his orchard ~cultivating in
half the time and at a great deal less
expense.
Al team suitable for orchard work is
worth from $500 to $500, and a suit
able orchard tractor should be made tic
sell for from $500 to $500. This repre-
.sents a somewhat higher original in
vestnasnt, but when one considers tbs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

the feed to be cut, the grinder to run
and the silo to fill. The expense Of
this class of work can be handled
without the heavy work that the boy
objects to do SO much, and which
drives him away from the farm as
soon as he can go. and which makes
an old man Of the father before his
time.
While we are talking Of the mems
work on the farm, let us not forget
that there are a lot of things about
the woman's work that can be made
easier by a little mechanical power.
The churn, the washing machine, etc.
A little gasoline engine will reduce the
drudgery of the farm woman fully
100 per cent.
The gasoline power spraying ma
chimes have superseded the use of
hand sprayers in the fruit districts
where fruit growing has attained any
prominence in the list Of industries.
ten acres would not think he could
get along unless he had a power
outfit, and he is about right, not
only to do the work easily, but to do
it well. Still there are few fruit
growers who have stopped to consider
that the same old power is running
the washing machine and the churn.
This matter of making machinery
do what is hard to do by muscular
force is not an old worn out subject.
1t is, in fact, the new idea in modern
farming, especially On the small farm,
where in years past it was thought
unnecessary. 1t is the thing that is
going to have more to do with keep
ing the boy on the farm than any
other thing. A boy that doesn't like
machinery isn't a natural boy. He'd
enjoy saving the wood if he could do
it with a power saw and even. a com
paratively small boy can master the
simple mechanics of the small gas en-
CINE and he'd be willing to stay
around where such machinery was
provided to tighten his labor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
The strennth of Tammanx.

Chicago Tribune: Hutchins Hap
good, in an article for The Interna-
tional Magazine on Mitchell and Tam
many, offers this suggestion, which
might go into every reform note book
and be Of service: "Tammany hall
has existed all these years, not be-
cause of it's evil. but because Of it's
good"
A strong political organization gains
a place in the affections of people by
it's sympathetic, human understand
ing of the peoples needs. It's ~rascali-
ties seldom touch them closely; its
benevolences often do. 1t would be a
much more logical democracy which
gave attention to the report of a
bureau of public efficiency, but it isn't
ours, and statistics make slow head
way against the intimate, friendly
neighborly service of an organization
which knows it's business.
Mr.. Hapgood suggests that if reform
in New York is to remain on it's feet
it will have to preserve what was
good in Tammany, while eliminating
what was evil. Otherwise the shrewd-
er politicians Of a wiser school will
return.
Murphy" says Mr.. Hapgood, lis
eaten up by big business by pluto
lNSuc IA iSoNSA ~ lldS d SUM
of rooms at Delmonico's, a country
house and who plays golf is very diff
ferent from the old time Tammany
leader. Murphy showed by his treat
ment Of Sulzer that he is not a good
felloW'-a cardinal principle Of Tam
many's mortality. No wonder he was
defeated"
Murphy got away from the Tam
many game. He tried to take the
profits without giving the service.
Reform needs his hint from Tam
many's accustomed success and Muir
phys present failure. With a chill
statistical face of pure efficiency it
may win occasionally, but to establish
itself it needs the human, neighborly
aspects of the politician whose stabili-
ty in spite Of it's band record frequent
~ is an enigma to such as regard him
as purely evil II wonder that evil
can maintain itself.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
Kidney and Bladder Trouble
Causes Great Distress

1t gives me great pleasure to recon-
mend DR.. kilmer's~ Swamp-Root to any
one suffering from bladder trouble.
For four years l was troubled by
hemorrhages from the bladder and was
not able to get any doctor who could
help me. l was in such shape that
sleep at night was impossible on &C
count of distressing symptoms. While
bending over I would be stricken with
such a pain that it was impossible for
me, to s~traighten up. Mr.. Henry, one
of our leading druggists, advised DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root: although / new
er had any faith in patent medicines,
as a last resort I purchased a dollar
bottle of Swamp-Root. I noticed a de-
cided change and after using two bot
ties 1 was completely cured. 1t seemed
remarkable that l should be cured so
quickly after being i'll so long. But
since this took place nearly two years
ago, / have never been troubled and
would highly advise any one suffering
from the same trouble to at least give
Swamp-Root a trial and I think the re-
suits will be the same as mine.
Yours very truly,
THOMAS A. BENNETT -
Greensburg, Indiana.
Personally appeared before me this
14th day of February, 1913, MI. T. A.
Bennett, who subscribed the above
statement n made oath tina the same
is true in substance and in fact.
L. A. BOWER,
Notary Public.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
SPECIAL TAX VOID.

h decision of the state supreme
court, in which the special tax on
estates has been declared ~unconsti-
tutional, is just now attracting a
great ..eal Of attention. Under its
provisions a special tax of IS on each
$1,000 Of an estate was charged by
the judges Of probate.
Many attorneys held the law void
n paid only under protest. These
will be entitled to recover. It is also
possible that those who paid. though
failing to file a protest, can also re-
cover. ..,..
The supreme court held hal more
than n object was included in the
title of the bill and that the tax wasl
r !-vied according to law. AS the
tax was not charged as an inheritance
measure it was levied on estates
whether solvent or insolvent or wheth-
er the heirs were minor or i~nconppe-
tent. h.
The <-cision was made in a LaMoure
county case. The matter has been
in controversy for some years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
A Fence or an Ambulance

liquor houses or more policemen and in view of the situation a
sent to The Winnipeg Free Press the following poem:)
Twas a dangerous cliff, a s they freely confessed,
Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant;
But over it's terrible edge there had slipped.
A duke and full many a peasant.
So the people said something would have to be done,
But their projects did not at all tally:
Some: IAN ambulance down in the valley"
But the cry for the ambulance carried the day,
For it spread through the neighboring city;
"A fence may be useful o. not, 1T is true:
For those who clipped over that dangerous cliff;
And the dweners in highway and alley.
Gave pounds n gave pence, not to put up a fence.
But a n ambulance down in the valley.
And, if folks even slip and are dropping.
1t isn't Slipping that hurts them SO much,
AS the shock down below where they're stopping"
So day after day, as these nishaps occurred.
Quick forth would these rescuers sally;
To pick up. the victims who fell off the cliff.
With their ambulance down in the valley.
Then an old sage remarked: ITS a marvel to me
That people give far more attention 50. ,a
To repairing results than to stopping the cause.
When they'd much better aim at prevention.
Come, naghbors and friends let us rally.
If the cliff we will fence, we might almost dispense,
With the ambulance down in the valley" ! j+
oh. he's a fanatic" the others rejoined, .".
Dispense with the ambuIance?H Never!
He'd dispense with all charities, too, if he could;
No! No! Well support them forever.
Aren't we picking up folks just as fast as they fall?
Why should people of sense stop to put up a fence,
While the ambulance works in the viley?"
But a sensible few. who are nractic too
Will not bear with such nonsense much longer;
And their party will soon be the stronger.
Encourage them then with your purse, voice and pen,
And while other philanth ropists daily
They will scorn all pretense and put a stout fence
On the cliff that hangs over the valley.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
''CASCARE'TS " THE
BEST LAXATIVE
IF coNSTIPATED, BILIOUS, HEAD
AcHY, STOMACH souR-cLEAN
UP TONIGHT!
Get a Decent box now.

Get a 10-cent box now.
You men and women who can't get
feeling right-who have headache,
coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath, dizziness, can't sleep. are
bilious, rvo and upset, bothered
with a sick, gassy, disordered stomach,
or have backache and feel worn out.
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets work while you sleep;
clean the stomach, remove the Jul
undigested, fermenting food and foul
gases; take the excess bile from the
liver n carry out Of the system all
the constipated waste matter and
poison in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you by morning-a 10-cent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet; liver and bowels reg
ular, and head clear for months. Don't
forget the children. They love Casca-
rets because they taste good-never
grippe or sicken. -Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

difference in the cost of operation;
the, fact that it consumes nothing
when it is not working and that the
work can be done quicker, thus saw
ing a considerable in the matter of
time, the mechanical power will be
much preferable. d
Many Minor Tasks. :
There are hundreds Of things that
a good small tractor can do on the
farm to assist the owner in his work.
The blowing. grading, leveling and
seeding can all be handled by such a
machine Then there are a lot of small
operations that an engine can do
quicker and better than in the old
way. There is the wood to be sawed,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
INTERESTS NoRTH DAKorANs.

The arrest Of Manager ,Lessleyoung
of the Farmers General Service Co.,
interests a lot Of North Dakotans. For
some years the concern and its kin
dred organizations in Minneapolis
have taken notes over North Dakota
from the farmers for medical cabi-
nets and for the sale Of products ana
purchase of supplies.
The medical cabinets were made the
subject OF comment in bulletin by
Pure Food Commissioners Ladd. who
stated they were valueless for the
purposes advertised. oneaof the COM
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

panies sold farmers memberships
which entitled them to purchase goods
at cost.
1t is estimated that several thou
sand notes nave been taken in this
state. There have been some suits
over the notes given by farmers in
Sargent and Stark counties and the
methods of Lessleyoung and his repre-
sentatives have been attacked by a
number of newspapers during the last
two or three years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
VOLUME xxxVIi, NO. So.

published every evening except Sunday
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avenue n Fifth street north. Fargo.
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Address all communications to The
Forum Publishing Co., Fargo. n. D.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

80
the normal school this week.
Mr.. Wilkinson occupied the chapel
period on Monday with a resume and,
a discussion Of an article giving the.
weaknesses Of normal school gradu-l
excellent and was continued on We'd
nesday morning at the general exer-
else period.
The Dacotah Literary society held
its regular meeting on Saturday even7
ing and presented the following pro-:
gramme:
Music ............ Miss Eva Hossoup
Readings
The New South -. Miss Belle Berg
The Negro 49,. Miss Clara Bergene
An Invalid in Lodgings ........
............ Miss Blanche Dallier
A.AplSlon OF Her ..........
49,. ..... Miss Hilma Peterson
Knee Deep in June, Miss Ada Doyes
Fortnightly Editors. Misses Fern
Reynolds and Adelaide oSton. Read
by Miss OXton.
Drawing Sketches ..............
LAG CITY VI lllS OSpdL tlllelL OIL aEGi
The basketball session is now upor5
the school. Two games have beef
played, one won and one lost. Before
these notes are printed another vii
have taken place. The first was be-,
tween the normal boys and the team
from Brufat academy and resulted il
a score Of 48 to 6 in favor Of thu
normals. The game was entirely one
sided, The normal guards did excel
emit playing and Gillian, the center
round the basket at almost ever,
trial. The second game was with the
Junior team from the state %uniVersit,
and resulted in a score Of as to III iri
FAVOR Of the visitors. AT first 1T look.
ed as II the normais would win for the
score stood A to 0 in their favor ali:
the end of the first sixteen minutes oi,
play. But the university players were
aup heavy and the game too rough
Inc roughness was the fault OF thu
sreferee who was too lax in enforcina
the rules Of the game. He thus cone
tribute to spelling the sport Of the
evening. The baskets for the normals
Were mostly made by L.. Stewart,
WsV the basket shooting and the
guarding by the ,normals were below
average. Grinde Of the normals fell
saIiu injured his knee and was out OF
the game during the last Quarter. He.
sas guard. has done good work, bit his
opponent was too strong for min.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
| ood
Medicine

That originated in q famous doc.
tors successful prescriptions that
10 made from the purest and best
ingredients, that has a record of
relief and benefit believed to be
u~nequaiIed the world o~ver--such
10 HOODS SARSAPARiLLA.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
GREAT NORTHERN.
I'm Eject NOV. 2. 1919.
In Eject Jan. %, 1914.

Nv D. sa cast BOUM0 VF0HHAo .
ll2 Grand Forks local.. 10 $50 a. m.
No. 2, Oriental Limited via
breckenridge ....11:35 d. m,
No. 4. O~regonion via Fergus.
Falls ss.s....o... $40 o.. m,
EMO. a3l Moorhead Northern. $3.50 a. m.
mo IL. 49, pr.oL y ~ via
No. IL, Local st. Paul via
Fergus sails 80. 1855 a. m,
No. 10, Local via Breck. . !. /. !. 10000 p. m,
No. 30, Red River Limited
via Fergus Falls 1880 a. m.
No. a28. Fast mail .... sos a, IN.
West Bound Trains.
Mo. 80, Rec River Limited
Grand. Forks 80. 6:1O q. m.
No. iii, Grand Forks local. 2:4O o. M
No. L. Oriental Limited via
Grand Forks ~. s:l5 p. m
INC. 49, s a1J Surrey ! Line z.oo
ENC. BAL, Mixed Portland
Branch .... 500 ID. m
Nc. az, Fast Mail .......... 3:34 3. m.
Trains Arrivins.
1Tle up over nignts)
Emo. 19B Minot-S surrey n
An0ta sa....s f:4E %. m.
No. II. st. kaul-Fargo local. $50 3. m:
EMO. -, st. Paul-BarGp 10.
cal via Breck.. 500 o.. m.
ENC. $50, Noyes-H,argo local. 9:3O %. m,
enc. 3SA2. Portland Branch... 6:35 3. M
Except Sunday.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, q ST. PAUL
Grains Arriving From East.
Se ave- .sse. p. m.
lralm sseesssssasss Us4b %. IN.
Trains Going East
NO 9p9. 80. sesass Assass. 1:10 o. m.
Mixed Train s.sss s.ss s.sss.a 40 - 200 a. m.
srSr - -. .HH - AEAs - .y.. =. -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
All in the Famil,

Boston Transcript: "Then you don't
think Banks is fond of his wife"
mot so fond as. he is of her hus-
band" } -''''-"'
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
Letter to
DR.. KilrHeF 6 Co.,
~BinHhaEnton, NJ. Y.

Prove what swamp Rect will do for you
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing. be sure
and mention the Fargo Daily Forum.
Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.
-Advt, :.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28
MAYVILLE NORMAL

President Hillyer is attending a meet
ing Of the board Of management for
the normal school this week.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Among the names of farms near
Balfour, registered in McHenry coun-
ty, are, Alfalfa Valley dairy, Silo Stock
farm, Box-Elder farm n Golden
Wheat farm. Many farmers in their
name selections perpetuate associa-
tons in the fatherland from which
they came.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Joe Myers, the owner Of nine Sec
tions Of land and about 1000 head Of
cattle on the Little Missouri river, is
the reputen owner Of the largest al
falfa field in the western part of the
state, having been exceptionally sue
cessful in growing that fodder stock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Thomas J. Clifford of st. John wants
to represent Rolette county in the
lower house OF the legislature, and Ar
thus Johnson Of Finnigan township
wants to be sheriff.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Mathodists at st. Thomas are plan
ming the enlargement and identifying
Of their church edif1ce. The principal
need is more room for Sunday school
work, and a boys club room will be
provided.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Mineral Springs now has two good
stores, a bank, lumber yard, black
smith shop, implement dealer, and a.
fine hall. The restaurant building is
almost completed and an opportunity
is offered some live person to run it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

People on the Sarles- Lakota branch
Of the Great Northern are anticipating
regular passenger train service, in
place Of the three-a-week freight
service.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

More diversifying will be done or
the Mcleod farm lea Grafton, the
owner specializing in alfalfa. The
seed was supplied by the agricultural
department Of the Grafton high school.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Bonds, $4,000, have been voted for
the erection of a new schoolhouse in
the village Of New England, 234 men
and ONE voting on the proposition,
which was within fifty Of being unani-
NOUS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Members and their families of farm
ers' clubs, a Hannah, provide pro-
grammes which are thoroughly profit
able. and entertaining in social feat
ureS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Charles T. Gross charged with big
amy in the district court at Cavalier,
found not guilty, the state failing
to prove that the former wife was liv-
ing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-28

Herbert Conner, formerly Of Rolette,
won the sweepstakes for the best sin
gle a of corn. in a school contest 1T
Thief River Falls, MINI.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-22
CLUBWoMEN CoNpEMN STYLES.

When the General Federation of
Women's Clubs meets in Chicago in
June it will be confronted with resolu-
tions condemning the prevailing
styles. A notice sent out from head
quarters says: sit shardly possible
now to buy skirts that do not hinder
locomotion. Costumes of the kid
that cover everything and conceal
nothing are seen on the street and
social workers declare that proper
dressing would benefit morals and
eliminate many of the evils of i'm
proper dancing The General Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs in convention
disapproves the present extreme ten
dency of American women to follew
designs in dress regardless of beauty,
comfort or modesty," the resolution
reads. "This convention is heartily in
favor of simpler and more modest
styles suited to American needs"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-22
EVENING DRESSES.

Spring fashions show an astonish-
ing degree of nudity. Evening dresses
are matter of simple apology Off a
corsage, they have so little material
above the belt. Skirts are so short
that they escape and reveal silllen
ankles. The sleevelessness of evening
gowns surpass any limits yet set
down by the gown designers.
AS for the afternoon gowns for the
thes dansants-for these have now a
most important place in the feminine
wardrobe-they are often sleeveless
in the elaborate silk models and of a
daytime and even an evening decol-
lete.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-22
ATHLETICS ON ROAD
TO REPEAT 1912 ACT?

And now they are beginning to ask
if the history of 1912 is going to re-
peat itself in the American League.
Remember after the Athletics had
walloped the New York Giants in the
1911 world series they never got
started in 1912 until too late to accom-
plish anything and the Boston Red
SoX romped away with the pennant :?
Maybe the Athletics will again let
the 1912 history repeat Itself, and
again maybe they won't. But it looks
like a cinch at any rate that the Red
Sox won't repeat their great work of
1912.