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The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Art of Papermaking Given To the World by Captive
 Chinese in Eighth Century

In a communication to the National Geographic society, issued by the so- ciety as a bulletin, John Oliver Lea Gorce says:
 How much we deplore the strin- gency in raw material for the paper market brought about by the European war, it should not be forgotten that to the beneficent results of battle fought Eearly twelve centuries ago can be traced the introduction of the art of papermaking to the western world. China is credited with having nurtured the genius who first conceived the idea of writing material made from fibrous pulp, and some investigators profess to have found evidence that paper existed in the celestial kingdom at least two centuries before the Chris tian era. Whether these claims of cen turies of priority will endure the light of further research, or whether they will be discredited just as have been the same nations claim to the inven- ton of the mariners compass and gun powder, the fact is fairly well estab lished that when the Arabs defeated a raiding party of celestials before the gates of Samarkand, in the middle of the eighth century, they captured a party of Chinamen who were skilled paper makers. It was from this city of Russian Turkistan once the capital of that most ruthless of Mongol princes, Tamerlane, that the art of these cap tives spread throughout Asia Minor and northern Africa, into Moorish Spain and finally into Italy, where the first extensive factories were estab 1 lished in 1276 at Fabriano, still a cen ter of the paper industry in southern Europe.
 Up to the closing years of the eight eenth century all paper was made by hand, sheet by sheet, but in the same year that Napoleon fought the battle of the Pyramids, Louis Robert. humble workman in the paper mill of Didot, at Essones, south of Paris, in- vented a machine for making paper in an endless web. The invention was de- veloped in England by the two Four driniers, who lost q fortune in their pioneer work. Their names, however, are perpetuated in the papermaking machines of the present day.
 .'The first American paper mill was established by William Rittenhouse in Peterborough, near Philadelphia, just s3 years after the first permanent Eng lish settlement in the United States at Jamestown"
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
WHICH VARIETY IF
 COTTON IS BEST?
Do You Know Which Variety Pays
 the Best in Arkansas and Why 1t Does7
By w. E. Ayres, Experiment Station University of Arkansas.

Varieties of cotton belong to two general classes, short-staple and long staple-"Benders" or "Rivers" being nothing more than commercial trade name used to designate any cotton grown on rich soil in humid climate, and therefore producing superior hnt All varieties having lint longer than l 1-18 inches are long-staple varieties; those having shorter lint belong to the short-staple class.
 In general, the long-staple varieties are later. have lower per cent or lint, and their bolls are more pointed than the short-staples. However. some of the recently introduced long staples are earlier than the average short-staple cottons and have other desirable characteristics which are bringing them into favor.
 What Is Good Variety? The money value per acre produced by variety of cotton Is the criterion by which II is ultimately judged, provided it has no qualities which are strikingly un- desirable. Such factors as length and per cent of lint are usually i'm portant in determining values, but the variety which yields the highest per cent of lint or the longest lint is often poor when profits are considered. earliness, size of bolls, ease of picking, and storm resistance are factors to be considered in selecting a variety. un- der boil weevil conditions, toward the northern limit of the cotton belt, or on new land, earliness is very important.
 What Is an Early Variety? Since the advent of the boil weevil it is agreed that the variety which will pro- duce the most cotton in an area heav- fly infested with weevils is the earli- est variety. Small boiled, early matur- ing varieties often fail to yield as we'll on soils medium low in fertility as the medium early, large boiled varIe- ties even under boil weevil condi- tions. The greatest difference be- tween the earliest and latest varieties exists in humid districts on poorly drained rich bottom land On such land such, varieties as Trice, Shine, King, etc. should be considered if short-staple varieties are preferred.
 Variety Tests in 1916 interesting The Arkansas Experiment Station tested fifty-five varieties and strains of cotton at two different points in
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the state last year. In addition, 5 to | 25 varieties were tested in co-opera- 1 ton with the county agents in several counties. One of the large tests was l conducted at Scotts in cooperation with MT. Conoway Scott and the other at Mena on the old substation The test at Scotts was on Arkansas River bottom land. The season was favorable and the yields good. The Mena test was on hill land The yields there were very low, due to extreme ly dry weather shortly after the plants began to set forms.
 The average results of the tests at | Scotts and Mena show that twelve of the fifty-ive varieties produced seed and lint worth Cat market prices for September, October and November) more than $100 per acre, the average per acre value of these twelve varie- ties being more than S10700 The per acre value of the same varieties at Scotts averaged more than s170.00. The poorest twelve varieties averaged a little less than $7600 per acre in the two tests and s116.00 at Scotts.
 The high yields were produced at the same expense as the poor ones plus the cost of harvesting and mar keting the excess produced by the high yielders This would have amounted to about $5 per acre for the average of the two tests and about $500 per acre at Seotts. If the aver age cost per acre of production and marketing for the poor yielders was s2500 and the cost at Scotts S27.00 per acre the per acre profit was S7700 for the high yielders and s5100 for the low yielding varieties. The per acre profit at Seotts was s135 and sS9, respectively, for the high and low yielding varieties. Profits from high yielding varieties were about 50 per cent greater than from low yielding varieties. Profits from high yielding varieties were about 50 per cent greater than from low yielders
 Among the high yielders in the av- craze for the two tests were Triumph, Wannamaker,@ Big Boil (Cleveland) Cleveland, Half and Half. Roundnose, Christopher Big Boil, Toole, and a strain of Cook bred by the Alabama Experiment Station, all in the short staple class; and the following long staple varieties: Foster, Webber No S2. Webber No. 49, and Express. Ex press was the earliest of the above varieties, but had a lower per cent of lint and shorter lint than any of the above long-staples All of the above short-staples, except Toole, were com paratively early Other varieties which did well at Mena were: Cooks Im- proved, Rublee, Lone Star, RoWden, Dodd's Prolific, Dodd's Favorite, King and Shine At Seotts, Durango, Co lumbia, Dixie and SprouIl Big Boil were good yielders.
 On land infected with wilt Dixie and Covington-Toole are perhaps the
 best varieties of which seed can be
 obtained in commercial quantities.
 The horse must have fresh air.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Honors for Potatoes

There never was a time in all its comparatively short history when the potato had so much honor thrust upon it as at present In many countries, widely separated. its yield and its prices are subjects of eager discussion. And yet it is only since the beginning of last century that it's value as food product has been recognized. For nearly POO years after Sir Walter Raleigh introduced it into England the potato was subjected to "cold neg lect" and failed to obtain any serious recognition of it's many virtues.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Floating Gardens of China, Immune Alike to Drought or
 Flood, Often Avert Famine

The first point of interest to the traveller in China is the boat town of Canton. The Chookeang, or Pearl riv- CT, for a distance of miles, is covered with boats, which form the residences of a numerous population. Land is valuable in China, and it is presumed that the rent of the river is merely nominal.
 The Chinese not only live on the riv- CTS but they also use them for gar dening purposes. In the month of ! April bamboo raft, ten to twelve feet long and about half as wide, is pre- pared.
 | The pol re lashed together, with
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 hard=to Explain,

You say this is q problem play?" "Thats what the program states. It presents pretty problem to me-" sYeS?"
 "Pm wondering why anybody ever put up real money to have 1t pro- duced."
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17

interstices of an inch between each. Over this a layer of straw an inch thick is spread, and then a coating two inches thick of adhesive mud, taken from the bottom of canal or pond, which receives the seed.
 The raft is moored to the bank In still water, and requires no further attention. The straw soon gives away and the soil also, the roots drawing support from the water alone. In about 20 days the raft becomes covered with the creeper Gpomea rep tans) and it's stems and roots are gathered for cooking. In autumn it's small white petals and yellow stamens, nestling among the round leaves, present a very pretty appear ance.
 The chief use, however, is to raise vegetables for the owners family, and, with half a dozen of these rafts, a Chinaman will have enough and to spare, says an exchange.
 In the lower Yang Kiang and the Hoang-Ho rivers, extensive rice fields are cultivated in this manner. Upon rafts constructed as above, weeds and adherent mud are placed as flooring, and when the rice shoots are ready for transplanting they are placed in the floating soil, which, being adhesive and held in place by weed roots, the plants are maintained in position throughout the season, the rice ripen- ing in from 60 to 70 days.
 The rafts are fastened to the shore by cables, and these floating fields have served to avert famine, whether by drought or flood. When other fields were submerged and their crops sodden or. rotten, these fioated and f1ourished, and when a drought pre- vailed, they subsided with the falling waters, and. while the soil around was arid, advanced to maturity.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Pertinent Query

Actions speak louder than words" quoted the moraliZer.
 "So they say" rejoined the demoral. izer, but did you ever try to make your wife believe it7"
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Our Shoes Look Well
and Wear Better

Where else on the earth can you do better than this? A stylish, date. comfort able, lasting shoe for women or misses, correctly made by the worlds most expert Workmen. at prices which are right.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

ST. LOUIS, IRON MoUETAIN & SOUTHERN
 LITTLE ROCK MONROE RY South North z:45 a. m. -. Huttig =. 5:59 D. m 9:5o a. m ...... Monroe ......... 2:oz p. m
 LOCAL. Leaves Arrives ll:25 a. m....... Huttig .... l2:3o D. m. ST. Lotus, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN
 FARmERvILLE & SOUTHERN BY. North South 5:22 a. nl............. Huttig g..2:32 D. m z:2l a. m... FarmervilleA..5: 5:45 D. m
 LOCAL. l0:l0 a. n1....... Huttig .....2 2:22 D. m. Arrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri- day from Monroe and goes to Farmer vile.
 Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and satur- day from Farmerylle and goes to Mon- roe.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
The Exception.

Miles-The Chinese claim to have in- vented nearly everything.
 Giles-Well, judging by the way iD which they wear their hair, they didn't invent football.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
NORWAY SENDS A
NOTE TO GERMANY

London. Nov. LA dispatch from
copenhagen says Norway has pre-
sented q note to Germany In connec-
ton with the sinking Of the Nor
wegian steamships in the convoy or
neutral merchantmen which was at
tacked bv German cruisers III the
North sea last month The note calls
attention 10 the fact that g. year ago,
after the sinking Of Norwegian
steamships in the Polar seas. Ger
many was notified that the Nor
wegian people would consider any
new case Of the kind a violation Of
the laws Of humanity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
SUGAR CURING HAMS AND
BACON.

When the meat has been cooled and
cut up rub each piece with salt and
allow it to drain over night. Then
pack in a barrel with the hams and
shoulders in the bottom. using the
strips of bacon to I'LL in between or
OF meat weigh out pounds of salt.
of brown sugar, and 2 ounces of salt
peter and dissolve In 4 gallons Of wat
eE, Pour on enough of this brine to
cover the meat. In the summer II is
sI 20 Dyia tne ,.t., n THIS sS 70 oasa.
The strips of bacon should be left in
to 6 weeks and the hams to-
weeks They are then ready for
smoking.-Agr. Elk. Dept. N. d. Ayr.
college.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
rurrAf.n pROnuC,E.

Chicago, Nov. 1.-Butter, unsettled;
receipts 1880 tubs; creamery extras
az; extra firsts 42h; frsts 3s a. Al; Sec
onds 1884 @Ss. Cheese, steady; dais-
les 23h a. az; horns 22A ga; Americas
23M; twins 22A @23.
Eggs, receipts 3,S45 cases; unchang-
ed, Potatoes, receipts SIS cars; un-
changed. Poultry, alive, lower; fowls
13M @17h; springs tn.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
LEGAL NOTICES


SMmH19MGs
state of North Dakota County OF
Cass. In County Court.
IL. w. Trapp Plaintiff. VS.. Jens Pi
Jensen, observation-disclosures
The state Of North Dakota to the
above named Defendant:
You are hereby summon,se 70 an
hWer the complaint Of the plAintim In
the above entitled action herewith
served, and to serve copy OF your
answer. upon the subscribers Burfeu-
f{nn q Thomson. within twenty days
ngfer the service Of this summons
upon you, exclusive OF the day OF
such service; and IN case Of your fall
IRE to appear or answer judgment
VIII Be- taken against you by default
Tor the relief demanded A said COM
Nlafmt
Dated this 18th day Of Cetobers 1871
BJRFEngINC4 a THOMSON,
Attorneys for Piaintiff. $50 deLendre-
efe Building. Fargo. y. Oak.
(0ct as NOV. LIS 1910
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
NTTNNEAPOIIs CiRATN.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. ta1.--Flour,
in carload lots, second clears Csc
higher, quoted at $500 jute; fancy
patents and. first clears unchanged;
shipments s5,517 bbls. Rye $1.76h q
also.
Wheat, receipts 52s cars, compared
with $50 year ago. Corn, No. yell
low $2.1S@2.15. Oats, No. 8 white
6Th @5SA Flax $3.21@3.23.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01

South ST. Paul. Minn,s Nov. H.
HOGS. receipts 1900; 25@35c higher;
range Sl5.75016.25; bulk $500 @16.iO.
Cattle, receipts 7,400; killers easier;
steers $500 a 15.00i cows ana helfers
khOOnI325: stockers and feeders
steady, csc lower, $500 % 1000.
sheen. receipts 1880; steady; lambs
$500 a 1900; wethers $500 O. 13.O0;
swes $4,000 1880.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
NEW YoRK PRopucR.

New York. Nov 1.-Butter. barely
steady: receipts s,g2s tubs: creamery
higher than extras 4AM m4B; extras
(S2 score1 a.; nrsts 42h 0AsM; Sec
onds 1912. Eggs, FIRM receipts $3.50
cases; fresh gathered extras a80 49,
extra nrsts 4B@47s frsta 4l@44s See
nearly western hennery white nne 10
fancy T2WTe: do browns $50 So
Cheese. steady; receipts 1856 boxes
state fresh specials 32@ 22M do aver
age run Sl1s
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
The Markets
CORN PRICES
SHOW DECLINE
Weakness Due to Decline
in Stocks and Weather
Conditions
% Aseoclated Press. J

ened today in sympathy with the New
York stock market and owing 20
weather conditions likely to promote
the movement of new grain. Selling.
however, was not urgent. Opening
~ G lower, with December $1.l7% and
May $1.12A to &1.12H, were followed
by moderate additional setback.
Oats were easy owing to the down.
turn in corn. Rural offerings remain
ed small -
- Upward jumps in hog prices carried
provisions higher. Demand, though.
was Hshf
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

Chicago, Nov. 1.-Scantiness Of hog
receipts tended today to make the, hos
market soar. Cattle and sheep met
with ready sale.
Hogs, receipts 1900; strong; buik
316.50@172O; light S15.55 @1T.20;
mixed s16lO@17.S0; heavy $4,000
1880; rough $10.00@16.30; pigs $1,000
615.00.
Cattle, receipt, $4,000; steady; ma
tive steers $6.S5 @17.50; western steers
S6.26O13.75; stockers and feeders
S610m11.50; cows and heifeFs $1,000
i225; calves $8.00@l 4.75.
Sheep, receipts 10000 strong; weth-
ers S. 30 o. 1900; lambs $12.b0 @17.26.
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CHICAGO CASH M.-aKET

Love Ghlss sgsfa sSy i No gsi NS ,Ssa;
No yellow nominal. Oats, No. 8
white SEA $50; standard So ~ @60A,
Rye, No. 2, s1.77@1.E1s. Barley, $500
01.34. Timothy $5.50@T.5O. Glover
$500 @24.00. Pork nominal. Lard
s25.I7. Ribs nominal
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
LOWEST MARK
In YEARS FOR
STOCK PRICES
Feverisha Selling Drives
Down Standard Issues
On Exchange
l-Aa.f-----s
C Aksociated Press. }


New York, Nov. Pr lces ,erumbied
again IN the stock market today,
shares of Recognized value as we'll as
speculative ISSUES, falling to lowest
levels of @sye2r. In several note
worthy instances prices OF the fore
noon represented minimum quotations
OF from s. to 90. years. re-
The came influences which recently
provoked feverish liquidation were
again operative. The italian situation
and the enormous tax exacttons, as
shown by the heavy appropriations
made by railroads and INDUSTRIAL cor
porations, were the principal factors
Selling was on a larger scale than
at any recent session. Commission
houses contributed to the decline by
further closing of accounts for out
of-town customers. United States
Steel was the overshadowing feature,
declining ~ points to 50 In the frst
two hours. This Is 3 points under Its
low price of the year and almost 40
below its maximum of few months
ago. ...-......:. n
Other industrials, including the
prominent war issues, were Q 20 5
points under yesterdays final quota
tons. Rails also were offered in such
volume as. to Suggest further enforced
liqutdation, investment shares yield
ing to 4 points.
Nominal rallies accompanied the al
minished dealings of the noon hour.
Sales up to. that time were estimated
at $4,000 shares.
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nIrI.IrTH GRAIN. .

Duluth, Mimi, Nov. business on
this market was on a more limited
scale than ever today with small re-
ceipts of every grain. The May rye
future was the only one traded in. IL
closed unchanged at S1,S3. Spot rye
was easier, closing " off at $1.T6,
$1.2S.
Flax sed scored sharp advances Ola
fresh bidding by operators to cover
shipping contracts while receipts were
small. A small lot of flax was loaded
out from the elevators for the east
today. The close came at the. top.
November flax closed &c up, December
T1kc up, and May SC up. '''
3.24h; arrive S3.19; Nov. 1919; Dec.
$3.12 bid; May $3.0S bid. Oats, on
track SIX 059A: arrive 57&. Rye,
on track S1.76; arrive S1.75@1.TS; No
vember $l.T6 nominal; December $1.7s
nominal; May $1.s3. Barley, on track
sS@1.2s.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01
DULUTH r. sIPTs Assj SHIP

NfHNIss
Duluth, Mimi, Nov. 1--ElevatoE
receipts OF domestic grain: Wheat
les, 900 bu., last year 129,600; barley
"a, 500 bu. last year $4,000 bu.; rye a.
700 bu., last year 1900; flax $4,000 bu.,
last year I23,500
Shipments: Wheat $1,000 bu., last
year 221 800: flax $4,000 bu., last year
$500.
Elevator teipts OF bonded grain
and shipments: None.
Duluth car Inspection: Wheat, Nos.
/ and 2 northern 40; No. 3, 8; other
spring 8; durum 20; walla /; mixed
rs; total wheat 1T, year ago a.; flax
12, year ago "a; oats 1, year ago i; rye
4, year ago 4; barley IL, year ago W.
on track 107
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-01

4vew York, Nov. There was in
creasing selling this morning on the
stock exchange. United States Steel
made a further decline of 2 points to
96, it's lowest price OF the year, and
related industrials broke 2 to 4 points.
Rails were liquidated in larger VOL
ume, active issues in that group yield
ing IL to points. Metals, oils and
sundry specialties lost 2 to s points.
Shippings were inclined to hold, Mar
inc preferred showing a nominal gain
at noon. Bonds were weak but LIB
erty As held at par and the AVS rang
ed from 9s.7s to 1882.
Heavy selling of stocks was resum-
ed at the opening. United States Steel
was again offered in large lots from
80 to 96, an~extreme overnight loss OF
~ points. Other industrials, notably
on equipments, as well as shippings,
coppers, motors and oils, lost 2 to I
points. Rails also denoted further
pressure, Pacifcs, st. Paul, Reading
and Pennsylvania averaging / point
recessions. Rallies Of as much as q
point set in before the end Of the
first half hour.
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narI.urArrxnn I.AIN.

Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. Corn, No.
8 yellow t$2.I6@217; No. 3 white $2.l5
ard 60h: No. 3 white 60@60h; No. 4
white 59A al so. Rye, No. 1, $1.76h q
LII. Barley, mailing $1.17@L35; feed
and rejected $1.12@1.25; wisconsin
sl.22@1.35. Hay, unchanged.
Close: Corn, Dec. $1.17A; May
$1.13h Oats 5S%; May sos OK.
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The Fargo Forum Want Ad Page
WANTED TO RENT.

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must be equipped for light house
Keeping: the closer in the better
must be strictly modern. Write So,
care Forum.
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MEN AND WOMEN-Learn barber
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In northwest; diplomas granted; tools
given: positions waiting: reduced
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College. 81 H. Nicollet Ave, Mime
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SITUATION WANTED by young
couple, either as clerk. bookkeeper
or cashier. Best reference, Sc, care
Forum.
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FARGO-Governme clerk examina,-
tions Nov. IA; $50 month; hundreds
wanted; sample questions free.
Franklin Institute, Dept. $50 j, Roch-
ester, N. ".
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WANTED - Man or woman second
cook: salary $50, room and board.
Apply at st. Charles Hotel, Dickinson,
N. ID. ..
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TWO furnished housekeeping rooms;
new, all modern house; gas. light,
water; no children. 424 18th St. N.
Phone 1850.