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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-17
WILL LECTURE ON
FARM FINANCE

One Of the interesting features Of
the Grain Growers convention will
be the illustrated lecture on Thurs
day evening. on the subject Of Farm
Finance, by e. S. Fowler, agricul-
tural engineer of the farm extension
department Of the w. M. Horner
agency, Of Minneapolis. representing
the Provident Life & Trust Co.. of
Philadelphia.
This farm extension department
has been promulgated by Mr.. Horner
for the benefit Of the farmers in this
territory. The lecture by Mr.. Fowler
is very interesting, covering phases
of farm life that will appeal to every
listener.
The work of this department is
unique in the fact that no charge of
any kind is made for the advice given
or the services of the department.
They invite letters regarding any
problem you may have to solve on
your farm.
Mr.. Fowler is a very entertaining
talker and he presents his subject in
a way that all can understand. 1t will
be one of the features of the meeting
that should be attended by all
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-17

considerable number of stockholders
in attendance, and in some cases TAX
ing part in the discussions. The busi-
ness transacted Vas entirely routine.
An interesting feature Of the meet
ing was the reading of a letter from
George J. Smith of Plaza, whose al
legged declaration that the exchange
was a fake, and that it's accounts
were short $4,000, have been given
wide publicity through the Minneap-
oils Chamber of Commerce, and var
ious antagonistic newspapers.
1t was state that Mr.. Smith posi-
lively refused to appear before the
directors for the. purpose of stating
his grievances as per invitation ex-
tended him by j. M. Anderson, pres
ident, on Jan. 5.
Mr.. Smith is said to have declared
that while he was absolutely positive
that his charge was correct, he was
nevertheless unable to prove it, and,
besides, did not feel like spending the
money necessary to attend the meet
ing without compensation.
Mr.. Smith. it is said, had repeatedly
and publicly challenged Mr.. Ander-
son to meet him on the platform in
the leading cities OF the state to de-
bate business methods Of the ex-
change.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-17

was also thin and dry.
'Twas told to wash my head with salt
and water, but it did no good and tried
but with no relief. Then sent
for free sample of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. afterward bought more and
when used two large boxes of Cuticura
Ointment and two bars of Soap was
healed" (Signedl Charlie Simpson,
Oak ST., River Grove, ILL.,, June Z, 10.
When Cuticura has cleared your skin
of pimples and redness keep it clear by
using the Soap assisted by the Ointment
for everyday toilet purposes. Abso-
lutely nothing better.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail, address postcard: ssCuticura,
Dept. r, Boston" Sold everywhere.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-17
itching PimpIes Kept
Mr.. Simpson Awake for
Hours. Suffered Badly.
Healed By Cuticura.

~ suffered very badly with my head
which came out in little white pimples.
They would 90 awav in a week and then
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-17

come back again. They
festered and came to little
white heads and my scalp
was sore. It itched and
burned so badly ]. would
just lie awake for hours with
the pain and / used to have
big eruptions on my head
from scratching. NV hair
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-17
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Election of Elders, Deacons, Deacon.
esses and Trustees, and Reading
Of Reports features.

S. s. Lyon, A. M. Baker, Paul
Bunce, w. H. Northrop, Taylor
Thompson and w. F. Sudro were ell
ected elders; Leslie Black and DR.. L.
G.. Davenport were elected deacons
for a term Of three years; Mrs. M. N.
Hatcher, Mrs. G. o. Richardson and
Mrs. Burton Rice were elected dea-
conesses; r. M. Pollock, George Rusk,
A. Y. More, George Black and Mrs. q.
C. Hansche were elected trustees; and
Frank w. Scott was reelected clerk
Of the First Presbyterian church at
the annual meeting held in the church
parlors last evening
The annual reports showed that the
church had made much progress dur
ing the past year.
The meeting was preceded by an
organ recital by Prof Dwight w.
Simmons. Norman B. Black sang.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-28
BABIES MURDERED IN CHINA
One Mother LaughingIy Admitted She
Had disposed OF" Seven of Her
Nine Daughters.

A Chinese mother told me the other
day that she had disposed of seven of
her own daughters. She told it with
a laugh! She had borne nine; had.
given away two, and had drowned the
other seven in the slOp bucket.
When I tried to find some appeal to.
cOnscience-tO a sense of wrOng-it
simply was not there. And the pas
tors wife, who was with me at the
time, when asked her what these peO-
pie do regard sin, said, 'Why, moth
ing! They do not think anything is
wrOngl If they carry the idols. round
twice year they may do as they like"
Iwent home with this murderess and
found her sweet, young daughter-in-
law, who has studied q little in our
schools, very sad and heartbroken be-
cause her two little daughters had been
killed at birth or thrown away by their
father. OF course, the mother-in-law
had also insisted upon this. Her one
son had been killed when five days old
by the malpractice of the midwife, who
had taken him in hand when some
baby ailrnent developed, and burned his
head, hands and breast with live Goals.
So the poor little mother was left
childless.
."My little baby girls cling to my
heart night and day!" she cried. 81
don't know what became of them. 1
loved them just as loved the boy, all
the time they were with me before they
were born. wanted them so! But
he was unwilling, so they had to die
and she buried her face in her hands,
Evelyn w. Sites, in World Outlook.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-28
DON'T DELAY
Some Smyrna People Have
Learned That Neglect is
Dangerous

The slightest symptom of kidney
trouble is far too serious to be over
looked. It's the small, neglected
troubles that so often lead to serious
kidney ailments That pain in the
"small' of your back k: that urinary
irregularity; those headaches and
dizzy spells; that weak. weary. worn
out feeling, may be natures warning
Of kidney weakness. Why risk your
life by neglecting these symptoms :?
Reach the cause of the trouble while
there yet is time--begin treating
your kidneys at once with tried and
proven kidney remedy. No need to
experiment-.Doan's Kidney Pills have
been successfully used in thousands of
cases of kidney trouble for over SO
years. Doan's Kidney Pills are used
and recommended throughput the
civilized world. E ldnrsed at home.
Read Smyrna testimony.
Mrs. ]. J.Shelton, Union St., Smyrna
says: "My personal experience with
Doan's Kidney Pills has shown them
to be a good kidney medicine. They
brought prompt relief from backache
with which l was troubled at that
time. l bought this medicine at
Chas. B. Swsin's Drug Store, and dc
not hesitate 10 recommend it. -
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney rAmedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Shelton had. Foster Milburr
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-28
DO WORK ALONG SAME LINES
Lecturer Puts Scientists and Detec-
tiVes in One cIass--Uses Harvey
as an Illustration.

The analogy between the working
of pumps for mOtor-engines and those
which keep the human heart beating
was the subject of a lecture by
Scottish doctor. ''Living Pumps" was
its title. He traced the steps which
led to Harvey's great discovery of the
secret of circulation, and by the help
of ingenious models he showed how
the blood flowed through the stomach,
the liver, and the heart, and went to
the nOurishing of the limbs. Laying
bare the heart of "Jack the Giant
killer"-a model, he explained the
marvellous self-regulating mechanism
by which it supplies the muscular en-
gines of the body with combustion"
mixture and the rest of the tissues
with sustenance. Fabricus, Harvey's
teacher, had discovered what were
called the pockets" in the veins
through which he supposed the blood
passed towards the heart. Harvey's
achievement lay in proving that the
pockets opened and closed on the valve
principle. Harvey was a Sherlock
Holiness" said the professor; che saw
these curious valves and wanted to
explain them. There is no difference
between detectives and scientists, for
a detective is a scientist and a scien-
tist is detective"
Smyrna times., 1917-03-28
PLOW IS MOST ANCIENT TOOL
Has Been Used by Man Since He First
Attempted to Make the Earth
His Servant.

Three very ancient implements have
been used in human industry-the
plow, the sword and the pen. OF the
three, the oldest is the plOw. A his
tory of the development of this ag-
ricultural tool would take us back
through centuries to the time when
man began to subdue the earth and
make it his servant. Thousands of
plow models are now to be seen in the
patent office at Washington. These
tell us what has been done by invent
ors in recent years, but there is long
story back of these plOws.
From his study of a Babylon brick,
In the museum of the University Of
Pennsylvania, Doctor Clay concluded
the first plOw, which was invented by
Abraham. For his proof that Abra-
ham was the inventor of the plOw,
Doctor Clay refers us to the 'BOOk OF
Jubilees," which was published in the
second century B. c. This book says
that the BabylOnians were punished
because they had yielded to satan,
and that the form or their punishment
was that the ravens came and ate up
the grain they had sowed in the fields.
Abraham devised an instrument that
should SOW the seed in a furrOw, in
order that it might be covered up so
that the birds of the air could not eat
it. The apparatus shown on the an
cient brick is a sort of combination
plOw, planter and harrow. 1t required
three men to operate it. When the
people sowed according to Abraham's
commands, they feared neither the ra-
vens nor the birds. Whatever the
value of the story in the 'BOok Of
Jubilees," the brick, at least, gives a
picture of perhaps the most ancient
tool used by man.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-28

MiddletCWn's Improvement Question.
Posters are out for a Special eec-
tion on April I'd to vote on the ques-
tion of whether the town shall install
a sewerage system. and there seems
to be little commept both for and
against the project just at this time.
TIE present board of commission
ers, the majority of whom were elec-
ted recently on a ticket pledging
among other things, street improve
ments. feel that it would be Lnwise
to make arrangements for paving the
streets if there is any likelihood of
the sewerage system being installed.
this requiring the new streets to be
torn up for the building of them.
The election is merely for the pur-
pose of feeling the pulse" of the
taxpayers on the subject. A pro-
vision of the bill gives the commits
sioners the privilege of calling for a
vote on the question once in each
year.
At, the 1915 session of the General
Assembly bill was passed, providing
for bond issue of $25, 600 for the
purpose. The question was voted on
in the spring following and the vote
was overwhelmingly against the in
stallation of the system.
The board has also decided to pave
the two main streets nf the town, and
instructions were issued to the towr
clerk to communicate with a Will
mington civil engineer for the pur.
pose of having a survey Of the streets
made. This will be doneA immed.
lately, and bids asked for for the
different kinds of paving. "a.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-28
Reciprocity.

Whenever L hear anyone speak
birthday presents am reminded Of an
incident that occurred in my immediate
family" said Manager Douglas of the
Jefferson. "Some months ago my daugh-
ter's husband bought an automobile
principally for her use, and she thor
oughly enjoyed it. Els birthday came
around shortly after and his wife told
him she had not forgotten him, and
said: I have a surprise for you.
have bought you most gorgeous auto
mobile laprobe.' He looked at the ar
ticle a few seconds, then said, this is
a surprise, and when your birthday
cones around am going to surprise
you And he did. He bought her an
automobile tire" Birmingham (Ala.)
Age-Herald.
Evening star., 1917-03-17

Bernard Harding. Mack sparraugh
Evening star., 1917-03-17
WRESTLING: SWIMMING TITLES
PLANNED BY A. A. u. OFFICIALS
Several Events of Aquatic Championships
to Be Staged in Central High Pool.
=. Mat Contests at Carroll Institute.

Preliminary heats for the wrestling
championships. the finals of which take
place in Baltimore at the Baltimore
Athletic. Club. will be wrestling at the
The events for wrestlers are the 1Os
pounds and under, 115 pounds and
under. 125 pounds and under, 133
pounds and under. 145 pounds and
pounds and under, and over 175 pounds.
The regulation championship medals
will be given in the events for the
championship of both sports.
Little has yet been made public con-
corning the action of the foot ball rules
committee at it's meeting in New York
last night. 1t is known that Foster
Sanford, coach at Rutgers, was given a
hearing on one or two matters, but the
committee gave out at the end of it's
session late in the night that nothing
would be ready for the press until
noon today. Sanford's main reason for
desiring an audience with the commit
tee was his fear that the multiple kick,
an innovation by him last fall. might
be legislated against. Sanford also
proposed two other measures, one a
rule to prevent tackling or cutting
down from behind and the other to
limit the distance a forward pass
to ten yards.
While nothing has yet been announced.
it is not believed that the code will under
go many changes. About all that is eX-
pected is the recodification Of two or
three paragraphs which had somewhat
ambiguous meanings last year.
F. Defibaugh' was the star of the first
outdoor novice meet at Central High yes
terday. Defibaugh got two firsts and a
third. scoring thirteen points. He won the
22O-yard dash and shot put and got sec
ond in the 440-yard dash.
An indoor track meet was held at Busi-
ness High yesterday. Raedy and Collier
doing the best work of the individuals.
The former won the 50-yard and 220-yard
dashes and the latter the SS0-yard and
mile runs. This is the first of a series of
meets to be held by Business High Coach
Paul White planning to get his men in
shape to do better work on the outdoor
tracks this year than usual. White ex-
poets to enter his men in several Of the
outdoor affairs in this section.
Evening star., 1917-03-17
BY II. c. BYRD.

Preparations now are being made
by the officials of the South Atlantic
Association of the Amateur Athletic
Union for the holding of championship
events in two branches of sport, wrest-
ling and swimming. The annual
wrestling championship will be decided
April Z in the gymnasium of the Balti-
more Athletic Club. and the swimming
title competitions will take place here
and in Baltimore, the program being
divided.
The heats of five events and two
finals of the swimming championships
are to take place here April IL in the
pool of Central High School. Heats
in the so yards swim, 100 yards swim.
go yards swim. so yards backstroke.
so yards breast stroke are to be run off
and the finals of the plunge for dis
tance and fancy diving will be held.
On April IA the finals of the following
events are to take place in the pool
of the Baltimore Athletic Club IN
Baltimore: 160 yards relay, teams or
four men, each swimming 40 yards
80 yards. 100 yards, 30 yards. So yards
backstroke and so yards breast stroke.
Reginald Rutherford. chairman of the
swimming committee of the S. A. A. A
u. has the following to say concerning
the swimming events:
..The holding of the preliminary heats
here gives all novice swimmers a
chance to compete without trip to
Baltimore with the certain expense and
without much chance to win. Here they
will get the experience in actual COM
netition in championship events. l now
plan to hold practical live-saving
demonstrations and various other
novel aquatic stunts between the reg
ular racing events for the double pur-
nose of doing away with the long
waits in the interim and affording the
spectators greater entertainment.
am looking for big entry list from
local swimmers, as the cost of COM
peting will be very small. almost neg
.ligible, and the number having taken
mn the sport here within the last year
having increased greatly.
Evening star., 1917-03-17
ATHLETIC STARS CLASH.
Title Holders in 1!ew York to De.
fend Their Honors Tonight.

NEW YORK, March 17-Beginning
with the five-mile run. the national Sc
nior indoor championship program of
the Amateur Athletic Union, consisting
of thirteen events. will be decided here
tonight at the 22d Regiment Armory
Sixty-five of the ninety three entrants
won Olympic. national. intercollegiate
or association titles, and new records
are expected to be registered in some
of the events. J. G. Loomis of Chicago
will defend his title in the 60-yard dash
and running high jump. but will meet
with sterling opposition in both con-
tests. Other defenders of titles to-
night will be Andy Kelly. Boston, 300
yard run: J. w. Overton, Yale. 1000
yards: w. II. Taylor, standing high
jump; Pat Mcdonald, shot-put. and J. J.
Eller. hurdles. This year the running
hop. step and jump event has been elm
mated and a five-mile run substituted.
Joie Ray of Chicago. the two-miie
champion. Will not appear in that event,
but he viii go against Champion Over
ton of Yale in the 1,000-yard run. The
last event will be medley relay be-
tween teams representing the Chicago
Athletic Association, Syracuse Univer-
sityf Meadowbrook Club. Philadelphia.
and the Millrose, Irish-American and
New York Athletic clubs of this city.
Evening star., 1917-03-17
ROD AND STREAM.

and William NJ Wyncoop We're three
sportsmen who willingly braved the
high and muddy water on a week-enti
outing. They went to Fletcher's and
tried their luck in Lock cove. a place
where fish usually are caught early and
late. and in spite of the unfayora BILE
conditions the trio returned with I
string of eight Mississippi catfish.
Bernard Harding led the catch witn
two fish. the larger of them weighing
six and half pounds and the other
four pounds. Sparroueh and Wynkoop
landed six fish that weighed from one
and half to four pounds.
Charles r. Holman had John y. Clin-
gan and Frank NJ. Posey his guests
on a weekend outing at Aqua creek.
II was Clingan's first trip TO the creek.
and he was more than anxious to wet
his lines. Clingan made a survey of
the rough and muddy water and con-
cluded that life in the bungalow and
woods was preferable to trip on the
water.
Billy Withers, Norman Mock and Billy
Wilson went to Aqua creek for a
weekend outing, their first trip this
season. but the water was muddy
that they shifted to Chapawamsic and
spent an enjoyable day.
Rain interfered with us part of the
day" said Withers. but the remainder
of the day was fine, and we learned
that it was not too early for the sport"
The three anglers landed four pike,
three bass and one eel
Evening star., 1917-03-17
TRAVIS TO PLAN COURSE
Former Golf Champion Arrives Here
to Lay Out Public Links in
Potomac Park.

Walter J. Travis of Garden City, Long
Island former international golf cham
pion. arrived in Washington yesterday
afternoon from st. Augustine. Fla.
! Travis has been engaged by the gov
ernment to lay out the public courses
in Potomac Park. Present plans call
for the building of two courses on
plot of ground approximately $50 acres
in extent, part of which will be used
for other purposes. Travis considers it
hardly probable that he will be able to
find room for more than one good
course. The ground is rather fiat. but
can be developed into a good test of
the game. Yesterday afternoon Travis
went out to the Columbia Country Club
to look over the improvements on the
thirteenth and seventeenth holes. which
he designed. He will be in Washington
only until tomorrow evening.
/ Hamilton X Kerr of Greenwich won
at Belleair yesterday. defeating in the
final round c. II. Gardner of Agawam.
Providence, 81. Kerr did some phe-
nomenal putting in the afternoon.
Miss Elaine Rosenthal of Chicago,
cha mpion of Florida. played the first
seven holes on the championship course
at Pinehurst in par yesterday and
reached the turn with card of Al.
Her total of 81 for the round is one of
the best of the season. Norman Max
we'll asd E. C. Beall will play Bobby
Jones and Perry Adair today in what
promises to be one of the best matches
of the Pinehurst season.
A j. Mcclure of Lakewood, the med
alist, was eliminated yesterday in the
semi final round of the south Florida
championship at Palm Beach owing to
bad streak of putting. his opponent.
H. c. Clark of Myopia. putting up a
strong game against him. Clark meets
James r. Hyde of New York in the
final round today.
The threatened railroad strike may
prevent the local professionals. Mcleod
and Burgess. from taking their trip to
AshevilIe and Pinehurst. Its further
consequences are difficult to conjecture.
In the event of strike lasting through
the first week in April the profession
ais who are to play in the Columbia
tourney could reach this city by boat
from Norfolk.
Evening star., 1917-03-17
THREE WEEKS FOOD
SUPPLY NOW IN CITY
Market Supt. Roberts Sees Nothing
to Warrant Raising Price of
Staple Groceries.

'.In my opinion, there is no condition
existing in the food situation in Wash
ington which will justify dealers in
raising the prices on staple groceries,
said George NJ. Roberts. District su-
markets, today.
Il have been laboring with special
committee of District officials to get
an accurate line on the food supply of
Washington. and especially the supply
and demand and consumption of food.
but we have not been able to do it yet.
1t is too big a job. However, 1 have
enough information to say that about
three weeks supply of food is on hand
in the city at this time, and in case the
city of Washington should be cut off
absolutely from the rest of the world
there would be no food here after about
three weeks"
Dealers in food. interviewed as to the
situation facing Washington on ac-
count of the threatened railroad strike,
the supply: but would not promise
there would be no raise III prices. One
prominent dealer in smoked meats said
he had months supply which he
would sell at current prices, but that
supplies ordered by him yesterday
would be billed to him at an advanced
price and would be sold at retail at a
higher price
1t develops that the present high
food prices are in themselves a reason
for scant supplies in certain lines. Re-
tailers and wholesalers alike have not
been willing to stock heavily while
canned goods. for instance. have been
selling at such enormous figures as at
present. They hesitated to be caught
with large supply at high prices in
face of the ever-present danger to them
of prices receding to a lower level
dealers have been buying
lightly and now find that certain lines
of staples are shorter than they might
be in times when normal prices ruled.
AT the Washington Market Company
it was said that there is practically
nothing in cold storage except fresh
meats and apples. OF meat there is
one weeks supply and of apples a
small quantity. There are no eggs
stored there. Officials of the market
said they had no line on the activities
of merchants generally, but indications
are that every one from small retailers
up is putting in orders for largely in
creased supplies which it is hoped to
obtain before the present supplies
vanish.
In the wholesale markets there has
been no outstanding feature In the past
twenty-four hours. The tone of buying
has been steady, but APPARENT" dealers
will not plunge into the market on the
present high prices.