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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-01-15
BRITISH PROTEST
/ EMBARGO ON OIL

| washington, Jan. 15.--British Am
bassador Spring Rice made urgent
Representations to the state depart
ment AGAINST the Carranza embargo
1,Dn oil exports from Tampico, from
(which the British navy draws some
6uels :
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-01-15
Austrian Aristocracy Are
Turning Property Into Cash

via Paris receiving
none scrip from m
of
Recently
the Tyrol at
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-01-15

100000 Fire in Sioux City.
Sioux City, Ia, Jan. 15.--Fire in the
Trimble block this morning caused
loss of $2C0.000.
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w wEATH % m.

Probably snow this afterroon ard
tonight; colder tonight and Sati,rdaw.
parity cloudy; fresh northerly winds.
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Continued on Page Four.
Evening star., 1915-01-24
WONDERFUL VACUUM

SCIENTISTS have succeeded now in get
~ ting what is practically perfect vac
uun,-have succeeded in taking all the air
out of a space except the one hundred and
fifty millionth of it. As long as they had to
deal with the oldtime so-called suction
pump very low vacuums were impossible
on account of leakage. The mercury pump
was relied on to give the better vacuurns;
but that took long time indeed. Then the
Gaede pump, and before that the Geryck
pump, improved matters somewhat.
The device now used is as ingenious as it
is swift and reliable. Suppose that we have
a sealed tube containing air. If we place
this in liquid hydrogen, the air in few min
utes becomes a solid in the bottom of the
tube. If all the air were frozen, we should
have a perfect vacuum left: but air con-
tains what the chemist calls traces of
several inert and hardto-freeze gases, two
of which are helium and neon. The tiny
amount of these rare gases found in the S:r
is of course left in the space, and SO a perfect
vacuum does not appear. But helium has
been liduefied also. As liquefed helium is
the coolest thing obtainable, it will not
freeze any more OF itself.
To make the vacuum more complete,
however. it was decided to put some charcoal
in the tube. 1t had long been known that
hot charcoal had the power to absorb or
@occlude@ gases; but little was known about
its power when as cold as liquid air. A great
surprise was in store for the first man to try
it, however; for it was found that it alb
sorbed great deal more when very cold
than when warm, in some cases seven or
eight times as much. So the charcoal placed
in the space absorbed a good part of the
gases remaining, and the wonderful vacuum
Of .OOO0O5S Of a millimeter-the normal
pressure of the air being 76O millimeters-
was obtained.
Evening star., 1915-01-24
PANAMA CANAL AND THE FUTURE
Continued from page 4
whether the canal will pay or not If it pre-

whether the canal will pay or not. If it pre-
vents an unnecessary war, the saving in
pensions alone will many times repay the
cost of construction. Remember that our
present pension payroll, fifty years after the
Civil War ended, is so great that two years
of it would almost pay for the canal.
And if the new waterway puts our flag
back on the seas as of yore, that alone will
make generations of Americans glad that
this generation had the nerve to tackle the
job. 1t is good sight now, since the Philip
pines landed upon us in heap, to see the
starry flag waving over transports and ships
of war in that lonely sea; and the cup of the
American traveller will overflow when he
shall see the flag of his country in every great
harbor round the map. That is not merely
"a consummation devoutly to be wished:
it is a consequence almost certainly to be
counted on.
Sturdy old Balboa, looking again with
eyes of stone on the rolling Pacific, as he
stands upon pedestal at the Panama terni-
nus, will realize how short sighted he was
that day in the treetop when all that his
imagination could comprehend was the west
coast of South America. And the spirit of
Sir Francis Drake, who could see farther
but not beyond the East Indies, will perhaps
rejoice in wider and more significant reali-
zation of his day dreams when he looked out
upon the worlds greatest ocean, which this
generation has connected with the Atlantic.
The world has moved since then. The
trade of the Indies has dwindled in relative
importance, just as the treasure houses of
the Incas have become memory and as
the loot of Peruvian conquest has changed
into mere mining proposition. The Pacific
Ocean today has none Of the significance it
had four hundred wears ago to the two men
Evening star., 1915-01-24
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no money experience needed, good pay. L. Ward
& Company, 22l Institute, Chicago
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09
P X.
StINI LIN n.
A Sure Enough Man.

0UT9 EfT0uyTT WdF.
RW YlLFRED cast a longing glance
A%@ toward the cabin, and again
W w he thought Lahoma's parlor
door n11irnrod IL -
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09
Old Time Temperance.

Germany would seem to have given
the lead in the matter Of temperance
societies. On Jan. IS, 1917, a man
named Sigismund de D~iettrichstein
formed the Order of st. Christopher,
and in 1900 the landgrave of EIesse
formed the Order of Temperance. both
moderation. What moderation meant
in bygone Germany may be gathered
from the fact that members Of the first
order pledged themselves to abstain
from toast drinking. while those Of
the second We're pledged moi to drink
more than seven glasses Of liquor at a
time and that not oftener than twice q
day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09

afraid he has a gun hidden up there
among the rocks"
ooh, nux, nux!' retorted Wilcox.
"He's %a-speaking fair. Come along!."
Odd Iahoma marry" Wilfred asked
abruptly as all three descended to the
lower level Of the
"She never did yet" replied Bill dry
ly. Young man, I'm powerful glad
to see you. It's rather chilly out here.
Ill take your horse, and We'll gather
in the dugout and talk over what's
happened since we last met. Brick,
don't you begin on anything interest
ing till I come"
You give me that horse" retorted
Brick. You're too aged Il man to be
messing with horses. You'll get a fall
n of these days that'n lay you fat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09
TO Be Continued)
LOOK PROSPEROUS.

Even though you may not be
prosperous, adopt as far as possible
the appearance Of prosperity. 1t is
sound capital and will bring good
interest in the long run. Shabby
looking people, you may have no.
tlced, always appear apologize and
can easily be turned down when
they are most in need Of a helping
hand. Keep a brave front. Dame
Fortune likes to throw her magic
cloak about the shoulders Of the
man or woman who looks capable
Of making the best Of it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09

lady, and as l tells 'em she's abiding
a-purpose they think it a pore sort Of
joke till midnight catches 'em mighty
serious. 1t must of been awful for
pore Miss Sellimer, all bound and
gagged in that horrible way. but it
takes heroic treatment to get some
cures, and so Lahoma went with 'em
to spend the winter"
But the Indian
Needn't think about him no more.
son; We got no more use for that Injun.
Well, on the next day Lahoma is look
ing everywhere, being urged on by me-,
and, 10 and behold, when she N to
be induced to go there of her own will.
but it was bruny about ~iinally-what
does she see but Il tomahawk lying
right at the edge what must have been
dropped there recent or the crowd
would have saw il the day before. 1t
come to her that Miss Sellimer is a
prisoner down below. She looks, but
it's too dark to see nothing. Not tell
ing nobody for fear Of starting up false
hopes, she gets Il light and lowers it
and there is that miserable young wo-
man, bound and gagged and her pretty
dress all tore. Lahoma jumps to her
feet to raise the cry. when she dis
covers a ladder under Il bowlder which
the lnjun must have put there mean
ing to descend to his victim when the
coast was clear. Down she skins and
frees Miss Sellimer. who's half dead,
pore young lady. Lahomu comes up
the ladder and meets me, and l car
rics her out just like Il feather. Well,
can't you imagine the rest? 1 reckon
if Miss Sellimer lives Il thousand years
she'll never forget the awfulnesS of
that big lnjun and the angel sweetness
of the little gal that saved her. Why.
if Lahoma had asked for the rings Off
her fingers she could have had EN-"
Wilfred rose and went to stare at the
darkness from the small square Win
dow. Not a word was spoken for
some time. At last the silence was
broken by the Indian-'Ugh!' grunted
Red Feather.
ouoL ~ ~ Ntu w iilltO, S1k
exceeding dryness.
What are you thinking. Wilfred?"
demanded Brick Wilcox.
I'D have thought Iahoma would
recognize the ladder"
$50 she done. but couldn't the Injun
have stole my ladder and carried it to
that bowlder? Just as soon as Miss
Sellimer was we'll enough TO travel,
nothing couldn't hold her in these
parts, and that's why your brother had
to leave before seeing %you-he's setting
to Miss Sellimer, and if Lahoma don't
git him away from her l reckon he's
a goner!!'
Bill Atkins spoke vaguely. st wasn't
none of my doings."
Wilfred looked steadily at Wilcox.
What about your whiskers?"
"Oh, as to them. it was like old
times. You takes Il cloth and cuts it
o%ut-painted red. pshaw. What are We
talking of? Bill, let's show him her
letter. What do you say?
II reckon it wouldn't hurt" Bill con
eeded. Who'll read it?"
Let Wilfrcd do the deed" Wilcox
suggested.
Wilfred drew the only stool in the
room up beside the lantern. and Bill
and Brick disposed themselves on the
bench. Red Feather. his beady eyes
fastened on the young mans face, sat
gracefully erect, apparently alert to all
that was going on.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09
Alive ANYWAY.

From a physical point Of view," re-
marked the parlor philosopher, 1--WE are
much inferior to prehistoric man"
".Nell, for my part, I would rather
be inferior than prehistoric" replied
the~mere man.-Judge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09

'N
WW YILFRED cast a longing glance
Af9 toward the cabin, and again
W he thought Lahoma's parlor
door quivered. He even
stopped in the path, but Wilcox went
on, unconscious, and be was obliged to
follow.
It's a strange thing" remarked
Brick. Come in. pard. This used to be
Lahoma's boudoir before we built that
cabin for her." said Wilcox. "See the
carpet? Don't tell me you're a-walk-
ing on it and not noticing! See that
little stove? l brung it clear across
the mountains from q deserted wag
when [ was young. Set on this bench.
l recollect as well as if it us yester-
day, Lahoma asserting there with her
legs untouching Of the floor, learning
"A and b and asking thousands Of
questions and getting herself civilized.
l couldn't do a finished job, but Bill
took her by the hand later, then q Mrs.
Featherby, what moved over in the
west mountain, added stories from New
England and travels in Europe. When
the settlers come she cleaned all they
knowed, always arising and a-looking
out for new country. That's q wonder
full girl" he added with conviction.
When Bill came Wilfred told of his
experiences on his quarter section.
How he had broken the prairie land,
put in his crops. watched them wither
away in the terrible dry months, rough
ed it through the winters, tried again,
fought through another drought, staked
all on the next springs planting, raised
a half crop, paid off his chattel mort
gage, tried again-succeeded.
I've stayed right with it," he said
gravely. "Of course, they required me
to stay on the land only during certain
months every year. But 1 stayed with
it all the time. and | studied it, and
when l failed, as did year after year,
| failed each time in a different way
because l learned my lesson. And
when I'd walled off the cause of each
failure n by one seemed like there
opened before me Il broad, clear way
that led right into the goal I'd been
seeking from the first day. Then 1
closed out all my deals and looked and
saw that everything was trim and
ready for winter-and got my horse
and started for Greer country"
"And glad we are!" cried Bill Atkins.
II hope you can stay q long time"
"That depends-Lahoma is well. l
suppose?"
1.-THE picture Of health-when she
left" Brick declared admiringly, "and
the prettiest little gal this side Of the
angels. And when you get down sick
as l done once from causes incidental
to being made Of flesh and blood, and
she come and laid her hand on my
burning forehead, her touch always
made me think Of an angels wing"
"Lahoma's not here?" Wilfred asked
a%nXiously.
Not now, nor for some time" n
swered Brick.
"I reckon, Wilfred, you just Travelled
here to take q look ut the country
where you used to herd cattle?" ques-
toned Brick.
'"That wasn't my reason. Principal
ly l wanted to SEQ Lahoma and incl
dentally my brother"
"Your brother? He amt In these
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09
CHAPTER TX.
The Big World.

1RE did not come again. Lahoma
KS used to go to the hill island,
which she called Turtle hill
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-09

You'll never knit them bones together
II you do. You amt vital enough"
Bill chung srimly to the bride, NUT
tering something that showed no lack
Of vitality in his vocabulary.
He won't let me take no care of
him." complained Brick as he conduct
ed Wilfred to the dugout.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
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Should Sport a Sion.

A man born with a harelip is of few
days and full of trouble. In a central
Missouri town lives a man who pos.
sesses a harelip and a motor car. Re
had been much interested in the
spread of the jitney idea. and the
other day. when starting out to the
county seat of his county, he saw a
number of his fellow citizens waiting
at the railroad station for a train to
the same place, and decided to do a
little jitneying himself. Driving up
t the station he called out what his
friends took to be a cordial invitation
to Joy ride to the county capital. and
they accepted promptly. On arriving
at the courthouse they were sur
prised-and grieved-by a demand
for so cents apiece.
Pay nothin'!" exclaimed one. You
never said a word about pay. You
just drove up and hollered: cit in
the carl"
Il didn't either say yit in the car"
walled the harelipped man. Il said
yitney car"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
Poisoned by Canned Meat.

Pollock.-Five children living on the
Whalen farm, seventeen miles north of
Pollock, had a close call from death
by ptomaine poisoning caused by eat.
keeping house alone while their wild
owed mother is in Iowa taking care
of her sick father, and they fried some
minced ham for supper. Soon after.
ward all were taken violently ill, the
fering most severely, as they had eaten
some of the ham before cooking. A
physician, after spending most of the
night with the children, succeeded in
saving their lives.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
Released on Bail.

Sioux Falls.-E. A. Syverson, former
president of the Bank of Bancroft,
which failed, who recently was con.
victed in the state circuit court of
Kingsbury county of the charge of re.
eeiving deposits after he knew his
bank was insolvent and sentenced to
> term of two years and nine months
In the Sioux Falls penitentiary. and
ined $1,000, has been released from
custody following his furnishing Of a
bond Of $4,000, pending an appeal
which mis- attorneys have perfected to
he state supreme court.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
Body Of Old Man Found on Drift.

Chamberlain.-The body of a man
apparently about 60 years old was
found Sunday about s o'clock on the
drift hat had accumulated just above
the railroad bridge. When found the
body vas only covered by a shirt and
overalls. A watch on the person
stopped at 2:30 and a pocketbook con
tanning four cents was found in the
pockets. The head was quite bald
and whiskers were quite gray. 1t is
surmised this party lived along some
of the creeks in Stanley county and
THREE-WNU-JULY %
was caught in the swift current in
trying to cross and drowned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
RESlN0l SURELY MAKES
ITCHING ECZEMA VANISH

There is immediate relief for skins
itching, burning and disfigured by
eczema, heat-rash, or similar torment.
Ing skin-trouble, in a warm bath with
resinol soap and a simple application
OF resinol ointment. The soothing,
healing resinol medication sinks right
into the skin, stops itching instantly,
and soon clears away all trace of erup-
ton. even In severe and stubborn
cases where other treatments have had
no effect. After that, the regular use
OF resinol soap is usually enough to
keep the skin clear and healthy. Ev-
cry druggist sells resinol ointment and
resinol soap.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
Companion, in Misfortune.

Two men sat at the same table In
a restaurant of the cheaper sort in 9
lin. They were strangers to each 9TH
er, but not too proud to talk.
Hard times said one. putting
down regretfully his empty beer glass;
Very hard times" said he other
as he speared with his fork the last
morsel OF sausage.
~ have seen better days"
And l."
only a year ago, too"
Just about that"
Il mean in my business"
Precisely. My business is gone
clean to the devil"
THE same with mine"
And what is your business. may
ask"
IL am a dancing master-a professor
OF the fox trot and allied arts-and
your"
Il am a professor of international
law"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
SHOULD NOT
HAVE MOVED
Story of a Man Who Was Max.
ing Good, but Rowing Fever
Got the Best of Him.

On May 4th, 1915, the st. Paul Farm.
RS Dispatch contained a very inter.
esting account Of the experiences OF a
man from Staples, MINI. Realizing
that he was not making much head.
way, he decided to look up a home
stead in Canada. With $3.50 he and
his wife took up a homestead near
Outlook, Saskatchewan. After recount.
ing his experiences of a few years. in
which they had undergone hardships
which were likely to be unavoidable,
with a small amount Of capital. he
continues the story by stating that
in the fall after a fair summers work
on his 100 acres cropped, he cleaned
up nearly all his debts, having now
four good horses, a complete set Of
farm machinery including two wagons
and a Swell" top buggy and eleven
head Of cattle. He continues, "How-
ever, ! was not satisfied. / had been
reading of the splendid homesteads
that were to be had In Montana.
Wheat was cheap and I thought 1t
would get cheaper, so l began to think
that homesteading as a moneymaking
proposition was better than farming.
did not stop to consider that wheat
was not the only thing; as a matter
of fact ! had sold pork for IA cents q
pound. Eggs and butter had kept us
IN groceries and more, we had now
four mich cows, two heifers coming in
and more growing up. We had a cream
separator, and some hogs. We had a
quarter section Of land that could
raise an abundance of small grain,
roots and grass for feed, but I could
not see all that; I had the moving
fever, and decided to sell.
! set the price on the land at SO, 900
cash. / could not find anyone with
that much money, however, SO I came
down until / finally sold for $1,400.
W. had an auction and sold the per.
sonal property. On the sale we got
Just about enough cash to pay the auo
tioneer; the rest was all notes.
The horses brought about two-thirds
what they were worth. The nipple.
ments sold for hardly one-third OF
what they had cost. The cattle
brought a good price.
Must Make Another Start.
We now have a homestead in Mon.
tana, but we find that after moving
here and getting settled, what money
We had did not go far. We have three
horses, about all the implements we
need, and a little better buildings
than we had on our former place. We
have no cattle, though we had to build
much fence to keep ranch stock out
of our fields. We have about $500
worth Of honest debts.
True, we have a half section in
place of a quarter, but that Is no good
to us, as long as we have not the
capital with which to work 1t.
In summarizing it all up l see where
] made my mistake. 1t will take fully
five years to get into as good circum-
stances as we were before W. made
the change. It is five years lost.
My advice to anyone contemplat-
ing a change OF location is to think
twice before you act, and II your pres
ent circumstances are not too bad,
stay by your bush till you pick II
clean. '"-Advertisement.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
JUDGE Plowman to Retire.

Deadwood.-After t~hirty-six years Of
active practice of the law here.
Adoniram ]. Plowman, one of the well
known attorneys of the state. will re-
tire August 1. Judge Plowman came
here in 1879. He was appointed terri
torial district attorney in 1882. cover
ing all the territory between Wyoming
and the Sioux Indian reservation, and
becoming prominent IN indian affairs.
He was later city attorney. county
Judge and circuit judge. and is now
president OK tine Lawrence County Bar
association.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
Life on the Farm.

A certain theatrical manager, whose
eight-year-old son is visiting on a
farm, received the following letter
from him recently:
Dear Father am haveing a tyne
time. | no a kid named Skeets Will
son and me and him are 1t up here.
We bette three fellers up today and !
gott the toothe we noked out OF
ones mouth. Tonite we are going to
steele ole NOR Drinks COW and cult
the tossell off hur tale. | no a hog |
can ryde in the pigg penn and a mule
kicked me yestiday. ! got a pet rat
to take to bed with me and tomorrow
| am going to get a snake to put down
Ant Ems back. Won't that be re.
dikilous? Willie"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
RattIer's Bite Nearly Fatal.

Pringle.-A 6-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Barnes, living near here,
was struck by the fangs of a rattle.
snake. The parents were able to Sc
cure a physician without delay, and
to this is due the fact that the little
fellows life vas saved. The boy was
playing near the house when he felt
something prick his leg. He cried out
and this attracted the attention of the
parents, who discovered that a rattle
snake had attacked him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
Gregory County Fair Dates,

Bonesteel.-September %, % and "a
have been fixed as dates for holding
the Gregory county fair at Bonesteel
this year. A number of the represent
alive stock breeders of the county met
with the directors of the association
recently and consummated arrange
ments for the erection of a large stock
pavilion on the grounds building
that will be used throughout the year
for pure bred and pedigreed stock
sales.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
Buried by a Cave-In.

Sioux Falls.-John Johnson, aged As
years, employed by a local ditching
crew, was caught by a cave-in and
was dead when fellow workmen re.
leased him from the ditch. The trag
edy took place in the southern section
of the city, while the men were en-
gagged in digging a sewer ditch for the
city. The unfortunate man is sur
vived by a widow and two children.
He was hard working and industrious
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-29
Maxine No Mistake.

He was an urchin of the streets, but
did not lack wits.
One day he saw a well-dressed
woman with a benevolent face coming
along. At once he dropped in a mis-
cradle heap on the curbstone and be
gan to sob pathetically.
The kind lady paused beside him.
What are you crying for, my boy z"
she asked, gently.
Sitting his sobs with ease, the
younsster looked up and replied:
Dunno. What have you got?"