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stowV'••• te toy ($ tr PRESIDENT LONG REVIEWS ROTARY CONVENTION President of Minot Rotary Club Brings Back Some Mighty Interesting News From the Kansas City Convention A* a meerrntf of the Rotary Club at the Monday luncheon, President E. A. Long was given a vote of thanks for the excellent work he did in behalf at Minot at the annual Rotary Con vention at Kansas City, held recently. The report is so full of good points of interest to Rotarians and others, that we reproduce it in full: I extend to the members of this Club my heartfelt thanks for the great privilege I enjoyed by your making it possible for me to attend this epoch making Convention. I do not believe there has ever been a convention made up of men and women, representative of such a variety of types, creeds and callings—men and women of big brains and broad visions charged with the Rotary vision—service, not self. There was not a dull speaker on the program, and the impression made was that the Program Committee had searched the very corners of the earth to select the right man to present the subject assigned. I want to thank even more heartily this Club for remembering me while tfcere, as expressed in the telegram, worded in the characteristic language of our inimitable Secretary Graham, which attracted sufficient attention to get Minot more prominently on the map, as the metropolis of the North west. I had only one regret, and that was that every member of this Club could not have been there to have enjoyed and profited by the big things so forci bly and clearly presented. President Pidgeon in his report of the year's work, said: "Rotary in 1917-1918 is not dif ferent in kind but only in degree from the Rotary of previous years. The only difference is in the fuller develop ment and realization of its ideal and in the new duties which the year has provided for its attention. "The encouraging feature is that Rotary has not ceased to grow be cause practically all the nations in which it is established are at war. The reports of the year will show that Rotary has really grown faster during the war than at any previous time. This will encourage us in the belief, which we have always held with ear nestness, that Rotary is not a luxury for idle men, but an avenue through which the highest type of service can lie rendered to individuals, community and country." It would have taken every member of this Club days to report the pro ceedings, and I can not nope to more than call your attention to a few of the mountain peaks. The address of our great President i. 'j i. .' j- of the International Association, than whom there is not more noble and worthy member of Rotary, and who has no superiors and few equals as a presiding officer, and who in his op ening address sounded the key note of the Convention when he exemplified, "Rotary as a Living Force." His ad dress alone was well worth the price of attending. Among other things he said: "Anything that is a living force possesses life. It is not merely an arti ficial construction, such as a building or machine, useful as they may be. They do not change except to grow old and wear with use. But anything which possesses the germ of life changes and grows and presses out into the open, where there is light, air and space. Only when you have seen its most finished product can you estimate the value of the germ from which it started. "This is what the crude beginning of Rotary was: "We only know the meaning of the seedling when it has pushed itself into the light through bud, flower, leaf and fruit." Rotary is not a finished con struction, but an embodiment of life which is struggling upwards into the light. The acorn can not be made by the chemist, though he may be able to analyze and explain it. It pos sesses that element from its touch with the deeper universe which we call life. In Rotary this principle is its doctrine of service, and the signi ficant assumptions which lie behind it. All modern thought is pointing to the unity of our universe. Its explana tory note is "One God, one law, one element and one fair divine event to which the whole creation moves. One of the significant expressions of this unity is the doctrine of service. It was not created by Rotary. It would not be a living force were it mere construction. It is the essence of our world. Rotary can be a living force only because through it some thing of the very essence of our being is finding an outlet. "We are in the grip of the most brutal war history has known. It is a war of ideas. Truth is in conflict with error. A doctrine of freedom and liberty for all against the eer manic idea of might is right—the doc trine of the mass whipped into the subjection of the few. The story has not been told because it is not fit to be told. But we know enough to know all that is British, all that is American, all that is Rotarian, all that is human, yes, all that loves chi valry and fair play, must rise in its might and stamp this hateful thing be yond the possibility of doing harm. It is no use to sign treaties and con tracts with a mad man, you must chain him. It is equally useless to sign treaties with those to whom treaties are mere devices for deceiving their neighbors you must beat them into submission. The kaiser quite sin cerely invokes a god, who to us is a devil. Nothing is more momentous to a people than their conception of goodness. It is as true of nations as it is of individuals that as they think in their hearts so are they. Those who mould the nation's thoughts and shape its ideals hold its destiny in their keeping. The diviner, the man, the larger the world for which he lives BANKING ADVANTAGES FOR. ALL This is a bank for all people*»the business man, the farmer, the mechanic, the wage-earner, the professional man«»«and their families. All receive the same careful attention and courteous treatment whether their banking busi ness be large or small. We invite the accounts of corporations, socie ties and all responsible organizations, as well as the patronage of individuals. Our record is one of consistent, conservative management in all departments. The name of this bank has become a synonym for safety. We will welcome an opportunity to talk over with you the ways in which this bank can be of service to you. The Union National Bank Mm«t, N. Dak. V-, •_ and dies. The whole doctrine of ser vice is the attempt of the human soul to hear and to step in tune with the worldta deeper harmonies. "Rotary la a living1 force, because It not only holds an Ideal which Is true to the facta of the world, but persistently seeks to practice It. Character has a physical as well as a moral basis. We know the Ideals of a man as they are expressed In life and service. The prac tical side of Kotary Is Its life. There can be few greater living forces than those that succeed In malting toll ele vate rather than crush the manhood of those who toil. "Kotary Is not unmindful of the larg er social duties. Through the instru mentality of the individual clubs it has faced almost every type of service which demanded. It has wrought not only to the need and welfare of the community make good men, but good social atmos phere for good men and women to breathe. lit has recognized that worthy citizens are impossible without worthy society. "During these war years Rotary re cognizes that In the face of a cruel and unscrupulous foe all things must be laid aside until brutality is put beyond the capacity for harm. "Kotary is a "living force", first, be cause It holds a doctrine of human re lationship which is true to universal fact, and second, because it does not hold its doctrine passively but proves Its existence by its expression for human ity's uplift. "The true meaning of Rotary lies not in the present but in the future. Only men who are sincere lovers of their fel lows, devoted to truth and righteousness, are worthy of the task. If Rotary Is to retain its "living force" It must be by men who are freed from the tyranny of the present men who can feel the pull of the future men from whose eyes the larger world is not obscured by some little selfish object men who can sound the clarion call warning to the selfish and small. T'.ie present call is for men who discern the greatness and brevity of human opportunity, and who are de termined to stamp It with their very best. "Life is sheet of paper white. Whereon each one of us may write, One word or two and then comes night Though thou have time Hut for a line—be that sublime, Not failure, but low aim is crime." Each day of the Convention was char acterized by some expression of the Living Force Idea. Tuesday, was Rotary a Living Force in the year 1917-1918 on which day statements from chairmen of various committees and district governors were made by each in brief, crisp talks,r as to what had been done. In the afternoon there were special assemblies held at various places, on such topics as "Club programs by the Year," "Rotary and Associations of Commerce," "Subdividing Classifica tions," "The Employee and the Rotary Employers," "War Chests," etc., nine in all, and I was in a quandry as to which I should attend, and finally concluded to attend the Association of Commerce meeting. The principal ideas brought out at this meeting were, that the scope of the Association of Commerce work Is that of civic and industrial, expressed in another way as City Building, while Ro tarv is distinctly that of education and public affairs and to back up and co operate with the Associations in this di rection. That Rotary produces vision and trains men to be leaders. Speakers gave instances of where Ro tary had shown itself to be a builder of men and transformed their ideals. In one case Rotarians through advice and support of a man who was running a cigar stand in an office building, caught the vision and built up I i, (..vi-Vi W-A' •'. Ht ,/rV fVr fi .'• Columbia Grafonola $18.00 to $250.00 Buy a Grafonola on easy payment plan. We carry all the Columbia Records. Come in and hear it play. a sys tem of chain stores from this humble beginning and now does a million dollar a year business. Wednesday was Rotary a Bulkier of Patriotism. On this date Frank Mul holland, U. S. Inspector of the Red Cross, just returned from an inspection of some months of the trenches of France and Italy, made a great patriotic address which was received with great enthusi- f. W asm as every reference to the war and lmtrlotlsm was. This was one speaker that was urged to continue over his time. He was a former President of the International organization. He said Ihat tjie Red Cross saved both France and Italy and restored the morale of their soldiers through its care for the sick and suffering families in their hour (if great need, and sent the soldiers back to the trenches satisfied that their fami lies would be well cared for, and hence had no worries on this score. He spoke of the wonderful welcome that the Y. M. C. .A. boys extend to the arriving troops, showing their good spir it by throwing apples at the boys on the boats as they landed. He said it was not necessary for a Y. M. C. A. worker to be a preacher and illustrated by quoting a program for a Sunday service he read on a bulletin board of a Y. M. C. A. hut, to-wlt: "Preaching at 10 A. M. Bible Class at 11 o'clock. Base Ball at 2:30. "Cigars and cigarettes on sale all the time. Don't forget the prize fight to morrow. Monday night." A returned Canadian a former preach er, said he had two great questions from which to decide his course of ac tion. Whether he should remain in Canada and try to help the people get to heaven or go over there and help send the Kaiser to hell. Wednesday afternoon and evening was spent at Electric Park, nothing like it any where on this continent. I will quote the newspaper report of that day: "A patriotic festival at Electric Park with more than 6.000 guests present, and a "win-the-war" rally at Conven tion hall with a crowd of o.OOfl parti cipating, marked the close of the fourth .day's program of the International As sociation of Rotary clubs last night. "At botli the park and spacious hall, patriotic demonstrations were in evi dence continuously. Several bands, In cluding the Fort Riley Medical Officers' training camp musicians and those from Chicago, Cleveland, Waxaliachie, Tex., and Quincy, played the latest war songs and guests joined in singing various numbers. "The Rotarians proceeded to the park about the middle of the afternoon and paraded before moving picture machines. Fully 5,000 persons swung into line, forming a procession a half-mile long. The Rev. E. Leslie 1'idgeon, interna tional president, and Mrs. Pidgeon, led the parade, and bands in costume were interspersed. Among the marchers were delegates from England, Scotland, Cana da, Cuba and Hawaii. The Canadians carried a large banner containing the flags of the allied nations. "The Los Angeles Rotarians carried poinsetta parasols the Wichita delega tion wore sunflower hats, while the Min neapolis visitors drew a cart on which stood a flag containing 800 red, white and blue lights and costing $1,000. The Omaha war tank appeared in the center of the grounds. "About 6:30 o'clock the guests seated themselves at lengthy tables in a pa vilion fronting the park lake and par took of an old-fashioned New England baked bean supper, furnished by the New England Rotary clubs. One thous and pounds of beans, 400 loaves of Bos ton brown bread, 15,000 pickles and one barrel of sugar shipped here for the oc casion were consumer. "Two hundred Kansas City Minute circle women prepared the box lunches at the park yesterday morning. Greater Kansas City and Leavenworth Rotarians donned aprons and served the beans, iced water and iced coffee." Thursday was "Rotary a living force in the Club. Governor Harding of Iowa made a telling address on this day—full of patriotism and Interspersed with fun. He said lets put the word damn both before and after the Postdam fatally. He said we have only one great itask before iis at this time, and that Is to drive Kalserism and all that It repre sents from the face of the earth. Be cause it is antagonistic to all that Ro tary represents. Christianity and Kals erism can not live In the same country. The spirit of Rotary is: "I am my brother's keeper." Furthermore, that any man who can play golf can hoe corn and any man that can hoe corn and will not when there is corn to hoe, is a slacker, and a golf ball la something a man chosea when he is too old to chase anything else. 3 Phone 1238 Central Building Free Delivery Cor. Central Ave. and 1st St., W. WARD SAUNDERS, Mgr. We carry a complete line of cigars, tobacco, pipes, fountain pens, kodaks and films, newspapers and magazines, candies, popular book*, pocket knives razors and flashlights. FOR THE BOYS GOING AWAY Comfort Kits as handy a present as can be given. Cigars. Box Stationery. That New Moore's Non-Leakable Fountain Pen, containing ink tablets, a sufficient of ink tablet for over a year's supply. Come in and look at this Pen. Paris Green 75c lb. Arsenate of Lead 45c lb. Are You Prepared Have you made all the necessary arrangements for the harvest? How about tight grain tanks How about grain bins iAAiAiA Is your granary in first-class shape The conservation of but tf small quantity of grain this year means dollars in your pocket. Short crops make care in this respect all the more necessary ROGERS LUMBER COMPANY Max Johnson, Local Manager "We all have got to do more useful things to help win the war," he said. "It now Is a matter of service and not self Interests." He said that America's victory over King George III was one over Prussia and not England as King George was more Prussian than English. Delegates from Iowa cities marched down the aisles of the Orpheum the ater singing a song of welcome when Governor Harding arose to speak. A large audience applauded his utterances. "America was a sleeping giant," he said. "Now the giant is wide awake and Is beginning to accomplish things. "Germany started 40 years ago to con quer the world. This will be a long war, and, just because the papers fall some days to carry casualty lists, that is no sign the war soon will be over." Thursday afternoon were vocational meetings when each delegate of a given classification got together and discussed their inrfmediate problems, and meetings were numerous as there were classifica tions represented. And that evening was one of dinner parties when the dele gates from each district got together for an evening of acquaintanceship and fun. I attended the meeting of the 10th dis trict, and met our new Governor, Burt E. Nelson of Racine, Wisconsin. This was an occasion when the men and wom en became boys and girls and threw aside all restraint and entered Into Jolly songs and hilarity with an enthusiasm that was good to witness. About 11 o'clock that evening all ad journed to one of the large theaters where a vaudeville performance was given by the Rotarians, in which the various Bands from Memphis, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, Waxahachie, Texas, the Canadian Hag Pipers, as well as quartettes, soloists, slight of hand per formers, and others entertained the vast audience until the wee small hours. Friday was Rotary a Living Force among Nations. And this was no less a notable occasion than all the others. The evening was given over to the In augural entertainment and installation of officers. Retiring President C. Les lie Pidgeon was presented with a silver plate on which were $1500 Canadian Victory Bonds in token of his efficient service the past year. Some of the outstanding features wer$: Thomas Stevenson, delegate from Ed inburgh Scotland, told of his seeing two submarines sunk by ithe vessel and the convoys as he came over and the of ficers reported two others sent to the bottom, making four in all. He said the British Clubs furnished two Battalions of soldiers representing 20 per cent of their membership, and of this number 10 per cent had been killed. In addition to supplying men for the army British Rotarians were a leading force in all war campaigns. Also that the Liverpool club keeps open house for all American soldiers taken ill on their trip to France, first removing them to hospitals and later to private homes as they become convales cent. He said 20,000 homes had been registered for the purpose of making the boys at home on their sojourn on the road to and from France. Andrew Home Morton, President of the British Association of Clubs said: "If you American people are made of I the same stuff as the British, and I know you are, neither the terrors of Kaiser Bill nor the devil can break your nerve," he said. President Morton further declared that at long as England and America stand, the Hun will never dominate the air and inflict damage here such as has been caused by air raids on London. Although London ts never sure of a night of safety, the nerve of British men and women is unshaken, he said. Thrill* with a War Talk Clarence Ousley, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, addressed the Rotarians. in pant, he said: "The Germans have yet to learn they cannot prevent America from putting an army in France. We will get there if we have to swim." These words by Clarence Ousley, as sistant secretary of agriculture, of the United States, brought cheers from the delegates. The assertion followed a mass of statistics showing the extent to which America Is in the war. "We know we, with our allies, are stronger in resources than our enemies,'7 he declared. "Bringing the thing down to a question of resources, we can fight 1 J, A 't J. /). '.mat. FA.C\JCt SOW fnrJton.jc.ihurH Cmphulaii- High Grade Soap We RecomiMad Woodbury Facial Soap —BM Cutlcura Soap Cashmere Bouquet Reslnol Soap Nyal Pace Cream Soap—...—- Poslam Soap .... ......... Ban Soap —...... 4711 Glycerine Soap Stlllmen Complexion 8oap Palmer Skin Success Soap.. Soap fo* the Hair Packer Tar Soap —..Me Lee Egg Tar Soap SS* Nyal Dandruff Soap JM Danderlne Soap SM Straight Blade and Safety Raaors We have just received new order of Shumate Straight Raaors. Honea and Strops: Gillette Razors -—tSAO Auto Strop —-SBjOS Gem —SIM Keen Kutter UM Ever Ready —-SI40 Enders 81.00 Durham Duplex SI 00 Shaving Soap, Shaving Cream, Shaving Powder, Lotion, Mas sage Cream, Btc. on for years and will, if need be, take the Germans with us to the Judgment seat of God. How long will the war last? It will last until we win. "The greatest achievement of Ameri ca is that she now is in the war. It la hopeless to change German minds except by force. We understand now our east ern boundary is not the Atlantic sea board, but is that wavering line la Fiance and Italy, where our tag is fly ing." Could Build x. C. la is It months The work of the government In the past 15 months would be equal to that of building Kansas City and St. Louie to their present size in the same period, according to the Washington speaker. "Our greatest achievement in fifteen months is that we have changed our minds. Wie now understand we are a part of the world. Germany has yet to I understand that we shall put an army I in France if the boys have to swim across the ocean. This war will end I when America wins victory." Andrew Home Morton in presenting the British flag to the International As sociation said "We would like to have made it of silk, but in these days silk 1 is needed for air planes, not making of flags, and I would have you believe that after all it is but red, white and bluet differently arranged from youra, and there is woven in it the brotherly love of Great Britain and all that It stande for in this mighty struggle for clvlllca tion and humanity." Dr. E. M. Forto of the Havana Cuba Club brought the greetings of the Pearl of the Antilles and presented the In ternational RotaTy with a Cuban Flag land a beautiful album of views of that i1 country. He found difficulty in ex pressing himself adequately in the Eng lish language and longed to be able to speak Spanish and tell us what he thought of the Kaiser. The Annual Message of Paml Harris, President Emeritus and founder of Ro tary as one of inspiration and received in the spirit in which it was sent. Some of the epigramatic statements I will quote, as I can only touch Id a feeble way on the many, many great thoughts presented. One said: "I hope you will all be in heaven 20 years before the devil knows you are dead." Another: "Rotary has the power to change men." Another: "Rotarian principles ean not fail to build up the life in every way." The President of the Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City said: "That is.the most remarkable convention ever assembled." ['resident Wilson was quoted -as say ing: "Rotary is cement that will hold the world together In friendship." The following {Resolution was adopted: "Whereas, The supreme and invincible spiritual power sustaining the hearts and strengthening the arms of the na tions opposing Germany in the preeent war is the consciousness that their cause Is right and Just and in harmony with the will of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and "Whereas, Prayer is the greatest and most effective agency for vitalising that spiritual power among the peoples of the Allied nations and making it virile dynamic force, fortifying and upbuild ing the morals of the solders and civil ians, and "Whereas, Rotary Is a business and professional man's organization and is dedicated at this time to the task of winning the "war, now therefore, Be It Resolved, That this Associa tion now endorses a movement to be known as the War Angelus, looking to the special devotion by Rotarians and the people in general of one minute at a fixed time dally during working hours to meditation and prayer for the suc cess of our arms and the triumph 1 of our cause, and It Is Further Resolved, That the affili ated Clubs be urged to arrange for the observance of the War Angelus at 11 A. M. local time, in each community, the period to be announced by bells and whistles, and to ask the press to open Its columns to the War Angelus Department to the end that the community as a whole may be induced to participate In this appeal to the Supreme Being for in spiration, strength and guidance." The Convention paused for a minute at 11 o'clock each morning for prayer and meditation