The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 2, 1916, Page 14

é i FOURTEEN J. J. SCHMID WE BUY---SELL and TRADE ---Live Stock--- WILTON ; N. D. ° ° e WILTON MUTUAL STORE e : GENERAL MERCHANDISE e ® Hardware, Drugs. Headquart- : ¢ ers of John Deere Machinery ¢ WILTON N.D. o ©0000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 COL. H. A. KINNEY “REAL ESTATE AND REGISTERED STOCK AUCTIONEER I also breed Chester White Hogs, the large prolific and easy feeding kind. All work and stock guaranteed. Your work and orders will receive the best of treatment. All business en- trusted to my care will be promptly attended to. Phone or Write Me at MILNOR / N. D. 00000000000000000000000000 S0000000000000000000000000 IRVING STEWART Auctioneer Farm and stock sales a speci- alty. -Telephone N. W. 1561-8 GRAND FORKS N. D. The Edmore Mercantile Store ul’;mts your busing‘sis; 1;1[3 also want your good will. Edmore, Righttreatment should get - N.D. both. We try to be right. J. D. Reeves G. B. Smith Auto Repairin Garage Satisfa?tion B e — Guaranteed NO. DAK. STEELE, - DENTIST Dr. Prescott, of Steele Will be in STEELE, NO. DAK. FEBRUARY and MARCH Patronize--- P. NORUM General Merchandise When in NORTH DAKOTA HAMPDEN, LEAGUE Members Trade with Clyde Mercantile Co. CLYDE, N. D. Dry Goods, Hats, Shoes, Groceries, etc. YOU always find Satisfaction in buying at the Peoples Trading Co. General Merchandise HANSBORO, - NO. DAK. Our established motto is ‘““MORE FOR YOUR MONEY”’ Michig‘zin Mercantile Co. MICHIGAN -2 NO. DAK. Auctioneer ;%) e in German or English. - Write to me for dates. Prices reasonable. Nick Weiler, Grand Rapias, North Dakota | C. BJERKE & COMPANY Hardware, Intfilements, Furniture, Unde g, Drugs & Stationery, Balding Pianos & Columbia Phon- ographs. Special Cash Discountto League Members. ; CONWAY ::- NORTH DAKOTA Tailors of Quality Clothes _ 7Bacon Block - N. 4th St. Grand Forks, "N. D PEGEL A8 (0T L bLos Rt o ROLF BROS.| B THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Interesting to Women Edited by AUBREY E. HARRIS The next five weeks will be de- voted by the women’s organizations of the country to a nation-wide cam- paign for Baby Week, to be observed March 4-11. Every public health worker is interested in this campaign. The children’s bureau in Washing- ton is cooperating with the General Federation of Women’s clubs. Lit- erature for programs, baby contests and other celebrations will be sent upon request by either the children’s bureau or by writing to Mrs. Elmer Blair, Hotel Knickerbocker, Albany, N. Y., chairman of the public health department of the federation, state Eresidents or chairmen of publi¢ ealth committees in state federa- tions. : Every leading club in the countr is arranging a special program whic{ includes baby shows, free clinics, day nursery plans, lectures by state and local iealth officers and children’s specialists. States in which legislatures are in session will be asked to consider pub- lic health legislation at that time. Child hygiene, social hygiene and anti-tuberculosis legislation will re- ceive special consideration. Birth registration, visiting nurse propa- ganda, fresh air camps, sanitary drinking fountains and other. pre- ventive measures will be exploited. The latest statistics show a marked increase in French exports over the first months of the war. This re- sult is largely due to_the work of the women in saving French indus- tries, according to Yves Guyot, ex- ‘minister of public works. “Investigations by the minister of commerce show that while in August, 1914, more than half of the indus- trial establishments of France were closed by mobilization, now 81 per cent are working,” says Mr. Guyot. “This is not because of factories turning to the manufacture of muni- tions, but because manufacturers whose industries are strictly peace- ful have put women to work in place of men taken by the army, and this applies to heavy labor and the run- ning of big factory machinery, as well as to spinning, thread weaving and the lighter kinds of employment. Ex- act figures are not obtainable, but more than 300,000 women have thus taken the places of men.” i Women spent less time than men, however, in the making of wine. The wine crop for 1915 is less than one- third that of 1914. “Blue Monday” Problem is Solved Why “Blue Monday?” Be;gause, as a rule, Monday is “wash all the dreaded burdens of housekeeping the family washing is the worst. “Wash day” is the night- to vote. The result was an emphatic approval of the cooperative laundry. committee was appointed, an or- ganization perfected within a few days and prominent citizens began to canvass in the city and among the Interior View of Chatfield Cooperative Laundry mare of every home where washing is done in the common way. The men dread to come in for dinner-on “wash day.” Evening finds the women ex- hausted and “out of sorts.” Much has been done to lighten the man’s work on the farm but the wom- en are following the mehods that their grandmothers followed half a century ago. But there is hope ahead. The start has been made and it is hoped that the example will be followed until the woman on the farm is freed from the dreadful burden of “wash day.” : First Cooperative Laundry It was at Chatfield, Minnesota, that the ice was broken. Back in 1889 the farmers of that vicinity estab- lished ‘a cooperative creamery—the first in the state. They now have a cooperative laundry—the first in the United States. _ . The creamery was a paying propo- sition, having paid out to the farmers of the vicinity since its™ establish- ment more than $1,000,000. The offi- cers of the creamery had in ming, for a number of .years the establishment of a cooperative laundry. Upon one occasion the stockholders voted ‘to pass the usual dividends and allow:.: them to accumulate. ‘In 1912 $2000 had accumulated and the directors: decided to organize a laundry com- any. : : A big picnic was held and coopera- tives held a prominent program of the day. he Farmers- club, another live farmers organiza- tion of Chatfield, had the matter in charge. officers of the club thought it wonld be hetter to have . the cooperation of the towns people in the matter of the laundry and so lace .in. the: stock subscriptions were not limitedi_ ‘to farmers. oo : : Women Have a Voice The picnic’ mentioned was largel farmers,’ At the end-of the ‘program it was decided to leave the matter of. - organizing a tooperative laundry . to a vote of the people. In this ‘case the women, of whom there were a- - large ‘number present, were allowed 34 350 “Minnesota. -4 young : woman, - ‘Basing its estimates on this r pgrt farmers. Stock was issued to the number of 224 shares-at $5 each and in a short time the stock was sub- scribed. A building 30x70 feet was erected and the latest and most modern ma- chinery installed. °~ The laundry is equipped to turn out work to the val- ue of $400 per week. Big Financial Saving A charge of five cents per pound is made for family washing. This in- cludes the ironing of all flat work, hosiery and underwear. All other work, which cannot be ironed in the mangle, is washed, dried, startched, folded and sent out in this shape, un- less ordered ironed by the person sending the clothes. In ghis case an extra charge is made sufficient to - cover the actual cost of the work. At the end of the first yéar the co- operative laundry company was able to pay a rebate of ten per cent to all f)atrons on the amount' of their aundry bills during the year. This is made possible by operating the laundry in . connection =~ with ‘the’ creamery, as the expense for power, -steam and.water is light, compared to what it would be if run-independ- - ently.- 7 : It is needless to say that the wo- men of the community are unanimous in their praise -of the . work done and declare that they consider the scheme one of the greatest means of’ promoting_ good health and .contént-' ment in the country home. - River Falls and Milltown, Wiscon- sin, ‘also have cooperative laundries, which are run in connection with creameries, with the same satisfac- tory reasults as that at Chatfield, _ VICE COMMISSION REPORTS **The Illin(:)is vice commission, which . bhas_been making an’ investigation ex- . tending over a number of years, has attended by both’ townspeople “and & o " ‘made its report. The commission, of which Lieutenant - Governor Barrat O’Hara is chairman, concludes that $8 ‘per week is the lowest wage on which , your .der any but e ceptional circumstances, could live; Save Your Gas'(_),li'ne A Gas Pre-Heater Does It and Costs }) Two Cham- a3 pion X Spark - Plugs & Ford Gas Pre- heater, Post Paid, for $2.75 For Buick 25, .$3.00 _For Maxwell 25, $3.00- Post Paid They are absolutely guaranteed to give you % morée Mileage per gal- lon of gasoline. Your Money promptly refunded if you are not satisfied. Out of the hundreds sold we have yet to receive the first letter asking us to refund the money. Write for any information. ¢ Satisfaction or money back. F. COOPER MFG. CO. New Rockford, N. D. The Farmérs and Merchants Bank of New Rockfonjd, N.D. A Home Institution Capital and Surplus of $30,000 ‘Largest Deposits of any Bank in : Eddy County. Dees a General Banking, Farm Loan and Insur- ance Busin%s PR W. C. RATHBUN Practical .Plumbing, Steam and Hot - Water Heating NEW ROCKFORD - N.D. 4 PHOTO of YOU Your Stock or Buildings Finishing for Amateurs. . Have your pictures artistically framed. L. P. WELLER New Rockford, - North Dakota - BUFF ORP. COCKERELS After culling I find I have about 20 left. $3.00 per single bird. 2 for $5. 8 or more at $2. Write for prices on hatching eggs. JOHN A. WINBERG, Eldridge, N. D : Arena, N. D. Dealers in General Merchandise 5 Hardware, ‘Machinery REIDER & ROSENA_U.'{ Props. . you trade with You will always get a square deal if CHICAGO CASH STORE . COMPANY, Inc. J. K. Edelman, Pres. and Mgr. GENERAL MERCHANDISE . Egeland and Rock Lake - - “N. Dak. -;l'j".jE:.‘:Iofinson“ M Sakiwin; o, Dk 'Farm‘er-s Cash Store | H..G. H 35