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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

Derrigan lived in an old cottage,
which stood in a field near the high
road to Dublin. The foundation of
the house were lower than the road,
through which ran a great water
main. AS the living floor of the
house was raised on posts to make it
level with the highway, 1t left a large
celler underneath, where Derrigan
kept several hens. One day the
water main burst, flooded the cellar
and drowned the hens.
Derrigan Immediately put in a
claim for damages. After long
delay and much trouble, influential
friends assisted the old man to get
$40 in settlement on his claims.
That evening he saw Mrs. Cassidy,
his next door neighbor, sitting on her
back steps.
81 got me money from the district
council" he called to her.
Did yez, then, Mr.. Derrigan? It's
glad / am. How much did yez get?"
Two pounds"
GLORY be! An hev' yez the
money!"
II hev not, but had it."
what did yez do with it,"
Sure, / bought $40 worth Of
ducks wild it."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
CBy Associated Press.J


Washington, Dec. lion the eve
of the great Christmas membership
campaign of the American Red
Cross beginning today, Henry P.
Dawson, chairman of the society's
war council, issued this call:
ITO the 100000 members work.
ing Loyalty with us today-stand by
the colors.
ITO the 10000, 900 or 100000
members who will join us before
Christmas eve-fall in"
Mr.. Dawson who was called upon
by President Wilson to serve the
Red Cross after the country went
to war, told in his statement some
thing of what he had learned about
the organization and its wonderful
expansion to meet war conditions.
To-day the American Red Cross is
one Of the modern miracles" he said.
1T has accomplished the impossible
i'm it's national organization with
volunteer workers; in the junior Red
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
LADD SPEAKSAT
MTNOT TONIGHT

DIR. e. F. Ladd, president Of the
agricultural college and state food
administrator. left today for Minot,
N. D., and this evening will address
the merchants and the retailers there
on the federal license act as well as
answer questions which will be ask
ed as to the steps to be taken in
cooperating with the government in
its conservation policy. He will re-
turn Tuesday afternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

The British capture OF Jerusalem
was a severe check 10 Germany
dream of q middle Europe empire,
forever removing danger from the
Suez canal; British strategy put a
damper on the spread Of German
'tkuIturp in the south when 1t put
descendants OF Mohammed on the
thrones in Arabia and Egypt; and
the return of the Holy City to Chris
tlan hands will make 1t possible 10
gain great historical facts, were
points brought out by DIR. Wallace ~.
Stearns. professor of Biblical his
tory at Fargo college. in an address
before the mems mass meeting in
the Fargo Y. M. G. A. auditorium
Sunday afternoon. His subject was,
What the Capture of Jerusalem
Means to the World.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
NINETY-NINE
JOINED navy

Ninety-nine men enlisted in the
Fargo hesitation of the United
States navy during the first fifteen
days in December, or the period
when the new government draft
regulation was in effect.
According to Recruiting Officers
Alden and BENJAMIN, December
should be a banner month for that
particular branch OF the military
service. The largest number of en-
Iistments up to this date was in the
month of May. The number for that
month was 125.
Enlistments in the navy Saturday
afternoon follow:
Theodore Senness Of Makoti, N.
D.
E. D. Young OF Glover, S. d.
Thomas Pavlak of Makoti, N. d.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
Lodge Notices

The Modern Samaritans will meet in
regular session Tuesday evening, Dec.
Is. The election of officers will be
in order.
r. c. Doyon, secretary: Fargo
lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, will meet
in special business session In the
Moose hall on First avenue north at
8 o'clock Tuesday evening. Import
ant business is to be considered. A
smoker and social session follow.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

The teacher was trying TO impress
upon her class the necessity Of regu-
lating the sinful human heart, and
TO drive her point home she produc-
ed her watch.
Now. girls" she said. "you all see
this watch'-an assertion so OBJ
viously true that there was no dang
er OF contradiction. Now" she con-
tinued. '.just suppose for a moment
that IL did not keep correct time,
that I found Ct was willing to 60
any way but the right way what
should / do with it?"
There was the usual pause which
pupils indulge in because it hatters
the teacher by making her suppose
her problem is q very deep one, and
that her wisdom Isl therefore. pro-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
WILL PROTECT NEUTRALITY.
nv Associated PresS0

washington, Dec. 17.-In thank
ing the United States for the dec
laration to strictly observe the neu-
traIity of Switzerland. the Swiss con-
federation, in communication made
public today by the state depart
ment. declares it will maintain its
neutrality by its own forces and will
repel a violation of it's frontiers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
CASTOR MEANS
Is ACQUITTED
Found Not Guilty of Muir
i der of Mrs. Maude
A. King

Concord, N. c., Dec. 17.-Gaston b.
Means was acquitted here yesterday
Of the murder of Mrs. Maude A.
King, wealthy widow Of New York
and Chicago, whose business affairs
.be had handled. The case, on trial
for three weeks, went to the jury
Saturday night at o'clock and the
presiding judge having ruled that a
verdict might be rendered on Sun
day, the jurors sent word shortly
after . o'clock yesterday morning that
they were ready.
After the foreman OF the jury had
formally pronounced the verdict of
mot guilty, counsel for Means ask
ed the court IL 1t had any other
charges against their client. Judge
Cline replied that there was nons
and Means was given his freedom
for the first time since last Sep
-tember when he was arrested on
warrant, charging him with having
shot the woman, who was killed by
a pistol shot near here in August.
Means always asserted that she shot
herself accidentally.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
Land Transfers
warranty Deeds.

Louis Nydahl to Nels Ellison, lot
blk 5 Hector's ad; 81. .... .---
John Boyum and wife to Gilbert T.
Mark, W rs # lot blk IL Harwood's
End ad; $4,000.
Nels Ellison and wife to Burton
Rice, lot blk Harwood's ad; 81.
Burton Rice and wife to Nels Eli
son, lots IL and 1918 blk 3 Tyler
ad; 81.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish at this time to thank the
kind friends who assisted us during
the illness and death Of the beloved
wife, sister and daughter. Also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. John Hanson and family.
Harry Nolin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17
piseonsoIats.

y NTWWUTT0UTUTU1
You tell me that the world is fair,
3 That / am foolish to be sad.
But there is one who never more
viii sit beside me. as before.
And murmur things to make me
glad.
You tell me that my present care
Will vanish in little while,
But shall never more sit down
With one whose eyes are soft and
brown.
I Or be enchanted by her smile.
You tell me to renounce despair,
And try to find some new delight.
But she has scoTned my love, and I've
A clear remembrance of the five
paid for what she ate last night.
IS. =. Kiser in Dayton News.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

With fear and trembling he ap-
preached the doctor. Il know there's
something wrong with my heart,
doctor. have a feeling that I'm
not going to live very long:
Nonsense! Give up smoking"
Never smoked in my life, doc
tor"
Well, stop drinking"
Il am a total abstainer from alco-
holic drink"
We'll, try going to bed earlier;
get more sleep"
I'm always in bed by o'clock"
"Ch, well. all can say is, my dear
sir, that ] think you had better let
nature take its course. You're alto
gether too good for this world"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

Where have you been tonight?"
she asked bitterly, as he sauntered
in about II o'clock. WAS 1t business
again this EVENING""
He made no reply. but sat down to
the cold supper that was on the table.
"Ah, the difference in short
time!" she went on. IT have been
trying to solace myself tonight by
reading some of your love letters.
Here is one" holding il up. that
you wrote one month before we were
married; in this you say that you
feel as If you could eat me. oh, the
affection, the passionate love ex-
pressed by those words! 1t is one
month after marriage" she con-
tinued, beginning to weep pearly
tears, and sob like the throb of a
steamboat engine, only one month
after marriage, and now"
Il wish to goodness had!" mum
bled the unfeeling brute, with his
mouth full of ham.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

A schoolmaster had just finished
an instructive lesson on food when
little Basil raised his hand.
well, Basil. what is it?" ques-
toned the teacher.
please, sir, Billy Jenkins said he
knew a baby that was brought up
on elephants milk and 1t gained ten
pounds in weight every day." an
swered Basil.
BILLY ought not to tell such rub
bish." replied the master. Then: -
Tell me, Billy, whose baby was
brought up on elephants milk?
The elephants baby, sir!" hest
tatingly replied the boy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

found. Then a bright little girl held
up her hand.
please, miss" she said, you
would sell 1t to a friend!"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

The friend had dropped in to see
d'Auber the great animal painter.
put the finishing touches on his lat
est painting. He was mystified,
however, when d'Auber took some
raw meat and rubbed it vigorously
over the painted rabbit in the fore
ground.
why on earth do you do that?'
he asked.
well. you see" explained d'Auber,
Mrs. Millions is coming TO see this
picture today. When she sees her
pet poodle smell that rabbit and get
excited over It she'll buy 1t on the
spot"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

A camera man, working for the
educational department of film
company, met an old farmer coming
out of a house I'm the town where he
was working and explained his pres
ence in these words:
IT Just have been taking some
moving pictures of life out on your
farm"
Did you catch any Of my labor
ers in notion" asked the old man.
"Sure / did," replied the camera
man.
The farmer shook his head re-
fiectively. then said: Science is a
wonderful thing"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

For Quick Results Use The Forum
Want Ads.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

Babs' uncle met her in the street
one day and asked her whether she
was going out with a picnic party
from her school.
mo" replied the S-year-old niece.
II amt going"
MY DEAR" said the uncle. ''you
must say 1 am not going"
And he proceeded to give her a
little lesson in grammar.
You are not going. He Is not go
ing. We are not going. They are
not going. Now, can you say all
that?"
"Oh, yes" responded Babs heart
lily. There amt nobody going!"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

chief source Of delay in the army's
equipment. General Crozier says a
process of supplying our troops with
these guns necessarily will be slow,
and disappointing, although every ad-
vantage has been taken of the as
sistance secured from abroad"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09

the timber used as a slide or bar.
The team is hitched to the front
end of the slide. one or two men
get on, and the thing is ready to
follow the plow as the road is
plowed up.
Mr.. Outen says that if the
other sand hill fellows will come
over and see how easy it is and
how much good it does they
will all shape Up their roads.
He can't understand how people
could have lived so long buried
in the sand when it is so easy to
get out.
This method works on clav
roads also, for they shaped up a
very rough piece of road on Mr..
R. H. Mills clay farm in
just a short time. These men
are very enthusiastic over the
matter, and state that they ex
pect TO clay this road where it is
sandy before very long.
A little enthusiasm and a little
CO operative effort will build
good neighborhood roads in
any community, and do it on
wet days when no farm work
can be done. Talk with your
neighbor about improving the
road by your place and his.
Starting is half the battle.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09
Mails Will Be Used to Give
Lean Publicity

Washington, May THE un
faithomed possibilities of the
United States mails as a medium
of governmental publicity are to
be developed at once to bring
home to every person in the
country the need of subscribing
to the liberty loan"
Every letter of the many mil
lions that pass daily through
the mails soon is to bear
special cancellation stamp OF
striking design TO notify all
persons receiving mail that the
Nation is calling for contribu.
tions to the big bond issue.
Every letter box of the hundreds
of thousands in the country is to
be placarded with posters an
nouncing the loan and the need
for contributions. Every post
office is to display posters prom
inently. giving full information
as to the issue.
Every one of the sixty thods-
and vehicles operated by the
Postoffice Department. from the
one-horse buggy of the rural
free delivery carrier to the
powerful mail trucks in the
principal cities, is to proclaim in
large type from posters on its
sides that the liberty loan is
open to subscriptions and that it
IS the duty of every citizen who
can to subscribe. Every letter
carrier in every city is to have a
card to stick to his cap.
, More than that, every letter
carrier and every free delivery
carrier is to be bureau of
information as to the terms of
the issue.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09

1T is sin that we have lived
here IN the sand without roads
all our lives and pulled our
stock TO death when it IS SO easy
to build a road" said Mr.. H. l.
Outen Monday. II was surpris
ed TO know how easy it is 10
make ROAD" lie continued, "for
four mules and two or three
hands can do a surprising
amount of work in a few hours"
MIR. Outen, Mr.. r. H. Mills
and Mr.. G. w. Naples have Join
ed in with Mr.. ]. D. Hendrix
and sons to make good neigh
borhood road by their homes,
and they have made an excel
lent start. They have found
that hoes and shoveIs are of
little value in making a road,
being entirely too slow and re-
curing too much labor.
The method they use is sim.
pliclty itself, but it is effective.
They begin by going a couple
OF rounds with two horse blow
right in the middle OF the road
Then they follow this plow
with a drag drawn by two other
mules. They continue to plow
until the road is wide enough.
throwing the dirt to the middle
all the time, and the Job of
shaping the road is done and
done right. This leaves the
roadbed smooth and round and
the last burrows run are The
bitches. The drag they use is
made as follows: 2xS about &
teet long is used as a slide 10 run
straight in the furrow, and TO
the front end of this is nailed or
bolted a piece of the same ma.
ferial at an angle to push the
dirt TO the middle of the road
Ills wing may be four TO six
feet in length, and is braccd to
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09
Picked the Eyes Out

Mr.. M. Horne tells a very
amusing story about his first ex-
perience in planting Irish pota-
toes. He had recently married,
and one day his wife went
away to spend a day or two
He had prepared fine po,a,o
patch and was to plant it that
dIy. Before his wife left she
told him TO be sure TO cut all the
eyes" from the potatoes. His
knowledge Of the popular meth.
od cutting potatoes was limited,
and he did not exactly under
stand the instructions, but
thought he could get along all
right. When his wife returned
she asked about the potatoes and
il he found very many eyes on
them. He replied that there
were lots of them over the fence
where they were thrown after
he cut all of them out carefully.
Then it was that she gave him
information he would not soon
forget, and he promised TO buy
more potatoes to plant and to
give her fifty cents If she
wouldn't tell the nelghbors.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09
THE SCHOOL ELECTION

As may be seen in another
place in this issue an election
will be held in Pageland school
district on the 22nd of May.
The trustees have called this
election because they realized
the need. The school is crowd
ed and crippled for lack of funds.
The question to be decided is
whether or, not there shall be
an additional levy of two mills
for school purpose. In the district
there is property valued at
little less than two hundred thous-
and dollars. In round numbers
the amount raised by a two mill
levy would be four hundred
dollars. The State has been
giving the school five hundred
dollars. Mr.. Hand says this
will be increased to eight hun
dred and sixty dollars if this
additionallevy is voted. Ifit is not
voted the school will be unable
to meet the requirements of the
State for high school, and will
probably loose the five hundred
it has received heretofore. To
vote tax of four hundred dol
lars on us means, therefore. that
the school will be given at least
three hundred and sixty dollars
more money from the State,
thus making seven hundred and
fifty more than at present. On
the other hand. if we fail to vote
this extra levy we will probably
loose the five hundred we now
get from the State, which would
make the total difference twelve
hundred and fifty dollars. Looks
as if it would be good business
to spend four hundred and see
fifty, doeSen't it?
The two mills on property
listed at one hundred dollars
amounts to twenty cents. If a
man has enough property to in
crease his tax very much he is
able to pay the tax. So there
now.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09

to carry his best girl out of
flooded stream on his back.
They had started to Philade.-
phia church but found Waxhaw
branch in Lanes Creek township
too full to cross. They did not
care to 90 back home, so they
went around and up the branch
to the next ford which was
wider and shallower. A small
tree stood on the bank of the
branch and right on the lower
side of the road. The water
pushed the buggy downstream
far enough as they crossed to
hook the front wheel against
this tree, and there they were in
the middle of the swollen stream
fast against the tree. They didn't
care to stay until the next day
waiting for the stream to subside,
so out went the gallant swain in
to the water. He carried the
young lady back to shore and
sent her to a nearby house to dry.
When she had gone and few
male spectators had arrived he
cast off all useless garments and
went for that buggy in the garb
furnished by mother nature plus
a hat. After a faithful effort
the buggy was landed safely.
Each did a more or less thor
ough job of garment wringing
and in a short while they
were on their way home,
happy, perhaps, but not very
daintily clad.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09
Card of Thanks

During our illness with
measles the people of our com
munity have been very kind and
helpful and we feel it a duty to
express to them as best we may
the gratitude of Our hearts for
their service. We thank each
one.
F. B. Funderburk and Family.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09
=. Fair Notice -.

To all who are in need of flour Better buy now
while you can get it and before it goes higher. |
have piece Of Car on hand that am selling
under the market, selling it for $500 per sack.
Have another that will be here shortly that
can sell for the same price,
A little on hand that am selling for $I9O
per bushe. Mill feed Early Amber and Early
Orange Cane Seed, few bushels of 100 day Vel
vet beans. Also some Dwarf Essex rape seed.
II pounds fine Granuaed Sugar $lO0 ID pounds Best
Green Coffee $00 IL pounds Green Coffee $lOO II
pounds Roasted Coffee 100.
Plenty of "a in. Terra Gotta piping hand now
Coffins Caskes and Funeral supplies hand all the time
Just received barrel of Apple Vinegar going 35c
per gallon.
Various other things that Sell you if you will only
come around and let me make you prices.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09

Stuff you needn't read unless you
care TO. It's mostly nonsense.

Potato bugs are giving some
of us trouble, but one promi
nent Pageland citizen says he
has not been troubled at all with
these pests since he picked them
off on Sunday a few weeks ago.
The writer saw him doing the
bugging act on the SABBATH day,
but can not say of his own
knowledge whether or not this
is the long sought antidote for
the potato bug,
Mr.. L. G.. Watford saws he is
the only one of the committee
named last week to formulate
plans for perfecting the argufy-
ers association here who seems
willing to take any action. He
says DR.. Moore has been attend
ing the sick most of the time
making melon crates and Mr.. ].
R. Cato is playing his Claxto-
nola. He suggests that other
names be added to the commit
tee, and thinks Mr.. B. G.. Or
burn would be valuable ad.
dition to the force as he is a
man of few words but a splen
did listener. Upon further en-
quiry, however, we find that an
informal meeting has been held,
and that certain recommenda.
tions and suggestions are soon
to be made by this committee.
1t was further learned that the
committee thinks all informa
tion and suggestions to the gov.
ernment should be given free as
a patriotic duty.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09
Toted His Girl Out

Zcb Green's undressed ex
perlence in Gourdvine creek
with a mule reminds us of the
time a Union county youth had
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-05-09

u. S. Ships Sunk Since Febru-
ary l
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-27
OUTLINES RED CROSS
WORK; ITS OBJECTS
Henry W:Meyers, Vice-Chair-
man, Pleased with Intense
Interest Shown

In an interview with Henry w. Mey-
ers, vicechairman of Willamette chap
ter National American Red Cross So
cety, he expressed himself on behalf
of the local chapter as being well
pleased with the interest manifested in
the great work undertaken by the or
ganization. He indicated also the neces
sity Of cooperation and harmony in ear
rying out the work. From his view
point, it is necessary to open a cam
paign of education, outlining the reas-
ons for an organization of this char
acter.
AS so many DO not grasp the import
ance of the many phases of the work,
Mr.. Meyers outlined the Red Cross work
as follows:
First-In case of local disaster.
Seeond-In case of national disaster.
Third--In case Of disaster elsewhere.
Fourth-Relief for wounded and non.
combatants on both sides Of any war.
Fifth-To assist In equipping base
hospitals for the army and navy.
Sixth--To make surgical dressings
and hospital garments.
Seventh-To care for the families 0t
soldiers that need assistance during the
time Of mobilization or in war time.
Eighth-To mobilize local resources
so that in case Of disaster, the relief
may be immediate and efficient.
Ninth-To educate the public in frs
aid, home care Of the sick, dietetics and