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implicit confidence of all, is a man of af
fairs, plain and practical, of ripe experi
ence, whose judgment and advice is re
garded with difference by the ablest men
in this State By his honorable achieve
ments he has won an enviable reputation
in political circles in the state as well its
in legal circles of the Northwest. That
man is the Hon. William S. Lauder of
Wahpeton, whose election would be grat
ifying to the people of this district and
an assurance that every interest in the
state and nation would be served within
SARGENT COUNTY COMMIS
SIONERS OFFER REWARD
A spirit of patriotism leads us to be- to him.
lieve that the time has now arrived to "From a zero apportionment by the
have a strong man for congress and the state, Macdonald has seen the legislature
candidate we woutd put forth is in every appropriate $225,000 for two years for the
way worthy and qualified for the position rural schools that deserve it." Here
for which he is urged by his friends. He again he seems to wish you to believe that
is a man who merits and enjoys the most! he fathered the movement for standard
ization and state aid to rural schools. As
a matter of fact the movement was start
ed and an appropriation made before he
ever appeared on the scene. We doubt
if such a thing ever entered his head un
til he was appointed by mistake to aid in
administering the law.
"He has seen teachers supplant make
shifts in every county in the state." Kind
of a blackeye to those who were in school
work before his debut.
scope of his position. Mr. Lauder knows little credit is due, and have it pub
has not sought the position and it is a lish and spread broadcast at state expense
case of the position seeking the man and looks passing strange.
the people of the district realize that he We would suggest that the voters of
is the logical man for the honor, and the the state retire him to private life with
only man who can defeat the kid acrobat,' the balance of the Noparty ticket next
John Baer, tool of Townley, the bank-j November.
rupt. Mr. Lauder running on a Loyalty
platform wouid win the nomination and
election. He would be a tower of strength
for good. He would make a congress
man of whom all should be proud, and
have the endorsement of every citizen.
In resolutions adopted by the commis
akmera, it is cited that die fires are be
lieved to have been incendiary in origin.
They also posted a reward of $500 to be
paid to parties for the arrest and convic
tioeof asy party*
ho msyhereafter set
pr# to any elevators in Sargent courity.
Fr#to any elevators in Sargentcounty.
^AitiU firtherlreward.of *250.
be paid
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paste*
to be paid forne arrest and conviction of
any person committing aabortage as de
fined at the epecial session of the legisla
tare.
HOT SHOT AT SUPT. OF
PURLIC INSTRUCTION
The school men of the state and those
connected with the administration of the
schools, including members of school
boards, have watched with a great deal
of interest the doings of our state super
intendent of public instruction. A numb
er of things have been called to our atten
tion among which is a certain bulletin
published by the department.
You attention is called to the October
issue and you will notice that the leading
articles are devoted almost entirely to N.
C. Macdonald and his so-called school ral
lies held in the 53 counties in the state
No one but himself is mentioned and he
takes all the credit. To one unacquaint
ed with the movement for rural school
betterment it would appear on reading the
bulletin that Mr. Macdonald was the fath
er of the movement and that until he
came to the helm our schools were in the
most terrible condition to say the least.
It would appear that little or no move
had been made toward consolidation that
no teachers were poor that no provision
had been made for standardization and
state aid that there was no music in the
schools, that there were no hot lunches
nor was there anything commendable to
mention.
We quote the following from the Oc
tober issue of the bulletin:
"When Neil C. Macdonald1-.became the
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rural school inspector*in 1911, North Da
kota's rural schools were on no map edu
cationally." He would have you infer
that all which had been accomplished in
rural school betterment must be credited
How a man can sit quietly in his office
and take credit unto himself which he
MRETON MAN SERVED IN
WAR OF AUSTRIA-TURKEY
Steve Rodwick, who conducts a meat
market at Mooreton, was a business visi
tor in the city one day last week. Mr.
I Rodwick has been a resident of Richland
I county for more than thirty years and
Jack McPhail, a prominent citizen of has always been a good citizen. He serv
Sargent county, was here from Crete sixteen months in the Austrian-Turk
last Friday. Jack says someone fired
two elevators at Hample, west from Cog-,
war
in 1878-1879. He thought war
t'len very
swell, and the Sargent county commis- comparison to the present European con
sioaers have posted a reward of $500 for ^'ct
the apprehension of the guilty party or
parties.
bad, but it was only, play in
COUNTY CHILD WELFARE
OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED
in the state of North IteSSS*
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VOLUME XLIII WAHPETON, RICHLAND COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 2,1918
Navy work
records for
iy with Army am
that the necessary
weighing and measuring
will not De ready before May €.
The opening date of the confer
ence will be May 20 according to
Mrs. Kachelhoffer, county chair
man, who called at the Times of
fice Tuesday. She announced
the aprointment of the following
township chair ladies: Mrs. H.
H. Berg, Barney: Mesdames Carl
Mellum, Antelope Will Dahlauist
of Barney C. H. Donnell, Bright
wood C. C. Clemens, Walcott
Hubert Warren, Center Philip "*"""1™ =1U.C.U11
Wohlwend, Grant F. H. Israelson
Eugene Schuller of Reno, Nevada,
is spending a few days in the city at
tending to business matters.
W. F. Harrison of Oppie's Toggery
left Monday evening for Pittsburgh,
where he will enter a training school.
Household goods for sale. Must
be sold at once. Mrs. G. E. Moody,
Eighth street north. 2-tl
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government printing Orifice 18 30 tnrouglf Belgium and 1?rance only himself and one comrade
were
will
Tribke,
Summit Elmer Wold, Aber
crombie, and Miss Alma Tweto,
Abercrombie.
XOTKU 'OR KIDS
Sealed bids will be received for
the construction of a basement under
the Kindred Lutheran church up to
May 11. 12 o'clock. Plans and speci
fications with the Kindred State
Bank. The congregation reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
By order of committee.
P. J. JOHNSON,
Kindred, N. D.
BARGAIN WEEK AT THE WONDER STORE
SHOES
APRONS
of Eagle S. A. Durkee, Dwight anese soldier who had enlisted with the British.
J. A. Power, Helendale T. E. Ac ciarmor.., —l:~i_
Riley, wyndmere
Made from good quality percale
all sizes, easily worth 1 25
each 79c
DAKOTANTELLS TIMES OF SHELLING OF PARIS
Thirty thousand people left Paris daily during the first
few days the city was under bombardment of German long
range guns, many of them old men, women and children
seeking safety in cities furthef south, said Mr. Chamberlin,
who returned after spending five months in France, where
he was engaged by the French government in assembling
gas tractors. He was in Paris during the first five days of
the big German offensive and saw, first hand, the results of
the big German gun. The bombardment was a surprise to
the people of Paris and foir the first few hours they could not
account for it. But by 3 o'clock the first afternoon French
airmen had located the long range gun and the papers in
Paris were carrying accounts of it and its work.
The first gun used, exploded and could not be used
again, according to information secured by French author
ities from Germans taken prisoners. When it exploded five
gunners were killed. The shells reaching Paris fell about
five minutes apart, at first, but after the first day they came
less frequently and then ceased for a time altogether. It is
estimated that shells were thrown 25 miles high and that
jthey required 12 minutes in passing to the point of explosion,
The shells used are nine inches in diameter, with walls
three inches thick, leaving hollow of three inches and a
half for the explosive. The
when they strike.
The people of France and England expected the allied
line to fall back when the big German offensive commenced.
They have the greatest faith in their leaders and the fight
ing strength of their forces and are in absolute accord with
the policy of giving ground and saving men. The working
classes, in fact, all classes, in both France and England are
solidly behind the war. They are not intense like the Amer
icans but they have that dogged determination which in
tends to win. There is a general feeling that to win the
war may not mean the destruction of Germany, but all have
a deeply rooted conviction that the Germans cannot defeat
them.
Feeling everywhere in France and England is very
bitter against Germany because of the atrocities she has
permitted her troops to commit. These cannot be told in
language horrible enough to be fair. One man who was in
valided home after serving three years and being wounded
in the elbow, said that of the hundred men in his company.
ine nunqrea men in ms company
ijMfehe firSt^Vflnee
returned. Some of them were crucified head downward,
and others suffered such brutalities that the telling is naus-
eating. There arefew German prisoners being taken by
the. Allies now and these German atrocities account for the
limited number. Two British officers captured by the
Germans were placed in solitary confinement for ten years.
The British foreign office, through the minister of Switzer
land informed Germany if these officers were not accorded
the the treatment due prisoners of war within a certain
time, the son of von Tirpitz, who is a prisoner in England,
would be stood against a wall and shot. The British officers
were treated as prisoners of war immediately. One incident
illustrated the other side of revenge. A number of Germans
,cvcllsc-
captured by a British unit, among whom was a Japan-
As the Germans were being led out of the trench in which
they were cornered, the Jap concealed himself and began
shooting them. No one could locate the concealed Jap un
til thirty of the Germans were shot. When reprimanded
by his officers for doing so the Jap defended himself by
saying he had taken no prisoners.
It is not difficult to get sufficient to eat in France.
Meat is procurable and other goods are quite plentiful.
Horse meat is eaten by many French people one day each
week. In England the food situation is more critical. The
people are on strict rations and travelers nor others clnnot
secure more than the prescribed amount, no matter how
hungry they are or how much money they have. In France
the people are doing all they can to raise crops, but the lim
ited facilities place a handicap on them that the people of
Ameriea could not endure. The small size of the farms, 5
to 10 acres, and the small fields into which they are subdi
vided, prevent food production on an elaborate scale. In
England and in France Americans are met with many ques
tions concerning the "big fields" of the American west and
the prospects for a good crop this year.
of the Germ3Q§
HATS
No Matter What the Others Ask for It
WE SELL IT FOR LESS
A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU
Hundreds of trimmed hats, this
season's styles and worth up to
$7.00, each $1.48!
Store Wahpeton, N. Dak
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION
DATESJTC ANNOUNCED
Teachers' examinations will be
held at Wahpeton and Hankin
n?uTh^d?y
and
May 9th, p. m.—U. S. history,
geography, grammar.
May 10th, a. m.-~Spelling, ped
agogy, reading.
May 10th, p. m.—Physiology
and hygiene, agriculture.
For third grade certificiates:
May 9th, a. m.~ Reading rules,
perliminary, American literature
botany.
May 9th, p. m.—Elementary
algebra, plane geometry.
May 10th, a. m.- l'hvsics, psy
chology.
May 10th, p. m.—Manual train
ing, domestic science.
Rules governing these examin
ations have been published, but
if an on is in do a an
hells explode by concussion of them a pamphlet of rules will
be sent on request.-Chas. Han-
son, county
schools.
superintendent
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parednew measure, as linseed oil
fc needed vety largely intupplies
for the army and navy. Canvas
for tents, and cloths for slickers
are waterproofed with it, while it
is used in painting and ^water
•proofing merchant ships and war
rve»els,
in treating, gimstocks,
and in many other wavs. Farm
ers in Richland county are urged
to grow more fiax this year so
that there will be sufficient lin
seed for these uses. As the
Eereoila
ui wuuans
rice is almost certain to be high
is good chance to be patri
ptic and at the same time to prof
it by it."
RED CROSS SALE WILL BE
HELD AT GREAT BENil MAY 4
A Red Cross sale will be held
at Great Bend Saturday, May 4
beginning at 1:00 p. m. A flag
great
irade by school children of
Bend, Brandenburg and
Summit will precede the sale.
Judge George VanArnam of this
city will make the patriotic ad
dress and act as auctioneer at.
the sale. Refreshments will be
•served afternoon and evening.
There will also be an evening
program, consisting of flag drill,
short talks, and a performance!
by King, the strong man, and a1
on a A
business places will be suspend-1
ed from 2 until 5 p. m. A great
list of articles has been listed.
The Great Bend Commercial
club is leaving nothing undone
to make this one of the best af
fairs ever held in this county.
A. Folsom was up from Barney
Saturday. Rumor has it that he
has beep appointed as the new
postmaster at that place.
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Friday,
May 9th and 10th. The examina
tions will commence each day at
oivJUa. m. Examinations in the
various subjects will be given in
the order named and during the
half days indicated below:
For fourth grade certificates:
May 9th, a. m.—Reading rules,
Preliminary, arithmetic, civics.
of
COUNTY AGENT WOLF ADVISES
THE 6R0WING OF FUX
County Agent George P. Wolf
has the following to say in re
gard to growing flax: "The
growing of an increased acreage
of flax on new land this year will
not only help by making more
land available for wheat in 1919,
but itself is an important pre-
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CO-OPERATION IN
WHEMJAVING
Reasons for New Regulations by
U. S. Food Administration
Are Explained.
APPEAL TO N.D. PEOPLE
War Measures Growing Out of Sari*
•ua Military Necessity—Farmera
Asked to Market Wheat
by June 1.
(By
N. D. Food Administration.)
Within the past two weeks nsw
and drastic regulations have been
put into effect
by
the United States
Pood Administration and North Da
kota has been asked to do it3 share
along with the rest of the nation.
Federal Food Administrator Ladd
has appealed 1o the farmers to mar
ket all their wheat as soon a3 pos
sible and not later than June 1st.
The lirst order was to have tlio wheat
all marketed by May 15th but tlio
State l-'ood Administrator secured an
extension of time until Jnne 1st bo
that there would be no possible lack
of seed wheat and so that the farm
ers would not need to talte the time
from their seeding to haul this wheat
to market.
In addition to this tne consumers of
North Dakota, with the people of the
rest of the nation, have been restrict
ed
to l\s
pounds of wheat flour per
person per week and cards have been
Issued for the merchants of the state
which will allow the Food Adminis
trator to keep a close check on the
amount of flour, flour substitutes and
augar sold to each Individual.
These are war measures and crow
out of a Military necessity. The Uni
ted States has pledged Its word to
Its associates in the war to furniali
them with a certain amount of wheat
and they are dependent on that prom
ise.
The situation is critical and seri
ous In the extreme. Unless the Uni
ted States can furnWi this wheat
there Js a pqsaibllUy.of the collapse of
one or more of the allied countries
which %ou!d entail a frightful disas
ter for the allied cause. .If England
or France should be forced out of the
war within the next few months on
account of the lack' of food, it would
cost the United States billions more
In treasure and possibly millions more-.
In lives than if they can maintain:
their fighting front.
The possibility of such a disaster
has been foreseen and pointed out by
Mr. Hoover. This is the reason that
North Dakota people are asked to
acrapa the bottom of the wheat bin
clean and to restrict their diet to the
lowest possible minimum of wheat
product r.
The
Food Administration of North
Dakota appeals to the people of the
state with f-onfirlonce and fully believ
ing tliat they will respond with ready
and complete co-operation.
Federal Food Administrator I.add
makes a special appeal to the people
•when they pnrcliase flour, substitute
and stiKar that they co-operate will
ingly with the local merchant. The
retailers have given splendid patriotic
aervie'e in the past and consumers^
should remember that this going,
to be no easy matter for Uiem to han
dle. Patriotic citizens will take this
Into consideration when making pur
chases for which they must sign a
card.
Under the new regulations no one
is allowed to purchase more than im
pounds of wheat flour per person per
week and not more than 3 pounds
of sugar per person per month. And
no one is permitted to buy more than
thirty days' supply of these com
modities. No flour sales can be made,
without the purchase of an equal
amount of the substitutes. All mer-!
chants have been furnished with a
copy of the rules and regulations and
will undoubtedly be glad to show these
to their patrons.
GINGHAMS
Apron checks are advancing
price and worth more than
our price, per yard 18c
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