The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1917, Page 4

{ ARCK EVENING. TRIBUNE MONDAY, DEC. 31, 1917. GEORGE D. MANN se eS - + + +. Editor G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, | Special Foreign Representati | NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldz.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; | BOSTON, 3 Winter St.: DETROIT, Kresge Bldg.; MINNEA- | POLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. i MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- publication of all ne edited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. | MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION | SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE $ .70 90 50 {per MOnth we 2.i50< 2% a0 in North Dakota, one 5 » 4.00 mail outside of North Dakota, one year, 6.00 TATE’S OLDEST NEW (Established 1573) taken over the railroads, This means the railroads will be run utes as a whole, not in the s of aS many varying otic—and profiteering — The president has fi ¢ duration of the interests of the United $ Terent railroad ma f a dozen « i les and brands of pa en will doubtless be retained in their old I private f ence, The government will hav , but to compel the very best service that s public em s instead of ¢ 1 4 step f basis. Now let's t ay of lin the y getting onto a * another, Now let’s go from If there is one thing a Washington have brou aton’” between the publ at the various investigations now under to light it is the facet that ‘‘co- ope business of waging a war and the private business of supplying the tion, fuel, arms and munitions ion’s v r needs—transporta- own and a fizzle. Fuel Administrator Garfield has announced before a senate committee that “‘it can’t be done.’ The investigation into the airs of the war department has uncovered the history of one long battle between more or less wary government officials on one side, and representatives of the big arms and munitions manufacturers, their eyes peeled for profits, on the other. On the eve of a great conflict we have the sad spectacle of the government and ‘‘big business’’ wrangling over goods and prices like a bunch of horse traders at a county fair. THE PRESENT SYSTEM WON'T WORK. THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT. Then what shall we do? Shall we turn the whole conduct of the war over to private business interests, and let them have their own sweet way about it absolutely? They might make a good job of it at that, you know. but obviously that won't do, either. This isn’t a private war. It’s your war,and my war, and theroffice boy’s-war. After all, the president and the cabinet members, and the senators and the con- gressmen and-all other officials are just plain citizens of the United States. It’s their war, too. It belongs to all of us, and we are fighting it for our wives and our children and the grandchildren we may have, no less than for ourselves and our principles. If we find we can’t trade satisfactorily with the railroad presi- dents and the coal barons, the shipbuilding moguls and the muni- tions manufacturers, and if we can’t turn the war over to these folks exclusively, then there is only one thing left to do. There is only one thing left for our representatives in Washington to do. And that one thing is to go on with the good work they have already started in showing railroad owners just where they stand. We have taken a step forward; now let’s take another. Now let’s go from here. WHY PUT UP WITH PRODUCTION BLOCKADE? The railroads are not only our greatest industry, but their financial ramifications are more extensive, universal and penetrat- ing than those of any other industry. Banker Myron T. Herrick was, undoubtedly, right in his recent declaration that there is hardly a bank, insurance or trust company, or established charity organiza- tion in the country that does not hold railroad securities. Besides, | there are the thousands of individual stockholders and bondholders. In ‘effect, President Wilson commandeers the property and rights of all these interested concerns and people. It is a drastic proceeding, but absolutely necessary a war measure. The prime | essentials of our war business are efficient transportation, manage- ment and extraordinary. production, and these are co-relative and wholly mutually dependent. Neither is effective without the other. In the matter of transportation, Unele Sam commandeers, How ean he-hesitate to do likewise in the matter of production of coal, oil, lumber, copper, steel and other war necessaries, without the prompt and heavy production and delivery of which his war busi- ness fails? In the case of the railroads Uncle has been patient and long- waiting. Having once ‘got his back up,” let him do what more is to be done, speedily and thoroughly! Great Britain is said to be sending her dogs to America, to save food. If they're the right sort of dog, we ean save food, too, by getting them. Food is largely a matter of taste. Dress suits and stiff collars are disappearing in London and they’re going to economize in rubber by discarding suspenders. There are quite a few lovable features about war after all. According to President Gillmore of the Model License league, Americans consumed 20 gallons of alcoholic drinks per capita, last year, Gee! the fellow next door must Lave been just soaked. A Petrograd paper boldly declares that the Bolsheviki have failed because they haven‘tsproyidcd bread and land. The dough TRYING TO DRIVE HIM IN. 1091 OUESTIONAIRES MAILED QUT BY LOCAL BOARD UP TO CLOSING TIME LAST SATURDAY. the past week, of claims filed with them to keep oard, the mailing of; them busy. All claims for exemption, has excluded most every-|or rather deferred classification on dependency grounds, are passed upon by the local board, subject to the right of appeal within five days from The returns are the announcing of their decision, to iow in coming, owing to, the district board. uer and trouble in rural, The last questionaire will be mailed ets. securing their mail. ‘out January 9, and from that time the st interesting of the! local board will be busy with their adjutant general! cl ‘ication work. As soon as a suf- vhich he ted! ficient number in Class 1 is ready for s‘ the sical examination, they will be called in, as the order is to give every d man in the first class his physical ex- amination as soon as possible. Natural Gas. Natural gas is probably formed in the earth by a process of natural dis- - tillation from the animal and vegetable remains of past geological epochs, and is nearly the same product as is dis- tilled from coal in the retorts of gas factories, only insteaa of the heat of fires the interna’ heat of the earth, aided perhaps by chemieal decomposi- tien, has causel its formation on @ aguiticent scale. service of and of registra! vice at once. now for 1 Nature Is Outwitted. The man who invented the sewing machine achieved waat he was after when he stopped trying to imitate the human hand. If you go into a factory you will sce machines doing things which enly human skill gould do but a shert time ago, but the processes are te different from the manual meth- od. The inventors have 1isen superior to the fermulae that nature would seem to lave laid down for them, leigh forward to Texas. The To Remove Smoke Stains. be beneficial to sewives Who have not the conven- ience of electricity or the modern gas Frequently, the » ceiling ashioned gas jet. be- colored from smoke and heat. ‘The diseoloration may be removed If er of ch and water is applied a piece of flannel. After the mix- ed it should be brushed oar latter beard will com- WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER! . BERTON BRALEY. epping off at our d r departs, to retur aggage of tro With problems that stump For luck and good fortune with 1918. He comes as a child with an innocent tut he will grow up in a mighty bri baitle and slaughter and conf Will soon .make a man of the cal Ard 1918, we quite fervently pray, Will take hold of things in the maa And heip wipe the kaiser, et al, of 2 A sizeadle job for young 1913. Oh 1918, you'll be weighed down The burden of causes w: We hope you can lead us to pe For not otherwise shall this We want to be free of this terrible fight We pray you can end it—by ending it RIGHT, Lut if you cannot, then well fi Long. after you've lett u. 3 And meantime, while whistles and b You're welcome, young 191% lls make their din & th F waght that by that No stain or mark |” GRAIN MARKETS | 1 MINNEAPOLIS | No. 3 yellow corn - 170 | No. 2 mixe | Other grades corn =s Oats No. 2 white Mont... | Oats, S. white Oats to arrive | Oats No. 3 white | To arrive Z ee ; Oats, No. 4 white . Ba cho: : Bark | Rye, No. 2 | To arrive | Biax {7 -2- } To arrive . | Oats, Dec. oid Oats new . aire | oats, May new .. j OULUT 310 MAIN STREET We are co-operating with the U. S. Food Administration. We have determined to start the New Year by selling high ciass Gracries and Meats at PRICES NEVER BEFORE HEARD OF considering the high cost of production and dis- tribution. Oats on trk | To arrive .. s | Rye on trk and arrive .. 'Dee . | May . | Barley on trk . | Flax on trk .. | Flax arrive HERE ARE A FEW EYE OPENERS POTATOES per bushe!................$1.25 OLD CAPTAIN OF SNAGBOAT MANDAN, KILLED CHRISTMAS DAY,WAS VETERAN OF RIVER i% upper Missouri d came up the Missouri vill be remem mers in the M: souri valley and lally at Bismarck, Mandan and nk Titis of this city, 12o# eer on the U. S. snagsoat “Mc- vas a fellow offie:r on sev- ith Captain Gould. Captain Belk. During the last fev tould’s active se C. & M. electri on the tracks. An electric car struck the old man, and fracturing captain of a Unit- mt snaghoat, the ears of Cap-|n tee with the ent, Leo Halloran of this erved as a fellow offier on the throwing him 2 h tates. governme BUTTER, best obtainable, per Ib...........47¢ MILK—Camation, 2 cans.......:.........25¢ PEAS, Standard, percan..................- He erg uc een CORN, very good, per can. . eis wie ate 106 \% | CATTLE MARKETS ( see Seas. Miao anes CHOCOLATE, ‘Walter Bakei's’ Ye Ib. 2°20 COFFEE, Bell Brand, per Ib...............24e heifers $6.0@ calves, steady, 5.50@ 14.25. Stockers and feeders, | strong and steady, $5.00@10.00. SHEEP — Receipts 500; steady; lambs 9 $8.60@ 16.01 o0; ewes $5.00@1 vethers $7.00@ 00. CHICAGO. HOGS—Receipts 29,000; strong; 15c to 20¢ above yesterday’s averag ; bulk $16,60@16. ed $16.30@1 O10; rough $16. MEATS Pure, open kettle, steam-ren- dered Lard, guaranteed abso- lutely pure pork fat. After a Trial You Will Want No C Other light $15.80@16.7 00; heavy $16.2 116.45; pigs $11. @ | TTLE—Receipts 11,000; strong; ; Native beef steers $7.60@14.25; stock- ers and feeders $6.70@10.40; cows and is mightier than the proclamation, Mme. Caillaux suceessfully shot up an editor’s office, but itll take a machine gun to “remo: the stain” that the French parlia- ment has put on her h 4 7 ee aaa British war office its more than seven inches of uppers on women’s shoes. | iguréd On limiting the stockings, too, but conscientious seruples beat them ont of the idea, | heifers $5.35@11.33; calves $8.50@| 16.00, SHEEP—Receipts 9,000; firm; weth-/ ers $9.25@13. lambs $12.99@16.80. BOILING BEEF )Pey We POT ROAST ie 18¢ ve Nature’s Error, Sufferei writes us that if nature had known what she was about when she made man, she would have given him | two noses—one to have a cold in and| one for gencral utility Then you could get the first on. amputated (a’ in the ¢ase of tonsils or an appendix) and live comparatively happily ever after. We | will call nature’s attention to it—Ex- change. We are fattening a lot of three tofour year old steers, choosing the very best in the lot, aed in this way we will have the best meat obtainable at prices that are lower than th lowest, when you consider quajty. Try our variety of sausage/which will please you. H H H ' i Eanige elt 2218-90; bull $16:15@)) COCOA, Walter Baker's, % Ib. can.........20€ Nova Scotia’s Fish Army. Our op2n steam-rendered/lard is absolutely pure. Three- Nova Scotia is literally “the land of tl fish”—cod, herring, mackerel and the | fourths of a pound of our lafd goes farther than one pound jsiant albacore or tuna. Nova Scotia | of any other lard; all the fats are used. Nothing added, | 1s sp much a land of fish, says a writer, nothing taken out. jthat it produces over one-fourth the | value of the entire Canadian catch, or Try our bacon. i¢ is delicious. You buy it fresh direct 89,166,851 worth. Every tiny haven doiharthe extensive: Bihienose Cand irom us. It is not hatd salted or been in storage. coast harbors fishing smacks galore, — | while Lunenburg, Canso, Liverpool D MAIN) STREET nd Chester are home ports for hun- dreds of fleet-winged deep-sea banking schooners, Beet and Wheat Food Value.