The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1918, Page 2

THURSDAY. oct. 24, ose STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE IS GOSTLY LUXURY Fancy Expense Bills for. Travel- ing by Members Paid Put - 5 of Tax Funds. “MR. BOX IS GOI Former Secretary Beat it "Round | the Country Quite a Bit— | Farmers Pay. | It's a wonderful thing, this thing of ; living on an expense account, especial- ly if the state is paying the’ bill. \ That, at leat, must be the con- clusion drawn from a perusal of the | records n the office of State Auditor | especially as they relate to; the manner in which the North Dako-} ta Council of. Defense so quickly dis- posed of the $15,000 appropriated for | it by the state legislature; the $500] additional apportioned to it from the! state emergency fund, and, the $20,000 | ad by the council in additioral | from the exhibition’ of wa | | For instance, the e pays for} shaves of members of the council of | defense; it pays full time for Sundey service, and a little thing like $7. worth of food in one day for one of. ficial of the same council of defense isn’t a thing to worry about. And it also buys newspapers for the defense council member: claims against the state for “expense attending council of de- se meeting and Corporal Smith,’ althougit just, what connection Corp- oral Smith had with the matter is not r, who went into the |#Pparent. air on the promise ana Voucher No, 3 attached to the claim ing money for the/Shows that ‘Mr. Carroll started from | Minot, N. D., to Max, driving in his governor pledge of state,” and whose_administration cost ‘ North Dakota 4,000 more for aj O¥R automobile, for which he charged year than it did the corresponding | the state $6. The rail Ucket from year in the last previous administra- | Max to Bismarck cost $3 more, while , tion, personally approved of such} the return (rip shows a cost of $8, ‘charges against the state by a mem-/# total of 314, eling from Mi- ber of the council of defense }not to Bismarck, and Bismarg¢k to Minot. Room rent is listed at $4.50. Not only did Governor Frazier ap- Bismarck hotel prove of such items, but State Audi-| While meals at one 1 tor Kositzky, in his annual report,|a@re listed at $10.10, while “lunches' boasts that just such things are not |Jisted outside the hotel are $2.40) permitted by the admin. tion, Inj more. ne other words, Mr. Kosi the Non- In addition to all of the foregoing partisan state auditor eleeted with |charggs, howe © these: June 13, cking gf the Socialists, con- barber, June 1, barber, 26 s-the practices that Mr. Frazier, | Cents; papers, 21 ents; dune 15, pa- \ by his o, k. of the epense accounts in 20 cents. ‘The claim do y B y whether Mr. Carroll wa: ved question, approved. On page 17 of Mr. Kositzky's report® it is\stated: ‘“Duripg the year 1917) and up to August 1, 1918, the state auditing board has refused to pass on many claims against the state, viz, tips),,shaves, newspapers.” However that may be, Mr. apparently has overlooked on the 13th and again on the vin, or whether Corpural Smith was benefit-' |ted by one of the shaves. The 40 cent item for papers in two days suggested a, commendable desire for current: | néws. _ However, the state paid for lthe shaves and the newspapers., And Then Mr. Box, itzky, in tus report, Kositaky voucher K boasts No. 1 for $31.9), in favor of} Mr. Kos ' ’ Porr HH. Carroll, of Minot,-and ap-| (page 17) that the state auditing proved .by the state auditing board | 90agd ha: refused to pass on claims rendered on Sunday. Voucher No. 192,981, and voucker No. 19, approved by Governor Frazier and Mr. Kositzky as members of the auditing hoard, carry the claims ‘of 'Phomas Allan Box as secretary of | tne council of defense. Mr. Box chirg- for servic! of which Mr. Kositzky, and Governor Frazier are members. Mr. Carroll was and is, according to latest avail- table reports, a member of the state ‘council of defense, dnd the voucher | jes a day from ‘March ‘4 to \ FREE TO | Sane 0 1918; and received, $810 from | the state. | From March 14 to April 1 was 1/ 1 e ufferers ‘days; 30 days; May, 31 da . and June 30 di a total of 108 days, lat $7.50 a day, totalling $810, the @x- Don't Be Cut—Until_ You Thy This| act. amount allowed by the auditing New Home Cure That Anyone Can/ board. Use Without Discomfort or Loss of} During the period Time. Simply Chew Up a Pleasant| were 16 Sundays, each ‘FaSting Tablet Occasionally and/ included in Mr. Rox Rid Yourself Permanently of Piles.| i~ 120 of the total. ATE oral y, in his annual report, LET ME'PROVE THIS FREE. | state doesn’t pay for’ Sunda My internal method for. the treat! , ae ‘it Costs to Trdvel. ment of piles is the correct one. Thou.) Frurther study of the acc counts of sands upon thousands of cured cases|the council of defense indicate the | tae caara pita tees: YoU: Oy \“high cost of traveling,” and also, the = ; igh t of eatin; No matter, Whether sour case ts of| Hee cOel Le vonchers give acrath- ebalied ie is gatomle or acuto--[Styyl erat ts appetite of tate oll Te is C cute— as the appétite of state offi- whether it is occasional or permanent | Gers traveling at Deitel expense: --you should send for this free trial) yy. on May 19, treatment. spent $: and later in een aban hae you is no Maer the same day spent $4.25 for another your age or occupation—if; eal, according to the vouchers that, you are troubled with piles;‘my meth-/ he has personally filed with the state od will relieve you promptly. uditor, The $7.50 worth of food was z aten “enroute” according to the item-+ apparently hopeless, cases where all! ized statement tiled with the auditing forms of ointment, ‘salves, and other! joamq—and allowed by the auditing pcpeiber doi ana ee mothe, board with the approval of Governor , Frazier. Ca Pete E piles is the one ini fall) Ank How AR ee - ‘s ,Most marvelous of al however, i qu ber pad of Abie treatment tly traveling account, For instance. aeee peak mena ® ‘from March 15 to April 1, 1918, Sec- ingle da} rite now. Send no mon- | yetary -Box was on the cars just 11 set forth there, { which is ount, mak- nd Mr. Kos- ays the work. poccecccecew wow cc coco oooonsooee, THE TANKS ARE COMING—YANKS CHEER,-HUNS RUN | woo soc wooo nnn nso en ene o-oo oeee. MONTANA LOSES | Company of Tanks Passing Along Picturesque French Road. FAITH IN VICTORY IS FIRM. WHEN | MONSTERS WHEEL INTO. ACTION B.C. OG. LYON. man tank. ‘“'THey’re small and Vight, N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. making much ‘better time than the big With Pershing’s Army, Northw six-men affairs and are really more | roving of Verdun, Oct. ‘coming! The tan Far back! of the infan s lie hidden in the woods, waiting for are | effective-in hunting out and de: "| machine-gun nests. | In the two-man tank. one fellow) Loperates the tank while his compan- hoy the word to go forward ‘und attack |ion does the shootitkes Some. of -thens go forward he _ touches me on. one the German position, ean be heard. earry i machine,gun, hile other ey Shouldel tocback up, ineans’a poke abave every! other variety of battle |equipped with What is practically a-| 4) the: other shoulder: there are a roar, the grinding and crunching and|one-pounder. These tanks have it}, in number of pokes for every: speed of about pine wiles an hour and carry. with them into battle enough gasoline to last’ eight hour: . We have-tank sergeants. lieutenant captains, majors and colonels j any other branch of the serv feon tanks usually compr! pany, with eight inv reserve; fonr com- panies to-a battalion, four battalions | to a brigade. , Life in these tinks is ansthing but leomfortable. “The other day a bunch of them were coming back to their headquarters after having led the way for the infantry through a dense wood: that had heen infested with machines \ gun nests. RELY ED, BREATHE DEEP. No sooner had the lead tank stopped than the door was thrown open and a head pocked itgelf out. The fellow | infernal pounding of the tanks. | Some of them are coming down the roads hut, a lot of them are coming or ield, over shell-holes and bumps. and creeks, knocking’ down and flat- jtening out’ barbedwire entanglements as though they were ti. pare. | They're. the very personification of death and destruction. No wonder the | Germans fled in terror the first. time the British sprung-these land dread- naughts. T've never seen it come up behindsour infantry that the doughboys didn’t shout their -heads off. I've shouted myself. = if * BRING SAFE FEELING. One has such a feeling ‘of safety when the fanks are around--a feeling that the enemy is going to be licked before the action begins. | i |g | bach of tanks | The tanks are the most exciting—|}was blacker than a coal miner and | and the most uncomfortable—branch | twice as tired’! of service, but there’s hardly a dough- He was Sergeant Joe Eccles from boy that isn’t crazy to get in. | The reason lies, first, in the fact that they're still a novelty; second], in ‘the fact that the doughboy full of hate for enemy machine mane that lie craves the chance to get into. ja tank that is able to dive right into those nests of death and blow them clear.to hel. YANKS USE LIGHT TANKS. Tfundveds, if not thousands, of tanks are now in-service withthe American army. We're’ using mostly tho two- Harrison, N. J. The first thing“he did was, to fill} and. refill his lungs with puré. fresh | alr, ‘Then he said to me, who happen: | ed to be a few feet aye s “Gimme a cegaret, will y n't had a smoke all day. eral T’m hot.” Joe then crawled out-of the tank, | followed by the gui operator, Ha Williams, ‘said he was from “wa: up in Maine.” Joe. told mea lot o things about the tank service. Re | nef avec Holy mack: | OOO ‘March 31, Bismarck to Fargo, & Paul and Chivago. 7 April 1, Chicago to Washington. On May, 2, Secretary Box again took ‘to traveling, and here’s what the rec: ords show: : several hundred, thte ahite men only a score. Anderson was a dead shot Little chief. | who was even ther™famous, ¥ ing the reds and made himself un- | duly conspicuous, ‘At a critical imo- | May 2, Washington to Chicago, ment, Anderson’ ran upon the red | May 4, St. Paul to Fargo. chief with his pistol and shot him | 5, Fargo to Bismarck. dead. The Indians then ‘retreated - 7, Bismarck to Fargo. y 9, Fargo to Bismarck. y 10, Bismarck-to Fargo. 12, Fargo to Chicago. “The son’s fall, it.is said, confir j Sitting Lullis detérmination to try to wipe out the whites and led to the sizeable war that followed. — _ 14, Chicago to Washington. Anderson returned to Bozeman, May 15, Washington to New York! where he prospered during many | CN tk : | years. .He and his wife, who still | May 17, New York City to Chicago. | lives, own a cozyCottage on ghe out- May 18, Chicago to St. Paul. skirts. But incrensingy age {nade it | All of which is rather’ interesting of the great promises of | tficient management of eats moneys, etc he has gond to the home. BUY Wags. So WLLL ey. Simply ma the coupon—but do |days eut ‘of a possible 17, The route this now \re* covered: is best,.indicated by the | following reeapitiiation of hia, itiner-| FREE PILE REMEDY jary: | E. R. Page, March Bismarck to Fargo, i 841 Page Bldg., Marshall, Mich. March Fargo to St. Paul. Please send free of your || March Paul to Fargo. | 15 17, 18, h 22, motbodto: March 18, Fargo to St, Paul. St. Paul to Moorhead. | 23, Bismarck ito Fargo. | 24, Fargo to Grand Forks. Grand Forks to Hills: | March | March March | March signs Bane ation bidroe . "| March 23, Fargo to Bismarck. se | { | A SERVICE FOR WOMEN. Women will find the officers of this bank ready and willing to take pains§ with their business affairs. 3 f Come in and let-us help with your problems. You will find our officers will be of great help in ad- justin your affairs. é ; the picturesque’ figures of the state }years /ago. | vlood fa “{ 9lood |came to Bozeman and settled hete.“In | HISTORIGFIGURE John -Anderson, ex-Slave and Indian Fighter, Goes to ‘Soldiers’ Home. ~ Mont., Oct, ‘ Boveman, $4.—One ot has just left Montana, to enter’ the ' soldiers’ home at Los Angeles~ He is John, Anderson, farmer soldier, and for 46 years a res- ident of Bozeman. Anderson is noted throughout the state, and widely known in pre-war army circles, asythe man who killed Sitting Bull's son—and broke the heart of the Stoux Warriors. Anderso nwas born in slavery in thi Cherokee nation, now Oklahoma, 86) His father was a full- Cherokee, his mother a. full- hegress. Slavery was not pre- sumed to exist in that section, but-it flourished and mrapy Indians and half- breeds were ‘under the yoke. “In the latter part of 1861, Anderson escaped and joined the union arm: He fought throughout the-Civil war and later served in the regulars.” ./ -Leaving the army in 1872, Anderson | AGAUATONOGUOUANLUGUOE ADTUOOHA 1874 he gained fyme. He led.a party | of gold hunters to a strike reported on Pofcupine creek. Frank Grounds of Bozeman was captain of the expedi tion and Anderson the guide: All were armed, as the ill-feeling among Uhe Indians which led finally to the uprising in which General Custer’ was killed, had been ripe for some time. While treading past the site.of what in us and our gi sua jlowstone, where Custer met his death, later witnessed the battie of the -Yel- the gold-hunters. were attacked hy a} large band of Sioux. (The witte mew took to cover and the engagement be- ‘came general. The Indians numbered PHONE: 576 Nite, ithere’s xo much nolse inside ‘that an quest of food. \their tank, says: !Kidney Pills beneficial.” difficult for him to-earn a living and le We do business. On the Square.’ Our business‘ i8 growir gz. We have made friends in this community. We have. done ‘this by. selling good reliable, known and tested:hardware at a fair honest price; by telling the truth about our goods arid giving everyone'a suare deal. We have never. abused the confidence the people iaye oods-—and we don’t intend to. u aoe at the hardware Store that does business on the JOHN | BORTELL * z “Most of us tank men are macbin- ii and motor mechanics in- civilian "he said. “There are so darned many things about-one*of these tanks to get out of whack that a fellow. has to know @ lot about machinery to runj ’em. “When N the tank’s on the» move ordinary hoiler factory is) about ys} s-the reading room of a pub-) ary in comparison. We have a system of-signals, just like the air ser- vice hi When Harry wants me to} of ‘ Joo went back te lis tank aud De- gan ronmaging around. “1 want fo show you our THe brought out a bird « contained two ¢ ren't. they be miringly. “Bethy everywhere we go. We might stuck in-a nasty place some day, off from the other tanks and our’ in- fantry and if that happens these lit- tle birds here will fly back. to head- quarters. with our $./O. 8, message. Pretty good. Scheme, eh? Joe and Harry then went away i An hour later T pas There they-Jaw, wlongside | pets,” he rage that and Marie here go ser | ent | lll What Bismarck Wants to Know The Answer Is Found in the State-| ment of a Bismarck Resident. From ‘week to week, from year to | year, there have been appearing «in columns statements made vy neighbors, which’ we have all read {with great interest, and many of us with great profit. But what we want to know ig do they stand the great- est test of all—the test of time? Here conclusive evidence on this point} from a Bismarck’man: i ~R. Williaths, 222 S. Sixth St. | “I was bothered for six weeks or more with a constant, dull, throb- bing ache in the small of my back, |} 1 over-exerted,. sharp twinges | caught me and'I could ‘hardly move. f was tired. and languid and too fre- quent. passages of the kidney secre- tions | faused much annoyance, ~] used. |} Pills ‘and every sign trouble left.” u 4 OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mr. |! | Williams said:\“During the “fall and }} ; winter I always need a medicine for || i my kidneys. 1 always find Doan’s Price 60¢, at all#dealers. Don't sim- vly 4 a | Doan’: Mr. CO. Williams, had. Foster-Milburn ftgrs., Buffalo; } suneuendsnnenvuiganqannavanvcanecananesy 5 unsgueeeusovatenagcisoauoniruit RUT ndtereneuett 300 MAIN STREET Y Becta oe their tank, hot sun was upturned, fa a) Castoria is a harmless substitute GENUINE CASTORIA ALways LOMAS HARDWARE CO. i ound asleep, although a Betty and “Marie were cooing & beating down into their | tentendly in their/eage which the L S, had placed on top “of the tank. 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