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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
LUxURlEs AND NECESSITIES.

Thirty years ago the telephone was
considered a luxury or by many Just
"contraption".
Today 1t is viewed as a necessi-
t
Thirty years ago, the electric light
vas a luxury which few felt they
eould AFFORD.
Today IL is a necessity.
Twenty years ago the automobile
was curiosity. Fifteen years ago
was viewed as a rather hazardous
Experiment. Ten years ago 1t was
accepted as more than an expert
Ment, but was sti1I a rare luxury. To-
50 IT IS q necessity.
There are no longer pleasure
ra. They are passenger cars"
naw.
Not only has the automobile been
apfed 10 business and life in gem
but business and life have
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

be elected to the senate.
This indicates a rotten yellow spot
in Wisconsin sentiment, the kind Of
yellow rottenness which will result
from the infection Of public opinion
with anti-nationalistic sentiment.
La Follete's opinions have been
against American necessities. Berg
eras opinions have reflected that
phase OF socialist thought which, II
Ii could gain effectiveness, would
help Germany.
The withdrawal of the United
States would make German peace,
1T would do to the west what the
social revoIutionaries in Russia have
done to the east. Berger would do
that. La Follette's supporters are
willing to support Berger. That is
the yellownesa with which Wiscon-
sin has to deal, and we have little
doubt Wisconsin win deal with 1t
without gloves.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
BISMARCK TRAVELLERS TO
INITIATE CLASS OF IS
Tonight's Card at Capital City Ex-
peeted to Be One of Biggest
Events of Year. .-..

Bismarck, N. D., March s.-This
evening will mark one of the biggest
events of the year in United Com
merciaI Travellers circles in the cap
itaI. A class Of fifteen candidates
will be initiated. Following the ini-
tiation q smoker will be held. Many
u. G. T, in the jurisdiction have writ
ten that they will attend tonight's
card.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

church more needed than 1t is today
Never has life been more hectic;
more hurried; more complicated
Never have the problems Of every
day existence seemed to press
heavier The church offers a
sanctuary. 1t is an opportunity to
step out Of the turmoil for moment
and take pause for thought and
meditation.
II Go To Church Sunday" helps
but a score. or dozen or even one
to find this sanctuary. IT. win have
justified itself.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

Guide on its birthday which it refer,
to as follows:
The Guide is four years old to-
day. We discovered the fact
too late to celebrate the event in
a manner fitting an occasion so
momentous. The year 1917, with
all its haFdships, crop failures,
tight money and the big de-
mands made by the government
for funds for war purposes, was
weathered and The Guide en-
ters its fourth year with the
strong conviction that II will
GROW In strength and usefulness
10 the community.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
TWO NORTH DAKOTA
CITIES HONOR DEAD
Dickinson and Bismarck viii Hold
Memorial Services fer Drew and
SpetE Killed at Front.

Two North Dakota cities win to-
morrow hold memorial services in
honor Of their fallen, the first to make
the supreme sacrifice for the Stars
and Stripes and the allies.
Dickinson will bow her head in
memory OF Matt Brew, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Brew, of Fayette, 20
miles north of that city, who was
killed in the Toui sector on March j.
Bismarck viii hold services for her
first soldier dead, Lloyd Sptez, whose
death on the French front was re-
ported Tuesday OF this week.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

The Walsh County Record has tn
following comment on the opposi
ton to the Nonpartisan league il
Minnesota:
The men in Minnesota who are
directing the. opposition of the
Nonpartisan league and its Of
ficers and organizers, are evil
IDENTIFY not students Of history.
From the dawn Of time men and
movements have grown strong
on persecution.
The right of free speech and
lawful assembly are matters not
to be trifled with lightly. The
Nonpartisan league and its
president do not appeal to the
publishers Of this paper, but
these men and this movement
viii not be downed by the meth
DDS in vogue in our sister state.
The arrest Of Mr.. Townley on
q charge which should have been
pressed, il at all, several months
ago; the denial Of the right OF
organizers to hold public meet
ings, only serve to advertise
the organization and men, and
give them valuable publicity to
which they are not entitled.
We believe I'm fair play and
justice. If the Nonpartisan
league is wrong in it's prtn-
ciples and theories. (and it is our
conviction that it is wrOng,)
time will prove the fact, and its
followers will drop away and
desert it. If it is right no amount
Of persecution will stop its
growth and power. The policy
OF the men in Minnesota who are
opposing Mr.. Townley and his
Nonpartisan league are doing
both a good service rather than
injury.
The Forum believes that it Is bot
poor policy and poor justice t
prevent league meetings just be
cause they are league meetings, bu
it is also very unfair to ascribe al
Of this interference or perhaps an,
of it to "the men in Minnesota VIII
are directing the opposition to tn
league" These meetings are beinl
broken up by the townsmen ant
loyal farmers in various commun
tiles, who may be mistaken, but VIII
do not show any signs o
being mere tools of some secret ant
sinister force. The league Leaders
are now reaping what Mr.. Townle!
sowed in his speech at Williston las
spring, and as various league or
GAMERS kneel in the dust and kiss
tho flag or ride out Of town on l
rail, they can thank Mr.. Townley foi
their predicament, and not anyone
else.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

The events that have been record
ed during the last week may mark
not only the partial disintsgration OF
the Russian Empire, but may mean
the end OF Russia a. q nation within
the next five years"
Just as a subject for debate we
would like to advance that theory,
and suggest some arguments In sup
port OF it.
For fifty years the Russian Bear
has been seeking a "drink Of warm
water. He tried to- get it by gain
ing control OF the Bosporus and the
DardaneiIes, but was foiled. He tried
to get 1t in the Persian gulf. and
failed. Now he has not only been
denied his drink of warm water"
but is choked of from the cold
water available.
1t may be accepted as an axiom
that no great nation can long exist
without a seaport. None have, and
great nations when deprived Of their
seaports, have died. Poland is an
example OF that.
Grip On Russia's Throat.
Then take a glance at the map of
Russia, and note the positions Of
Helsingfors and Reval Under the
peace treaty. signed by the Bolsh-
svik government during the week,
Russia retains less than 300 miles Of
the deeply indented coastline Of the
Gulf Of Finland. On one side of her
only great port Petrograd, is
Helsingfors and on the other Reval.
Helsingfors, it is reported. is to be
ruled by a son Of Kaiser William,
and Reval Is to be the capital of
Esthonis, under a German protector
ate, and possibly under a German
prince. They are the German jaws
at the Russian throat. Petrograd
could be isolated from the world at
any time by the German ruler. At
the best it is none too valuable as
a harbor, because 1t is not open all
of the year, but under the terms of
the German peace, it will be value
less politically and just as valuable
commercially as the Germans permit
it to be.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
ARE WE A BOOB STATED


farmers, business men, bankers
workingmen, and plain citizens
of North Dakota.
Let us cut out all the political
buneombe and camoufage, and
get down to plain facts, express
ed in words of one syllable.
Are we the champion "boo6
state" of the Union?
We let man who lives in st.
Paul take more than $3,OOO,O0O
away from us and give us moth
ing but receipts in return.
We let him dictate our choice
Of a congressman for the First
district, nominating his man at a
secret convention in which the
majority of the delegates were
not even residents of the dis
trict.
We let him control our state
political machinery.
We hand him 100000 in cold
cash with which to start some
stores, with the express under
standing that not more than
some 100000 shall go into the
stores, and that he may do what
he likes with the remainder.
When some Of our farmers
who paid to sit in the Townley
game asked what became of the
S660,0OO they were told it was
none of their damn business. "
For two years we have let this
Imam, through his kept news
papers, arraign us against each
'other, and have paid him hand
somely for doing it.
Now he tells us to our faces
I'VE have had our moneys worth
lif the whole scheme went bump.
Read that story Of ]. g. In
tgle's in another page Of to-
snight's Forum. Read every
sword of it. 1t is just the way
this blunt, honest, blue-eyed
itfarmer told it to The Forum,
Sand we believe every word of it.
Dir. Townley's papers-and they
are Mr.. Townley's papers, not
the farmers'-will tell you "big
business has bought Mr.. Ingle.
Is that line of bunk" going to
be considered q justification for
Everything Mr.. Townley tries to
put overt Are we going to
swanow it much longeri
Isn't it about time for a house
cleaning, citizens Of North Da-
Ireta, farmers, workmgmen,
bankers, merchants, all of us9
Isn't it about time we kicked
ont this ring Of outside Social
lists who have made the ordinary
old-time political boss look like
cheap piker2
Isn't it about time we came to
our senses9 Most of us are plain
average, hard-headed American
tcitizens, with a good average
share Of gray matter between
the ears. ARe we going to con-
tinue biting indefinitely at his
sbait Of "Big Biz" and being
landed Hopping in the Townley
fish hasket7
One curt order to ago home
and slop the pigs" is reported
10 have started the league, al
though the real origin Of this
sentence never has been discov-
iered.
Another famous phrase: "It's
none Of your damned business"
which actually was said, already
promises to bring about a re-
Organization Of the league. Far
mers won t be driven to the polls
with a elm club" in the
hands Of a Socialist, any easier
Than they will by any other kind
Df political leader.
s'Uncle Sam needs photographers"
! Hays a newspaper dispatch.
Why not draft those who take the
pictures at Florida resorts for the
sunday supplements-"reading from
keft to right" etc.
LUxURlEs AND NECESSITIES.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

adapted themselves to the automo-
bile. Business. as it is conducted
nowadays, is based on tho general
use Of the automobile. Social usages
are based on the automobile. All
conditions of life are based on the
wide and general use Of the motor
driven vehicle.
That is why the Gate City auto
mobile show is going to be held in
Fargo next week, and why it is a
bigger and better show than ever,
despite the war.
The dealers realize the fact that
the automobile is not a mere luxury.
but IL q necessity.
In no place is it more a necessl-
ty than in a state like North Dako-
| Ia.
Picture for a moment the part the
automobile is playing in the war,
Not just the tractor that is playing
such a big part in agriculture; not
just the truck that carries supplies
TO the armies and lightens the
burdens OF the railroads here at
home; not Just the ambulance that
has replaced the horse driven
ambulance entirely; not the motor
lorries used to transport troops; not
just the tanks and the armored cars:
not just the motorcycles and small
cars used by officers and dispatch
bearers, but consider the tripling and
quadrupling Of the efficiency OF men
in civil life who must carry on the
affairs Of the nation at home.
The automobile may be used in an
unpatriotio way and made a luxury,
but in either war times or peace
times the automobile industry cannot
be viewed as an unessential.
Germany's national debt Is now
about &s1, ,0OO,OOO,OOO figured under
the normal exchange for the mark.
But with the German mark at its
present value, the debt will be more
than twice that figure, which will
mean about 81, 900 for every man,
woman and child in Germany. I'll
will take a lot Of Russian territory to
convince the German taxpayers that
war Is profitable.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
Her Other Ports.

What other ports has Russia?
Archangel on the White sea, closed
for six or seven months in the year.
Odessa on the Black sea, which
with Germany in control of the
Dardanelles, is no better than a lake.
There remains Vladivostok, which
may now be in the hands Of Japan.
If this situation remains when the
peace terms are signed, Russia will
be smothered in five years. Picture
a great nation Of several million
square miles and more than 100, e.
100000 people, after deducting the
inhabitants of her lost provinces,
without a seaport. There will no
longer be a cohesive force, and the
disintegration viii be inevitable.
The German treaty wipes out Rus
sia as a great power for the time
being. 1t may mean the end of Rus
sia as a nation. e..
The German plans In the east al
ready have been discussed in these
columns. They include the row of
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
WHITING ON WAR STAMPS.

Only Number of Postoffiee and Req.
istrant's Number Permitted.
The office Of the chief clerk of the
railway mail service reports in an
sWer to inquiries that regulations
prescribe that only the number of
the postoffice and the registrant's 3
number shall be written on war saw
ings certificate stamps and there is
no room for additional writing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
CONNOLLY IS NOMINATED
FOR WAHPETON.S MAYOR
Citizens at Mass Meeting Nominate
Complete City Ticket % Go Be-
fore Votars ApriI 1

Complete City Ticket % Go Be-
fore Voters April /.
Wahpeton, m. d., March AT
mass meeting Of citizens Of Wahpe-
ton, A. ]. Connolly was nominated for
the office Of mayor, and a complete
city ticket was named, which will be
voted on the city election to be held
April /.
Y, M. Olson was nominated for city
treasurer, II. B. Schneider for police
magistrate. Charles r. Quinn for city
Justice, Philip Raitor, alderman for
First ward; J. d. Fraser, alderman
for Second ward; M. J. PeseheI, al
derman for Third ward, and / T..
streeter, alderman for the Fourth
ward
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

Free Christian Science lecture by
John Randall Dunn, Orpheum. Tues
day, d. m.-Advt,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

Get wiss and order F1avO Four
from the manufacturers, Phone SO.
s-Aavt
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
JOHNSON REELECTED.

Watf0rd City Commercial Club Plans
Extensive Program for the
Summer.
Watford City, N, d., March A.
President Johnson was unanimously
reelected head of the Watford City
Commercial club, and J. II. SmaIley.
secretary treasurer. An extensive
program is unler consideration for
the summer months. The next meet
ing will be held March IA.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

Free Christian Science lecture by
John Randall Dunn, Orpheum, Tues
day. p. m.-AdYk
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09


The jamestown Alert takes tn
following view Of the Wisconsi
senatorial election:
The election in Wisconsin for
United States senator which viii
be held on April 2. will become
q matter of national conse-
quence, and already the state is
divided up into warning camps
of politicians who favor various
candidates on the Republican,
Democratic, Socialist and So
called La Toilette Republican
tickets. ..
The campaign will be exciting,
involving one Of the most mo-
mentous issues ever before the .
people OF that state. 1t win be a
loyalty and patriotic campaign.
With the numerous candidates in
the field for a primary nomina-
tion, the uncertainty as to the
individual winner may be great,
but the certainty that he will be
a loyalty representative in the
United States senate is also
equally great. Wisconsin will
81 repudiate any effort to inject
disloyal or personal politics into
the campaign, and will demand
that the next senator represent
the state on a strictly patriotic
basis.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

washington and New York are
considering & plan 70 put the aliok-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted TO the Task OF
Keeping Up With North Da-
kota Editors.

AAN AAAA@N&A a ANA@lA N%A~~N sAAN
following unbind fling at North Da'
kota's attorney general:
IL is, said that Mrs. William
LANCER is q graduate lawyer.
Good, we may have some legal
ability in the attorney generals
ONCE now.
The Wimbledon News thinks famine
will decide the. war and says so al
follows:
Are you pat on these wheat
less and meatless days, and are
you using the proper amount Of
substitutes? Well, you better
be. Long before that fateless
day when Austria demanded Of
Serbia the impossible conces-
sions that led to the world con-
flict, a far-seeing man predicted
that the next war would be won,
not by arms, but by famine. AS
time passes, the, verihcation of
the prophecy becomes more and I
more probable. The armies and
the navies are. not winning such
victories as carry with them the
power to dictate terms of peace.
Which side can feed its millions
until privation forces the other
side to surrender? That is
evidently the vital factor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09
Entente Air Raids Are
Cutting Hun Supply Lines

continued from page thrss,l
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-03-09

''Uncle Sam needs photographers"
says a newspaper dispatch.
Why not draft those who take the
pictures at Florida resorts for the
sunday supplements-"reading from
seft to right" etc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-21
HOW
RHEUMATISM
BEGINS

The excruciating agonies of rheu-
matism are usually the result of fall
ure of the kidneys to eXpel poisons
from the system. In majority OF
cases rheumatism is an indication
that uric acid has pervaded the sys-
tenn. If the irritation of these uric
acid CRYSTALS is allowed to continue,
incurable bladder or kidney disease
may result. Attend to it at once.
Don't resort to temporary relief The
sick kidneys must be restored to
health by the use of some sterling
remedy which will prevent return
Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-21
SERVING THE NATION
AT HOME AND ABROAD

To be SO close to a bursting shell
that pieces hitting his shirt were
able to cut several cigarets in the
pocket in half. and yet to come
away unscathed, was the exciting
experiment of Sergeant George II.
Albight described in a letter to his
mother, Mrs. Malinda Albright, 1888
North Fifth street.
Sergeant Albright is attached to
the Headquarters Company of the
112th Infantry. His letter, dated
October 4, follows:
Things are awfully bright here
Iat the present time, but we are
putting the screws to the Huns. But
1t is not an easy job, they are very
mean fighters in every way.
The Lord was with me the other
night. My coat was back of
tree with my canteen cup, etc,
and a lage shell broke in our midst.
It got some of the boys, but it cut
nv coat almost into shreads, also
my canteen, and all small pieces hit
me at my shirt pocket and cut a
few cigarets in half. But that was
all and l am O K.
THAT sounds very much like a
Diamond Dick story, but it is the
truth. This division sure has done
its bit, but still we have to go on.
But when you get this letter we
expect to be back for a rest. ~" ="
we have been under shell fire ever
since we hit France, so you see that
most everybody is played out. But
you should see some of the tel-
lows go when the shells start TO
burst, and is more work to do
Tells of Battles
Sergeant Arthur r. Fitzgerald,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-21
STOMACH TROUBLES
Are DUE TO ACIDITY
Tells Safe, Certain, Speedy Re-
lief For Acid Indigestion

So-called stomach troubles, such
as indigestion, gas, sourness, stom-
ach- ache and inability to retain food
are in probably nine cases out of ten,
simply evidence that excessive Sc
cretion of acid is taking place in the
/ stomach, causing the formation OF gas
and acid indigestion,
Gas distends the stomach and causes
that full, oppressive, burning feel
| ing sometimes known as heartburn,
while the acid irritates and inflames
the delicate lining of the stomach.
| The trouble lies entirely in the eX-
cess development or secretion of acid.
To stop or prevent this souring OF
the food contents of the stomach and
to neutrAlize the acid. and make It
bland and harmless. a teaspoonful of
bisurated magnesia. a good and effec-
| tive corrector of acid stomach, should
be taken in a quarter of a glass of
hot or cold water after eating or
whenever gas, sourness or acidity is
felt. This sweetens the stomach and
lneutralizes the acidity in a few mo-
ments and is erfectly harmless and
Inexpensive remedy to use.
An antiacid, such as bisurated mag
nesia which can be obtained from any
druggist in either powder or tablet
| form enables the stomach to do its
work properly without the aid Of ar
| tificial digestenLs. Magnesia comes
in several forms, so be certain to ask
! for and take only Bisurated Mag
nesa, which is especially prepared for
the above purpose. G. A. Gorgas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-21
Rotary Clubs to Hold
Fall Convention Here

The presidents and secretaries OF
Rotary Clubs in the Third district
will meet in postponed session next
Monday. Howard c. Fry, of this CITY,
district governor, will preside at the
presidents conference. and the seere-
taries' conference will be in charge
of w. NJ. Robinson, secretary OF the
Harrisburg Rotary Club.
The Third district is composed OF
clubs in Eastern Pepnsylvania, South
ern New Jersey, Eastern Maryland
Delaware and the District OF Co.
lumbia. International officers are
expected to be at the conference
Monday, among them International
President John Poole. president of the
Federal National Bank. Washington
u. c., and Chesley X. Perry, secretary
of the international body, of Chicago.
At this conference place and date
will be selected for holding the dis
trict conference of clubs in this dis
trict next spring. The place select
ed may probably be Harrisburg, at
the Penn Harris Hotel. model
luncheon will be held Monday noon at
the Y. NJ. c. A., at which various
stunts indulged in by Rotarians will
be pulled of.