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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-11

The Forman Independent New;
hts the mark with this comment
or all the American people,
those who are most to be pitied
and prayed for today are the
pacifigts, the so-called conscien-
tious DIRECTORS and those who
have withheld their loyalty from.
the government of the United
States in its great crisis. They
are the poorest Of the poor and
the most destitute OF all the
destitute, for they have missed
the richest and most inspiring OF
all earthly experience.
1t was no trick OF rhetoric
that President Wilson employed
in his war address Of April 2
when he said that "the day has
come when America is privileg-
ed to spend her blood and her
might for the principles that
gave her birth and happiness"
There is no higher privilege than
the privilege Of sacrifice for an
unseltish ideal of human liberty.
1t is for that that the United
States is spending its blood and
it's might, and those who have
blinded their eyes to the splen-
did vision Of that sacrifice have
forfeited their birthrfght. Their
plight is indeed miserable, for
they have made themselves vol
untary outcasts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-11
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task Of
Keeping Up With North Da-
kota Editors.

The Page Record has this com
ment on the states political affairs
Some of the state officials APP
pear. to be jockeying for n good
start in the next campaign. The
recent arrest OF the secretary OF
state will probably eliminate
him from the race, and the at
torney general apparently would
not be adverse to getting the
governor and state auditor out
also.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-11
An1uSen1entS
Rural Drama MOder1ized
Delights Big Audience

Right" Leavensd With
Sense Of Humor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-11

If you want to have an unusual
experience, try telling the absolute
truth in reply to every question ask
ed you for twenty-four hours, and
then you will be able to more than
appreciate Max FGgman, the clever
comedian, whom Anderson and
Weber will present at the Orpheum
theater Saturday, Dec. 10, in James
Montgomery's version Of Frederick
Isham's latest work. Nothing But
the Truth" Mr.. Ffgman will be seen
as a young stock broker who bets
$4,000, the money belonging to his
fiancee, that he will positively tell
the truth for twenty-four hours. He
makes the bet with his partners and
one of their customers, and from
that time on they try to trap him in
every conceivable way. But he beats
them and turns the money over to
his sweetheart, and all ends happily.
Mr.. Figman is a well known actor
of farce and it is claimed by his
managers that this play meets his
quiet style of humoE better than any
thing he has ever done before. A
capable and carefully selected cast
will assist in the merry making.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-11

The LaMoure Chronicle has this
farewell to John ChaFmley, editor
of The Mott Spotlight:
Game to the last, with his
dying editorial breath Jack
Charmley, of The Mott Spot
light, gasped the question he
has been asking every week dur
ing the past decade, who
changed the bids?" God knows
who changed the bids; everyone
else pleads profound ignorance.
In the meantime The Pioneer
Press and Spotlight have been
purchased by Mott business men,
and consolidated. Apparently
both publishers of the two
papers have retired from the
field, thus happily ending a
newspaper feud of much bitter
ness and long standing.
The Dickinson Press has this
timely comment on the passing OF a
semi German newspaper:
The New Salem Journal an
nOunced last week that hereafter
that paper which has been run
ming two pages in German, will
be wholly English in text Better
late than never. We are glad
to note announcement OF the
change.
While on the subject Il would
be well to consider further the
use Of foreign languages In
America. Why should they be2
Emigrants to this country come
here to make their homes and
accustom themselves TO our
laws, our customs. With the TAX
ing Of citizenship here, they
manifest desire to enter into
American institutions and to be-
come Of US. One or the prime
requisites Of community inter-
est is community spirit and
community intercourse. This lat-
ter Is only made possible by a
national language Il there be
foreigners who speak not the
language Of this country Ct IS an
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-11

easy matter to learn it. We have
free schools for the children and
free night schools for those who
are forced to work by the day.
A Babel-like condition among
our peoples makes an inharmon-
ious feeling and retarded adj
vancement.
The Cavalier County Republican
discusses league progress in South
Dakota as follows:
Nonpartisan league organizers
in South Dakota are reported as
making considerable progress in
securing new members, and ac-
cording to reports the one thing
that gets the most new mem
bers is the falsely repeated
statement that DR.. L4add said
that North Dakota farmers lose
something like $4,000, 900 an
Iluallygon an average wheat crop s
on account of bad market con-
ditions. 1t is well known that
this got q large percentage Of
the members in North Dakota
and DR.. Ladd authorized the
publication of another denial Of
that story last week. He insists
that he never made any such
statement. that there are no
facts obtainable on which to
base such figures, and he is in
no way responsible for the
statement made. Everyone knows
that North Dakota farmers have
suffered on account OF bad mar
ket conditions and unfairness in
handling grains. but to say that
this amounts to $50, 1000, 900,
which is close to rs cents per
bushel on ten year average of
crops, is more of a dream than
fact. A change was needed and
now that Uncle Sam has taken
the matter in charge, we will
have a chance to try something
different anyhow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
John Sharpe Williams
Riddles La Follete's
Anti War Argument

all their forts and naval stations and
shipyards open as we'll as her own,
she will begin to get ready to whip
us unless England's fleet prevents it..
l know Of but one way to fight any
body. You cannot always whip him,
but there is Lut one way with a hope
of success, and that is to hit him just
as soon as the prOvOcation comes and
as quickly as you can and as strongly
as YOU can.
The senator from Wisconsin says
that with the European war carried
on over there we have nothing to
lose. Have we not? Have we no
honor that we might lose? Have we
no regard for the sovereignty of the
American nation that we might be
compelled to dispense with? Have we
no regard for the flag floating from
the Flagstaff of our ships that We're
sunk without warning upon the high
seas? Is sentiment rot? Is patriot
ism rot? Is there nothing that a man
has which he either possesses or pos
sesSes him that is precious to him
except money and material advar-
tage?
He ia Follette) wants to persuade
us that it is the rich mans war and
the poor mans fight. heard al that
CANNON and demagogy in the south
after the civil war. 1t was a lie then
as it is now. am getting very tired
of somebody saying it is Wall street
war. II is q lie. Wall street and the
money power of the capitalists did
not sink the Lusitania and send to
the judgment Of God those men, wom-
ell and children unshriven. Wall
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
CONSOLIDATION
BIG ISSUE UNDER
.. FIRE At M|NOT
County Superintendent of State
Open Convention Today With
100 in Attendance
PRESIDENT CRANE
WELCOMES VISITORS
Hon. Anthony Walton Toastmast-
master at Noon Lncheon
Held on Normal Commons
Especial to Tribune.)

Minot y. D., May 1.-The annua
meeting of the county superintend
ents of North Dakota opened here this
morning for two days session
About hundred executive educators
OF the state are in attendance.
Tho enrolment of the visitors start
ed at 10 o'clock and the address OF
welcome followed Is minutes later by
President A. G.. Crane Of the state
normal school on the subject, "Wha1
the Normal Schools Can DO for the
Rural Schools" The response was
given by Superintendent G. E. Gazette
on What the Rural Schools Expect
of the Normal Schools"
Macdonald Speaker.
Late this morning \. G. Macdonald
Of Bismarck, state superintendent OF
public instruction. gave an address on
the subject of "The Rural School
Problem and It's Solution"
At noon about 80 visitors sat down
to Il luncheon on the normal com
mons. The POSTMASTER was Anthony
Walton. Toasts were given by w. D..
Wendt. ]. w. Riley, Il. 0. Kleve and
W. e. Parsons.
Afternoon Session.
The opening session this afternoon
was devoted to a Dominate talk or
consolidation, followed by discus.
sion on the subject Of standardization.
Late this afternoon Edward Erickson.
inspector Of consolidated graded and
rural1schools. spoke on the subject Of
THE, Purpose and Use Of the Ele.
lnentart School Manual
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
By a Gardener.


No definite rule can be given re-
garding the time for planting seeds
and plants in the garden, because the
date varies with the climatic condi-
tiOns and the time that it is desired
to have the crop mature.
But it is never too early to SOW in
a house box or hotbed, from which the
plants should be transplantcd to a
cold frame, which is nothing more
than protected spot in which the
soil is very fertile and which may be
covered up cool nights. .
In northern cities, where the grow
ing season is short. it is necessary to
transplant several of the garden crops
in order to secure strong plants that
will mature within the limits of the
growing season. In the south the
season is longer. and transplanting
while desirable. may not be neces
sary.
Transplanting should be done as
soon as the seedlings are large
enough to handle. and again when the
plants begin to crowd one another
This transplanting takes the plants
to the cold frame unless the ground
is warm and the nights no longer
cold.
Certain crops which are grown fol-
their straight roots are often injured
by having their roots bent or broker
in transplanting. On the other hand
! such plants as are grown for theil
tops are greatly benefited by trans
| planting.
| In all cases transplanting has {
tendency to increase the number o.
' small roots. and these are the mai,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01

Tell me that the American congress
is about to involve the American
people in war;! The man who says
that is either knave or a fool. He
is a knave if he knows better and
says it anyhow. We are involved in
war, not by the American congress
but by the orders of the German kais'
er and the German kaiser's military
and naval advisers. >.
There are two things about this sit
uation that face. One is the neces.
sity of it. I face the necessity be-
cause l must. The other is the op
portunity of it, and face that be-
cause will. I am glad that I and
the American citizenry shall have
the opportunity of fighting on the side
of liberty and democracy and free
speech and free institutions against
Prussian militarism and autocracy.
The senator from Wisconsin spent
whole lot of time talking about the
violations of the rights of neutrality
by Great Britain. He proved thereby
the paragraph in a funny paper which
said, not long ago, that he did not
know the difference between a prize
court and a torpedo.
Which would you rather do--fight
Germany now. with France and Eng
land and Russia to help you, or fight
her later. when she is ready by our
selves? You have got to do one or
the other.
1 tell you, moreover, that if Ger.
many does win that fight upon the
continent of Europe. with Belgium al.
ready a vassal state, Holland to be-
come one, France by defeat one, with
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
America by German military author

America by German military authors
ty.
There are some things worse thar
war, and there are some things worso
than death. Death is not such an aws
fully bad thing. There are thinf1
worse than death, and one of the
is to live forever coupled with yOlg,
other self while your other self tell0
you that you are a pusillanimous, de-.
generate coward. 1t is worse thar
death to have selfcontempt. l mea1
total selfcontempt We all al
things now and then that deserve our
contempt for ourselves so far as tie
act is concerned, but to live in a CO.
tinuous and habitual state of selfcoa
tempt is very much worse than death
doubt whether | ought to say IT,
or not, but we have got to 20 n
this war now, and We are going t.
it for all we are Worth, for all q
capital is worth, for all our b0
are worth, for all that we have
all that we are; and I for one,
though I may subsequently per-
regret saying it, say now that,
ing as | do now. I hove that w0@
never make peace until the univ
decree of the civilized world has
forth to the effect that the Hap
ers and the Hohenzollerns
ceased to reign.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
QUICK RELIEF FROM :.
C0NST!P alton
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry Of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive Tab
lets, the substitute for calomel
DR.. Edwards. practicing physician
for II years and ca,omcrs old-time ell
envy, discovered thc formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients for
chronic CONTINUATION ard torpid livcrs
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, bit a healing, sootk-
ing vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the "kcynotc" OF these
little sugar-coatcd. oiivC-colorcd tablets.
They cause tic bowel; and liver to act
normally. They never force them to
unnatural action.
If you have "dar'; brown mouth
now and tlcn--a bad brcatll--a dull.
tired feeling sick headache - torpid
liver and arc constipatcd, you'll find
Quick. sure ard only pleasant results
from ore or two little DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets al bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every
night just to keep right. Try them
lOc and 25c per boz. All druggists.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01

street did not sink the Arabic, Wall
street did not sink the Sussex. Wall
street did not sink the Algonquin with
the American flag on her main stall.
l have a hearty contempt for the
man who does not know his environ
ment and his kindred and his friends
and his country. 1t may be narrow,
but / love my plantation better than
any other county, my state better
than any other state and my country
better than any other country, and
my race-the English speaking race
better than any other race. -
I am tired of men telling me,
Welshman, Scotchman, Englishman
in blood as I am. that the hereditary
enemy of the United States is Eng
land or Wales or Scotland-that 1t
is Great Britain. Magma Charta. the
declaration of rights. the bill of rights
included in the constitution in its
first 10 amendments. all come from
England, a country whose high priest
Jolll hilIOh, NuoSS S"SSS ''iAoS-
was Burns. whose great intellect was
Shakespeare, whose great warriors
for liberty were Hampden and Sidney
and Simon de Montfort 1t was an
Englishman of the, Englishmen who
led the American forces that fought
against the dictates of a German
| blooded king backed up by Hessian
hirelings.
Somebody said to me the other day
You seem to be angry and in a pas
sion about this German question: and
said, 81 am" Next to the indigna-
ton of GOD is the righteous iRdlsna-
ton of true man with a soul in him
and red blood instead of blush milk
in his veins. against the German as
, sumption of German superiority and
arrogance and injury and insult; but
above all insult,
! The senator from Wisconsin re-
ferred to this European war which
we are about to enter. We are not
about to enter any European war;
we are about to enter an American
war which has been forced upon
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
HITS Jam EST0WN HARD
one-Third Of Men to Be Supplied
from Stutsman County Will
Be Recruited There.
Especial to Tribune.)

jamestown. n. D., May 1.-When
the work Of conseripting men for the
army is started in Stutsman county
the brunt of the burden will fall on
jamestown alone.
From this city approximately one
third of the number of men to he sup
piled from this county must be forth
coming.
Stutsman county has a population
or $4,000 and jamestown population
of 1910.
County Auditor Dlewett has already
wired Secretary of State Hall that
there are GS precincts in this county,
indicating that preliminary conscrip-
ton work is already being taken up.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
NEWS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST

lions for the entertainment of the
host Of visitors.
Mayor !. C. Moe of Valley City, and
the jamestown schools are but two Of
the prominent speakers who will de-
! liver addresses at the convention.
Several prominent women speakers
have also been secured
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
T0,rMEET At JAMESTOWN
Tri-County Convention Of W. c. T. U
Will Observe Twenty-Eighth
Anniversary, May and q.
Especial to Tribune.)

Jamestown, N. D.. May 1.-The
ninth annual tri-county w. c. r
U. convention and the observance
Of the twenty-eighth anniversary of
the organization Of the Barnes county
w. C. T. U. will be celebrated in this
city Thursday and Friday of this
week, May 8 and 4, with /pecial pro,
grams for the sessions to be held each
day.
Delegates from Barnes, Stutsman
and Griggs counties will attend, and
those in charge of the gathering this
year have made elaborate prepare
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
BATTLE OLD H. G. L.
AT HILLSBORO, N. D.
(SpeciaI to Tribune,)

"a 'lIllsboro, n. D., May. Ito assist
in reducing the high cost Of living,
President Kalder of the city commits.
Sion. has appointed committee of
citizens to take charge of the listing
and renting for garden purposes of
all vacant lots about the city. The
committee is composed of Thomas
Farr, the Rev. dickinson and Carl S.
Anderson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
e q
dependence of the plant at the time
it is set in the open ground.

dependence of the plant at the time
it is set in the open ground
A large number OF garden crops, in
Guiding melons, cucumbers and beans.
do not transplant readily from the
seed bed to the open ground. A COM
mon practice among gardeners is to
fill pint or quart berry boxes with
good soil and plant single hill in
! each box-see illustration. Cut away
the bottom of the. box and set the
whole thing in the ground, when it's
warm enough.
| A few hours before removing plants
from seed bed or plant bed they
should be we'll watered and the water
allowed to soak into the soil. This
will insure, portion of the soil adj
herring to the roots and prevent the
plants from whiting.
| If the plants have been properly
thinned or transplantcd it is often
possible to run a knife or trowel be-
tween them, cutting the soil into
cubes that are transferred with them
to the garden.
Previous to setting out plants, the
land should be worked over and put
into good condition, and everything
should .be ready for quick operation.
Don't let the plants lay around so that
air may get to the roots.
The time best suited for transfer
ring plants from the plant bed to the
open ground is when there is consd-
cradle moisture in the air and the
clouds obscure the sun, and if the
plants can be set before a shower
there will be no difficulty in getting
them to grow.
During seasons when there is very
little rain at planting time, evening
is the best time to set the plants.
when water is used in setting
plants it should be applied after the
hole has been partially filled, and the
moist earth should then be covered
with dry soil to prevent baking.
Plants should be set trifle deeper
in the garden than they were in the
plant bed. The majority Of plants re-
quire to be set upright, and where
the dibble is used for planting care
should be taken that the soil is we'll
|. pressed around the roots and no air
spaces left.
A dibble is pointed piece of wood
sharpen cutoff portion of broom.
handle which is thrust into the ground
where you want the plant to grow.
This makes round hole into which
drop the plants roots. Then press
the earth firmly to fill the hole. The
plant should be set a trifle deeper
than it was in the plant bed and it
should be set straight.
For day or so after the plants
have been transferred to the open
ground. protect them from the hot
sun at noontime by placing a board
along the south side of the row. shell
tering the seedlings.
If a cold night should come up I'M
exEectedly. cover the plants with box
| es, glasses, or cheese-cloth tents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
RED TRAIL FERRY FINISHED
Will Be Inspected and Then Taken to
Bismarck For Service Over Mis-
souri, River.
ESPECIAL to Trjbune)

Washburn, y. d., May 1.-The Red
Trail ferry boat is now completed
and as som as It has been inspected
and accepted by the company, WIN he
taken to Bismarck where it will ply
between that city and Mandan. The
ferry is e. feet long. Captain Charles
Wilcox. who will operate the boat,
has lived on the river for the last 20
wears.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
SIX TOWNS TO j.
Be BENEFITED as.
BY BIG PLANT
Committee Completes Arrange
ments for Central Power
Plant Near Washburn
Especial to Tribune

Washburn, n. D., May latter
making arrangements for erection of a
central power plant at Bitumina, the
John Satterlund coal mine six miles
west Of here, u. ID. Jackson, civil en-
gineer, and A. r. Robertson, have re-
turned to Minneapolis. The company
is capitalized at $150,000 The towns
to be benefited by the big plant are
Washburn, Turtle Lake, Mercer. Nc
Clusky. Denhoff and Goodrich. Twen-
ty-four hour service will be main
tanned. A number Of farmers along
the line which will be traversed by
the wires have asked the company
for connections.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
WILL COMPLETE WORK
ON CITY STRUCTURE
Especial to Tribune,

Hillsboro. N. d., May IA rcsolu-
ton to advise the city commission to
complete Hillsboro's new city hall
was adopted by unanimous vote at
a citizens mass meeting held last eve.
ming. The unfinished $4,000 struc-
ture has been standing vacant all win
ter because of lack of funds to go on
with the building operations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
FIRE DESTROYS
BARN WITH IS
HEAD Of STOCK
Loss to G. A. Peterson Of White
Earth N, D., Placed at 49,
000-$1,000 Insurance
Especial to Tribune.)

White Earth, n. d., May l.-Fire
discovered in the barn owned by G.
A. Peterson Monday morning destroy
ed the structure. Ten head of horses,
two COWS and calf persisted in the
flames. The loss on the barn and the
stock is estimated at $4,000, with
81 600 insurance. How the fire start
ed is mystery, as Mr.. Peterson
states that he did not use lantern
the night before.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
SEVEN YOUNG MEN
OF DRAYTON ENLIST
(SpeciaL to Iribunel

Drayton, \. D.. May 1.-Seven
young men of this city have enlisted
in the navy They are Percy Scam
bier, Lewje Jorde, William Grumho.
-JOe Grumboe, Lincoln Blake G. An
derson and AXel Carlson. A parade
headed by Mayor Vestre and c. Ed
wards as standard bearers in which
the young men took part, took them
to the station. where the citizens of
the city babe farewell.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01

Berry box used for starting and
transpianting plants, especially
beans, melons, and others which
i cannot be pulled out Of ground
and reset,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-01
Famous Wa
Heals Skill

ID. D.. the greatest Of skin remsi
remove those skin Affections that haN
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