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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
BANQUET
TO CLOSE
REUNION
Scottish Rite Bodies in Final
Stages of Work This
Afternoon. .

The reunion of the Scottish Rite
bodies will come to an end this even
ing, closing one Of the most interest
ing sessions these bodies have had in
some time.
This morning the Thirty-flrst de-
this. afternoon IL being taken UP the
work Of the Thirty second degree.
There were b number Of accessions to
the class today.
The closing event Of the reunion will
be a banquet which will be held at 6
o'clock in the banquet hall Of the
temple.
Yesterday was taken up entirely
with the work OF the Kadosh degrees
under the direction of L. r. Buxton.
One Of the most interesting events
Of the reunion was the banquet which
was given on Tuesday evening to the
members Of the classes that took the
work from 1910 to 1912. There were a,
number Of splendid addresses, Wise
on Masonry that proved very inter-
esting and containing great amount
OF information that was Of value to
the members Of the Scottish Rite
bodies.
One Of the principal talks of the
evening was that given by Secretary
Gen. John II. Cowles on the subject
council officer is treasurer Of the
George Washington Memorial associa-
ton and as a result Of his address
those present at the banquet were
given some splendid information rela-
tive to the father Of his country and
to the memorials to his memory and
relics of his life.
Special attention was given in the
address to the memorial to be erected
at Alexandria. Va. Secretary General
Cowles stated that the association Of
which he is treasurer Is in possession
Of over 100000 worth of-relics of
Washington's time.
". r. Lowell presided at the BAN
quet as POSTMASTER. calling on several
for short talks. There were a number
of splendid musical numbers Attilio
Baggiori Of this city greatly pleasing
the members Of the Scottish Rite by
his tenor solos. responding to several
encores.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
TO OFFER
$4,000
IN PRIZES
Fair List Ready for Printers
Soon-Let Contract Next
Monday.

Approximately $4,000 viii be Of
fered as premiums at the Interstate
fair to be held in Fargo July % to
%, and the premium list will be
ready for distribution May /.
Charles Nash, secretary OF the as
ISOLATION, has called for bids for the
printing Of the book, the contract to
be let next Monday. Copy for the
book will be delivered to the printer
April 1, and thirty days later the book
will be ready for distribution.
With the rapid advance OF the early
arrangements for the 1917 fair, indica-
tons are that the show will take on
increasing Importance, keeping step
with the continued growth evidenced
during the past few years,
Since the meeting Of the North Da-
kota circuit here Tuesday, the race
program has become more definite,
and Il will be announced within a
short time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
Here's One Citizen Who Just
Became an Auto Show Convert
- Even Against His Own Will

81 wouldn't pay so cents to see any
auto show" said a Fargo citizen yes
ne Maybe YOU, wouldn't brother. volun-
gteered w. NJ. Ball. show manager. who
B chanced to be within earshot. but are
you willing to take a gamblers
gchanee?"
'TIl try anything once replied the
eaforesaid citizen.
n well" said Mr.. Ball. "I'n just pay
.sthe 50 cents for you. You go in and
sEsee the show and If you don't think
Its worth the money, just walk out.
IF. however. you decide it's worth the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
HE'S A PAPA.

Underwood, N. D.. March 15.-Not
until this week has Edward Carlen,
editor of The Drake News been able
to tell the press boys of the state that
he is papa. The 500 blockade which
has finally been opened hindered the
receipt OF the news Of the arrival OF
the "stork special"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15

forced to hire several civil engineers
to solve 1t.
II you have the solution, why not
send it to the general secretary of the
Y. M. C. Az He'll see that IL reaches
the interested denizens of the "Y"
dorn1itory.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
PRICE OF MAXWELL
CARS WAS MISQUOTED
Advertisement Yesterday Put Price Of
Popular Car Slightly Lower.

In the three column Maxwell adver-
tisement Of the Murphy Palmer Motor
Co. on page il Of yesterdays edition
OF The Forum, the prices of the Max
well cars were misquoted. The road
ster price should be $500 instead Of
$3.50, and the price OF the touring car
should be $685. instead OF $500.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
DISH PANS.

Medium sized, tin dish pans, stiff
handles, sells regular at f O.
csc. Friday Bargain ....... OC
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15

money, you can return the so cents at
your leisure"
Mr.. Citizen went in. was at-gonca
interested and STAYED more than two
and half hours. taking in everything
in sight. Coming out. he hunted up
Mr.. Ball. and slipping bright half
dollar into his hand. said: -
"Tll take it all back. That is one of
the best shows I ever saw. and that
music was great. I'm coming back
tonight, and bring my family along.
1t will be a real treat to them"
Tar n&ntn MANA mhnA Thn rou,,rn
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
ALUMINIUM KETTLE

Two-quart aluminium kettle, cool
handle, sells regular at 90
69c. Friday Bargain. ......0OC
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
PREP AREDNESS
PLANS MADE
(By Associated Press.l

Stanford University, Cal, March Is.
more than 10000 letters were sent
the preliminary step in a prepa redness
survey Of the alumni and Students Of
Stanford. Each letter Contained
questions for the purpose of elicitinr
what each graduate or UNDERGRADUATE
could do to help the country in the
event Of war.
The letters sent to women graduates
as well as men. all concluded with the
question: will you accept enroll.
ment?"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
How to Get Relief From
Catarrh.

If you have catarrh, catarrhal
DEAFNESS, or head noises go to
your druggist and get 1 OF. OF
Parmint double strength), take
this home, add to IL " pint Of
hot water and or. of granulat-
ed sugar. Take / tablespoonful
4 times day.
This will often bring quick re-
lief from the distressing head
noises. C1ogged nostrils should
open, breathing become easy and
the mucous stop dropping into
the throat.
1t ID easy to make, tastes
pleasant and costs little. Every
one who has cataTrh should give
this treatment trial. You Will
need. Central Drug Store can
supply you.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
HosELINEs RELIEVE SHORTAGE.

Grand Forks, March 15.-In an ef-
fort to relieve conditions caused by
the water shortage resulting from q
broken main In the downtown dis
trict, the Grand Forks fire department
attached hoselines from the southend
MIGRANTS to the northend~ mains. The
supply obtained in this manner, al
though inadequate, greatly relieved
the dry spell.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-15
o ndreceC Greatest Store Fargo,N
Just For Friday
IN OUR BASEMENT
COPPER BOILERS
Fargo. N. D.

All made Of copper. with patent
cover, will last life time, regu-
lar price. $3.50. Friday 90
Bargain ................O WV
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
ASPARAGUS is EASY
VEGETABLE TO GROW
Necessary to Exercise Greatest
Care in Preparation of Seed
bed at Beginning.
(By L. M. BENNINGTON.)

Asparagus is not hard to grow, and /
know of no other vegetable that will
give more satisfactory results if well
cared for.
AS an asparagus bed has to be set
out only once, it is therefore very nee
essary to use the greatest care in CIV
ing the plants start.
Plow the ground deeply as early as
possible in the spring and mix with it
an abundance of well-rotted manure.
This should be done three or four
days before planting, and a strong fer
tilizer should never be put next the
plants because it often destroys them.
The rows should be about six feet
apart and the plants should be set ten
inches deep. Set out only strong, one
year-old roots.
Press the soil about them and as the
plants begin to come up throw little
dirt into the furrows, to smother the
weeds and keep the soil loose around
the plants. Gradually fill the rows
until the ground is level.
The weeds must be kept from the
plants for two years; then not much
further care is necessary, but the bed
should be kept clear.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24

The size of farm business is not
necessarily measured or limited by the
number of acres in a farm. One of
the field men Of the department OF
agriculture engaged in farm survey
work, reports the case of a Wiscon-
sin farmer, so situated as to make
it impossible for him to buy or rent
more land, who solved the problem of
small acreage by speeding up" the
so acres that he had.
This farmers first move was to dis
pose of his scrub cows and to replace
them with grades and purebreds; next,
without great expense, he improved
the sanitary condition of his barns.
He established a cropping system
based on corn and alfalfa, choosing
the latter rather than clover because
on his farm it produces at least so
per cent more feed per acre than does
clover, and is much more dependable.
Pastures Disappear.
Pastures have now entirely disap-
peared from this farm, because it's
owner has demonstrated that one acre
of corn and one Of alfalfa together fur
nish him with more feed than do five
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24

Cutting may begin the third year.
for perhaps thirty days, but not longer.
After the third year asparagus may be
cut up to the middle of June or per-
haps little later.
If your bed shows large growth OF
tops in the fall you may be sure of a
good crop the next spring.
When plants are old enough to cut
the tops should be cut off very early in
the spring almost down to the crowns
Of the roots and then as they start to
grow again the roots should be plowed
under or ridged about eight or ten
inches above the level of the ground.
The plants will push their way
through this ridge in very few days
and will continue to grow vigorously.
A wet, heavy black soil is not good
for asparagus as it does better on
sandy loan.
Asparagus requires great deal of
fertilizer, and this should be put on
very early in the spring or any time
during the season.
Asparagus will stand great deal Of
salt without injury, but it is mistaken
idea that salt is of any particular bene-
fit to it.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Few persons can be sick who use
Green's August Flower. 1t has been
used for all ailments that are caused
by a disordered stomach and inactive
liver, such as sick headache, constipa-
tion, sour stomach, nervous indiges-
ton, fermentation of food, palpitation
of the heart from gases created in
the stomach, pains in the stomach, and
many other organic disturbances.
August Flower is gentle laxative,
regulates digestion, both in the stom-
ach and intestines, cleans and sweet
ems the stomach and whole alimentary
canal, and stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Try it. Two doses will relieve
you. Used for fifty years in every
town and hamlet in the United States
and in all civilized countries.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
SUFFICIENT REASON
FOR TESTING SEEDS
There Are Times When Farmer
Gets Seeds of Poor Germina-
ton Without Knowing It.
(By w. r. GILBERT.)

This is 4 subject which has received
a great deal of attention from thought
full persons, but is still very little con-
sidered by the majority. It's impor-
tance cannot be overestimated for the
quality of the seed has great infiu-
ence on the yield Of the crop.
Everyone likes to get bargains; and
many think that bargains and low
priced articles are one and the same
thing, while in the matter of seed low
prices and bargains cannot go together.
Take for instance turnips. When we
see one man charging twice the price
quoted by another of course the higher
priced is usually for new and improved
varieties, but we often find difference
of price for one variety. One man may
charge for a seed which terminates
only 80 per cent while another charges
half as much again for seed germinat.
ing 60 per cent, while another charges
half as much again for seed germi-
mating 95 per cent.
From this calculation can easily be
made as to the amount Of seed re-
quired, for it is the low termination
that makes thick sowing necessity.
The high-priced seed is economical,
inasmuch as so many more seed ger
inmate. When the farmer knows that
termination is poor, he tries to insure
crop by thick sowing, but there are
times when he gets seeds of poor ger.
mination without knowing it, probably
paying the full price for good seed.
This should be sufficient reason for
testing seed. Considering the number
of purchases of seeds each year, there
are a ridiculously small number OF
tests made. I know of one instance
where samples tested comprised all the
various crops grown on the farm. In
some crops the average Of samples
was reasonably good, but there were
poor samples in practically
every crop. ~.
This is matter well worth the at
tention of the tillage farmer.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
DAIRY COWS
FOR BIG PRODUCTION
Successful Dairyman Must Study
Each Individual Animal -
Water Is important.

Different cows have different capac-
tiles for converting feed into milk.
No man who has not full apprecia-
ton of the wide variation in individual
cows will be fully successful as a
feeder. Some cows may have natural
capacity for producing large quantities
of milk, and may not receive feed
enough for maximum production. BY
increasing the feed of the highest
producing COWS and carefully consult
ing the milk sheets on which each
cows daily production is recorded, the
skillful feeder will soon find that
some cows in the herd will respond
to the increased allowance and return
q good profit on the additional feed
given. On the other hand, there are
cows that have limited capacity for
milk production and are very liable
to be overfed. By carefully studying
each individual cow the feeder will
soon ascertain the point beyond which
any addition to the grain ration be-
comes Improbable.
All animals require plenty of good,
pure water. This is especially true of
the milking COW, as water constitutes
more than three-fourths of the total
volume Of milk. The water supply,
therefore, demands the dairyman's
most careful attention. Stale or i'm
pure water is distasteful to the COW
and she will not drink enough for
maximum milk production. Such
water may also carry disease germs
which might make the milk unsafe for
human consumption or be dangerous
to the cow herself.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
RECORD OF BIG IMPORTANCE
Small Amount Of Work Required to
Keep Books if Done Regularly
Profit or Loss Shown.

1t is good thing to keep records of
all the farm operations. They may
seem trivial at the time, vet some day
are sure to be of great value and
are a great help and satisfaction in
clearing up difficulties that frequently
arise. 1t requires only small amount
of work to keep them if the work is
done regularly and Systematically. The
very fact that records are kept makes
one careful of details and interested
in making the things Of which the
records are kept turn out the best. It
helps one to have'a firm grasp on his
affairs and to know just where he
stands in all his work. He knows
whether he is running his farm or any
branch of his farming at a profit or
at a loss.
In no branch of farming are records
of more importance than in dairying.
1t is of actual money Importance to
know whether a COW is making profit
on the feed she consumes or is eating
more than she is worth.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24

operator, by turning little lever, can
give heavier squeeze to big-teated
COW and lighter squeeze to small
teated COW. Thus each COW gets just
the squeeze needed in her individual
case-a feature that makes each COW
give her maximum.
When the calf milks, it's tongue has
squeezing action on the teat, the
same as your tongue does if you place
your finger in your mouth and suck it.
This squeezing action Of the calf's
tongue keeps the blood in the teat in
circulation. If the calf stopped squeez-
ing, just sucked each swallow, it would
slowly suck so much blood down into
the veins Of the teat that the teat
would appear red and swollen.-Farm.
ers Mail and Breeze.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
PAYS FOR 16o
ACRES OF LAND
From the Crop of Wheat on So
Acres in Western Canada.

This story of paying for your land
out of one years crop is fully authen-
ticated by a great many farmers in
Western Canada.
And now, all that the farmer makes
is velvet and you find him going more
extensively into stock raising, for all
authorities agree that in short time
there will be a demand for live stock,
such as even will tax the vast re-
sources Of Western Canada. They
will 60 into stock raising because of
the adaptability of the country to pro-
vide food and fodder without feeding
grain if necessary. They will 60 into
stock and improve their places. They
will install steam and heating plants
in fact, many are now doing it.. They
will have automobiles, in fact in many
districts there is not a farmer but has
one. They will beautify their homes
and erect fine barns until the whole
country will be as attractive as many
of the counties in the best states in
the Union. But we started out to tell
you of the farmer who paid for 16O
acres of land from the crop Of wheat
off of SO acres. The Holden district
on the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific
does not appear to the ordinary OBJ
server to be any better than many
other districts along that line, and
probably isn't. 1t was in this district
that John LGrcome, a settler, pur-
chased in 1915 100 acres of raw prai-
rie. land. He broke and seeded SO
acres. His crop turned out we'll, and
he sold the greater portion of it for
$2,97O His land cost him $1650 per
acre, or $3.50. So that the crop from
the So acres paid for the land and left
a balance of over $500, which with
part Of the crop left over would just
pay for the cost of operation. This
is not really an unusual case, hundreds
of other farmers in Alberta and Sas-
katchewan having been able to do the
same.
Sales Of land are being reported
from many districts in Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta at good prices.
And values are yet low, but with the
flow of any value that will take place
after the war, no doubt they will be
considerably increased. The home
steads in the Park sections which are
to be had actually free are having
the attention of a good class Of set
tiers, who want to go into mixed farm
ing.-Advertisement.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
Died of Premature
Old Age!
(BY v. M. PIERCE, M. d.

How many times we hear of compare
lively young persons passing away
when they Should have lived to be 20 or
80 years of age. This fatal work is usu-
ally attributed to the kidneys, as, when
the kidneys degenerate, it causes auto
intoxication. The more injurious the
poisons passing thru the kidneys, the
E-icker will those noble organs be de-
Generated, and the sooner they decay.
To prevent premature old age and
promote long life, tighten the work of
the kidneys by drinking plenty of pure
water all day long, and occasionally TAX
ing Anuric double strength) before
meals. This can be obtained at drug
stores. Anuric will overcome such con-
ditions as rheumatism, dropsical swell
ings, cold extremities, scalding and
burning urine and sleeplessness due to
constant arising.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24

acres Of pasture. His improved, we'll
fed herd, housed in clean, well-light-
ed, and thoroughly ventilated barn, is
yielding him more than double the
milk he formerly got from his scrub
herd. Furthermore, the quality Of
milk has improved, and he demands
and gets the price of frst-class ar
ticle.
The largely increased net income
which this farmer now receives from
the sale of milk and of purebred cat.
tie is based on the comparatively small
changes in his type Of farming, which
have augmented his business without
entailing any increase in the size OF
his farm.
Sets Good Example.
A comparison of this farm with 9TH
er dairy farms recently studied by the
department indicates that the exam
pie Of this Wisconsin man might well
be followed, in general, by any dairy
farmer who lives where dairy products
are high priced and who has a low
grade herd, provided he has sufficient
knowledge Of cattle to give high-class
dairy cows the care that they demand.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
VENTILATION OF DAIRY BARN
Where Air Is Good, Cows Should Re-
main in Stalls at Night Both in
Summer and Winter.

If ventilation Of the barn is good,
cows should remain in the stall all
night, both in summer and in winter.
If ventilation is imperfect in very hot
weather it would be advisable to turn
them out in some clean lot or pasture.
but in doing this considerable manure
is lost.
During some of the colder days Of
winter it would be advisable not to
turn cattle out except during short pc
RODS for watering. Chilly weather has
considerable influence in reducing milk
flow and good cow should not be ex-
noscd to too severe climatic changes.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
GIVING AN UPWARD SQUEEZE
How One of Standard Milk Ma.
chimes Is Operated.

The drawing shown here illustrates
how one of the standard milking ma.
chimes draws the milk from the cows
teat. Any method of drawing the milk
from the udder down through the teat
also tends to draw blood from the veins
Of the udder down into the smaller
veins Of the teat. 1t is necessary that
something shall keep massaging this
blood back from the teat, so that it will
continue in circulation. The comfort
able upward squeeze does exactly this
This squeeze is adjustable, so that the
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
"CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER. BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-24
GULL OUT ALL THE L0AFERS
Big Increase in Profits Made by Farmer
Who Weeded Out All Unprof-
table Animals.

Merely by culling out the unprofit-
able cows one farmer reports that he
was able to raise the milk receipts per
COW from $50 one year to $3.50 the
next, and the livestock receipts per
500 worth Of feed from $76 to $176.
This made it possible for the farmer
to increase the profit $1,500 On his
farm in addition to what the farm con-
tributed toward the living and after
S per cent interest on the investment
had been subtracted. The year pre-
vious the farmer had lost money.