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Established 1388. Chas lewis & Co. STOCKS BONOS GRAIN COTTON 412-416 Chamber of Commiro*, Minneapolia ft H0HTON BLOCK, FAROO H. O. MOTT, Manager The only resident member cf tS# NEW YORK STOCK EX CHANGE Northwest 00 out* Suctuate of Chicago, THE MARKETS MARKET QUOTATIONS. Ckaa. HJ. Lewi* A Co.. Grain Stock Unkcn* Morton Block. F«fgOi September Wkeat. Chi. Minn. Open l.UH 1.08 High ..... Dm. 1.13 1.14 1.11* 1.11% 1.08% Low 0 1.08 CUMM 1.11% Dwcmfeer 1.08% Wheat. Minn. Dul. 1.18% 1.14 Mi 1.12% 1.12% Chi. Open 1.14% 1.13% BBgh 1.16 1.14% Low .. 0 0 1.12% 1.12% Close 1.1»% 1.13% May Wkeat. Chi. Minn. Obea 0m*i 1.21% 1.10 Bib 1.22 1.20% If" OtolfrN 0 OW& On— fSBO!JtiH ill jcEfcS&viii*- i'.ii* CMeax* Cm Sept. Dee. i.T0% .TS% 1.79% 78 »M% .72% .73% .71- \XH«th ». mmi ILomt OaL 1.19% 1.20% St Lo 1.1® 1.1®* •ta. 1.1#% Sept. Dee. May 1.19% 1.18% 1-11^4 Cftty. Sept. Dm. 1.07% 1.06% •iHr Toik. i Bept. Deo. May 1.14 1.13% May wtsnlfcg. Oou DM. May 1.21% 1.20 May .75% .76% .74% .76% C3de«r*Ost». Boot. Dee. (.4*^ .51% ,.48 .»1% •.47% .10% .48% .61 OpWHj. imA |K'.(Cb May .64% .54% .63% .63%- Sept. Jan. 20.87 20.87 20.30 20.67 HiBMcyotti Wkfst Dec. 1.10% 1.16 ca« .Mb. 1 northern 1.11% No. S northern 1.08 No. S northern 1.03 Oct. cash oa1M 49% IVc. oats 49% I Oct. flax cash 1.23% [Nov. flax 1.26 Dec. flax 1.28 WlnmaHHi Cask CMm. No. 1 hard 1.14% No. 1 northern 1.11%®1.13% No. 1 northern, arrive 1.11% ©1.13% No. 2 northern 1.07%@1.10% No. 2 Mont 1.08% No. 3 northern 1.03%@1.07% No. 1 durum 1.02% &> 1.03% NO. 1 durum 1.02% No. 2 durum «1.00 1.00 No. 8 yellow corn 76@.76 No. 3 yellow corn, to arrive .. .76 No. 4 corn 75@ .76 No. 4 corn, to arrive 76 No. 8 white oa/ts 46%@.46% No. 3 white oats, to arrive 46% No. 3 oats 43% @.46 Barley, fancy 66^.68 Barley, good 63@.57 Barley, feed 67rt.fi6 Flax 1.46% (fill. 40% Flax, to arrive 1.46%@1.40% Rye 89®.90 Rye. to arrive 88®. 90 Dulutk Caak Ciom. No. 1 hard 1.13% .^No. 1 northern 1.12% ito. 2 northern 1.09% Oats, cash 47% Rye 90® .91 Barley 60(g). 50 No. 1 durum 1.05% No. 2 durum 1.03% 8«p*. durum 1.04% Oct. durum 1.05% ,Nov. durum 1.06% 'Dfec. durum 1.07% Flax, cash 1.44% Onlatk Flax. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. OOM .. 1.44% 1.44% l.«% 1.47% Local Qaotatlosa. No. 1 northern 1.04 !?No. 2»northprn 1.02 No. 3 northern No. 4 northern 1170,000 99 Grain Raceipta. i Chicago, Sept. 21—Wheat 210 cars, oontract 76 cars, estimated 224 cars Haet year ««2 cars. Com 51 cars, con i tract 19 cars, estimated 46 cars last [year 336 cars, Oats 139 cars, contract 87 cars, estimated 140 cars last year 149 cars. Minneapolis, Sept. 21.—Wheat 911 cars, last year 1,302 vars: barley 308 cars, last year 449 cars uax 61 cars, last year 55 cars. Stocks wheat In crease 1,100,000 bushels oats increase bushels, in two days. Duluth, Sept. 21.—Wheat 1,270 cars, last year 888 cars flax 12 cars, last yeaV 43 cars. Winnipeg, Sept. 21.—Wheat 2,116 ttfcrs, laat year 2.519 cars, Chas. E. Lewis & Co. I I Evening Qrain Letter. Minneapolis, Sept. 21.—Wheat: The i market in wheat, corn and oats seems to be marking time. No future Livefr polo cables were given, but spot wheat and cargoes were higher. There were reportb of export business in wheat and oats without any volume being given. The general situation in all commodities is edpendent almost en tirely upon foreign news for its activi ty. Can see nothing in the market at present to cause any big movement in either direction, tl seems to be on a ood commercial basis and is liable to around this level for some time. We would sell on bulges and buy on breaks an dawait further de velopments in the Europea situation. Chas .E Lew.j & Co. i* World's Shipments. Wheat—American 8,408,000 bushels: Danubian 43,000 bushels India 328 000 bushels Argentine 24,000 bushel3- FOB BEST OF SERVICE AND RESULTS TO WILllAH DAIIWIE Minneapolis Duluth 5&U ide Quotation* by Bollea Bomn Fargo. N. JDK Oct. 28, 1913— No. 1 No f.Green S. cured hides $ .14 $ .l» S. cured bull hides. .12 .21 and frozen hides, 2c less than cured. "Q. 8. cured calf skins.. .18 *16% 0. 8. ahfcfop pelt 60 .76^ G. S. cured horse hides,-3.60 £.60 Australit 50,000 bushels Chill N. A. S 6,000 bushels total -wheat 9,239, 10 bushels corn total 2,450,000 bush 's. IADE IN FARGO" SHOW ARRANGED At a meeting of the Fargo Manufac rers' association held this noon at 'he commercial club paTlors, it was idded to hold a big show of "Made in Fargo" goods here during the Tri State Grain Growers' convention, the week of Jan. i. The manufacturers of the associa tion, comprising all of the factories of the city, were present and discussed the proposition and if it is possible to secure suitable quarters a big show will be pulled off that will be a sur prise to not only outsiders but to the people of Fargo as well. THE JEWESH NEW YEAR At sundown last night was the com mencement of the Jewish New Year and will continue until sundown to morrow night. Local Jewish places of business are closed. A festival and short program will be held at the synagogue this evening to commemorate the event. H. AMERLAND BEREAVED H. Amerland returned this morning from the sad mission of attending the funeral of his sister, Mrs. L. S. Rus sell, of Minneapolis, who died at the old Amerland home at Wabasha, where she wag buried. Death occur red last Friday, the cause being can cer, complicated with hardening of the liver. Mrs. Russell had been here a num ber of times In former years, and had many friends here who will grieve to learn of her death. She had been ill for some time, but her last hours were free from suffering. AN AGED RESIDENT DEAD Theodore Wldvey, aged 78 years, died at his home on 1350 Third avenue south yesterday noon. Death came as a result of old age. Mr. Wldvey is survived by a wife, a son and a daughter. The son, E. J. Wldvey is route agent for the Northern Express Co., and the daughter is mar ried and lives in St. Paul. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home, Rev. Leland Porter, officiating. The remains were shipped this afternoon on No. 4 of the Northern Pacific to St. Paul where interment will be made. The body was accompanied by his wife and son. Undertaker B. F. Wasem prepared the body for shipment and had charge of the funeral arrangements. SUFFRAGE NOTES Mrs. Antoinette Funk, who is mak ing a tour of North Dakota, following the Soo line at present, addressed a fine meeting at LaMoure Saturday night, spoke Sunday at F.dgeley, and will speak tonight at Lisbon. Much enthusiasm has so far greeted Mrs. Funk, who is a speaker of widely rec ognized repute, a member of the na tional congressional committee, and a woman lawyer of prominence in Illi nois. She also has the distinction of being one of the four women who got the suffrage bill through the Illinois legislature last year. She will he tak en from Lisbon to Enderlin by auto, and if the weather permits will ad dress a street meeting at the latter place. If Inclement, the operahouse is aavilable. She will be entertained by Mrs. Coats and Mrs. Engle, while at Enderlin. From the latter place she goes to Wimbledon, then by auto to Leal, then on to Fessenden, Harvey, Velva. and Mi not, and from the lat ter city to Glasgow, Mont., where she will hold her first meeting in that state Sep. 27. Mrs. Emma 8. Pierce and Mrs. Mary Weible, of his city, have been making the same trip, several days in advance of and preparing the way for Mrs. Funk, organizing suffrage leagues at Lisbon and other places. They were at Lisbon Saturday, and expect to reach home the latter part of this week. It Is proposed to hold a card party at Lisbon next Tuesday. for which the nominal charge of 25* cents will be made, the proceeds to be put into the suffrage fund. The following is an excerpt-from an interesting letter received at suffrage headquarters from Gudrun L. Drew son. of 385 Franklin avenue, Brooklyn dated Sept. 16, 1914: "It seems to be that you have gotten splendid material for your agitation work in North Dakota. I would not have much to add to that. The leaflet by Ella Anker is very good and covers great ground. It ought to be reprinted here. "Don't forget to mention that the first institution which gave women the right to vote was the church. Until 1894 (about) women had no vote in church affairs. Then the right was granted them to give their vote re garding church hymns, the size of the clergyman's salary, the offerings, etc. "The next thing was on the liquor question (1896). "It Is also good to emphasize that instead of raising any sex-antagonism the natural working together in social affairs by man and woman has pre vented any such perverse feeling among people. When laws concerning women, children and the home are un der consideration In the storthing, the members always send for an expres sion of opinion to the National Council of Women, and, what is more, the storthing has always followed the ad vice given by the council. "In the old city of Trondhjem (where the fine 900 years old cathedral Is) the mayor's wife has for many yeaTs, in fact since 1901, been a mem ber of the city council, or you may call it an alderman. "Not only the housewife's work Is uplifted and made more of, but also the servant girl is taught and consid ered as an important member of so ciety. Although her wages are smaller her standing Is higher, and her rights in Norway than in the United States, are considered." Too Late ta Classify. HELP WANTED— FEMALE. WANTED—First and second girl. Mrs. E. M. Mclntyre, 812 3rd Ave. S. (266-270) FOR SALE—HOUSE. FOR SAXE—Six room house, 2 blocks from high school. Modern except heat. Fine tree«, lawn, cement walk. $2,500. Box 906 or room I 1, ill/ A. O. U. W. building, Fargo, N. Sh (264-272) i s V v v V u F. C. CARY SELLS THEATRE TO LAKIE The theatre that was built by FV C. Cary in Bamesvllle has been bought by James Lakie and all the liens on the property have been settled up. The judgments in the case were enter ed Saturday and the parties who ob tained judgments in the theatre are: Imperial Elevator Co., $978.88 McCoy Lumber Co., $242 city of Barnesville, $131.86 W. S. Atkinson & Son, $75.88 Chas. C. Wood, $195 Leonard Erick son, $2,476.12 Thomas Gunness, $1, 085. The judgments in the potato ware house case are as follows: L. Erick son, $6813.20 Barnesville National bank, $1,000 Thomas Gunness, $1,627 Imperial Elevator Co., $1,976.76 Northern Insurance Co., $275.80 Chas. C. Wood, $60. The F. C. Cary case is now in the hands of the state supreme court as Clerk of Court G. D. McCubrey has certified the notice of appeal to the clerk of the supreme court. EXHIBITS NEW FEATURE AT CHARITIES CONFERENCE Bemidji, Minn., Sept. 21.—A new feature of the state conference of Charities and Correction, which will be held at Bemidji, Sept. 26-29, will be the exhibits. This is the first time that an effort has been made to bring together material to show the social work being done In Minnesota. The most important exhibit will dis play the work of the state institutions under the board of control. This ex hibit alone is valued at $5,000. Thir teen Institutions will be represented, and samples of the work done by the insane, and feeble minded, and the in mates of correctional institutions will he shown. Through this exhibit tax payers may gain some idea of the won derful work being done for the wards of the state. The state board of health and the Minnesota Public Health association will both have extensive exhibits showing what is being done in the campaign for public health. The Minneapolis and St. Paul Infant Welfare societies will show, through their dis plays, the right and wrong way to take care of babies. The Minneapolis and St. Paul As sociated Charities have united in bringing the national exhibit of charity organization work. Pictures and charts will be added, explaining local methods and results. The Minneapolis Woman's club has loaned the Infant welfare pictures used at the Child Welfare exhibit held in Minenapolis a year ago. Several set tlement houses and other social agencies are gathering material es pecially for the Bemidji conference. The exhibit will be In the armory and will be free. There will be at tendants to explain the different fea tures and answer questions. A large attendance is expected, especially from the northern part of the state. Many important subjects relating to the care of he poor and the unfortunate are on the program for discussion POTATO QUESTION STILL UNSETTLED A letter has been received by Sen. Chas. S. Marden frcjm Mr. Brand, chief of the office of markets and ru ral organizations, which states that in the opinion of the secretary of agricul ture, potatoes come under the amend ment to the food and drug act which requiTes foodstuffs in package form, that are to be shipped, to have the quantity of the contents marked on the packages. This question, which came up but a short time ago, has caused some little worry among the potato dealers and this news will not be very welcome to them. The letter received by Mr. Marden is in part as follows: 'The question as to whether a cer tain article constitutes food in pack age form within the meaning of the net weight law is a question of law which can only be finally decided by the courts. In the opiinon of the sec retary of agriculture, however, pota toes in sacks are a food in package form within the meaning of the law, and should be marked with the quan tity of the contents in accordance with the regulations. "However, the committee in charge of the enforcement of this law is try ing to secure a ruling that where sacks are used as containers for conveni ence in loading cars, and where sales are made in accordance with the rail way company's weight figures for the entire car, it shall be unnecessary to mark the net weight on each sack. 'However fair such ruling might be, it Is impossible to state now whether it will eventually be made." Children Take Great Interest in Work. Rehearsals are in progress for the Tom Thumb wedding to be given to morrow night at the normal audi torium. The children are delighted with the work and great interest is being shown. The ladies of the Con gregational church who are putting this on are anticipating a full house, as everyone enjoys seeing the little tot3 In pubic entertainment. Arrested on Charge of Theft. Oscar Krabbe was arrested last night on complaint of Mr. Aylmer of the Comstock on the charge of steal ing from the garage at night, when he was there alone. Krabbe was employ el as night man by Mr. Aylmer and the latter claims that for a long time he has been missing things from the place and did not see where they could be. He also charges that the gasoline sale would hardly ever check up right in the morning. This morning at the hearing Krabbe pleaded not guilty and the hearing was postponed until 4 o'clock this afternoon. Land Transactions for Weak. Wm. B. Dew ell to H. L. P. Russell, consideration $1,600, W nw% sec. 28-142-45. T. C. Shurman to U E, Hargtvet, consideration $260, se% Be sec. 32 137-44. W. H. Baker to Wm. Patterson, con sideration $1,300, lots 1 to 9. blk 19. Albert M. Boes to J. G. Ninn, con sideration $16,000, e of nw and ne of sw% and a aec. 12 141-46. Henry Rogers to Chas. H. Daves, consideration $146, lot 11 blk, 2 Dil worth. Nels M. Dahl to Oluff gwanson, con sideration $260, lots 17 and 18 blk 28 Hawley. Ernest Engel to H. J. Prigge, con sideration $17,250, sw% and w% of se sec, 7-142-47. Geo. L. Fivig to Art C. Fevig. con sideration $1,800, 50 ft west 100 ft lot 14 to lot 17 blk 7. THE FARGO FORUM AND DAILY REPUBLICAN, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1914. 'DIN AN AUTO ACCICENT A PROMINENT FARMER EAST OF THIS CITY CAME TO HIS DEATH LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. Yesterday was a hard day for the autoists und the last of three accidents resulted In the death of one of the prominent farmers of this county, C. W. Fuchs, who lives one mile north of the Barnes farm on the Buffalo rlv- er* The car turned over a ditch near Dilworth and Mr. Fuchs received a blow in the side which caused his death In less than one hour after the disaster. Mr. Fuchs was out riding with young Ganz, the son of Jacob Ganz, formerly of this county and was teach ing the youth how to run the car when Mr. Fuchs, it is supposed, by mistake touched the accelerator and the car shot farword with such force that the boy lost control of the machine and they were turned Into the ditch. The car which was badly smashed fell on Mr. Fuchs an dinjurcd him in the side. The boy who was not hurt called for help which was close at hand and the injured man was taken to his home, which was about five miles distant. He died shortly after reaching home but before passing away he was .anxious to have it known that the accident was in no way the fault of the young Ganz boy. Mr. Fuchs is survived by a wife and five children and the many friends that this man has made while he has been living in this county will share with the fridow and children in their grief. COMSTOCK MAN HAS ACCIDENT Martin Oteon, while driving to Moorhead from his farm near Com stock last Saturday afternoon had a narrow escape when his automobile turned turtle out near the Huntoon farm. Mr. Olson was coming along on the new sand road south of this city, when he turned around in his seat to take hold of a grind-stone that he \tas bringing to town. He lost con trol of the car, which started to skid in the sand and the car was complete ly turned over into the ditch. Mr. OJson was not hurt in the least, but the car suffered a broken axel. Auto Turns Turtle. Oscar Wangen, an elevator man from Glynden, came out of a serious auto accident yesterday morning without a. scratch when his high power Chalmers roadster turned turtle over in the deep ditch east of the bridge over the Buf falo river near Glyndon. It is said by one that was there a very short time after the accident that Mr. Wan gen was driving at a very hight rate of speed along the road that leads up to the bridge when he saw a team crossing the bridge in his direction and hi& only salvation was either to run into a deep ditch at the side of the road or into the team, so he headed for the ditch. The car turned over and pinned the driver in between tne seat end the ground but through some miracle he came out from under the car unhurt. The machine was very badly broken up but Mr. Wangen thinks he is lucky to get out without a scratch or injury of any cind. Commercial Club Tomorrow Night. The first meeting of the commercial club will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock and all the members are urg ed to be present as there will be some important business brought up*. Jaka Keifer Geta Bad Jacob Keifer, jr., while rifling on the back end of a motorcycle last night a mile east of town fell off and re ceived a bad cut on the leg. Jake was brought to his home and the doctor called and twenty stitches were taken in the boy's leg. The doctor stated that it was a bad cut but that little time and rest was needed for It to heal up. Will Caaa in Diatriet Court Today. The will contest case of Rasmus Haugstad was held this morning in district court before Judge C. A. Nye, Barnett & Richardson are the attor neys for the estate and C. G. Dosland is attorney for Miss Hunter, who is the sole beneficiary. Chris. Haugstad, the postmaster at Dilworth, is pro testing his brother's will and has for his attorneys, Adams & Peterson. The hearing was started but on request of Mr. Peterson was continued until Wednesday to give his a chance to prepare evidence aa he haa been out of the city. MINNESOTA NOTES The new cafeteria at the Minnesota university serves 300 men at the very low price of 11c per plate. The attendance at, the Mankato nor mal is the largest in fifteen years, having reached the total of 782. Autoists who have made the distance beween Barnesville and Moorhead say that the Great Northern tracks are lined with men that have been driven out of the two towns. County Auditor A. O. Houglum has issued a call for a special meeting of the county board for Saturday, Oct. 3, and on the day preceding the board will sit as a drainage board to take up the matter of some trouble about ditch No. 32. In Minneapolis last Thursday the potato price ranged between 70 cents and 73 cents. EAST SIDE NOTES Mr. Wessell, manager of the Ham mond campaign, spent Saturday in the city calling on the leading men of the city and looking over the prospects for his party at the fall election. Henry Legler and Reid Wilhelm re turned from a hunting trip yestercaxy with a bag of forty ducks. Among the guests stopping at the Comstock are: K. at. Murphy, 'St, Paul H. Paulson, St Paul Albert E, Franche, Milwaukee C. G. Snich, St, Paul. Ben Bunen, Chicago B. P. Barch, Chicago rM. and Mrs. Marben, Canton O E. I. Rogers, Savoey, Mont. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Williams, St. Paul H. R. Nelson. Detroit, Minn. The fire boys gave an exhibition yes terday afternoon by running the two •.earns down to the end of the paving on Front street and back to the fire hpuse. H. E. Roberts of ,the Moorhead NA tional bank last nlerht received a tele gram from Northfield, stating that Mrs. Roberts' father -died very audden. 'irwj1 1"" -f ly and Mr. and Mrs. Roberts will leave tonight for Northfield. J. P. Wolf returned Saturday night from a business trip to Williston, N. D. Guests stopping at the New Colum bia today are: John F. Glynn, Den ver. Col. Nisk Betzold, St. Cloud, Minn. Wm. F. Meyer, Champaign. 111.: Ed Schweiman, Champaign, III. Kelly Boyles. Golden. 111.. I'aul Peirce, Gold en. 111. G. S. Burke, St. Paul T. A. Outlin, Barnesville, Minn. Arthur Ward, Detroit, Minn.: John Buckley, Fort Dodge. Ia. Mr. Bottom, a Kansas City potato buyer, who has been stopping at the Comstock, left the city this morning for a business trip through the county. Geo. Moorhouse. a Sabin farmer, was a visitor in Moorhead today buy ing supplies for his farm. Chas. Haines of Oakport township was in town today on business. Mr. Liner Flaton returned from fb ercrombie this morning where he at tended the funeral of Mr. Hagen. Leonard Flesher of St. Paul spent Sunday in the city visiting J. A. Gar rlty. O. Thortvedt, a farmer near Glyndon, spent most of the day In the city. Mr. Lantz, who has a farm near Kragnes was a business visitor in the city today. R. E. Micks, ot LaMoure, N. £.. spent Saturday and Sunday in Moor head on business. B. Kunth who is connected with Harris Bros., returned today from Minneapolis and Little Falls, Minn., where he has been attending to the flrm'8 business. At least twenty loads of hunters left Saturday night and Sunday for the fields and most all of them return ed with good bags and stating that hunting was still very good for this time of the year. Eugene Grant of Sabin was a busi ness visitor in Moorhead today. Dr. D. C. Darrow returned this morning from Minneapolis, where he attended the funeral of Geo. H. Tay lor, a former resident of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Price made an auto trip to the lakes Sunday and 4vill not return until Thursday. S. B, Widland of the First National bank of Hawley spent the day in this city on business. Mrs. Wm. Magnuson of First avenue north was arrested last night for run ning a disorderly house and selling liquor without license. She was fined $50 and costs. HCQRHMD NORMAL The first social event of the year given Saturday evening in the gymna sium by the Y. W. C. A. took the form of a Cob Web party. In spite of the terrific wind outside, 200 girls un tangled the threads of the web which led to their fortunes, games followed, and then after a grand march led by Miss Anderson and Miss Thornton, an inviting lunch was served cafeteria atyle in the domestic science rooms. All arrangements for the evening were carried out by a social committee of the organization with the help of Miss Smith, the faculty adviser of the com mittee. The proclamation of Governor Eber hart naming the week of Sept. 14 to 21 as corn week throughout the state is suggestive of the place Minnesota is taking in the general movement along lines of rural progress and develop ment. In agriculture as in other phases of education, civic improvement and development, the state has taken her place among the foremost and is even keeping herself abreast of the times. This fact is brought more closely to us through the part that is being tak en by our own county and school. Throught the efforts of our county agent, Mr. Clement, and in accordance with the suggestion of the governor of the state, the boys and girls of the county are entering a contest along lines of seed corn production and selec tion. The corn is to be taken from the field during the week. It will later be compared and Judged, and prizes will be given to those raising the best specimens. Mr. Clement is pushing the contest with vigor and is meeting with a gen eral response from the boys and girls throughout the county Among the larger groups to become actively interested in the observance of "corn week," is the class in agri culture at the normal school, who are making a special study of corn on the school plot. Each member of the class has selected in the field ten ears of seed corn. These have been strung and put in a dry place, and will later be used for studying, judging, germina tion tests, etc., and in the spring they will be used for seeding purposes, Minnesota No. 13 is the particular brand now being tried and the re sults so far are very promising. As a special mark of their apprecia tion for the general activity in agri culture among the boys and girls of Clay county, the fair association made possible an exhibit at the state fair, by financing the proj_ect. This exhibit contained not only a choice collection of excellent specimens from all sec tions of the county but a great varie ty of products as well, one of the verv best groups coming from the noTmal school class in agriculture. This col lection contained, besides the more common products, such as onions, turnips, carrots and parsnips a num ber of novelties from the vegetable garden. Among these were okra, sal sify, peanuts, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, artichokes, and nu merous specimens of fragrant herbs. Along the line of field crops were fur nished dwarf essex rape, mangel wur zels, sugar beets, Japanese and silver hull buckwheat, and Canada field peas. Specimens from the flower garden could not be sent though the garden contained a great variety. people from the city who attended the state fair and saw the exhibit speak in flattering terms of its merits and commend highly those who have been taking the initiative in the mat ter, for the excellent showing made. It is encouraging to know that the de partment here is alive to these larger movements of county and state, and Is doing what it can toward the further ance and support of the same. Under the direction of Miss Dredge and Mr. Powers a special program commemorating the 100th anniversary of The Star Spangled Banner was presented by the grammar depart ment, Tsesday, Sept. 15. The arrange ment of exercises and selections ren dered were appropriate for the day and were most impressive. It is such exercises as these that leave their im print upon the minds of the youth of the land and count for much in train ing for patriotism and good citizen ship. Student government is now in full force at the halls and has come to stay, as Miss Anderson has put her stamp of approval upon it, last year's trial having been all sufficient as a practical test. From now on, the girls will look after the government of the halls, the work of organization having been already effected. The first meet-' ing, which was held last Tuesday, re sulted in the ejection of the following officers who will have genqfral super vision of the work: Wheeler Hall—President. Cecelia Anderson vice president, Margaret Kruger vice president, Anna Holm. Comstock Hall—President, Elsie Windhorst vice president, Elizabeth Kemmer vice president, Lorena Beck with. An entertainment that was quite out of the ordinary was offered^at the reg ular chapel hour Wednesday morning, when-a thirty-minute *talk was given. vf. tV "Van," the cartoonist, being the artist. The subjects chosen were character sketches, principally with an occasion al scene thrown in for variety's sake, the best being that of The Old Coun try School. Van hails from the east, where he at one time represented The New York Herald and other papers. He pleased the students, though some were really disappointed, that with his abundance of material he did not give a local setting to some of the sketches —especially to character representa tion. Mrs. George Hubbel, the new teach er of oral expression at Fargo college, spent Tuesday with Miss Haves and incidentally attended chanel exercises. She is an Emerson graduate and has taught at Hamlin college and will un doubtedly make a strone addition to the college faculty. The marriage of Miss Nellie Chase to Grant Price of this city is of more than passing interest to the members of the normal school faculty. For sev eral years Miss Chase was connected with this school as one of its most succasful and popular teachers. She was always identified with the various movements for school betterment and was in deepest sympathy with all stu dent activities whose ournoses and motives were right. We are happy, therefore, that in the going of Miss Chase we have the comlne of Mrs. Price and that in this new relation she is to be permanently with us and one of us. The faculty and students are a unit in their many good wishes for Mr. and Mrs. Price. Miss Hurlbert was one of the prin cipal speakers at the meeting of the State Library association which was in session at Little Falls, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week, her subject being, Moving Pic tures of Today—The Good and Bad Element. Miss Hurlbert returned Thursday, accompanied by Mrs. Gud ren Thome Thomsen of Chicago, who was also on the program for several addresses. Miss Agnes Thornton and Mrs. Pow ers were on the program at the recen tion given Thursday evening at th® home of Mrs. L. A. Huntoon, by the Ladies' union of the Congregational church. Miss Thornton played La Disir. by Sturn, and To A Wild Rose, by MacDowell, and was accompanied by Miss Natalie Thornton. Mrs. Pow ers played Mazurka, by Mowskovsky. Their music was greatly enjoyed and appreciated. That interest in story telling is not confined solely to children was evi denced Thursday morning at the chapel hour when Mrs. Gudrum Thorne Thomsen held, for nearly forty-flve minutes, the closest attention of students and children alike, while she related one after another of her fascinating Norse stories. She told In all four stories, the first being one of her own translations which is soon to appear in a collection of Norse stories now being published. The others were The Story of Baldar, Peter, Paul and Espen, and the story of the Pan Cake. Besides her story telling. Mrs. Thom sen gave two addresses before the ob servation class, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, her subject being: How t* tell Stories, and. Selections of Stories for Children. She emphasized the necessity of losing self consciousness and letting the story glve its own message. Story telling is not of recent origin but is as old as the race and has always had a large place in the life of children. She illustrated the growth of story instinct by giving an account of her own lifo, telling how she, in company with other children of the neighborhood, would gather in a little circle and listen by the hour to her old Norwegian grand mother who told such interesting and fascinating tales. Among the best stories for children mentioned were the old Fairy Tales of Anglo Saxon origin and those of Scandinavian and Germa* sources. Mrs. Thomsen was formerly super visor of the primary department in the training school of the University of Chicago. She is now connected with a private Institution in Chicago where she is an instructor in literature and lectures on Child Stories. She has an interesting personality, Jg kindly sympathetic and understands child life—just the requisites mentioned in her addresses, as necessary for the good story teller. Mrs. Thomsen made a splendid impression upon all at the normal school, her work being the sub ject of many complimentary remarks from students and teachers alike. The chapel hour, Friday, was given over to the Y. W. C. A. at which tim*? the work and plans for the year were outlined and presented. The different members of the cabinet gave short, addresses in which they expressed their confidence in the support of the girls and their hopelessness for a most helpful and profitable year. Miss Thornton, too, spoke to the girls con cerning the larger outlook upon 11"« that must be theirs by becoming ac tively interested and connected with such a worthy organization. The students who made short addresses were Misses Leid, Westlund, Rehder, Kruger, Chatwood and Rudser. President Weld will return this even ing from Saint Cloud and Saint Paul where he has been attending meet ings of the normal school presidents, and of the normal school board. BIKE RIDERS TO FILE PETITION A petition was circulated Saturday afternoon among the bicycle riders of the city, the object of which was to ask the city commission to frame an ordinance making the riding of bicycles on the sidewalks legal in portions of the city where there is no paving. They state that they are perfectly willing to be licensed, paying a reason able license fee, under such restric tions as the commission may think necessary. They take the position that unpaved streets are generaly unpass able to bicycles and that on the side walks they accupy no more space than a pedestrian. They further state thxt with a reasonable compliance of a certain rule, such as the city commis sion may set, the danger of the prac tice can be eliminated. It is not known when the petition will be presented. SCRAP AND BREAK WINDOW Yesterday, at noon, an argument took place in front of the Nestor cigar store in First avenue north which re sulted In the breaking of the large plate glass window in that place. Ben Hoffman and a man named FYazer were arrested and taken to the police station. It is not known just how the argu ment started, the first intimation of it being when the crash of the brol»n window was heard. Some claim that they were arguing about trie war and others say a debt. At any event they were separated by bystanders. Both appeared in police court this morning and were assessed $5 fine. J. F. Callahan of Casselton was among the business visitors In the toda#- v ry,"1' "ff' '"Sf" ~ifcl PRES. J. H. WORST OF AGRICUL TURAL COLLEGE IS ARRANGING PROGRAM FOR THE BIG AN Pres. J. H. Worst of the agricultural college stated this morning that he was making arrangements for speakers for the annual convention of the Tri-State Grain Growers' convention that will be held in Fargo on the week beginning Jan. 18. President Worst is communicating with a number of notable speakers with a view to getting them for Fargo this year to address the farmers of North and South Dakota and Mlnne* sota, but as yet it is a little early to state whether these men will be able to come here at that time or not. The prospects and plans would indi* cate that the convention this coming year will be the largest and best ever held in the state. There will be new things of interest to discuss and new things will be injected into the pro gram to make it especially interesting to the farmers of the northwest, who come to Fargo annually to learn some thing new about the profession of farming, horticulture and stock rais ing. Prof. H. I» Boley has sent out noti ganization will have in the program and of a pure seed show that will form one of the attractive exhibits at the big annual meeting. This notice la published lesewhere in this issue of The Forum. PERMANENT WORLD fEACE WILSON'S PLAN Waahtnetxm, Sept. 21.—President Wilson is entertaining a gigantic plan for world peace. He hopes to bring it to the attention of the world when the warring nations of Europe appea* to have reached the psychological mo ment to make its adoption an applica tion successful. For that moment Wf" now is watchfully waiting. Disarmament Will Be Urged. No details of Mr. Wilson's plan hav® been made public. It is considered probable that he has in mind a general disarmament proposal, but be has not said so. In this direction he has gone only far enough to let It be known that he hopes to bring about a plan already cHy $ v ,4^ PREPARED FOR GRAIN CY NUAL TRI-STATE EVENT THA? 4 IS TO BE HELD IN JANUARY. v ot peace that will envelop the clvillaad world. President Doe* Not Want Truce. At this time the president has no1 hope that any of the fighting govern-' ments would listen. Even should th« informal proposals he has made lately,: bear fruit, and the war thereby be stopped, he has no faith that the peaca' would be lasting. In fact he feels al most certain that, within a short time, the combatanta again would be at each other's throats. Therefore he waits. Sometime, he is sure, one side or the other in the great war will be defeated crushlngly or if not that, some time all the peoples at war must become exhausted. World Peace Congress Planned. When either of these events talVMl'-£" place, the President of the United States contemplates calling a world congress for the banishment of war from this earth for all time. Until one of these events occurs, it is un likely that he will take any further steps looking tow'ard mediation. Permonent Blessing Foreseen. Viewed from this aspect, it is sta«9i by those in the president's confidence^ he perceives the possibility that a wonderful and permanent blessing to all mankind may spring out of the horrors now devastating the old world. There is excellent reason to believe Mr. Wilson has sounded cer tain great governments, for the pur pose of arranging the preliminary steps for the organization of the world peace congress he contemplates. That he will have their support is indioated by certain Information cir culating among diplomatic offlcltlV, here. Formal Offer in Line of Duty. President Wilson has made on® formal offer of mediation and he has made one informal inquiry to the same end. He did this because, under tha Hague convention, it was his duty. It still will be his duty to renew the ten der whenever he receives intimation from those tU war that it would be wel come. But at no time has he failed to appreciate the hopelessness of what he did. There is no doubt that the president believes this war will have to be fought to a finish—a finish either of victory and defeat, or exhaustion. Disarmament May Be Urged. What form his eventual proposal will take there is no way of knowing at the present time, but the fast that the Bry an peace treaties are being pushed, even while war extends through a large portion of the civilized world and among the nations whose adherence to the treaties is necessary to their suc cess, is taken as an indication that they may be considered in the plan. The part the United States would play in disarmament is simple com pared with what would have to hap pen in Europe. We point to the fact that our army at present is merely a police force and that our navy is not more than a defensive force which threatens nobody. There is only one point at which a proposal from us to disarm would look inconsistent and that is our heavy fortifications of the Panama canal. Foreign nations might ask us what we mean by proposing disarmament to them while we continue to hoist the largest guns along a waterway sup posed to be open to all on equal terms. It is suggested in some quarters that the fortifications might, after all, play a useful role in disarmament if we were ready to use that trading stock, that is, to knock them down when Europe knocks down her barriers and fortresses and reduced her standing lurmies. Lasting Peace to Be Sought. But whatever the actual plan, the fact seems to be that the president Is thinking, not about partial peace or temporary peace, but of the peace that 'ill take Into consideration the rights all nations and which will preclude Uie larger nations, by going to war, from bringing ruin to the smaller ones, who depend, first, on uninter rupted trade and, second, on the ob servance of treaties for their very ex istence. The selfishness of the present was in its relations to South American coun tries, to Switzerland, Holland. Belgium and the Scandinavian countries must sometime come home to th^ European belligerents and compel them to admit that not merely the late fighters, but the whole world, has an Interest in the character of the peace to be made when the war Is over. Evidently there is in the president's mind the thought that an European congress, like that of Berlin which shunted a few hundred square miles from one jurisdiction to another, only to be followed by another batch of se cret, mischief-breeding alliances, will not suffice in the settlement of the war now demoralizing Europe, 4 ~'t "i I S* i v s '1 iiu'.tiaiiVfai