The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1918, Page 4

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Morning or Evening by Mail in North Dako ot ee a a matl outside of North Dakota, a a Se Haditor ug or evening by one year .. “ Suncay in Combination with Evening or Morning by E mail, one year ... THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1873) ATE THEM! REGUL On March 20 will go into effect one of the most important orders yet issued by the president. On that date, all corporations or individuals engaged in importing, making, storing or tilizer or fertilizer ingredients must take out a federal license and come under regulation by the Department of Agriculture. ; It is not yet known what regulations that de- partment will prescribe but it is certain that, if food is to play an important part in winning the war, government has got to close down on any- thing that smacks of extortion in prices of fer- tilizer. There has been such extortion, in the prices of sodium and calcium nitrates, particu- larly, and it is upon these ingredients that syccess of nearly all the war gardens, especially, depends. Over-priced fertilizers and seeds in our war gar- dens can very easily mean loss instead of gain, in the final analysis, and in the high cost of fertilizer the professional farmer has a mighty strong excuse for the de luxe prices he is demanding for his products. The administration hasn’t hesitated to put a price on the farmer’s winter wheat. It should train its guns on the stuff that makes winter wheat and which the farmer has to buy. LET THE CHIPS FALL, HENEY! Francis J. Heney, attorney fo rthe Federal Trade Commission, went into the letter files of the Chicago packers to discover what is their relation to control of the food industry of the country. He showed up evidence of the control, all right, but also found evidence in the correspondence that the packers, soon after war was declared, deliber- ately plotted to introduce their agents into posi- tions of trust in the Council of National Defense, the Food Administration and the War Depart- ment, for the purpose of making the war a source of great profit. The “returns” from such plot- ting are not yet divulged but it is established that ex-employes of the packers are in the government departments, particularly the Food Administra- tion. Heney, unquestionably, isn’t gunning for Hoov- er, but the latter feels called upon to make a public defense of these ex-packers. He admits that he has some of the ex-packing parties named by Heney in his department but says they are ren-' dering valuable service, because of their previous experience, and are not in positions enabling them to contribute to the designs of the Chicago Pack- ing Kings. As between gentlemen, we would say to Heney, Keep on probing; and to Hoover, Keep your de- partment at the status of Caesar’s wife. UNCLE SAM’S TEN COMMANDMENTS President Wilson is about to sign a bill which takes its place in history as the most liberal legis. lation in protection of a nation’s fighters ever known. It is good enough, strong enough to be called the National Ten Commandments, and is, in effect, thus: Thou shalt not evict, for non-payment of rent, a soldier’s dependents, under pen- alty of $10,000 fine. _ Thou shalt not cut off a soldier's life insurance because of delayed premiums. Thou shalt not foreclose a mortgage on a soldier’s property. Thou shalt not take away a soldier’s home on which he has made part payment. Thou shalt not sell a soldier’s property because of his failure to pay the taxes, naitonal, state or local. Thou shalt not settle a law suit against a soldier during his absence. If a soldier sue, the courts shall post- pone action until he can attend to it. If a soldier have a mine, or timber or farm claim, assessments on which are over- due, it shall be held for him. Honor thy soldier and thy sailor, that thy days may be long in the land of Liberty. No man hath greater love than he that offereth his life for the world’s sake, and it is commanded that neither lawyers, nor the loan-sharks. nor the gatherers of titles shall fatten on him. 4 Congress is content to call this bill the Civil Rights Bill. Intellectual sloth! It’s the Divine Rights Bill. SERBIA AND JAPAN i What’s the question as to eastern Siberia? Simply that, if that ally of the allies, Japan, doesn’t jump in and take charge, Germany’ will. _ The welfare of Russia. is to ‘be considered,. cer- tainly. The Russians cannot protect themselves. Great Britain, France, Italy and America have their hands full of other business. There’s only distributing fer-| ed with the utmost respect by every individual ®nation. Peace means disarmament, or an alliance whose chief concern will be lasting peace. Simplified, the Siberian issue is as to whether Germany shall or shall not take, for war purposes in the west, scores of millions of dollars’ worth of munitions piled up in Siberia, most of it bought with allied and U. S. money. é Why should Von Hindenburg hurry with his promised great offensive? It’s the other fellow who has the chance to starve, and Von may get great additional strength from Russia if*they let him. A month ago, it was up to Germany to hurry. Her folks were hungry and demanding long-delayed triumphs. Alot of Russian plums have ripened since then. And the allies hesitate about letting Von Hindenburg shake the tree! Sick ’em, Germany! Sick ’em, Bolsheviki! March came in a great deal like old Hinden- ‘burg’s drive last year—backwards. Only 27 more days for old man Hindenburg to get to Paris. And the roads are bad. John D. Rockefeller, it is announced, may build a new home. He’d better build. If he rents one he’ll go broke. We are a smart people. Cabbage for which New York speculators paid $10 a ton. last fall is being sold at $100. An audience in a New York theatre hissed a |dancer on account of her costume. A mighty small thing to cause a hiss. Say, doesn’t it jar you to know that part of our railroad troubles are due to our having sent locomotives to Russia? The wolf may not be at the door of the Amer- ican home, but the profiteering hog surely is. Club the beast, Woodrow! If you were a ship carpenter and received $5 or $7 or $9 a day, would you feel like striking after you read of the Hog Island profits? We had a piece of Victory pie in a downtown restaurant the other day. We know now why it is called Victory pie. We couldn’t down it. Robert Piccinini, New Yorker, lost his chance for citizenship because he spells “cat,” with a “k,” but he has two sons in the U. S. army. Doggone it! Let his sons do his spelling for him! Citizenship for Roberto! { Not long ago there were plenty of egg cases, but no eggs to put inthem. Now that eggs are be- coming plentiful the western dealers report there are no cases to put them in. Life is one blamed thing after another. WITH THE EDITORS. | UP-STATE AMENITIES | | “Warren Ritzman, who is an expert on the i linotype, came over from Rugby last Saturday eve- !ning, and between then and Monday gave The Mirror’s machine, whose front name is Belinda, a few shots in the arm, producing a sobering ef- fect that the letters tread the “straight and nar- row” and no longer look as if they had been cast | while riding a tinhenry.”—Wolford Mirror. | By heck! We are glad to learn that Belinda better, also glad that the fault was Belinda’s. |We had sober misgivings for awhile—Bisbee | Gazette. | MINERS OPPOSE THE I. W. W. | Organized labor throughout the country is real-| izing that its very existence is threatened from within. Anti-American Socialists and anarchistic members of the I. W. W. have been getting strong holds on the organizations in many sections and are openly threatening a revolution in the ranks of trades unions and the consequent loss of many of the benefits that have been obtained through | years of union effort. For some years the I. W. W. and red flag So- i cia s have been gaining strength in the miners’ ‘unions, particularly among the metal miners of |the West. The Haywoods and the Moyers, with their anarchistic activities, have come near wreck- ing the Western Federation of Miners. More re- cently these enemies of law and order have been carrying on their work in the anthracite regions, but they have met with real opposition in Penn- sylvania that promises to check their deprada- tions. The convention of District No. 5, United | Mine Workers of America, comprising most of | the Pennsylvania anthracite region, adopted a resolution the other day recommending that the national organization change. the constitution so| as to bar from membership any miner who joins the Industrial Workers of the World. Thus the convention goes on record formally as opposed to sabotage, incendiarism and murder. * _Loyal labor men and good citizens everywhere will approve and applaud this action, It is in keeping with the course of several labor organiza- ticns in Minneapolis that have withdrawn from the Trades and Labor assembly because that or- ganization has come under the domination of red flag Socialists and I. W. W. agitators and sym- pathizers. These leaders secretly are opposed to the government of the nation and are more or less openly trying to hinder the proper prose- cution of the war. They are on record in Minne- sota as having adopted a resolution favoring the repeal of the conscription law and in having nom- inated for two state offices men who are under sentence in prison, one for obstructing the draft | and the other for seditious utterances. Our troops can fight the open enemy, but the enemies of the United States are not all facing our armies in France. Miserable wretches with I. W. W. badges pinned to the lapels of their coats have conspired to burn, plunder and murder PATRIOTIC BANQUETS BRING TO CLOSE MOST SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL CONVENTION OF FARMER DEALERS Bismarck is. Cheered While Visitors are Bidden Godspeed by Keniston, at Banquets Given by Minneapolis and Duluth RED CROSS GETS DONATION AT THE TWO BIG DINNERS Nearly Every County in State is Represented by Indepen- dent Farmers. ——. | With the election of officers and the} selection of Minot as 1919 convention city, the North Dakota Farmer Grain Dealers’ association closed its sev- enth and most sucessfui annual con- vention at the Bismarck Auditorium Thursday afternoon. The mecting has been one of the most suiisvactory in every respect the association has ever held. The war and the patriotic tone cf all the deliberations has set it apart from all other conventions of the organization. Today 600 farmer grain dealers and their wives are on their way hom¢taking with them new inspiration and new courage and cheer for their communities, resolved to en- list with Uncle Sam in the cause of democracy and to stick until the end of the war. Lane Re-elected President A. A. Lane, of Sherwood, was re- elected president and M. C. Gaulke, of Thompson, secretary. Other executives named were J. M. Still, of Beach, first vice president; L. P. May, of Brad- dock, second vice president; S. P. Ormsby, of Edgely, re-elected treas- urer, and the following directors: S. A. Garber, Fortuna; Earnest Maree, Wheatland; I. M. Hassan, Flasher; A. O. Sundlie, Forman; E. F. Jones, Ber- thold; C, M.. Lawson, Hannah; Al- bert Hesla, Maddock. : The grainmen met Thursday morn- ing with the state railway commission and straightened out a number of questions with relation to the matter to be printed on storage tickets, the commission agreeing that so long as these tickets conformed in essentials to the regulations of the board, the elevators might require such addition- al information as they might regard necessary to facilitate their busness, DINNERS, SPEECHES Two rousing banquets. staged at the Grand Pacific and» McKenzie hotels brought the annual convention of the Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association to a successful close, At the Grand Pacific three rousing cheers were giv- en for Bismarck as Secretary Kenis- ton, toastmaster of the evening, wish- /ed the visitors Godspeed. Addresses at ‘both hotels reflected the sterling patriotism of the men who for two days have studied: the hand- ling and distribution of Frain: At the Grand Pacific Fred Beier, of Carring- ton, who said that he “had sneaked out of Germany to escape militarism” proposed a Red Cross collection, Some of the visiting ladies passed the plate and the result was $63.12 whigh will be forwarded to state headquarters at Fargo. The banquets last evening were ten- dered by the members of the Minne- apolis and Duluth Grain Commission Merchants Association and apprecia- tion of the entertainment was fiting- ly expressed by the visitors. “Double Header Dinner.” “A Double Header Dinner” was the unique caption at the head of the menu cards. G. N. Keniston, secretary of the Bismarck Commercial club pre- sided at the Grand Pacific and Charles E. Eckerle was toastmaster at the Mc- Kenzie. -, ‘The first toast responded to at the trand Pacifig was “The Biggest Ever and the “Best,” by Secretary M. C. Gaulke who complimented Bismarck upon the hospitality shown and the smooth manner in which the conven- tion was handled, He stated that the association had doubled its member- ship and a roll call held later in the evening showed that practically every county in the state was represented. More than half the independent farmers’ clevators are represented in the organization and it is hoped that before the next meeting which will be | held in Minot to have the 500 house which are not yet represented upon the membership rolls. Hellstrom Speaks Justice Christianson, who was down for an address on ‘The Farmer and the Court” was unable to be present: His place was taken by F. 0. Hell- strom, secretary of the state Council of Defense. Mr, Hellstrom. first in re- sponding to a. general patriotic toast paid a fine tribute to the elevator. managers of today and contrasted ethics of modern busness with those in years gone by. He urged co-opera- tion on the part of the elevator man- agers to help win the war. Later in the evening Mr. Hellstrom gave the forma’ thanks of the association to the Com mercial club and the city for courtes ies, shown the visitors, Mr. Hellstrom was received wth great applause as he touched, on the loyalty of the state ar reflected in the Liberty Loan, Red Cross and other patriotic drives. Would Use Lignite Coal, In an address full of concise infor mation on the distribution; of, coal. Capt. I. P. Baker, federal fuel admin. istrator, urged a greater ‘and ‘more general use of lignite coal. ‘He stated that on the basis of the bituminous and anthracite mined last year, some 600 million tons, there was enough lig: nite in the state of: North Dakota to supply the American people for a thousand years. He answered success- \ Associations. | agencies until something better’ had been placed in .their stead. When Secretary Keniston put the safe in Capt. Baker’s hands?” there | was a volley of applause, Many of the | persons present who are also dealers in coal had reason to compliment Capt, Bakers fearless and impartial admin. | stration of coal affairs of this state. Rev. Buzzelle American. | . In an address that rang true with a sterling Americanism, Rev. Buzzell re- } sponded to the toast “When Johnnie Comes Marching Home.” He touched feelingly upon the great sacrifice of that Lismarck mother, the first to igive her son as an offering to the great cause of world democracy. He { urged upon eve¥yone a deeper realiza’ tion of the duties imposed by the world crisis. Lars Hanson of Manfred, one of the live wire members, responded briefly in behalf of the managers. Fred Beier of Carrington one of new members, told how he left Germany to escape militarism and then after compliment- ing the organization on its growth, proposed a Red Cross collection. “Money or Men?” Asks Mrs. Goddard | Mrs. H, P, Goddard, president of the Commercial Club, in his address ‘touch ed ‘upon the part money is playing inthe world war. “Money or men,” he said. “Which will it be? It is up to us all. We must give both money and men but giving a mighty lot of money will save a mighty lot of men.” Mr. Goddard’s subject was “There's War Money—Plenty of It.” He refer. red to America’s great wealth and the small sacrifices that have been made from a financial standpoint to date. | The program closed with singing of !phe Star Spangled Banner” led by | Mr. Halverson after which three rous- ing cheers were given for the hospital {ity shown by the citizens of the Cap. ital City. | Pass Seed Resolutions. Finding that an emergency exists in North Dakota that vitally affects the production of wheat and other arti- | cles, of food in, this state by reason of the,fact that in a large number of counties covering about one-half of the. wheat producing area of North Dakota there have been two crop fail- ures in succession, the Farmers Grain | Dealers’ Association of North. Dakota in closing session Thursday afternoon adopted resolutions expressing the be- lief that this emergency should be met by the national government and | war measure advance to these people sufficient funds. to tide them over and wheat, taking in exchange notes bear- ing a reasonable rate of interest, pay- able to the federal government, The resolutions express the belief that the North Dakota Council of De- fense should be employed by the fed- eral government to distribute such funds, not to exceed the amount of $15,000; that this money should be loaned to such people who have not sufficient - means to obtain credit through the local banks ,or through county funds raised under the bonding act, and that the money so advanced shall be treated solely as a war em- ergency measure. | Send Wilson Copy. | A copy of these resolutions will be forwarded direct to the president of the United States, to the secretary of war and council of national defense, Washington, D. C., and also to the gov- ernor of North Dakota and to the state council of defense. The resolutions recite that “in 1916 the wheat -crops was almost a total failure an. account of rust. In 1917 it was almost a total failure in the same territory on account of drouth. By rea- | San of these reverses, a considerable ' percentage of the farmers residing in this territory are unable to obtain credit from local banks or through the county bonding arrangement, and con- sequently a large area of ground will not be seeded to wheat unless ‘relief can be extended to these stricken peo- ple. They have all the necessary equipment to go ahead and pat in their crops, providing a loan could be ex- tended to them, sufficient to buy the necessary feed and seed and in some instances groceries. If these people can be furnished relief from the nat- ional government the increased area of ground seeded to wheat this year ,will produce not Jess than five ‘mil- lion bushels of wheat, if a normal average crop’ is harvested. bah ia eae ee | AT THE McKENZIE | 2 ~ ° ‘Patriotism .was given free reign at the McKenzie, and the banquet prov- sd a real inspiration for the 159 guests who attended and who were loath to go when the last good-byes were said at midnight, after everyone had join- ad in singing “The Star Spangled Ban- ner”. In all of the addresses, coming from representatives of many yaried interests, there was not a jarring sen- timent. The central theme was loy- alty to our country; loyalty. tothe boys over there; loyalty to the princi- ples ‘of deimocracy.. ““Remembering the other fellow fakes life easer; makes the span shorter and makes it happier,” was the thought which Toastmaster. Eck- erle gave in opening the evening’s pro- gram. : All Sons of the Soil. /“Scratch any of us very deep and i means must have found a sufficient question: “Is the coal administration, | that the, secretary ‘of. war should. as.a| | to enable them to seed their land to] j cause for their support of this holy war, and the have found it. All of this hellish and diabolical program was planned three years before the war was declared. I believe tonight as I never have believed before that we face a crisis. If Germany wins life will not be worth living, as we have come to know and interpret life, But night that knows no pity is not, under God destined to win, Quoting Bishop Quayle of the Methodist church—“God ‘4s running this war. I am convinced he has not resigned.” ‘We need never more than today to support our gov- ernment with every power in our means; we must stand steadfast, no matter how heavy the casualty lists may be; no matter how much we are compelled to sacrifice.’ ‘ “The Farmer and the Law.” “, will speak not on ‘The Farmer and the Laws’ but upon ‘The Farmer and the Law’.” said Attorney C. L. Young. “The law is somethng higher than mere statutes; something bigger than the’ constitution. Law is tradition; custom, usage, the composite thought of the people. The farmer is just as much interested in the law in its large phase as in its narrow view. We're all law-makers. Something very commonly overlooked is that law: is self-imposed, what we think, what we desire, as expressed by our legisla- tors. Whenever you are forming your opinion on my issue related to human rights or human needs you are legis- lating. We're at it every day; we're in‘ continuous session, else this is not a democracy, We have had, not too much law, but too much legisla- tion, Our legislation has been selfish, cliquey. The people send to the legisla- lation men representing their own sel- fish interests. We have a legislature of log-rollers and politicians, rather than a legislature of law-makers and statesmen. But we're developing a world vision; we, are coming out of our shell. We are adopting, a broader viewpoint. This war has broadened us. When we think of humanity now, we are not thinking only of our neigh- bors, but of our friends in Belgum and France and Italy; in Asia, in Africa, and we must get further away from class thought; from our desire to help only ourselves. There must be co-op- eration between nations; between classes; between producers and con- sumers. When we have developed a system of jurjsprudence that is ben- eficial to all, we will have helped our- selves far more than we could have done by working within our own little circle.” “Khaki and Bread.” “The saddest, sweetest picture in the world is our boys, of 22 and 25 and thereabouts done up in khaki,” said Millard R. Myers, editor of the National Co-operative Journal of Chi- cago, who spoke on “Bread and Khaki.” “If we win this war it will be first through ‘one distinct class schooled to do one thing—to fight, to be fighting men; specialized fighters, And back of the man behind the gun will be a splendid organized government, a well |. organized war machine, whose effici- ency depends on. specialization in war aking, And then. we have the man hind the man behind the man be- ind the gun—out here on the beauti- ffl prairies of North Dakota, the spec- idlized farmer, the food producer, the ‘ey to the whole great specialized, co- operative machine, for, as one of our eatest generals has said, ‘Armies move on their bellies.’ }“The specialized business of every citizen should be the thing he can do oest. In this state that thing is grow- ing wheat. Our duty as bread winners to the men in khaki is to grow wheat, more wheat and better wheat than we have ever grown before. “This is atime for universal ser- vice, War is not a time for profiteering nor for quarreling over little things. If we win this war against the most brutal nation that hjstory has produc- ed, every man and woman and child must serve. Co-operation means uni versal service—it cant mean anything else. Specialization: can’t be anything qlse than co-operation. The war has gone a long way toward breaking down class prejudice—not class con- sciousness. We need that, especially in farming—the class consciousness which leads one farmer to work with and help another farmer. “Class prejudice is another thing. No great development can be perma- nent in this country that is based on prejudice. It must be based on Truth. “Criticise little—help a great deal.’ “The Boys in Khaki.” “1 am proud of the boys in khaki; I am proud of the fact that my boy wants to be one of them,” said J. M. Still, of Beach. “He came to me last fall when Co M. was organizing and told me he wanted to enlist. I asked him to wait until we had the harvest in and this year’s seeding done, and then I told him he could go. I thought he could render his country a greater service just then by helping to feed our soldiers and our allies. When’ the tme comes for him to go I will speed @| him gladly. Tm proud of ‘my neigh- bor’s boy who has gone. I will be proud to go myself should the time come when I can’ better serve. my country there than here. “There are a number of things the farmers need besides seed wheat, al- though God knows there are plenty of them who need that. The farmer needs encouragement; he needs somebody to tell him that he’s an important factor in this.war; somebody tp slap him on the-back and congratulate him on his patriotism and his loyalty; somebody to give him a cheery word and the firm grip of good-fellowship. That's a job that’s up to you city folks. You have'done all you could with your money, There’s no more. liberal nor open-handed bunch of fellows in the world than the bankers of North Da- kota. But after everything else and above everything else the farmer needs your sympathy. and your fellow- ship.and the knowledge that you ap- preciate the sacrifices he is makng. from me a promise ta.tell a story. he gave me,.and as it is pretty generally reported that I go according to orders I am going to obey.” The governor then told a tale of a bon cicant with a penchant for sing- ing who was chided by a conductor on a Twin City car. The, convivialist, well in his cups, straightened up in his seat, glanced at the advertising cards across the aisle overhead and said: “Conductor, I wansn to shing jush one more shong.” “Why is that?” asked the conduc- tor. “Well, conductor, you shee thash lady up there,” pointing to an adver- tisement showing the head and shoul- ders of a charming woman seated in ‘a bathtub. i “Yes—what’s than. got to do with it?” “Well, conductor, I wansh to shing the shtarsh Shpangled Banner and make thash lady shtand up,” ~ The governor told. the story well, and it brought down the house, ladies and minister of the gospel, included. The governor told. of pioneer days in Pembina ‘county, where he had lo- cated with his parents when but six years old; of the long dismal trek by wagon from Grand Forks, a journey of 78 hours now. made fn the Frazier Ford in three! .“The' farmer is the backbone of this state, He has made it what it is by his hard toil. Great progress has been made, ‘Much of it is due to our farmers’ organizatons, in which North Dakota excels: Because of these organizations North Dakota is being watched more closely than any other state in the union. Other states are going to organize as we have done, and to distribute their pro- ducts to the consumer gs cheaply and as efficiently as possible. We believe in co-operation. We want the city peo- ple to co-operate with us. Some pa- pers, mostly in the east, have said that the farmers of North Dakota are unpatriotic. I am proud of the record the farmers of North Dakota have made. In every campaign we have gone well over the top. In the last Lib- erty loan drive we exceeded our quota by a bigger percentage than any other state in the union. The farmers. will continue backing the boys over there in ‘the trenches, and they will show the boys over there that the farmers of North Dakota are worth fighting for. The farmers are back of our president; back of our adminis- tration, We're going to'do all we can to bring this war-to an early and suc- cessful conclusion. There isn’t a slack- er farmer in North Dakota—not one who isn‘t going to do his best to see. this war through to victory.” The Red. Cross J. W- Shorthill, secretary of the Nat- ional Council of Fariners’ Co-operative Organizations, spoke on the Red Cross as a preliminary to the taking of a collection for the Red Cross. “Ameri- ca has done ‘big things since this war began. I do‘ not belfeve there fs. an- other country in the world where the people will do so much voluntarily and willingly for. their government, as our people have done during --the “last twelve: months. In‘New York City the people have voluntarily reduced their — wheat consumption to 25 per cent of its normal ratio, America didn’t wait for the war to do worth while things. One of the greatest things this coun- try ever has done was to create the American Red Cross, a society that knows no race, nor color nor creed. You can’t send a dollar that will go‘on a greater mission of mercy qhan ‘your dollar contributed to the “American Red Cross.” As the speaker closed, a committee appointed by Chairman Eckerle passed, collection boxes which netted the grat- ifiying sum of $92.47. : After the reading of an original poem by F. O, Hanson, manager of a farmers’ elevator at Newark, S. D., written as he sat back of the scale beam“and a work which breathed real genius; President A. A. Lane of Sher- wood made the final response. “We aro better co-operators for our experience of the last three days. I feel stronger to carry out our efforts at home, When you go home, co-operate with the Red Cross and with the Y. M. C.'A. and with the Liberty Loan committee. Put in every acre you have to wheat—let rye and barley dnd oats be a second- ary consideration. ‘Wheat is needed in foreign lands, by those we love.. At Minot ‘last year, if we're still at war, I want you ;to turn out’ 5,000 strong, and we'll make it.a war council. If the war is ended, come out ten thous- and strong and we will plan for the re- construction which will be necessary to put our country back of its feet. And bring the. ladies. The-ladies are the best co-operators we have, and they'll have an important place on the Program at Minot next year.” “You'll never get-anything by knock: ing the other fellow,” was Toastmaster Eckerles’ . parting‘ message. ‘Get ac- quainted with him; find-him out, and you'll probably discover he’s just: as human, just as prone to error or to truth as you are.” He thanked the speakers,\the Com- mercial club, the city, the commission men hosts, and everyone who had con- tributed to the success of the ‘conven- tion, and then Secretary Keniston came in and fired in’ a few ‘parting shots at close range, and with rousing cheers for Keniston and for Bismarck the happy party broke yp. ARCH Mothers Should see that the whole family take at least 3 or 4 doses of a thoro, puri- fying, system cleaning medicine this spring. Now is the time. The family will be healthier, happier, and get along better if the blood is given a thoro purifying, the stomach and bow- els cleaned out, and the germs of Win- ter accumulated in the system, driven away. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea is one of the very best and surest Spring medicines to take. Get it and see the difference in the whole family. Their color will be better, they'll feel fine and be well and happ: Japan left to save Siberia from Germany. To sa that Japan shall not do it, is to say that the well. known German policy is good for Russia. When we get ready to admit this last, we might as well set fire to our vision of world-wide democracy. It is likely that, having ved, Siberia, Japa and to obstruct war preparations. They are be- ing encouraged by men with poisoned tongues, some of them in official positions, who aid in pacifist, propaganda, essentially pro-German and do their utmost in a sneaking way to increase the‘hazards and dangers our troops are facing in Give him that, and it will not take.him long for the farnier to show you the best: and the most patriotic and the | most efficient co-operation this coun- try has ever known.’ Governor Frazier. “[ came-here on one condition, and fully the critics of Dr. Garfield, nat- ional fuel administrator, and, showed how this state through foresight had been able to avoid a fuel shortage, Capt. Baker Cheered. * In his introdu -emarks, Capt. Baker, referred to'the ing situation you will find we're brethren of the soil,” said Rev. Postlewaite, who spoke to ‘Religion and the War.” “Religion and war-are a peculiar comDination. We find the greatest statesmen of bur church giving up their time to the cause of democracy; our seminary stu- ceca een YOU'LL ALL AG! 4 THIS WAT “PREMO. STYLE? SURE! QUAL- ANEW ceo tes, with us,’ said ,Governo ‘As a penalty he extracted tht. would ask mugh. ) if war, eqdajin 6 F Every action like that of the Penns: é : l : e. Ev ke the gyl-| in which elevatoy nagers found | dents are enlistng i : , y . many’s Bsa thigf worl ing fo y ore orig dr e line f Ho mata compl | fpought, they. faioicigeempel JCourhfreia from, telitag saps gre oan Uae ay gail Dette i largely an alliéd wérid.¢.No one-count al d-disloyalt A ; are pleading’) fotO'FEyMty, | ous stories, for -L. know swe wert Lat 4 piece bygcuiio Bp uoltoasa der parted fidelity and unswerring| ha mintster,,of tha. gospel npie “Ha bovoies D See rasypl Shs lienyo: Woayi ot ie to do all it wants to, to another country on the sedition spreaders —— and chat hus Teved' Germany if going Be i f ; eS MEA Tee mite i to. the cause, Reap!