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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
The Big Neighbor Across
The Lake and The Burglar

/ here? Who shall repair it,?
| "All the world" cried the burglar
eagerly. Everybody will help-es-
pecially your big neighbor across the
lake. He is a fool with plenty OF
money. You can not expect me tC
contribute. / am poor but honest as
my profession will permit. This
damage in your house is not willful
| injury. 1t is merely one of the neces-
sary accomplishments of my practice
of burglary You ought not to fee
sore about it. Why do you call at
tention to it, instead of talking
politely and earnestly about the
blessings of peace?
| Il am talking to you as politely as
I can, said the householder, moisten-
| ing his dry lips, but while 1 am do
! ing it, l feel as if l were smeared
| with mud. Tell me, what have you
to say about my children and my SER
wants whom you have tortured and
murdered?"
"Ah, that" answered the burglar,
Struggling his shoulders and spread
ing out his hands, palms upward, so
that he looked like a gigantic toad.
that indeed is so very, very sad! My
heart mourns over it. But how could
it be avoided? Those foolish people
would not lie down, would not be
still Their conduct was directly
contrary to my system; see section
AT. chapter SO, in my Great Field
Book Of Burglary under the title
'Schrecklichkeit.' Perhaps in the
excitement of the moment I went q
little beyond those scientific regula-
tions. The babies need not have
been killed-Only terrified. But that
was a mere error of judgment which
you will readily forgive and forget
for the sake of the holy cause Of
peace. Will you not?
The householder turned quickly
and spat into the fireplace.
"Blasphemer," he cried; my gorge
rises at you Can there be any for
giveness until you repent? Can there
be any peace in the world if you go
loose in it, ready to break and enter
and kill when 1t pleases you? VIII
you lay down your weapons and come
before the Judge?
The burglar rose slowly to his feet,
twisting up his mustache with bloody
brass knuckled hands.
you are a colossal ass" he growl-
ed. You forget how strong I am,
how much I can still hurt you. I
have offered you a chance to get
peace. IfDu yOu want II
Not as a present from you" said
the householder, slowly. vt would
poison me. / would rather die a
decent mans death"
He went a step nearer to the
burglar, who quickly backed away.
Come" the householder continued;
'let us handy compliments no longer.
You are where you have no right to
be. You can talk when get you be-
fore the Judge. I want peace no
more than 1 want justice. While
there is a God in heaven and honest
freemen still live on earth / will fight
for both"
He took a fresh grip on his club,
and the burglar backed again, ready
to spring.
Through the dead silence of the
room there came loud knocking at
the door. Could 1t be the big neigh
Dor from across the lake?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

1915, as date when all shops should
be completed.
Senate Bill No. 10, introduced by
Martin, would divide all railroads
in the state into sections for the re-
pair and maintenance OF the roadbed
and tracks and limit tho number OF
miles in each section, each section
to be under the direction of a fore
man. No section, the bin provides,
should exceed six miles in on the
main line and eight miles on branch
lines.
Senate Bill No. IL, introduced by
Hemmingson, provides that no fore
closure Of mortgage contract or lien
OF punishment or proceedings for
execution, levy or attachment shall
hereafter issue In North Dakota un-
less the PLAINTIFF shall make affidavit
that none of the necessary parties is
in the military service. Anyone
actively serving outside the state in
the army or navy during the time
that the United States is engaged in
the present war and for twelve
months thereafter is considered in
military service. No eviction or dis
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
Have COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better LOoking-Take
Olive Tablets

II your skin Is yelI0w-complexion
pallid-bongue ated-appetite poor
you have bad taste N your mouth
a lazy, no-good teeling-yOu should
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DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-a sub
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DIR. Edwards after IL years of study
with his patients.
Dr.EdwardS Olive Tabletsare purely
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You will know them by their olive color.
Tohave aclear, pink skin. bright eyes,
no pimples, feeling of buoyanCy like
childhood daysyoumustget atthecause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like calomel-yet have
no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. That's why millions Of boxes
are sold annually at 10c and 25c per box.
All druggists. Take one or two nightly
and note the pleasing reSllts
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
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made syrup. Easily prepared
and costs little.


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pinex is q special and highly concen-
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
BEATING THE U-BoAT.

In the dispatch printed last even
ang that Americans had perfected a
8s'diving shell" which does not ricochet
s from the water, but penetrates. may
4 be found one explanation of the de-
. alining losses from the submarines,
and the increased number Of u
boats sunk.
When the history of the war is
written, an interesting chapter will
be devoted to the work of the United
States destroyers. Since the day
they arrived in England and an
nounced they were ready for active
duty at once, the submarine toll has
{. declined. There have been huotua-
tions from week to week, but the
whole trend has been downward, and
still is. The number of U-boats
sunk, on the contrary, is steadily in
creasing.
The depth bomb was brought to its
real effectiveness by the Americans,
and now comes the diving shell,
which goes under water after the
submarine.
It is no wonder the crews Of the
U-boats are mutinying and killing
their ofHcers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
GIRLS! BEAUTTFY
YOUR HAIR and
STOP DANDRUFF
Hair Becomes Charming,
WaVy, Lu s trous And
Thick in Few Moments
Every Bit of Dandrl1f Dis
appears And Hair Stops
Coming Out

For a few cents you can save your
hair. In less than ten minutes you
can double its beauty. Your hair
becomes light, wavy. fluffy, abund-
ant and appears as soft, lustrous and
charming as a young girls after
applying some Danderine. Also try
this-moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw ii
through your hair, taking one small
strand at q time. This will cleanse
the hair OF dust, dirt OF excessive
oil, and In Just a few moments you
have doubled the beauty of your
hair. A delightful surprise awaits
those whose hair has been neglected
or is scraggy, faded, dry, brittle or
thin. Besides identifying the hair.
Danderins dissolves every particle OF
dandruff; eleanses, purifes and in
vtgorates the scalp, forever stopping
itching and falling hair, but what
win please you most viii be after a
few weeks use. when you see new
hRir-fine and downy at hrst-Ees-
but reaIly@new hair growing all over
the scalp. II you care for pretty, soft
hair, and lots Of ii, surely get a
small bottle Of Knowlton's Danderine
from any drug store or toilet counter
and just try it.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

famine and business stagnation on
the new republic, and painted a
gloomy picture Of conditions in the
bigger cities particularly.
Samuel Lovich, a New York bust
ness man who has just returned from
Russia after crossing the country
from Hardin to Petrograd, and COW
ering territory as far south as Odessa
and as far north as ArchaHgel. for a
firm of exporters, sheds some further
light on this dispatch. In a recent
interview in The New York Times
he tells of the total collapse Of the
normal business life Of Russia.
1T is a fair generalization he
says, ito state that nobody is work
ing in Russia but Austrian and Ger
man prisoners.
He tells Of one county clerk being
deposed for embezzlement. The
various political factions were so
suspicious Of each other, they APP
pointed an Austrian prisoner to the
job, and he was reported to be hold
ing it down we'll
In Petrograd which has doubled it's
population since the war, and now
has about 100000 inhabitants,
thousands Of carloads of food have
been allowed to freeze or rot while
the people literally starved.
The buildings Of the city are COW
cred with posters, since with the sup
preston Of newspapers hostile to the
government, this is the only way to
spread propaganda, There is per-
feet mania for unions, he reports. 1t
even extended to a union Of tenants
who struck when a landlord raised
their rent. High school students
formed a union and struck for repre-
sentation on the council of teachers.
Petrograd is filled with soldiers
who have turned peddlers. They
sell government stores or make trips
to the country and return with food
which they sell at exorbitant prices,
while the shops are stripped of sup
plies.
Lynch law is the only law that
prevails, and criminals who happen
to be caught in the act, are tried by
an informal jury of bystanders and
punished on the spot.
There were nineteen Socialist par
ties in the fall election, and when a
committee representing all of them
attempted to report a plan for ma
tional defense, there were nineteen
minority reports. No two agreed
sufficiently to make joint report.
Soldiers piIlage the trains; theaters
are crowded; prostitution is ramp
ant; drunkenness is growing alarm
ingly.
1t is a grim object lesson for other
nations Of the world of the dangers
of the complete overthrow of all au-
thority, and Of what demagoguery
rampant can make of a nation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
MYSTERIES OF THE WAR.


: The sinking of the Turkish war
ships in the Dardanelles suddenly
shifts attention to stwo theaters Of
the war that have been forgotten for
gTnonths.
What is the great Allied army in
rahe Balkans doing?
And what has become Of the big
rHaussian army that VIGOROUSLY swept
Falong the south shore Of the Black
ksea a year ago?
The two Turkish ships sunk by the
british, were formerly two Of the
ECrack ships Of the German navy. The
HGoeben in particular, was a battle
Eeruiser Of the super dreadnaught
TYPE, and the equal Of almost any ship
Eahoat before the war. They have
been an annoying thorn in the side Of
the British and the Russians. From
their base in Constantinople they
could make sorties either way, into
h4he Black sea or the Mediterranean
sand harry the supply ships Of the
mrmies in Armenia and the Balkans.
EIow that they have been eliminated,
the question arises as to the activities
tuf these two armies.
Z In the Balkans the Allies were re-
fported to have as many as 10000
linen, yet this great army has been
Anactive for more than a year. I'm
doubtedly the breakdown Of the
Russian army prevented it beginning
an offensive, for there would be no
collective for such an offensive. 1t
swould simply push into a hostile
lcountry with both wings unsupported
land open to attack.
There is even greater mystery
about the fate Of the army under
Grand Duke Nicholas, that captured
kErzerum and Trebizond and which
bseemed for a time to threaten to ex-
Terminate the entire Turkish force.
VIRTUALLY nothing has been heard
drOm it since America entered the
Evar, yet it was reputed to consist Of
9rom 400, 900 to 100000 men. Such a
Gorce now in the rear of the retreat
ling Turks would mean humiliation,
land perhaps the capture Of Constan-
ninOple from the rear.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

and validating charters Of corpora
lions which have been cancelled OF
forfeited by fling with the secretary
Of the state annual reports and the
payment Of a penalty of $50 and all
arrearages in fees.
League Seed Measure.
Senate Bill No. 6. introduced BY
Senator Mortensons amends the seed
grain bonding act. It provides that
the amount OF seed and feed which
any county may sell its farmers in
exchange for their notes shall be
limited only by the acreage to be
planted and the amount of stock to
be fed. Affidavits are required from
| applicants for such assistance, set
4 ting forth the acreage to be seeded
and the amount Of feed required, and
| guaranteeing that the seed and feed
| provided will not be sold but will be
used for the purposes set forth. Amy
misrepresentation or violation Of con-
| tract on the part of the farmer Is
| made punishable by fine Of $50, to
81 900 or 80 days imprisonment or
both.
County boards shall issue seed and
feed bonds not in excess of their con-
stitutional debt limit on petition of
25 or more farmers, on or before Feb.
25 Of each year. After taking such
action, it is the duty Of the board to
notify the commissioner of agricul-
ture, who will act on behalf of the
county boards in the sale Of bonds.
Promissory notes given by the
farmer in exchange for seed and feed
fall due Oct. 1 and draw s per cent
interest. This note is a lien taking
priority over all other encumbrances
except threshinE and labor. Where
the farmer is a renter, the county
board may require the owner of the
land to sign the application and note
with his tenant
The agricultural commissioner is
given an additional $4,000 by this bill,
and the seed commissioner another
$4,000 and the measure carries an
emergency clause.
Senate Bill No. z. introduced by
Walton, provides for the organization
Of an active militia, consisting Of such
military units as the governor au-
thorizes to be formed. The militia |
shall consist, the bill says, of volun- |
teers, enrolled, organized, uniformed, |
armed and paid as governor directs, |
and the governor may incorporate in |
the militia the home guards as they /
now exist; commissioned officers |
shall be appointed and commissioned |
by the governor.
Senate Bill No. 8, introduced by |
Mr.. Wexford, provides for the ratifca-
ton Of the federal prohibition amend
ment.
Senate Bill No. Q, introduced by /
Martin, provides for the erection OF
car repair shops at division points.
Properly heated and lighted shops,
with sufficient capacity and ample
facilities for housing all cars to be
repaired, are demanded for every
division point. The bill fixes Oct. /,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
soME "MIDDLEMEN" WHO ARE
WELCOME.

Judging from their program 1t is
rather difficult to tell whether the
members of the North Dakota Inn
hlement Dealers association are
gathered in Fargo to advertise farm
implements or help win the war.
Selling farm implements may be
their avocation, but apparently the
discussion of war problems is their
neal business in Fargo.
OF course the Auditorium has on
nfsplay everything from cream
separator to a complete lighting
eplant. but the talks are patriotic, and
The dinners Hooverized.
Implement men come under the
classification of "Middlemen'', and the
process of eliminating them has been
IN progress since civilization pro-
vreesed out Of the stone age. They are
ntlu here and will be here until civil
azation returns to the stone age and
avery man does for himself all things
maaded to sustain life. Whether you
call him a "m1ddleman" or not, he Is
ms necessary to modern life as the
producer. There are useful middle
men and useless ones, just as there
are useful and useless producers.
Eargo's guests this week decidedly
rome under the former category. If
you doubt It, pay them a call this
week. You will be convinced and
incidentally SEQ a most interesting
ghow.
! The Forum hopes they break all
records for business this year. 1t
means bigger crops, and a tightening
.of the burdens Of the farmer and the
Farmers wife. And we hope these
~middIemen' make a decent profit
doing it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

! Henry Van Dyke, recently United
States minister to Holland, in Serb
ner's for November: The house was
badly wrecked by the struggle which
had ragged through it. The walls
were married, the windows and mir
rors shattered, the pictures ruined
the furniture smashed into kindling
wood.
| Worst of all. the faithful servants
and some of the children were lying
! in dark corners, dead or grievously
wounded.
The burglar who had wrought the
| damage sat in the middle Of the din
| ingroom floor, with his swag around
him. 1t was neatly arranged in bags,
! for, in spite Of his madness, he was
a most methodical man. One bag
was labeled silverware; another
| jewels, another cash, and another
| souvenirs. There was blood on his
hands and a fatuous smile on his
face.
Surely I am a mighty man." he
said to himself and ! have proved
it! But I am very tired, as we'll as
kind-hearted and I feel that 1t is
now time to begin a conversation on
peace"
The householder, who was also
something Of paCifst on appropriate
occasions, but never a blind one,
stood near. Through the brief hull in
the rampage he overheard the NUT
terings Of the burglar.
Were you speaking to me?" he
asked.
"As a matter of fact, answered
the burglar, Il was talking TO my
self But it is the same thing. Are
we not brothers? Do we not both
love peace? Come sit beside me. and
let us talk about it,.
What do you mean by peace?"
said the householder, looking grimly
around him; do you mean all this? ?"
mo, no. said the burglar; that is
-er-not exactly! AN this is most
regrettable. weep over 1t. If I
could have had my way unopposed
it would never have happened. But
until you sit down close beside me
really can not tell you in particular
what / mean by that blessed word
peace, in general, I mean something
like the status quo ante bel"
I'm this case, interrupted the
householder, you should say the
status quo ante furtum-not belIum
Cthe state of things before the
burglary, not Defore the war;. You
gre mighty robber-not a common
thief, but a most uncommon one. Do
You mean to restore the plumber you
have grabbed?"
Yes certainly, replied the burg
lar, in a magnanimOus tone; that Is
to say, mean you shall have a part
of 1t, freely and willingly. l could
keep it all, you know, but l am too
noble to do that You shall take the
silverwRre and the souvenirs, but l
will take the jewels and the cash.
Isn't that a fair division? Peace
must always stand on a basis of
equally between the two parties.
Shake hands on it,.
The householder put his hand be-
hind his back.
you insult me-, said he. IF ]
were your equal I should die Of
shame. Waive the comparison. What
about the damage you have done
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

with anti-patriotic forces It would
never prosper.
IL has been a great misfortune that
in Canada the official representatives
Of labor, who have spoken for IL at
moments Of crisis, have been, with
but few exceptions, Of the type so
vigorously condemned by Mr.. Roberts
men whose desire it was to en-
courage descriptive influences. The
result has been disastrous not only
to the political ambitions of labor
leaders but to the union movement
as well, There should be In the new
parliament at least q dozen labor rep
resentatives who would be, at the
same time, friendly to the Union
list movement. But there is not a
single member Of this class; because
the men IN charge OF the machinery
put in nomination in constituencies
which might be expected to elect
labor Representatives, candidates
who stood for programs that the
majority of the electors, including a
majority of labor voters, themselves,
regarded as international with the
result that they were, without ex-
ception, defeated. The result OF in
competent leadership is that very
important elements OF the nation,
whose cooperation Is essential If
the country is to make its maximum
war effort, will not be represented in
parliament.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
PLAYERS
MEET FEB. e

Devils Lake, N. D., Jan. 24.-Ed-
gar Anderson, president Of the
North Dakota Chess association, an
nounces that the annual tournament
will be held at Devils Lake in the
Commercial club rooms on Feb. %.
Two classes will be entered-major
class for older players. and a minor
class for beginners. William Wild
meyer of Rolla, holds the title as
champion for 1917 In the major class,
and Ole Serumgard of Devils Lake,
as winner in the minor GLASS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

tress during the period Of such mile
tary service where the agreed rent
does not exceed $50 the month shall
lie against premises occupied by the
wife. children or other dependents or
anyone In the military service OF the
United States,
All taxes OF every description are
held in allegiance during the period
Of the emergency.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

ness, feverishness. sore throat, sneez-
ing, soreness and stiffness,
Don't stay stufred-upi Quit hlow-
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gives such prompt relief as "Pape's
Cold Compound" which costs only
few cents at any drug store. II acts
without assistance, tastes nice,
causes no inconvenience BE sure
YOU get the genuinas--Adw
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

Al dose taken every two hours until
three doses are taken win end grippe
misery and break up a severe cold
either in the head, chest, body or
limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up
noBtrils and air passages IN the head,
stops nasty discharge or nose rum
ming. relieves stick headache, dull-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24
SALARY INCREASES.

Members of Lidnerwood High School
Are Voted an Increase.
LidgerwoOd, M. d., Jan. 24-Be-
cause OF the extra work done by the
high school teachers, the members OF
the board Of education in session
have adopted a resolution that from
Jan q Miss Mohr'a salary be In
creased SIS a month"; Miss Currey's
salary, SIS a month, and that OF
superintendent RI. A. Trubey S35 q
month