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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16

This Is a message to the unregen-
crate.
1t is a message to the man who
keeps his religion like his Red Cross
work, in his wife's name.
1t is a message to the man who
anakes a practice Of going to church
regularly once a year, but who has
missed the last few times.
Here it Is:
Select the church which you at
landed under more or less COM
puIsion. before you reached mans es-
tate. Get up early and take plenty Of
time to prepare. Collect all the fam
us and GO TO CHURCH"
Tomorrow Is Go-To- Church Sunday
IN Fargo, and the church members
are trying to get 80 per cent Of the
population to attend. It would be a
mighty good thing for Fargo If 100
per cent attended.
We submit that arising early on
Sunday, getting breakfast at a sea-
sonable hour, walking a mile or two
and attending church service is a
much more satisfactory beginning to
day than three hours in a dressing
gown and slippers.
OF course there are other argu-
ments for attending church, but the
minister will tell you those much
more forclbly than a newspaper can.
some Of the ministers have, in a way,
put 1t up to The Forum that IL it will
lust get you to church once, they
Will do the rest. So we appeal to the
unregenerate. The regenerate, Of
course, need no urging.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16

And you lost three more at the
start? --..
Well. this is the end of q perfect
row,
And the end of a sweater. too,
Though it's for a man that is big
and strong,
It will be pretty tight. it's true.
But toiling has rendered this perfect
row
A nice piece of the knitter's art,
And twill stand at the end, still
strong and firm,
When the whole thing comes apart.
Some mere man, we wager, COM
posed this "Rubaiyat Of War Hus-
band" which came from an exchange
this week:
"A loaf of war bread underneath the
A jug Of Watered milk, a prune-and
thou
Beside me knitting. But what's
THAT. if we
Can win the war? 'Twere paradise
enow!"
Promptly we hop to the rescue Of
the War wife with this reply:
while lollinE idle there beneath the
bough,
Bewailing the anaemic product Of the
COW;
You might learn, friend husband, how
to knit PeTchance
You'd think less of your stomach
then, trow."
Count Tolstoy laid down the dogma
that great art is universal in its ap-
peal, and there was the corollary
that IL it did not have this universal
appeal it was not great art.
OF course, following this test, the
proper way to determine whether a
Beethoven symphony was great art
would be to play it to a Hottentot;
or if you wished to test the literary
value of one OF Merediths novels
read it to-well say to a Hun. In
other words, culture--that much
abused word-was rather superfiu-
Gus affair.
The other extreme is that culture
is a cult" with mystic passwords
that only men with long hair are ad-
mitted, and that the artistic is the
unpopular.
o. w. Ffrkins. in Ralph Waldo
Emerson" strikes the happy medium
with this: 1.-THE essence Of culture is
appreciativeness- appreciativeness Of
the finer values. aesthetic, intellectual,
spiritual. That some catholicity and
some discrimination should mark this
receptiveness would generally be
conceded"
In other words the pleasure deriv-
ed from a great composition, from a
great poem. from great piece Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16
WHAT CAN'T BE FORGIVEN.

It seems that the sheer and hide
Gus brutality Of the Hun would be
almost more bearable than his insol-
encs and arrogance toward his vic
tins.
Belgium's sufferings as the Prus-
sian brutes swept across her eair
fields have been acute enough to test
all the boundless courage OF her
brave people, but the refinement Of
torture is the insolent effort to put
into effect Germany's plan OF self
determination for her conquered
subjects.
Belgium ia to be "self-determined"
into two divisions. one for the Flem-
tnra and one for the WaIloons. This
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16
North Dakota's Roll of Honor

(NoteTh compiling complete list OF the
relatives Of those who make
notify The Forum
stating merely the address, date
Of killed in action
available they should be forwarded by mail
will classified and at the end OF
historical IL
list Forum
attention at once)
Pte VIM. W. Whalen Forks died H.
J. Regnery, Halliday, killed action Feb 49,
Pte HB. salzman, Beach, died Feb. 20.
Lloyd spetz, Bismarck, killed in action March l.
Pie. Matthew Brew Fayette IN March /.
Pie. AIldsll Minot killed in action March g.
Gard, Crosby killed in action March g.
Pie. Claude Keller, Glenburn killed in action March B.
ousley, Wilton Killed in action, Feb. 2
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16

The Pierce County Tribune has
this comment on the silence OF this
Townley Kept Press:
Under the caption, "Silence is
Golden" which in itself is high
~ suggestive Of the Townley
motif, The Rugby Farmers News
gives evidence. at last, of a
desire to do something for its
boss in return for its weekly pay
roll. 1t says, among other things,
that
''In the case OF the Consumers
United Stores company, the
silence of the 'Townley press in
the face of the concerted attack
OF a certain portion of the press
upon the scheme has been proof
OF the truth OF the saying"
In which premise the local
Townley hired man is eminently
correct. 1t is true that in ali OF
Mr.. Townley's schemes for graft /
ing his farmer friends. the silence
OF both himself and his press has
been golden" for him. IL has
put dollars in his pocket when an
explanation Of his projects would
have kept them out. or course,
Ef'silence is golden" in a case OF
that kind.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted TO the Task OF
Keeping Up With North Da~
kOta Editors.

The New Rockford State Center
pays the following tribute to Former
President Taft:
Since the beginning of the war
eN-President Taft has been
working in harmony with the
government in the prosecution of
all its plans. He started in with
the idea Of cooperating with
the Washington administration
and If he has departed from that
policy in any respect, we have
not heard of it. Taft is no
carper. His endeavors have
been directed entirely TO bring
ing about coordination Of all
forces to the winning of the war
and in the furtherance Of this
endeayor he has called a nation.
al convention at philadelphia
for three days, to which he has
invited all patriotic men and
women. Taft's leadership of
this movement will give it
prestige. Its call to the coun-
try will be 'Win the War for
Peace" 1t is to that very end
Mr.. Taft has been bending all
his energies. He has had no
hampering criticisms Of the
government-he has left that to
others-but in his every speech
he has preached loyalty to the
administration and the utmost
assistance to 1t in carrying out
its war plans. Taft has been
proving himself one Of the
greatest OF statesmen and
Americans.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16
The Editors Mail Bag

To The Editor Of The Forum:
/ am proud Of YOU now. Some
how, somewhere, someone has the
courage of his convictions.
PETER WASHER.
Dickinson, N. D., March IA.
Thank you, sir. The more sub
sorfbers with convictions a paper
has, the more IL Is encouraged to
stand UP for its own. The Editor.
To The Editor OF The Forum:
] note your North Dakota Roll Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16
PROMINENT FORKS MAN Dll

Grand Forks, M. d.. March 16. -
Henry Kelly, for years prominent
Grand Forks county resident. died
suddenly yesterday afternoon while
walking 70 his home in this city. Two
years ago he was stricken with
paralysis and &c IS believed another
attack was the cause Of his death
He was postmast er for a number of
years. at Kellys. a town named after
him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16

literature is directly proportIoned 10
what the individual brings to 1t, and
the educated taste seeks neither the
bizarre nor the stereotyped.
The engineer would get pleasure
from a perfect bit of machinery that
the average man would never
comprehend. There lies the value Of
study of musical appreciation and
Of great literature in the schools. #
Newspapers are responsible for
bringing many additions to the
vocabulary of the average citizen.
Most new phrases that creep into
popular speech come from the sport
ing page. the dramatic criticisms, the
editorial columns, or the news
columns of the newspapers.
But newspapers also perpetuate
many worn and hackneyed phrases
that do almost as much to pauperize
the language as the new phrases do
to enrich it.
Every newspaper copy reader knows
many VI AA6 8OOu' Olu SNauAbg - AAAS
the bouncing baby" when babies
never bounce; the handsome home"
when so few residences are homes;
and the conventional black. Then
every policeman or every negro must
be "burly'' and every bride must
come in on her fathers arm.
And now every Sunday school class
that raises five dollars for the foreign
mission fund, goes over the top;
and everyone from the man who gets
last summers trousers patched TO
the business rival who undersells
you, is guilty of camouiage.
With a dictionary full Of fine.
mouth filling, expressive words. lying
unused, there is no justification for
over working the few. The war
activities need new phraseology.
Learn new word day and help
there, we nearly said And help win
the war"-and help to make the war
needs more impressive by getting rid
OF the old stereotyped phrases
J. E. r.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
WRITTEN MUSIC is NOT NEW
Custom of Preserving Melodies in
Tangible Form Was First OBJ
served by the Greeks.

There were a great many steps in
the development of the present form
of writing music. The custom of writ
ing melodies rather than trusting to
the uncertain help of memory for their
preservation was first observed by the
Greeks. Indeed, at one time, the pre-
serving of music in tangible, visible
form was deemed so necessary as to
be the subject of a special papal Dull.
The writing out of music was ac-
complished by the use of many differ
ent sets of signs and symbols, in the
various countries. Nothing really
definite and lasting, though, was done
in this direction until the fifteenth CEN
fury, when the first real printing of
melodies and harmonies was accom-
plished in Germany. This was made
possible by the invention of the NOV
able metal types.
The prints thus produced were re-
markably clear and neat at first, but
they later became gradually more and
more imperfect, which degeneration
finally led to the invention of copper
plate printing in 1882, by Simon We
royio, an Italian.-New York Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
Gruesome Enterprise.

In their pursuits of trade, undertake
ers, florists and makers of mourning
goods assiduously read the death no
tees in the newspapers, and the house
of death is overwhelmed with letters
from them. But can you imagine the
avaricious secondhand clothing deal
er devoting himself to the same pur-
poses? asks New York correspondent.
Recently widows and members of fam
lilies, upon returning from funeral
have been amazed and shocked to find
the following printed letter addressed
to the deceased: "Dear Madam-Beg
10 inform you that l pay the highest
prices for gentlemen's discarded cloth
ing of every description, also shoes,
etc. Owing to the scarcity and adj
vanced prices of clothing this year,
am compelled to pay so per cent more
than others for slightly used business
suits, tuxedos, full dress, overcoats,
trousers, fur coats and shoes. Before
selling kindly send for me. Small or
large orders promptly attended to.
Write or phone and l will call at your
convenience. Very respectfully, Mr..
Blank"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
WAR GARDENS

1t is time now to begin to make
definite plans for the garden work
which is to be done later on. Make
every foot of land work all the time
AS soon as one crop is harvested, an
other should take it's place, if there
is room for it's proper growth. Warm
season crops such as beans and
tomatoes, and late seeded crops like
turnips, may follow early cool sea-
son crops, such as lettuce, spinach
radishes and onion sets. Vegetables
which can be stored for winter use
should be considered first. Plans
should first be made for the long sea-
son crops, as the short season crops
will take care of themselves. Grow
short season crops lettuce, radishes,
spinach, etc. between the rows of
long season crops. If your garden is
small you cannot afford to grow
crops requiring lots of space. Po-
tatoes, corn and vine crops should
usually be left out of the small gar
dens. If these are grown the smaller,
quick-growing crops should occupy
the space until it is needed by the per-
manent crop. Provide for as large
a val iety of vegetables as practical.
A steady diet of one kind is liable
tC become tiresome.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
A PRIZE LITTER CONTEST

A patriotic and educational move
ment is about to be inaugurated for
more and better homes and what it
means to the community. Through
the liberality and public spirit of the
Wisconsin Box Co., the pupils of our
local schools are to engage in a UNIQUE
contest of most interesting charac-
ter. The plan has the hearty endorse
ment and support of the superinten-
dent of schools and of the teachers.
The cash prizes are as follows:
LIST, $500; End, $1,000; Srd, $500;
4th, $500.
These prizes are offered by the Wis
consin Box Co., on the best letters not
less than 500 words nor more than
$50, written by pupils of the local
public schools under Is years of age,
Topic; why Every Family Should
Own Its Own Home"
Inc man who owns his own home
is pretty sure to be a good citizen,
therefore it is a patriotic duty to en-
courage the building of homes in
every possible way. All letters must
be in by April 10th and addressed to
the Wisconsin Box Company, The
Home Builders, Wausau, Wis. See
the columns of the Pilot later for
further information on this contest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
BIG SNOW STORM

Last Friday night, snow storm
prevailed throughout the north and
especially did this section receive its
share of snow and wind. Saturday
morning, when our people awoke,
there was a powerful wind from the
northeast and the air was filled with
snow to such an extent that getting
about was not an easy task. Fully
half foot of snow had fallen during
the night. This fierce storm, of wind
and snow kept up all day Saturday and
it was with the greatest difficulty that
our citizens managed to get about and
to and from their homes. One man,
in order to keep his walk passably
clean said he had to shovel it off
twenty times during the day All trains
were delayed and some were not able
| to make their runs. Mail deliveries
were only partially made and the wind
] drifted the snow to such an extent
that the country was practically cut
off. The storm began to let up by
Saturday evening and Sunday opened
with clear sky, and the wind shift
ing to the south. If the weather turns
| cold and cloudy the snow will furnish
| enough sleighing to enable loggers
and others to do much business and
perhaps to clean up their winter S
work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
ENROLLING AGENT

Men. who are skilled in the use of
tools, who can work in wood or in
iron or in steel are wanted as United
States ship-yard volunteers. Men
barred from actual fighting are de-
sired, such as automobile mechanic.
blacksmith, boiler maker, core maker.
craftsman. (mechanicaD. electrician,
electrical wireman, engineer, (power)
engineer, (rigger's) fireman. furnace
man, general mechanic, helper. i'm
proven, laborer, machiniSt (shop)
machine-teol hand. machine-tool oper-
ator, machinist (outside). molder.
painter, pattern maker, pipe filter. pipe
bender. plumber, riveter. riyet heater.
rivet passer, ship carpenter, sheet
metal worker, storekeeper. upholster-
er. weigher. and wood calker.
Mayor H. E. Marquardt of this city
is an enrolment agent of the Public
Service Reserve and has already regis
tered many applicants. who are to
depart when called upon There is
great need for available men to enroll
promptly in order to speed the work.
Most OF the positions offered will be
we'll compensated. Are you ready to
serve you. country building ships? If
you have skill il is your duty to enroll.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
COUNTY FAIR

Judd Alexander president of the
Marathon County Agricultural society
j. D. Christie, secretary and DR.. j.
A. Mills, Supt. of speed department,
attended the annual meeting of the
Central Wisconsin Fair Circuit, which
was held at Eau Claire on Thursday
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-Dr. G. A. Mills, Wausau
Vice-Pres.-C. S. Auken, La Crosse
Seer. Williams, Marshfield.
Treas.-C. d. Cox, Osseo.
The dates of the county fair fol-
Marathon county, were set for August
9th to the Both, inclusive. Then
Marshfield fair will follow the first
week in September; the second week
at Stanley; the third at Chippewa
Falls, and the fourth week at La
Crosse. The meeting was we'll at
tended and many questions relative
to the circuit were discussed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
Our Right to Ship Munitions
BY EDWARD B. VAN VLECK, Professor of Mathematics
University of Wisconsin.
Council of Defense

allies violated neutrality because he
expressed his convictions. Neutrality
is not such pathetic silence regarding
the issues or the war as we have seen
in the senator of our state Neither is
it a teetering of the government, an
impossible delicate balancing OF the
interests of two warning countries.
Neutrality is correct action in accord
ance with international law.
Lansing could not agree to "nnodify
the rules of International law on &C.
count of special conditions. In TACT,
Germany, having entered the war I'M
der well known rules, made at the
start what the world regarded as a
foul lunge on Belgium, with no UNI
pire to call her down, and then wanted
the rules changed during the course OF
the game. With cheek characteristic
of recent German diplomacy she asked
it in the name of neutrality.
Pacifsts have argued that even If
legal and neutral, it is still not moral
to allow the expectation of instruments
to kill But where can one draw the
line between the sale of firearms and
the expectation of copper, nickel, cot
ton, and other materials wherew1th to
make them? In modern warfare Pc
troIeum, clothing, food, are all ammu-
nition To stop their expectation
would have brought our working
classes great Industrial distress. Our
government would not have been NOR
ally justified in doing this. In fact, If
the sale of munitions is questioned on
the score of neutrality, we must then
ask and answer the question whether
it would have been moral to withhold
our aid to an outraged humanity.
Above all, the sale of munitions was
wise The whole world was at1re.
There was danger that at any moment
some unforeseen circumstance, such
as the sinking of the Lusitania, would
drag us into the caldron. Our army
was puny, our congress was Inactive,
our peace-loving president opposed to
preparedness. The increase of our
munition factories was our only prepa-
ration for black emergencies. To have
suppressed it would have been suicidal.
If the right to trade in arms with
neutrals is abandoned, each nation
must depend upon its own supply or
arms Victory will go to the side
which makes concealed preparations
and springs Unexpectedly upon its foe.
The small nation, no matter how civil
lied, will lie helpless before the big
one. All nations will be forced to keep
armed to the teeth Military service
will become universal and the organ
ization of the world will be based upon
might.
Such militarism is an abomination
20 Tnnn1n II iC a sion from
principles of mercy and forbearance.
it reverts to the law of the jungle. In
the New World we have lived in peace
for a century with no military line be-
tween us and Canada. European poll
cies have fenced each country with a
military border. Shall we allow the
military lines of Germany to touch our
| shores?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
DEATH OF MRS. b. w. SMITH

On Thursday morning word reached
Wausau, that Mrs. B. w. Smith had
passed away at her home in Oak Park,
Ill. Although not of robust health,
her death was sudden, and caused
from heart disease. The Smith family
formerly resided in this city, and at
that time Mr.. Smith was purchasing
agent for the c. NJ & ST. Paul R. r.
About fifteen years ago the family
went to Oak Park to live. While liv-
ing in Wausau, Mrs. Smith was an
active member in the First Presbyter-
ian church. She is survived by her
widower, three daughters and one son.
At the time of her death, she was
about sixty-siX years of age. The
family is well known here where they
have many friends, who regret to
learn of this sad news. Mr.. Smith is
a brother of the late Clinton H.
Smith, of Wausau. Mrs. Clinton
Smith has been visiting at the Smith
home in Oak Park, for some time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
Flowers of the State.

Twenty-six states of the Union have
adopted state flowers--official or for
mally agreed upon emblems. Massa-
chusetts is not one of them, although
there Is sort of growing idea, amount
ing almost to common consent, that
the trailing arbutus is our state flower,
says the Boston Transcript. If it is,
we have that emblem in common with
the province of Nova Scotia. Connect
cut has legally adopted flower, and
it is in many respects the finest pos
sessed by any state in the Union. 1t
is the mountain laurel. There are
flowers more beautiful than cur laurel
of the woods, but its bloom is so easily
conventionaliZed, so bright and so dec
orative, that it is peculiarly fitted for
emblematic purposes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS

At 500 o'clock Wednesday after
noon No 2 was called to the home of
E. H. Kuhlman, 301 South Third
street, to attend to a chimney fire.
No. l was called on two separate
occasions Thursday afternoon to the
home of Harry Molter, S12 Grand
avenue, to take care of chimney fires.
At $50 o'clock Friday morning No.
4 was called to the home af Paul
O. Olson, lac Williams street, to at
tend to chimney fire.
At 1880 O'Clock morning No. 2 was
called to the home of Mrs. Caroline
Ebersold, 1902 Cherry street, to attend
to chimney fire.
At 1880 p. m. the same day No. g.,
was called to the home of j. E..
Nelson, 800 Chicago avenue, to attend
to chimney fire.
At 2:25 the same afternoon No.
was called to the home of f. D..
Underwood, ga Forest street, to care
for chimney fire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-12
LOGGING MEN TO MEET

The Northern Logging Congress,
comprising the Central Wisconsin
Loggers' association, Northern Wis
consin Loggers' association, Upper
Peninsula Loggers' association and
the Northeastern and Upper Michigan
Loggers' association, will meet in Mil
waukee, March 2Sth and 10Th, in the
Hotel Wisconsin. There will be ad-
dresses by prominent loggers of
Northern Wisconsin as we'll as ny men
in high official positions in the state.
M. 2. Mccullough and J. D. Mylrea
are among those who will make ad-
dresses. Many from Wausau and ad-
joining cities will attend.