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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
THURSDAY, DECEMBER %, 1915.
A BLOW TO NORTH DAKOTA INDEPENDENCE.

The does believe the federal farm loan bank board
conditions this northwest country they
the of North Dakota entirely
they have done the farm loan districts
This belongs with the other wheat states Montana
South Dakota northern Minnesota. Placing district with
Wisconsin and Michigan bgesome and artificial arrangement
The serious side of the situation however the selection of
ST. Paul the headquarters for this state North Dako
hoping and almost for deveance from domina
They become weary of this slavery
Minneapolis and Paul They want their independence But they
did get They than compelled pay
tribute o those cities.
When the federal bank law into effect the
try independence of Wall Each stae>
the comptroller of the from the national banks
the shows banking being taken from
New York city and distributed cqIitably
But by this of the federal farm loan board there to
be built small Wall the cities Minneapolis has
the federal this district St Paul will have the
federal farm loan bank. The of this state must therefore
twin cities exactly the of the nation auto
lnacaly flowed New York under the old banking system
The cities be built with which rghuy
belongs North Dakota expense of the free and full deve
opmen North Dakota there anything equitable about
such II
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
WHERE THE DISTILLED SPIRITS GO.

The Paul Press recently fell into which has
suited deal of misinfomaton being spread broadcast
throughout the northwest The editorial Does Prohibition Mean
Temperance reproduced elsewhere this has already been
without change The Duluth Herald and
siby papers have drawn the
cluson.
The fact that fh total production of distilled spirits in the
United States in the fiscal ending June &c. 1916 253S3273
gallons of 12 62770 gallons the previous fiscal
that there has been corresponding increase
the consumption of pous liquors for beverage In
fact does that drop poured down the
tbroats of the thirsty from June 30 1915 June &c. 1916 than
previous months There have been actual
that period.
internal commissioner includes only whisky brandy
and but also quantities of alcohol which
largely for commercial purposes
Millions of gallons of alcohol being present time
in the manufacture of certain munitions Other millions of
gallons chemicals
this country but before the imported from Germany
The Forum believe that either The
The Duluth Herald would knowingly disseminate such
information contained this by the former
would order Both of
what quantities Of munitions being manufactured
They should that
exporting great quantities of alcohol which being
manufacture of munitions and chemicals England
other nations.
: This all included in the 253O0000O gallons Under cir
cumsanes that there has been
ll2OOOOOO in the production of distilled spirits
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
AIaska's Railroad Doinn Well.

Engineering Records: Reports that
the completion of the Alaska railroad
through to Fairbanks is likely to be
delayed several years beyond the time
originally estimated are denied by w.
Z. Edes. chairman OF the Alaskan
Engineering commission. Mr.. Edes
states that no definite time has ever
been fixed for the completion of the
line. Inquiries have been answered by
the statement that the commission
hoped to reach Fairbanks by the end
of 1919, although this was largely de-
pendent on favorable conditions and
the supply of labor.
Nothing" writes Mr.. Edes, has oc-
CURED this season to discourage us in
any way. Like a1l other enterprises.
we have felt the effect of high freight
rates and a scarcity of shipping. Possi :
bly, we have felt this somewhat more
than others, as practically everything
used in the construction of the roa:
has to be brought by water from
Pacific coast ports. The past season
was also a wet one in Alaska, with
numerous storms which occasioned
some changes in our plans.
BY Dec. 80 about sixty-five miles
of new track will have been laid for
the season, making eighty-five miles
in ALL extending in both directions
from Anchorage. In addition to this
over sixty miles OF right Of way has
been cleared on the line between the
end and the track and Fairbanks, and
over thirty-five miles of grading done
in disconnected sections. Large addi-
ttons have been made to our construc-
tion equipment, and large amounts of
supplies will be distributed by sled
this winter, preparatory to an active
campaign as soon as conditions are
favorable in the spring"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
Inner Tubes Of Rubber spon,.

Chemical Engineering: For some
time, the brains and time of many men
have been occupied in search for a
substitute or modification of the pneu-
matte tire for automobiles. We have
seen about everything from metal
springs to tires made with the regular
tire casing but containing solid block
of gum used as bumper. The season
Of tire filters occupies now only a page
in the history of this search. Springs
have been discarded because of their
slowness, to respond, and it has been
decided by the great majority Of auto
mobile owners that nothing rides as
easy as air. and rather than use tire
filters they would substitute solid tires
and have done with it.
The latest and most promising sub
stitute for the air filler is rubber
sponge, which fulfils all the conditions
necessary for a successful tire filler.
Recently, tires filled with this ma
terial were driven 1850 miles with an
average speed of 35 miles an hour
without any apparent deterioration of
the filling material.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
THE TERRIBLE COMMANDMENT

Jean Mackenzie in The Atlantic:
The Commandments are tremen-
dously a physical discipline. For the
black woman as well as for the black
man, they are a daily physical disci-
pline. Now is the body troubled!
There is a cruc!GXion here, as Christ
knows. This struggle-how often with
ignoble things!-is not ignoble; this
look of a broken body Is not without
honor. Myself, who have seen the sew
enth commandment enter the soul of
so many women-I know its power.
In the practice of this commandment,
have seen girls-the wives of old men
who were offered daily consultations
both public and secret have seen
such girls take upon their young
shoulders the yoke of the seventh COM
mandment when. by virtue of their en-
slaved circumstance it was the cross
of celibacy. l have seen Bulu women,
as maternal as any women, sacrifice
the hope Of children to the observance
of this commandment, until l think
know a little of how much a Bulu
woman means when she signs and
says: THE seventh tying-it is GER
tainly strong!"
Certainly strong it is. More I can
not say of this matter to white read
ers, unless I may tell them of that
as a master Christian to group of
women. These were saying of the
ninth tying that it. was easy, but of
the seventh tying God had made a
mistake in tying them with that tying!
These poor bodies were thinking that
the seventh tying would be their Wa
teriOo
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
RosToNs INTEREST IN DR.. VIM
CENT.
Boston Transcript.

Boston feels a peculiar interest in
the elevation Of Dr. George E. Vincent
to the presidency of the Rockefeller
foundation. The city has long looked
upon him as one of it's adopted sons
He has favored us often with his
illuminating addresses on sociological
questions. The whole country, indeed,
has almost speaking acquaintance
with him. The son of the founder of
the Chautauqua system, he early ap-
peared on the public platform. He is
an extremely fast talker, so fast. in
fact, that President Taft once referred
to him as that rapidfire orator." That
DR.. Vincent would not spend the rest
of his days at the University of Mime
sofa has been evident for some time.
An organizer of wide experience, So
siologist of International renown and
a close student of all problems of
education, he has long been slated for
position of the greatest responsible
ity. AT various times he was consid-
cred for the presidency of Yale and
Columbia and he was twice definitely
offered the presidency of Northwestern
university. None of these suggestions.
however, made much of an appeal to
him and he could not be persuaded to
leave his congenial position as dean at
the University Of Chicago until the cal
came to go to Minnesota where there
were abundant opportunities for doing
constructive work Of the highest order.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
WATCHES
FOOD SUPPLY
(By Associated PressD

London. Dec 2S.-Queen Mary. in
view of her interest in the question of
food supply, recently summoned Walter
Runciman, president of the board of
trade, to an audience at Buckingham
palace. 1t is very unusual for the queen
to send for a cabinet minister.
The conference was long one, the
queen being particularly interested in
definite details as to how the proposed
new food regulations would affect the
poor, especially the working women and
women belonging to the so-called pro-
fessional classes. From the very be-
of the war, the queen has
shown particular interest in the posi-
tion of middle-class women, women of
education and breeding, who have
moved for years in one groove, and who
were no longer, young enough to be
able to benefit by new openings when
their old occupations or incomes grad
nally became insufficient s- n 7'- .-.
The subject of food economy, also, is
one that has engaged the heartiest at
tention of the queen. THE queen is
herself a remarkably good housekeep-
err" writes one of the newspapers in
commenting on the audience with Mr..
Runciman, and If she belonged to the
middle classes she would be extolIed as
a wonder among her peers. Years ago,
before war with Germany was thought
of, she used to be quoted as an exam
pie of thrifty management and sound
common sense. In those days, thrifty
management anu souHu common sense
were neither popular nor fashionable,
and it was considered the smart thing
to be wastefui and frivolous, and COM
pletely ignorant of what went on in the
kitchen and the storeroom. Even yet
not everybody has come around to the
queens point of view, although they
will in time, even if they have to be
forced into it. A vast deal of unneces-
sary spending still goes on, especially
among the so-called smart set, which
is still lunching and dining and going
to the theatre and buying expensive
furs, and going in for extremes in eve
ming dress. Only an act of parliament
will stop them"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
AMERICA TO COPY
ARGENTINE SYSTEM
(By Associated Press J

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Argentines S
military system is serving as a model
drafted by a committee of the army
general staff. Officers familiar with
staff opinion said yesterday that while
details had not been completed, the
measure would follow closely the Ar
gentine scheme, and was designed to
keep 100000 men under training, and
with 2,5O0,OO0 trained reservists sub
ject to call.
1t. probably will be at least three
weeks before the bill and accompany
ing estimates of costs are ready for
submission to the secretary of war The
chairman of the house military commit
tee has asked to see it, and it will be
sent to the capitol for the committees
information, though there is no indica-
tion that it will go with any sort of
endorsement from the administration.
Secretary Baker has not said whether
he will approve or disapprove
The main feature of the staff bill will
be it's provisions for one year of inten-
sive military instruction for all youths
subject to it's terms. 1t is expected that
exemptions due to physical disqualifi-
cations and for other reasons, including
possibly the conscription of certain
men for work in industrial plants il
necessary in war times would leave
available for army training between
100000 and 100000 of the 1,00e, 600 boys
who reach the age of 1S each year.
In fixing upon year as the minimum
time Iof training, the general staff has
followed the, theory that the United
States seeks to provide only for an
army of defense. 1t has been stated to
the house committee by Maj. Gen. Hugh
L. Scott that, although European ma
tions give every soldier at least two
years of hard work before turning him
into the reserve, because of the geo.
graphical position of the country a year
will suffice here. The argument ad-
vanced to support this view was that
there would be sufficient time to give
finishing touches to the military educa-
tion of reservists after war had broken
out and before invading expeditions
could be landed in force.
In a broad way the outline of the
general staff continental army plan OF
last year would be followed in distrib-
uting tactical units of the reserve, into
nineteen infantry and six cavalry diyi-
sions. Reservists would be liable for
two years service in this force before
passing into the unorganized reserve.
The result, when the system had been
in operation a number of years, would
be to give 100000 men under arms and
in process of training, 900 900 more
trained, equipped, organized and ready
for immediate muster as first line
troops, and behind these the unorpan-r
ICED but trained reserve numberino
more than 100000. This is the basis
on which estimates of cost will he
made by the general staff committee.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28

IT temperance is the prohibition
commissioner The
production 253S327S
1406610S
ouors increased 1122 gallons This refers only
10 distilled, liquors.
What of g or
5S6S%62 barrels 59S0S310 the
crease of 1.1745S6
dry the consumpn distilled
aicoho Is increasing
acohoi percentage falling
the standpoint
will
nread
beer to whskyrom
acoholc simuanteven though admit
while contesting the causaton.
there rational
tns 1t
de question that
Where
bulky
er bottled Still
age Voary finds the limited
und insuficiency Of
KY instead If the remains,
usual thing statistics
and misleading
deecaton OF the public But
statements of official
prohibition question
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
WAR ON USELESS
ENGLISH DOGS
(Rv Associated Press.N

S.1
London, Dec. 2S.-Thousands of dogs
are helping to keep up the high cost of
eating in this country by figuratiyely
snatching from the mouths of humans,
pound steaks. mutton chops and other
in parliament the other day when it be-
came known that steps were being TAX
Ell to reduce" the 100000 dogs that
inhabit the British isles The result
was protest from alarmed dog lovers
and chorus of approval by dog haters.
Newspapers have been flooded with
letters from both camps.
The suggestion of the government to
raise the dog tax from $3.50 to S., is
one of the promised steps to reduce
the dogs. But 1t is pointed out that
the breeder and weii-to-do owner will
favor of the dogs, it is declared, that
dogs were never more useful than to-
day. The head OF a London dog home
says he gets more requests for dogs
are nervous now that their husbands
are in the army and they buy dogs to
guard their homes. He says that to
forbid dog-keeping as form of waste
full extravaganza would cost more In
human happiness than it would save in
human food.
What really makes patriotic people
boil with rage is to see fashionsbly
two to half dozen pampered pets.
These are the dogs accused of eating
the pound steaks.
THE really best dogs, like all the
best people," says The Daily Mail, "eat
simple food. a good house dog in a
well-ordered household may be kept i'm
perfect health at an infinitesimal cost,
1t is the utterly useless dog with no
merit but pedigree and no part in life
but to be pampered that develops fas--
tldious and eXtravagant tastes and be-
comes nuisance at home and i'm the
street. in the hotels and in railway
trains"
But 1t appears certain that whatever
other breeds may be affected by the
threatened reduction of licenses. the
British bulldogs place is secure. In
defense of the bulldog it is stated that
he is not an expensive luxury, that he
VIII eat almost anything and only re-
quires one good meal a day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
AMERICANS CLASSED AS
ECONOMIC lLLITERATES
(By Associated Press !

New York, Dec. 2S.-The United
states is nation of economic Hitter
ates" and the spread of sound business
principles is great service, Frank a.
Nanderlip, president of the National
city bank, said in an address at a con-
vention of school of finance for busi-
ness executives, under the supervision
or New York university.
believe we are a nation OF econom-
ic l!iiterates," he said, "and that no sort
OF illiteracy could be more dangerous to
republic. Now, you may think that /
am making these remarks on rather an
elevated basis, but j am not. This is
real sound sense, in my opinion. You
are rendering real service to the
country In Just the measure that YOU
can spread sound economic thinking.
SOUND views on business affairs, and
better understanding of the business
problems. They are the great probien1s
of our day and time.
we have gone along with the rule
or thumb method good deal and be-
cause of the enormous opportunities
nave done 1t very successfully. but
tnere is a real science of business. 1t
is something teachabie."
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
RHODES SCHOLARS WORK.
(By Associated Pressl


oxford, Eng, Dec. 2S.-Many Ameri-
can Rhodes scholars will leave oxford
tnis week to do relief work during the
ensuing Nvacation in England France
and Belgium. A large party under IL
". W. Faucet, OF Tennessee, will assist in
the work of the British Young Mems
Christian association in army Training
camps and in the detention camps for
German prisoners. They will be sup
ported by G. Y. Easum, Of Illinois. and
one OF two aids at the general head
quarters IN London who will provide
tne camps with suitable circulating IL
braries and moving picture films.
party consisting of r. r. TAYLOR.
NI %a, ke4ntncky; 4atay; Z, NJ. D. Richardson. OF,
MeW ,,e,sp Jersey; and $. NJ. Keeny, of Penn
sylvania, will assist the American
wounded allies relief committee at the
general headquarters in Paris.
II. B. Naugle, OF Texas. NAV go for
work with American relief comn1ission
for work in Belgium.
several American Rhodes scholars
the western front.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
THE PEACE PANIC IN STOCKS,

The wild of speculation which has under way for
some months has been blighng influence in America,
there great deal of the following Devils Lake
journal:
Everybody will feel sorry those pinched by
the melting of speculative the influence of peace
talk and this sympathy ought be strong enough stop
wholly superuou counsel that they ought
than to gamble margins
Mark Twain Roughng told of stage got off the road
IN the dark and sent ahead
trouble The ahead fell head heels deep ditch
called back the driver who close enough
had happened: Don't here!''
& Ihlnk l m damned fooG" asked the driver.
Whatever comes OF peace falkland all humanity longs
due sympathy for those hit by it, is thoroughly wholesome
has been too much senseess hosting prices
on too much extravaganza with paper profits
too much reckless exploitation of prosperity.
H. In the hight OF what little peace talk has inflated
markets the country little more eau
tousy henceforh should experience will be all for good
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
SWAT THE WEEDS,

Weeds cause enormous losses in
North Dakota farming, yet the only
way most of them can live from year
to year is that they be given a chance
to ripen seed. If the weed can be
swatted any time from the time it ger
inmates till it is in blossom, it is the
end of that weed. except in the case
of quack grass, SOW thistle and Canada
thistle. The way wild oats increase is
by ripening before the grain in which
they grow. and so letting some Of the
seed fail to seed the land for next
year. Mustard works a good deal the
same game. When some crop as corn
or alfalfa or a. grass crop, is grown
in rotation with the grain crop the
wild oats are doomed. Why not break
up the game of the weeds by once in
a while bringing in a condition that
prevents them from going to seed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
SHEEP CLEAR WEEDS.
Farm and Fireside,

Goats are excellent for clearing
brushy land, but sheep are also good
as we have found during the last threu
years in running them in foul hill
pastures. When our pastures were
cleared some years ago of trees and
bushes, there immediately sprung up
in them millions of rank weeds and
sprouts. Among the worst of the wild
stuff was the iron weed, which our
cattle and horses would not touch.
Sheep like iron weeds almost as
we'll, If not as well, as good grasses.
BY the end of the second summer our
sheep had almost completely cleaned
all the pastures of this weed pest, and
our flock is not yet large in compari-
son to the acres grazed.
Of bushes and sprouts, sumac was
the thickest and rankest in our new
pastures. Old sheep like sumac leaves
like candy A ram or an eve will
go to a sumac bush in full foliage and
completely defoliate it before leaving
it if the bush is not too large and the
sheep is not disturbed in its feeding.
OF this pasture pest, sumac, which we
supposed years would be required to
eradicate, now scarcely a plant can be
found. They have been killed out lit
orally as dead as door nails Goats
could not have done the job better.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
VARIETY IN FOOD
FOR LAYING HENS.

Wheat, oats and corn are good grains
to feed the laying hen. Mr.. Peterson
pouitryman at the North, Dakota ex-
pertinent station, recommends a dry
mash made up as follows: 8 parts
bran, 2 of middlings, Of corn meal
of beef scraps and one part alfalfa
by measure. Mix it well and put In a
self-feeder or hopper. This can be kept
before the birds all the time. Charcoal
should also be kept before the chick
ems at all times.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
WHERE IS THE GAMEp

"a western father presents his 12yearod sun)
Oh where is the game, daddy? s game +
That hunted a
1ouVe told lot me
No sport you
I'm old enough o a
Let be a a
ia like chance of
And L shoot,
5ut where the birds, daddy? the
can't them
wi nd herds
And surely a
And where is the big game roame arou here
don't antelope, bison
DIDN'T grandfather few?
n showm mes
~. Now, why away?
1our face is all red, with
LIS there nothing cans
What The gomez" is huntn
No birds to shoot O
linen take back gun; to he pow:
But, oh! daddy, how could me-
w. T. H. in South Dakota Farmer
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
STOPPED cHILpREN'S GROUP
COUGH.

Three weeks ago two OF my chill
dren began choking and coughing, and
I saw they were having an attack of
Group" writes Billie Mayberry, Eek
ert, Ga. II got a bottle of Foiey's
Honey & Tar and gave them a dose
before bedtime and soon their cough
stopped and they fell asleep. Next
morning their cough and all sign of
Group was gone" Foleys Honey and
Tar is a standard low-priced remedy
for colds, bronchitis, la grippe coughs.
Fout & Porterfield.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
NO HIGHER PRICE FOR THIS.

Whiiefood and clothing have adyanc-
ed in cost. it is well for the sick that
the prices OF such reliable family
remedies as Foley Kidney Pills are
not increased. Persons in moderate
circumstances find doctors bills hard
to pay in the easiest of times. Don't
neglect weak, tired or disordered
kidneys. Foley Kidney Pills cost little
and relieve backache, pains in sides
and loins, sore muscles, stiff joints,
rheumatic pains and annoying bladder
trouble. E'out & Porterfield. d.--Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
NEW BANK sToCK.
(By Associated Press ,

stockholm, Dec. 2s.--The Stockholm
th banK OF Commerce has decided upon
stock, increasing it's capital from 30,-
iiSo,o00 to 100000 crowns This is
tne largest new issue OF bank stock
lhat ina. mas ever been made in Sweden. The
ssep Is dictated by the directors con-
sictlon that all signs point to tremen-
aously Increased business after the war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
sura Thinat

Boston Evening Transcript. Mrs.
Exe-Dear, what does it mean when
you get a notice from the bank that
your account is overdrawn?
Exe-1n the case of man it means
that he is married.