The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1917, Page 4

| i BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE { SATURDAY, APRIL, 21, :1017. THE TRIBUNE Gatered at the Pestoffice, Bismareh, N. D.. as Second Clase Matter. sf SUBSCRIPTION NAT PAYABLE IN Gelly, by mail or carrier, yer month .... sevees 6 60 Daily, by mail, one year in North Dakota .....0 ssseeeee 4.00 Daily, by mail outside of 6.00 1.60 North Dakota, one year .,... Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, three months. Daily, by mail in North Dakota three months (Weekly, by mail, per year . and night-worry and that is that high Prices on a crop today means ruin- ous price on that same crop next sea- son, because everybody goes in for that crop, and that average gain for him depends upon his putting in some crop that all the others don’t. In short it is all a gamble with him, with no assurance of @ reasonable profit on anything. Yet, in our war extremity, we expect him to double his hazards. Let the government see to it that the American farmer has seed and facilitate production in every legiti- 5 | mate way. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation [ HE sTATE EST NEWSPAPER vATblaed WEATHER REPORT for 24 hours ending at noon, April 21; Tomperature at 7:00 a. m. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation ... Highest wind velocity Forecast. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy warmer tonight | straight. CLEAN UP! Clean-up days are coming. Don't stop at cleaning up lawns and cellars. jet the rubbish out of your minds, and the hatred out of your hearts. These are serious days, and they re- your -|quire effective thinking, and effective | faith. Minds full of rubbish can't think Hearts full of hatred can't feel straight. Give them a good airing, and in- spect them for the things you can better do without. tonight and Sunday; n Clean up! in northwest portion and in east por- tion Sunday. pane Lowest NECKTIES. , Temperatures! Man's only non-utilitarian garment Bi aot is the neckt Grand Forks 33 It's as useless as a monocle, Pierre 40 Yet we wear ‘em. St. Paul 36 And we'd feel awfully awkward Tannlves a walking down Main street without Chicago . . 42 one. Swift Current 28 Once upon a time the necktie was Kansas City a6 used to fasten the collar on. San Francisco . » 52 ORRIS W, ROBERTS, Meteorologist. LET 1T FIT THE CRIME. A reader suggests that the death penalty be imposed on every man found guilty of wilfully cheating the government by delivering inferior Goods in army or navy contracts, dur- ing the wa This suggestion appeals to us very strongly. It will probably mal an equally strong appeal to every patri- otic citizen. In every war that we have fought, there have been army contract scan dals that have smelled to heaven. ‘Not a few of the big American for- tunes of today were founded upon cheating during the civil war. The embalmed beef outrages of the Spanish-American war were so un- speakably vile that the mero mention of them today,;;nearly 20 years later, brings the blush of shame to every honest, man. Shoddy uniforms, paper. shoes, in- ferior powder, rotten food has been our invariable experience in time of ‘war. To our credit be it said that the great majority of the business men of the nation have had no part in these loathsome practices; to our discredit it must be said that we have never had the hardihood to make the pun- ishment fit the crime, even when the crime has been proven beyond the shadow of doubt. It is to be expected that here and there during this war will be found men so rotten with the poison of But now it doesn’t do that. Lots of folks even wear made-up ties fastened to the collar in front by stiff little wings. Man's necktie is the Indian's cagle- feather, the cannibal’s beads of teeth, the mid-African’s ivory ear-rings. It’s his pride, on which he bestows much thought, great care, We wonder what would happen to the vanity of the human race, male half, in case of a necktie famine, HELP THE FARMERS. Less than 45 days remain in which) planting can be done for this year’s crops of corn, beans, potatoes and wheat, After the first of June, unless congress acts at once, we shall have billions of war dollars, and hundreds of thousands of warriors, and an un- precedented shortage of food, a short- age that may be fatal to all our war plans. Neither to bad weather nor to lack of land can threat of this shortage be} charged, The cause lies in the un- willingness or inability of our agri- culturi to produce. Gvod seeds, fertili and labor have been scarce and high priced, and estimates of un- usual uncertainty of prices of grains have been against increased produc- tion. This condition congress can cure by simply guaranteeing that the United States government will take the 1917 crops at fixed minimum prices, which mean reasonable profit to the pro- ducers, It ought to be easy for con- gress to do this at once, and it would be a mighty good speculation if not a greed; so utterly lacking in that spir-) it of patriotism which should animate | every American, that they will at-) tempt to make profits at the expense; vf the health and safety of our sol- diers. and sailors. \ uld ybe more vilely trait N paylehment short of an ignomi- nious death as a traitor would be fit- ting in such circumstances. ————————— Army powder doesn't decide the matter, without army beans for the man behind the gun, - FOOD CRISIS, Napoleon said that the three es- sentials of successful warfare are money, money and money, Were he with us today, he'd have to amend his declaration, because money is worth- Jess, if there is nothing to buy. We have money, an unprecedented amount of it, but we are face to face with a crisis in the matter of food production, and we can’t eat our bil- lions. Moreover, there is a crop short- age throughout the world, and so we can’t with all our money, buy from others. Increase of our food production is our first proposition and even para- mount to increase of army, navy, ships and arms. We are actually con- fronted by this combination, to-wit: war, domestic crop shortage, world crop shortage and a pressing neces- sity to feed and otherwise supply a big part of Europe. The war question with us, in ad- dition to how many are going to enlist, is what our farmers are go- ing to do. We can have a “food dic- tator” to hammer at food speculation. The government can seize food. The government can conscript men and conscript the money ff it likes. It can even conscript . railroads, factories, ships, telegraph, radio and telephone limes. But it has not yet discovered any way in which to compel the farm- ers to produce two pounds of food where they formerly produced one. and this is about the size of the prop- war measure of first importance, All the harvest surplus that the govern- ment might find on its hands any time this year could readily be dis- posed of, such will surely be the shortage and distress throughout the world. Let congress act today, Plant- ing time has almost closed. DEMONSTRATE THRIFT, Food is going to play as important a part, if not a more important part in the war than guns and ammunition. The saving of food is very largely an individual problem, In the final analysis it is up to the women of the nation. Every woman should do her part in the government's campaign to in- crease and conserve the nation's food supplies. The food necessities of all of the nations with which we are allied in the war against Germany, are very great. The people of America must save every pound of food that self-imposed rigid economy makes possible to the end that there be the greatest possi- ble surplus for shipment to our hard pressed allies. Do not make the mistake of confus- ing the food problem with the finan- cial problem. You have no more moral right to waste food simply because you can affora to do so than has your small in- come netghbor. It, is not a question of saving food for the money’s sake. It must be saved so that there will be cnough to go around. . Every pound of food that finds its way to the garbage can means that much joss of fighting strength. _ Volunteer today, for the duration of the war in the great American army of food savers. ? Begin now, today, thrift in your home. Make saving, rather than wasting your social standard. You can fight for your country in Your kitchen just as effectively as to demonstrate By Justice J. E. Robinson Saturday Evening Letter We are still for the red, white and blue, And we are for the gallant soldiers, too, And for paying them fifty a month. It seems the question is big enough for Goverfor Frazier and Presi- dent Townley, and we beg them to give it a boost. There is a large and hungry office seeking class who want the job of drafting men, but the talk of draft- the Government offers to pay men a reasonable compensation. In these times an offer of fifteen a month is a mere insult. A man’s time is his pri- vate property, and under the consti- tution, private property may not be taken for public use pout just com- pensation. It»is a disgrace and a pub- lic scandal for our great and rich Government to beg or force men to give their time and to incur the risks and hardships of a soldier's life for less than fifty a month. Here is a copy of another dissent-; ing opinion: Blumardt vs. McDonald. Robinson, J. (Dissenting.): In this case it is extremely difficult to write | a dissent without using some swear words. The majority opinion does vi- | olence to the fundamental principles j of constitutional law for the protec: tion of private rights and property. It holds, in effect, that a Justice of the ‘Peace may ‘be given unlimited power for the destruction of private proper- fa ty, however valuable it may be, and that the owner of the property has no @yredress only by way of an appeal from the decree of the Justice. And n yet the statute docs not provide for JUSTICE ROBINSON, any appeal or any mens of staying struction pending an appeal. And how was anyone to know that urt or a Justice of the Peace would allow, an appeal when it was not allowed by statute, and when nearly all court rulings are to the con- trary. The ca a demurrer to the complain’ se comes, to this Court on an appeal from an order overruling It does not properly involve any question concerning the rights or jurisdiction of a Justice of the Pei to order the destruction of property. The complaint avers that the plaintiffs own the wine in question and that the defendant wrongfuly withholds it and threat- ens to destroy it-—and that is a cause of action. Hence, the demurrer is no good. If it be true that a Justice of the Peace may: obtain jurisdiction to order the destruction of property, the pleadings do not show any such ing is without sense or reason until! complaint nor a jury trial. ordering the destru galy imported. There are three similar suits in which ninety-five parties claim nine ty-five barrels'of wine, one barrel for each person) as a good winter supply. It is thirteen‘months' since the appeal was filed in this Court. Three months ago, when it was argued and submit- ted on_a rehearing by direction of the chief Sustice, 1 promptly wrote my decision and gave it to the judges and the press, Now, after three months of incubation, the other judges sign up to a contrary decision. Without examining the record or saying a word on the subject, the Judges as- sume that the Justice of the Peace had jurisdiction of the parties and the property, jbut. that is a wild assump- tion.’ Then’ they proceed to hold that the prohibition statute gave a Justice ample jurisdiction to order a destruc: tion of the property, regardless of its value. That is awful. Under the constitution Justices of the Peace have jurisdiction in civil actions when the amount in contro- versy, exclusive of costs, does not ex- j ceed $200, and they have such juris- diction as may be provided by law to determine cat of misdemeanors. is conceded that if the proceedin fore the Justice were a civil action. | | jurisdiction. And it is not for the plaintiff to plead any such jurisdiction; it for the sheriff to plead and prove a record justifying his holding of the property, It was for him to show that a judgment for the destruction was duly ered by a Court having competent jurisdiction. The juris- diction of a J ce of the ‘Peace is never presumed. While the decision here docs unjustly sustain the demurrer to the complaint and remands the ¢ for further proceedings, it does not preclude an amendment of the It is not so frightful as the former decision, ion of the property without any evidence whatever and on a mere demurrer to a complaint Which shows that the property was le-| civil proceeding.” ‘That name settles it. Then the blame is ‘put on Comp. Laws, 10114, regardless, of the fact that no attempt was made to show any compliance with that statute. The case turns on constitutional principles, which are simple and fun- damental.. Under the constitution all men have a right to,acquire, possess and defend property and to pursue and obtain safety and nappiness. All Courts must be open and every man for any injury, done him in his goods, person or reputation should have a remedy by due process of law and right and justice administered ‘with- out sale, denial or delay. The right of trial by jury shall be secured to all and shall remain inviolate. These great fundamental rights can be in no way impaired by any prohi- bition statute only so far.as express- ly permitted by the constitution, Sec, 217 reads; “No, person shall manu- facture for sale or gift any intoxicat- ing liquors or import any of the same for sale or gift or offer the same for sale or gift as a ‘beverage.” Thus it is true this does impose a limited re- striction on natural rights, but it in no way permits the ‘Legislature to put any restraint on the natural right of or a criminal action, then the Justice would have had no jurisdiction, be-|any man to import and keep liquor | cause in th actions hig jurisdiction | for his own use. That is a right which is expres: limited by the statute.|Can never be denied by even a bone But as the proceeding is not denomi- ‘nated as an action, the judge holds there is no limit to the jurisdiction of the Justice. Thus it seems that by the evade and throw aside the limitations of the constitution, as by calling a crime a contempt, the enforcement. or protection of a right, or the redress of prevention of mere use of ‘words the legislature may ; a wrong, or the punishment of a pub- lic offense, (Sec, 7330.) A criminal tion is a prosecution by the State a party against a person charged with a public offense, for the punish- ment thereof. (Sec, 7333 Eeverv other is a civil action. Svery legal proceeding before a Justice of the Peace must be either a civil or a criminal action. But to evade the law the procedure is given a new name. It is called: quasi-criminal and dry statute, without an amendment to the constitution, The prohibition section of the con- stitution in no way limits the right of trial by jury or the right to a remedy of all wrongs by due, process of law. It in no way rethoves the limitations of the constitution on the jurisdic- It is impossible to put q . . o oss! * oD 90 much em-| "An action is an ordina ¥ proceeding | tion; there must be an opportunity Phasis upon the necessity for food) in a court of justice by which one] for a trial by jury with all the safe- saving by everyone during the war. | party prosecutes another party for| guards known as due process of law, In this state there is an immense pressure to undo the principles of civil liberty and of personal rights, and that pressure has ‘been felt by the Judges, and they have left mon- uments to witness it. There is no safety in popular rule unless it be in; proportion of tne space given over strict conformity to law. When the furfes are once let loose, it ‘becomes impossible to restrain them and the result is anarchy and the destruction of civil rights and liberties. —J. iE. ROBINSON, April 20th, 1917. THE DICKINSON INCIDENT, Dickinson, N. D., April 19, 1917. To the 1 noticed in a recent issue of your paper an article about the reported insult that I committed. agai In justice to myself T wish to explain the situation, and ask you to kindly publish this letter in your paper. On the morning of Friday, April 6, I came to a store in Dickinson (the name of which J do not want to men- tion, as I do not want to be quoted as knocking.) and seeing that it flew the American flag, 1 asked why fly the flag, more out of curiosity than anything else. War had at that time not. been declared, and if it had, I had no knowledge of the fact. I had sev- eral talks with one of the proprietors of this store prior to that time about the war, as he was always pro4ier- man and I was always pro-Ally. I considered at that time that we would sooner or later declare war on Germany, so * ** -.ght Germany then as an enemy of our country. T-accused the said merchant of be- ing pro-German before the declaration of war, and often we had heated ar- uments about it. On this day when I asked him why he now flew the American flag, when only a few weeks ago he was still talkin Pe ‘only “ahewered® phe: Readers’ Column that I was an American citizen before he ever came to the country, to which statement he took exceptions. I also said that I considered my- self a better American citizen because I never at any time sympathized with the enemies of the United States. A heated argument then followed, dur- ing which 1 might have-said some things that 1 should not have said, but I can go on oath and say that T never insulted the American flag by deed or word, During this argument T told him that Tam not going to trade with him any more, and canceled an order which then was in. Later these goods were delivered to my place and I re- fused to. accept them and told him that I had cancelled the order and did not want to trade with him any more, but there never was a wi said about the flag, and I did not tell: him that J} was doing this because he flew the American flay T have been a resident of Stark county for more tham 25 years and have been a citisen of the United States for 20 years, and in all these years have never of fight- ing for any other flag than the Stars and Stripes, About the flag incident which i¢ given such prominence all over the nar T-tbebjeaidy city heard were being spread about me, and not knowing that they were false, they bought a flag and came to my place of business demanding that I put up this flag. After I had explained the situation to them though, and showed where I. was being misquoted, they went away in the best of spirits, af- ter putting the flag up themselves with my help. ‘But there were no rough words said. I would like to see this letter in print, because I have never been pro- German, and I defy any man or wom- an in the country. to come forward and say that they have ever heard me make any. pro-German statements, even ‘before;the United States declar- jed war on Germany. Yours very truly, —PAUL V. MESSER. | MOBILIZATION OF HOUSEWIVES. Bismarck, 'N. D., April 17, 1917. Editor Tribune: Of the mobilized forces of Uncle Sam that remain to guard home ter- ritory, the most important are, with- out doubt, the housewives, . They are the commissariat department of the nation. . If these forces are to do ef- ficient work it is necessary that they; be as thoroly drilled and instructed | in their duties as the fighting troops. And the first watchword for the housekeeper in war time is Economy. No matter how sell to do the indi- vidual may be, no matter if maid and not mistress does, the actual work of preparing the food, thrift must be the law of every American woman. Her's is the task of safeguarding the foodstuffs and textiles of the na- tion. If she wantonly wastes food or clothing, tie whole country .must suffer for her carelessness. If she husbands carefully the necessities of life the resisting power of the coun- try will be immeasurably increased and the strength of her armies will be correspondinly greater. It is the patriotic duty of every American housewife to exercise the most rigid economy, Are you doing it? Are you ordering your household as if it were, necessary to cut down expenditures to the very last cent? Do you save yout scraps for hash and for potato balls? Do you save po- tato water for your soup and thus conserve the nutritrous salts? Are you substituting beans, peas, rice and hominy for lettuce, potatoes and cauliflower? Do you make the gar- ments of your family out of the most durable cloth that you can buy? Yes, that what economy mea: and what every housekeeper must sooner or later conform to if this country is to weather the storm with colors fly- ing. The country cannot afford the waste of one ounce of food, one cal? orie of heat. Our factories must ve turned into munitions plants. . Our grains must be conserved against the time when the output, will become crippled. Our coal,mjusi, go to fire the engines of war aa ‘keep the fires in factories and foundaries. ,.- Bp Let us see how..rea] a thing. this help will be.. There are approxi- mately twenty million homes in. the United States. Suppose that. these homes would save one dollar a week apiece. Of course there are many homes that are so, economically .run already that this.would be impossible ‘but,.on the other hand, there are in- numerable homes that could save many times that amount. But if the average were one dollar apiece, that would, mean a saving of twenty mil- lion dollars a week, This is the amount of money it*takes to build and equip one pastlepip. Just: think of it!!! The iomeg, makers of the United States can, give, their country one battleship a week. Or, looked at from the other side, the women of America by their extravagance can cost their country one battlesaip a week or a whole fleet of submarines. And in a year that would amount to a fleet nearly equal to the one that the Unitde States now sails. Think what it would mean to the war de- partment to have twenty million dol- lars a week flowing in from the wom- en of the country. And the women can do it, too, can do it and will. If women will substitute whole wheat’ flour for the worthless bleach- ed flour now used, the saving in one year will nearly equal tne entire wheat, crop,,of ‘North Dakota. Ana better and,stronger men, women and children will, result. Picture. the women of America taking over the wheat of North Dakota for this one year and presenting it to Uncle Sam for their share of the war’s burden. And what about your back yard? And the vacant lot next door? If you can get your son or your husband to garden it you can reduce the cost of living one-half this sumer. Peas, beans and potatoes should be your staple crops with only a small to perishable vegetables such as let- tuce and tomatoes. If you will drop a card to the de- partment of agriculture. at Washing- ton asking for information, you can secure, not only plans and directions for a model garden but information concerning food values, sample menus and directions for the best and most economical methods of pre- paring food as well. —A SUBSCRIBER. WITH THE EDITORS USE THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE. (Minneapolis Journal.) One of the problems to be dealt with by the Government at Washing- ton is that presenteu py the foreign- language press, Practically all of the foreign - language press, inchiding those newspapers, printed in an ene- my language, profess to be loya) to the Nation. But the use of the enemy language in newspapers presents dangerous opportunities for treason- able matter intended to stir up con- spiracies. It is recalled that orders were printed in suci newspapers directing German reservists to proceed to Mexico, or to certain designated places. Thus our prospective enemy was utilizing supposedly American newspapers to further its own hostile designs. In view of the undoubted loyalty of the bulk of the enemy-language pub- When the united colonies first be- came the United States of America their band was a loosely drawn code called the “articles of confederation.” These were adopted by congress in 1777 and ‘by all states by 1781. The general government had. little power under this arrangement, the separate states doing pretty much as they pleased. After the revolution congress had no power of raising. revenue or of maintaining an army. The confederation eouldn’t pay its debts, and the paper money issued by various states was nearly worthless. Out of the central government’s weakness. a constitutional convention was assembled in 1787, which drew up the constitution under which, with amendments, the nation still lives. This constitution provided for a president, to be -the chief official of the government,’ who was to, be chos- en by an electoral college composed of delegates from all states—the method that still survives on paper, although the practice is different. The first “college of electors” in 1789 chose Gen. George Washington, president. He served two terms, and was suc- ceeded in 1797 by John Adams, who served one. Thomas Jefferson, third president, served two terms, to 1809. ‘His great- est act was the purchase of “Louisi- ana,” which included all territory be- tween Mississippi river and the Rock- ies, north of Texas, ‘He waged a suc- cessful naval war against the Bar- bary pirates, and during his admin- istration there were naval encounters with France; without a formal declar- ation of war. France and Britain, at war, preyed on United States commerce, search- ing and seizing American ships. Eng- land even impressed men on our nav- al vessels into her navy. Tabloid History of United States United States Adopt Constitution, Defeat Barbary Pirates, and Wage War With Britain on Land and Sea! col iil Ht atu } ie Mi tar Hii Lf This resulted in a declaration of war in 1812 by the United States. The war was disagtrous, on land, for the United States. Attempts to invade Canada failed, the ‘British cap- tured Detroit, and a ‘fleet’ ascended Chesapeake bay and captured ‘Wash- ington, the new capital, while Presi- dent Madison fled. American naval vessels covered themselves with glory, however, on the ocean and on Lakes Champlain and Erie. The war ended with Britain giving up her impressment and other claims shortly. before; Andrew, Jackson, who had not heard of peace, repulsed the British attack on, New Orleans, in 1815. ‘i DMR SS Yee, iB ig ees ee eee eee eel During. the-year 1870 Indians had een most ‘troublesome on the north- westetn frontier of Texas, so much 80 that a small military post had been established ‘north ‘of Fort Richardson on the Little Wichita fiver. The post was garrisoned, by three ‘groups of the 6th Cavalry, to which command Jack belonged. The month of December of the year 1870, had been one of the most sevete ever known in that part ofthe country; snow fell and re- mained on the ‘ground for days, be- sides some’ of the streams froze so they could be crossed by wagons. Dur- ing this cold spel! orders had been received detailing Jack as a member of a general ‘court martial to be as- sembled at Fort Richardson, and on the morning of the 21st of December, prepared to start’ for that point, ac- companied by ‘another officer and suit- able escort. In his usual heels-over- head style, he concluded not to wait for the others, they being slow about starting, and struck out for Jacks- boro alone, riding a valuable horse called “Brownie,”' to which he was greatly attached. The others of the party left an hour afterwards, taking the usual route, and arriving at Rich- ardson in due time, finding in get- ting in that “California” had not ar- rived. This was a matter of surprise, for he had started sooner than they did, and was riding a fine horse, and was usually. a hard.rider. The follow- ing morning, not having put in an ap- pearance, it. was feared something had. happened to him, and an ambu- lance and detaii were sent back to look for him, the . preceding night having been, bitter cold, and a heavy “norther” accompanied it. Just as the party was leaving the post on the search a soldier who had cen on a turkey hunt arrived bringing word that the hunting party had found the Lieutenant; that he was badly froz- en. \No time was lost in starting, but the ambulance broke down en route, and it was after midnight when they returned bringin the lieu- tenant with them, Jack was never able to give a clear account of his adventure, but it seem- ed that ‘ae had left the open prairie and kept along the shelter of the tim- ber, and becoming wet through and completely chilled in swimming a fork of the Trinity river, had dis- mounted for the purpose of kindling a fire, but found his matches wet, and his pistol too, as he was a very large man and riding. a comparatively small horse, he had gotten low down in the water—and on trying to re- mount his ‘norse found himself so stiffened by the intense cold that he or expressing opinions. These news- papers should do their talking in such a way that everyone may know and judge of, what they are saying. It is impossible to conceive of any newspaper in Germany being permit- ted to appear in. English, or of any newspaper in France being permitted to appear in German. Why should such a privilege be accorded in this country under. presant conditions? We have, in fact, been altogether too liberal in allowing foreign cults in our midst. The first duty of the new- comer here is to learn the language, and t ono alien wno has not acquired it, should naturalization be permit- ted. It has been taken for granted that the desire and necessity of the immigrant to become American would suffice to preserve the lingual unity lications, it would scarcely be fair to order their suppression, although such a measure has been urged. But there can be no objection to an order that all such publications must use the American language and no other. To do. anything less invites conspir- ed against the safety ofthe Repu! In ‘time Se aay fair taat ehemy-langéhge : en- 6 -xod 190 368 ' of the country. That was true once, ‘but it seems no longer altogether true: .Alien.cults are established in our midst and every means is em- ployed to maintain and to promote ‘The Catholic Archbishop ‘of Chica: ‘e0,’a German'bdy extraction, perform# CALIFORNIA JACK By JAMES W. FOLEY ————loaoooEEEEEoEaEaeaeaeoeoooeeE A True Story of Life on the Great Western Plains Long Known as the Frontier—-Second Installment. ecoccccoetoceocoecwococoococoecooococooooocosococoos was unable to do 80, or, in fact, to move at all; so he turned “Brownie” loose and crawled to the shelter of some bushes and waited events. Af- ter dark he saw a fire on the south of the bank, but suspecting that it was a party of. Indians did not at- tempt to attract attention...The camp @ was, those of. the turkey, hunters alluded toy<and:had. they-- imagined that poor Jack . was ae oo by it would thave been’ legs serious for him, although: he was, already badly frozen, ‘So. the night» passed away and the following morning the huni- ers found him, his: ‘faithful \ horse stagding close ‘beside ‘him, ‘he not having atempted.to leave him, nor had Jack been able to drive him off, which he had tried to do, hoping he would return to.camp, thus let it be known something had happened. The morning .after his arrival at the hospital, when the steward and nurses were cutting away his frozen boots, he beckoned to a friend, wao ‘was by, and indicated that he wanted some hot liquor, which the doctor ordered prepared, and after getting a little down his throat he whispered to his friend: ‘By —— that tastes good to a man who has been living on snow for spVventy-two hours.” Poor fellow, it was bad enough, but he had Not been out quite so long.. Days passed jbefore tie amputa- tion of his feet could be performed, and during this time he was’ almost constantly ‘in’ delirium; ‘put *during his stages when’ his ‘mind: was’ clear he would say to the’ physi¢itn: “Doc don’t be “afraid to tell’me if I have got to die, I can’t lay down my hand and pass in my chips at one stage o1 the game as well as another, if 1 have to.” On the 13th of January, following the amputation of one foot at the ankle joint, tae other at the instep, saved one heel. . He refused anes- thetics and half reclining on the op- erating table smoked .his,.pipe and made sugestions during the hour of the operation. . He recovered and lived for many years on the retired list of the army. Jack was a noble soul; and one of many, who had helped to open the great west to the settler of today.. Little do the children when the scaool bell rings on the prairies of our state today know of the sufférings of the ones who made the land so the school house and church could be built. Its often the custem to speak of the rege ular soldier of the old days with de- tision; but those wio speak would never had the grit to do the thingy the old soldier did. \ Our public schools might well emu- late Archbishop Mundelein’s patriot- ic example, Because we are “a cos- mopolite and cosmopolitan. people,” the more imperative our necessity to ‘become a people of one speeci. Lin- gustic unity will make and keep us one people, whereas if to our other differences we add variety of tongues we shall scarcely be able to be an integral nationality. We can- not, as Colonel Roosevelt colloqui- ally expresses it, “run an interna- tional boarding-house.” In these few years of the opening century, the composition of America has altered materially. According to report, there are some thirteen: mil- lion altens here who do not speak our language. There are communi- ties that persistently use for every- day purposes some alien tongue. ‘We must not be content with rell- ance upon negative gravitation, so to ‘peak. Americaniom must de taught, preached, propagated. « Patriotism 6 Ye insisted upon lally: and “~ he