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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
rying to support a family in the face

trying to support a family in the face
of rising costs.
The problem ranks with the war
itself as the most important one be-
fore the American people.
What is the remedy? Like the
submarine problem, it won't yield
readily to any fixed formula. Many
methods will have to be used to get
results. Absolute frankness and.
truthfulness on the part of advertis-a
ers, who will take the public into
their confidence on the price question
would help. Local food and fuel ad-
ministrators can help by setting
what they deem fair prices. In
telligent shopping will help. The
shopper who studies the advertise
ments and informs herself on the
subject of prices. will be better pre-
pared to combat any attempt to
charge unfair profits.
Eliminating any unnecessary
overhead" like delivery costs will
help. Putting business on a cash
basis and giving cash customers the
benefit OF the elimination of bad ac-
counts will help. The restoration Of
the penny to active circulation and
not hesitating to fix odd prices, win
help. Food conservation will help
The organization of a housewives
league that would cooperate in sub
shutting for certain foods that are
temporarily scarce. and would keep
in touch with market conditions i'll
other cities would help.
The cost of living is not going to
be cut in two at one sweeping stroke,
by a proclamation of the govern
ment. 1t will not yield to blind fury
against producers, wholesalers or re-
taiIers. Like the submarine prob
lem, it calls for patience, persistence,
energy, and constant watchfulness.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
PATENTS WITHHELD
BECAUSE OF The war
Applications increase But Govern
ment Fears To Give lnforma-
ton To Enemy
tBy Associated Press.)

Washington, Oct. 31.-War has
caused an anomalous situation in the
patent office, where the number OF
applications for patents or war de-
vices increases daily and the fear of
giving valuable information to the
enemy Is causing the Withholding OF
patent rights to scores Of inventions,
Patents Commissioner Newton an
nounced yesterday that the bureau
within the last few weeks has re-
fused patents to about sixty war in
ventions. Inventors thus deprived Of
paten rights may offer their devices
to the government and sue after the
war for compensation.
Nearly 200 applications for patents
from German citizens also are pend
ing. Commissioner Newton is post
poning action until he can learn
whether Germany is granting reci-
procal rights under an act extending
for nine months the time in which
foreign applicants for patents must
apply in the United States, normally
one year from the issuance Of a pat
emit in the foreign country.
Regulations under which articles
patented in this country by enemy
aliens may be manufactured by AM
.erican producers were issued yester-
day by the federal commission under
authority conferred by the trading
with the enemy act.
Licenses will be issued for the life
of the patent and not merely for the
duration Of the war, but exclusive
licenses will not be granted to indf-
vidual firms. The new regulations
affect approximately 10000 patents,
including many of paramount value
to American industries.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31

that the county commissioner
take immediate action, for the
reason that there In q quantity Of
good seed wheat now in the
county, OF a much better quality
than that which might have TO
be shipped in here when spring
comes. This good seed is fast
finding its way TO market and
within q short time, all will be
gone. We are not in q position
to state what attitude the coun.
~ commissioner are taking on
the proposed bond issue, but
something must be done and
that hurriedly. II our needy
farmers are to be expected to
sow wheat for 1918 steps should
be taken to care for those who
will have to be furnished with
seed. The bankers Of the coun.
ty are better posted than most
OF us as to the amount that will
be needed and the county COM
missioners will be needing a very
needy problem IL they will listen
and act with favor on this pro-
posed bond issue and do 1t with
out delay.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
CONSTIPATION CAUSES
OBSTINATE HEADACHES

i When your head aches you
will usually find the bowels have
been inactive, and If you relieve
this condition, by clearing the
intestinal organs of the ferment-
ing congestion of stomach
waste, foul gases and bile, the
head Is relieved Immediately.
Remember this the next time
YOU suffer from headache. The
combination of simple laxative
herbs with pepsin soidfby drug
gists under the name of DR..
Caldwelps Syrup Pepsin, is high-
Iy recommended as a gentle LAKE
alive that acts easily and quick
ly, without gripping or disconl-
fort. It contains no opiate, mar
cotic, or habit-forming drug, il
pleasant to the taste, and most
effective household remedy
| Mothers find it especially desire
able as a laxative for children.
You can buy DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin from your Drug
! gist for fifty cents. Get a bot
tie and have it in the house when
needed. A trial bottle, free OF
charge, can be obtained by writ
ing to DR.. w. B. Caldwell, $50
Washington ST., Monticello, IHi-
nois.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
CHILDREN HATE
PILLS, CALOMEL
and CASTOR OIL
IF Cross, Feverish, Consti-
pated, Give California
Syrup of Figs"

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insist
ed on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form
Of physic simply don't realize what
they do. The children's revolt is
well-founded. Their tender little
"insides" are injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only de-
licious California Syrup of Figs.
It's action is positive, but gentle.
Millions of mothers keep this harm
less fruit laxative" handy; they
know children love to take it.; that Il
never fails to clean the liver and
bowels and sweeten the stomach. and
that teaspoonful given today saves
a sick child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for a bottle OF
California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. child
rem Of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on each bottle. Beware Of
counterfeits sold here. See that it is
made by california Fig Syrup Com
pany". Refuse any other kind with
contempt.-Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
RuddyC Cheeks Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says Dr.. Edwards, a Well-Known
s.. Ohio Physician

Dr.F.M. Edwards for 17yearsSreated
scores of women for liver and bowel all.
ments. During these years he gave to
his patients prescription made of
few well-knowtl vegetable ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. You will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder.worlers on
the liver and bowels which cause a
normal action, carrying off the waste
and poisonous matter in ones system.
II you have pale face, sallow look,
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches q Nstless, no-good feeling, all out
of sorts. inactive bowels, you take one OF
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for
q time and note the pleasing results,
Thousands of women as well as men
take Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the
successful substitute for calomel-now
and then just tokeepin thepink ofcondi.
ton. 10c and Csc per box. All druggists
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
THE ART OF THE DEMAeoeUE.

Morris HiIlquit, who is the Social
list candidate for mayor of New
York, and who refused to buy Lib
erty bonds because he would not do
anything to advance the war;, is a
stakeholder in a retail coal company,
which, to use the pet phrase of the
Socialists, is "fattening on the poor.
1t is no disgrace to own stock in a
coal company. But the demagoguery
of a man who, owning such stock,
willltry to ride into public Office by
abusing men for doing what he
secretly does himself, is sickening.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
In The Open Forum
a Column Devoted to the Task OF
Keeping Up With North Da~
kota Editors.

Miss K. L. satterlund. manager Of
The Washburn Leader, has dared
take a step that has been contem-
plated by many a publisher in North
Dakota, but ner brothers in the
FOURTH Estate have lacked the nerve
that Miss Satterlund showed in
publishing the following notices
After Nov. ], 1917, the price
Of The Leader viii be 50 per
year. This is the price to all new
subscribers and viii be the price
to old subscribers If their sub-
scription is not paid in advance
before Nov. Is.
We held of raising the price
as long as we possibly could, but
found we could not make ends
meet
The postage on all letters will
be raised to three cents after the
first OF November DO not ask
us 10 send out another notice to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
JUsTIFYINe THE SMOKES.

Colonel" asked, what do
your men need most to make
them comfortable and happy?
Tobacco" he replied promptly.
After that literature. l don't
necessarily mean Darwin's
Descent Of Man, though a copy
or so of that might not come
amiss; but the current weeklies
and magazines and newspapers
what the home folks are talk
ing about.
The foregoing conversation was re-
ported by a writer for popular
weekly magazine. who interviewed a
colonel of marines in France.
The Forum presents it in justih.
cation Of it's tobacco fund, and also
as reminder to readers to put a
postage stamp on magazines and
newspapers that have been read, and
forward them to the soldiers.
II further justification for the to.
bacco fund is needed, it is found in
the following excerpt from The Medi.
cal Journal, which has answered the
few critics of the plan to send smokes
to the soldiers. 1t says:
Some of the clergymen of Los
Angeles object to the distribution Of
tobacco among the soldiers. While
the grounds for this objection ard
not stated in the newspaper reports
they can easily be inferred. The in
tense nervous strain imposed by the
conditions at the front in the present
war requires that everything possible
should be done to allay nervous ir-
ritation.
"Amusements for the men when
relieved from duty at the immediate
front are recognized as an important
factor in preventing neurosis. Many
of the men in the army are confirmed
smokers and to deny. these men to-
bacco is to induce degree of ner-
vous irritation which will materially
initiate against their efficiency.
1T would be the height Ut folly
both from a medical and a military
standpoint, to deny tobacco to the
men at the front. Much to their
credit, the women Of Los Angeles who
are prominent in relief work, practi-
cally unanimously favor providing
tobacco along with other comforts
for men at the 'front.'.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
"A QUIET SECTOR.

The first American troops in the
trenches are in a nice quiet sector"
Of the line. we are told.
Just what constitutes a quiet
sector?
Shells arc being. pumped steadily
into the German lines by the AM
erican gunners. and shells are drop
ping in the American trenches.
The attitude Of mind that sees In
this a quiet sector recalls the cartoon
in an English comic weekly, depict
ing two sTommiest in a trench with
shells bursting on every side Of them.
one Is saying to the other; SAY
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

One Fargo stenographer announc-
ed triumphantly this week, that she
had laid in stock of postage stamps
because she had heard they were go
ing up after Nov. 2.
1t might be we'll to recall that after
that date letters will call for three
cents in postage. and postcards, two
cents.
And unfortunately the little ruse
of the stenographer will be futile.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
MokENZIE HoME ouARp.

Mckenzie, m. D.. Oct. 81. Me-
Kenzie claims the honor OF being the
smallest village in NoTsh Dakota to
have a home guard. The local COM
pany Is officered by s. r.. Day, cap
tain; w, L. Wilton, first lieutenant.
and r.. j. Fairchild, second lieuten-
ant. Gerhard MaEnus, who served
three years In the regular army, is
acting as drill master.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31

pepsia. A little Diapepsfri occasion
ally keeps the stomach sweetened
and they eat their fayorite foods
without fear.
Ii your stomach doesn't take care
OF your liberal limit without rebel
lion; IL your food is a damage instead
OF help, remember the quickest
Diapepsin, which costs only Atty
cents for a large case at drug stores
It's truly wonderful-it stops fernten-
tation and aeidity and sets things
straight. Sd gently and easily khat II
rs really astonishing, Advk
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31

Wonder what upset your stomach
which portion OF food did the dam
age-do you? Well. don't bother. II
your stomach Is in a revolt; il sick
gassy and upset, and what you just
ate has fermented and turned sour.
head dizzy and aches; belch gases
and acids and eructate undigested
food. breath foul, tongue coated
just take a little Pape's Diapepsin to
help neutralize acidity and tn five
minutes you wonder what became OF
the Indigestion and distress.
Millions OF men and women today
know that il Is needless O. have dya-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
Refuses $50, 900
Legacy TO Remain
In American Army
fRn AnaooIatad Prena.N

Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, Oct. 31.-A stu
dent officer in the Third regiment
here, whose name Is withheld, has
refused a legacy OF $4,000, the ac-
ceptance Of which would necessitate
leaving the training camp, 1t became
known yesterday. Two weeks ago
he received word his uncle in Colo
RADIO had died and left him business
proviso that he should continue the
business. The young man was unde-
cided until word came that American
troops were in the trenches in
France. He telegraphed his refusal
Of the money and continued his work
for a commission.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31

something to scare me. Tommy, I
have the hiccups".
To the average civilian, 1t sounds
like a misnomer to call any district
that is under occasional lombard
ment quiet sector, but to q man
who has been through the He'll of
Verdun, or the Aisne, or the Somme,
or Flanders, it is like a peaceful Sun
day at home,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
MUST KEEP INSANE.
Ahens' SrG G ri.n SsSRHo o muN :

Aliens, Ordered Deported, Must Be
Held Until War Ends.
Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 31.-The care
of alien insane, whose deportation
has been ordered by the war depart
ment, but who cannot be transferred
now because America is at war with
their home countries, is a burden
which North Dakota must assume
for the period os the war. A young
alien German committed to the
jamestown hospital has recovered to
such an extent that he might be dis
charged but for the fact that a de-
portation order stands against him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
GERMAN LOANS CLOSE TO
FIVE BILLION POUNDS
Empire VIII BE HOpeIessIy bankrupt
After the War, Says British
Premier,

London, Oct. 31,-Chancellor Bonar
Law, in talking on the Brit
ish loan, yesterday, said the
German reichstag had passed
votes on credit which amounted
to 4,70O, 100000 pounds, exclusive
Of advances to allies. There were in
dfcations, he said, that Germany
would be hopelessly bankrupt at the
end of the war. The allies could bear
the financial burden longer than Ger
many, and IL would not be a lack Of
money that would prevent them from
winning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
anaonl LANn ~

Ashley, n. D., oct. 3l.--SchoOl and
university lands in Mcintosh county
have been appraised preparatory 70
a sale 10 be held the latter part Of
December or carly In January. The
lands have been classified and will
u sold in tracts of $50 acres or less
on contracts calling for payment
within twenty years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31

Bismarck Clersymsn Favor Applaud.
ina In Church.

ing IN GHurCns
Bismarck. N. D., Get. 31.-Cheer in
church, Certainly, say capital city
clergymen. The question was
brought I'D when a First Presbyter-
ian church congregation applauded a
sermon delivered by DR.. ]. L. Nc
Brien Of the United States bureau Of
education.
Secretary q. NJ Remission Of the
Bismarck Commercial club. himself
a clergyman, took census of capt.
tai city ministers to learn what they
thought about applauding in church
plan.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31
FlREMEN ARRESTED.
Assused OF Being In League With
Professional Safe Blowers.
lBy Associated PfesS.l

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Eight city fire.
men were under arrest yesterday in
connection with a recent series Of
safe robberies. 1t is said that the
plan was for the firemen to get need
ed advance information on pretense
of looking for violations of fire-pTe-
vention ordinances, and then to blow
the safes themselves, or communicate
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-31

The Mott Spotlight Qiscusses IN
important problem OF financing tn
farmers for purchases of seed whea
this week, as follows;
The bankers Of Hettinger
county have adopted q resolution
endorsing the question Of bond
ing the county for the purpose
Of providing seed wheat for the
farmers within the county who
arc up against II FOR the coming
season. No time should be lost
In the matter II Is important
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
THE PRESENT CRISIS

By James Russell Lowell. Once to every man and nation comes the
 moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood.
 for the good or evil side; Some great cause, Gods new Messiah of-
 fering each the bloom or blight Parts the goats upon the left hand, and
 the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by forever 'twixt
 that darkness and that light. Then to side with Truth is noble when
 we share her wretched crust Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and
 tis prosperous to be just; sfA Then it is the brave man chooses, Whl
 the coward stands aside, Doubling in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of IT
 faith they had denied. Iris as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle
 slaves
 Of lengendary virtue carved upon our
 fathers graves, Worshippers of light ancestral make the
 present like crime Was the Mayflower launched by cow
 ards. steered by men behind their
 time?
 Turn those tracks toward Past or Flu
 ture. that make Plymouth Rock
 sublime?
 New occasions teach new duties; Time
 makes ancient good uncouth: They must upward still. and onward,
 who would keep abreast of Truth; Lo before us gleam her campfires! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly
 through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Futures portal with
 The Past's blood-rusted, key.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

business men and men of affairs, lawyers, statesmen and engineers, in- stead of professors of Latin and Greek.
 Dean West of the graduate school at Princeton implies in public state ment, as set forth in the New York Sun, that the purpose of the meeting IS to make a showing of strength, in the form of the mosts prominent men of the country, against the recent movement of the Rockefeller board to reform the present education sys- tenn. He said: "The recent attacks on classical studies and on the whole theory of training and discipline of school and college education are we'll known. Accordingly a public confer ence on the value of classical studies in liberal education is to be held at Princeton under the auspices of Princeton university on Saturday, June g."
 Among those who will speak are Alba B. Johnson, president of the Baldwin Locomotive works; Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern railway and chairman of the commit tee on national defense of the Ameri- can Railway association; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Edward P. Mitchell, editor of the New York Sun; Thomas Hastings, the famous archi- tect of New York; Charles R. Miller, editor of the New York Times, and Lewis Buckley Stillwell, consulting engineer of the city of New York. Those and many more will give testi- mony on the side of the classics. They are recognized as successful men from every angle. What they have to say, by the way, will be clear refutation of the old notion that classical educa- tion was intended to fit men for pro- fessional life only. The discussion at the Princeton meeting will be awaited with decided interest. One thing is certain, however, the classics will not be showed aside to any great extent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
That Have
Stirred the Nation

A J. BALFOUR, David Lloyd G2Ao George, President Wilson and other statesmen have made gripping and convincing speeches within the very recent past. These addresses having been inspired by the war rose to the highest reach of oratory. They were informed by the spirit of patriot ism, and the note they gave out was clear and ringing.
 MT. Balfour's speech before the United States House of Representa- tives was masterpiece of eloquence and was widely read by the people of Great Britain. Many of it's pregnant phrases were reproduced on the conti- nent, and by all the English speaking people that address will be cherished as a classic.
 The London Times, in commenting upon Balfour's utterances and upon the situation in general, says: "* A world wide war, in which England and America are fighting side-by- side, is an event to overpower the minds of thoughtful men. Mr. Balfour declared that we all feel, I think in- stinctively, that this is one of the great moments in the history of man. kind" To which the Times adds: "The instinct is sure. The moment is indeed supremely great. It\opens to all states and peoples new vistas of a goal which has hitherto seemed too bright and good to be attained on earth. The way is hard and it may be long, but whatever obstacles we have to overcome, whatever disap- pointments and delay we may en-