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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
The Editors Mail Bag

To the Editor Of The Forum:
I do not want to be considered as
a censor, but it really does ne good
to see that Harry Lord Of Cando had
the excellent forethought to wire
the department at Washington as to
whether the government approved
the chain letter scheme on war saw
ing stamps. They denied approval.
For many years the government
has opposed all chain letter schemes,
chasing them as lotteries, and the
parties participating in them as
making themselves liable to arrest
and punishment for taking any part
in them.
This city and state has been flood
ed with these war stamps appeals,
and other similar schemes. We all
want to help the government to the
greatest extent in our power, but not
by illegal means. ] have taken the
time to reply to many OF these com
munications which have reached me,
that it would be just as honorable to
go out and steal money in order to
get it to give the government as to
carry out the provisions Of these
chain letters.
I saw so much Of the horrible
features of these letters while post
master that the diabolcalness of the
system was strongly impressed on
my mind.
Contribute every cent you can
save to the government in the way OF
investments, but don't participate in
any way in chain letter schemes, no
matter what the object may be.
Fl. G, PLUMLEY.
Fargo. March 90.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
Old Clothes To Sell

(By Theodosia Garrison Of The
ViuiIantes.l
Old clothes to sell! old clothes to
SELL
She has put aside today
The rose -hued frock that became her
well.
The Iaces and girdles gay.
The ribbon she wore to bind her
The ruffies and furbelows.
The trinkety shoes she was wont to
old clothes to sell-Old elothesi
Old clothes to sell! Old clothes to
sell!
NV iady has done with these
With raiment Of careless souls that
In the House Of over-ease.
Sho puts on the good gray Earb, In
That the faithful worker knows.
Or the linen white with the cross of
red:
Old clothes to sell-old clothesl
Old clothes to sell! Old clothes to
SELL
Let the rag-man take his due.
Since the sober gown has its tale TO
tell
OF viFiiant hearts and true.
Never was queen more nobly dressed
Than the woman today who goes
In the garments Of service that gives
it's best;
Old clothes to sell-old clothesl
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
"A Stubborn Cough
LOOSeIIS Right Up
This homemade remedy "a n wonder
for quick results. Easily and
eheaply made.

The prompt and positive action Of
this simple, inexpensive homemade REM
edy in quickly healing the infiamed
or swollen membranes of the throat,
chest or bronchial tubes and breaking
up tight coughs, has caused IL TO be-
used in more homes than any other
cough remedy. Under Its healing, sooths
ing influence, chest soreness goes
phlegm loosens, breathing becomes
easier, tickling in throat stops and YOU
get q good nights Testful sleep. The
usual throat and chest colds are con-
quered by it in "a hours or less. Moth
ing better for bronchitis, hoarseness,
Group, Whooping cough, bronchial
asthma or winter coughs.
To make this splendid cough SYRUP
pour 255 ounces of Pinex go cents
worth, into q pint bottle and all the
bottlewithplaing ranulatedeugar syrup
and shake thoroughly. You then have
q full pint-a family supply--of much
better cough syrup than YOU could buy
ready-made for $3.50. Keeps perfectly
and children love its pleasant taste.
pinex Is q special and highly cOncen-
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, and is known the world
over for it's promptness, ease and GER
tainty in overcoming stubborn coughs
and chest colds.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "2l5 ounces of Pinex"
with full directions, and don't accept
ANYTHING else. Guaranteed to give
absolute satisfaction or money prompt
~ refunded. The PtneI Coz Fk
Wsyne, Ind.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
BAD BREATH
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove Ii

Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel, act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets. The pleasant, sugar-c0ated
tablets are taken for bad breath BY
all who know them.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver.
stimulating them To natural action.
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any
% the bad after effects.
All the benefits Of nasty, sickeninq.
gripping cathartics are derived from
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping, pain on any disagreeable effects.
DR.. n. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years OF prac-
tice among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint with The
attendant bad breath.
Or. Edwards Olive Tablets are pure.
~ q vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil; you will know them BIZ their
olive color. Take one OF two every
night for week and note the effect.
AQe and sc per box AN drurrista
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
THE UNFoReIvARLE SIN.

CONGRESSMAN Norton committed
the unforgivable sin in the eyes Of
the league leaders.
He was loyal
The Morton county league member
OF the house served notice on Mr..
Norton that he was not going back
to Congress. because Mr.. Norton
voted for war on Germany and didn't
properly represent the German ele-
ments in Morton county.
And so, behind closed doors, at a
secret party convention. when the
state is supposed to have a direct
primary law. Mr.. Norton's name is
stricken from the ballot.
And this is in the United States Of
America, in the year 1918, after the
forces Of the Allies have held the
Prussian Beast at bay for I'VE days
IN the bloodiest battle in the history
Of the world
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
POLITICS In
WISCONSIN
GROWS WARN
Each Side Accusing the
Other of Playing Par
tisanship
(By Associated Press. )

Milwaukee, March 28.-Great inter-
est Is felt here among politicians u
| the congressional debate in which
both sides charge the playing of poll
tics In Wisconsin, as this precise
charge has been a feature OF many OF
the speeches thus far delivered in the
senatorial campaign.
Speaking at Dodgeville last night,
cong. Irvine l.. Lenroot, the Republi-
can candidate, asserted that If he
were dlsloyal 50 was President VIII
made by the President before the
United States entered the war. He
accused the President OF trying to
make this a Democratic war instead
OF an American war.
Speaking at Wausau in behalf of
Congressman Isenroot, Governor Phil
ipp said that criticisms being made of
Wisconsin for political purposes were
unjust and unfounded. He referred
particularly to the attacks made by
Vice President Marshall at Madison
Tuesday night in support of Joseph
b. Davies, the Democratic senatorial
candidate, who has the backing of
the federal administration
Mr.. Davies spoke at Kenosha last
night on the same platform with DR..
Charles Mccarthy, his late rival at
thep rimaries. Mccarthy used a new
argument in suggesting that Lenroot
should stay in the lower house at
Washington, where he is said to have
an excellent chance. of becoming the
next Republican speaker. leaving the
senatorship to Davies.
Stamp out discord and party poll
tics; arouse yourself and take arms
against the apathy and indifference
that is endangering the world for
generations to come" declared Mr..
Mccarthy.
Purge yourself from every sign of
doubt, stand behind your captain in
the hour of peril" continued DR.. Nc
Carthy.
Mr.. Davies then took the platform.
What will Wisconsin do? Is this
q political issue when civilization is
rocking in the balance? If 1t is a
political issue, then God help the
country. This is the darkest hour fin
the war. What is the simple fact?
1t is this2Wisconsin will determine
next Tuesday whether or not IL wants
to support the country In this great
war In the most positive manner II
can. The responsibility lies upon the
President of the United States. If
there ever was time when he needed
the united heartfelt and enthusiastic
support OF all the people, ii is now"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
Combing Won't Rid
Hair Of Dandruff

The only sure way to get rid Of
dandruff is to dissolve it. then you
destroy it entirely. To do this, get
about four ounces OF ordinary liquid
arvon; apply 1t at night when retir-
ing; use enough to moisten the scalp
and rub it in gently with the finger
tips.
DO this tonight, and by morning,
most if not all, Of your dandruff will
be gone, and three or four more APP
plications will completely dissolve
and entirely destroy every single sign
and trace Of II, no matter how much
dandruf you may have
You will and, too. that all itching
and digging Of the scalp win stop at
once, and your hair win be funny.
lustrous, glossy. silky and soft, and
look and feel a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. 1t is inexpensive and
and never fails to do the work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
aERMANY's VICTORY.

Four hundred thousand German
lives have been traded for some 200
or 800 square miles of battIe-scarred
blood soaked wilderness in France,
and the German Kaiser telesraphs
his Empress that a glorious victory
has been won.-
Half of the picked German army
that was hurled against the Allied
lines, has been wiped out by machine
guns and artillery; the Allies have
yielded a few miles in places, hold
ing their lines intact, and the Ger
man newspapers proclaim that the
terms of peace have been raised.
The Germans have not yet won
back the territory they relinquished
voluntarily. Not more than two
thirds Of it has been regained, and
in only one place have the British re-
tired to their former line,
How will Germany explain this
victory" to her war weary people 4?
How much longer will they give up
their sons and husbands to be
thrown into shambles like those at
Verdun and st. Quentin?
Victory and peace were the prom
ises held out in the present drive.
Won Hindenburg was TO be in Paris
by April l. His weary troops are
striking ever weakening blows
against an ever Strengthening de-
tense, and there are hints of a great
counter attack by the reserve army
held in France under orders Of the
supreme Allied war council.
The darkest hour is just before the
dawn.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
Bids for County Road work.

sealed bios VIII be received by
Cass County. n D., Board Of County
Commissioners, up to 10 o'clock a. M,
OF Friday, April 9Th, 1918. for the con-
struction Of the County Highway
known as the Buffalo Road. as fol-
Commencing at the intersection Of
the North line of Cass County and the
Great Northern Railway right of way
in Rochester Township; thence run
ming in southeasterly direction par
alleling the tracks of the Great
Northern Railway TO the Northeast
corner of Section 36 in Rochester
Township, a distance of six miles,
which is also the western limits or
the Village Of Page; thence leaving
out Section 81 Of Page Township (be-
ing the Village Of Page) and com
mencing at about the quarter section
line intersection Of said Section 81 and
on the township line between Page
and Rich Townships; thence West
about one-half mile to the township
ships; thence southerly on said town
ship line and continuing southerly on
said line, being a township line be-
the South East corner OF Section In
Cornell Township; thence East one
mile to South East corner OF Section
6 in Ayr township; THENCE South
through Ayr Township to the South
line Of Ayr township; thence East on
the township line between Tower and
Ayr Townships a distance OF one
eighth of a mile to the intersection
OF the township line between Tower
and Buffalo Townships with the South
line OF Ayr Township; thence in
Southerly direction on the township
line between the Townships OF Hill,
Howes, Eldred, Clifton, Pontiac and
Highland Townships to the south line
of Cass County; being distance or
about Forty-four miles, and that
number of miles Of road.
All of said work to be according to
the plans and specifications on nile az
the office of the County Auditor OF
Cass County, n. %.
Each bidder will be required TO give
total amount of bid for each township
in which the work will be done.
A certified check for 1919 OF the
amount of bid must accompany each
bid, that the successful bidder will
enter into contract and furnish surety
bond in the amount of bid, for fulfill
ment Of contract
The Board reserves the right to re-
iect any and all bids.
Done by order of the Board OF
County Commissioners at Fargo. N. D.,
W. r.. TUCKER.
County Auditor.
March 21-2S, April 1, 1873
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
He's In France
Garrett Price, in Cartoons

tGaFTetE Price, IN Cartoons
MagaZine.)
where is Casey Of baseball fame?
Things were soft II he pitched the
For no one could solve his terrible
"Just lend an ear and I'll hlI it full;
This Is straight-no idle bull
He's in France"
He's in FAranCeT'
Yep, he's in France"
And the gink who always arose at
To water the trees and NOW the
And t g. d, !. t. t. all the shrubs and
Listen. pal, didn't YOU hear?
Where've you been for the past half
He's in France
Hes In FranceE
Certainly he's in France
Wen, where's the guy who watched
Down At the big department, store.
do you mean TO tell me you don't
wake up. pardner. you're getting
slow.
He's in France"
Hes In FranceT'
''Of course, he's in France"
"But where is little Eleanore Burke
Who was interested in Red Cross
So timid she couldn't return a
gIamceTi
say, h9gen't you heard the news
or didn't You know there was war;
She's In France"
shes In France?
sure. she's In France"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
proposals. for the Construction OF
Sidewalks in the City of Fargo,
for the Ensuing Year. and
Notice nF AoNfNu an amwn@

Notice of Action ON same.
Sealed bids will be received by the
City Auditor Of the city Of Fargo un-
April srd, 1918, for the construction OF
sidewalks within said City for the en-
suing year, under the provisions of
!. an ORDINANCE, DEFINING, the Method
and the Width of Sidewalks In the
city of Fargo" published March 90,
1915, and amendments thereto.
Bios may be for the construction
with each of the following materials:
cortland cement, tile and monolithic
portland cement concrete; sidewalks
must be constructed in conformity
with the specifications prescribed in
the aforesaid ordinance, and shall be
subject to all conditions therein.
Printed forms for bids will be fur
nished by the Auditor and bidders
proposals and may familiariEe them
selves with the requirements of said
ordinance upon application to the City
Engineer or City Auditor.
Proposals shall state the price per
square yard on each kind of sidewalk
mentioned in the ordinances above re-
ferred to-, together with price per
cubic yard for MI or excavation.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a
certified check in the sum OF $4,000
and by a bond in the sum of $4,000
and no bid will be considered which
is not accompanied by such check and
bond.
The contract or contracts for the
construction Of the sidewalks herein
before mentioned will be for the con
struction of such sidewalks only as
the contractor or contractors may be
ordered to construct under the provt-
sions of said ordinances.
The successful bidder will be re-
uuired to execute a bond to the City
of Fargo in the sum of Five Thou
sand dollars, conditioned that all
work performed under the contract
will be guaranteed by the contractor
for a period OF two years from and
after the completion thereof.
All bids shall be securely sealed
and have endorsed thereon Proposals
for Sidewalks for 1918" together
with the name OF the bidder.
The Board OF City Commissioners
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Dated, Fargo, N. D., March 81, 1918.
A. r. WATKINS,
City Auditor.
March 21-2s, 1919
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
LEGAL NOTICES
citation ana Notice Hearing Proof
WaRm#mm WILL

Citation and Notice Hearing Rr0o1 q
state Of North Dakota i5 County O
Cass. in County Court, before Hon
A. g. Hanson, Judge.
In the matter Of the Estate Of
Anna Watson Syms, Deceased.
Mary Hamlin Lacy and Helen Mari
Durfee, Petitioners, VS.. Caroline IL
Watson. Arthur Gordon Eldred. Olive
Josephine b. Smith Freeman, Ernest
Watson, and the Trustees of the Uni
versitg Of Pennsylvania, Respondents
Citation and Notice Hearing Proof
or Foreign VIII.
The State OF North Dakota, to the
above named respondents and all per-
sons interested In the Estate Of Anna
Watson Syms, Deceased.
You and each of you are hereby
notined that Mary Hamlin Lacy and
Helen MARI Durfee, the Petitioners
herein, have fled in this Court a copy
Anna Watson Syms, late OF the Bor-
ough OF Warren. in the County Of
Warren and State OF Pennsylvania,
deceased. and, the probate thereof in
the state OF Pennsylvania, duly
authenticated. with their petition,
praying for the admission to probate
OF said document as the Last viii Of
said deceased, and for the issuance to
Durfee of letters Parliamentary there
on, and that the said petition and the
proofs OF said purported VIII will be
heard and duly. considered by this
Court on Thursday, the End day OF
May, A. D. 1918, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of that day. at the Court
Rooms of this Court, in the County
Court House, in the City OF Fargo.
County of Cass and State Of North
Dakota; and
You and each Of you are hereby
cited to be and appear before this
Court at said time and place and an
swer said petition and show cause, IN
any there. be-. why the prayer of said
petition should not be granted.
BY the Court,
A. q. HANSON
Judge of County Court.
Dated the 9th day of March, A d.
1918.
March % AnriI Ali 1nTsN
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
THE HOUSE OF CARDS.

Germanys carefully constructed
house Of cards in the East is in a
fair way to be kicked over, Just at
the time she is straining every nerve
to break the Allied line.
The Ukraine is in a ferment over
the export of food supplies. and both
the recognized rada and the Bolshe-
Wiki are protesting. The former de-
mands that the Ukraine be evacuat-
ed by German forces, and the Boil
shevili are agitating for armed
resistance and strikes to hamper the
Germans plans.
Odessa has been retaIlen by soviet
and Ukrainian troops, and two other
important Ulrainian cities have
driven out the invaders.
Meanwhile the irrepressible Trotz-
ky is advocating universal military
service for Russia, and is reported to
have made overtures to the Allies
for some form Of recognition and as
sistance.
The prediction that GeFmany's
troubles in the east were not over,
certainly is being borne out and much
sooner than expected. If Germany
had a free hand to organize her east
ern conquests, there would be no
doubt as to the outcome, but as long
as the Allies are occupying her at
tention, the diversion in the east lis
bound to be embarrassing in the ex-
IRENE, both because OF the military
forces needed to keep the country
under control, and the discomfort
that will be fomented at home when
the German people find that the
much advertised eastern peace is but
a myth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28

Smelling Paris. Like the man who
saw giraffe for the first time, there
amt no such animal" for them.
Mr.. Albert Blair at yesterdays
meeting at the Auditorium advocated
the cleaning up" of the partisan
press. The speakers at the conven-
ton haven't yet been able to say
anything The Forum wouldn't print,
and they can't as long as their re-
marks don't offend against decency.
But will Mr.. Townley's partisan
press" do the same for the league
opposition? 1t will not. 1t won't
even tell the story of the leagues own
activities.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
LEWISTON RESIDENTS
MAKE A CLEANUP"
Makes Alleged Pro- Germans Kiss the
FLAG and Burn All German Text
books In The Schools.
(Rv Associated Press. }

LewistoWn, Mont, March 2S.-The
pent-up feeling against pro-Germans
here found expression yesterday at
ternoon when an impromptu COM
mittee called Edward Foster in and
compelled him to kiss the flag and
take an oath of allegiance. Foster,
a prominent real estate man and an
officer in a Montana regiment during
the Spanish war, was arrested later
upon a charge of having uttered
seditious sentiments a couple of
days ago. He gave q bond Of $4,000
required by Justice Fred Skalicky.
The crowd then went to the high
school, secured all the German text
books, carried them to the business
center and burned them amid cheers
and singing OF patriotic songs. Fol-
lowing this ten more suspected pro-
Germans were required to kiss the
flag and take an oath Of allegiance.
Last night there was an Immense,
but very orderly parade Of citizens,
headed by the Elks trumpet corps,
extending over several blocks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
AN OPEN LETTER TO GOV,
ERNOR FRAZIER.

To save many of the farmers
of the state from financial EN-
barrassment, and some of them
from actual bankruptcy, The
Forum asks you to forget party
politics and call a special session
of the North Dakota legislature
to repeal section 10 of the feed
and seed bill passed at the recent
special session.
The telegram received yester-
day afternoon by Mr.. Box from
Washington, holds out no hope
of an adjustment of the situation
by any other means.
North Dakota is confronted
with the prospect of real
calamity. The federal farm
loan bank has ceased doing
business in North Dakota. Farm
ers who have been counting on
federal loans to get needed
funds, will find themselves I'M
able to get the money.
Private capital is being rapid
ly withdrawn from the state,
and the sources of farm loans
are drying up at an alarming
rate. When the government re
fuses to lend money because of
a provision in the law that makes
the security questionable, private
owners Of capital cannot be ex-
pected to take the risk.
The result will be that farm
ers with mortgages maturing
will be unable to get them re-
newed, except at a greatly in
creased rate. The federal farm
loan bank has brought private
interest rates down. Not only
will this competition be remov-
ed, but there will be the added
insecurity to justify much high
er interest rates, if the money is
available at all.
The best that can be hoped for
from the attorney general of the
United States is a partial remedy
and even it may not be effective
for some time to come.
The bungling in the drafting
of the feed and seed bill was not
Your fault. 1t was the fault OF
Messrs. Lemke, Bronson and
other Nonpartisan league lead
ers who drafted the bill. But
fixing the blame is not the inn
portant consideration. The i'm
portant thing now is to get a
prompt and effective remedy.
Nothing but another special ses-
sion of the legislature to repeal
the work Of the first one which
you called, and to redraft the
feed and seed bill until it is a
workable measure, can save the
state from real calamity, and as
sure the government the wheat
1t needs so sorely.
Governor Frazier, this is your
opportunity to prove your in
dependence, your patriotism
and your real friendship for the
farmer. Will you take it9
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28

In the matter OF the Estate OF
Charles f. Zick, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, Robert III. Zick, Admins
traitor of the Estate of Charles #.
ZiclS, late of the Township of Watson,
in the County of Cass and State of
North Dakota, deceased, to the credit
ors Of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, within
of this notice, to said Administrator