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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-02

pulling for this office or that.
All they ever got was the icy stare
and the swift kick Instead of listen
Ing to the duicet notes of these
charmers. the farmers went about
hunting for god men and not job hunt
Their candidate for governor, Lynn J.
Frazier. was steering a plow over his
| wheat lands when he was chosen.
The committee wanted to telephone
him and had to wait until he could be
| summoned to the house. He was the
most amazed man in America and
thought 1T was some kind of a joke.
Turned Out Crackeriack.
He had never made set speech
In his life. but he jumped into the
campaign and made more than 200
speeches. He got $1,000 in a total
vote Of about 102.000-that's all.
Tne name of the organization that
puts all this over is the Farmers Nom
partisan Political league. 1t is only
two years old, but has 10000 members
OF the $4,000 farmers. in North Dako-
ia.
Every farmer that joins pays for his
membership.
Formerly annual fees were SO. Now
they are SIS for two years in advance,
ana practically every man whose first
49, . SSSSSAA pblOA has CAplIOO IS TO-
new1ng at the new rate.
Nobody can join the league except
an actual tiller of the soil. so there
is no chance for others to come in
and get possession OF the thing.
The thing that had most to do with
creation of the league was the deplor-
able state of farming in North Dakota
as result Of fifty-seven varieties of
gouge and swindle practised by rail-
roads, banks, money sharks, elevator
combines, commission. men and 9TH
ers.
Gouse Was Undesirable.
Government, as conducted by the
interests, merely assisted plunderers.
The total annual gouge was estimated
at about $50,000,o00 on the wheat crop
alone.
Between farmer and consumer about
DO cents on each bushel disappeared
into hands that had no right to take
1t.
The leagues program provides for
salutary reforms in the state govern
ment, but nothing to scare any
body.
State-owned and operated terminal
elevators state health insurance, state
rural credit systems. taxation reform,
and the state development Of the lig-
mite deposits are chief features.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-02

May LOSE
HIS HAND
Accidental Discharge of a
Shotgun May Prove Cost
ly to Michael Straub

Michael Staub. 1922 Front street,
may lose his right hand as the re-
suit of the accidental discharge of a
shotgun while hunting rabbits on the
Sheyenne river, west of Fargo, sum
day morning, the charge passing
through the f1eshy part of the mem
Der, terribly lacerating it. He is a
patient at st. Johns hospital.
Mr.. Staub was trailing a rabbit,
which ran into a culvert. In attempt
ing to frighten the bunny from its
refuge with the butt end of the gun,
the hammer of the weapon caught on
some projection, discharging it,
The surgeon in charge Of the case
said today that the wound is an ex-
tremeIy dangerous one, and that there
is a possibility Of infection. If infec-
ton takes place, it will be necessary
to amputate the member. the surgeon
added.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-02
How Charles Edward Russell
Views Nonpartisan Movement

Charles Edward Russell, the noted
Socialist. has given his version o.
the Nonpartisan league movement, in
an article recently published in The
Cincinnati Post and other papers. The
article appeared under a Bismarck
date line. ...
The editor made the following com,
ment:
| Zone Of the most important expert
ments in governing ever to be tried
is about to be inaugurated in North
Dakota. Charles Edward Russell,
noted writer for The Post. went to
study the movement. Herewith is Rus
sells first article.-Editor.l
North Dakota is now to hold for
some time the, center Of the United
| States stage.
A kind of government new on this
to take hold Of the machine here. 1t
is farmers government from top to
bottom. and all the way across.
Then 1t is strictly nonpartisan, be-
ing chosen without regard to party
lines.
It is also a government. that owes
nothing to any, politician on earth,
and no corporation, bank, railroad or
interest has a string on 1t.
Few Had Held Office.
Few of the men about to take Of
flee ever held Office before, and none
of the men that put them there had
experience in politics.
At the last election the farmers. in
revolt, captured the legislature, all
state offices except one and the SUI
preme court.
They can pass any law they please
and nothing this side of the supreme
court of the United States can inter
fere.
1t is the biggest revolution that
ever occurred in any state.
The railroads, banks. elevators and
grain men had an iron-clad combina-
ton that ruled politics of the state
the way a buckle mate used to rule a.
Cape Horner-do what you're, told,
keep still or get hurt.
Interests Dare Not Peep.
Today there isn't q railroad poll
tician, grain agent or corporation
valet in the state that dares peep.
Also the farmers have introduced a
new system Of choosing men for Of
flee. They started out literally to let
the Office seek the man.
When it became evident last
spring they were likely to win, a
fine crop of their dear old friends and
college chummies sprang up all over
the state offering the glad hand and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-02
ROBERTS WINNER OF
Y" ATHLETIC MEET
Scores 4so of Possible 500 Points
Robert Champion Takes Honors

BY scoring 4SO Of a possible 500
points in the five-event athletic meet
for men, staged as an attraction OF
the annual open house program at the
Young Mems Christian association
yesterday afternoon, c. J. Roberts
was an easy first over a large field of
contestants. E
Charles Dawson took second place
with 445 points, while c. G. Webster
was third with 40 points.
In the boys swimming meet, Robert
Chapman was first with a score of
$40 of a possible 400 points. Amos
Tweeden. Jr., was second with 2S2
points, and Cecil McConigal third
with 261 points.
The contests were largely attended.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-02
WITHLEGIsLATURE.

Two more Dakota Business coll
lege pupils left for Bismarck today
to assist with the stenographic
and clerical work Of the legis-
lature. The governor and many
of the state offices hire these peo-
pie. "The positions, you see, come
from attending d. p. c.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-02

Donaldson: A. T. FelIand OF Port
land. F. j. Talbot OF Tower City. J..
Flack and G. G. JUICY. both Of Page,
and w. Payne OF Bertha.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-02
SCHOOLS

Lowest prices on all supplies. We
make a speciality of teachers material
for special school days. Now ready for
Lincoln Washington and st. Valentines
Days. Our Weekend Shop" sends sin
gle copies of educational and review
magazines. Write us your needs. The
Pullman Shops, Box 1857, Fargo, N d.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
New Test for Color Blindness.

A new and accurate test for color
blindness has been devised in Sweden
and is described in the UpSala
LakarefOrenings FOrhandlingar by
Drs. c. G.. BOstrOm, 6. f. GOthlin and
III. ]. Ohrvall
1t is made with a chart on which
are evenly scattered patches of color,
all very much alike and of irregular
outline. showing the white background
between them all. They are a light
and n dark reddish lavender and a
dull cherry red. The dull red patches
are arranged in such a way that they
form Il large figure three or six, but
as these are exactly the same tone as
the lighter lavender it would be impOs-
sible to distinguish the figure unless
one was certain of the difference in
tint between the red and the laven-
der.
The figures are to be spoken aloud
as read.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
PLANTING GRAPES IN
SPRING is FAVORED
They Are Particularly Adapted to
Farm Gardens, or Trained
Over Wire TreIIiS.

Grapes will grow almost anywhere,
and are very sure bearers. They are
particularly adapted to the farm gar
dens, or even have place in the yard
along the fence, or trained over a wire
or wooden trellis. They may be plant
ed either in the fall or in the spring,
but spring planting is to be preferred.
Vines one or two years old may be
used, and the soil firmed about the
roots. Cultivate frequently during the
summer. Wood ashes supply the best
fertilizer for grapes, and as nue., as
half a bushel can be used for each
vine. Keep the vines growing nicely
and for the first season do no prun-
ing. Early the second spring cut back
the strongest canes to three or four
buds, and remove all the others. In
the spring, after the buds have start
ed, rub off but two of the strongest
and train these as desired. After the
second year, thin out all superfluOus
wood, leaving enough to bear 80 or 40
clusters on each vine. There are a
great many systems of pruning, but
the simplest is the one to be adopted
for the farm garden. A frame trellis,
or wire strung on properly braced
posts, answers the purpose very nicely.
There are a great number of varieties
but some Of the old standbys are the
safest.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
PEACH TREE B0RERS
CAUSE LARGE LOSSES
Kansas Entomologist Advocates
Mounding and Application
of Protective Wash.

The best method of control for the
peach tree borer is a combination of
mOunding, applying a protective wash,
and digging out the larvae with a
sharp knife, according to DR.. j. IL.
Merrill, assistant professor of entO-
mOlogy in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college and entOmOlOgist in the
Kansas agricultural experiment sta
ton.
1.-The first thing to do in the spring
is to worm the trees" says Doctor Mer-
rill. Next apply the protective wash
and then mound to a height of eight
or ten inches. MOunding makes the
female deposit her eggs high up on the
trunk of the tree, and seems to have a
tendency to decrease the number of
eggs deposited.
"The mound should be removed in
June, and all bOrers exterminated,
after which the mound should be re-
placed. Another wOrming should be
made in September but it is not neces-
sary to replace the mound at this time.
"a good protective wash can be
made by adding one pound of arsenate
of lead to five gallons of lime-sulphur
solution. The former acts as poison
and the latter as a repellent.
various kinds of wrappers have
been advocated but so far have not
proved very satisfactory. The same
may be said of the large number of
washes which have been suggested or
advertised"
The adult moth is beautiful insect.
Most persons because of the shape of
its body would take it to be a blue
wasp rather than a moth. The fore
wings of the male are transparent,
with veins and edges of steel blue.
The abdomen is steel blue, fringed
with yellow behind. In the female the
wings are Opaque-covered with steel
blue scales-and a broad band of
orange extends nearly around the abb
domen.
Winters in larvaI State.
The full-grown larva is about one
inch in length. The color is a very
light yellow, with dark, reddish brown
head, and markings just back of the
head and at the tip of the abdomen.
The peach tree borer passes the win
ter in the larval stage. Most of the
larvae that winter are only half grown,
although some of them may be fully
grown. The large ones spend the win
ter in their burrows beneath the bark,
while the others usually remain on the
surface, protected by a covering of
silk.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur-
liant and Remove Dandruff-ReaI
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, fiuf.
fly, abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as a young girls
fter a "Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just a few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle Of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig-
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch.
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
downy at first-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of il, surely get 25 cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and Just try it. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
GREEN'S AUGUST
FLOWER
Used All Over the Civilized World
for More Than so Years.

Stomach troubles seem to be almost
universal the last few years; l mean
Indigestion in many forms, internal
nervousness, caused by incompatible
food fermentation, coming up of food,
sour stomach, headache, apparent pal
pitatiOn Of the heart, habitual consti-
patton, intestinal indigestion, caused
by a torpid liver, and a general break
down with low spirits and depressed
feeling. Green's August Flower was
introduced in this and foreign coun-
tries fifty years ago with wonderful
success in relieving the above COM
plants. Sold by dealers everywhere at
25c trial bottles or 75c family size. Sole
manufacturer, G. G. Green, Woodbury.,
n. J.. U. S. A, Australia and Toronto,
Canada.-Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
HOW TO CONTROL THE GRAPE LEAF FOLDER

The grape leaf folder is distributed
throughout the United States, but is
most troublesome in the central and
middle Atlantic states. 1t attacks both
wild and cultivated grapes and a few
other plants, including the Virginia
creeper. 1t is injurious TO the fruit of
the grapevines attacked, since it de-
strOys the foliage at time when this
is most needed to ripen the fruit prop
erly. Often as much as four-ffths of
the foliage is destroyed.
The moth, of which the grape leaf
folder is the larva, has dark brown,
OpalesCcnt wings, bOrdered with white.
The body is black crossed by two white
bands in the female and one in the
male. The egg is very minute. The
fully grown farva is about an inch
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Activity is resumed in early spring,
the old burrows being continued or
new ones started. When full grown
the larva energies from its burrow and
inclOses itself in a cocoon composed of
silk, together with bits of refuse bark
and particles of bOrings. In three or
four weeks the moths begin emerging
from the pupa stage, and emergence
continues until some time in Septem-
Der.
wherever the peach tree is found,
east of the Rockies, the peach tree
bOrer is found Also" says Doctor Mer-
rill. at does not, however, cOnfine its
attacks to the peach but is found on
the cherry, the plum, the prune, the
apricot, and the nectarine. The pres
Snce of the bOrer is manifested by the
appearance of a gummy oOze at the
base of the tree. Occasionally bur-
rows are made as much as six or eight
inches above the ground, but usually
at or beneath the surface.
'Old trees as well as young are sub
ject to the attacks of the peach borer.
The tree becomes weakened and conse-
quently is prey to its various other
enemies"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiouSness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.


Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
uiate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion. Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The grape leaf folder, a small
"wOrm" which folds portions of grape
vines over it, feeding within this shell
ter, can be controlled satisfactorily,
say entOmOlogists of the United States
department of agriculture. The pest is
the larva of a brown moth. Spraying
regularly with arSenical solutions,
crushing the larvae by hand in the
folded leaves during the growing sea-
son, and burning all dead leaves and
trash under the vines in the fall, are
the control measures recommended in
a recent publication, department Bulle-
tin No. 419, by ]. F. Strauss.
A satisfactory arsenical for use in
combating the leaf-folder is arsenate
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
RED FACES AND RED HANDS
Soothed and Healed by Cuticura-Sam-
pie Each Free by Mail.

Treatment for the face: On rising
and retiring smear affected parts with
Cuticura Ointment. Then wash off with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For the
hands: Soak them in a hot lathtr
of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and rub in
Cuticura Ointment.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhprp.-Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
White Elephant No Jinx.

W. II. Boyd of Cleveland. o.. re-
dia saying he had sent him a white
elephant as Il gift, and to make prepa-
ratiOnS to receive it.
My worry lest l have an elephant
on my hands was relieved only when
the gift came" says Boyd. 1T was an
ivory carving made TO wear as a
watch charm"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

of lead. This may well be applied in a
fungicide such as Bordeaux mixture,
single application then serving as a
treatment for disease and other insect
pests. The first application should be
made shortly after the blossoms fall
in the spring This should dispose of
the first brood of grape leaf folders eff
fectually, but, if the pest appears later,
the application should be repeated. 1t
is advisable to burn the dead leaves
in autumn, because the insect winters
over in it's pupal stage in the ground
litter. Several parasitic enemies of
The insect have been discovered.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Caution

You are not making as many
speeches as usual"
I'm not feeling OratoricaI at pres
emit" replied Senator Sorghum. The
folks out home are differing on several
questions so violently that I don't
know which side to agree with"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

long, yellOw-green on the sides and
somewhat darker above with scattered,
fine. yellow hairs on each segment.
The larva begins folding the leaf
when about two weeks old. This is
done by spinning fine silken threads
across portion of the leaf near the
edge, each strand being shorter than
that preceding. This procedure grad
ually draws the leaf over. The folded
portion of the leaf is then made fast
to the leaf proper by shorter strands
of silk. Within this shelter the larva
feeds, skeletOnizing the portions of the
leaf within reach.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Method in II.

ut is very kind of you To mix the
cocktails for your wife's parties"
Yes, 1 try to be helpful. BESIDES.
l usually get chance To sneak Il drop
or two for myself"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
He Knew.

What is so rare as day in June?"
she quoted.
We'll, the twenty-ninth of Febru-
ary's got one beat a thousand ways" "
said the fellow who knows.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Good Substitute.

Ma. have you any cOnspicuOusly
saccharine combinations for CASTRO
nOmical enjoyment at supper?"
No, Betsy; all we got extra for
supper is some candy and cake"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
A Horse on Him

A Horse on Him.
How well groomed young Dapper
always looks"
yes; his valet used to be a 'ostler."
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

The ancients supposed rock crys-
tai to be merely ice CONCEALED by In
tense cold.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Versailles.-TheB Board of Education
OF WoodforS county has decided to
have cooking equipment placed in
every one of the 26 rural schoolhouses
in this county. The College of Home
Economy of the University of Ken
lucky will send teachers to these
schools to give instruction in domes.
tic science.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Send I0c to DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, for large trial package of Anuric
for kidneys-cures backache.-Ady.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Why buy many bottles OF other Verunf-
fuges. when single bottle of DR.. Peery's
Vermifuge Dead Shot will act surely ara
promptly? Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Don't Cry Over Split Milk.

I'm so sorry l missed that oppor-
tunity to kiss you"
''0h. don't feel bad about it-there
will be Others"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Observation-Disclosures W. Horn, 81
years old, persisted in flames which
burned the residence of his son, R. l..
Horn, at Lafayette. The son was bad
ly burned while trying to rescue his
father.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Fulton.-Marshall Kendall, a we'll
known man of Fulton, was instantly
killed when he was kicked by mule.
Kendall was in his barnyard. The
mule kicked him in the forehead,
breaking his neck.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Paducah.-The Delphic Club is rails
ing fund to provide members of the
Murray company, X. N. G., with COM
forts and supplies not included in the
furnishings of the Government. Sew
eral members of the company live in
Paducah.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Naturally it takes a crank to get up
q revolution.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
K e n t u c k Y
News Cuttings
An epitorne of most i'm
portant events transpir-
ing in state

Paducah.-In an effort to have a fly
less city the city commissioners pur-
chased 200 fly traps.
Paducah.--The Rev. P. H. Pleune,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, has been selected scout COM
missioner for the Paducah Scout Coun.
Gil to succeed w. R. Nagel, who re-
signed.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Whitesburg.-With Judge John F.
Butler, of Pikeville, presiding, the
April term of the Letcher Circuit Court
was convened here. Judge Buffers
instructions to the grand jury were
vigorous. For an hour he detailed the
need for combating crime, dwelling
principally upon the evils of whisky
and pistol toting.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Sonora-The fire of patriotism has
been started in Hardin county by the
Sonora Patriotic Club. A large Amer
lean flag has been hoisted and unfurled
from a 1O0-foot pole by two Civil War
veterans, c. K. Tichenor, Confederate
cavalryman, and j. c. Buckles, of the
Union army
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Hodgenville-A Bible institute is in
progress at the Hodgenville Baptist
church, of which the Rev. E. A. Cot
trell is pastor. Two sessions daily are
being held
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Elkton.-At the regular n,D,Fhly
meeting of the Todd Fiscal Court Jas.
NJ Weathers, of this city, was eLtcted
county treasurer.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Winchester--A 750-barrel oil well
was struck by P. ]. White & Co. on the
Ashley lease in Powell county. 1t is
the biggest producer in the field.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

exington.-County agents enlisted
in federal home demonstration .srk
in Kentucky are present here at t'le
annual instruction conference, which
are being held in the Educational
building, University of Kentucky. Mrs.
Helen B. Wolcott, head of the work in
Kentucky, is presiding.