The Wahpeton times. [volume], December 06, 1917, Image 1

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VOL. XLII
PIONEER SETTLER
PASSED AWAY
Ola Tew, Pioneer Homesteader,
Died Last Monday
Morning.
WAS SIXTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE
Spent Life Since Early Manhood
on Jiomeetead Farm in
Dwlght Township.
Last Monday .morning Ole Tew,
one of our early pioneer settlers,
passed away after a lingering ill
ness of over a year's duration.
Mr- Tew was well known thru
out this part of the country, hav
ing been one of builders of this
commonwealth- He came here ill
the pioneer days ami has been ac
tively associated with the organ
ization and upbuilding of the
county.
Through his industry and close
application to his farming inter
ests he has built up one of the
model farms of our county. He
was highly respected and liked by
all who knew him, and a large
circle of friends and relatives
mourn his death-
Ole Tew was born in Wisconsin
on the 10th day of September,
in 1851. He came to Rush ford,
Minn., at an early age, where he
grew to manhood. He moved to
this county and took a homestead
in what is now Dwight township,
where he has made his home ever
since. Here he was married to
Martina llabberstad who was a
faithful helpmeet until her death
seven years ago.
The funeral will take place Fri
day afternoon at 1 o'clock- Short
services will be held at the home,
and the remains will then be taken
to the Wild Rice Lutheran church
at Dwight of which the deceased
WD
a ni'inb'M\ where the funera'
oration will be delivered by the
pastor of that church- The body
will be laid at rest in the Wild
Rice cemetery, where his wife and
a son are already buried.
He is survived by two sons and
Ihree daughters: Mrs. Win. Cop
pin and Olaf Tew of Dwight twp.,
rs. George Coppin of Ilankin
fson. Mrs. C. 1). Simonds of Wat
erbury. Idaho, and Melvin Tew or
Gilford. Mont. The absent, son
and daughters will arrive here i:
lime to be present at the last sad
rites-
Wahpeton Boys Enlisted.
Last Sunday morning the fol
lowing young men of Wahpeton
boarded the Milwaukee train for
Fargo to enlist in the service of
Uncle Sam: Isadore Englehart,
Frank Jansen, Win- Frank, Gil
bert Karst, Roy Bergin. Clarence
Morris, Clarence Wolfe and Max
Cameron. The boys were in Far
go a week ago to talk things over
with the recruiting officer, and
then came home to settle their af
fairs before going up again to en
list. Most of the boys expected to
join the Ambulance Corps, and
expected to leave Monday for Jef
ferson Barracks, Mo.,
.Joe Weiiner and Frank Karst were
also of the mind to enlist, but Joe
is a member of Battery E of Fer
gus Falls and has not yet been
able to get his discharge, and
Frank failed to pass the physical
examination on account of his eye
sight- Arthur Hodel expects
leave some time this week for
Houstn, Texas. Max Cameron en
listed in the Ambulance Corps and
laft Monday morning for Jeffer
Kon Barracks. Mo. Clarence Mor
ris and Clarence Wolfe are plan
ning on leaving Friday.
Wahpeton should be proud of
the number of boys who are leav
ing to fight for Uncle Sam, and we
should remember that a letter is
about the most welcome thing
there is to a soldier, whether he is
in the training camps or "some
where in France." and even if not
intimately acquainted with the
boys they are always glad to hear
from "home-"
No News Is Good News.
Although the failure to receive
letters from men in the service is
not pleasant to relatives and
friends at home, the adage, "noj
new is good news," never was I
more rue than at present. The re­
port of every casualty at home or
abroad is immediately wired or
cabled to officials at Washington,
being relayed from there without
loss of time to the emergency ad
dress otf the soldier or sailor af
fected- It is also at once released
for publication in the newspapers.
No news of casualties has or will
be held up.
No man in the service has re
ceived orders not to write home,
he has been urged, on the contrary,
to keep in touch with relatives and
friends. The forces in France have
at their disposal post cards giving
general information in regard to
health and the receipt of letters
and parcels, which may be dis
patched without payment of post
age
Care is also taken to see that
mail intended for soldiers and sail
ors reaches them promptly. Where
the regimental and company des
ignation of a soldier is not known
it may be secured by application
1o The Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, D- C. In one week
1.674 letters with insufficient ad
dresses were received at this office
On 1,232 the addresses were com
pleted and they were forwarded,
123 were returned to senders, 58
went to the dead-letter office be
cause senders' addresses were not
given, and the balance were held
with the view that the addresses
might be completed later.
By the County Agent.
Owing to the fact that many
farmers call at the office when I
am ou,t of town, 1 have decided to
make Fridays and Saturdays my
regular office days. On other days
it will be well to telephone before
starting on a long drive.
There is at present a call'for
about thirty fresh dairy cows. I
have inquired for grades in sev
eral localities. However, I find
that they are all priced at from
*100 to $150. Farmers here have
failed to offer more than $80 to
$90- Unless they come up it -rid
be impossible to get them. There
is a demand for dairy cows over
the entire country. Farmers can
hardly expect to get them at prices
that prevailed heretofore-
Since the organization of our
breeders' association, six different
farmers have signified their in
lenlion of getting pure bred stock.
I would be pleased 1o hear trom
others. When a sufficient number
I.a.s been secured, we can take a
trip to stock communities and lm.v
and ship in carload lots 1 hat wi
prove a. savinir in several ways,
am looking forward to the time
when farmers from other commun
ities will come here to get good
stock.
I wish to inform the farmers ol
the county that the Federal harm
Loan Bank at St. Paul has accept
ed $90,000 00 of loans up to date.
Bv January 1st, We expect an
other $90,000-00. The association
at Hankinson, W.vndinere and
Sheyenne will also be doing busi
ness by that time. With that much
5 per cent money in the hands of
the farmers, we may look for re
sults before long.
Several of our banks have noti
fied me that they will loan money
farmers for stock buying pur
poses at 7 per cent. This is a
splendid opportunity. When the
farmers can get money on their
land at 5 per cent and on stock at
7 per cent, they ought to be ready
to do business. For further in
formation along these lines, write
to Ihe Countv Agent.
Geo! P. Wolf.
County Agricultural Agent-
The Way to Peace.
"Any body of free men that
compounds with the present Ger
man Government is compounding
for its own destruction.
Any man in America or anywhere
else that supposes that the free in
dustry and enterprise of the world
can continue if the Pan-German
plan is achieved and German pow
er fastened upon the world is as
fatuous as the dreamers in Russia
What I am opposed to is not the
feeling of the pacifists but their
stupidity.
"Tf we are true friends of free
dom of our own or anybody else's
we will see that the power of this
country and the productivity of
this cquntry are raised to their ab
solute maximum, and that abso
lutely nobody is allowed to stand
in the way of it.
may result in their
postoffice address so
THE WAHPETON TIMES
President Wilson wants to bor
row a quarter of you.
He will pay it back, with inter
est-
Sure, you wouldn't ask any in
terest, but just to be square, he
will pay yor, 4 per cent on your
quarter.
The president will pledge Ihe
credit of the United States of
America as security for vour
quarter. That's about good
enough security, isn't it
He needs the money. lie wants
to put it with some other quarters
he is borrowing from other Amer
icans. to buy food, clothing, gun-,
ammunition and ships with to win
the world's biggest and last war
lie wants you 1o help—if only a
quarter*8 worth at a time—to
crush the monster of militarism
from the earth, and help to win
"freedom for all forever."
Do you care a quarter's worth
whether we win this war or lose
it? And if we lose it. what good
will all your quarters be to you?
Monday morning it was possi
ble for you to lend the president a
quarter, if you could not spare any
more. .The new war savings plan
began to operate then.
You can go to the postoffice and
get a thrift card or a saving cer
tificate free of charge. Probably
the postman will bring one to you.
The thrift card is for those who
want to save money, a quarter at
Registrants are Responsible.
Bismarck, N- D-, Dec. 6.—In or
der rhft registrants might
men be familiar
The three rules
tant. General calls
lention to are:
WAHPETON, RICHLAND COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1917.
U. S. WAR CERTIFICATE STAMPS AND THRIFT TAMPS.
These stamps are now on sale r.t the Postoffice and are also
carried by all City Carriers and all Rural Carriers in ferder that
they may be readily obtained by anyone desiring them.
Any person wishing informa tio'n will be fully instructed by
any City or Rural Carrier or at the Postal Savings Window at the
Postoffice- C. 1). Rittenhouse, Postmaster.
a time, and the certificates are for start in today by lending Presi
those who can save $5 at a time.'dent Wilson a quarter.
e: rrcis-'
their full rights in presentin-r
claims for deferred classification
under the new selective service
rules, Adjutant General G. A. Fra
ser emphasizes three salient fea
tures of the new regulations which
vitally effect the standing of reg
istrants in the draft. Failure to
comply with certain rules, the Ad
jutant. General for North
Daknla
points out. constitutes a waiver of
all claims for deferred
classifica­
tion, and for this reason he
Irenielv anxious that
is
drain
with these rules,
which the Ad.ju
particular ai
First: Failure to return qucs
lionaires within seven days al'tei
they have been mailed out by the
local board will constitute a waiver
of all claims for deferred cassifi
cation and the registrant will aut
omatically be put in the first class.
Second: All exemptions ami
discharges made prior to noon on
December 15. 1917, find all certi
ficates in evidence thereof are re
voked from and after noon on De
cember 15. 1917. and all regis
trants not already in 1hc
military
service will be required to
fill
oiii
and return to the local board ih"
questionaires and
comply
with
other rules of the new draft
Third: Registrants
are hound
by law to keep themselves
advised
of all proceedings in p-vn.-'-i
themselves and failure
to do so
losing their
right, to claim exemption
or dis­
charge. The resist ra.nls are a No
required to nolify
llieir loeal
hoards of any change in
abode or
that quc-M'on-
aires may be sent to
them
delay.
Local boards will
cember 15. Five per
uiihont
begin 1o send
out. questionaires at noon
on
De­
cent will be
sent out. on December
15th..
five per cent on every
and
succeeding
day until all registrants
have
been
supplied with copies. These ques
tionaires, the Adjutant General
points out. must be returned to
the local board within seven days
from the time they leave the office
or the registrant will lose all
claims to deferred classification
"The new selective service regu
lations," savs Adjutant General
Fraser. "afford the registrant
every fair means of obtaining de
ferred classification, providing the
registrant, avails himself of all op
portunities laid down in the rules
The exercise of these rights de-
Do you, think you could save 1(5
quarters between nowt and next
Felunary? That's $4. Get a
thrift card, and the post office will
sell you a thrift stamp for a quar
ter. Every time you have a quar
ter to spare, buy another thrift
stamp, and paste it on your card.
If you have 16 stamps on your
card next February, take your
card to the postoffice, give it and
13 cents to the clerk, and he will
give you a war savings certificate,
with one $5 stamp on it.
Then you can get another thrift
card, if you like, and start saving
quarters for another $5 stamp for
your certificate. During this
month or January a slamp for
vour certificate will cost only
*4.12. Jan 1. 1923, the lTnited
States of America will pay you $5
for that, stamp. For 20 stamps of
the same kind, which will fill out
your certificate, it will pay you
exact lv $100.
Isn't that a good way to save
$100 in five years? Or as many
dollars as you like, up to $1.00J.'
It's all in saving the quarters.
On every dollar you save by
means of your certificates, you gel
•1- per cent interest. And the -st
feature of all is thai you are really
lending money to the government,
to help win the war-
Do you want to help win the
war? Do you want to save"
If you do, and have not yet got
a thrift card from the postmaster.
pends entirely upon the registrant
I himself. If he fails to act prompt
ly oi comply with the rules, it may
lfit. in hV, losing :dl rights to
deferred cassification.
"I would take this opportunity
of calling the attention of regis
trants to the Ihree rules listed
above, and encourage them to ad
here strictly to these rules. In
ease of any doubt as to Ihe inter
pretation of any question on the
quest ionairc. seek the advise of an
attorney who will give free conn
sel on matters pertaining to llr
draft."
Expenditures Below Estimates.
A feeling of relief was exper
ienced throughout Ihe country at
tlit? statement of Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo in Baltimore
before the Investment Bankers'
Association on November 14, that
the actual expenditures of some of
the departments of the Govern
ment. were much less than the es
timates the departments submitted
in July last, and that the task of
providing for the expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year is
not regarded by the Treasury De
partment as one which will strain
the capacity of the resources of the
United States in any way.
The Secretary said in part
"Vague and unfounded appre
hensions seem 1o exist in the public,
{mind as to 1 he extent of the finan
jcial requirements of the United
Stales during the current fiscal
'year.' It may be helpful to the
country to know that these iv
jquirements have been greatly ex
aggerated. and that in the judge
ment of the Secretary of the
I Treasury there is no reason what
ever for apprehension on this
score. This opinion is based upon
the latest estimates of our finan
cial needs.
"The splendid success of the
Second Liberty. Loan shows that
Ihe people are fully determined to
support the war and are prepared,
to make such sacrifices of luxuries,
pleasures, comforts and conven
iences as may be necessary-"
The Secretary exxplained thru
his optimistic statement was based
upon actual figures in hand-
Liberty Loan Literature.
Copies of tTie Liberty Loan
Source Book, Liberty Loan Prim
ers, and other Liberty Loan litera
ture can be had upon request from
the chairman of the Liberty Loan
committees of the various Federal
Reserve Districts or from the Fed
eral Reserve Banks.
THE NEW DRAFT
REGULATIONS
Make Entire Change of Plan in
System of Raising New
National Army.
FIVE PER CENT NOTIFIED DAILY
Registrants Must Answer All
Questions and Make Re
turns Within Seven
Days.
District 'boards are no longer
offices of record as far as Ihe work
of raising the new national army
is concerned, under the new regu
lations under which the next draft
will be conducted- The local
boards will conduct the selection
and classification of the men ac
cording to Ihe results attained by
the questionaire that will be sent
out this month and the district,
boards will act only as appeal tri
bunals.
his is the information contained
in a circular of instructions to the
members of the loeal board jusi
received by the Richland county
board. How to conduct the new
classification with the least cost to
the nation is suggested by Provost
Marshal General E- II. Crowder.
the boards being urged to employ
as much volunteer help as possi
hie. While the war department
regulations allow members of local
and district boards compensation
at the rate of $1 to $1.25 per hour
actually engaged in government
business, the provost marshal ap
peals to them to perform this ser
vice for their country as a patri
otic duty without pay. On this
point the circular says:
"Economy is among the least, of
the reasons why work of the mem
bers of selection boards ought to
b-1 uncomp"nsatcd. Their duty is
to go ftito American homes and
send the strongest of our men
awav to the battle lines in defense
of the nation at the imminent peril
of death. No amount, of money
could compensate the sacrifice of
the men who are taken or of the
families from which they are
taken. The selective service sys
tem is essentially an integral par!
of this great national army of de
fense. is c-oinposed of men over
the age of those who are to lie call
ed upon to bear muskets. But lie
duty is so grave that it should be
regarded from every standpoint
and in every aspect as partaking
of the same unselfish and patriotic
character as the duty of soldiers."
Boards having jurisdiction oi
2,200 registrants are allowed 1o
hire one chief clerk from Dec. 1 at
a salary not to exceed $100 a
month, and for the balance of the
help needed to secure volunteer
assistance. If no volunteer help
can be secured, another clerk may
be had at not to exceed $80 a
month. One chief clerk at the
maximiun salary for each selective
board in Ihe country will cost the
nation $455,700. the provost mar
shal general slates. By using vol
unteer help inslead of hiring an
additional clerk at $S0 a month
Ihe district hoards would save the
country $3(54.5(50. the circular
adds.
A force is now getting sufficient
quest ionairc•» ready for the eounty
to he mailed oil before Dec. 1.
Before preparing ill esc booklets
for the mail Ihe old regisl ra I ion
records are trone over and II men
who have been acccplcid
I
at
the
training camps are checked oil tie*
list as not needing any queslion
aire.
his is also done with Ihose
who have failed lo report for med
ical examination, Ihcse men being
deserters from the army- Kverv
other registered man will be lisled
as entitled lo a, questionaire, whe
ther or not previously exempted or
discharged by the local or district
boards or rejected at the training
camps* All except the deserters
and the men already accepted at
the training camps will have to be
classified under the new regula
tions.
Under the order just issued by
the provost marshal general, mail
ing of questionaires will be started
Dec. 15 and will continue for 20 impetus to the campaign. Publici
davs. Five per cent of the ques-'ty men and other officials and
tionaires to be sent out will be wiorkers in the various states will
mailed on each day. The date be named at these conventions to
when the questionaire is mailed conduct the work in their states.
No. 41
will be inserted on it. the regis
trant having seven days from thai
date in which to fill out and re
turn it.
Each day as Ihe qucslionaircs
are mailed a notice to registrants
and the public is posted in the of
fice of the local board at the court
house giving the registration num
bers to which they have been scut
on that date. Each day's mailing
list will be posted over thai of the
jday previous, each fastened at the
top so as to be available for exam
ination by those interested-
The questionaire will be mailed
to the registrant in a large envel
ope, an addressed return envelope
being enclosed. The regisl rant
has seven days 1o fill out and re
turn it- As the questionaires are
returning it is ihe duty of the
clerks lo make a preliminary ex
amination of them and those found
to contain no apparent errors must
lie divided up among the board
for personal investigation, who de
cide on a tentative classification
The board shall then meet and dis
pose of Ihe cases that require
greater deliberation. It has been
estimated by the provost marshal
general that it will take the local
boards about (50 days to complete
the classification.
Heretofore Ihe clerk of the loeal
board has had to be the informa
tion bureau for Ihe registered men.
Fro*11 a dozen to severed score of
people have called daily at the
counly auditor's office since the se
lective draft law was enacted last:
spring, seeking informal ion about:
Ihe workings of the act. I'mler the
new rules of the provost marshal
general the district board is re
lieved of this work and it has been
shifted on the legal fraternilv of
the country. Every lawyer in the
country is now required to give
legal advice to registered men free
on matters pertaining to the selec
tive draft law, including aid in
filling out Ihe questionaires and
the notarial work connected 1 here
with. The provost lmrshal gen
eral lias ordered the members oi
the local boards to send all in
quiries to Ibis legal advisory and
to waste no time answering ques
tions along this line.
All registered men who fail to
fill out the queslionaire in ihe al
lotted lime will lie classed as de
serters. Their names will be turn
ed over to Ihe federal authorities
willi orders for arrest. This of
I fense is punishable with a year in
Ihe penitentiary. In must eases
Ihe offenders heretofore have been
let off without the jail punishment:
but have been inducted into the
service at once
Price of Bread.
Information comes from Wash
ington that the reports for Novem
ber 10th show that bread weighing
16 to 17 ounces is retailed in North
Dakota at 15 cents per loaf. The
same report shows that like weight
of bread retail in Minnesota at
10-8 cents in Montana at 10 cents
ad South Dakota at 10 cents per
loaf-
I am asked to inveslig de and
report the reason for this. My an
swer will be that there is no excuse
for if and the sooner the bakers
and dealers realize that they are
going to gel prosecuted and their
licenses taken away from them if
they do nol quit profitleeriiiy on
the bread propositi'.!:, the safer if
will In* for fhcni. If ihe price is
above what you can defend any-
where along the
line,
then the man
or men who get the prnfil are doing
so in violation of the Food Ad
ministration Aej.
lv F. Ladd.
Federal Food Administrator.
War-Savings Conventions.
One of the plans adopted in the
war savings campaign, which has
started this week, is for a series of
state conventions. The first con
vention will be held in the Xew
England States. New York and
New Jersey on Nov. 26. and others
in different state will follow in
rapid succession-
These conventions arc expected
to arouse a great deal of imerest
and enthusiasm and give a great