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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
N. DAKOTA BRIEFS

Binford-The long war between the
Griggs County Telephone Co. and the
Rural Telephone Co. will be settled by
merger, the latter buying the former
company.
Rolla-Rolla may establish water
works plant, civil engineer looking
over the situation now.
Dunseith - Memorial day services
will be held here with Rev. N. E. Koh-
Ter the principal speaker.
Rugby-The Pierce County Fair as
ISOLATION has fixed July and 4 as
the dates for it's annual fair.
Beach-The annual chautauqua week
in Beach will begin June 81, closing
July /.
jamestown - Loafers and beggers
this year. Work for everybody" is
the city's slogan.
Enderlin-The high school gradua-
ton exercises will be held June to ID,
Dean II. p. French, University of North
Dakota, delivering the commencement
address.
Mandan-over 5000 has been sub
scribed here to the Y. M. c. A, war
work fund.
Mandan-Police are seeking August
Kietel, wanted for an alleged shortage
in accounts with the City Meat market.
Mandan-Mrs. Paul Knoll, of Man
dan. passed away in Bismarck hos
pital.
Amidon-People of this district are
being urged to handle all their foreign
freight over the N. p. as an induce
ment to the Milwaukee line to build a
road into the territory.
Belfield-The commencement exer-
cises of the Belield high school will be
held tomorrow, Rev. Bruce Jackson,A
Bismarck, being the speaker.
Bowman-J. e. Phelan and J. M.
Bold will give the addresses at Bow
mans Memorial day service.
Harvey-A big Memorial day cele-
bration will be held here.
Harvey-A new member of the board
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
Amazing Power of Bon Optic
To Make Weak Eyes Strong
Doctor Says 1t Strengthens
Eyesight SO per cent in One
Weeks Time in Many Instances

able time and multitudes more win be
able to strengthen their eyes so as to be
spared the trouble and expense of ever
getting glasses. Eye troubles of many
descriptions may be wonderfully benefited
by the use of this prescription at home.
60 to any active drug store and get a
bottle of Bon-0pto tablets. Drop one
Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of a glass of
water and let it dissolve With this
liquid battle the eyes two to four times
daily. You should notice your eyes clear
up perceptibly right from the start, and
Inflammation and redness will quickly
disappear. III your eyes bother you even
q little it is your duty to take steps to
save them now before it is too late.
Many hopelessly blind might have saved
their sight if they had cared for their
eyes in time.
Note: Another prominent Physician TO whom
the above article was submitted said: Yes,
the Bon-0pto prescription is truly o wonderful
eye remedy. Its constituent ingredients are well
known to eminent eye specialists and widely
prescribed by them. / have used Il very sue
cessfuiiy IN my own practice on patients whose
eyes were strained through oveFwork or misfit
glasses. can highly recommend It in case Of
weak, Watery. aching, smarting, itching, burn
ing eyes. red lids, blurred vision or for eyes in
famed from exposure to smoke, sun, dust or
wind. It Is one of the very few preparations
feel should be kept on hand for regular use In
almost every family" Bon-Opto, referred to
remedy. It Is an ethical preparation, the for
mula being printed on the package. The man
guarantee IL to strengthen eyesight
30 per cent In one week time in many instances
OF refund the money. II can be obtained from
any good druggist and Is sold In this city BY
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
OTHER MEMS VIEWS.
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The New Republic: The temptation
to play Northcliffe and grow very
impatient with Washington is strong
in some quarters. 1t should be resist
ed, for the fact is that the administra-
ton is going at it's problem with an
energy, with a courage, and with a
humility which is beyond anything one
would have dared to predict several
months ago. There is nothing to be
complacent about, there are obstruc-
lions and jealousies at large, but the
candid truth is that the general spirit
and intelligence Is extraordinary. OF
plain criticism, suggestion, honest pro-
posal there Is need, but not of rasp-
ing, uncharitable and ignorant impati-
ence. The government needs friends,
it needs an atmosphere of warmth and
candor, it needs understanding, it
needs generous comment. But nothing
will do more harm than harassing the
nerves of men who have a stupendous
task to perform, who are showing at
almost every turn that they desire ex-
pert assistance and that they are eager
to distill the best experience of Europe.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24

getting crop and then receiving a
fair price for it.
That guaranteed price should so
stimulate production that it would in
sure the consumer fair treatment. If
it didn't. the new government food
bureau could step in and commander
If necessary.
What the guaranteed price should be
The Forum doesn't presume to say,
nor does it believe that an attempt
should be made to arbitrarily fix it in
Fargo. 1t is not only a national prob
lem but an international one, and the
farmers meeting in Fargo today
should be represented at conference
in Washington where the problem
could be settled taking into consider
alton the producer, the consumer the
nation and the allied countries of the
world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
HOLD OFFER IN AsEYANcE.

Last week an "offer" was made tc
the Fargo chapter of Red Cross by the
editor of The Forum and some OF his
acduaintances.
They agreed to contribute 50 a
month apiece to the chapter, in return
for card absolving them from the
necessity of subscribing to any bene-
fits that might be planned for the Red
Cross. 1t was made in the hope that
1t might be the foundation of a4per-
manent q endowment fund for the
chapter,a giving it a monthly income
that it could depend upon. Many Far
go citizens have informed The Forum
that they would gladly purchase a
similar ticket.
The officers of the Fargo chapter
nave asked that the "offer" be held in
allegiance. The national officers of the
society are now working upon a finan-
cling plan, and the local officers pre-
ferred not to commit themselves to
any plan until they heard from Wash
ington. They warmly approved the
suggestion, but did not want TO pro-
coed on any plan of financing with
the possibility that they would have
to undo what they had done.
The Forum gladly withdraws its Of
fer or holds it in allegiance. 1t may
be renewed later, or it is not unlikely
that a similar plan will be outlined by
the national society. In that event
The Forum will gladly do all in it's
power to promote that. Meanwhile it
won't do any harm to join the Red
Cross chapter if you haven't done so
long ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
WHEN THE MOB DIsPERsEs.

When the mob disperses; when the
fire dies down; when he steals home
! alone with the shrieks of his victim
resounding in his ears; when he begins
- feel the stain of blood upon his
lands; what must be the feelings of a
iyncher?
kMobs commit acts that their MEM
bers individually would shrink from.
The mob is unthinking, brutally pas
stonate, revoltingly cruel.
Shocking beyond measure was the
Burning Of negro at Memphis Tues
day morning by mob of between 2, 900
and 5000 citizens. Sympathy can be
felt for the heart-broken, distracted
mother, who in the first rush of blind
rage against the black brute who had
been captured, expressed the hope that
he would suffer. There can be no SYM
pathy for the mob that was not even
content to shoot or hang the prisoner,
but with the most horrible brutality
soaked his body in Oil and burned him
at the stake.
Such acts will never end the evil at
which they are aimed. They will re-
suit only in brutalizing the community
that tolerates them. They are in them
selves the most horrible of violations
of the laws of civilization for which
they are intended to inculcate respect.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24

Of education will be elected June to
succeed VIM. Wright. resigned.
Harvey-This city will observe Reg
istration day in fitting style.
Bismarck-Rev. r. c. Proshl. pastor
OF the Bismarck German Lutheran
church, has been commissioned by
Governor Frazier as chaplain Of the
First North Dakota infantry.
Bismarck Frazier is today
receiving reports by wire from every
sheriff in North Dakota of the appoint
ment of 1000 registrars who June :
will register North Dakota men.
BowbeIls-Henry Osborne and Henry
Kienast sustained fractured skulls and
Ole Frevolsn, and two other men minor
injuries when speeder jumped the
track near here.
acknowledgements Frazier has ac-
copied an invitation to address the first
important Minnesota mass meeting OF
the North Dakota branch of the Nom
partisan league at Chatfield on June 2.
Bismarck-It il reported here that
the government will ask the state high
way commission to order only abso-
lutely necessary road work during the
war
walcott-The Synod Lutheran church
congregation of Walcott presented
Rev. @. Ballestad with an automobile,
garage and $3.50.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
THE AGRICULTURAL
SYMPHONIC"

Graphically II somewhat fiamboy-
antly. the Associated Press yesterday
sounded the first Introductory notes OF
the agricultural symphony" telling OF
the beginning of the American harvest
in Texas.
The correspondent waxed almost
poetic in his raptures over the Sing
ing Of the reapers" in sunny Texas
and described the Swelling chorus" as
ii would rise in crescendo through
Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and
Canada.
North Dakota, South Dakota. Mime
sofa and Montana comprise the first
violin section of this symphony or
chestra.
May the agricultural symphony" be
an "Eroica" not a "Pathetique" or an
Unfinished"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
FIXING PRICES.

Some idea of the ramifications result
ing from an attempt to Ak the price of
any commodity was CLEANED by those
who have attended the sessions of the
Equity Cooperative exchange now
meeting in Fargo.
The members have been considering
the advisability of recommending a
minimum. or a basic, or minimum
and maximum prices on the wheat
crop of this year. The complications
spread out like a vast network. in
creasing in geometrical progression.
Suppose, for example, that minimum
price of 81 were fixed by the govern
ment for wheat, the government
agreeing to take the wheat of the
farmers hands at that price. With a
good crop and with present prices for
materials and equipment, the farmer
knows that that would yield him a
good profit But what if coal rises to
$50 a ton? What If binder Irvine
keeps on soaring? What If farm ma
chinery again doubles in price? Fol-
lowing back but one item and fixing
the price of coal, how does the coal
man know what price he will have to
pay for labor and transportation? 1t
leads to a maze. perfect wilderness
of problems.
The Forum last evening suggested a
minimum price to protest the produc-
er and government distribution If
necessary to protect the consumer.
The word minimum" in the sense in
which it was used. was identical with
guaranteed 1t meant that the gov
eminent should guarantee the farmer
a price for his crop that would cover
the cost of production with a normal
crop, and also fair profit.
The farmer knows now the principal
items in the cost Of his crop. He can
put figures on such items as the seed.
blowing, interest on the investment,
labor, and the depreciation in the
value of his land caused by raising
the crop. The big uncertain item is
the cost of labor in harvesting. He
knows that it is going to cost him
from $40 to So an acre, possibly a
little more in some cases, or a little less
in others. That means he must have a
10 to 10 bushel crop at 81 a bushel to
break even. The farmer must gamble
on getting crop. and the profit al
lowed him should take into considera-
ton the necessity for such a gamble,
but with guaranteed price he would
no longer have the double gamble Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
PSYCHOLOGICAL "WArER."

These high prices are based on a
psychological condition not on an
actual shortage, If the reports of the
agricultural department are to be be-
lieved.
Old potatoes and Strawberries are
the only two commodities listed as be-
ing even comparatively scarce. The
report bears out the suspicion long held
By, the consumer. that there is no valid
reason for exorbitant prices on food
stuffs. 1t is a well known axiom in the
grain and stock markets that 'the
public" win scramble to buy grain and
stocks when the price is jumping every
day, but that when stocks and grain
are "a bargain" and going begging in
the market. the public cannot be in
duced to consider them.
The same condition exists in the food
markets today. With prices on the up-
ward trend in ali lines. the public is
scrambling to lay in abnormally large
stocks of staples, with the result that
the rising prices are accelerated in
their rocketing.
II the appointment of q government
food supervisor with extraordinary
powers succeeds only in squeezing this
psychological water out OF food prices,
4 viii bring living costs down with a
thnd.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
A MAcHiAVELIAN COUP.

Lloyd George has invited the Irish to
settle their own problem and write
their own constitution.
The diabolical ingenuity Of the little
Welshman was never better ilustrat-
ed. 1t removes the casus belli. II
there is no government but their own
how can they be ''agin it?" Their ia =
vorite enemy is removed. 1t leaves
them hitting at the empty air. What
is there left for a good Irishman to
do, but to proceed with all possible
speed across the channel and jump
right into the middle of the hottest en-
gagement he can find?
If there are any Irish left when the
constitution is finally drafted, the
Kaiser's doom is sealed.
1T was a coup d'etat. 1t was Mach
iaVelian.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
PLUNGE TO THE LIMIT.

State banks may carry all the Liberty
loan bonds that their financial con-
dition warrants. 1t will not constitute
an overloan, the state bank examiner
holds.
The same applies to national banks.
The same should apply to citizens.
Load up with the Liberty bonds. Don't
be afraid to buy stock in the United
States. What is considered safe for a
national and state bank. is a safe in
vestment for a citizen. Plunge to the
limit of your cash and credit.
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RESPECTFULLY REFERRED.

T. Fitzgerald Of Thompson. a valued
subscriber of The Forum, writes in to
suggest a survey of wheat in store on
the farms. I'm our community there
is about 10000 bushels" he writes.
'From years Of experience in the wheat
trade feel sure that every township
in the valley section has about the
same"
Germany has found it good policy to
spare the men to make food surveys at
regular intervals. Why not America?
The question is respectfully passed on
to the Fargo Patriotic bureau as the
proper agency to consider 1t and pass
upon its merits.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24

n Free Prescription You Can Rave
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Victims of eye strain and other eye
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will be glad to know that according to
DIR. Lewis there is real hope and help for
them. Many whose eyes were failing say
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remarkable prescription and many who
once wore glasses say they have thrown
them away. One man says, after using
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to read at all. Now l can read every
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A lady who used it says: "The atmos-
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/ can read even fine print without
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MATTw n M
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24

mander of the navy, and draws a
salary of $13,500 a year. Next to him
comes the vice admiral drawing $4,000
year and the rear admirals drawing
$4,000 a year. A commodore ranks
next, drawing $4,000.
The captain of a war vessel draws
$4,000 and next in rank to him comes
the commander, drawing $4,000 and the
lieutenant commander, drawing 3d.
900. The lieutenant comes next,
drawing $4,000 and the lieu
tenant junior grade next, with salary
of $4,000. After him comes the ensign
at a salary of $1,70O and the midship-
man drawing $500.
The warrant officer draws from ST.
500 to $4,000, and the mate $1,125 to
$500. Then. comes the chief petty
officer, the petty officers of the first,
second and third class, and the seamen
first, second and third class.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
TROUBLE ENTIRELY Dis.
ApPEAREn

Fathers and mothers worry over a
child with a chronic cough. Knudt
Lee, Wannaska, Mimi. writes: For
several years my daughter had a bad
chronic cough. Every time she caught
little cold, it aggravated the trouble.
We tried many medicines. but not IN
til we, tried Foley's Honey and Tar did
anything produce any great relief. In
a few days the trouble entirely dis
appeared and has never returned
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
colds, Group, whooping cough. Fout
e. Porterfield.-Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24
DO YOU KNOW?
Information on Timely Topics
Compiled By The Forum.

Do you know the rank and the pay
of the different officers of the Ameri-
can navy?
With Uncle Sans ships now in the
European waters, any information re-
garding this branch of the country's
fighting forces should be of interest to
Americans.
The admiral is the supreme COM
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-24

Use FIavo Flour-the kind that costs
less and goes farther. Phone &c.
AdVt.
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TOUT y PORIERFIE LD
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-05
IS Want Adj Brings Resudts---Just Phone Main IL
Has Fire Scare

A cigarette stub thrown into
the elevator shaft OF the Donnelly
hotel Is believed to have started
a fire In rubbish at the bottom of
the shaft Thursday morning.
Smoke filled the hotel, but fire.
men were on hand quick enough
to prevent any serious fire or
panic. The damage was nominal.
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Attest: w. ID. NICKEUS.
City Clerk
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AMERICAN GARBAGE CO. = Re-
rowing garbage & refuse of all
kinds. 218 Puy. av. M. 7&2, r., 763a
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LEGAL NOTICES

date prior to said 23rd day Of
April. 1917. the estimated cost OF
said Improvement; a statement OF
the proportionate amount thereof
which should be borne by the prop,
erty within the proposed assessment
district; a statement OF the aggre-
gate assessed value OF the real
estate. exclusive OF improvements.
within said district according to the
valuation last placed upon IL for the
purpose OF general taxation; to-
gether with a diagram or print
showing thereon the lots, tracts and
parcels of land and other property
which Will be specially benefited by
said Improvement and the estimated
amount of the cost and expense of
the Improvement to be borne by
each lot tract. or parcel of land or
other property: and
That the City Clerk publish this
resolution in two consecutive issues
of the official newspaper as required
by law.
Adopted April 4. 1917.
Yeas 5: Atkins, Drake, Gronen,
Petit. Fawcett
A. V. FAWCETT,
Mayor.
Attest w d. NICKEUS.
City Clerk.
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ANCONA eggs for narcnIng, fine lay
ing strain, SC each. Proctor 2S57-Y.
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SAI q DEPOSIT VAULTS
SEA VENGERs

FIDELITY TRUST CO.'S SAFE DE.
PoSIT VAULTS. Ground floor.
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March 20, April 5-i2. 1917.

NOTICE FOR LEASING CERTATN
WATERFRONT PROPERTY
Pursuant to Ordinance No es6s
passed February 2e, 1917, nottcc i:
hereby given that on Monday. ths
18TH day OF April, 1917. at s:s0 q. m.
the Treasurer of the City OF Taco.
ma, at his office In the City Hail.
VIII offer at public auction to the
highest responsible bidder lease
on the following described properfv.
The north thirty-ffve feet Of The
south forty-five feet of Lot II.
Block g., Tacoma Tide Lands for
a term OF five years. upon the for
lowing terms and conditions:
ta) The rental of said premises
shall not be less than $500 mar
month. payable on the first day az
each month In advance.
Obj The lease shall contain the
usual covenants between landlord
and lessee.
w. ID. NICKEUs,
City Clerk.
Published March IL TO April Il Iu-
elusive. 1917.
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LOCAL Improvement District No.
llO6.-Notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of Ordinance No. 4gIi
OF the City of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed in my hands for the COL
lection of the 9Th annual INSTALL
ment of the assessment levied for
laying a sanitary sewer OF eight (O
inch pipe on North 25th Street from
Washington to Proctor Street. ana
on Proctor Street from North 25th
street to a connection with the pres
ent manhole in Proctor Street, to-
gether with all necessary wxes
riserss and manholes.
said installment may be paid ON
or before April 2sth, 1917. but
IL not paid on or before said data
added interest. penalty and costs
will attach.
JAMES c DRAKE
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TOP prices paid for poultry and rab-
bits. ". II. C6rbit. 1142 Market.