The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-16

The Dickinson Press exposes the miscarried
activity Of the Towney Press:
The Eonpartisan Leader and The Fargo
Courier News made helluva gplurge week
or so ago about how the governor and the
other state officials were going to hire out
TO the highest bidders TO do harvest work
during their vacation periods. One Caring
$40 day for his services in the harvest
field. Did the state officials back up the
bluff Of the Townley mouthpieces? Nay, nay,
Pauline They did not. The Courier-News
came out this week with the statement that
the officials were spending their vacations at
their own country homes. Just another pipe
dream by the ToWnley press agent"
The Ward County Independent tells Of a Mtnot
man who did his bit in practical way:
"A Minot man. who wanted to do his pa
tr!otic duty, as we'll save some money, in
stead Of ordering a $65 tailor made suit,
which could have been bought for $50 year
or two ago, dug up four Of his old suits about
the house and sent them to the cleaners.
The vests from two of the suits were used
for patches and when the suits came back,
they looked like new and will last for year
or two No, this isn't advertisement for
some cleaning establishment. We merely tell
1t that others may be induced to do the
same thing. 1t cost this IS to have his
ola suits cleaned pressed and mended Four
new suits like them would probably cost him
a couple Of hundred dollars. The difference
can be put into savings stamps. A patch
on a suit Of dothes nowadays Is a badge Of
honor won by doing a plain patriotic duty
Many Of our women remodelng their old
garments Perhaps the style may have
way. Shoe repairers say they were never so
busy at the present time. It does all
Americans lot Of good to be forced to learn
lessons in thrift. Well be all the better citi-
zens for it after Kaiser Bill has been licked.
The Mclean County Independent comments on
the necessity Of individual effort in winning the
war:
This war is to be won not by one man or
one thousand men or one million men, one
million people. 1t Is to be by the united
efforts of the individuals Of many nations.
Every American citizen has an individual
share of the responsibility. The more pow
erful and effective the American forces are
the shorter will be the war; and the fewer
lives lost, the greater the number Of American
soldiers who will return home victorious
Every American who economies in con-
sumption of material. who increases produc-
ton, who saves and lends to the government,
does something to help win the war
wonders what the Germans think of Imitation
Americans"
German soldiers were warned that they
would find men before them in the guise Of
American soldiers but were assured that
these were English and Canadians nasquer-
aiding Americans, and that no Americans
could get there. The Germans may now be
wondering what the real thing must be like
after the experience that they have had with
the imitation"
The Wiliston Herald discusses the signifi-
canoe of the large number Of casualties among
the first families Of the Allied countries:
IN the last two Or three weeks the name
Of Quentin Roosevelt has sounded loudly in
our ears. Beyond the prejudices born Of
political creeds, in the death Of this
young aviator a significance which is neither
modified or emphasized by our mental atti-
tude toward the policies which we have
learned to connect inseparably with the
Roosevelt name.
Democracy offers to it's leaders no i'm
munity from personal obligation for them
selves. or for their children, nor any
here accept 1t as perquisite Of high office
The Roosevelt family is we'll trained in this
school, and 1t is with pride that we point to
quality in our national makeup which we
share with those other democracies on whose
side we fight The number OF deputies elect
ed to the French chambers who have fall
len in battle furnishes roster which would
be appalling, were it less glorious; and the
same condition exists in England which Is
republic in everything but name, with the
title of king preserved a medieval sur
vival to be used occasionally as a rubber
stamp Two Of Englands ex-premiers have
lost sons on the battlefield, and both houses
of parliament have seen among their own
ranks how great price in human life must
be paid for the perpetuation Of the demo-
cratic principles But are there any gaps yet
made in the family Of the Potsdam despot'?