The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1917, Page 4

. cuse for pacifism or apathy. WEDNESDAY, MAY--9, 1917: THE TRIBUNE M@utered Pestoffice, Bismarek, N. ban Beccns Class Matter. (S8UED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY GUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCB Eyily, by mail or carrie per month ........ seee @ 50 Daily, by mail, one year in North Dakota .....0 eeseeeee 4.00 Daily, by mail outside of 6.00 North Dakota, three months. 1.50 Daily, by mail in North Dakota three ‘months ........ 1.25 PAPER HE erate ® OLDEST NEWS! North Dakota, one year , Daily, by mail outside of ‘Weekly, by mail, per year ..... 1.80, Member Audit Bureau of Circulation WEATHER REPORT for 24 hours ending at noon May Temperature at 7:00 a. m. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation .. Highest wind vel 9: 46 Forecast. For North Dakota: tonight and Thursday; change in temperature. Generally fair not much Lowest Temperatures Fargo vee 88 Williston Grand Forks . Pierre ... St. Paul Winnipeg . Helena ‘Chicago Swift Cur Kansas City .. , San Francisco ee ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. a @ Ideals we do not make, We. + discover, not invent, them— “ Parkhouse. Co SHEET EE EEE ESS A MAN'S A MAN. Time was when it was quite the thing to call a farmer a “hayseed.” He was also called a rube, a hick, or a greenie. But that time has gone. There never was any sense in the use of such words. No man is at home in another's surroundings. But today the farmer ranks with the soldier as the nation’s first line defender. The corn row ranks with the fire trench. < ‘The farmer is not only a useful Person today, but he is also a hero. So away with the patronizing at- titude, the high and lofty manner, the sarcasm and derision. A man’s a man these days. RAISE CHICKENS, THEN. “I can't start a garden. There's no top soil on our lot, nothing but hard clay. I'd like to do something to help the country, but it can't be done.” So quoth a man on a street car. “You can raise caickens, can’t you? a neighbor inquired. Good idea! If your back lot is so hard and clayey you can’t plant potatoes, buy some wire fencing, stick up a chick- en coop, read up on the poultry busi- noss, and raise your own eggs and owls evorresus Plant tye in-‘your ‘clay. Rye will grow anywhere anu is good for chick- ens. Between the rye and the chick- ens your soil will be arable enough and fertile enough for a garden in two or three short years. BE SURE AND SAFE. Talk of peace, fears that England will soon be starved out and predic- tions that the present allied success- @s mean an early end to the war should be put away on the shelf ‘by Uncle Sam. In spite of the recurrent flurries of talk on the big features of the war, the Allies don't want peace without a victory, England cannot possibly ‘be starved in a long time and Ger- many isn’t licked until licked on her @wn territory. Revolution in Ger- many might settle things suddenly, at any time, but Germans are not Russians. Speculation on these points may be the business of unattached diplomats afd news correspondents, but it has no place in Uncle Sam’s program, and it can only have the effect of confusing. It must not be permitted to, in the slightest degree, influence prosecution of Uncle Sam's war dusiness, In, augmenting army and navy forces, in promoting food production, in enlarging oceanic and other trans- Portation facilities, in providing all the various sinews of war, we should 80 ahead exactly as if the war was to continue for a generation or more, with our nation bearing the big part of the burden. We should aim at nothing less than full power to win, no matter how large the power demanded. There’ is no longer any room or ex- Hope the war may end this year is timate, but it , not influence, particle, our preparation for an The war _bisi- n which the only insurance is adequate power. We have allies, but our first policy should be to prepare to rely upon ourselves alone. It may not finally prove to have been necessary, but it will mean national safety. These remarks are particularly ap- plicable to the matter of promoting increased production of foodstuffs. While the agitation for city gardens and greater individual effort may yield surprising results this year, it is not too early to begin systematic effort for ‘bigger crops next season. | This season the efforts have been sporadic and largely without system. There should be just as much order and system about conscripting va-! cant lots as about conscripting back- ward men for army or navy, and, through the tax assessors, we have easy means of registering the lots. The arable, non-producing lot should; be listed and either be made to pro duce war potatoes or war taxes. Leg-| islation may be required to get; “slacker” property into the ranks. | GET FIT. Here's one patriotic stunt that every person can do right away with-} out orders from anyone: Get fit! Get in condition. Get! that paunch down. Get the muscles hard. Get in training! The soft man is the unfit man. Flabby muscles cannot jump at du- ty’s cal. Fat stomachs usually mean fat brains, too. Train down. Exercise, work—cat less. It’s a duty three ways—it will make you a better, cleaner man; it will conserve the nation’s food and ‘build your own energy; it will make you ready for any call. Clean, strong, fit men are the na- tion’s need. Train down. Get fit. Get ready! el ON THE GRAVE. “We have sworn on the grave of Washington to fight to the end,” de- clared Viviani, head of the French commission ‘before the ‘House of Rep- resentatives. French lovers of liberty, equality and justice have come westward to make oath on another grave. In the midst of our mighty republic lies one as great, if not greater than Wash- ington. This man was lowly born, but his rise represents that opportunity of equality and freedom for which the greatest Frenchman fought and died.’ ‘As commander-in-chief, he fought; as chief executive, he worked and suf- fered that human liberty might not perish from the earth. And as a man he, was greater than commander or ruler, He, too, made oath to fight to the end and history blazons his name with courage, firmness and tri- umph at the end. He turned his back upon precedent, in order to be Just. He defied even men’s law, in order to be merciful under God's law. He won the bitter criticism of friends, as well as foes, and earned the worship of friends, the blessings of foes, But not for an instant, or in a shade of any degree, was he dis- loyal to his oath. Armed enemy turned him not backward. Complain- ing, discouraged partisans shook him not. At times he stood alone, feeling only the clasp of the Almighty’s hand to strengthen him in his work| for the divine purpose. Ah! Old Abe Lincoln was great to} the end of the fight! ‘But when that end ,came, he was greater. He took oath to lift up the conquered, strick- en, impoverished brother; to bind up the wounds; to give back to civiliza- tion a people with one country, one flag, one God. With malice toward none and charity for all, he had sav- ed, and with them he would restore. And the glow of immortality is upon his grave. Great men of great France, you) have visited that grave in the west! You have made oath over it that you will fight to the end and that when the end comes, all men shall be brothers! ‘Bread gets lighter and Well, that’s sound physics, higher. anyway. The saddest words are not, “It might have been,” But always these, “It was.” _—_—_—_— Debate goes merrily on over whether “The Star Spangled Banner” is classical. (More “stuff to lose sleep over.” Days of Sweet Girl Graduates, June Brides, etc, are almost upon us. Even the thrills and pangs of war have to make way for the girlie, girlie stuff. Because German workingmen pit- fed the Belgian ‘slave’ workers, most of them have been sent to their homes, dispatches tell us. Those German workingmen must have had something wrong with them. In the cause of international amity, | San Diego is going to fiesta Gov. Cantu of Lower. California. When you invite a ‘Mexican to fiesta, it is understood that he doesn’t have to bring his own liquor with him; hence, if Cantu will fiesta with us, he’s ours. ~~ ? ;ample and to spare? BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE DOINGS: OF THE DUFF. By Allman | WILBUR THOT AT FIRST IT WAS ANNETTE KELLERMAN TMU WILBUR THERE NY 1S A YOUNG LADY OUT HERE To PVE BEEN SENT OUT HERE To HELP ENCOURAGE RECRUITING BRovGHT You A FRESH APPLE. Pie. THAT PANSY JDST MADE - Powell on Intolerance Mou ee EDITOR'S NOTE—Because ‘of the length of Mr. Powell’s let- ter, it will be run in three in- stallments. Walter D. Powell, general merchant of Jud, in, an apen letter to Governor Frazier discusses some pertinent facts associated with the Non-Partisan league. Whether Tribune readers agree with Mr. Powell’s surmises or not, they will find his arguments in- teresting, and for this reason his letter will be, published in full in these columns, Hit first installment appear- ing’ below: el! FHaN. D., May 4, 1917. Hon. ‘Lytth J,""Frazier, Governor of ‘North Dakota, Bismarck, N. D. Dear Governor:—The press report of your speech delivered recently in Copper Union, New York city, con- tained this paragraph: ‘The farmers of North Dakota in the fall of 1916 sold their potatoes for 75c and 80c per bushel, when at the time, potatoes were selling in Kansas City and Chi- cago for $150 and $1.75 per bushel.” (You do not state whether this latter price was wholesale or retail.) The very fact that you are the gov- ernor of this state, also as they all say, farmer governor, you should be in a.position to know the facts, and therefore, the above statement hav- ing. been circulated;,,throughout the whole country would naturally, com- ing from you, be taken as an absolute fact. Now, did you make this state- ment for any particular reason other than that you were misinformed as to the facts? Do you know these to be facts? viz.: That what potatoes were sold last fall for 75c and 80c per bushel were sold before digging time? Do you know that more potatoes froze in cellars throughout this state than were sold at these prices? Do you know that after digging started that practically no potatoes were sold under $1.00 per bushel? Do you know that since Jan. 1 practically no pota- toes could be bought here for less than $2.00 per bushel, yet the stock is Do you know that one man in your home commun- ity has 900 bushels of potatoes for sale and recently refused $3.00 per bushel for them? Do you realize that when you tell the government commission investi- gating food conditions about the ex- tremely low price paid the farmers of North Dakota for their products and infer that huge profits have been taken by the middlemen, you are mak- ing a charge that has no foundation in fact? . You tell the government food com- mission and congress, the farmer wants only a square deal. Who is it that is not giving the farmer a square deal? You will say, of course, it’s the middlemen and stock gamblers. Do you know that city merchants have been raking the whole country for food products, offering faulous prices for the same? Would they be doing this if they had a stock on hand, bought at the low prices you claim the producer was forced to take last fall? You certainly cannot be misin- formed as to these conditions. In which case, your motive before the New York consumers and federal food commission must be ulterior, in that you are influencing support for a poli- tical faction, dominated by a few men who are either ignorant of economic conditions or criminally guilty of at- tempting to mislead the country. One of your editors told me recently, that in his opinion, Mr. Townley would be the next elected president of this country. I came to Dakota territory in 1883. I believe in farm organizations, I be- lieve in co-operation. | believe if the people of North Dakota want state- owned institutions for business, they wherein the producer will directly benefit. and that is, through local co- operation in the way of improvement and increased’ production, eventually leading to a standardization. For in- stnce, eggs have been ‘very high, will no doubt contintie to bring good prices, yet the eggs ‘vome:in‘ in varying de- grees ot size, color \and_ freshness. Some have to go back to the farm on account of dirt or) staleness. And then the producer, is so surprised there should. be no objection to fertile eggs You tell the c the spirit, surrounding and. dominating the Nonpartisan league is to get close to them, in order, that, you may divide with them the huge profits of the mid- dleman who you claim is robbing them as well as the producer. Then, you turn squarely around and tell your farmers, they should, through a plan of unlimited indebtedness in our state, build immense elevators and provide credit, so that the grain could be held for such: prices as the pro- ducer might demand. IN NEW ROCKFORD. H. 'L, Reade, state fire marshal, is in ‘New Rockford today, investigating a complaint. MESS WITH ‘TROOPS— Governor Frazier, Secretary N. A, Mason and Adjutant General Tharal- { nsumer in New son will take mess at Camp Frazier this evening by special invitation of the boys of Cj )A.;,; B.D. HOSKING RETURNS. FROM PAGIFIG COAST R. D, ‘Hoskins, former clerk of the supreme court, who hias been spend- ing several weeks on the Pacific coast, returned last evening with Mrs. Hoskins and their grandson, He reports considerable war activ- ity throughout the west. The gov- ernment’s plan to build, large wooden ships for transpoxstation of war ma- terials has, given,,a syonderful stimu- lus to the Iymber, business, It is thought that most of the construction work will be done on the Pacific be- cause! of the abundance of suitable tamber, ; “T became heartily disgusted with government by initiative and referen- dum,” said Mr. Hoskins. It is re- duced to a commercial transaction on the coast. Twenty-five cents is paid for a@ name and you can referendum anything.” ‘ Mr. Hoskins will resume his busi- ness connections in the city. A SURE GOITER CURE. NO MATTER HOW SERIOUS OR HOW LONG STANDING. USE. (©. H. OWEN, JORDAN HO- EL, GLENDIVE, MONT. 5-3-4-5-7-8-9 EXTERNAL | By A Gardener One reader wants to know “what's' the use of hoeing if there aren’t any weeds in the garden?” Getting rid of weeds is but the “by product” of hoeing. If you start to hoe as soon as the row of tiny sprouts come out of the ground and continue to hoe at fre- quent intervals you won't have any weeds. It is a mistake to postpone hoeing until weeds get a start. Do it now; and every evening hoe at least a row or two, Do not hoe deeply. By doing so you may cut the plant roots. About one inch is deep enough, especially near the rows. When rows are close together hoe over the entire ground, for the roots of many garden plants spread out. In any case, the ground should be hoed for one foot around the base of the plants, - Hoe after a rain or watering to break the crust which forms. Use a pointed stick to get between plants where a hoe would injure the stem. When hoeing have in mind the mak- ing of a caver of dust, earth as finely pulverized as you can get it, for that mulched earth acts as a blanket, keep- ing the moisture in the soil. Culti- vation also lets air get below the sur- face. You can’t hoe too often, or too care- fully. OFF DUTY.— Miss- Alwyn Hughes of the secre- tary of state’s office was off duty ‘Monday because of illness. eas MAJOR HENRY BACK.— ‘Major F. S. Henry, state land com- missioner, is home from Minnewau- kan, whither he went on business connected with land leasings. «ee VISIT DEPUTY AUDITOR.— Miss Bernice Newcomb, deputy Kidder county auditor, and Miss Ma- ty Zerwis of a Steele abstractor’s of- fice, were guests Sunday of Deputy State Auditor and Mrs. 0. B. Lund, formerly of Steele. ora LEASES ARE GOOoD.— Gilbert Haugan of the state land commissioner's office returned this ;morning from the northeastern part of the state, where he had been con- ducting leasings for university and ‘school lands. The average rentals received were better than usual, re- ports (Mr. Haugen. . pa NEW STATE BANK.— Two new state banks chartered yesterday are the Lunds Valley State bank, of Lunds Valley, Mountrail county, with a capital stock of $15,- 000, Martin .D.’ Johnson, Tena S. Johnson and A. W, Johnson, ‘corré- spondents, and the State Bank of Ab- ercrombie, capitalized at $15,000, and whose directors are William Roberts of Colfax, C, T. Paulson, M. M. Por- man and M. U, Ivers of Abercrombie, and H. J. Hagen of Fargo, see BUYING 'ROAD MACHINERY.— Adolph Schlenker, county auditor; John F, Wahl, chairman of the coun- ty board, and Gottleib ‘Henne, ‘com- missioner from the First, district, were in the city Tuesday, looking over road machinery with a view to making a purchase for Sheridan county. Sheridan graded about 42 miles of road last year. The work was well done, and the highway has ‘been kept in good condition through frequent dragging. The county, so far, has owned no_ road-working equipment, but has had the improve- ment done by contractors. The jun- keting committee which was here vis- |ited Washburn on Monday and in- itends to inspect work in progress in other counties before it finally rec- ommends the purchase of graders, tractors and other machinery. Qty LINTLE ob ICE BOX. 1m “HRUNGRY AS A COAT! This Is a Real Patriot _ PLL JUST SLIP DOWN ‘aN’ SEE WHAT'S IN TH \ ) ns The Day at the State House NEW CORPORATIONS — New corporations of the last few days include the Western Sales Ex- change, with hotne offices in Minne- apolis, and’ the White Rock Loan & Investmeit Cov of Whitd Roek, S. D. ee) NEW CHURCH: iin Articles of ‘incorporation’ Were filed with the secretary of state today by the Presbyterian church of Grand Rapids, LaMoure county. The incor- porators are: 'M. McLeod, Fred Wan- kel and Mrs, Fred Wankel, all of Grand Rapids: e see PRATER CONNECTS AGAIN.— W. J. Prater, who acted as secre- tary of the senate last winter, and who completed his second terms as treasurer of Burleigh county Monday, Tuesday entered upon his new job as deputy in the office of State Aud- itor Carl R. Kositzky. Mr. 'Prater’s first official. mission takes him to Carson in an effort to pry more taxes out of Grant county, which has paid no state levy since its separation from Morton. o* AT FORT CLARKE.— P. W. Thomas, assistant state en- gineer, is in Fort Clarke today on highway business’ with the Oliver county commission. The demand for advice’ from’ the ‘officeofthe state highway commission is much greater than can be supplied. Five counties which asked that engineers meet with their boards at the May meet- ing had-to be denied, and a-half doz- en applications already. are in for June meetings, while other counties have agreed to call special sessions, providing engineers from the high- way commission can meet with them. eee WANTS NEW SCALES.— The Kulm Farmers’ Shipping asso- ciation today filed with the state rail- way commission a petition for a new scales at the Kulm stockyards. The present scales, says the communica- tion, is “on the bum.” From a Fargo association comes an objection to the present tariffs to Golva, a station on the Golden Valley branch of the N. P. Rates now are based on Beach, and the through tariff resulting is re- garded too high. Stanley asks for a crossing over the Great Northern tracks. * ee FUND: NOT AMAILA Bits, oe newspaper in . eastern par’ of the. state 46 teats a criti- YS iafaeane Sa cl » editor, re- ? geet politi now is looking cism ‘of some statesafficers whom it accused..pf holding up the pensions which the Fifteenth assembly voted North: Dakota guardsmen who served in the Mexican campaign. The ill appropriating $50,000 for the pay- ment of pensions at the rate of $10 per month covering the entire time the boys spent in active service did not carry an emergency clause. The appropriation, s consequently, cannot become available before July 1, no matter how much the state officials might like to see the boys have their $70 or $80 bonuses. TOTTEN SINGS SHAN -SONG--BOWMAN PAPER TO HAVE NEW OWNER: George A. Totten is again going out of the newspaper business in Bowman. That benighted village can't seem to appreciate the talents of this ministerial gentleman, who has just escaped, through a supreme court ruling, becoming a member of the state board of regents. George A. was in the newspaper business once before in Bowman, and he quit the game and the state for awhile. Recently he has again been publish- ing the Bowman Citizen, seeking to make it the organ of reform and ad- vance, as spelled by Townley-Bowen, et al. for his district. And the peo- ple, according to Mr. Totten’s own words, have “squeezed him out.” : The entire front page of the Auril 30 issue of the Bowman Citizen is de- voted to Mr. Totten’s story of the “squeeze Play.” He blames it on big business. He says he has lost the county printing and lucrative adver- tising and other sources of revenue. The lawyers have cut him from their calling list, and no matter how zeal- ous a reformer may be, he must have something to buy ‘bread and butter with. Therefore, the Eowman Citi- zen on, May 1 passed, into other hands and, sans regency, sans newspaper tand several other things, George A. fifields to conque