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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
Admit Success OF
Zeebrugge Attack
tBy Associated Press.)

London. May s.-That the recent
British attack on the German sub
marine base at Zeebrugge was sue
cessful Is admitted by the Frankfurt
or Zeitung, in commenting upon the
assault The newspaper urges that
the German navy take measures TO
deal with an antagonist Of remark
able boldness."
It would be foolish to deny" II
says. that the British fleet scored a
great success through q fantastically
audacious stroke in penetrating into
one of the most important strong
holds over which the German flag
floats.
However unpleasant it may be,
we must frankly admit that the en-
enny ships actually entered the port
Of zeebrugge. That being so. there Is
no reason why they should not
achieve g. similar feat at other times.
1t therefore behooves our navy COM
mand to be alert. for we have to deal
with an antagonist Of remarkable
bO1dness"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08

The monthly reports of crop and
business conditions in the Ninth
Federal Reserve district for April,
prepared by John H. Rich, chairman
and federal reserve agent, follows, IN
part:
"The reports by states are very
encouraging. Montana. has had very
favorable weather for spring wheat
planting. and the grain has gone in
fully six weeks ahead Of last year.
Over the eastern half of the state
winter wheat acreage Is increased
approximately 80 per cent, with less
than 10 per cent winter killed. while
spring wheat may show an increase
as great as 40 per cent. A large
amount Of fax has been planted on
new breaking. Rains and some snow
during the past ten days have been
very beneficial and moisture condi~
tions are excellent. The prospect for
a record breaking production is such
that representative Montana men are
now in New York in consultation
with the Federal Grain corporation
regarding the financing and trans
portation OF what promises to be
much the largest crop the state has
ever raised. The livestock outlook Is
good and wool is beginning to move
at phenomenally high prices.
Western Dakota.
. Western North Dakota, which
was hard hit by the crop failure last
year. has plenty Of moisture, and the
outlook could hardly be better. In
the portions where winter wheat is
grown, the increase in acreage is
approximately 80 per cent. In the
western part of the state many local
tiles show an increase in spring
wheat planting OF 20 per cent. Rye,
barley and oats will be normal crops.
Flax will fall short of an average
year. Taking the eastern half of the
state as a whole, the increase in
spring wheat will be at least per
cent and possibly 10 per cent. The
outlook in the eastern half Of the
state is excellent Timely rains have
put the rye crop in first class condi-
ton. The seeding of oats has been
practically completed and barley
seeding Is more than half finished.
Small grain throughout the east
ern half Of South Dakota is virtually
all under ground. and was sown un-
der very favorable conditions. Gen
eral rains came just in time to bene-
fit the seed and have put the ground
in excellent shape for corn planting
Crop conditions everywhere are ex-
tremely favorable.
'"The acreage of small grains will
probably not be much increased over
previous years. The corn growing
section Of the state will experience
some reduction in acreage, but the
difference will be offset by wheat.
A reliable authority reporting from
Aberdeen estimates the increase in
the wheat acreage at Is per cent,
the increase in rye at 1S per cent, the
decrease of barley per cent, and
oats 10 per cent.
I'm both North and South Dakota,
and over q considerable part of Min
nesota. the new wheat crop is be-
ginning to appear above ground, and
presents a very favorable appear
ance.
THE Minnesota side Of the Red
River valley will show about 10 per
cent increase in wheat. with excel
lent moisture conditions. There has
been a large planting Of other crops.
In the Fergus Falls district, the
wheat acreage has increased approx
imately 25 per cent. and in other
parts of the west central section
there are, likewise, reports Of a sub
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
PFoposala for Payang. ourBins and

GATHERING
Tba City Council of the City OF
the hour OF eight o'clock p, M, on the
10th day of May, 1918, receive sealed
bids for paving, curbtng and ButteT-
ing the following streets ana avenues I,s.s
Ell Eighth street from the north line
Of Dakota Avenue to the North line
Of Ohio Avenue; and Wisconsin Ave
n1Ie. Psmbina Avenue, Michigan Ave
me- Delaware Avenue and Ohio Ave
nue.. All from the west line of Seventh
Street to the east line of Eighth Street
and from the west line OF hignlh
ming north and south between Eighth
gfrset and Ninth Street, with either
Brick, Asphalt, Bitulithie, Creosoted
Wood Blocks. Portland Cement Con-
crete. upon a coneIeLe ca,e Aoe aneeIf fieafiong f an
and details therefor prepared by Y;
wv Burdick, Engineer, and approved
and adopted by this council and now
before September is, 1918.
BIDDERS are requested to submit DIS
for all OF the above mentioned work
and also separate 6ids Ier nignLh a,5.idl
Ali bids shall be upon q cash OASIS
iof payment, and shall also state the
rate OF interest warrants snail bear
4 fuOEA GXGGe0lQE. SSNGA per SSA4l. AS24 z@@s4t-
flltIY11l. which the contractor will re-
ceivs and accept in payment Of the
work Each bid shal! state separately
the proposal of the bidder Tor each OF
the various kinds of paving above
mentioned, using blank forms such as
are contained in the specifications and
which will be furnished BY the Hngi-
Ileer upon request.
Zach bid shall be accompanied by q
certified check endorsed or payable TO
the mayor, in the sum of Five Hun
dred Dollars (S6O0. 0O1, and must also
be ACCOMPANIED by a bidder bond as
provided by law In q sum equal to
ten per cent OF the amount OF the bid.
AIDS shall be addressed to the City
Au.iifor. carefully sealed and shall
have endorsed upon the outside q
statement of what work such propos-
ais are for.
The City Council reserves the right
10 reject any and all bids
Dated ut Wahpeton, N. D., May q,
S. H. MURRAY.
City Auditor.
C1ay s15, 1918.1
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08

PROPOSE NEW MILK
ORDINANCE AT FORKS

Grand Forks, N. D., May S.-The
Grand Forks city council is consider
ing adopting a new milk ordinance,
providing more stringent regulations
than are now maintained. The new
requirements would go both to milk
products and the livestock.
The city council also Is considering
the question Of whether or not bees
are a public nuisance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD.

Belheld, N. D., May 8.-Impressive
memorial services were held Sunday
at the Lyric theater in honor Of Pvt.
Johnny Bhrle, Belfeld's first son to
yield up his life on the battlefields OF
France. The services ware in charge
of the Odd Fellows, with which the
deceased was afflliated. Rev. Mr..
Dooling, of Dickinson, made the prin-
cipal address. Private Ehrle was a
member of Co. K, of Dickinson, in the
Fighting First, which has reported
more casualties than any other COM
mand made up of North Dakotans.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
BISMARCK WAR GARDENS.

Bismarck, N. D., May 8.-More than
so acres are now growing war gar
dens in the city of Bismarck, as a ra-
ment inaugurated in the city schools
Something over five acres have bsen
planted by IS war garden groups. OF
school children, each group numbering
from two to IL members. All of the
gardens ara doing splendidly, and the
children are enthusiastic over their
work
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
Gas BIODn Back
German Cities
(Rv Associated Press.l J

Geneva, May S.-The municipal
authorities at Mulhausen, Alsace,
have ordered all inhabitants to pro-
cure gas masks before May 10, as
protection against aerial gas at
tacks," the Lauzanne Gazette says it
learns.
The truth Of the matter is, the
newspaper adds, that owing to con-
trary winds large quantities Of poi
son gas employed by the Germans
are now drifting gradually toward
towns along the Rhine. which al
ready are feeling the effects Of the
gas.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
Ca1s1ejbaJiSan III
Star-Oing Persia
tRy Aspoolated Press. J

Washington, May g.. Conditions in
Persia are described as desperate in
a dispatch to the state department
today from the American legation at
Teheran. Famine is increasing and
typhus, the message said, is prevail
ent in most of the cities.
The food shortage, the legation re-
ported, has forced the population to
eat dogs ana even practice canni-
balism.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
nTnAann Rnr. RIan.

The School Board of Land School
Dist. No. 10 will receive sealed bids
for the construction Of the addition OF
four rooms on to the present school
building and for the masonry work
under the present school building and
for the addition,
For specifications call or write the
clerk.
ject any and all bids.
Dated April 25th, 1918.
Bids to be opened May 31sts 1913.
BY order Of the Board:
j. P. SCHMIDT,
Clerk, Klef, N. Oak.
(May 1-S-1B-22. 1879
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
. ':La1~y.y Ho !" Is
Mayor of st. Paul
CRx Associated Presa.l

St. Paul, May s.-Laurence c.
Hodgson ("Larry Ho'D, a former
newspaper man, yesterday was
elected mayor of st. Paul over Julius
F. Emme, Socialist, by one of the
largest majorities ever returned for
d city official Hodgson moro than
doubled Emme's vote and his major
ity was about 10000 votes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
Crop Reports ReceiDed BIZ the
Federal Agent Most Optimistic

stantiaI increase In wheat planting
Southern Minnesota is taking up
wheat as war crop, and the plant
ing OF small grains over the state as
a whole is at least 80 per cent com.
YaIa}nH 10
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
Notice for Blds.

Sealed bids will be- received for the
construction OF a full basement under
the Kindred Lutheran church up to Il
o'clock, May 11th, 1918. Plans and
snaeifications are filed with the kin
dred State Bank, Kindred, ~. D. The
congregation reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
~ p, J. JOHNSON,
Kindred, N. D.
MAY A-6-T-9, 1879
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08

among the Sioux of Standing Rock
reservation next summer in payment
for land opened to homestead entry
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
EACH s1oUx WILL GET $40,

High Eagle, one Of the delegates Of
the Black Hills council to Washington
on the Black Hills Treaty claims, an.
$40 per capita, will be distributed
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
DEMOCRATS 70 MEET.
McHenry County War Horses To
MPoMl WoNI' af GrnnMilIA

"Pow Wow" at Granville.
Granville, N. D., May 8.-Demo-
cratic war horses Of McHenry coun-
ty will hold a mass meeting at Gran
Vile, Thursday. May 16, for the pur-
pose Of arranging for the nomination
Of county ticket. The meeting Is
called by D. A. Kramar president,
and D. ]. O'Connell. secretarY.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
LEGAL NOTICES
NOtlce for Bids,

-%OGACS 40E n1NBs ...
The School Board of Land School
Dist. No. 40 will receive sealed bids
for the excavation under the old
school building and for the new addi-
tion in the Village OF Kief, N. Oak.
For specifications call or write the
clerk.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any ami all bids.
Dated April 25th, 1918.
Bids to be opened May 81st, 1918.
BY order of the Board.
...# j. P. SCHMIDT,
Clerk, Kief, N. Oak.
(MaY l-S-16-22, l91S)
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
BouGHT 400 HEAD or CATTLE.

Belffeld, N. o., May 8.-Joe Cain, Of
Grassy Butte. one Of the Bad Lands
most successful ranchers. has just
at $40 the head. Last year Mr. Cain
sold $4,000 worth Of horses AMI $4,000
worth of cattle.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
Notice for Bids.

4NWN1NN l1FNNAIFe
The School Board of Land School
Dist. No. 40 will receive sealed bids
for the plumbing and heating plant
for the school in Kief, N. D.
For specifications call or write the
clerk.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Dated April 25th. 1913.
Bids to be opened May 'S1st, 1918.
BY order of the Board.
J, P. SCHMIDT,
Clerk, Kief, N. Oak.
(May, ,1-S-16-22, 1850
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08

For quick results use The Fargo
Forum want ada.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
Former. King At
Death s Door
fRv AsaociatAd prAss /,

(By Associated Press.)
Paris, May 8-F'ormer King Con-
stantine of Greece is seriously i'll al
Zurich, Switzerland, according to
dispatch to The Temps from Zurich.
Those at the bedside of the form
er monarch regard fatal terrnin.
alton Of his illness as not improb-
able.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08

about so miles Of telephone line,
which is part Of a line extending from
the southern sea to the front. We
always have the best Of eats, a. good
place to sleep and plenty of liberty.
THE French people are very fond
OF the Americans, and we get along
fine with them. l am learning to
speak a great deal Of French. 1t Is
very interesting to talk to these peo-
pie, and try to understand them"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
TWO ARE cATTEn BACK.

TWO ARE CALLED BACK.
Bismarck, N. D., May S.--Gov. Lynn
]. Frazier has furnished Sheriff H. Z.
Colicott, of Adams county, with requi-
from Montana ana Paul Dolan from
ct. Paul. Both are charged with hav-
ing obtained money under false pre-
lenses.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08

in
hpment
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08
FORMER GOVERNOR MARRIEs.
Roger AIIin Takes Michigan Girl az
Bride af Park River,

AIlin, former governor Of North Da-
kota, was married to Miss Anna Nc
Kenzie. of Flushing. Mich. the we'd
ding taking place here. Mr.. Allin was
governor in 1895 and 1896.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-08

New line Of Milan Sailors at Hol-
derman' s.-Advt.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-08-01
Mr.. Hoover's Conclusions.


Mr.. Hoover's mature conclusions on
the German practices in Belgium
which he wrote for the pamphlet is
sued by the committee on public in
formation. reinforce the detailed evil
dence already presented:
September, 1917.
I have been often called upon for "A
statement of my observation of Ger
man rule In Belgium and northern
France.
have neither the desire nor the
adequate pen to picture the scores
which have heated my blood through
the two and half years that l have
spent in work for the relief of these
100000 people.
The sight of the destroyed homes
md cities, the widowed and father
less, the destitute. the physical misery
best the deportation Of men by tens
of thousands to slavery in German
mines and factories, the execution OF
men and women for paltry effusions
of their loyalty to their country, the
sacking of every resource through
financial robbery, the battening of
armies on the slender produce of the
country, the denudation of the country
Of cattle, horses, and textiles: all these
things we had to witness, dumb to
help other than by protest and sympa-
thy, during this long and terrible time,
and still these are not the events OF
battle heat, but the effects of grind
ing heel of race demanding the may
tership of the world.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20
CHAPTER XVIII.
Experiences In Holland.

Experiences IN r1OlldnO.
But I was not quite out of the
woods.
I now knew that I was in Holland,
but Just where had no idea. walked
for about thirty minutes and came to
a path leading to the right, and had
proceeded along it but few hundred
Yards when I saw in front Of me a
fence exactly like the one I had
crossed.
''This is funny" said to myself. Il
didn't know the Dutch had fence,
too" I advanced to the fence and
examined it closely, and judge OF my
establishment when I saw beyond it a
nine-foot fence apparently holding
live wires exactly like the one which
had nearly been the death Of mel
I had very little time to conjecture
what it all meant, for just then !
heard a guard coming. He was walk
ing so fast that ] was sure it was a
Dutch sentry, as tie Huns walk much
slower.
I was so bewildered, however, that
/ decided to take no chances, and as
the road was fairly good l wandered
down if and away from that mysteri-
Gus fence. About half O mile down I
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20
,u.pTER XVI-continued.

N. kitchen you could walk
t''I into the cow-barn, where two
Ss.l .-are kent, and this, as 1 have
..,,s5 out before, is the usual con-
. ..l.,lop Of the poorer Belgian houses
', .,oId not make out why the caller
w. n he 50 antagOnistic to me,
s'-ss am sire he was arguing with
=. ; ;' against me. Perhaps the
W a. 49, 7 wasn't wearing wooden
d. doubt whether 1 could have
L ..,.,o5 3 pair big enough for me
..l- .on,jnced him that 1 was not
IN, Belgian, because there was
'- a., obout me otherwise which
...I5 have given him that idea.
-, =, that time, and 1 suppose 1t is
- todav about 81 per cent of the
=, in Belgium were wearing
.o5s, shoes. Among the peasants L
~, boIieve I ever saw any other
Wa of footwear and they are more
~ there than they are in Hol-
I'D The Dutch wear them more on
,- of q lack Of leather. 1 was
..3 that during the coming year prac-
s.suv all the peasants and poorer
rs,oIa in Germany, too, will adopt
r,,1sD shoes for farm work, as that
i, oDo direction in which wood can be
r-tstiuted for leather without much
bS. =.
When the young man left, I left
,aartIv afterwards, as 1 was not at
N comfortable about what his inten-
INNS we're regarding me. For all l
new he might have gone to notify
ss German authorities that there was
strange man in the vicinity-more
perhaps to protect his friends from
vvlcion of having aided me than to
ljure me.
Al any rate, was not going to take
n7 chances and I got out of that
pi.hborhO0d as rapidly as 1 could.
That night found me right on the
tOlder Of Holland.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20
When a Prisoner Is EXCHANGED.

Ivan Rossiter, captured by the Ger.
mans and later exchanged, says In the
Farm and Fireside "Then lay down,
not to sleep but to think. thought
Of the day when L enlisted in Canads.
Of leaving home, the training camps,
the trip overseas to England. the
training In England, going across the
channel to Flanders, the terrific fight
ing at Ypres, of the many friends who
fell on that bloody battlefield, how
was wounded and captured, the inhu-
man treatment I received at the hands
OF the German surgeons, who had four
husky Germans hold me down while
they cut five bones out OF my wriss
and amputated my middle finger at the
second joint when was wounded In
the palm of the hand the kicks and
the cuffs from prison guards and the
terrible stuff the Germans called food
In the prison camps"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20

wire fence and breathed the free air Of
Holland. had no clear idea just
where was and didn't care much.
! was out of the power of the Germans
and that was enough. had walked
perhaps hundred yards, when re-
membered the lace had thrown over
the barrier, and dangerous as I real
lied the undertaking to be, deter
mined to walk back and get 1t. This
necessitated my going back onto Bel
gian soil again, but 1t seemed shame
to leave the lace there, and by exer-
cising little care figured I could
get it easily enough.
When I came to the spot at which I
had made my way under the barbed
wire. I put my ear to the ground and
listened for the sentry. I heard him
coming and lay prone on the ground
till he had passed. The fact that he
might observe the hole in the ground
or the ladder occurred to me as lay
there, and it seemed like an age be-
fore he finally marched out o. ear
shot. Then went under the barbed
wire again, retrieved the lace and once
again made my way to Dutch terri
tory.
1t does not take long to describe the
events just referred to, but the Incl
dents themselves consumed several
hours in all. To dig the hole must
have taken me more than two hours
and I had to stop frequently to hide
while the sentry passed. Many times,
indeed, thought I heard him coming
and stopped my work and then dis
covered that 1t was only my imagina-
ton. I certainly suffered enough that
night to last me a lifetime. With a
German guard on one side, death from
electrocution on the other, and starva-
ton staring me in the face, my plight
was anything but a comfortable one.
It was on the 10th Of November.
1917, when I got through the wire.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20
CHAPTER XVII.
Getting Through the Lines.

Getting lnTou9n Lne Lines
Waiting until it was quite dark, I
naie my way carefully through a
fed and eventually came to the much
dreaded barrier.
twas all that I had heard about it.
Eyey foot of the border line between
Belgium and Holland is protected in
precisely the same manner. 1t is there
to serve three purposes: first, to pre-
vent the BelgianS from escaping into
Holland; second to keep enemies, like
myself, from making their way to free
DON; and third, to prevent assertions
On Ike part Of Germans themselves.
Vle look was enough to convince any
che that it probably accomplished all
e'ee objects about as well as any con-
u7alce could, and one look was all I
@ OF 1t that night, for while I lay
% my stomach gazing at the forbid
t's structure 1 heard the measured
'1iue OF a German sentry advancing
.'a'dS me and I Crawled away as
''N as l possibly could, determined
spend the night somewhere in the
aus and make another and more
~.S'- survey the following night.
'-s View l had obtained, however,
,-S >lAic.ent to convince me that the
re'auIt idea was out of the cues
W. even if l had a pole and was a
.-lsAI poIe-yauIter. The three
s-.'s covered a span of at least twelve
=. -, ~-l TO clear the last barbed wire
~. 49, Il would be necessary to vault
WI! AZ least ten feet high, but at
~. 'Vlfleen feet wide, with the GER
40 knowledge that to touch the cleo
49,. 49,! charged fence meant instant
i e,.- ihere would be no second
- ~-'e II you came a cropper the first
n Ts suit idea was also impractical
s~,,. '0~Se OF the lack of suitable
r,- 80 and tools with which to con-
@',i the stllts.
: 4 seemed to NE that the best thing
lt !. vas travel up and down the line
s \ 49,, 'l'e hope that some SPOT might
or,s Tered where conditions were
8 n n =. favorable, although I don't know
i lass wat expected along those
d. : . vas mighty dssaeartening to real
sa nm vlIy few feet away lay GER
r,,s -.sPly and that the only things
s,ss o--s NE from reaching it were
y r ..L,y fences. I thought of
4 hi + -.Il and wished that some
&, frS- y Would set it in front of me
ALL ssai the night in a clump Of
u, d. Nv sept in hiding most of the
ig,, ~ Nv T., only going abroad for an
! l,.s,, ,1o IN the middle of the dav
u 5 sesp some Belgian peasant
A,aos' ,o' food, The BeIgians Smiths in this
es5 =. We're naturally very \ much 1lli1
sSr u the Germans and 7 Jared
s.s,s I. nfarly every house German
Cot We Se'e chartered and if WAS
e So5 s Question for me 70 annIv
S9 ., n 4, taat direction. The T proT.
q se y III the border made EVE everyone g5Un,
q e -4a I soon came to the sV cop SIn.
EsS itr5 he safest thing I co GTi'. do
s s, r,S o. on raw vegetables which ~ I
% o,el, from the fields at night Igbtn as :
F6s b hight I made another s,,rrar
Nd f t,,. in that vicinifr SURVEY bnt y
y, b ~, as hopeless as if had ppt tb IL
&s.s,oat.e and I concluded "t tba, tng T
" time there. '4' :
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20

had made my leap fro<a the train on
September 9th. Altogether, therefore,
just seventy-two days had elapsed
since I escaped from the Huns. If l
live to be as old as Methusaleh, / never
expect to live through another sew
enty-two days so crammed full of In
cident and hazard and lucky escape.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20

Enough matches to light ell Its con-
tents are attached to recently inr
vented cigarette box