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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09
$500 MISSING FROM
WOhAN'S NATIONAL BANK
Mrs. s. 3. Miller, Said to be of Fargo,
Loses Bills From Stocking at
Minneapolis.

A stocking has always been consid-
cred safe depository for funds, and
it has even been found difficult, at
times, for husbands to check on ac-
counts thus deposited, but it seems
that there is at least one instance
where a loss has been sustained.
Word comes from Minneapolis that
s. B. Miller, said to be of Fargo, re-
ported to the Minneapolis police that
Mrs. Miller had lost ten of Uncle Sans
perfectly good gold certificates, aggre-
eating $4,000, which she was carrying
I tucked away in the leg Of one Of her
stockings while she and Mr.. Miller
attended the automobile show in that
city.
Just how the loss was sustained was
not stated in the information receiv-
ed here.
The city and telephone directories
fail to show an s. B. Miller living in
Fargo, but it is believed that there is
Miller by those initials living near
| the city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09
Alkali Makes Soap
Bad For Washing Hair

Most soaps ana prepared shampoos
contain too much allkaM which is very
injurious, as 1t dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap,
and beats the most expensive soaps or
anything else all to pieces. You can
get this at any drug store, and few
ounces will last the whole family for
months. Ill.,,
Simply noisten the hair with water
and rub 1t in, about a teaspoonful is all
that In required. 1t makes an abund-
ance OF rich. creamy lather, cleanses
thoroughly, and rinses out easily. The
hair driesy-uuickiy and evenly, and is
soft. fresh looking, Bright, fury, wavy
and easy to handle. Besides, it loosens
and takes out every particle of dust,
dirt and dandrun.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09
THE ISIS

Colorful, gripping, filled with thrill
ing interest and exciting romance
and adventure, William Fox's newest
photoplay. The Island Of Desire, at
the Isis today and Saturday, is des-
tined to be the biggest motion pic
ture sensation Of the year.
No expense has been spared by the
producer in making this feature a
spectacle of unusual proportions. A
story which engrosses from it's very
outset, has been admirably interpret
ed by an excellent cast of actors,
headed by George Walsh and Margar-
ct Gibson, The result is a film wor-
thy of unstinted praise.
A series of incidents occur which
make the feature a masterpiece of
perturbation. The scene is laid on
a tropical island of the South Pacific
which lends an atmosphere of ma
tural beauty and rich environment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

al and evangelistic addresses at the
college on February IL. President
Kroeze has been giving a series of
chapel talks introductory. to these
special addresses. All the parents of
the students have received letters
outlining the nature of the special
addresses and requesting them to
join the college in special prayers for
a rich blessing on all the students
during this period.
In the annual oratorical contest for
the purpose of selecting the college
orator for the intercollegiate Orator
tcal contest to be held next month at
Wahpeton, Konrad Birkhaug, a
senior in college won first place. He
will represent the college in the or
alton. The Greater Republic. He is
a native born Norwegian and came to
America only five years ago. His rise
in scholarship and ability was rapid
and shows the usual splendid attain
ments OF the Norwegian people.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09
Jamestown College

The second semester opened this
week with q good many new faces
among the students. Among those who
entered for the second semester were
also some who have returned to col
lege after q period OF absence, such as
Miss Helen Jones, Of Mortified,
Mimi, who graduated from, the acad-
envy last year and spent last semester
in q, Massachusetts, normal school, and
now Joined the college freshman class;
Miss Elizabeth Yoder, who returned
to graduate this year; Miss Gail jam
ison, who spent a year at home teach
ing. Percy Hansen, enrolled in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

Pres. Harry Pratt Judson believes
certain nations have pirate ideas, and
seeing the United States rich and
helpless will soon do as the big bad
boy does when he takes candy from
the little fellow. He says we must get
ready to defend ourselves. He would
have every young man trained by
Uncle Sam so as to be ready to take
the field if the country should be in
danger.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

a great mass and sucks away the life
of the tree. Trees grow old and die,
others are killed by wind, lightning,
beavers, fire and other causes. A fine
study of trees is found in a new book
by John Gordon Dorrance, of the state
The story or ' of the Forest. a small book
published by the American Book co.
There are many fine illustrations which
help the reader to know the trees he
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

Wise men. are living OH Mars, If the
latest reports from the Lowell tele-
scope are true. Johnson OConnor has
been using this huge instrument sever
al years and feels sure that the canals
are dug by human beings. The canals
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

Five hundred kinds of insects attack
our oak trees; half as many injure our
trees and destroy them. The germs of
forest fungi fly in the air, and when
one of them finds a little hole in a
trees bark where a woodpecker may
have struck to get a worm it grows to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

are banked with vegetation that is
watered by the flow from the polar re
gions. The straight lines and square
corners show that these waterways are
not rivers. But the canals are many
times larger than any works on the
earth, and he believes the people OF
Mars are far ahead of us in the use OF
machinery.
For state news read The Forum.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

A Style-Plus SIT suit will give you a
suit Of style and quality for spring.
s.. & c. Clothing Co.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

finds in the woods. The use of trees,
famous trees, work in the woods. and
how the trees live and die are all told
simply and well.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

We will buy or sell your property
Hodgson Realty Co.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

1t wears down your strength, racks
your nerves, keeps yourself and all the
family from sleeping. Besides, you
can easily stop it with
Foley's Honey and Tar.
A standard family medicine of many
years standing for la grippe and bronchial
coughs and colds, tickling throat, hoaFse.
ness. Gtufy, wheezy breathing and for
ctoup and whooping cough. Its effect on
the inhamed lining of the throat and air
passages quickly felt and very soothing.
Enos Halbert, Paoli. Ind, writes: "IcouGhed
continually and at night could hardly sleep.
Foley's Honey and Tar relieved me, and one
bottle cured my cough entirely"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

YOU CAN REST AS
sURED THAT ANY
BUSINESS coNNEc-
TON YOU MAY HAVE
WITH THIS STORE
WILL BE ENTIRELY
SATISFACTORY TO
YOU.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-09

You may safely trust your
packing and repairing to Us as
we have an expert in charge
who will take the utmost care
of your furniture. The charges
for all work will be reasonable
and the quality of the work
will be up to your highest ex-
pectations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
SNE DRINK WITHOUT TAXES

TAXPAYERS will be asked to authorize
1 bond issue for the improvement of
the water system. This appears to be
a proposal to increase the debt of the
city and add to the burden of those
who support the treasury. o
It is, however nothing of the sort.
No taxpayer pays one cent for capt
talization of this great public utility The
facility pays its own way. II does more
than that-it actually returns a profit
every year and reduces pro rata the tax
rate that would otherwise Be charged.
The bookkeeping of the city is so mon
strously antiquated that the truth about
this public utility is concealed Officers
who ought TO know do not in fact, know
just what the utility is earning. We
state without fear Of contradiction that
it is actually earning more than appears
on the surface.
We believe that the proposed bond issue
should be put before the people for what
It is-a request that the municipality lend
its credit for the Improvement Of a
utility which guarantees dividends and
enables citizens to share in profits re-
sulting from values which they them
selves create by their patronage
No money invested in a selfsupporting
utility such as the water works should
be charged against the borrowing capac-
ity OF the city Productive investments
should be segregated in the municipal
bookkeeping and exhibited to the public
in their true form, not merged with gen
eral funds and their identity lost.
There is no more reason why the water
works should do without adequate capt
tai than that a great mOney-making rail-
road should hesitate TO issue bonds to
enhance the general earning power Of tha
property.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
THE DEGENERATE RICH

To the Editor OF the EtgHiHq Ledger.
Sir-A portion Of the American popula-
ton is so degenerate and teprayed that
many people right among us actually wor-
ship an idol. There are several signs to
support this fact Those idulaters are
gladly or blindly selling their own souls to
the modern Baal--the golden calf They
are money-mad and, though they make
enough living profits, wan; to get rich
quicker by boosting IRces on coal, food
stuffs, etc. There is a coal exchange. there
is a milk exchange. there is u real estate
mems association and the like, Where are
you, the people? You ought to gather
together and see to II that laws be enacted
forcing the coal mine owners TO state how
much ton they sell. forcing the railroads
TO state how much per ton of coal they
charge for carrying it, and forcing the coal
dealers 10 state why they want To boost
illegal prices 1t will be easy TO find the
guilty party or parties. There ought to be
a severe peHRlty meted out TO them. Their
business ought to be conhscated by the
State. These degenerates are simply Prus-
sianZed m litarlsts, PTussianzng us into
trenches OF hardship and suffering In order
that they themselves or their own families
may win social positions, showing on the r
costly dresses or Jewels, leading lavish and
frivolous lives, autoing and playing bridge
Of going to parties costing thousands Of
dollars.
Their peculiar moral blindness is a COM
mon disease and their method of reasoning
Is a popular one. or course these deEen-
crates represent but a sma;i portion OF
our American population. but Yet that very
small portion Will be like a small hole that
VIII sink ship our Republic Is like a ship
Philadelphia, January 90 M.PL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
ARE WE SPIRITUALLY DEGENERATE?
Various Opinions the Significance of Americas Small Conr
button to the Relief of Belgum-Cergy and Rich
Men Denounced and Defended

family 10 feed and clothe. He did not
ask. who is going to eat this stuff?" The
question in his mind was "Will ! get
enough for this to scraDe up the price Of
next years seed" The manufacturer
asked, can ! meet the market at that
price," The railroads did not ask who Is
going to eat this or that" Only can we
meet expenses and our obligations and
pay "A dividend? If we don't pay a dividend
our credit is vanishing The European
buyers were thanking the good God who
Lad so bountifully blessed the American
fields. and gladly bought of our surplus
TO consume their rapidly disappearing sup
plies.
What we gave to Belgium was done cheer
fully ana willingly aud thankfully received
America has always done her share. She
Is doing il now. 1t is up to all of us to be
producers and pray for good crops as well
as peace, for it will be several years before
Europe will have surplus. We have to
help feed these poor unfOrturatcs until they
can feed themselves.
ANNIE NJ. NJ GINDLEY
Philadelphia, January ~,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
IF YOU HAVE THE SING WITHIN
YOU

If you have the sing within you, it will
out:
1t is sure to find expression, never doubt
It may rest for years quieseent, all un-
known;
Like babe it is in seeming, all ungrown; I;
And the years pass by unreckoned, while
the sing
Has infused your soul with rhythm. with
a ring,
That will soon or late, possess you make
you tell
What is harbored deep within you. like
well.
And the water when it eometh. as it
May be sweet or stale or bitter: it may
As il shows the soul within you, good or
bad.
Be it gentle in its singing, sane or mad.
sim the song is surely coming. never
doubt:
II you have he sing sithln you. 4 win
out ZF. A. b.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
HARD WORDS FOR THE CLERGY

TO the Editor Of the EueRiHd Led0Gr;
Sr--ln answer to your query: Is America
spiritually degenerate? | wish to say that
| have given much thought to this very
question and | have come to the conclusion
that il is, Spiritual degeneraCy is a result.
What is the cause? My answer is, com
merCialism." Ministers have so CONNER
cialzed their profession that today young
college men seek the position for what there
is in it, not for the love Of God or hui
manity. Fifty million dollars, in the ag-
gregate, Is the sum to be collected for
US, We & 90" to insure them against
want in their old days. Now IL they had
put forth as much effort to secure a pension
for "all deserving poor" instead Of just
us, We & CO." they would have shown
the world that their charity reached out
side of self" and their pleas for poor,
stricken Belgium, as well as the poor at
home, would be answered in such a way
that all would be cared for and their cup
of joy would overflow"
HARRY AIETTERS.
Olyphant, Pa, January 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz

I. FOrecnste the forward part of II merchant
man under the deck, where the sailors
have their quarters.
?. The popuIation of Japan is about H.
900 900.
J. The ConSregation. 9r EaIlombrosa % cele-
hrnted abbey Of InSCunN. among the Ap-
ennines in northern Italy); "a branch OF
the BenedCtnc Order. founded In the
eleventh century by st. John Gunlhert
The congregation was a contemplative one
ANA observed strict silence,
4. ThOreHu wrote walden"
>. Rear ADMIRAL henson is now ranking officer
u the navy.
u. Yellowstone National Park IL in the north
western corner of WAUmnE
:. The chief defect Of the Federal GOyern-
ment before the Constitution WAS that the
central government had no power to COM
pei the states to raise taxes for national
purposes and In every other way lacked
authority; TIE powers gwen TO 1t In the
constitution were considered great con
cessl0ns by the States.
3. QUAY" ls pronounced key" Greek"
Is pronounced AS II is spelled. not as II il
were spelled "Crik. "
d. "Neither he nor she are here" This should
readi "Neither hr nor she is here"
10. The Prohibition vote for President varies
between 100000 aud 2BO 200.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
WHY SOLDIERS vEER TO LEFT

Soldiers when marching AT night through
open country invariably gravitate toward
the left not the right This is the ex-
perience of an old soldier, who thinks the
tendency is due TO two causes; First. aa
the rifle Is carried in the right hand it
naturally follows that the weapon arm
must be kept free, and in case of pressure.
when in close formation, the instructive
rule Is to put up the left elbow and say.
Ease off 10 the left" Second, the soldier
always steps off with his left foot, and.
although 1t may be hard to prove there
Is always a slight deviation TO the left,
even when a battalion is marching in day
light toward a fixed point. or any other
"dappul. London Chronicle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
If Secretary Daniels intends to us,

II Secretary Daniels intends to use
the award OF shell contract to Hadflelds,
Limited, OF England, as a fail to whip
American munition makers into greater
activity his course can be understood.
But IL he intends to adopt the policy
of buying such ammunition at any time
and any place that 1t can be best OBJ
tained," he is making a most grievous
blunder OF course, we must have the
best ammunition obtainable. 1t must be
equal II not superior TO that used by
any other navy; but IL this war has
taught the nations anything il is that
they must be sufficient unto themselves
In time of conflict, and that they cannot
be properly prepared for the crisis unless
they begin TO equip themselves while
there is time. We hold no brief for the
munition makers. They are able to de,
fend themselves. We do believe, however
that Il is the duty OF the EVENING
IEpGER and of every other American
newspaper to demand that the Govern
mant in Washington make it its first
duty 70 assist in developing every in
dustry here TO that state which will
make US independent OF manufacturers
u other countries when We shall find
i necessary to use war material.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23

Archibald G. Weeks, Of Yaphank, l.. T.,
insists that Judge Smith merely gave II
popularity by singing It. Weeks insists
that he is the real author. He wrote one
stanza while in college, and several years
later completed the song at the earnest
request OF the compilers Of the Cornell
Song Book. with all due respect to the
Yaphank lyricist, we would suggest that
those who disagree with him should bring
forth their evidence before II is too late,
lest some one in the future attempt to
settle the dispute by the internal evi.
dence of cipher code.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
NEEDS AN EMETIC

INTE ARE somewhat astonished at the
w surprise expressed over the executive
dynamiting Of worthy medical officers in
order that a deserving Democrat such as
Doctor Grayson may be Cupid-tossed into
an admiralshp. An Administration that
made Bryan Secretary Of State has prec
edent for appointing Doctur Gragson to
any office whatever. Our only surprise
is that the favored disciple OF Aescula-
Plus was not nominated to succeed
Dewey. 1t is well known that TIE navy
is in need of nothing so much as an
emetic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
AMERICANISM INTERNA-
TIONALIZED

THE President proposes in effect mil
itary Standardization of the world
through modified liberalization. He would.
by common consent of the nations them
selves, deprive the several governments
of their full sovereign powers. Hereto
fore nations have been free.acting, be
ing bound only by their might their CON
science and their responsibility before
God Hereafter, says President wilson
| let them for the common good surrender
certain sovereign rights, most particularly
! the right Of unlimited armament, and
| substitute for the dominance of rifles
| an agreement Of conduct which will at
once lift from the shoulders of mankind
an intolerable burden, free intercourse
from artificial restraint, and make hu.
manity itself, instead of the several races
and tongues, the high tribunal which
ton can plow their way through civ.
ilization.
This is equivalent to extending to the
nations of the world the principles under
lying the American Union. The expert.
meut wrought out on this continent has
been local in its applications let it he uni
versal, says the President.
We believe that the Presidents posi-
ton is academcally invulnerable to at
tack His is program toward which
intelligent men have, in fact been look
ing with longing eyes for generations
But there is a great gulf between theory
and practice, a mighty ocean Of preiu.
dices, of hatreds, of established customs
and modes of thought. Can it be
brdged? Has the cataclysm purged ma
tionalism of it's narrowness and left it
clean for practical idealism? We do not
know, We doubt if the world can fully
grasp the significance Of the Presidents
pronouncement in u day, a week. a month
or year The idea is almost new. 1t
has been advanced before, but never in
such circumstances or with so high au.
thority and power. When the President
of the United States, when the great Re.
public itself speaks, the world must listen,
whether it will or no.
There will be- at the worst, but one
more great campaign in this war. The
giants may lash Mt one another with all
their fury through another summer,
Then victory will have perched plainly
on one set or other of the antagonists
or the psychology of events will strike
swords from the hands of both. The
President has turned loose the most pow
erfu weapon known to history and man
thought, He has made men think of
peace. lie has loosed the tongues of
peace. If the dove has not yet brought
back the olive branch Mount Ararat
nevertheless is near. The green above
the swollen waters can be sensed.
Let mems logic condemn or praise, as
the case may be, but from the great
heart of humanity and through its thin,
pale lips swings in deep volume, Thank
Cod"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23

Pittsburgh's teachers pension plan
Is described as probably the first finan-
eially sound public retirement system
ever evolved" 1t provides for retirement
at the age of sixtyfve years on a salary
OF $500. What else it provides for has
not been disclosed in the dispatches, but,
however sound the plan may be finan-
clally, school principals are not likely
to think it wholly Just to be put on the
shelf with the same monetary allowance
given to the lowest.grade class teacher.
Social justice" is about as important
as financial soundness in pension sys-
tenn.