The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-22


of the Crosby Review has gone and done. Hi
used the word you forbade. Wow, go get him
Here 1t Is:
THE state council of defense has called on
the carpet pro-Hun editor, who has peen
giving aid and comfort to the enemy by call
ing the farmers Of this state dislayal The
propaganda of these traitors in our midst
ought TO be discouraged.
The Dickinson Press has the following com.
mont on the burning Of the first Townley store
what some authorities classify as very
successful" fire occurred at Beach this week,
when the original BEinton eoroperatiye store
burned with all its contents. Luckily, the
stockholders retain their certificates Of mem
bership In the organization which entities
them to memory only. We fail to see where
any material difference will accrue as q re-
suit Of The fire, The stockholders had no
interest in the store previous to the fire ana
the 9es sane rse &c bn S n"T te stoc
holders of the TeWnIey stores. in the event
of total burning of one Of their properties,
store or viii some Of the propaganda fund
be utilized for second venture? You know.
but $4,000 is used in founding the store.
though $4,000 or more is subscribed. The
chances are in favor of a second dig.
The La Moure County Chronicle discusses the
farm labor problem in its county as follows;
THE Chronicle takes no little satisfaction
in announcing in this issue the plans that
have been worked out for solving the farm
labor problem in La Moure county. Given
proper cooperation the part Of all con-
cerned shall be able to save every busheI
Of grain grown in this country, thus not only
helping ourselves, but helping to assure an
adequate supply of food for our soldiers and
allies
THE plan of classifying the "farm labor
power Of the county, that positions may
be at once supplied to all who desire to work
on the farms, and at the same time obtain
ing a registration of all able bodied men who
are ready and willing to drop everything and
hike to the fields should occasion demand,
to have the assistance of seasoned labofers,
but willing workers whose muscles soft
will do pretty we'll in pinch. What the
women of France and England have done in
the way Of unaccustomed toll, the Of
LaMoure county can do. Give 'eTn chance,
anyhow.
The Mandan Pioneer says it will not be sur
prised at anything now, in commenting on the
elevator seizure plan follows:
"a statement is given out to the press by
somebody" and the complete text Of an
order of the North Dakota Council of De-
Tense is published relative to the taking over
OF the elevators Of the state
Thomas Allan Box, secretary of the
council, however, issues a statement saying
that the report got to the press fluke
and that no action has as yet been taken and
that If action should finally be taken that it
will be after deliberate consideration.
But however, that may be, it still remains,
that even in the consideration Of the aues-
ton that the council of defense has in mind
the provision of House Bill A. And then it
is not so hard to legislate with 15 members
Of an organization that are all of the same
mind as 1t ig with house and senate that
contains members of different views.
providing the council has not yet passed
the order-it is very possible that that is
their intention at least No one should be
surprised at any action that they may take
because they have sprung sufficient sur
prtses to further eliminate any element of
surprise.
The Hettinger County Herald deals with Boil
sheVi Ism at nome and abroad as follows:
a measure how to symphathize with the
VINO arc trying to save them. There are
those who feel they owe a. duty to the down.
trodden in North Dakota to point them a
way TO that state Of nrillennial bliss at so
much per point, until those who are credul-
GUS enough to believe that they can legisIate
honesty into the other fellow or through law
bring on an Utopian condition are hetwixt
the devil and the deep sea. cropping at some
thing, they know not what, but a. vague
something that has been promised them
what matters that they bring the house
down upon Themselves the hated bourgeoise
are buried in the ruins az well. Disorder
chaos idle mills, empty stores devastated
GaFusi these are but bogies put up to scare
them they say; the vaporings of chose who
stand in the way of progress"
And yet these are the natural oon-
coEnitants OF an era Of chimarical dreams
Man ID always pursuing an ignuus fatus and
the glare that beckons to an unknown field
usually leads into the quagnire Of despair"