The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1919, Page 8

ie tis incectenbatie ee ee LEAGUE KILLS BEST FRIEND SAYS AUDITOR Well Known Pembina County Official Expresses Opinion of Brinton Bill ° BUT ONE PAPER TO COUNTY | 2", Insists that Weeklies Deprived of Public Printing Cannot Long Survive That _the league. in passing bills 157, and other newspaper measures, prepared and introduced at the request of i owns a string ering practically. eve state, will kill its be opinion expressed by auditor of Pembina county, gation, which was read into Tuesday's senate journal. The communication follows: To Members of the Legislature from Pembina County, Bismarck, N. D. Subject: The county newspape Ts the Sixteenth le ature going to “kill one of the best frieads the com- mon, ,,beople ever had—th newspaper? Is not the sweek papér in North: Dakota a. county “offi cial, the only offitial equipped to in- form the public as to what public offi- cials are doing, where and how their money puid in taxes goes to. Do you want to abolish said office? It's true that much money is spent in publish- ing’ public. affairs thiit is onli a waste of money, It is no fault of the news- papers that such is a waste, fault. of officer or person preparing public statistics, notic and — other matters for publication, cfused by hay- ing to follow some prescribed rules Jaid down in our laws, Much rood can come from revamping our public- ity laws. The writer does not have the time to enter into this feature of the matter at this time. It is a sub- Let Us Take Your Measure To-day SPRING WOOLENS , SPRING STYLES Di LOR. At. Peace Time Prices Are Ready for ou Perfect Fit Guaranteed, eb ik Dyes r 3 Suits Krom $18. and Up : American Gentleman Clothes Made to Your Measure at EAGLE TAILORING COMPANY Opposite the Postoffice ponmens PAGE 8 [a ee senate ?}men ever invented. nty in the ls is the . Felson, in a com- munication to the Pembina county dele- » | Without it’s the| / stance Wanted! A Job! _afraid of wilting my : P11. GO! ‘the Help Wanted Columns of will fetch me .. Just Foot you the world war! The brand HJect in itself ‘and one which 1. have already discussed before public confer- nee in North Dukota. The Home Paper Have you ever been a hundred miley from home without a persdu near of your acquaintance back home, establishing for yourself possibly in a new home? What are your feelings when ‘the country newspuper, even though it be but a two sheet, comes? What a comfort our country newspa- |pers have been to our brave boys. in ntonment camps, en the battle lHnes in France or in the pitals while re- covering trom wounds. Just to Mus trate, T received a letter from a sol- dier boy now in ‘Germany with our who suid among other things there were times “over there” when in battle that he thought that all that would be left of him when he recov- ered from the advance on the enemy would be @ little wooden cross “some. where in France.” In the concl of this leter he suid, “Please, send me a Pioneer Express. Is North Dakota | going to cripple her country. pres Good, wholesome publicity dished up in a county newspaper is the greatest cure for corrupt public affair§ that Billy, pw copies of the Pembina Creates Bossism { Shall we have but one offical news- paper in each county? Later but one newspaper of any kind? Later but one newspaper, with one, editor, thus placing the pulsation of the publics’ pulse In the hunds of one doctor to prescribe as he sees fit? Put all the small towns off the map as fur as a local newspaper is concerned? Have but one or two places in a county where people locally know what has happened each week in their wn ‘Joining. a gossip socitty? When T feud in the press that all pub- lication: fees were to. be paid to one newspaper in fhe County, it nity -urred to me what would be the final sult... All that-.we can possibly do urmise. Here is my guess what Will happen in’Pembina coun The first year there would be a grand rush; for votes as between Pembina |, county's seven papers, a small minority of the. population can control -and jiame official paper. No. paper can ex- pect to get a majority vote. The win- ner would forthwith get a large’ ma- Jority ‘, probubly 75 per cent of the + vers of the county. All business met d outside advertisers would advertise in said paper. Peo- ple outside the county desiring county news would be come subscribers. The winner would have u big advantage at the end of his term for re-election, be- fore the start for another electign he would have at least some out of the way. If he won again, in five years where would the otheresix papers be? Kelieve me, it keeps some guessing now ‘to get out their weekly sheet and make a living. Instead ‘of discourag- ing weekly. newspapers «in ‘ several places throughout the county should boost. . It is the-only mea Imsy, farmer, business ‘man, or: bum (they.all read )- have of finding out thie weneral newd loft his Auningdliate vicin-| 1 ity. vit has ometisnes come: to the. writ- er's: mind: the Ider, Would at be pos- sihle to: make-every newspaper. in'the county, an official newspiper. Hate the newspuper publishers érganize into a, soclety or. poration, publish a sup- plement tv their: newspaper’ containing only. public. notices, proceedings. ete., now required: toe published, all sup- plements alike;each publisher to send jout with his newspaper copies of«sup- plement,» supplement to ‘be “included only: with: papers: going /to voters df county, coples going: otherwise ‘to ‘be paid for. Voter to select fhe weivsput per in county ‘in’ which his supplement to be sent. ANow. the séme*pubit- cation fees as is’ now pithd). for “in- where publication “isin one newspaper only the single rate, if in three, the rate for the three to be charged, | Publication fees placed in jackpot and diyided up pro rata, ording to number of voter selec: j tions each paper has. This sounds like a dream, take it for what It is worth; | but I think it hus the one official news: | paper plan skinned a mile. Yours for a greater North Dakota, WW, FELSON, Mrs. Kate Hall I have kept house 15 rs. um the mother of four children,:and I would not keep ‘house without Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea.” | Wise Woman, | w Drives away. s' ; brings health and hap- i «whole family, J. ‘Bres- ‘Some fellows want a “position.” I want a job. Work? I’m a past master at work. I’ve just got thru wearing the uniform of the hus- kiest body of workers on earth—the United States Army. ' I'm past being collar—if you send me, or are], »| reported to the IS FLUE C Dr. Alexander will banish flu. In his laborator; 6,000,000 deaths throughout th Special to The Tribune The greatest battle of ‘his- is to hive started on Novem- 1918. * That was the day set for-a super- stroke by the allie To save themselves a crushing de- feat the Ge ns surrendered—sign- ing tHe armistice 24 hours before the dreaded blow wax to ‘fall. This ts the po: x by the Paris E: “While furious fighting was roing on in the north of France, the German general staff was preoccupied with its Alsace-Lorraine front. For more than a month’ they feared a surprise at- tack in this quarter “Through the ‘et service the Ger- uns learned an important amoyement Was under, preparation, by the allies on the, Lorraing front. © The. concentration of ‘masses of troops before Briey was ‘They learned that 600,000) men under command: of Ger eral de Cast inn Kot rend “the war on- relation made mney irs NEW ‘JUDICIAL DISTRICTS “ARE PAST: SENATE (Contihued ftom ‘Page One) incurred: by’ former 1 Henry Linde. Senate: bill’ 107," ma priation for tbe Florence home’ at Fargo, N. D ate (DiI 109; 5 uppropriating | 1 to pay, the per diem, travel hotel, and’ other expenses. of :Carl OG: Jorgenson, ;and,/T, Twicholl for, ‘serv- ices and. expenses during, tye month of February, 1917, - on board. Senato bill 182, to amend sections 72 and 89 of Chapter 161 of the’ se sion laws of North Dakota for the. 1915, relating.to the use of nets ing Crittenton eines and ‘the manner. of: taking) fish. Housé dill 84, to $ of the compiled laws Dakota for the year 1913, prohibicing discrimination in commodities sold in} the state of North Dakota. “House bill No, 58, making October 12 ailegal holiday. House bill 88, to provide for tie or-| ganization of admision and the regu: tio and taxation of incorporated mu: tual insurance compan other: tha life! House bill 121, ‘board of control of the state of North I’m not a lounge-liz- ard—I’m a man! Wages? Never mind wages? We can fstraighten that out ‘after a while. Show me the JOB! ~ Carrel is reported to have found a weapon that covered the preventive and the cure for the disease that has caused was head of the Rockefeller Institute before he’ became a major in the ‘American army’ and went overseas. much to heal quickly the wounds of wa: HUNS SURRENDERED TO AVERT + GREATEST BATTLE.OF THE WAR i] front comptet c dls | an ‘appro: the budget |<} authorizing the} PRESIDENT’S: DAUGHTER SINGING TO. ey OENVED ‘Miss Margaret Wilsca; daughter of’ ‘the! president, sings to wounded soldiers «in? 3 France at the Red Cross hospitals. Here .. she has an audience of .convalescents in the hospital in Rue Piccini, Paris, 'ysin Paris he*betieves he has di: e world. thig..winter. Dr. Carrel His work there has done a ie wailed ed: uit, were of picked divi- sions and the G sins were paralyzed With feary., ‘Bhey. were menaced — by. 0 canon ‘of, ail caliber along a 70-kilometer’ front,’ The allies w ready. to sweep a path through the Ge man line with hey tanks waiting for of men and mate- emberg had only 5 inferior divisions, amounting to about 160,000 men and less than 1,000 guns. he German’general staff was fully aware of the gravity of the situation, They understood.the aim or the allies first to encircle Metz and then euter Lorraine’ afd finally “invade Rintsh :Pruxsia, =» “Tie German forces were disorgan- ized 1 Up, * “played; ut, n'they-Jearnéd; November 12 was the day’set for the'dttack? ‘They foun] this out en ember. 6. The next day ree Thompsort Wins .G, 0. P. Nomination Chicago, Feb. 26.—Complete' returns show that. William Hale Thompson won the republican nomination mayor over Harry:Olson and Charles Merriam. ‘Robert .M. Sweitzer, county. clerk, won the- democratic. nomination over Thomas Berry .with a total vote of 109,000. | Somehow They Se¢m Never to Be Present When the Term Is Em ployed—Possibie Expianat ‘We heur much about the publi¢. It we are: told.) ‘The public, likes to be duped, suld B.-T. Barnum years ago in explanation of ‘his success as a show: tan. The public be damned, said a corporation head @ generation ago. So- ciety never. advances, declared the philosopher Emerson: The public ts a huge best, some.one else bas sald, Almost anybody who. talks about the public or ‘matters pertaining ‘to the public will reiterate such opinions to- day, observes the Kansas. City Star. And no offense is taken; 00 indigna- tion meetings are beld und no resolu; tious drawn up in condemnation of such insulting ‘language. - Apparently nobody feels insulted. Who, then, is the public? Nohody cab tell us; always the thing eludes our-seareh: But ‘is aot. thepublic anvbbay but you and me, or anybody except the persons talking-about-it? Therefore, the\ public can, never be found, though one should inquire all bis days. Al ways the thing ig further on, like the rainbow’s end, So there is litfle use relyiig on the public'to do-anything, to take the ini- tiative, to start something, to rise up | in rebellion against wrong oppression, outrage. Injustice. There has beén“nruch' talk about re- bellions,: révolutions, when public .in- dignation ‘has reached - the boiling point; but there never was and likely never will be a public uprising of any. kind without a leader, without some Individual ‘king ulone or in co-op- eration with a very few other. indi viduals to organize “public sentiment.” to give it form and substance, “a.local for, JUST WHO ARE THE PUBLIC? . ts seldom, pralsed;' often It is beruted. | ‘The.public will stand’ for anything, | FOR Ai relinquishmenit comprising 160:acres of land with improvements: East ef Baldwin. Land.and.improvements are worth at least $1600.00. For quick Bismarck, N, |RUFFED GROUSE SMART BIRD Featiiered Creatore T: ‘Advariage ef His Natural Camouflage ana ts Hard to Shoot. The ruffed, grouse. 1s the greatest game bird in this country. ‘and prob- world with the possible excey:tion of the snipe. Nature has endowed the ruffed Grouse with the means of protection and the way the bird uses these means makes him seem a brainy creaiure. The color of the ruffed grouse closely ‘resembles the woodiond str- Toundings in the ‘all that one may almost walk on them without seeing, them. The bird, making use of ‘its coloring, generai!y lives. country, where uuJerbrush and. spruce vhake his detectica difficult. Once flushed, the ruffed grouse files sp as to put a tree between himself’ and the hunter, adding to the difficulty of locating him. ‘Che bird;‘unttke q 4s seldom found in coveys and cotise- quently is hard to.hit- ’ The hunter must alwayd be ready i ‘shoot anick, ‘ / _ Work well the underbrush ard little for the ruffed grouse is a recluse. . The grouse, when once under way. will fly straight, and it Is well to hunt him with more than one in the party. The hunter who'might ‘be on the line of flight is sure to get a shot. The ruffed grouse rises from. cov with thunderous precision and ‘the su cessful hunter of this bird must leave his “nerves” at home. habitation and a name.” 4 Therefore -all the abuse that has ever been henped upon the, pyblic might be gathered ‘into, oné-‘maswy. and once more hurled-at' the -thing’s: | bead it-and nobody hurt. What _recourse,,ca they’ asked for an armistice—and. gat it just’ in} time to. sive their arinles | Dakota to creed and equip “upon! the capitol groutids. building to known ‘ds ‘the «itberty Memorial Build: ing of ‘North Dakota. momoriain. of | the soldi sailors -a marines ‘of j Nortis,Da Ota: who served the nation t ‘eat world “war,' and. to make appropriation: therefor. «House bill/182, to.prevent the’spread lof all pr hibited ‘or prescribed weeds crop pests Noxious: weeds, fun- nd F ergp! disease-producing \ eatingsthe office,and designat- ing el. commigsioner, , state leeram Sionét* of .seeds,.,and’ weeds; | provid for, ‘the, ,appointment of peeto yy county commis- and |. House. bil 39, ‘to, appropriate the j sum: of $250: ‘out: of apy monies” in the state ‘treasury, not ‘otherwise appro- priated to veimburse. Alphonso: Boley of Mandan: North Dakota. . + |. House hill 176, relating-to the prac- tice’ of chiropractic inthe’ state of North" Dakotas * House bill 186, regulating and fixing | the hours. of labor. for’ females, and providing’ penalties for the violation thereof. K. of P: ST hize Dance at Ar- \mory: Friday night, Feb.. 28. Everyone welcome. ” : For: the: Beulah Coal Phone 75, bd Fuel.Co. . Under the new scheme \regiizents are when the, people suffer, whey; com: dnunity,. a city, is.oppressed. ‘by. bad | soyernment;; borations:or what not? Nove at all by damning, the publi. 5.64550) 2 4 ) [tall comes back; to \you t { 16 cdisqussion,, a vital part of: he public; T ai awe Iksto. yourself, abil, the cause. of Justice: as.do;5,' to; it,not a moment body: ales and), en ‘apd ob -uptll cab army,qs. raised: and.ithe:-outrage. pur down. . Let,.us realize, out f vidual, responsibility to. an, abstract publig. ...Bhe paplte will: do tts duty when. you. and I F oe 3 atslriee? Military Badges. 3 Havitg helped .. many soldier through weary hours in trench and hospital, playing @ards are now being pressed into active war service, says| the London Chroniele. You may have noticed ‘the new and?neat Jittle cloth badges on’the’ sleeve ‘of our men from the front, but possibly have failed.to understand the designs. They are nothing but the familiar club, spadg, heart and diamond of the playing cerd divided’ tito packs, ‘each company aadnothing would ever be heard cof |. is Mable to be more frightened than the bird. ‘The HURLEYS Dance and Concert Orchestra 10 Main St. Phone 130K Serve as an’ identification’ mork, ats] other badges being removed before ge || ing over the top. = MEN Keep your clothes dry\cleaned, pressed and repaired. ' Only experts : in. my. employ. z . KLEIN’: “The'Home of Servies” “Algo the Home of Chevrolet, Hudson . and Hupmobile 7 and Party When in need of having its symbol ina certain. color ‘te |} doesn pretty. close. to tain eda J. ae HOMEANS: ‘ably is hit less than any bird in the | ‘in rugged |, * with. gun in position to ‘shoot snd |! spruges along the sides of ravines, Go| | in the dense places inthe woodlaiil,’ The uninitiated} { Ruffed grouse do not Ne well to the)’ SALE sale will sell for $600. " Phone 745, Homer S. Cummings Heads Committee os D..C., Feb. 26.—Homer of Connecticut was elect- democratic . na- te Recoguitiou Of Vance, McCormick a3 nian resigned ‘several mouths azo when he went to Paris as ‘chairman of t peace -commission was, given’ in suitable ‘Save a Piece of Your Tire Money TERS, a whole ae in buying seed f Pei 6: sseuaily a ihe ‘col pany be- ‘Bind Th thy: we. ag FEDERALS—for you, and: selis been behind eBags con: aan Rakurebout ‘HR MOTOR: - SALES. COMPANY 300: Fourth St. fellow i in hee who glu a it ,all. over. the. fellow in business, fine - © Printers? Ins invincible! It will, come : ing grass: grow on the - bottom of a porcelain fothebe a BACKED UP; and the way to back itupis “ to play square, render seryice,‘and keep’ - pushing for trade thru the newspapers! . vel the. Newspai r Publici _ and var ‘TH RIVE if you: ‘DES thrive!- No guesswork satay itt ‘Ts cer- if properly. route | IVE to °