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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The New York World: Winston
Spencer Churchill speaks for perhaps
a majority of British blue-water ex-
perts in urging a naval offensive.
With the United States, the entente
has such a preponderance of big
ships that 1t might we'll risk some Of
the older ones in such an attempt on
the German navy as must appeal 70
seamen. Perhaps the time has come
to dig the Germans out like rats
as Mr.. Churchill once said in a
much criticised statement.
Rear Admiral Fiske, u. s. N, shows
that reprisals on German cities for
afraid murders in England will
have little value. and must over
come the disadvantage in distance.
Such activities are not, in any event,
for American aviators. But hydro
plane attack on the bases of the
German fleet may be undertaken with
advantage as to distance, since the
entente commands the sea and can
establish floating bases. Nothing
could so quickly end the submarine
menace as repeated smashing UP Of
the fleet in it's harbors. For that,
airplancs, and airplanes, and more
airplanes are necessary; and We are
building them.
tack when possible. The entente Is
attacking on land, at last with SUBJ
stantial results. Its immense fleets
are fairly Juggling at their anchor
ages to get at the enemy. Unless, as
Mr.. Churchill hints, the naval pow
ers wish the submarine to demon
strate the futility OF fleets, they
should attack the German navy on
the surface, and underwater, and in
the air above, in overwhelming
strength.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
MUST add 20 PER CENT
TO ASSESSED VALUATION
County Auditors and Commissioners
In State Dread Meetings As
Boards of Equalization.

Bismarck, N. D., July County
auditors and county commissioners
are looking forward with some dread
to their July meetings as county
boards of equalization, for at this
time under an act Of the last legis-
lature they must increase 20 per cent
the assessed valuation Of all farm
lands, city lots, and other real prop
erty in the state. Such property,
heretofore, has been assessed at rs
per cent of its actual value. Last
fan the legislature, in an effort to ap-
proach one step further toward single
tax, adopted new classification
which increases the assessed valua-
ton of real property to 80 per cent
of the actual value; reduces improve
ments on farms and city lots, live
stock, agricultural machinery. ETC.,
from 20 per cent to 20 per cent of the
actual value, and household goods,
furniture, wearing apparel, stocks.
bonds, moneys and credits to per
cent.
The state auditor has notified
county boards that in making the
new equalization they must antici-
pate tax needs for two years, as it
will be impossible to assess real es-
tate again until 1918. He calls at
tention to the fact that many towns
and villages have a low assessment
of real property and a comparatively
high Assessment on personal prop
erty, and that these towns and vil-
lagos, IL they expect to have money
to supply their needs during the en-
suing bienniunl, must reverse their
previous practice.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02

With Company B still far from the
desired war strength, there is little
hope of Fargo contributing a COM
pany to the new regiment of Ma
tional Guard. Fargo. with two COM
panies, would be doing less than
some Of the smaller cities with but
one. but the first task is to give
Company B a full roster.
A German press bureau, located
in Berne, Switzerland, is feeding
German newspapers material like
this: For the present, America will
be satisfied with an army of 100000,
but If no change Of method takes
place, it will be many years, perhaps
a generation before 100000 men are
drummed together.
And again: THE Liberty Loan
Immediately dropped below it's
emission price, and the next Am
erican loan must be foated at
much higher rate of interest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
FEAR WOMAN IS
LEPER;, CHARGE
BOARD Is SLOW
School Directors in Kidder
County Demand Imme-
date Investigation

Steele, ". D., July "A sensation
developed at the Kidder county
school officers meeting here when a
committee OF school directors pre-
scented a signed communication de-
claring that the state board Of health
for more than a year had ignored
efforts made to procure ans investi-
cation OF an alleged case OF leprosy
from which young woman who has
been living near Crystal Springs,
was thought to pc suffering. A MEM
Der of the same household has been
attending public schools during this
period.
As a result of resolutions adopted
by the school officers, F. G.. East
wood, states attorney, addressed y
communication to the attorney gem
eral, in which he stated that DR.. j.
d. Fuller, county physician, had
diagnosed the disease as leprosy sew
eral months ago and had so reported
1t to the state board. There are six
or seven members in the family with
which the young woman resides. They
live in small house and il the dis
ease Is leprosy every member IL
bound to have been exposed. They
go to the stores, hotel, postofflce, to
the residences OF friends: come and
go on the railroad trains, writes the
states attorney, who suggests that IL
the state board is unable to cope
with this situation, 1t be reported TO
proper federal authorities.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
SLOPE DISTRICT
NEEDS MOISTURE
Crop Situation Not in Very
Good Condition Because
of Lack of Rainfall

Mandan, N. D., July 2.-Rain, and
more rain is needed in most sections
of western North Dakota, IL the Slope
farmers are to do their share by
Uncle Sammy in aiding to I'LL the
mouths of the world.
Crop reports based on investiga-
ton in various sections indicate that
yields will vary greatly. in many
places on adjoining farms. The late
spring set back seeding for several
weeks and widely scattered rains
have tended to decrease yields.
In the immediate vicinity of Man
dan, crops would still produce ex-
cellent yields IL rain comes within a
day or SO and hot winds do not
develop. Eight to fifteen miles south
Of the city and the same distance
north, farmers have superb stands of
grain.
Center and Olive county report the
finest crops in ten years. This Sec
ton seems to have been especially
favored with rain. Cannon Ball.
Fort Yates, and Shields in Sioux
county also report fine rains. las
much as we need and more" is the
general report. Grain in Sioux coun-
ty Is heading out.
Grant county officials at Carson
report the same condition. A large
acreage of winter rye could not be
better, while wheat, oats and all 9TH
er cereals will produce, big returns.
Hettinger county has had almost
as much rain as Grant, while in the
extreme southwestern section of the
state precipitation has been small,
Crop experts here today declared
that the general crop will average
slightly lower than the past five years
but nevertheless the tremendously
increased acreage in wheat and
grains of all kinds, will produce 3
large aggregate for the slope than
ever before.
Flax in all sections appears to be
thriving.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
IN FULL-GRoWN GAR
MENTS.

The Fargo Forum makes its
bow to its readers this evening
as a full-grown, standard size
American newspaper. For many
years The Forum has had the
largest page Of any paper pub
lished in the northwest. Today
it steps into the full metropoli-
tan atmosphere of a modern
newspaper by increasing the
size of its page to eight columns
instead of seven.
The American Newspaper
Publishers association is an or.
ganization composed of about
325 of the leading daily news
papers of the United States and
Canada. For several years it has
been working in conjunction
with the largest national adver-
.tisers in an effort to arrive at
standard width of newspaper
page that would be to the uni
versal advantage of the reader,
the advertiser. the paper manu-.
facturer and the publisher. The
eight column page was adopted,
and the leading newspapers of
the country have already
standardized" and others are
doing so as rapidly as new equip
ment can be installed to permit
the improvement.
There are many substantial
reasons for making such a
change and they will be readily
apparent to the reader. The
featuring of news and advertis-
ing can be increased in proper
ton to the size of the page. Few
er "turn-overs" on news stories,
more "tops" for advertising
display, an opportunity, in time,
to buy standard width rolls of
paper out of stock instead of
waiting, as at present, until it
can be made up by the mill:
these, briefly, are some of the
advantages.
The Forum takes a modest
pride in being the first news
paper in North Dakota to bring
its equipment and its appearance
up-to-date. 1t realizes, also, that
it is not the size of a paper alone
that makes it valuable or inter-
esting to the reader, but in the
last analysis it must be judged
by what it contains. It will be
our earnest endeavor to make
the contents of the paper
worthy of its metropolitan APP
pearance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
EXCESS PROFITS coNscRIPrEp.

Excess profits resulting from the
war, big incomes, and liquor and to-
bacco. will bear the burden of war
taxation. .....
The senate committee took much
longer to consider the war tax bill
than the house did, but it appears
to have made a much better job of it.
1t has shifted the burden where it
belongs, to luxuries, big incomes,
and profits made from the war.
There may be details of the bill that
will work minor injustices, but the
principle on which it is built. is
sound.
Transcription of incomes" a term
which originated with an eastern
economist last year.. has struck
popular note throughout the coun-
Try. The plan of conseripting men
is democratic one. Rich and poor
alike have been conscripted. The
idea was to take those best fitted for
service. The same plan has been
adopted in conscripting wealth. The
big incomes which leave surplus
over living costs, have been taken.
The burden on the small incomes has
been lightened. Rich and poor will
be placed more nearly on an equal
footing, in paying their just share.
They give their lives equally.
AS the tax bill now stands. 1t will
raise a total of about 81, 1851. 600, 900.
OF this about one-third will come
from excess profits resulting from
the war. Average profits Of firms.
corporations and individuals for
times of peace will be computed, and
the tax win be based on the differ
enee between that figure. and the
profits since war began.
Another third will come from i'm
comes. and the rate of taxation in
creases in proportion to the income.
Those with incomes Of $4,000 pay a
much smaller percentage than those
with incomes Of $4,000.
The exempted income has been
lowered to $1,000 for single
persons and $4,000 for married. The
tax on incomes will be per cent on
sums in excess of this amount. up to
$1,000. The surtaxes on incomes
above $4,000 win be from to 80 per
cent. An income of $500 would
therefore pay per cent on $4,000
and 3 per cent on $500. provided the
man were married
OF the remaining third. a large
percentage viii come from liquor and
tobacco.
Publishers win carry at least their
fair SHAKE Of the burden. Profits Of
more than $4,000 viii pay a per
cent tax. and the postage rates have
also been raised. but not to the ex-
tent that was at first proposed.
The increased tax viii be burden
d many newspapers. but it stops
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
WHIP LEADER TO STOP
OPERATIONS OF BEAVER
Colony of Big Fellows in Itasea State
Park Dam Up Stream Stopping
Water Supply of Lodge.

The colony of beaver in the Itasca
State Park is protected under the
Minnesota laws; but the animals
have become so industrious that their
activities have made it necessary to
chastise the leader.
Recent visitors at the park say the
beaver not content with damming up
the stream that runs from St. Mary's
lake, near Douglas lodge, they re-
Gently extended their operations and
began damming UP the stream from
which the lodge gets its water supply.
This dam was torn out several times.
but they get busy each night and
build 1t up again. Finally. man was
stationed near by, and when the beav-
'ers appeared, he rushed forward with
a whip and went after the leader
hard. Since then they have not had
so much trouble. The beavers are
big fellows, some Of them Weighing
up to rs pounds. They work only
at night.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02

ed-on the campuses Of half dozen
universities. Such sites were chosen
with the idea that the college atmos-
phere would be On ideal environment
for the large number of youths COM
ing from home surroundings and
needing the guidance Of mature men,
used to college discipline The uni
versities of Texas, California, Ohio,
Illinois, Cornell and the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology were
first selected for this preliminary
work, and since then Princeton and
the Georgia School Of Technology
have been added.
In the meantime officer aviators-
one to each college-had been called
from their various flying stations
and appointed to the position of
commandant over the ground schools.
One such commandant is now in
charge over the training at the eight
colleges above mentioned.
At the present date there are some
thing like 500 students at the various
ground schools. Men are being dele
gated to the work in the right col
leges at the rate of 20 a week for each
school, or about 200 a week. After
Aug. 20 the government expects to
graduate students into the advanced
flying fields at the rate of 200 per
week. The number to have been put
into active flying by Sept. has
been set at 1,408, but the total will
probably be less. due to the weed
ing-out process which is going on
continually.
The matter of our six flying camps
which will grow to a total of "a
before the end of next year-is an
other story. The government wants
aviators and yet more aviators. The
places where applicants are taken
follow:
The Signal Corps, War Depart
ment, Washington. d. G.
The Mineola Field, Mineola, L. I.
The Essington Flying Field, Es-
Pa.
Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio,
Tex.
North Brothers Island, San Diego,
Cal.
Signal officer, Central Department,
Chicago. Ill.
Fort Omaha. Omaha. Nebr.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
.OLSNESS TO give WIND
POWER PLANT" A TRIAL
Commissioner of Insurance Vista
Farm With Plant Near Cleveland,
and Is Impressed.

Cleveland, N. D.. July 2.-That "it's
an i'll wind which blows no one
good" is being proven again by the
Wind Electric Co., which has had
one Of it's plants in operation here
for number of years. The plant
generates it's juice by use Of ten
foot windmill. Storage capacity for
six days is provided, and in the ex-
perience of the local enterprise, COW
ering year, no six days have passed
without sufficient wind to generate
more than enough power needed.
The plant here operates a large farm,
a village smithy, creamery and other
establishments. Joseph Manikowske,
OF Wyndmere, barely out of his teens,
is the inventor.
The enterprise was visited last
week by Commissioner of Insurance
o. s. Olness, who has concluded to
give one of the plants a trial on his
big farm near Sheyenne.
The commissioner walked into
North Dakota, not a great many
years ago and found employment as
section hand. His farm, the secre-
taryship of a thriving mutual insur-
ance company, and the state COM
missionership are among the good
things North Dakota has brought
him
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
TIPPERARY COMES TO BAeDAD
Rv Theda KENYON.

by InSua hSHyOu.
oh, they shook their magic carpet,
an they made 'ellish dust,
An their Shiny lamentations, an their
crystal globes went bust,
An they sang their bloomin' chan
ties. an they banged their foolish
bells, ~
But we sawed we would get there,
spite o. all their cranky ellis!
So we up wi "Tipperary," an we
pounded 'em like grain,
An tn dust was like a blanket
thought I'd never see again;
An / kinder did regret it, for I'd
fixed my mind t see
That land o. silly 'arems, and queer
kings, thet lived t spree!
Well, when we got inside it. I'd a
never knowed it! Say
Just a low-down, dirty 'amlet. where
no Britisher'd stay!
An / wonder, wi their magic, II
they'd changed it-d'ye see?
For / know this amt the Bagdad
where OF Haroun USE t. be!
-Everybody's for July.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
Do You Know
on Timely Topics
Compiled by The Forum.

Do you know anything about the
system Uncle Sam has adopted for
raising and training a vast army of
aviators?
The government, through the SER
vices OF the Signal corps, Of which
Gen. Souier is the chief. is going at
1t on an enormous scale TO teach the
young idea how TO fly.
About the first of May last Prof.
Hiram Bingham, Of Yale. was offered
a commission Of major in the Signal
corps. He accepted the offer. Mai.
Bingham's special work was to or
ganfze and conduct the first schools
Of student ayiators and to teach the
freshman classes, BY intensive meth
DDS, the theory Of flying and air
fighting.
At that time it was decided to To-
cate the ground schools"-as these
hrst- instruction institutions are CALI
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
JOHN STILL LIVES.

Our good old friend Personal
Liberty" backed by President VIII
sons fears that total prohibition
would endanger the food control
bills which he considers absolutely
essential, and strengthened by the
powerful interests behind beer and
light wines" has given John Barley
corn a short lease of life.
The patient appeared to be on his
deathbed, but his wonderful consti-
tuition pulled him through another
crisis. The death rattle was heard
in his throat for day or two. but he
will probably survive the crisis, al
though he never will be the same
man again.
Personal liberty" is the last
refuge of the opponents of prohibit
ton. When all else fails. those who
are in the sorry business of present
ing the brief for John Barleycorn,
take refuge in the plea of personal
liberty. They picture the next step,
which will be the elimination Of to-
bacco and amusements, and the CEN
sorship of reading matter, clothing
and holidays.
1.-THE peoples right to live their
own orderly lives is insisted on by
The New York World. That's it ex-
actly. We want the right to lead
our orderly lives without having our
wives and daughters insulted by
drunken men; by paying to support
these drunkards in Jail; by seeing
criminals manufactured to prey up
on our lives and property. And we
want the grain they waste, for food.
On President Wilson's stand, moth
ing can be said until his personal
views are made clearer. 1t was per-
haps good politics. He has better
information on that than anyone
else. Elimination of the total prohi-
bition clause may have been neces-
sary to save the food bills.
The guilt of beer and light wines
differs only in degree. Beer, by re-
ducing it's alcoholic content to about
2 per cent instead of per cent, can
be made almost NOTWITHSTANDING.
The man who would get drunk on
per cent beer. needs both capacity
and persistence.
Meanwhile the dry ring around
North Dakota is being riveted. South
Dakota is dry; Montana will go dry
in December; and the tier of Min
nesota counties adjoining this state
is dry. Intoxicants cannot legally
be brought into the state, even ION
the hip" and for personal consump-
ton. Duluth was added to the dry"
list Saturday. There is just one
way to get it now-go to the twin
cities and bring it back under the
belt". 1t isn't worth it. Vive ice
cream soda!
The American "madman". Langley
who invented the airplane, may get
tardy recognition. 1t has been
suggested that the name "Langleys"
be applied to the modern airplanes.
An amended suggestion is that they
be called "Langwrights" to give a
measure OF credit to the two Am
orleans who perfected the invention.
Approximately $1s0.000,00O a year
is the sum that will be saved the
coal consumers of the country by the
agreement with the coal producers.
In the light Of these figures. the food
spectators seem like mere petty
thieves. Nor Is there any reason TO
believe that the point where It
hurts" has yet been reached in the
giving up process.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
Regan Has Mystery;
who Is Getting Milk
From Wilkinson's Cow?

Regan, N. D., July 2.--A real Conan
Doyle mystery is depriying Began
SON has g. thoroughly normal COW,
which he pastures near town and
rnillxa twice daily For the last ten
davs he has gone through the mo-
fions. but obtained no milk.
Confident some friend or enemy
was getting his milk. he left town
and arranged to have the pasture
closely watched during his absence.
The guard remained on duty for 4s
hours. during which time no one app
preached the COW, and at the end Of
that period she was found dry.
Now there are being revived all the
stories OF bull snakes. king snakes
and tango lizards that ever have had
currency ~ the cow country.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02

short Of conhscation of the business.
and there will be few who will not
pay it willingly. Take our profits If
you need them, but leave us our
business" has been the attitude Of
30 per cent of publishers. and Of 80
per cent of other business men in
America also.
While copies of the bill as it now
stands are not yet available, it seems
that no business will be taxed out
of existence. and in this respect at
least, the senate has greatly i'm
proved the house measure.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
HOLD LITTLE HOPE
Injuries Received by Mrs. Julia Sando
of Grafton in Fall Fail to Knit.

Grafton, N. D.. July 2.--Physicians
hold little hope for the recovery of
Mrs. Julia Sando, 81 years, who sus-
tanned bad injuries in a fall on June
9, in which she suffered a fracture of
the right leg between the knee and
hip. Because of her advanced age, the
injuries will not knit.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
NORRIS TO TALK
Premier Of Manitoba Speaker al
Community Picnic. July Z.

East Grand Forks, Mimi, July g.
Premier T.. L. Norris, Of Manitoba,
will be the principal speaker at the
Polk county community picnic,
which viii be held near here. July 4.
Every farmer in western Polk county
has been invited to attend the picnic,
and an unusually large crowd Is an
ticipated.
The East Grand Forks Commercial
club, the Mallory Farmers club, the
Key West Farmers club and the
East Grand Forks Farm Boys club
are cooperating in the picnic ar
rangemeTts. An elaborate program
OF sports IL 70 be given.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
TWO INJURED
Machine Driven by Frank Garrison OF
Bisbee Crashes Into Another Car.

Bisbee N. D., July 2.--George Killer
suffered injuries about the head and
face, and John Irmen escaped with
slight injuries to the body when an
auto driven by Frank Garrison crash
ed into the Killer machine, sending 1t
into a ditch. The injured men were
being critical. The accident happened
when Garrison attempted to pass
Killer
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02

sen entering the hut. For a second
the two men faced each other; then
the Russian sprang upon the Ger
man and flung him to the ground
his fingers sinking into the throat
with an u7relaxing grip.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-02
NV pRAINAoE PRoJEcT.

NuUHty NoHtHilsoiuHUFb utD 2 90 m
Favor of Ditch.
Breckenridge, Mimi. July 2.--Coun-
ty commissioners of WillSin county
by vote OF 4 to / went on record in
favor of the establishment Of pros
posed ditch No. 81 which will in
volve the expenditure OF a consider
able sum of money, and will be the
largest ditch In this section of the
tendance to register vigorous kick