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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06

Marked disproportion of weight over
height is not a cause for rejection I'M
less the applicant is absolutely obese.
The eyes are another stumbling
block. The applicant is tested by re-
curing him to read black letters Of
various heights at distance Of TWEEN
ty feet. If he is able to read the line in
which the letters are three-eighths Of
an inch high, he is said to have normal
vision, and this is recorded as 1920.
The requirement 20-40 means that the
applicant must be able to read, at
least, the line of letters three-quarters
Of an inch high at distance Of twen-
ty feet.
The story is told of an Irishman
who, when disqualified on account of q
deficient number of teeth, wanted to
know IL he was expected to bite the
enemy. This apparently makes the re-
quirements as to teeth ridiculous, but,
nevertheless, they are most important.
The soldier who must have special food
prepared because he is unable to mas
ticate is a burden to the army. False
teeth, while satisfactory for civilian
occupations, are not satisfactory for
military requirements.
Foot trouble is one Of the greatest
causes Of rejection. Every year more
soldiers are discharged on surgeons
certificate Of disability because Of foot
trouble than are discharged for pull
monary tuberculosis. The most common
cause Of foot disability is fiat foot. The
report of the surgeon general for the
year 1912, "a period before the increase
which has occurred during the last
few years., shows that the principal
causes OF discharge for disability were
mental disease, tuberculosis, venereal
disease, fiat-foot, and organic heart
disease in the order named. OF the to-
tai Of 3s6 discharged, more than 55 per
cent were accounted for by the above
named diseases.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
ISN'T THE SAME
HSetting 'Em up Not Under Head of
personal Use" of Liquor.

Bismarck, N. D., June 6.-"Setting
'em up" to ones friends doesn't come
under the head of personal USE, as
interpreted by the prohibitionElaws of
North Dakota, so Police Magistrate
Bleckreid informed a very coal-black
colored man, who came in to see If the
justice would not let him have six
quarts OF whisky which were seized at
the Jennys home last week, when four
teen quarts in all were conflscated.
"Of course, jedge," said the suppliant,
Jaw could a drank myself all this
booze they taken away from me, but
when some OF the boys drop in, of
course, I give them jest leetle taste,
and then when I'm out they do the
same by me-" "Only four gallons" of
whisky since the first of the year have
been consumed in this way, said the
colored man.
Judge Bleckreid advised him that in
treating his friends he had been violat-
ing the laws of the state, and that he
ought to be nightly tickled to get off
with the loss of the whisky, which was
duly spilled.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06

plies rifles and ammunition at cost to
each association. The ranges are
open to practice during the entire
summer. At the close OF the season
the annual tournament takes place.
The eight members making the high
est aggregate scores compose the
team that goes to Ottawa to partici-
pate in the matches of the Dominion.
Here are 100 battalion teams Of eight
men each. The twenty high men
compose the Canadian Wimbledon
team which is sent to London.
mo comment is necessary upon the
recent record of the Canadians in
France. I would feel safer in com
mand of the Beverly Hills Rife club
than I would with 2,000 men who
could do nothing but march to the
music of a. brass band. Should the
100 members Of the Beverly Hills Rifle
club meet 200 of the enemy, they
would lin the language Of the Swiss
generaD simply have to shoot twice
and all would be over"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06

assistant chief. A. O'NeilI; secretary
and treasurer, F. O. Jennings
Arthur-supt. r. w. Riley, OF the
county schools, presented the diplomas
and made the graduation address to
the class of the Arthur schools Monday
evening. A fine program was presented
by the pupils and large audience at
tended. The graduates are: Lillian
Bergum, Frances Ross, Ella Schur, Vida
Viertenz and August Ivan.
Grand Forks-Thursday evening a
meeting will be held in the Y. NJ. @. A.
building to plan the final stage of the
campaign by which 1t is hoped to raise
the Grand Forks allotment for the fur
Their projection of the X. M c. A. army
buildings.
Hillsbcro-At the annual meeting of
the commercial club the following Off
GERS were elected: President, liver A.
Acker; vice president, Lynn SarIes; sec
rotary, G. s. Anderson; treasurer, Roy
Hanson; executive committee, e. r..
Sarles. John r. Paulson. Henry Olson,
L. q. George and N. @. Nyhus.
Mandan-The Elks Iodge OF Mandan
is to get new home, having leased
the upper story of the new building
which will be erected by Hudson Il
Wynn, of this city, this season.
Observation-Disclosures have been issued
by the office of the secretary of state
to the following new corporations: st.
Johns Evangelical Lutheran church at
McClusky; German Evangelical Luther
an Christus of Danzig; Finnemans e
Trepp of Martin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
EDITORS MAIL BAG

The Forum is in receipt OF . letter
from ]. H. Murray of this city, en-
closing an article written by his
brother T. P. Murray, and which ap-
pears in a recent issue of The Los
Angeles Herald.
The article is Of special interest at
this time. 1t is. in part. as follows:
II have the greatest respect for the
national guard Of the United States,
but they are handicapped by limited
opportunities to become expert rife
shots. This is owing to two reasons
lack Of rifle ranges and encourage
ment by the government in supplying
them with rifles and ammunition.
1.-The remedy is simple enough. Just
tear a leaf from the Canadian book of
preparedness. Every county in the
Dominion has it's rifle association with
its rifle range. The governments sup
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
Spelling THE kAIsER's DAY.
BY Ralph Henry Barbour
Of the Vigilantes.


Folks, this Liberty loans got to be
a success.
You don't want old Kaiser William
taking up his copy Of the Berlin
Morning Murderer some day next
month. wiping the near-coffee from
those 45-degree angles alongside his
nose and chuckling as he reads that
the United States of America has fall
len down in its attempt to raise
enough money to call his bluff.
OF course you don't!
But he will If you don't do your bit.
It's up to you-the You that's read
ing this. Don't tell yourself that you
guess there'll be plenty without you"
Maybe there won't be. Don't take
any chances. The things too big, too
vital. You can buy one bond at least.
It's your duty, but forget that part Of
1t. Do 1t because you want to. Do it
because you believe that your country
is the best ever, because You believe
she's dead right, because, whether
she's the best or the second best, dead
right or all wrong, she's yours!
But IL you won't do II from patriot
ism. do it anyway.
Uncle Sam needs your money. II
you're piker enough to care nothing
for the throb part of it--and il you are
hope you choke!-buy a bond be-
cause it's a good Investment, consarn
you! Take a fifty or a hundred or
a five hundred dollar interest in the
richest concern at present doing bus
mess on this planet, neighb0r. 1t will
pay you three and a half per cent, it's
tax exempt, and yOu can sell it or
borrow on it at any bank in the
world. Only do 1t and do it now.
And don't let's be satisfied with
just subscribing to the amount of the
loan. Let's over-subscriabe so far that
when old Kaiser William reads about
it, it will spoil his entire, day!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
A RECORD TO BE PROUD OF.
we're proud OF Fargo.

/, "EES PIOun VI EdTEO.
We're proud to live in a section OF
the United States that Is as loyal as
this.
Registration day went through
without disturbance OF any kind.
There was no attempt to evade regis
fration: no seditious talk at the
booths; no circulation OF anti-con-
Bcription literature; no agitation by
street corner orators. Fargo accept
ed registration an its plain duty. with
out becoming either hysterical or
sentimental about IT. II brought the
day to a close with a meeting at the
auditorium TINT made the blood
tingle. a.
Today some 2100 young men are
going about their daily tasks wearing
the little enrolment buttons and
waiting for the selsctive draft. The
man who can look at one Of those
buttons and realize without shame,
that he has not Joined the Red Cross
or bought Lihgrty bond. or aided in
the work OF the Fargo Loyalty bureau,
is not a good American citizen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
NAME TEACHERS
Entire Force of Instructors For West
hope Schools Engaged For Next Year.

westhope, N. D., June 6.-Instructors
engaged for the Westhope schools next
year are Fred w. Graf, superintend-
emit; Harold. Wakeman, principal: Miss
Nellie Feetham OF ST.. Paul, graduate
OF Hamlin university, assistant
principal; Miss Luella Narcotic. form
erly principal of q consolidated school
at Thorne; Miss Vida Thompson, of
this years corps; Miss Amanda Wagle,
recently assistant instructor In the
Valley City normal; Miss Edna Water
man, for the last four years in the
Flaxton schools; Miss Nettie Hrabe. at
Brinsmade the last two years, and Miss
Bertha Corning, for the last two years
at Berthold, to be grade teachers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
FORELADIES REPLACE
ROUNDHOUSE BOSSES
Young Ladies Employed in Dickinson
Railroad Shops Now Have Own
Bosses

Mandan, D. D., June 6.-Foreladies
have replaced the old-time round
house bosses with the crew OF ten
young women now employed in the
local roundhouses and shops of the
Northern Pacific.
Master Mechanic Dunkerly said to-
day: I'VE are going to use all the
woman assistants in our shops we
can get. There is no use trying to
get school boys to do the work, as
they will return to school in the fall,
when we would find ourselves short
handed again. In Dickinson we have
a number OF women in the round
house, and in Glendive we have ten.
The freight department is accepting
women just as fast as 1t can procure
them, to do checking for the truck
ers"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
DO you KNOW
Information on Timely Topics
Compiled BY The Forum.

Do you know what it is to be ply
sically At" as a soldier?
The average man who enjoys good
health, takes more or less regular ex-
ercise, and never experiences illness,
thinks he is physically fit" and would
be quite angry If told otherwise. But
the United States army has other
standards. Here are some Of them.
The recruiting circular from the ad-
jutant general presCribes q table Of
average weights for the various heights
as follows:
TABLE OF PHYSICAL PROPORTIONS
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
EMPLOY NORTH DAKOTA
SYSTEM IN 40 STATES
Utilization of Emergency Labor Will
Have. AppreeiabIe Effect on Farm
Labor Situation, Belief.

Bismarck, N. D., June 6.-Work of
organization similar to that in progress
in North Dakota under the direction of
the state efficiency commission Is now
under way in forty states, according
to the statement of r. j. Leth, special
representative of the Office OF farm
management, detailed to North Dakota
for this campaign.
1t is believed the resultant utilization
of emergency labor will begin to have
situation before the season has
advanced far. The existing employ
ment service of the United States de-
partment of labor will continue to
handle such problems of mass
mobilization under the new plan as it
has in the past.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06

the county. In view of the fact that we
have had no rainfall 30 far this spring,
crops are looking remarkably we'll FAN
rye is the only crop so far suffering
from the drought"
Since then one of these well known
rains that is worth a million dollars,
should have hit Hannah.
The Velva Journal boasts Of MS sani-
" by quoting The Granville Herald
thusly:
Granville Herald: Reckoning the
population of the county at 5000, IL
will be seen that little less than fif-
teen ten-thousandths (15-1O,00e) of us
are crazy. Considering the rust. hot
winds and dust storms. this speaks
pretty well for our mental stability.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06

furnished but q pit1fully small per-
centage OF recruits compared to the
other provinces. Its, French Canadian
people have had too many quarrels
with the Dominion government on
school questions ami other matters, to
feel the loyalty of the people of the
other provinces. CONSUMPTION would
hit them harder than any other
province, and they are fighting it Bit
terry. Sir wilfreh Laurier is looked
TO as the man TO save the day for the
dominion, and the government may
call upon him to 'Arop party differences
and join the coalition cabinet, trusting
that his great influence with the
French Canadiarg people may prevail.
1t has even been predicted that
Canada would face the secession Of
Quebec and ci'fil war IL consumption
were insisted on.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
MAKE FLAXTON CENTER
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES
bic ceIebration 10 Be Held This. Even
iInu With Addresses by Prom,nent
Leaders in Red Gross work.

Fqaxton, N. D., June 6.-A gigantic
celebration to interest people Of Flax
ton in the work of the Red Cross Dy
which it is expected to make this city
the center of all Red Cross activities
throughout the northwestern section
~ North Dakota. will be held tonight.
Al big local membership campaign
is under way today, and tonlgnI
meeting will be addressed by pronlin-
ent state leaders In the Red Cross
work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
IN THE OPEN FORUM
Column Devoted

The Casselton Reporter. editorially,
discusses the thrift of the French peo-
pie and shows how the great PEussian
indemnity in 1870. was produced from
the savings Of the French peasants.
What the American nation 10 called
upon to do" 1t. says, sis little com
pared to the loan of $1,000, 100000 70
France by the French people"
The Steele Ozone surmises that '.if
Russia would talk less and fight more
there might be a chance Of ending the
war this summer"
Speaking OF crops, The Hannah Moon
says: This week sees practically all
Of the seeding finished in this part OF
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
ASKS VACATION OF JUDGMENT
Another Effort Made to Get Title to
Lands in Litigation for IS Years.

Bismarck, N. D., June Elm anoth-
er effort to recover title to $4,000
worth of farm. lands in Emmons coun-
ty which have been in litigation for
20 years, George w. Lynn Of Linton,
former states attorney of Emmons,
today appealed to the supreme court
for an order vacating a judgment en-
tered in district court and affirmed by
the higher tribunal in favor of the
Patterson Land Co. of st. Paul.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
SEVEN INJURED WHEN
AUTOMOBILE OVERTURNS
Five Riddles Each Draw Black Eye,
and Their Mother and Father Severe
Bruises in Westhope Accident.

Westhope, N. D., June 6.-Five kid
dies occupying the rear seat each drew
a nicely decorated black eye, their
mother was rather seriously injured
through the back, and Theo DeMars
was badly bruised by being caught
under the steering wheel, when their
car turned over, pinning the entire
family underneath.
Mr.. DeMars managed to extricate
himself, and by sheer strength lifted
the wrecked car from the remainder
of the family. A broken steering gear
caused the smash.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
GETS A BOOST
+. n, Lanutry, Yellowstone Division
Superintendent Promoted.

Mandan, N. D., June ST. H. Lang
try. for the last eight years superin-
tendent of the Yellowstone division
of the Northern Pacific, has been
called to St Paul to accept. 1t Is re-,
ported, a position as assistant general
traffic manager in connection with the
active part which this company mas
been called upon to play in the trans
portation of troops and war supplies.
He is succeeded on this division by
G. H. Jacobs, third assistant to the
general superintendent, a young rail-
road man whose friends predict for
him a very bright future.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06

They say Tennyson frequently
worked. a whole afternoon on g single
line, said the literary enthusiast. 9
That's nothing said the poor clod
seated beside him. II know man who
has been working the last eight years
on q single sentence.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-06
CAL PROPORTIONS
Chest Measurement
Az Txpiro Nnhjl-

It Is not necessary that the applicant
should conform exactly to the figures
indicated in the foregoing table. The
following variations below the stand
ard given in the table are permissible
when the applicant is active, has firm
muscles, and is evidently vigorous and
healthy:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-28
Conservation.

She had long been noted for her
economy in the culinary line, but it re
manned for conservation to bring OUT
just what she could do. relates an eN-
change.
They sat down to dinner and the
soup was served. 10 the m~an-Of-the-
house it did not seem familiar. 1r
certainly was q new variety for, float
ing on its surface We're queer little
puff balls. He prodded n and then
he tasted. They We're good and he
tried another, but curiosity getting the
better, he inquired: Would yon kind
" tell me just what this Is j am eat
ing":
Well" She replied, If you must
know, there Was one batter cake left
from breakfast and | put it In th..
soup"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-28

been an insurmountable barrier for her
competitors to overcome. In the last
few years the yields Of wheat and
oats per acre have surprised the a.ri-
cultural world. As much as sixty BUSH
els OF wheat per acre has been grown
on some farms, while others have fur
nished afiidavits showing over fifty
bushels Of wheat per acre, and oats as
high as Il hundred and twenty bush.
els per acre. One reputable farmer
make affidavit to IA crop return Of over
Mty-four thousand bushels of wheat
from Il thousand acres. While this Is
rather the exception than the rule,
these yields serve to illustrate the fer
tiIity of the soil and the possibilities
of the country, when good farming
methods are adopted. Western Cam
ada can surely lay mdisputed claim, to
being THE Worlds natural bread has
ket. Advertisement.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-28
Switzerland Like United States.

Switzerland is the only European
example Of Il fedcrative and demo
cratic republic Of the American type,
observes Il writer. Switzerland. as the
United States, was born from IL desire
for emancipation from %autocratic des-
potism: like the United States, Swift
zerland never believed in the divine
right of kings. The very past which
h ancient federates, on that quiet
spot, the "Rutli,'' on the classic Lake
Of Lucerne on August /, 1901, sWore
to, einbodies that great principle for
which now, 626 years later, the United
States is fighting, namely, TO quote
President Wilson's own words, For
the right of those who submit to au-
thority to have a voice in their w
governments" There the old Swiss
proclaimed self-gosernment against the
autocratic rule of the IIapsburg, in the
following words: "Ve ordain and d.
rect with unanimous accord, hat in
the aforementioned valleys we shall
recognize no judge who shall have
bought his rights with money or in any
other name or who shall not be Il
native and IN inhabitant Of these dis
tricts."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-28
Futile DISPUTES.

In stating prudential rules for our
government in society. ! must not omit
the important one of never entering
into dispute or argument with another.
| y SaW an instance Of one of
two disputants convincing the other
by argument.
l have seen many, on their getting
warm, becoming rude and shooting one
another.
Conviction is the effect of our own
dispaSSiOnate reasoning. either in soil
tude or weighing within ourselves, dis
passionately. what we hear from 9TH
ers, standing uncommitled in argu-
ment ourselves. 1t was one of the
rules which. above all others. made
Doctor Franklin the most amiable Of
men in society. never to contradict
anybody If he was urged to IN
nounce an opinion, he did it rather
by asking questions, as II for infOr-
nation, or by suggesting doubts
Thomas Jefferson.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-28
SUPERIOR FOR LAYING HENS
Corn and Meat Scraps Will Produce
Satisfactory Egg Yieid-Test
at Ohio Station.

When wheat and other feeds are rel
atively higher in price, corn and meat
scrap will produce a satisfactory egg
yield at a lower cost per unit of pro.
duction.
Hens fed on corn and meat scraps
for l,O47 days at the Ohio experiment
station laid an average Of 351 eggs II
hen Those fed a ration of corn, wheat.
oats, bran and meat scrap produced
$40 eggs. The feed cost per dozen
esgs was Is per cent higher for the
lot getting the variety of feeds than
for the corn and meat scrap lot.
Corn, wheat, oats, bran. oilmcal. mid
dlings and meat scrap constituted the
ration Of One lot that laid 137 eggs
per hen one year. Hens fed only corn
and meat scrap laid 1913 eggs per hen.
cost of feed per dozen eggs was
nearly 4 per cent greater in the case
of the hens fed the variety ration.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-28
FEW HORSES REQUIRE SHOES
In Case Feet Of Animals Become Dry
and Begin to Crack Some Atten-
ton 10 Needed.

The nature Of the work that the
horse is doing determines whether or
not he should be shod. Horses work
with but Il few exceptions those work
ing in the field do not need to be shod.
In case the feet become dry and hard
and begin to crack, attention should be
given them. Most of the poor feet are
due to improper care. A horses feet
should be trimmed at least every six
or eight weeks. In trimming most of
the work should he done with a rasp.
If the nippcrs are used. too much of
the hOof is generally cut away. while
If the rasp is used only a small aEaount
is cut away ut n time and the foot can
be kept level.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-28
"Chariots Of Iron" at GAIA.

History repeats itself down To min
ute details, the London Star reminds
us, and recalls previous operations at
GAIA related in the Book ut Joshua.
il says:
IF that picturesque special corre-
spendent to whom we owe the nara
tive Of the sun and moon standing still
in the valley of .Ajalon had witnessed
the onslaught Of General .Allenby's
auNiliaries, he might have pictured be-
hemoth wallowing on the shore and
lcNlathan rising cut of the sea. 1t is
related in the Book Of Judges That
though the tribe Of Judah took GaZa,
they could not drive out The inhabi-
ianlS Of the valley because they had
chariotS of iron
allowing for the intervening cen
lures which have transformed The
'chariots Of iron into tanks, we see
that in this ease the omenS are in
favor OF the invaders. and we may
reasonably hope that the clearing out
Of the Philistines will be final and com
plete."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-28
Convenient Well Cover.

be re-eEforced as shown in the draw
ing. The walls may be built of brick
or tile laid Up in cement mortar and
will save some expense for forms. The
concrete fer the slabs should be in the
proportion of n part Portland ce-
parts crushed stone or pebbles. If
made a quaky consistency. enough Of
the mortar will come to the top in
tamping 10 finish the platform without
using Il mortar coat. Ten pounds of
hydrated lime added to each sack Of
cement used will make an easier work
ing concrete.