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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
THE VOLUNTEER.

In twenty states men of their
own volition are answering the call of
their country to protect its interests.
These men choose to servel They
choose to burden themselves with the
safety and welfare of their fellow cit
liens. They choose to make 1t possible
for the rest of us to go about our
without interruption and without peril.
They will safeguard our bridges, our
munition factories, our seaports and
our arsenals. And all this they will
do for us at much sacrifice.
They are giving up remunerative
positions, abandoning business, leav-
ing home behind them, because our
positions, our business, our homes
need them.
If need be they will do more. They
will fight and die for our safety and
comfort and convenience.
All honor to the men who choose.
But what of us who let them make
the sacrifice? Is 1t fair? Is il demo-
cratic?
This job is our job as much as
ii is their job. This country is our
country as much as 1T is their coun-
try. Every man of age and physical
fitness for military service should be
willing to do what they have volun-
teered to do-and IL he is not willing
he should be made to do 1t. And in
order that he may be able TO do 1t
when occasion needs, he should be
trained to do 1t.
And every man and woman, boy and
girl. who is not qualified for such SER
vice must find some work to do for the
brave men who choose.
There is no room for spectators In
the United States when il has such
work on hand as calls to it today Get
cut Of the grand stand and find a place
where you can heip.Ch icaBo Post
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04

The more finely the soil is pulverized
and the more uniform the moisture
conditions which can be preserved in
the soil. the better is the chance fol
the small seed piece to establish it
SELF A small piece set in lumpy, OF
dried out soil. has little chance to live
let alone make crop.
/ Generally speaking. the smaller the
size of the set, the closer it should be
planted in the row if maximum yields
are to be secured. Such sets may be
expected to give the best Yields If not
spaced more than ten to twelve inches
apart In the row..
The Best Soil.
The tYnes of soil in which the po-
tato plant thrives best are those desig
mated as sandy or gravellv loan soils
1t may be grown with a fair degree OF
success on any type Of soil except
loose sand and a heavy. sticky, clay
soil. provided the land is we'll drained
and contains the necessary plant food
Successful potato production is de-
pendent to a large extent on the thor
oughness with which the land is pre-
pared before planting the crop. Where
a horse can be used the land should be
plowed from eight to ten inches deep
provided the surface soil is of suffi-
cient depth to permit it. 1t is never
advisable to turn I'D more than one
inch of raw subSoil at, any one plowS
ing. so If previous plowings have not
been over six inches the maximum
depth at which 1t should be plowed is
seven inches.
Pulverize the Land.
Where hand labor is employed, the
same rule should govern as to depth.
In spading. especially on grass or
waste land. turn the earth bottomside
up. Whether the land is plowed or
spaded. it should be thoroughly pull
verified immediately afterwards. 1t is
a practice to allow the freshly turned
soil to bake in the sun and wind, and
thereby become cloddy and at the
same time lose a large per cent of it's
moisture.
Where horse labor can be used, the
land, after blowing. should be thor
oughly disked first then spring
toothed. and finally finished with a
smoothing harrow. Where land must
be prepared by hand. it is good prac-
tice to pulverize the soil as much as
possible when spading it UP, after
which 1t can be put in fine condition
Of meIlowness with a steel garden
rake. The importance of thoroughly
filming the soil cannot be over empha-
sized. for ii increases the water hold
ing capacity of the soil. renders more
plant food available, and reduces the
number Of weeds.
Plant the small eye cuttings from
one and one-half to three inches deep,
upon the character of the
soil-the lighter the soil the greater
the depth Of planting. Large sets may
be planted four inches deep.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
TWICE VICTIMS OF
U BOAT ON ONE TRIP
American Schooner Abraharns Fired
by Submarine Crew-Crew Rescued,
Again Attacked.
(By Associated Press

Washington, May A consular re-
port giving the first official story of
the sinking of the American schooner
Woodward Abrahams on April % last,
said the submarine attacked from a
distance Of two miles, firing to hit and
not as a warning. Captain Vannamee
lowered his sails and hoisted the AM
erican flag, but the second shot was
fired after the sails were down.
Then minutes later the submarine
came alongside. Three of the sub
marine crew boarded the Abrahams,
took quantities of stores instruments,
papers and other articles, scattered oil
over the decks, and planted two bombs
which set the ship on fire when they
were set off.
The Abrahams' crew of six men
were left in small boat. They were
picked up two days later by a Nor
wegian sailing vessel which four days
after that was attacked by a sub
marine which allowed ten minutes for
those on board to abandon the ship.
The men of the Abrahams were again
picked up the following day and were
landed without losses or injury. Four
Of them were Americans. No mention
is made in the report of the fate of
the Norwegian crew.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
BEETs AND CARROTS.

For early summer sow the seed as
soon as the frost is out of the ground,
For winter storage SOW the seed dur
ing the latter part of May so that the
roots will not become excessively large
or woody by storing time. Small beets
or carrots may be canned any time
during the summer when there is q
surplus. The seed is small so should
be sown rather shallow and at the rate
of 2 ounces of beet seed TO 100 feet
and carrots at the rate Of ounce to
100 feet of row. Thin to about or
inches apart in the row. The beet thin
ming may be used for greens. The rows
should be about Is inches apart for
hand cultivation and or feet for
horse cultivation
Deep, moist but we'll drained soils are
necessary to produce the finest roots,
but less favorable soils can be greatly
improved by the application of thor
oughly rotted manure.
For winter storage the roots will re@
main plump and tender If buried in
moist soil or sand in cool place
North Dakota Experiment station.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
HUGE SUNS FROM THE
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Fer
Research and Relief Work
for War
NV Aaaociated Presa.l

New York, May 1.-The Rockefeller
foundation has announced that it had
appropriated $475,000 to be spent in
the United States for medical re-
search and humanitarian aid as the
beginning Of Its work in the war with
An additional s4oo. 900 win 70 to con-
ried on abroad.
| TO aid the work of the young Mems
Christian association in the camps to
be established for the army and navy
100000 has been appropriated by the
Foundation. This work will be SINH
lar to that carried on by the interna-
tional committee of the Y. M. G. A.
in war camps abroad and in American
camps on the Mexican border last
year.
An appropriation of 100000 also
has been made to the Rockefeller In
stitution for medical research for the
Carrel model hospital to be established
in the next few months in connection
with 1t. The model hospital of 100 beds
under the direction of DIR. Alexis Car
rel is to be used to teach the new
methods Of surgical treatment for in
fected wounds, worked out by DR..
Carrel and DR.. Dal1in in France. Amer
lean military surgeons and doctors
will thus have the benefit of the three
years experience in war surgery
abroad.
The Rockefeller institte receives a
further appropriation of $4,000 for in
structing military and other surgeons
in new methods of diagnosis for the
preparation Of serums, similar to those
1t has sent abroad, for use in army
camps and for the purpose of finding
improved means of treating peritonitis
and shock.
Funds are also provided for a thor
ough study abroad, of mental diseases
among soldiers and the kinds Of pro-
vision needed for their care at the
front and in base hospitals. This in.
vestigation is to be undertaken by DR.
Thomas w. Salmon, medical director
of the national committee for nenta
l hygiene, who is to supervise Ameri.
can Psychiatric hospitals to be estab
lished by the government.
/ To provide buildings for nation
al psychiatric hospital to be erected or
| the grounds of the United States Ma
rine hospital in New York, the found.
alton has appropriated $4,000. The
buildings are to be erected by the Ma.
tional committee for mental hygiene
and operated by the U. s. Public
health service.
During the month of April the foun-
dalton made gifts and pledges for
European war relief amounting tc
$3.50, 900. This brings the total appro-
priations for European relief as pre-
viously announced to $4,181.952.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04

Great reductions can be accom-
plished in the cost Of supplying seed
for the ordinary Irish potato by plant
ing the eyes instead of the whole po-
tato, according to the potato special
lists Of the United States department
OF agriculture. Only from fourth to
fifth of the body of the potato is
used for seed in this way, leaving the
other three-fourths or four-fifths for
table purposes.
To use the seed in this way, cut out
cone shaped pieces of the flesh Of the
potatoes, each cone containing a po-
tato eye. These cones constitute the
seed to be put into the grounds. The
cones range from a fifth to seventh
of an ounce in weight, whereas the
sets, under the usual methods, range
from three fourths of an ounce to a
couple of ounces.
A gardener. under ordinary condi-
tions, will get best results by using
fifteen to eighteen bushels, or 900 to
1880 pounds, of potatoes to the acre.
This method of preparing sets, there
fore. should make available for table
use over SIS pounds of potato flesh
which under ordinary conditions
would be planted per acre.
Pays on Even Small Tracts.
To plant a plot 50x100 feet, or
approximately one-ninth of an acre, at
the same rate of seeding. would call
for one and two-thirds to two bushels
of seed, planted in the ordinary way.
The method of using cones and eyes
for seed and cooking the remainder
of the flesh. therefore. becomes a
worth while economy even when a
small area is to be planted.
Under this plan 1t is not necessary
to prepare the seed all at one time.
From day to day the cones for seed
ing can be cut from the potatoes as
they are being prepared for the table.
The cuttings then should be spread on
a. piece of paper in a moderately cool
room (about so dogs. fahrenheit) and
allowed to remain there until they
have cured; that is. until the cut sur
face has become dry. A day or two
should suffice for this, and potatoes
then should be put in a shallow box
or tray and placed where 1t is still
cooler. Any storage conditions that
will insure them against frost on the
one hand and undue shrinkage on the
other should prove satisfactory.
Can Be Started Indoors.
These seeds can be started indoors.
provided it is possible to secure suit
able soil and boxes. In such cases 1t
may be desirable to plant the eye cut
tings at once, and allow them to start
into growth indoors with the idea Of
transplanting them into the open
ground when danger of frost is past
and the ground is dry enough to be
cultivated.
The smaller the size of the set, or
seed piece. used. the more thorough
must be the preparation of the SOIL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
IOWA WILL PRODUCE
ONE-THIRD WHEAT CROP
Two thirds OF Winter Wheat Winter
kiIIed-other Crops Have
. (By Assoclated Press. J

Dies Moines, Ia, May 4.--Only about
one-third of the winter wheat acreage
in Iowa will produce a crop this sea-
son, according to reports received by
the Iowa weather and crop service. It
was announced that at least two
thirds Of the crop was winter killed.
Considerable grass and alfalfa also
were killed, the report states, by the
dry season last year. and by lack of
snow and freezing weather the past
winter.
These reports show a larger oats
acreage than normal and point to the
planting of large amount of ground
to corn. Despite the retarding effect
OF cool weather the crop bureau an
nounces, big acreages are shown for
potatoes and garden truck. Fruit
prospects generally are considered
fair.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04

dent unlimited authority to fix en-
bargoes. Several senators, insisted that
embargoes might discourage agricul-
tural production. Prosecution of those
cornering or specializing in food,
Senator Reed urged would make en-
bargoes unnecessary. while Senator
Stone suggested taxing retail and
wholesale food dealers, regulating
cold storage and penalizing deal
ers who wilfully destroy food. High
prices, Senator Reed said. are a
certain guarantee of production and
he advocated minimum price fixing as
a further guarantee. Senator Calder
said minimum price fixing would be
revolutionary.
Senators Shields, Gore. vardaman
and Cummins were among those OPP
posing the embargo clause.
Senator Cummins inveighed against
what he termed abrogation by con-
gress of its function to the president.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
JueT aAMERIcANs" NOW.

One leading Republican after anoth-
or has done himself honor by his pub
Mc utterances since the sixth Of April
Listen to ex-Ambassador Joseph
Choate, for example: From the day
our great president appeared before
congress and made that wonderful
address Of his-one of the greatest
state papers in the affairs of the Unit
ed States since the foundation of the
accommodation that moment all
doubt, all hesitation, all unwilling
ness. was banished from the minds of
all the people, and he is now our
chosen leader for this great contest:
and we must uphold him through thick
and thin from now until the end of
the war"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
Why Anuric IS an Insurance.
Against Sudden Death

Before an insurance company VIII
take risk on your life the examining
physician will test the urine and report
whether you are good risk. When
your kidneys get sluggish and clog, yoti
suffer from backache, sick-headaches
dizzy spells, or the twinges and pains OF
lumbago, rheumatism and govt. The
urine IS often cloudy, full of sediments
channels often get sore and sleep Is diss
turbed two or three times night. This
Is the time you should consult some
physician of. wide experience such as
DR.. Pierce Of the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Send
him 10 cents for sample package of his
new discovery, Anuric. Write him
your symptoms and send q sample Of
urine for test.
Women OF Montana and IdahOs
Helena, Mont During middle age J
was confined to my bed great deal OF
the time for over year. The doctors
said the only thing that would save me
was an operation, but refused. be-
gan taking Or. Piefce's Favorite Pre-
scripticn in connection with the Golden
Medical Discovery. ] took about eight
bottles of each and was a well woman.
II also gave my daughters fFavorite Pre-
scripfion' when they were coming into
womanhood and it was great help TO
them Mrs. ". C. Kinda, 500 Gatchell ST.
Occur d'AIene. Idaho. - Il would
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
EMBARGO PROVISION
OPPOSED IN THE SENATE
tBy Associated Press.)

Washington, May 4.-The provision
in the administration espionage bill,
authorizing the president to declare
export embargoes was the vehicle for
broad discussion in the, senate of food
and related questions. Little progress
was made on the measure and a vote
on the embargo proposal probably will
not be reached before Saturday. There
will be another vote on the press CEN
sorship section before the bill is fin
ally disposed of next week.
Considerable opposition developed
during the day to granting the presi-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
DO IT NOW.

Fargo has responded to the appeal
for q great increase in the production
OF garden trucking. but there is plenty
OF room for more gardens. Many lots
have been plowed up that have been
waste places, growing weeds and coll
lecting rubbish for years but there
are many vacant lots yet available,
awaiting the coming. OF. the. man with
the hoe. ,Hao
The time left for planting and SOW
ing Is short. Do 1t today, must be the
appeal hereafter. Procrastinaticn. in
this instance is not only the thief OF
time, it is grand larceny, OF the fret
degree, of a patriotic duty.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
COMMUNICATION

Editor Forum: While some of our
citizens are drilling in the armory
would like to suggest that if there are
those in this vicinity who would like
to make up cavalry troop for drill
would be glad to join them. The
cavalry is my line of service.
The recruiting officer might object
to me on the age limit, but / believe
could keep UP with Col. Roosevelt
on a horse and on the shoot.
The fair grounds would be a good
place for preliminary cavalry drill.
What do you say?
SMITH STIMMEL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
GREEK STORE OF ARMS"
TURNS OUT TO Be JUNK
Old and Useless FIintIocks and Other
Obsolete Arms Seized.
(By Associated Press. )

washington,s May IA Greek for
eign Office dispatch made public by
the Greek legation said that allied
officers who searched an old mill at
Calithea, alleging that great quanti-
ties of arms were stored there, found
only four shotguns, several thousand
old rusty f1intlocks, carbines and
yatagans purchased by the owner of
the mill in 1914 for junk at a cost of
1-5 cents each. In giving out the
dispatch the legation protested that it
was because of such unfounded sus-
picions regarding concealed arms that
the allied blockade of Greece was be-
ing continued.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04

New York, May Mrs. PhiIander g.
Knox, Jr., the Providence shopgirl who
eloped with the former secretary Of
states son in 1910. has at last exhibited
her fighting spirit and will bring al
counter suit to that Of her husband,
asking divorce.
1t is gathered from statements made
here By the former May Boiler. who Isl
now attempting a living on the stage.
that she has been pretty well @fed up
on the Knox family since 1910.
In the first place, she says Tip, which
is her name Tor young Knox. wouldn't
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
His Country Home Shelled and His
Gardener kiIled--He Was Home
at Time.
(By Associated Press.)

New York. May. .4.--Lord North
cliffes country home on the Isle OF
Thanet was damaged by shell FIRE
when German destroyers made raid
on Margate and Broadstairs on Feb.
rs. Lord Northcliffe was in his home
during the attack which took .place
agout IL o'clock in the evening. The
wife and daughter of his gardener
were killed and their cottage was prac-
tically destroyed.
These facts were made known by
steamship passengers arriving from
abroad.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
Fire At U-boat on Sight.

civil lord Of the admiralty. stated in
the house of lords that the masters
OF armed merchantmen were under
instructions to allow no submarine to
approach within dangerous range of
their vessels but to FIRE upon them
Immediately.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
GARDEN BEANS.

Dwarf wax and green pod beans are
good for using green, while the navy
bean is the best for use as shell beans.
(The season is too short for pole and
lima beans.) These do best in loan
in rows . to feet apart and 2 to
inches apart in the row. May 25 is a
good planting date. A later seeding
can be made the middle of June.--Agr.
Elk. Dept. Ayr. College Up. o., N. d.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
AN EASY WAY TO
GET THE WEEDS.

AS soon as the corn and potatoes are
planted, make a little ridge over the
rows with the cultivator by setting the
shovels to throw In. Then harrow fire.
quentIy crosswise. Every time the har-
row passes over 1t will stir the soil
over the plants enough to kill any
weeds that have started. The harrow
ing can be kept up till the corn and
potatoes are several inches high--Aglt
Ex Dept. Agr. College (P. o.. N. d.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04

Trimmed hat6 at great reduction at
Holderman's Friday and Saturday
Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
TO Seine Rough Fish
From Wisconsin Waters
(Rv AssociatAd Press,

Madison, Wis, May 4.-Gov-
ernor Philip directed the state
conservation commission to seine
Wisconsin rivers and lakes for
rough fish that can be placed on
Wisconsin markets at cheap
price in order to combat the rising
prices of foodstuffs during the war.
The conservation commission will
begin its work at once. The gov
ernor sent q message to the house
asking for the passage of bill
authorizing the use of the state
election machinery in the collec-
tfon of information desired by the
national government in enforcing
the federal CONSUMPTION law.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04

and after usfng fhree bottles my slSin
was clear and smooth. I have not had
any eruption since Mrs. 0. MAIN
GUN, 200 Riverside.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04

break out all over
with a rash ard
piuapies. Doctors
gave me blood
medicines and
oinfments but
none of them did
me any good. !
then tried DR..
Pierce's Golden
TR-fsEe TNeaas.Asss.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-04
How to Save Money on Potato Seed
By BRTNKERHOFI

Specialists Tell of Economical WAY Ry Which You
Can Both Eat Your nd Plant III
The Carlisle independent., 1917-11-01
Natural Liberty.

The natural liberty of man, by en-
te.ing into society. is abridged or re-
strained, so far only as is necessary
for the great end of society, the best
good of the whole. In the state of ma
ture every man is, under God, judge
and sole judge of his own rights and
Of the injuries done him. BY entering
into society he agrees to an arbiter or
Indifferent judge between him and his
neighbors: but he no more renounces
his original right than by taking a
cause out of the ordinary course of
law, and leaving the decision to ref
erces or Indifferent arbitrator. In the
last case he must pay the referees for
time and trouble. He should also be
willing to pay his just quota for the
support of government, the law and
the Constitution.-Samuel Adams.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-11-01
All Circus Rinos Same Size.

Railway tickets are the same size
ali over Britain and the continent and
America--viz, two and one-quarter
nches-and have been SO for the last
so years. This surely indicates a
world wide tendency to standardize.
Every builders ladder is built to
scale, and the freman's ladder is on
the scale of the seaman's run up the
ratlines, not the bricklayer's trudge up
the wooden rungs. But perhaps the
greuteSt triumph of standardizing is
that o. he circ1s. London Tit-Bits
says: There are big and little circuSes
IN the woriG, but the ring is always
Of the eafae diameter, for the bare
back riJer has discovered the exact
angla At which he can square the cir
Gle. No matter whether it be a ring
rut in &c turf or a luxuriously APP
pointed thcater, the circus ring never
varies 6 Foot.