The Wahpeton times. [volume], August 08, 1918, Image 1

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SVGAS WILL BE GONE
BEFORE BHD OF TB
Steve Pappas, ot the Olympla
dy Kitchen, was a, Fargo visitor Mi
day where he conferred with B.
Ladd, state food administrator, in
card to the sugar question. Mr. Ladi
statement In regard to this Is thit
this country wlH probably ran short
baton the next crop Is put on the
market and it not. It will be a mighty
slim margin. He also instructed Mr.
Pappas to abandon the wholesaling
ot ice cream, in quantities more than
a quart Mr. Pappas stated that many
people had complained to him on his
fulfilling the government's orders,
but that he was going to continue to
do, irrespective of anything else.
That the United States may be en
tirely out ot sugar before the end of
1918 was predicted by Henry K. Mfr
ers, investigator at large in the en
forcement division of the United
States food administration.
"The sugar situation in this coun
try is much more serious than most
persons realise," he said. "Indeed it
is possible that, before the end of
the year, we shall be unable to set
any. sugar at all."
The present shortage, he attributed
to loss by submarine Taids and In the
German offensive in France of more
than 25,000 tons of sugar during July
and June. The befit est the beet sugar
crop in France was destroyed,he said.
"The first relief will come froi*
the Louisiana crop,*' he added. "This
crop ripens earlier than the Colorado
crop. The Louisiana crop, however,
cannot be manufactured Into sugar
and placed on the'market before ^(he
first of the year."
lAUDKB-AIBLElt
Miss Frances McKean Lauder -And
Captain Harold H. Ambler weremar
riedat.Karis, Fxance, July 1st, 4918
They were school mates at the uni
versity of Wisconsin and scaiteated
the same year.
The groom is & captain and is in
•coaunaafi of an Aviation Corps near
Paris. The bride is a Red Cross surse
•and Is employed in a baepltdl near
the battle line, directly north from
Ttrli flbe Is the daughter iff kludge
and Mrs. Lauder'and had always llv
*ed in Wrfbpeton, nntil leaving (te com
plete her education and training at
inatltutlons'of higher learning.
Before entering the war the groom
lived in Wisconsin and was an audi
1«r for "the Northwestern Telephone
company, a company In which his
relatives are largely interested. May
their journey through the pathway ot
"life be all that their dreams aspire' to.
HELD DISTRICT MEET
The woman's Committee of North
Dakota Council of National Defense
held a district meeting Friday, in
Wahpeton.
The counties represei$ed were
Dickey, Sargent, Ransom and Rich
The meeting was presided over by
State Chaiman, Mn.Conklln, of "Bis
marck. assited by Miss Minnie Nell
son, of Valley City, Chairman of the
Liberty Loan, and Mrs. R. H. Define
of Wahpeton, Chairman ot the CMids
Welfare Committee.
The object of the meeting was to
acquaint the county and local chair
men, -with the origin of the organisa
tion, and Its work and also to Instruct
the Red Cross Nursery Recruit cam
paign.
Mr^psrcell gaye avery Interesting
talkahout the necessity for girls to
he .j|aw||»,.% .....
present gay^j&ports
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in ntmery *riifk-#|id
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raft of eight men to leave to
lursday) August 8 for Jeffer
near St Louis, Mo.
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Odegard, Kindred.
!r G. Ebel, Lidgerwood.
jh Zentgraf, Tyler.
Selmer Anderson, Colfax.
Bmtl Wolfe, Lidgerwood.
Clyde V. Emmerson, Hanklason.
Mike FXurster, Lidgerwood.
John R. Mikesh, Lidgerwood.
There' is a darft of ten men to leave
Wahpeton, August 15th for the Agri
cultural College at Fargo, to receive
military mechanical instruction. This
Instruction teaches civil, steam and
electrical engineering, cement work,
gas engine work, etc.
The ten men In this draft are:
Rudolph Peter Schiller, Hankinson.
John Albert Johnson, Christine.
August Carl Fred Linde, Wahpeton
Sivert William Winje, Wyndmere.
Michael W. Htnu, Lidgerwood.
Bennie Sylver Bakken, Abercrom
bie.
William Alfred Voss, White Rock,
S. D.
Nick J. Gully, Hankinson.
"Peter John Haas, Lidgerwood.
Genhard Olson, Fairmount
TBI HI) AUGUST CALL
The State of North Dakota has
been called upon to furnish 3j900
men for the August draft and Rich
land county's quota is 29 men. The
local board will accept volunteers for
this qurtta up to August Hath, and the
rest ©J the 29 will be drawn by the
board. This contingent leaves with
in the "5 day period beginning Aug.
26th. They will be sent to Camp Lew
is. near Seattle, Wasfh. ThiB "is the
2nd 'l&rgest camp In the country, and
those who enter It -Will see a great
deal While it Is not in "the direct line
for oyer seas sendee, yet all Toads
eventually lead in that direction.
EAT WHEAT All TIME NO.IS,
SAYS FOOD DIRECTOR
Another step toward.partlal.resump
tion by the nation of its old .habit ot
eating was taken by -the food .admin
istration in mlaaaing housewives
from voluntary .pledges *o curtail the
consumption of wheat. This follows
closely the release .of hotels, restaur
ants, clubs and .dining .car service
from their pledge, effective August
Ho change has been made, the .food
administration announced, in the
hall and half rule, and purchasers of
wheat flour win be required to con
tinue the purchase of an'equal weight
of wheat substitutes.
Bakers still are required to make
"Victory" bread, containing at least
25 per cent wheat -substitutes. Arriv
al of the new wheat crop has made
it possible for the release «of volun
tary. wheat saving pledges, the ad
ministration said.
MED FROM BL*M»D POISON
Louis Bernard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Bernard .of .Great Bend,
was buried Saturday in St Joe ceme
tery following his death due to blood
poison. Joe had hurt his knee about
two weeks ago and compllcatioas set
in causing this dread disease. The
family and relatives have the sym
pathy of Ihe whole community and
they have many friends in Wahpeton
where the Xamily and the deceased
Are well known. Those from Wabpe
ion attending the funeral were Mr
Peter Gilles and Mrs. Mary Benuuad
aad family.
t'BOSS NURSE ENLISTMENT*
Tbere
faas
by $*. l«!te« interests otherjin Wahpeton, as Red Ctoes nurses,
acttfttfes isf the organisation. I
UBder 0811
Bismarck—When Burleigh county's I the preferred class are:
draft men reported to entrain for Laura Nickel, Wahpeton.
Camp Custer, It was found that the
board had too many- men on its
The official called for Ave volunteers
who would be willing to stay at
home. Not a single man stepped for
ward. The board then found it neces
sary -to personally sele&t five farmer
boys whose services at home during
the harvest are fully as Important air
they could he In any other field, and
to Insist that they remain at lome.
The boys proved themselves good
•Oldie^s by obeying orders, even
though it was very evident that they
were bitterly disappointed. This Is
the spi rlt which has been shown by
all Satlelgh iraftees to date.
been eight enlistments,
late^
Issued asking for
a' volunteer enlistment of 'twenty-five
thousand student nurses.
I Those that have enlisted here
in
Esther Carroll, Rothaay, Minn.
Maude Sylvester, Breckenridge.
Crescentia Bader, Wahpeton.
Grace Van Arnam, Wahpeton.
The following enrolled in the de
ferred class:
Anna Petersen, Doran, Minn.
Nora Medved, Wahpeton.
As we understand It the quota from
this county will be twelve nurses and
from the total number of enlistments,
the local hoard will select that num
her for recommendation.
Mr. and Mrs. CHptsll of Wyndmere
were vlsltlng- la Wahpeton last Fri
day.
The Woman's building has always
been a drawing card at our Fair. This
year they are working harder than
ever to make It come up to Its usual
standard and fit possible surpass that
standard. So that we may have some
thing towards which we can bend
our efforts, we have adopted the fol
lowing motto:
"Better Homes for Richland
County"
Now the question Is this: "What
can we do at our Fair that will help
to improve our homes?
Our homes can be made more beau
tiful. In order that something be ac
complished along this line we have
established a village home and a farm
home exhibit Fix up your home. Get
a 7x11 picture taken and exhibit it
at the Fair. We are offering good
prizes and many ot them.
Our food can no doubt be improv
ed. For that reason we will have an
expert show us some new things in
war dishes, etc. Along this same line
the canning and drying work will
prove beneficial.
The food many young children re
ceive can surely be improved. For
that reason the baby food exhibit
will be interesting as well as instruc
tive. It will show what and how
much children can have at various
ages. Besides these things the Red
Cross will have a competitive exhibit
of -articles being .made by the various
branches at this time. This will give
the various chapters a chance to ex
hibit their skill, and at the same time
win prize for their own chapter.
There are a good many other exhib
its that will be found in/ the woman's
building. The big thing for us all
to accomplish «emething. We can do
wonders when we are united. If ev
ery woman does her part whata a
splendid Woman's Building we will
have. Come to the Woman's Build
ing with two things In mind.
1. What can I see that Is worth*
while?
'2. What can I learn that will make
my liome better?
.RECREATION HUT AT AGRI
CULTURAL COLLEGE OPENED
The recreation building at the ag
ricultural college military training
camp which waa built thru the efforts
of the Fargo Council Knights of Co
lumbus, was officially opened last
week. Captain Mewmann announcing
at mess that while all of the -furnish
ings were not installed the commit
tee from the lodge had askefi him to
tell the boys to occupy the
WAHPETON, RICHLAND COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8.1918
THE WOMAN'S BUILDING AT
THE RICHLAND COUNTY FAIJt fEBBlFIC BATTLE
ntmr
quar­
ters and make themselves at bome.
A secretary from Des Moines, ex
perienced in camp work, has "been as
signed :to the wofk at the a. e. He re
ported the first of tfhis week When the
recreation headqsarters were -official
ly established. It will be maintained
under the direction of
:the
national
and local councils.
The building material fro which
was furnished by W Fargo lodge,
and the work of:actual building done
by men of the carpenter's division of
the camp, :is a structure 30x40 feet in
*aize and Is located handy to the head
quarters building at -Che camp.
The lodge has fitted it up for the
«0ldlers bom, placing«, piano, phono
graph and records, -writing tables,
stationery, magazines and other read
ing mtater, boxing gloves, tobacco
and pipes, etc. The room is decorat
ed with pennants, and the new
Knights of Columbus service flag,
wbk* -now shews -an even hundred
stars representing enlistments from
the Fargo council was placed in th
bullding. Several foxes -of cigars were
also sent by the Hodge to make the
opening evening more -enjoyable to
the soldiers.
The men of the training camp sure
ly appreciate the "kindness and
theughtfulness of the'1 Fargo Council
Knights of Columbus In building and
equipping this splendid recreation
room," said First Lieutenant Allen.
We have been quite badly cramp
ed for quarters Mere, as the buildhu
available has been taken up almost
entirely for sleeping purposes and
the boys have needed just such a
place as the new recreation room of
fers."
At the present time there are 22
men at the camp and they will re
main until Aug. 15 when anew quota
comes here and the present quota
will be transferred to other parts of
the country.
Mr. and Mrs. A, R. Fairbanks and
daughter autoed to Crookston Satur
day afternoon visiting with relatives
over fleaday and Monday.
Wahpeton ehock troops engaged the
enemy between six thirty and nine
o'clock Tuesui) evening In the ..first
major oftensive of the year. Afiev a
heavy stalling by runs of all caltl.re
a ninwui'ccnt i.arrstgo was 'aid .Inwn
in front of the advancing troops, and
the first line 'of shock troops advanc
ed in some place* nearly a mile.
General Foch (Capt. Aspinwall)
and General *iack Jack Pershing
(Capt Lounsbury) are flanking the
enemy from the John Miller farm
south of Tyler to the Wild Ric* river
north of Wahpeton.
The shock troops had been con
centrated at ti.e armory and from
here they were sent In armored cars
to the points of vantage whe're they
soon quickly put the machine guns
in the clear.
About 30 divisions were out Tues
day night and again Wednesday night
similar advances were made in other
parts of the line. The hesistance has
been pretty strong in spots while in
others the advance lines were token
without many casualties.
Quartermaster Sergeants Sterns
and Opiie are to be congratulated on
the way the shock troops were equip
ped. The latest styles of weapons
shone brilliantly in the falling light
and the men reported at headquart
ers that they fejt fine.
This offensive is to continue until
the enemy is so soundly threshed and
cleared from Richland county that he
will 1)0 contented to rest for another
year.
The ammunition depots In Wahpe
ton close every evening except Sat
urday at 5 p. m. while the offensive
16 continued.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
One of the most delightful juvenile
parties of the season took place at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Irving J.
Cross last Thursday evening, the
occasion being the tenth birthday of
their son, Theodor. Eighteen small
guests arrived at an early hour and
were engaged in a number of novel
games planned for them. Refresh
ments were served in the dining
room, the decorations being in white
with the center piece ornamented by
the birthday cake with candles. Tl^
young peoplel eft at a late hour with
many good wishes for their host
RED CROSS NOTES
Finished articles for the week:
Christine Branch 146
Uwigbt Branch
Abercrombie Branch 94
Wahpeton Branch 106
Walcott Branch 100
Lidgerwood Branch 95
Barney Branch 34
Sheyenne Branch 66
Hankinson Branch
Antelope Branch
Richland Branch
55
37
59
Fairmount Branch 10»
Gaichutt Branch 135
iMooreton Branch 25
Homestead
9
Hoinstead Branch ttrst shipment of
it pairs ot socks.
Visitors for the week Antelope
Stella Stone. Fairmount—Mrs. Schou
veilar, Mrs. Hurley, Mrs. Clark, Mrs.
Thompson, Mrs. Abbott Colfax—Mrs.
Quililz and daughter. Wyndmere
IMlss WesseL Barney—Mrs. Berg. Mrs
Geo. Buchan, Milwaukee, Wis.
Mrs. Quinn, Mrs. Mertz, Mrs. Mur
ray and Mr. Purcell autoed to Green
dale township and held a meeting at
the home of Mrs. Olson. A Red Cross
branch was organized and will be
known as the Greendale branch. This
is the 22nd branch in the county. The
following officers were elected:
Chairman—Peter W. Mouers.
Sec'y.—Oscar A. Olson.
Treas.—John Wichman.
Ex.. Com.—Andrew Ecklund, Mrs.
Jc»hn Wickman.
Mrs. Mertz has been chairman of
the Junior Red Cross. Her resigna
tion came in some time .ago, but her
successor has not been elected as
yet.
We will be able to make a large
shipment of socks this month, but
are stiU short about 100 pair for June
and July.»8o urge the women-to: make
up our quota during August.
Mrs. Rice is In charge at the Red
Cross chapter room, from 3 to 6 o'
clock each afternoon, for recruiting
nnrses.
Miss Mildred Warren left Saturday
morning for Spring Valley, Minn.,
uT* ^OTl?~--or
SUPERVISED PLAYGROUNDS
For the boys and girls of this city
we appeal to our patriotic citizens
to save the children from the war
time l^asards, overtaxed nerves and
weakened bodies, by giving them a
fair chance in the summer vacations
to grow well and strong through play
and recreation. Uncle Sam expects
every boy and girl In this country,
to do his bit by becoming physically
fit, this summer.
The government is behind the drive
now being carried on all over this
country, by the child welfare depart
ment. The woman's committee of the
national defense, of the local branch
of the child welfare department,
have been fortunate in securing the
services of the Misses Margaret and
Grace Patterson as play ground sup
ervisors for the rest of the summer.
They have made a study of playing
and recreation, and in the canvass
of the university this spring for the
purpose of enrolling students, for
government work during the summer
months, they volunteered to do this
recreative work in this city. The
child welfare committee has appoint
ed Margaret Patterson as chairman of
recreation. She will assist Mrs. Phis
ter, local chairman to carry on the
recreative drive urged by the govern
ment.
The playgrounds will be on the
school grounds and all bays an.t
girls interested are requested to meet
there with her at 3 o'clock Friday
afternoon.
75 NORTH DAKOTA MEN
APPLY FOR Y.M.C.A. SERVICE
Seventy-five North Dakota men
have applied for places in War Y. M.
C. A. work, according to the report
made by the executive state personal
committee of the Y. M. C. A.
To date 50 applications have been
cleared through the committee, most
of them having been sent to service
overseas, and at the Friday session
25 more applications were up for con
sideration.
"There is a great demand for high
class business men, musicians, ath
letes, canteen men and others with
like experience In this work now
said Mr. Stpckwell, president, "for the
National Y. M. C. A. wants,3,000 men
for service before September 1. Gen
eral Pershing has turned over to the
Y. M. C. A. all canteen work at the
front In France, while the Red Cross
has charge of the canteen work at
the railroad stations and hospitals
back of the scene of action, which
makes a heavy demand for both men sions, but from the very
and women in this work have not yet
been worked out, but are expected
within a few days."
Mr. Stockwell corrected that im
pression gone out in some parts that
men in this work are experiencing
difficulty in getting passports, stat
ing that when the papero of the men
asking for passports are properly
prepared and comply with the govern
ment regulations, no trouble is ex
perienced.
COMMUNITY CANNING
WAHPETON BOY IS DEAD
Harry Lewis Valker, 31, of Mlnot.
formerly of this city, is dead as the
result of injuries received in an auto
mobile wreck when a crowd of drunk
en rowdies out joy riding forced him
to drive his car over the grade where
it turned over, injuring him in a man
ner which finally lead to his death
Harry was the oldest son of Mr
and Mrs. H. H. Valker. old time resi
dents of Wahpeton. and Harry grew
to manhood here. He was married last
fall. D. p. swank of this city, attend
ed the funeral.
•SKETCHING THE'RAINFALL
A given amount of soil moisture
will produce more crop when the soil
718 "lenty
of
*st
manure.
Official Oily Paper
rov
available plant food.
pl*
'"I srow fasteV on
thick than on thin slop. The way to
have^ available plant food is to keep
the land free from weeds, to culti
•at? It well, to grow grasses and al
NUMBER 15
WAHPETON BOYS ARE
GASSED IN FRANCE
In a letter received by William
Robblns from his nephew, Horace,
the statement was made that Com
pany I was about to be moved, and
again would be split up. Where they
were to be moved and 'how badly
scattered they did not know. He *"M'l
that Ray Visger and Nlberg were In
a hospital and nicely recovering
from a dose of the Gefrman gas. Po
lusky and McLaughlin had received
slight wounds. He said that Harry
Worner and the Hankinson bunch
that belonged to the second N 1).
reg'ment are now in a hospital corps.
ONE STATION TO A TOWN
County Food Administrator Aspin
wall in a statement to a Times repre
sentative stated that a committee of
three, County Auditor Burton, chair
man of the County Council of De
fense and himself and Mr. Ernest
Cox, appointed by the first two gen
tlemen, would inspect the cream sta
tions of the county and would rec
ommend to the state food administra
tor which one they desired to leave
open. The idea Mr. Aspinwall con
tinued, that I want you to convey to
the public, is the fact that the gov
ernment wants the cream shipped to
the nearest point and handled by one
man in each town, eliminating the
several dealers, as it may happen to
be.
10UNU WOMEN OF AMERICA
Across he sea, from France, with
every closing day ot tne Heroic strug
gle ot our bgiiting men, there comes
a more imperative call to the women
of America to assume their full share
of responsibility in winning this
world war for the right ot men, wo
men, and nations to live their own
lives and determine their own for
tunes.
There exists now an extreme need
for at least 25,000 women ot charac
ter, intelligence, and education to fill
the gaps in our hospital staffs caused
by the calling of many thousands of
skilled nurses to the lighting front.
There is only one way to fill these
gaps: By keeping our hospital train
ing schools supplied with students,
who are not only preparing for serv
ice abroad and at home at the end ot
their course and at the same time a
equipping themselves to earn t' *9.
living in one of the noblest of ,neii
jrofes
jtset of
.neir coun-
their course are serving
try as well as learning.
The surgeon genera'
States army, the sr of the United
the United State ^rgeon general of
ice, the Americr Public Health Serv
eral Medical •,a Red Ccoss, the Gen
committee ooard and the Woman's
Defense Council tf National
appeal -*8refore unite ln* an earnest
tweer *9P 25,000 young women be-
Ifoe
I
Any of the lilies ot the city or
vicinity thai wish to do their canning
at the Community Canning Kitch§ft bt,f readiness^ntn
high school can da so oy hotifsfhg
one of the following committee.
Mesdames H. F. Lieber, C. E. Louns
bury, Karst, F. Snyder, Dickinson, J.
W. Worner, Joe Simmer. Joe Voves,
Theo. Jurgens, W. J. Fricke, Lena
Persons, and M. J, Brown.
Miss Inga Simonsen has charge of
the finances. For further Information
inquire of Mrs. D. D. Swank, Pres.:
or Mrs. Arbuckle, secretary.
*ses aof
19
what
U,,en8age
A*'\
and 35 to en-
shall be called he Unit-
5niv. "tes Student Nurse ReservTe
iment began July 29, 1918
"Ulster in this volunteer
.',
to hold themselves
April
1,
wig,
to
assigned to training schools in covil
lan hospitals or to the Army Nursing
school and begin their course of study
and active student nutslng
The service which we are asking
7a
hiS
b68t that the
man­
hood at America can offer in courage,
devotion, apd resourcefulness. We
can not go forward to victory oversea
it the wives and families of our fight
ers are not sustained in health and
strength, if we can not protect our
workers against the hazards of war
industries, if we can not defeat ac
cident and disease, our enemies at
home. Upon the health ot the AmeH
people will depend the spirit of their
forces in the field.
Acting on the urgency ot the ned.
the undersigned have asked the State
divisions ot the woman's committee
of the Council of National Defense,
h:°SJbelr
10041
oires
UB,t8'
enroll
the 26,000 women needed. We ask the
women of America to support us In
our further effort not to lower Am
erican hospital standards, and to give
us the practical assurance of their
suport by going to the nearest recruu
«ng station established by the Wom
an's Committee of the Council of Na
tional Defense and enroll In the Unit
ed States Student Nurse Reserve.
Bros, have installed one of
the latest models of cash registers
in their grocery store. It registers
and adds" every sale and gives each
customer a receipt
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