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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
By far the largest gross value Of farm
y..,,,, q, thiu couufrv Waa rAa0h0d

By far the largest gross value OF farm
production In this country was reached
ia 1915, according to estimates made
nv the United States Department OF
Agriculture. The total of crops and AMI
NAL products Was slS. 449, 600, GOO, an. 10.
crease OF 81, 674, ,O0O, 600 o'er tne totsl OF
1o15- vhich was itself . high-water
marx. The mere increase 10 greater
than the census gross value OF farm pro-
duction In 1889, and 10 nearly as large o.
the census crop value In 1899. The To-
crease Of 1915 over 1914 was S,to4,o0,'
600. The gross value Of farm production
10 the total OF crops and animal proc.
ucts, and takes no account OF TOE use o.
= nroduot A \ material for other produc.
ton; nor are any costa Of production
subtrsctsd. Consequently, the value Of
gross productioa should bs regarded :.
sp index number, and not - % many
net dollars put into the farmers pooHss
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13

Small Elmer-Papa, give me nickel
Papa-why, Elmer, you are most toe
old to be begging for . nickel. Small
Elmer-I guess you're right papa.
Make it q dime.-Chicago News
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13

Does your husband never o6er b
help you with the dishesT"
"FreQuently. about the time ] a.
ready to hang up the dishpan"-Kan-
~ City Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13

There ere lev things that yield largsi
dIvidsnds than good, old-fnahloaed con.
non eonrtssy, bat it y - iDvo1eDeel
80 = - ef61n overlooked.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13

sproussd oass ere excellent for layers
- : green food, and also ~ tonio and
stiu ulase. Be careful to have them
sveet and frss from sll sournsos. must
psss or moald. They are good for both
chIchs snd fowls. II sour, musty OF
uosldy. they szs usnt 10 feed ssd ars
dangseoos.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13

Keep record Of the 6ock. Do rssu
lar and systematic poultry book-ksep
log. Don't leave k to gussswo!s.. fIno
out what they cost and what they psy
how many egg they produce, What tns9
cell for, and whether OF not you ere max
Ing che proilt that yoa should.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
tTo N CONTINUED


Bothered The earbsr.
"How are thingsr the barber asked
pleasantly Of the shrinking man In the
chair.
"Dull, yer, ,dullT
And the knight Of the razor looked
for Z moment az II he thought the n
marx was personal.-Londca Tsle-
graph. ..S
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPExD THE PLow. /"

Ceuesgondence ON practical Agricultural topic
- soncited. Address all communications In
s9noeo 1or thiB department. to HHN1Y d
HAMMOND. Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
The Bread Winner.

aProbably one-half of the families
n the United States depend upon
he daily wages of bread-winners.
They are only a few days or a few
weeks distant from destitution when
n. bread-winner dies. Their only
rEef must come from somebody's
:aatity or from life insurance. Even
hnilies that seem well provided for
n this worlds goods are really IN no
POSITION to stand a long siege when
he bread-winner's fine salary stops,
rthe small savings that are laid oy
Ire quickly dissipated. The surest
nd strongest friend, when death ter
inmates incomes, is LIFE lNSUR-
NCE."-James Hill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
A Prize Sweet Corn Essay.

OF the 500 stories on the raising OF
sweet corn submitted by members OF
the Boys Sweet Corn Club at their big
meeting and contest in Portland the first
of Decembsr, the best one was written
by Chester r. Wallace Of Warren, Maine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07

from private to sergeant; Henry w.
Monsoon, Abraham falkland, Anton
Dasinger and Charles G.. McGonigal
from first class privates to corporals.
A number Of Minot sergeants and
sorporals were busted. Names are
withheld from publication. Most OF
these busted" non-coms were trans
ferred from Company A OF the Sec
ond regiment TO Minot Company d.
Following are a number Of other
promotions In Minot Company d:
Ward Taylor. George Marsh, Charles
=. Hall, James II. Dougherty, Henry
c. Roth, Ross w. Hewitt, Frank
Griffith, Melvin NJ. Knox, Archie KEEL
ley, first class privates promoted TO
corporais. Following promoted from
prtvates TO first class privates and
receive SO more per month: William
| 3. Brockway, william g. Carroll,
Merle Carpenter. Harry Dahr, Ell.
Dickinson, Gail N. Fischer, Rollie
Kinzell, Daniel ]. Mahoney, Hanna
w. Martin, Clarence !. Peterson, Verd
=, Smith, Robert s. Westergaard,
George Germany, Edward M. Jewell,
Lem Shortridge, Ernest e. Week,
Bernard p. Foley, Arthur Klinger,
Fay McKone, Q. L. Meyer.
nj addition to these Norman p.
Kinney has been named bugler; War
rem williams and Walter Olander
appointed mechanics, and Edwin
Jensen, Erwin Cow and Louis Prock-
off appointed cooks.
In Hillsboro Company L, First
Sergeant Serumgard becomes q duty
sergeant and William Gleason Is APP
pointed first sergeant.
In the Machine Gun Company,
Corporal v. L. McHaffie Of Grand
Forks has been promoted to sergeant:
Private Walter STOPPER of Bismarck
Company A Is transferred to the
Machine Gun company, and Privates
]. H. Buckley and Hans Jacobson
who have been sick at the base hos
pital are recommended for discharge
on Surgeons Certificate Of Dis
ability.
In the Headquarters company.
Musician Third Class George ].
Ranes Is promoted to grade Of cor
poral; Private First Glass Robert B.
Carney OF Grand Forks Company NJ
is transferred to Headquarters COM
pany and promoted to grade of cor
poral; Bugler @. l. Putnam Of Will
liston Company E transferred to
Headquarters company and appoint
ed musician third class and added
to band as cornetist. Cook Clement
Summers relieved of cook duties and
appointed to private first class;
Private Phillip Christopherson
promoted to grade Of cook.
The First North Dakota Infantry,
now the 164th staged a memorable
event today. It was a dress parade,
not remarkable in itself except for
the thrilling spectacle Of nearly 5000
North Dakota boys in parade and
dress formation, but because IL was
the first regimental parade OF the
North Dakota boys since the days OF
the encampment on the Mexican
border, and because II was the first
regimental parade ever held in Camp
Greene.
Camp Greene is spIendidly fitted
out for a camp Of the boys so far as
the living and climate are concerned,
but 1t is mighty shy on parade
grounds. It has only been after a
whole months work that the parade
ground to be used by the North Da-
kota regiment was put in shape for
use. The construction Of this parade
ground was under the personal
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07

Big PROBLEM IN
FUEL HANDLING
Shortage of Receipts At
Head of Lakes Will
Put Burden on Rails
OUTLOOK rs FAR
FROM REASSURING
Five and a Half Million
Tons Short of Estimate
Requirements

With five weeks or more remaining
before the close of navigation on the
Great Lakes, 2S,S4s. 100 of the 2s,OOO,-
| 600 tons of coal estimated to be re-
quired to avert a shortage in the
northwest already have been moved,
according to the report Of the Chi
cago railway board.
Anthracite coal receipts brought
to the head of the lakes by boat
since navigation opened this season
are less by $780, tons than last
years corresponding record, accord
ing to figures announced by @. w,
Murnane, secretary of the northwest
car service committee of the rail-
roads war board. This. together with
carry over at the opening of navi-
cation this year of $4,000 tons less
than in 1916, shows a total compare
tive shortage of 442,772 tons.
Fargo coal dealers state that only
the most heroic efforts win bring the
total up to that of 1916. The rail-
roads have endeavored to get this
fuel hauled during the summer, but
hoped for results have not been real
ICED. In case the vessels can make up
the loss in fuel tonnage before navi-
cation closes the railway managers
will endeavor to devise ways Of fur
nishing cars to haul the coal.
For the week ending Oct. 29, there
were 74,74s tons of anthracite
brought up by water to the head OF
the lakes, compared wieh 49,S29 tons
the same period last year. Greater
shipments, will have to be made to
overcome the shortage caused by
small shipments via the Great Lakes.
Bituminous shipments by water to
northwestern lake ports this season
are 7,204,744 tons. against 7,4s4,s4s
tons last year.
Burns At Arnsaard.
Glen Burns, acting for the govern
ment in the present coal crisis, made
a visit to the town of Arnegard, M.
D., last week. He Is trying to set the
farmers and business men OF Nc
Kenzie county interested in a plan
whereby the residents of the ignite
districts would use only Ignite. In
this way, he says, Mckenzie county
would not be hampered by the pres
emit shortage of cars or the high price
OF eastern coal.
Mr.. Burns proposes having the
miners haul the coal to a central
station in each town, preferably a
farmers elevator, and distribute from
there.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
Many STRONG FEATURES
FOR K. c. CEREMONIAL
Plans Under Way Fer anksaivinu
Day EVsnt-WlII Initiate
Bic CIaaa.

Plans for the Thanksgiving day
ceremonial Of Fargo council, knights
OF Columbus, to include degrees for
candidates and q big banquet with
speeches, were formulated at the reg
ular meeting Of the council Tuesday
evening. B. ]. Heating, j. ]. Hannaher
and P. w. Clemens were named the
entertainment COMMITTEES.
The following program was draft
ed;
.. m.-MasS in ST. Mary's cath
edral.
10 a. m.-Candidates report in Co
lumbus hall.
1880 a. m.-F1rst degree.
1880 p. m.-Second degree.
$3.50 p. m-Third degree,
p. m. - Old-fashioned supper,
served by the Daughters Of Isabella.
followed by the speeches.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07

ciyIes was reciting at the Relette
Wilson should die, who would be
the big man to take his placer" ask
ed the teacher. One of the little girls
raised her hand and when called up
on to answer said Captain John
Grant. Capt. ]. w. Grant OF the
ex-Second regiment, Company g, is
attached to headquarters company Of
the First regiment with the task of
caring for the jail and military de-
partment Of the regiment. He and
Capt. Charles Cook also attached to
the 164th. are the only officers OF the
extinct Second regiment, who are so
far unassigned.
L. L. Eckman, captain of Grand
Forks Machine Gun company, poten-
tate of KEN temple, the Grand Forks
Shrine, aided by other Shriners and
the Charlotte lodge recently made
thirteen North Dakota men jockey
the goat. Another big ceremonial
will be held in the near future when
others will ride the Shrine animal. Those
who were made eligible to wear the
KEN Fec recently were Lieut.. Cyril
Page, Sergeant Fred Tassell, Grand
Forks Machine Gun Company; Ross
Zollinger. Company NJ: Lieutenant
Hesketh and Charles Bryant, Devils
Lake, in Hillsboro Company l.; 1t.
w. G. Trueman, Grafton Company c;
Supply Company; 1t. John Frame,
jr., Bismarck Company A; Captain
Ofstedahl, Grafton Company c;
Bugler Duncan A, McNicol, Company
NJ: Lester Chidlhw, Grand Forks,
Company M; Chester Hale, Company
NJ.
Charles Blackmore of Company M.
Grand Forks. is now experimenting
the feeding Of his comrades. He has
been promoted to the job of cook.
Ager Newark, Grand Forks Com
pany NJ, has been made . corporal.
Anton J. Max, Max J. ChesliK,
James J. Horgan,. George Gjersbold,
and Ernest H. Sandstrom Of Grafton
Company c have been promoted to
corporals. Stewart B. Newell has
been transferred from Grafton Com
pany c to Bismarck Company A, and
Private Ivan Brhardt has been
transferred out of the regi-
ment. Erhardt has been accepted as
a telegraph dispatcher in the SEND
Infantry Brigade.
DR.. Lloyd Erickson of Mandan, and
DR.. r. A. White, Washington, lieu
tenants in the medical corps, have
been busy the past three days
examining the teeth of all men in the
regiment. Nealy all were found to
have tooth brushes. Captain Richie
Of Valley City Company G, discover
ed Ave of his men didn't have the
brushes and sent them posthaste to
the city to equip themselves. The
dentists, however, will have plenty
Of work to keep them busy. Their
ONCE equipment has just arrived and
Is being set UP at the hospital.
A large number of promotions and
reductions in rank have been made
in the past few days despite the fact
that orders had previously gone forth
to hold promotions until after the re-
organization Of the regiment. The
fact that no one seems to know when
the regiment will be moved and the
draftees absorbed by the 164th, and
the need Of non-coms in the regi-
ments are the reasons for the change.
in orders.
Following are promotions in Minot
Company D: Corporal Herman E.
Bartz to sergeant; Paul N. Hofacker
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
ASSAULT CHARGED
Fargo Restaurant Man Arrested
Tuesday Niaht-Hearina Today.

J. A. Poposule, a restaurant man
at 1874 Northern Pacific avenue,
was arrested by the police Tuesday
evening. A charge of assault and bat
terry was preferred.
Police say that the assault was
committed on a Fargo business man,
who sent an order of groceries to the
restaurant. the bill to be collected on
delivery. It is said Poposule refused
bill. The case will come up in police
court today
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
First Regiment Still at
! Charlotte; TRANSFORMATION
Problem Delays Movement

shoot last year at Jacksonville, Fla
Other splendid scores were made by
some Of the boys, among those max
ing perfect scores on the hundred,
two hundred or three hundred ranges
being Sergeant Wilmar Elton and
Max Raines and Corporal Swanborgh
OF Company NJ, Albert Thompson and
Roy Cutler of Company L. Frank
Flynn and Hollenbeck OF Dickinson
Company K.
Corporals Aeck NemEek and W.
NJ. Davenport of Fargo Company B
have been promoted to the rank of
sergeants, and first class Privates
Arthur v. Flaten and George o. Dahl
have been made corporals.
The headquarters company which
! originally had a mess shack capable
Of seating the So men of the COM
pany is now sporting the largest
mess house in the regimnt. An
extension has been built to accommo-
date the 294 men which the company
will eventually have.
Fargo Company B was the first to
secure markers for the packs and
trunks Of the members. These have
red stripes on one end, blue stripes
on the other, are on white paper and
, bear the inscription in blue Com
pany B. 1914 u. s. Infantry, 41st Dr.
vision" The boys pasted them on
luggage today in anticipation Of
moving some time" All other COM
panies are now getting them.
When the Attn infantry, the regu-
lars arrived here from Syracuse, N.
Y, Monday, some corporal wrote and
had published q long screed in the
local papers. It was an appeal to
treat the regulars as we'll as they had
the boys Of the national guard Of the
northwest. However the writer went
farther and tried to draw a. COMPARE
son between the guard and the regu-
lars, and unburdened himself OF in
sulting remarks. Many OF the North
Dakota boys were for answering it,
but Colonel Frame and other officers
declared the affair beneath the notice
Of the North Dakota guard. How
ever, regulars were given a chance to
cover a $4,000 bet that the First
North Dakota could produce Ave to
every one man the 47th Regulars
had on the border, and ten to every
man the Regulars had in the
Philippines, and the same $4,000 bet
to stand that the North Dakota regi-
ment men had an average longer
service than the men of the 47th.
Intense feeling was aroused over the
affair. people OF the city Of Charlotte
ressnting the insult to their guards
men guests and adopted sons as
much as the boys themselves. The
writer Of the article in question was
reduced TO the ranks, fined a months
pay and locked up in the guard house
for two weeks.
Alfred G. Davis, the patriotic faith
er of Rolette, N. D., who came all
the way to Camp Greene to enlist in
his sons Company 9 of Rolla of the
Second regiment brought with him
an interesting story. A class in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
Letters From
Soldiers To Be
Read Tonight

At the regular mid-week meet
ing tonight at the First Congre-
gational church some very inter-
esting letters from the soldiers
will be read, according to an
nouncement made this morning.
One OF the letters is from Mai.
u. @. Gearey, jr., and in his racy
style he describes some Of the
features OF camp life which will
be new to many.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
TO SHOW LIFE And
CUSTOMS OF india
Rev. 1. G. Smith, Missionary, TO Give
illustrated Lecture at First
Baptist Church.

of the people of India, the child
wives. child widows, marriage GUS
toms and temples and heather wor-
ship, will be portrayed in an illu-
strated lecture by Rev. L. C. Smith,
Nellore. India, missionary Of the
American Baptist Foreign Mission
airy society, at the First Baptist
church this evening. Nellore station
is located in one of the oldest and
strongest fields operated by the Bap-
fist denomination.
No admission fee will be charged,
though a free-will offering will be
taken.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
BUYS HOME.

John Herman Purchases LyeIee
Property on North. Side.
John Herman OF Fargo, has pur-
chased the Engward Lycke property
on Seventh avenue north, the con-
sideration being $1,S75.
Harry Arneson of the W. J. Lane
real estate office, announces the sale
Of $50 acres of land near Leonard to
DR.. Huntley Of Leonard. The deal
was closed this week.
Martin Davis, a Fargo plumber.
has purchased 100 acres of land near
Perham, from c. Hubbard of Fargo,
the consideration not being made
public.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07

CBy Earle II. Tostevin, Stan Cor
respondent Of The Forum With the
I64th u. s. Infantry.)
Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. c.,
Nov. 2.-(By Mail.)-when will we
so, where will We go, how soon, when
do we leave Camp Greene? These
arWk few of the questions which
have the men Of the old 164th guess
Ing. They are also giving the off,
GERS plenty Of guessing. Recently
the division headquarters released
the story to the effect that the 41st
division, Of which the North Dakota
regiment Is part, had been moved TO
Camp Mills, Mineola, N. 7. The
greater share of the division has been
moved, but there still remain in
Camp Greene, the 164th, First North
Dakota, and two machine gun
battalions, as we'll as some sections
OF the ammunition and supply
trains.
Rumors have been current that the
troops would move Monday for the
north. This has been again refuted
by other rumors which were to the
effect that transportation facilities
are now taxed to the limit and 1t
is impossible to furnish the seven
trains necessary to move the North
issued too, which call for the North
Dakota regiment remaining in Camp
Greene until all other sections OF the
division have been moved.
Whether the troops will be taken
to France within the near future,
and whether they will go to France
at all IL questioned. Another vague
rumor which was in circulation to-
day was that Il was possible the men
might be taken to Italy to strengthen
the Italians.
It's all rumors, rumors. and no one
seems to know anything definite,
However, one thing is certain the
troops will be here for another week.
III a mans a good man and worthy
Of the Job, he'll get it." is the way
Capt r. F. Colley Of Fargo Com
pany B has sized UP things. Today
he gave every private in the COM
pauy who showed any aptitude a
chance to drill squads. Some OF the
privates proved themselves excellent
drill masters and many OF them will
be made corporals as soon as the
company Is filled UP to war strength
OF $50 by the addition OF the draft
men.
The North Dakota draft men who
were to have come to Camp Greene
from Des Moines, Ia, are now in
Camp Mills, N. Y. awaiting the ar
rival of the First North Dakota
infantry, according to information
received here. The censorship rule
on movement OF troops being kept
secret until after the movement is
completed, allows the publication OF
this item.
Sergeant Clay Anderson OF Graf
ton Company c made the best score
OF any of the boys shooting on the
rife range. He scored ~ out of a
possible rs hits. Anderson is an old
hand with the army rife and took
second place in the national army
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
DRIVE FoR CAME FUND.

Devils Lake. N. D., Nov. devils
Lake citizens are today contributing
to the Camp Recreation fund, for
which $3.50. 900 is asked in the Unit
ed States. Captains in the recent
Liberty Loan drive are doing the
work, with r. F. Flynn as chairman;
Herman Schultz, treasurer; and A.
V. Haig, secretary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07

supervision Of Maj. Barney C.. Boyd,
commanding the Third Battalion.
Col. ]. II. Frame this morning
ordered the dress parade and It gave
spectators a thrill which will live
long, as they watched the boys swing
out OF the road on a hillside and up
over the top OF the parade ground.
The grounds are too small to prevent
any regimental maneuvers. How
ever, the battalions formed In parade
formation, and then swung before
Colonel Frame, Lieutenant Colonel
Grafton and Regimental Adjutant =.
s. Henry.
TO see 5000 men 60 through g. brief
manual Of arms In perfect unison,
guns moving from right shoulder
arms to left shoulder, present arms,
arms port, was indeed inspiring, It
was as though the khaki clad boys
represented a carpet Of brown prairie
grass and the guns the taller stems
OF foliage swayed as one by the
wind.
The parade did one thing. It con-
WINGED the regulars who stood around
the parade grounds watching the
maneuvers, that the North Dakota
guardsmen are every bit soldiers.
OfEicers Of q dozen different outside
companies. Montana majors, and 9TH
ers congratulated Colonel Frame and
company commanders on the SPLEEN
did showing Of their troops. The
months training and drilling has
worked wonders with the boys and
the results were shown plainly to-
day.
q TT is worth a lifetime OF service
to command such a splendid array
OF boys from old North Dakota" said
Colonel Frame at the end OF the re-
view. Officers and men alike were
pleased at the results.
One civilian who happened to be in
that there are almost enough men
there to lick the Kaiser, your west
ern boys certainly are made OF the
right stuff"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
Land Transfers

r. B. Blakemore to Emmett r. Cox
lots 3 and Is blk Is Huntington's ad;
$500.
J. l. Cline to Lewis sNydahl, lots
and blk s Hector's ad, 81.
Cora /. Bartlett and husband to
Catherine Becker ct al, w 80 IT lots
1916 blk ~ 1st ad Casselton (less n
40 # lot 16); $500.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
MUST PAY BILLS ON Z
FIRST OF THE MONTH
FaRse Retail GFoeePs Take Action
at Conference Held Tues
day EVENING.

Twenty Fargo retail grocsrs, meet
Ing In the Fargo Commercial club
rooms Tuesday evening, pledged
themselves to insist on payment of
grocery bills on the first day OF each
month, and TO extend no credit after
the FIRST Of the month unless bills
are paid.
The step was deemed necessary
owing to the reduction Of credit by
wholesalers.
G! L. Hubbell was chairman Of the
meeting, and d. NJ. Leininger, seq
rotary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
coon WORK BY FIREMEN.

Dickinson, N D., Nov: z. The
Catholic parochial school in South
Dickinson was saved from destruc-
Of the Dickinson fire department.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
kELLEHER REELECTED.

East Grand Forks, Mimi, Nov. t.
Neil Kelleher was reelected mayor
Of East Grand Forks, defeating T.. A.
Bydal by 81 votes. The entire pres
ent administration was reelected.