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TH Jy THEDE'NA-ARE, KING — A A NIE PIECE oF MEAT Fort, You ~— GOSH, } HODE We STAYS S PRESENT Foe BABY ELEDHANT? FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS OVER THE FENCE IS OUT By Blosser GUSHEOSH m+ g BISMARCK EVENING T THERE, Now RIBUN: ta oF A) i Y, “APRIL” 11, 1918 ria CHESTNUT CHARLIE By Blosser COUNTY FOOD AIDES NAMED BY DR. LADD State Administrator Must Take Some Work From His Over- burdened Shoulders Fargo, N. D., April 10.—Because the work of the state food administ is increasing daily and it is necessary to have of ls properly qualified in each section of the state to keep a check on local conditions, ‘Dr. I. F; Ladd state fod administrator today announced the names of county food administrators for twenty one counties | whose duty it will be to see that the United States food admini: rules and regulations are ob: their county. Food admini: other counties not named be named later Dr, Ladd “With the coming sur state for the purpose of the amount of flour and flour tutes on hand county administrators will be ne ary to carry on the work,” Dr. Ladd said in making the announcement. “The United States food administr: tion is insisting on rigid observance of all regulations and the loca trators will be asked to assist in this work,” Dr. Ladd declared. The following were appointed Dr. Ladd today: 1, J. Moe, Valley City, food admin- istrator\for Barnes county. F. W. Smith, Bottineau, food admin- istrator for Bottineau county. | Dr, A.A. Whittemore, food admin istrator for Bowman county. O. W. Roberts, food admin for Burleigh, County. J. W. Riley, Fargo, food administra- tor for Cass, county. J. H, Colton, New Rockford, foou administrator for Eddy county. A. L. Schafer} Carrington, food ad- ministrator for Golden Valley county by ‘ator Odria H. Williams, Steele, food ad-} ministrator for Kidder county. Mrs. R. A. Sprague, Grand Forks, food administrator for Grand Forks county. Robert Norheim, Alexander, administrator for McKenzie county. H. J. Sannon, Rugby, food adminis- trator for Pierce county. E, LaRue, Devils Lake, food admin- istrator for Ran y county. C. E. Gavett, Lisbon, foed adminis- trator for Rolette county. T. J. Clifford, St. John, fogd admin- istrator for Rolette county. T. R. Kelly, Amidon, food \adminis- trator for Slope county. ‘Wilson Eyer, Dickinson, food admin- istrator for Stark county. E. R. Edwards, Jamestown, food ad- mniistrator for Stutsman county. A, B. Dill, Minot, food administrator | for Ward county. Edwin A. Palmer, Williston, food ad- ministrator for Williams county. THIS CORN WILL PEEL RIGHT OFF “Gets-It” Makes Corns Come Off The “Banana Peel” Way. Why have. to flop on the floor squeeze yourself up like the letter “Z" and with bulging eyes draw your face up into wrinkly knot while you gouge and pull at the “quick” of a tender corn? That’s. the old, savage way. 2or 3 Drops Applied in a Few Seconds —There's. na Fussing, or Cutting. “Gets-It Always Works. “Gets-It” is the modern, painless, sim- ple way. Lean over and put two drops _ of “Gets-It” on the corn, put your shoe right on again, and forget the corn. Pain is eased: “Gets-It” has revolutionized the treatment of corns. It never irri- tates the trie flesh. You'll stop limp- fag on the side of your shoe, and do away with greasy galves, bundling. , thicks plasters and painful . methiods. Use “Gete-It”, It's common wense. “Getert” is sold by all druggists (you; need pay ao-more than 25 cents) or it willbe ‘want; direct by E. Law- & Co, Chi . 5 re in} “y recommended pest, i tore. WEN, AS 1 GT To 6ET OUT OF HERE Wb QVICk~ \WOMEN To-DAN | WN ARE WAGHER FOOLISH ? bin FOOLISH, \-TAWNK Noube WELL Fooul THIS pda) 2 ~ THEYRE SH For DEAS: hy e RECAUKE THEY SET. TUBS To CATcH SOPT WATER WHEN RAINS x WARD! , His name was Alexader And he was some Expander, Or so I’ve heard folks tell, le tried with great effrot’ry To gobble every country, TEACHERS’ FUND OWNS NINE BIG LIBERY BONDS Fancy Vouchers Representing $90,000 Loan to Uncle Sam Reach City Nine $10,000 bonds, the second larg- t consignment of Liberty loan paper ‘received in Bismarck, were delivered }to State Treasurer John Steen today to be deposited to the credit of the North Dakota teachers’ retirement jand pension fund. The trustees of} this fund voted to invest $100,000 in the Second Liderty loan. Their quota | was cui down to $90,000, The board invest $30,000 more the teachers’ fund in the third Lib- ‘erty loan, which will make the teach ,ers of North Dakota the state’s heavi- ;est investor in Liberty bonds, except | food | ae We And worked it res, worked it v But Alexander fiew Who also was some | He made the world O, did it ver But Caesar’s gone— | To pester and to ha And did it rathe But Bony-party qui | And now comes Bill Chock full of bad Bi And krauty in Tle has the funny n He’s going to rule t And all the wor! But tut, tut, tut! 1 Just where the kais ‘LEXINGTON DAY NEXT AMERICAN | LOYALTY DATE ‘Council of Defense Calls Upon North Dakotans to Remem- < ber First Shot | ss 19, urges {Gouncil of Defense. lige national holidays } without labor will hinder rather than} ;help. we cannot have too many na-| tional holidays of consecration and} work,” said Secretary Thomas Allan [| Box ‘io ause of the peculiar | democra: ance of Lexington ‘day, i y which should jhold a particular appeal for every | American, and .the North Dakota | Council’ of Defense trusts, that North it did a year ago, may day an occ ington Day, North Dakota Let us not forget the make of \thi consec democracy. universal brotherhood, lib- town and hamlet| Fand t. Especial atten- | tion should he given the anniversary lin the rural schools and in the grades. | | The story of fexington, day should be ‘told again. The children's memory | jof our declaration of independence} {should be refreshed, ‘They should be told what democracy means, and how! jit differs from’ the autocratic form of }government which has developed in {the central. empires the spirit which brought the presents tragedy on the} world. i “Here in North Dakota Lexington day will mark the victorious close of our Third Liberty Joan campaign, ‘a drive which the Conticil of Defense is confident: will take us\further over the top than have any ‘preceding cam- paign. It will be especially an oc casion for rejoicing amd for a reaf-| firmation of faith in the principles up-| on which our forefathers founded the} greatest republic the world has ever| known.” Ben | planned The Day In Bismarck. Lexington, day in Bismarck will be j@ reproduction of the celebration of 4 |year ago, on a larger scale. Capt. ,&. G. Wanuer, chairman of the gov-| it ,the North Dakota board of university rather well, very well, the coop And no one seems to give a whoop, And then a guy called Caesar, geezer, Or so I’ve heard folks tell. his foeman An dthought he’d make it Roman And did it somewhat well, well. or, anyhow, He's seldom in the head-lines now. And then a Bory-party, Who seemed to be quite hearty, Or so I’ve heard folk: He started out from Paris tell. rrass, py well, O, really did it swell. t the show And where he is 1 do not know. the kaiser, idweiser his smell. otion he ocean Id as well. hink I know er’s going to go. EDMUND VANCE COOKE. TT OOOO Oem 1 Bismarck unit, has been asked to take charge of a Lexington day parade, and he urges that everyone who had floats in the Liberty day paride last Satur- day prepare to reenter them April 19, and that others begin planning now for an appropriate representation. “_ “Whenever I think of that Liberty day parade and the way the people turned out in the rain and snow and slush and the splendid showing they) made, I feel like giving three cheers for Lismarck, and I am sure, after: doing what we did under such diffs, culties, we can present something said Captain Wanner today, ELEVATOR MEN CLOSE SHOP TO HELP FARMERS ing Demonstrated in Red River Valley Elevator ect are reporting |a genuine spirit of cooperation among, bowels, while th elevator men in the Red river valley, where in every town which has more tice to close all except one elevator each week, while managers of the oth- er plafts pat in their time helping the farmers in the surrounding. country with their seeding. In some Red riv- er towns six or seven elevator men are thus employed on the farms reg- ularly, while one of their associates. looks after al the elevator business in season of the year. ORGANIZING CHAPTER Brown Wants to Hear From curity League Men J..A. Brown, chairman of the state really worth while on Lexington day,” . Right Spirit of Cooperation Be- town, which naturaily is light at this | ‘and school lands, with whom the} | teachers. will be tied. in the possession of $120,059 worth of honds. ‘NO EXCUSE FOR NOT DISPLAYING MOTOR TAG NOW Secretary of State Hall Says His Office Is on Dot With Business | | i | | | “We are absolutely up to the minute; [on the issuance of automobile license jtags,” sid Secretary of State Hall to- jd “We hear complaints from out- lying |mobile owners have had applications jin for two weeks dr more but have ; been unable to get their tags. This is {not true, so far as this office is con- cerned, Their applications may ‘have! teen lost in the mail, or they may have been improperly addressed or un- signed. But every application which (bas heen received in this oftice in con- | dition tor consideration has been filled i the same day for the last two or three! idays., Yesterday and the day before ;and today when the day's business | closed there was not a single tag in the office left to mail out. ‘Every ap- plication had been filled on the dot. “Special agents are complaining to this office that peace officers and mag- istrates in the southwestern part of the state especialy are flatly refusing to assist in the prosecution of violat-} ors of the motor vehicle registration laws,” said the secretary. of state. j being designated as state highways) districts to the effect that auto-| ‘ jobs than they are to do their duty. We are going after some of these nice gentlemen. Some of them will not have to wait until election to find out ‘hat the people of North Dakota are ior law observance, even if it some- imes hits themselves. “Incidentally,” continued Mr, Hall, “you might state that this office is adhering to its practice of not ac- cepting personal checks. I have a ice collection here (pointing to a patchwork quilt of unbankable paper under his plate-glass desk cover) and (don't care to.add to it. As a decora- ion, it is entirely too expensive.” STATE HIGHWAY BOARD TO HELP OLD RIVER ROAD, Famous Trail From Bismarck to Minot Part of North Da- kota System The state highway commission had adjourned a brief and uneventful monthly meeting after approving an pplication from Ward county for state aid in the construction of a gravel road between Minot and Bur-! lington. This stretch of highway is subjected to unusually heavy traffic, much of Minot’s fuel supply being wrought in by wagon or truck from the Burlington lignite mines. The location of new state roads in) 8urleigh county was approved, there| historic “Old Kiver Road,” wind- northward from Bismarck along! ‘he Lanks of the Missouri and form- g a linkgin the trail between the inital City and Minot; a stretch of} road running north from McKenzie to} the middle of Trygg township, and! another road connecting this strip with the village of Baldwin. The Bur- leigh county commission asks state aid for the improvement or construc- tion of these roads in 1919. The “Old River Road” between Bismarck and Washburn is one of the most beauti ful scenic drives in the northwest. The city of Lismarck and county of; Burleigh are cooperating in the im provement of the south end of this highway. and McLean county already; has done much work on its section of! the road. In early days this was the: trail between Bismarck and forts far to the north and west on the Missouri; and Yellowstone rivers, and until! what is now the Soo line was built it was the government post road be- tween Bismarck and Washburn and points further north, the ing “At least one justice of the peace de- tiberately refused to sit as magistrate in one of these cases. Others have yefused to issue warrants, and we have officers, under oath to uphold the! laws of the state, who have. declined, {@ serve warrants. All because this is election’ year, and these men are *more,anxious to retain the ‘good will’, ot their. constituents and to hold their ex Appendicitis 14,primarily due to the poisons formed by! decaying food in. the bowels. It .is a disease caused ‘by improper aid insufficient bowel elimination. Many: people have only. a small passagé in the center of the @. sides-are clogged | with, old; stalé:y*fermenting matter. They may havea howel movement ev- |than one elevator it is now the prac-| ery day but it is not a complete move- ment and the old stale matter stpys fin the system to ferment and cause itrouble: , Besides appendicitis such junclean bowels cause headaches, stomach trouble and 90 per cent of all other sickness. The old foul matter sticking to the sides of the bowels of- ten stays.in for months, poisoning the hody and causing. that listless tired feeling known -as “auto intoxication.” How to Avoid Trouble. ayay to a¥0id sickness and to feeling, full of ambition is to Wwateh your. Howels.. Just as you keep the outside.of your body clean, you should Bisa KEEP .THE INSIDE CLEANS At iéeven more important to keep the bowels clean than it is to Keep ‘your ‘body. washed, because the ‘ in the thirty feet of. i Y, million sabsorb poisons gener: board of control, is supervising the or-|;! ae ¢ g food left carelesaly Don’t allow the ‘old, ganization of a Bismarck chapter of the National Security league, in which renewed interest, hag followed. the re- ig Hthy stuff to stay im your cent visit of the Hon. Joseph T. Cash-| bowels torweeks, but GET IT OUT man of.New. York,'field secretary. A|and keep it’ out. Remember, . filthy bowels are the cause of most sickness —no stomach, liver or any other 9r-) erning” guard iP applications are-asked to bershi them into r, Brown. Gin te of local members’ will be held ar future, and those who hold. gan can do Be roncer awith ‘a pool sending-out gases and The establishment of a new state road in Grand Forks county between Northwood and Thompson was. ap- prov. State aid to the amount of $1200 was voted and federal aid in the sum of $5700 will be asked for the construction of a state highway in Divide counyt, for which the Divide county commission has appropriated $1200, Even if your. .-bowels. move. slightly. each day, that ‘s not enough. There must he an occasional THOROUGH complete cleansing to rid your system of all accumulated, decaying_matter. How to Clean Bowels Quick. The MOST COMPLETE bowel cleanser.known is a mixture of buck- thorn bark,~glycerine and ten other ingredients, put up in ready prepared form under the trade name of Adler- {-ka. This mixture is so powerful a bowel cleanser that it ALWAYS does its work properly dnd thoroughly. It {removes foul and poisonous matter |; which other cathartic or laxative mix- tures are unable to dislodge. It does a COMPLETE job and jit ‘works QUICKLY and without the least dis- comfort or trouble. It is so gentle that one forgets he has taken it until the THOROUGH evacuation starts. It) fs astonishing the great amount of foul, poisonous matter a SINGLE SPOONFUL of Adler-i-ka draws from the alimentary canal—matter you would never have thought was in your system, Try it right after a natural bowel riovement- and notice how much more foyl. matter will be brought out which was poigoning your system. In slight disord@rs such as occasional constipation, sour: stomach, “gas on the stomach” or sick head- |INSTANTLY. -Adler--ka is the MOST THOROUGH bove? rae pats anti- septicizer-ever offered, in ready, pre- red form, It is ‘aceddvtant sirprise people who parejueed ache, one spoonful brings relief almost): guly ordinary) FORMER BELOVED BISMARCK WOMAN ANSWERS SUMMONS Jefferson, In., Paper Pays Trib- ute to Late Mrs. Amos Johnson Bismarck friends will learn with re- gret of the recent death of Mrs. Amos Johnson, mother of former State Ex-| aminer G. J. Johnson, and who during} her several years’ residence in Bis-) marck made many warm friends here. Telling of her death, the. Jefferson (Ia.) ‘Bee pays the deceased the fol- lowing tribute. Friends of a lifetime in Jefferson and near by were saddened last Wed- nesday, when it was learned that after a few weeks’ of illness, ‘Mrs. Amos Johnson had passed on to that Better Country. In her last hours, during which she retained full consciousness she was the recipient of the tender ministries of all of her three children, eGorge Johnson, of St. Paul, Mrs. Mae Mowry, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and Miss Eura Johnson of this city,| and she entered the Valley of the! Shadows with peaceful resignation. Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. F. A. Smiley. The casket was covered with flowers and the services were of a most honoring character. The; interment was in the Jefferson ceme- tery. Rachel McBurney, daughter of Geo. and Jane McBurney, was born at Port Hope, Canada, in 1849, and~died in Jefferson, Jowa, February, 27,:1918. In S with her parents, she moved to Cedar county, Iowa. near ‘Mechanics- ville, where she grew to young wom- anfiood, On. April 15, 187s, she was united in marriage to Amos Johnson, and they moved to Jefferson, where they lived until Mr. Johnsou’s death, and until she moved with her family to North Dakota, living for eight years. at Monango and Bismarck. She and her daughter returned in 1912 to take ‘up their residencce at Jefferson where they have since made their home. Three children are left to mourn their loss as mentioned above. She also leaves her husband’s two children, R. Johnson, of Churdan, and IMrsq Ad- die Barton, of Jefferson; ten -grand- children and four great grandchildren; three sisters, (Misses “Margaret and Eliza McBurney, of Jefferson, and Mrs, Andrew White of Des Moines, and one brother, John McBurney, of Harrison, Idaho. 7 FARGO COLLEGE WINS. Takes First Place in Western Orator- icals, Fargo college has won a signal hon- cr at Mitchell, South Dakota, in the recent contest of the western ection. of the Interstate” Oratorical associa- tion in ‘which the prize college orators TO PREVENT APPENDICITIS bowel-and stomach medicines and the various. oils and waters. “Reports. From. Physicians. Dr. James Weaver, Loa, Utah: “I have found nothing. in my 50 years’ practice to excel Adler-i-ka.” Dr. W. A. Line, West Baden, Ind.; “I use Adler-i-ka in my. practice and have found nothing to excel it.” Dr. F. M. Prettyman, Mallard, Minn. “I use Adler-i-ka in all bowel cases and have been very successful with it. Druggist D, Hawks, Goshen, Ind.: “One of our leading doctors has used Adler-i-ka in cases of stomach trouble with wonderful success. He has not lost a patient and saved many opera- tions.” J. E. Puckett, Gillham, ‘Ark.:, “I had. bad stomach trouble. After taking Adler-i-ka feel better than for 20 years. Haven't language to express the awful impurities which were eliminat- ed from my system.” Cora E. Noblett, Sageeyah, Okla.: “Thanks to Adier-i-ka I can. sleep all night now, something L could not do for years.” i Mrs. L.A. Austin, Ausland, ‘Minn.: “1 could not eat a thing,:my stomach Adler-i-ka made: the feel better and am now able to work and gaining.” was so. .weak.’ Adler--ka is sold only by the lead- ing druggists in each city. Sold: in: Bismarck only by Jos, Bres- ist; Throughout North. De; ‘lead! druggist in. gacl -—e Some cases require only one dose.” ||} from North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska, Jowa and Kansas took part. The three winning, states were North Dakota, South Dakota and ‘Missouri, North Dakota was _ repre {sented by Hewison Pollock of: Fargo college, the winner of the state con jtest held at Fargo early in March. The subject of this winning oration is" |“*A World Citizen.” The three winners of the six states of the Eastern section will meet the already mentioned, at Topeka, Kan- ; May: 3, for the final trial. Gold Iver and bronze medals will be awarded the three winning orators. Another honor which has recently come to Fargo Colege is the winning of both sides of the joint debate held with Jamestown College, on the ques: tion of compulsory arbitration. The negative team which won at James: town consisted of David Jones, Chas, Loomis, and John Eacher, and the af firmative team which won in Fargo was composed of Fern Monson, ‘Norm: an Tenneson, and Bliss Pilcher. The debaters were coached by “Attorney Bergeson, a member of Fargo college faculty. ON STATE STAFF H. C. Kuhl of Missoula Joins Bliss’ Field Force H. C. Kuhl of Missoula, Mont., a civil engineer, has joined the staff of State Engineer Jay W. Bliss,secretary of the North Dakota highway commis. Railroad ‘These men know from experience that Sloan’s Liniment will take ‘the stiffness out of joints and the sore- ness out of musclee—And it’s so convenient! No rubbing required. It quickly penetrates and brings re- lief. Eas, to apply and cleaner than’ mussy plasters: or ointments, Always have a bottle in the house for rheumatic aches; ‘lama back, sprains and’ strains. . Generous sized bottles at all drug: gists, hee Stoan’s 4inimend WILLS PAIN Sloan’s. prices not. increased 25c.50c $1. F. E. YOUNG REAL ESTATE COMPANY Farm Lands City Property Fire Insurance FIRST NATL BANK BLDG. Room 15—Phone 78 \ —THE— ELECTRIC SHOP, B. K. SEEELS Everything Electrical Wiring Fixtures and Snpplips Delco: Farm Light Plants Phone 370: 408 Broadway STOP atthe Van: Horn Hotel “ N : WHY? THERE'S.A. REASON. Aeeay ity