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A DENIAL WHICH CONVICTS
A recent editorial dealing with
the failure of State Treasurer Ol
son to publish the late quarterly
reports of the state treasury,
caused a Bismarck dispatch to be
sent to the Fargo press: The dis
patch is. in part, as follows:
"Treasurer Olson declares that
he has complied with the law in
every respect, but that it now
transpires that the copy of the
report which he mailed to the Bis
marck Tribune for publication
never reached that office but got
lost somehow. This is now being
remedied. He admits that in the
press of business he had over
looked the filing of the last report
with the governor's office, but that
this too is now being attended to.
There is no suspicion of any ir
regularity in the conduct of the
treasurer's office and it is the
opinion in official circles at the
capital that this matter is being
enlarged upon for campaign pur
poses by the democrats of the
state."
Mr. Olson declares that he has
complied with the law in every re
spect EXCEPT that the April 1st
report has never been received, by
the Bismarck Tribune and con
sequently never published, also.
EXCEPT that the last report,
naf.iely the July 1st report, was
not filed with the governor and,
we might add, has never been pub
lished.
In other words Treasurer Ol
son pleads guilty to the exact
charges which the Journal's edi
torial made against him.
Going further into the matter
we call attention to the fact that
at the present time the law has
been violated by our state treas
urer and that the violation is
known to the governor of the state
by Olson's admission that the last
report was not filed with the gov
ernor. thereby giving due notice
to L. B. Hanna that his state
treasurer has failed to do his du
ty: that Governor Hanna, who po
ses as a deciple of the "business
administration" is apparently ig
norant of one of the most impor
tant matters connected with his
office, i.e.. the condition of the
state funds on hand in the treas
urer's office, or else Hanna is a
party with Olson to conceal the.
present overdrawn condition of
state funds from the people of
North Dakota till after the No
vember election.
It will be well for the people of
the state to remember that North
Dakota has recently gone through
a disgraceful scandal in connec
tion with the office of the .state
treasurer. The present law re
quiring the publication of the
condition of state i'ands, naming
the time of such publication, and
fixing a penalty of removal fioni
office for failure to make such
publication, is meant to prevent
just such a scandal as has occur
red. It is meant to enable the citi
zens of North Dakota to jadse
•whether their state funds are ov
erdrawn, whether (hey are being
«and!od illegally "or misappropri
ated and whether they are being
distributed equitably and lawful
ly among the various state banks
qualified as depositories.—Devils
Lake Journal.
FOR AMERICAN SHIPS
President Wilson has made it
clear that he favors the establish
ment of a government owned mer
chant marine not merely as an
emergency policy but as a per
manent undertaking, in order that
commercial relations may be
maintained with foreign countries
including the South American re
publics, with which the United
States has inadequate avenues of
trade. We venture the prediction
that this policy, new and drastic
as it may appear to the ultra
conservative. will meet with the
approval of the country at large.
The European war. not of our
making and certainly no't of our
desire, nevertheless opens oppor
tunities which it would be crim
inally foolish for us as a nation
to ignore. As a result of the war,
no matter which side wins. Eur
ope for years to come will be
handicapped in industry and com
merce. Were the United States to
day the possessor of an adequate
merchant marine, our foreign
trade would be vastly increased.
The completion of the Panama
canal puts us in an especially fa
vorable position to command the
South American trade. But with
out ships of our own. our com
merCe. already, shattered, must be
subject^ for nobody knows how
Ions to'the uncertainties of war
abroad and the certainties of
stagnation at home. An adequate
Amerioan merchant marine is the
only solution of the difficulty.
The-decline of the American
merchant marine is one of the
most stfamefiil espisodes of our
last half century's history. Sixty
years ago we were the rivals of
the English in the deep-sea car
rying trade. Then came the war
between the states and "protec
tion." so-called. The shipping in
terests obtained not "protection."
but prohibition. Not content with
"protection" that denied Ameri
any foreign built
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any but Ameri- man.
can ships to engage in the coast
ing trade, they nagged at Con
gress until they secured a law that
withheld the American flag from
any ship that ever had flown a
foreign flag. This barred all the
ships that had taken out foreign
registry to escape Confederate
privateers, during the war. Thus
was American shipping discour
aged and hence the decline in 50
years from 69 per cent of our for
eign commerce in American ships
to a paltry nine per cent.
What is past cannot be made
over, but there is no reason why
the foolishness of the past should
be accepted as a binding policy
for the future. American ships for
American commerce is a crying
need of the times, and in voicing
that demand and making it effec
tive President Wilson is perform
ing an inestimable service for his
country.
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THE PEOPLE'S MONEY
For the first time in so many
years that the memory of the av
erage man runneth not to the con
trary. the people of the United
States, instead -f the banking in
terests of the United States, have
an agent in charge of the national
treasury department. In many
ways Secretary McAdoo has given
evidence of his intention and abil
ity to conduct the treasury de
partment in the interest of the
whole nation rather than a group
of financiers. But in no instance
has this .been more strikingly
shown than in his prompt and ef
fective action to stop the hoard
ing of money, denying of reason
able credit or charging of extor
tionate rates of interest on the
part of bankers. The bright light
of publicity thrown uoon the ex
cessive reserves of the offending
banks by the fearless and able
man at the head of the treasury
department has had prompt ef
fect. It has brought to those ban
kers inclined to Hke adva^'-'-e of
existing circumstances a clear re
alization of the fact that the old
days of private exploitation of
public funds are past. It has
shown the general public that
there is no justification for a
"tight" money market, and it has
demonstrated to the business
world that the government will
not countenance its oppression
by any financial interest. Furth
ermore. it is one more proof of
the necessity for and wisdom of
the .new Federal reserve banking
and currency system. Within a
few weeks now that system will
be in operation and the furthei
monopolization of money and
credit in the United States will be
impossible.
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C. H. EBEL
The Lidgerwood Broadaxe has
the thanks of the people of the
county for its appeal for the re
election of C. H. Ebel as county
commission of its district,
because it gives them a
lot of information about
Charley htat they never
knew before. It tells them that
it was this same Charley Ebel that
made John W. Thornton county
school superintendent: made
"Paddy" Fisher courthouse jani
tor: Chas. Dawson a clerk in the
Auditor's office, and George Fis
cher his successor: made J. W.
Strege a drainage board commis
sioner: gave his district $8,560 for
road improvements and $1,000 out
of the automobile fund for road
dragging.
A man as all-powerful as Char
ley Ebel on the county commis
sioner's board may yet be able to
stop the European war. Anyway,
the Broadaxe tells us that "he
will have no trouble being (re-)
elected by a handsome majority."
Take your hats off. gentlemen,
to Charley Ebel. the greatest man
Richland county ever produced.
But where do the .other towns of
his district come in?
Thousands of Americans have
returned and are returning from
Europe with grateful praise for
the prompt and energetic efforts
of the State Department of their
government to afford them relief
in time of great emergency. Every
European nation at war has com.
mited to the State Department of
this government the care of their
interests in the enemies country.
In face of these facts the New
York Press has the effrontery and
unscruoulousness to publish this
sneering paragraph: "Under Sec
retary Bryan the State Depart
ment is not taken seriously by the
American people. If it is a joke for
them, couid it be anything hotter
for foreign governments and peo
ples?" There is a limit to which
decent people will make allowan
ces for the zeal of partisans!'
and the Pr^^s reaches it, in this
silly, malicious and wilfully false
statement. It is a cheap and nasty
journalism that befouls its .own
government for the satisfaction
of partisan spite.
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Whitman was condemned by the
Colonel, yet he has just been nom
inated for Governor, while Hin
man. whom the Colonel endorsed
received but 15.772 votes in all
New York. Truly the political in
fluence of a once great man has
forsaken him.
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The Times has often wondered
who discivered J. W. Thornton
and made him County Superin
tendent of Schools, and now the
Lidgerwood Broadaxe takes the
floor and tells us that County
Commissioner C. H. Ebel did it.
Or
What's the use of the state pay
ing out $100,000 for a primary
election, in order to protect the
state from the rule of the bbsses.
and then vote at the general elec
tion to put the state back into the
hands of the same old McKenzie
machine again?
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President Wilson may have
made a few mistakes, who
doesn't? But if he has, they have
all been unintentional, and the
people are. with him almost to a
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TW1 WAHPETON TjWET
The Lord was good to the Rieh
land county Fair this year. He
controls the weather, and the fine
weather was a powerful factor in
making the Fair a big success.
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It is now well settled, says the
Fargo Searchlight, that Hanna
wants to be relected GovernorNso
that he will' be in position to go
after McCumber's place two years
hence.
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Hanna's reelection would result
in the strongest Stalwart political
machine the state has ever had.
and the Progressive wing of the
party ould iiave to do its^eform
work all over again.
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Now that the threshing is about
completed, how would it be if ev
ery subscriber to the Times who
is in arrears would pay up? We
need the money and have waited
patiently.
Last Thursday was a windy day
at the Fair. So many candidates
were there that it couldn't well
be otherwise.
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The Times remarks that the
Wahpeton hotel has been rejuve
nated.—Globe Zazette.
Correct, my boy. correct. Dis
prove that statement if you can.
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The same old Republican gang
is again in the saddle in this state
and county. If you area Progres
sive Republican how can you vote
to support it?
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The Stalwart Republican state
ment that. Hanna's administration
has been a business administra
tion has become the biggest joke
of the season.
Even the Mexicans claim to be
civilized but they are plainly hun
dreds of years behind Europeans
in the art of slaughtering one an
other.
Alfalfa growing in this state
has long since passed the experi
mental stage. Its money making
possibilities are now apparent.
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The football season is'at hand
and we shall soon see in print
again the names of our higher
institutions of learning.
Barnes has declined to be State
Chairman for the Republicans of
New York state this year. What's
he afraid of?
Nobody in Richland County ap
pears to be particularly active for
Woman suffrage. Perhaps it is
just as well.
The only way we can support
the Wilson administration is to
vote for candidates who support
his policies.
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The fellow who insists on
painting the town red generally
gets some of it on his own nose.
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Paradoxically, when it is hard
to meet a bill it is almost impos
sible to keep out of its way.
As Maine went so went the tug
of war race at the Richland Coun
ty Fair.—Democratic of course
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And Pinchot—poor old Pinchot.
—Is he advancing or retreating?
Who put the Wahp in Wahpe
ton this year.
A NEW FACTOR
On the European War
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Will Be
Within the next two months a
new factor will have entered th.e
European war—the cold of win
ter—which the field armies will
find a more persistent, a' more
formidable enemy than the troops
of opposing nations. The first ad
vance of winter has been felt al
ready by the soldiers intrenched
along the River Aisne. Chilly
winds, following a wet week, sent,
a shiver throughout the lines of
both forces. More than anything1
else cold weather will hamper the
mobility or the armies. Their al
ready heavily taxed transport
trains wil have the added burden
of winter supplies. Troops will not
be able to cut loose from their
advanced bases, even for brief pe
riods. Shelter and warmth will
have to be provided at each stop
of a marching force, no easy task
when millions are on the battle
lines.
Undoubtedly the general staffs
of both sides have elaborate pre
parations made to keep the suff
ering necessarily caused by win
ter at a minimum but the greatest
of human endeavors cannot elim
inate all hardships, even if an ar
my is given a permanent station
and no movement made until
spring.
Washington had one brilliant
success in the Revolutionary war
by disregarding the extreme hard
ships of winter and attacking the
Hessians at Trenton. His army re
mained active several weeks after
Christmas that year, but ulti
mately was forced into inactivity.
The sufferings at Valley Forge
show the formidable enemy win
ter can be.
In the Crimean war fighting
practically stooped with the battle
of Inkerman, Nov. 5. 1854. The
Russians retired into Sebastopol,
and the allies built a permanent
camp of investment around it.
In our Civil war considerable
fighting was done in the winter
months, but all the more import
ant campaigns began in the
spring, and were suspended when
cold weather came. After Lee
whipped Burnside at Fredericks
burg. Dec. 13. 1862. he was not
bothered by any large active Fed
eral force until May of the fol
lowing year, when Hooker at
tempted to march on Richmond.
Grant rested and recruited his ar
my in the winter of 1864-1865.
Sherman's march was made in
the winter months, and. even in'
that southern climate the suffer
ing from cold among his troops
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was intense. Grant campaigned
against Fort Henry and Fort Don
aldson in February, 1862. and the
following winter was active in
Mississippi.
In* more modern wars winter
has not caused a cessation of hos
tilities. but it has diminished op
erations. The Japanese advance
on Mukden in 1904 was halted
about-the flr«t of September by
severe cold. Neither army was
prepared to withstand winter, so
for a month the fighting forces
lay inactive almost within strik
ing distance. A few engagements
were fought in October, then op
erations practically halted until
Feb. 19. when the Japanese rrmy
swathed in overcoats and 'padded
leggins. began to advance
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Elizabeth Wood & husb. to
Trustees, Greenfield Cemetery As
sociation. part NW 1-4 of NW 1-4
32-129-49 $50.
Ella Anderson to Hel^a A.
Stensrud. SW 1-4 23-135-52, $2,
000.
Oliver Aimlie & wf to Laura F.
Newman. E 1-2 of NW 1-4 34-136
-52, $1.
Mary E. Hughes to William J.
Robinson. Lt. 4, Blk 5. Woodruff's
Add.. Wahpeton, $250.
E. A. Movius & wf. to John W.
Movius, NE 1-4 21-130-52, $.1.
E. A. Movius et al to saitfe. Lt.
13, Blk 3, & 1st Add., Lidger
wood. $2,400.
Keystone Land Co., to A. F.
Bonzer et al, NE 1-4 17-131-50,
$8,000.
Same to same, part Sec. 11
131-50. $1.
Same to N. Gladys Brookem N
E 1-4 1-131-50, $11,000.
Same to same. SE 1-4 1-131-50
$11,000.
Same to same SE 1-4 3-131-50
$10,600.
Same to same NW 1-4 5-131-50
$10,500.
P. A. St. John & wf. to Plyn A.
Aldrich S 1-2 of N 1-2: SE 1-4 25
135-50. fl
Mary A. Harker & husb. to D.
G. Nulph, part W 1-2 of NE 1-4
12-132-52. $5,000.
John Mertes & wf to Lorence
Fischer. N 1-2 of NW 1-4 4-130
52, 95.250.
Hannah Larson to ^er-v A. Mit
chell et al. W 1-2 of SE 1-4: SW
1-4 of NE 1-4 SE 1-4 of NW 1-4
32-134-52. $2,500.
Keystone Land Co. to Charles
Krause, SW 1-4 9-131-50, $10,
560.
Andreas Jarske to Christina
Jarske. Lt 6. Blk 3, 3 Add.,
Hankinson. $1.
Louise Berg to Herman Berg,
NE 1-4-19: N 1-2 of NW 1-4 21
130-50, $•.
E. A. Movius to Hans Loraas, N
E 1-4 of NW 1-4: W 1-2 of NW
1-4-17: SW 1-4 of SW 1-4-8 all
129-52 (LTL) $7,200.
U. S. A. to E. A. Movius, same
description.
EPISOOPAL CHURCH
Sunday School will be held at
11:30 a. m.
The Rector having been chosen
as delegate to attend the Primary
Synod of the Sixth Province, which
meets in St. Paul. October 9th, to
11th, there will be no morning
prayer next Sunday, (Oct. 11th.)
OBITUARY
August Sohrelber
August Schreiber, who died very
suddenly in St. Mary's hospital,
Minneapolis, October 2, as the re
sult of an operation the previous
week, was born in Westpreisen,
Germany, Oct. 18. 1843. He serv
ed three years in the German navy
and was in two wars. He came to
this country when 26 years of
age and the year following was
married at Winona.
Twenty-two years ago last
spring they came to Wilkin coun
ty, Minn., and resided on a farm
and in Breckenridge until the
time of his death. Mrs. Screiber
died in April, 1913.
Six daughters and four sons are
left. They are Mrs. James Nelson
and Mrs. F. L. Shaw of Fergus
Falls. Mrs. C. J. Frederick of this
city, Mrs. James Home. Mrp.
James Gray and Miss Genevieve
Sohrelber. of Breckenridge. and'
Edward. William. Frank and Jo
seph Schreiber. of Foxhome
township. Two sisters in Germany
and Mrs. Sikorski of Fairmount.
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Wahpeton,
Cash Always Talks
When it comes to buying a stock of Furniture, and that's what we
always pay. In oraer to sell right and make money we must also
buy right, and that's what we do. Our stock is as complete as
space will permit, and no matter what artide of Furniture you wish
ye^will supply i^atciy:. stoje*
We also repair furniture and frame your
pictures for you to your entire satisfaction.
We will also tune your piano and guarantee satisfaction.
Undertaking in all it's branches, either day 'or night
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Onstad & Schmitt
another sister, and one brother.
Albert Schreiber of Wahpeton
survive.
His death was shockingly sud
den. having gone to the cities to
attend the state Fair.- and had
thought of consulting a specialist
while there, but had not expected
an operation. The immediate
Oppie's Toggery
Our linfe of black and blue woolens
for weddings or other social func
tions is most complete.
Serges, Worsteds, Unfinished Worsteds,
Thibets, Venetians and Drebe Cloth in
plain and fancy weaves. Ranging in
price from. $22.50 to $45.00
Come in today and let's talk the
matter over.
Our Style Book telling you what is
correct to wear is a work of art.
We'll gladly send one to anybody
by request.
Olympia
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'We sell our Candies cheap. We also carry a full
line of liot and Cold Drinks with Lunch
ill Connection.
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cause of his death was a heart
attack.
The funeral took place from St.
Mary's church, Breckenridp* the
following Tuesday morning, and
interment was made in the Cath
olic cemetery north of that city.
Rev. Fr. Gumpher was in charge
of the service.
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