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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Walking Fad
Hits Jamestown;
Records Shaking

jamestown, N. D., Nov.* g.
Walking as a physical exercise
is proving popular with a num-
Der of jamestown women and
some of them are real sprinters.
AS yet there have been no mara,
thon records broken.
1t is said that letters from the
boys at the front telling of the
long hikes" prompted several
from this city to take the initi-
ative. With the arrival Of Indian
summer weather, teachers have
even joined the ranks.
Miss Lena Schmidt and Miss
Wolcott, teachers in the city
schools, linked" to Spiritwood
lake and back, a distance of SO
miles. The long walk was taken
without any excessive fatigue.
Several other teachers and
friends have accomplished long
walks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
MooRHEAp CHURCHES.

First Presbyterian church
Morning sermon: How Can /
Really Become Acquainted With
God? Evening address: The Dark
Hours of Life, Why They Come
How To Meet Them, Two Re-
suits.
st. Johns Episcopal church
Evening prayer and sermon at
1880 o'clock. Sunday school at
noon. No morning service.
First Congregational church
1890 a. m. The Saw Of Truth;
1880 p. m, Food Conservation An
Ethical Duty; 11:45 a. m, Mems
seminar, Food Conservation
From a Jobber's Standpoint. 7.
]. Lewis. Philathea class; leaders,
Miss Dart and Miss NOVEL;.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
BOGUS AGENTS AT WORK.

Red Lake Falls, Mimi, Nov. g.
Notice has just come from the state
university to Dallas L. Keck, county
agricultural agent for Red Lake
county, that number of fake seed
dealers are canvassing the state for
seed that they claim is exceptional
in every way and which they are
selling at the exceptional price Of So
"a bushel. One of the chief gratis is
the selling of Lodge Proof oats"
Mr.. Keck is sending out notices to
farmers in this county to beware the
itinerant seed peddler.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
TO
REGAIN WEIGHT

Just one week ago this evening,
United Commercial Travellers Of the
Fargo council danced themselves
thin at their first ball.
Tonight they are going to make up
for their loss of avoirdupOis in the
shape of a big wild duck dinner in
the A. o. u. w. hall.
T. D. Hughes is master of the
ceremonies, and John F. McGrann is
food administrator. The committee
in charge is c. A. WetterstroTn, r. J..
Harvey, c.. F. Norton, J. P.rGleason,
A. II. Hammered and George w.
Wilkinson.
About 175 travellers are expected
to attend. Four hundred invitations
have been issued.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
D. S. PICKET
BOAT SINKS
Grew of Twelve Men Miss
ing and All May
Be Lost
(Rv Associated Press.l

washington, Nov. 3.-The navy
department has been advised that a
picket boat of an American battle
ship in home waters has foundered
and it's crew Of twelve men are miss
Ing. 1t is believed the men are lost.
The navy department issued this
statement:
THE navy department announces
that on Oct. 30 the picket boat Of the
United States steamship Michigan
foundered. Apparently the entire
crew was lost. Finding of the bodies
of three Of the crew and the failure
to find any other trace of the boat
or its occupants leads the depart
ment to believe that all were lost"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Germans Active in North.

Petrograd, Nov. 3.-GeneraI Tcher-
emissoff. commander-in in chief on the
northern front, who has just made a
trip to Petrograd, said the Germans
were planning operations on a large
scale, including landing of troops
on the shore of the Gulf of Bothnia
under the protection of their fleet.
He also said he expected g. vigorous
action on the Riga front. The news
papers say a German offensive is ex-
pected in Moldavia. with the object
of invading Ukraine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
White ROBBED Mob
Tars and Feathers
Lansing Citizen
- Akeociated 80. ]

Lansing, Mich Nov. 3.-After be-
ing given a mock trial at which he
was accused Of pro- ermanism, wiz
liam Safer, SIS years old, well known
citizen here, was tarred and feather
ed last night by a group OF more
than twenty-five men in white robes.
The police have no clue To the identi-
ty Of the band. Safer himself refused
to make any statement.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Major Steele Will
Tell of Evolution

Maj. NJ. F. Steele. u. S. r. c., Far
go, will tell OF the evolution of cul-
ture in the training of American
officers in the last decade in the Sec
ond of the series of the Grand Free
Lecture course at the Grand theater
at o'clock Sunday evening, it was
announced today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Leader Who Would
Not Play National
Anthem Resigns
tBy Associated Press.O

Boston. Nov. 3.-The resignation
of DIR. Karl Muck, conductor Of the
Boston Symphony orchestra, who
has been criticized for not playing
the Star Spangled Banner at a
recent concert in Providence, was
announced yesterday. 1t also was
announced that the national anthem
would be played at future concerts
given by the organization,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
CARDS
TOTAL $4,000
CONTINUED from page u

received up to noon and it was the
belief of Mr.. Baird that this num-
Der will be about doubled when the
reports have all been forwarded.
Mandan Makes Showing.
Mandan workers are holding the
browning honors today for the num-
Der of pledges secured. The quota
assigned to that city was 75s and re-
ports received this morning showed
701 signatures. 1t was in that part
of the state stories were current that
the government sought information
as to the amount of food in the
homes for the purpose of making
food seizures.
Fargo is expected to go beyond its
quota of $500. Food pledge cards
received at the food administration
office from workers in Fargo totaled
3,021. This number is expected to be
almost doubled. Bismarck with
quota of 1900 had reported only 1853
signatures. The quota for the differ
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03

Major Steele's subject will be
timely in view Of the present world
conflict, and the interest of the gem
eral public in military affairs.
Preceding Major Steele's address,
Prof. Fl. NJ. Rudd's Fargo orchestra
will render a program Of patriotic
music.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
POWER
TO COMMANDER
COAL DELIVERIES

Fuel Administrator Robert Blake
more Of the Fargo district, was off,
cially advised by telegram this aft
ernoon that the federal fuel admin
stration had given authority to the
state administrator, Captain Isaac
p. Baker of Bismarck, to use his
discretion in dealing with any con-
ditions where there is distress or
urgent need.
The authority granted the fuel adj
ministratoT of the state is delegated
to his district chairmen. 1t gives the
fuel administrator the power of COM
Wandering coal and diverting deliv-
cries from one place where there is a
sufficient supply to another which is
in immediate and dire need; also to
divert deliveries from one town to
aupthnr
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Zeppelins To italy.

Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 3.-The
newspaper La Suisse's Lake Con-
stance correspondent says a fleet or
Zeppelin airships left there Wednes-
day for the Trentino fAnt Of the
Austro-Italian theater.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Urges Use Of
Ignite Coal

Grand Forks. N. D., Nov. 3.-"our
people should be urged again and
again to use Ignite" said r. b.
Griffith, chairman OF the second fuel
administration district of the state
in speaking of the coal situation.
1T is almost a patriotic duty to
patronize our own state in this re-
spect. Here We have rich coal re-
sources and still We keep on sending
our perfectly good money to Pennsyl-
vania and the other distant coal
fields. To some, it really is a
superstition that Ignite will not be
as good fuel as anthracite and
bituminOus. It's simply a matter Of
getting accustomed to the use.
81 am told that when coal was first
used, a similar aversion to the new
tangled thing was apparent. There
were some people who actually be-
Ifeved that the only fuel which
amounted to anything was wood. We
know better now, and / am certain
that it will soon become clear to
the people of this state as well as
to some of our neighbors that Ignite
is a very satisfactory fuel substance
which should be used much more
frequently than is the case now"
According to Fuel Administrator
Griffith the coal situation in this city
and part of the state has improved
considerably during the last few
days, several carloads having ar
rived.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Associated Press War
Summary
CONTINUED from page IL

port of all the reichstag elements ex-
cept the Socialists and the Conser-
natives. The Socialists, however,
will give no active opposition until
the counts policies are known more
clearly. f-.s-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03

May Strike in Trentino.
Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 3D.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Ruaaiana Erafnrniza-

Petrograd, Nov. 3.-Russian troops
in the Vishneff sector yesterday fra
ternized with the German troops, it
was announced today by the Russian
war office.
(Vishneff is a town on the Russian
front southeast Of Wilma and north
OF the Nieman river.)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Tain GA Ameriean Front.

With the American Army in
France. Nov. Shy The Associated
Press. )-Heavy rain, beginning at
noon Friday, hindered the activity of
the artillery in the portion of the
French front where the American
battalions are on duty, and convert
ed the back areas into seas of mud.
No official communication was is
sued on Friday, but there has been
nothing in the reports to headquar-
ters to suggest any change in the
normal situation along the American
sector.
General Pershing returned yester-
day from a visit to the British front
A party OF American major generals
has inspected the ,billets Of the first
contingent
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
The Erennh statemsnt.


Paris, Nov. 3. The Official an
nouncement follows:
We continued to make progress
last night between the Disc canal
and the region Of Corbeny, and
reached the south bank of the Ailette
river over this entire front. FRIDAY
nights official French communica-
ton, in which the beginning Of this
movement evidently was announced,
has not been received.)
THE enemy has retired to the
north bank of the river, whose
bridges and foot bridges were cut.
Artillery fighting continues very
vigorously in the sector of Chavignon
and at certain points in the region
of the plateaus,
TN the way Nof material captured
since Oct. %, we have actually count
ed 200 heavy and field guns, 222
trench cannon and 720 machine
guns.
ION the right bank OF the Mouse
lVerdun 'front.' there were violent
artillery engagements near Chaume
wood. An enemy attack north Of st.
Mihiel was without result.
Between Oct. q and 81, twenty
three German airplanes were brought
down, OF these twenty-one were
destroyed by our pilots after combat
and two by our special cannon.
Furthermore twenty eight enemy
machines were damaged seriously
and descended within the German
lines"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03

Swiss soldiers stationed on the Al
pine heights on the frontier In the
Canton OF Grisons report that since
the Germans captured Udine the
number OF troops going toward Trent
has doubled. Heavy artillery trains
are hidden by smoke curtains made
by the Germans.
The Swiss soldiers declare there
is evidence that the Germans were
surprised by their success against
the Italians, but intend TO take every
advantage OF the situation and are
prepared to entrench on the Tagiia-
mento as they did on the Marine. in
the event of a failure in their for
ward movement.
French Steadily Advance.
Paris, Nov. S.-The French are
advancing between the Disc canal
and the region of Corbeny and have
reached the south bank OF the AiIette
river, the war ONCE announces.
The Germans have retreated to the
north bank Of the river. The bridges
across the Ailette were destroyed by
the. Germans. Since October % the
French have captured 422 guns and
100 machine guns.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03
Pressure on Lea Winn.

Rome, Nov. 3. - Austro German
pressure was more noticeable yes
terday on the left wing OF the Italian
armies on the Tagliamento line, says
the statement issued today by the
italian war Office. Attempts made by
the Teutons to reach the right bank
of the river, the statement adds, have
been detained by the Italian troops.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03

Mrs. l. Bothne left Friday after
noon for q visit Of several weeks In
Chicago with friends.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03

.ct,niad thSss RSho 5ttended he meet.
ing of st. Marks English Lutheran
Ladies' Aid and Missionary society
Thursday afternoon at the church.
Mrs. j. e. Haggart and Mrs. Paul.
Eorkness were hostesses for the social
hour.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dignam and
three children, Fargo, left Friday for
their new home, Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03

Miss Hannah Tolfson, Third avenue
north, entertained the DOrcas society
Friday evening, knitting following a
short business session.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-03

The Pastors Aid society of the
First Methodist church will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
Mars room of the church. Hostesses
will be Mesdames f. II. Taylor, +. w.
Fuller, J. B. Eaton, c. c. Ladd and
@ H OlesOn
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03
ORATORS DECLINE AND FALL
"SpeIIbinder" Now Simply Makes the
Voters Tired, and They VIII
Not Have Him.

The campaign curtain has been rung
down, says the Kansas City Star, on
no sadder fact-from some points of
view, at least-than that the stump
orator has not lived up to his old-time
tradition. Or IL he has lived I'D to 1t
the public has declined to live up to
1t with him. Not to evade the fact, or
to attempt to soften it, the intelligent
electorate, the free American voter, or
whatever else the citizenry is called in
presidential years, has yawned openly
in the face of the spellbinder and
turned away to see what was on at
the movie show.
1t has been a shock to the political
managers. The campaign industry has
had no such setback since the intro
duction Of reading into the scheme of
popular education. 1t used to be- that
anybody who had ever been a member.
Of the legislature, who had sat on the
bench, held a county office or had done
or was supposed to have done any
thing that would serve as an excuse
for prefxing the title of "Hon." to his
name-it used to be that any such
male person with well-developed lungs
and set of gestures could be billed
in political campaign and bring out
the entire countryside. About all such
an orator needed, in addition to the
title alluded to, was Statesman"
coat, an untiring voice, a string of sta
tisticS and what was known as a
fund of anecdote. This ''fund' was
generally overdrawn at the bank Of
originality and most of the drafts on
it went TO ignominious protest.
The "intelligent audience"-the most
intelligent audience the old-time ora
tor ever had the pleasure of address
ing-has taken him at his word and
has rather distanced him in intelli-
gence and information on his own sub
ject. 1t has come to be more and
more like the audience at the theater
which has paid for it's seats-it de-
mands the best or will go elsewhere to
find ii. The mere lions" no longer
draw Unless a topliner is produced
the intelligent audience shows its in
telligence by staying away from the
hall
1t is only fair to say that the intelli-
gent campaign manfger has kept pace
with the intelligent audience. He was
quick with the book when he saw the |
second-rate oratory stuff was begin. !
ming TO pail. That is why printers |
ink has so enormously increased in |
use in this campaign. These astute !
gentlemen have discovered that the in
telligent audience takes the paper at
home. The "and now my friends" ora
tors never saw sadder day than when
they discovered it,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03

is done correctly it will last for a num-
Der of years. The maintenance of an
earth road, however, is reverend
ing job. 1t is like milking the cows
and doing other chores, for the builder
knows that the work of maintenance
will have to be done over and over
again and can never feel that it is in
any sense permanent.
For this reason the earth road has
bad reputation. The trouble: is not
so much with the material of which
the road is composed as with our sys-
tenn or lack of system of management.
Other types of roads when treated as
we treat the earth roads are mach
more expensive and serve the travelling
public little if any better. The vast
improvement that can be made on our
present earth roads by intelligent di-
rection in their construction and main
tenance is little realized by the pub
lie, and the serviceability of prop
erly maintained earth road is not ap-
preciated when compared with other
types of roads as to cost Of construc-
ton.
Successful construction and main
tenance of any kind of road depends
upon the recognition by the public and
the builders of few fixed and funda-
mental requirements.
"One practical, well-paid road build
er should be made responsible for the
upkeep of certain section of road
and should be employed throughout
the year, his tenure Of office being
made dependent entirely upon the
character of services rendered. The
graded portion of the road should be
elevated and crowned so that the wa
ter from every section of the road
surface will flow into the side bitches"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03
HIGHER COST OF BAD ROADS
Substantial Reasons Why Farmers
Should Get Together and Save
Cost Of Poor Highways.

The road that connects your farm
with the nearest town has more to do
with the cost of living, doubtless, than
you realize. Have you ever thought
that every product you sell and every
article you buy must be hauled over
the road that your teams and vehicles
or your automobile must bear the
"wear and tear" caused by a rough
road to sell farm products or to bring
the necessities from the town?
The fact that your neighbor must
also pay the high cost of bad roads is
all the better reason why you, he and
the rest of the neighbOrhood should
get together and improve the road to
save some of this expense. What you
and your neighbors lose in hauling
farm products over bad roads would
soon build a good road and give you
quick and satisfactory service.
How long can you afford such loss?
And when shall the road be improved?
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03
maintenance OF DIRT ROAD
10 Now and Will Continue to Be Real
Highway Problem of Kansas
Management Is Lacking.

Earth road maintenance now is and
will continue for some years to be the
real road problem of Kansas, since it is
not likely that more than a very small
per cent Of the highways will be paved
in this generation
practically all the work done on an
earth road" says w. S. Gearhart, pro-
fessor of highway engineering in the
Kansas State Agricultural college, and
state highway engineer, "except reduc-
ton Of grades, correction of horizontal
alignment, building Of drainage struc-
lures, and elimination Of railway grade
crossings, is temporary and should
be considered maintenance.
Doing permanent work is compar-
atively easy matter, for when once it
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03
THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM

THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
This is the greatest industrial prob
lem before the American people and
the decline of anti-raiIroad sentiment
gives chance to study it more
without prejudice.
Golfers Weekly cannot be said to
be a corporation publication and on
February 10 reviews the railroad
question, saying it is the big man
and the sick man in the American
business family.
1t shows that railroads employ di-
Tectly 100000 persons, and 2,400,-
900 in industries depending directly
upon the railroads, and that one per-
lives on them.
1t shows that after all the enormous
Increased earnings OF the railroads
the past year due to the European
war, those earnings were only 51A
per cent on the actual value of the
railroads
According to the U. s. census from
1907 to 1914 the latest official Stats
tics, The passenger haul earnings had
Increased 1851 per cent, and freight
haul earnings had increased % per
cent
In that same period from 1907 to
1914 four billion dollars new capital
was invested in the physical proper
ties of the railroads for upkeep. ex-
tensions and demonstrations, repre-
sentine an added annual interest
charge OF S2O2 1O1 600. half a million
dollars daily.
Against this increased demand on
their treasures the 250.O00 miles of
American railroads showed increased
gross earnings of $452,1SS.000 in 1914
ever 1907, pretty good showing.
But it is not so impressive when
operating expenses and taxes were
$500, SSS,e00 higher in 1916 than 1914.
This shows a deficit in 1914 of $751;
$4,000 in operations, and now add the
100000, and you have the plight of the !
railroads at the end of the year 1914. |
That is only deficite of the Amer |
lean sick man financially for a single |
year. IL had been going on for seven |
lean years. until things began to pick |
up in the fall of 1914 due to the war
The money had been paid out of
previous accommodations of surplus
and withheld from the upkeep of the |
physical properties of the railroads |
going without cars, ties. engines and |
bridges.
Five or six years ago James J. Hill,
a conservative financier, had estimat
ed that the American railroads need
ed $1,100, 100000 a year expended on
them to keep up with the demands on
traffic /
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03
HOMESTEADS

OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD
Co. Grant Lands. Title to same re-
vested in United States by act OF
Congress dated June 9, 1916. Two
million three hundred thousand
acres to be opened for settlement
and sale. Power Site, Timber and
Agricultural Lands. Containing
some of best Land left in United
States. Now is the opportune time
Large Sectional Map showing Lands
and Description of soil, climate,
rainfall, elevations, etc., postpaid
One Dollar. Grant Lands Locating
Co., Box 610, Portland, Ore. J11-A11
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03
Rice Water Custard.

Here is nice DESERT: Boil rice
plain, take water rice was boiled in,
add one or two well-beaten eggs ac-
cOrding TO quantity of water sweeten
to taste and boil as you would any
custard, stirring constantly to prevent
burning; flavor as preferred and use
as sauce for the plain boiled rice.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03
Increase. Expenditures.

In 1904 the actual cash road and
bridge expenditure in the United
States averaged slightly less than $28
per mile of rural roads. In 1915 the
cash road and bridge expenditure had
Increased to an average of 500 per
mile of road.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-03
Crop Success or Failure.

While weather is perhaps the most
important factor in crop yield, certain
comfortable conditions of soil and seed
often determine the success or failure
Of the crop.