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i mA $ A f/. •I Mr 1 t- i? •U t- I' ll a II & a i? -,H jv i i &?- 1 & }A W I &<*£/. *f *4. mm SSb-M It lib mmonmaaaa^xsKK WEEItLT ALEfil THE ALERT PUBLISHING OO. W. It. KULLOUb .Iddilor. io. v. tLixny. Sec. anil 'Bus. Mgrr. Entered in Jamestown Postoffice as Second-Clasy Mattel' official A'cmipapcr of StntmniiH County And' 'City of .Tn'lilir'Htovvn Telephone 7S TERMS The Daily Alert is delivered in tile city by carrier at 60 cent a a month. In advance, one year $5.00 Daily, one year $6.00 Weekly, one year $2.00 A NEW ADMINISTRATION America changed presidents Fri day. Constitution t.nq custom in wisdom and prudenra provide that no one man snail or can perpetuate liimseif in suprem: political power over uiia country American liberty is thus safeguarded and preserved. Tiie cuang'e todav is momentous, its effect should be far reaching. jxitor oj iue jiioai important, inosc difficult ar 1 trying years in tuu hiBtory of the United titateu, a per iua uo ii'aayi.1. Willi troubles and dangers aiiuost as perilous as those surinounted by Wasnington and Lin coln, Woodrow Wilson releases the reins of government. The crises of tne Woriu war, and the problems of labor and capital forced decisions and demanded enforcement of poli cies by Mr. Wilson that he could not avoiu had he desired. How well he solved uiesii problems, his eftoct up on the progress of civilization, his tory alone will tell. Today's Inti iuuiu, personal, popular and hasty judgment has been in a measure Co repudiate, unfavorably criticise, pos sluly condemn. Sick for a year, at swords points with congress, his sit uation was doubly unfortunate. How ever, as time goes on, it is positive that the great effort for universal peace, the supreme impulse towards a .League of .Nations to bring world peace, made by Mr. Wilson will be recognized and its beneficent effects felt, no matter how utterly failed his immediate method and act. World peace was his passion it was the noblest of aims, for brotherhood of man and the Golden Rule. President Harding begins a new administration. Me finds at home a people eager to make his adminis tration successful, to restore pros perity and end the turmoil of recent years. He has behind him a vast majority of the people, of the sen ate and of the house of representa tives. Reconstruction is underway. Business, just as abnormal under the ptriod of inflation, war prices, pro fiteering, exorbitant production costs, and promiscuous squandering of wealth, as it was later in tho per iod of profound depression, defla tion and of tho "buyers' strike", is now moving toward that sane, nor mal condition which spells real aud permanent prosperity for all. The larger phases, the underlying problems, and the course ho intends to pursue, are stated simply and clearly in President "Harding's inau gural address. Compared with the exalted, literary masterpieces of President Wilson, the address of President Harding may to some seem possibly a little cold, analytical. But careful perusal—and every man and woman should read President Harding's declaration of principles —will show the sincerity, clear grasp and simple honesty of the new president. On the League of Nations, Presi dent Harding accepts as final, the popular will of the people, positive ly stated at the polls, that America will gladly join in plans for media tion. conciliation and arbitration, for world peace, but that every commit ment must be made in the exercise of our national sovereignty. A world supergovernment will have no sanc tion hero. President Harding states, in ref erence to industry, that "no altered system will work a miracle. Any wild experiment will only add to the confusion. Our best assurance lies in efficient administration of our proven system". The farmer, the laborer, the busi nessman and tho capitalist are given square assurance that the American standards of living and opportunity must be upheld and protected again st unequal competition, by a tariff r.o adjusted to effect both that Amer ican ideal and still permit participa tion in the world's exchanges. The inaugural address is really NOT IMPOSSIBLE a wonderfully fine, simple statement to the Americans. That no one man can alone accomplish the purposes and aspirations of the American peo ple, the president warns. Our most dangerous tendency is to cxpect too naich of our government and at the same time do for it too little, but, he concludes: "there are a hundred millions of Americans with common concern and shared responsibility, answerable to God and country. The republic summons them to theit duty". Today's state political dispatches contain two rather interesting state ments, one relative to the recall and tho circulation of petitions initiating the independent program laws, troduced by in in independent members the late lamented legislative ses sion, but. killed by the Nonpartisan League. These laws would cha'itge and amend present statutes with in tent to effect results in. accord "with the lessons learned and experience gained in the past four years, and enact the reforms believed necesBary by many. These petitions include a law providing for nomination and election of state officers Without party designation providing for se parate party ballots for primary electionspublic depository ittw change Mof personnel of fndufcftial Commission, rural 'c?r#dits la#y tend dissolution of the dank 'Dakota. ... 7 11 s r- &PLSSI tiff North Mv •. The other dispatch sttetes that an flTort will :!e n$de if -2U id tewgfcoie 'the'! differences that have sfrllt Ndrth D#|tot» intp two weniy camps of Kftter political ant&ittttsts. W W gurating a third p&fty. to toe datted ^f^tlie "Construction Party"'and to iu- i*. k *, t* ijfc/ Si duds cooBenrfUlre* or both tht Ntfi pfari-tsan tie&gue ind the Indepen dent Voters Association, "a patty to which all persons who have 'the future welfare of the state at heart, cap give their whole support", the announcefti6nt states. For the past two yeare and more many North Dakotans unselfishly and sincerely interested in the fu ture weltare of North Dakota, tod realizing that all are harmed by the present bitter striife, have endeavor ed to solve this problem, but have found as yet two at least, untrar mountable obstacles, the antipodal positions of the two great factions, those believing in state ownership *s the panacea for our present, social and financial troubles, and those just as honestly believing socialism tsure to be a failure, until human nature is changed. The other ob stacle has been the bitter, personal and class hatred that unfortunately and unnecessarily has been injected into the situation, and the unbend ing stiffnecked attitude of "the "boss es" and leaders. If a ndw party can bring together the people of North. Dakota on a common ground, once more, it will be an unexpected piece of good for tune. LET IT STEW League coBt Of the in vestigation and of the entire as sembly, is but a fraction of the tri bute Townley and his socialists, have forced from North Dakota in the past four years. The truth as it finally reaches the people of North Dakota, will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, that a complete change is needed in our state government. GERMANY AND TJIE REPARATIONS DEMAND Tue ultimatum of the allies to Germany should disillusion those very obtuse people. German res ponsibility for the war in founda mental, but the Germans are mis taken when they assert the allies, by oppressive reparation demands would destroy Germany. The allies regard a free, properous and con teuted Germany as essential to civ ilization. The allies simply ask Germany to discaarge the obligations she enter ed into to repair the injuries inflict ed by the war which her government was responsible for provoking. The allies are not asking for the cost of the war. The charges on the allies were so enormous it would be im possible to ask a single country to bear them. They simply have insist ed that Germany pay reparations with respect to the charges cast upon the respective countries by material damage and injuries inflicted upon the lives and limbs of their inhabi tants ... ... .. 'iiSnli&rta,.• .I'i 'tllfi'MTV CIY Offft rTMT 1 WtPl I Y VIA i Ei* vHn The legislature has adjourned. Little constructive legislation re sulted the League senate saw to that. Nor were any more socialistic laws passed by the League, checked by independent control in the house. The feature of the session has been iue investigation by the house of representatives into the conduct of state affairs by the Industrial Com mission, and especially, the opening high class talent, all they require is up to public view at last of that big an opportunity to show their skill. mystery, the inside workings of the Bank of North Dakota. The revelations have been sufficiently startling. We don't blame Townley, Lemke and Frazier for trying to keep it dark. With the findings of the investi gation on file, and a complete re port of the testimony to be publish ed, the people can know the truth not half of the damaging disclosures have been in public print as yet. It has cost the people something, but to/ show up the systematic loot ing of the public treasury by Towii ley and his obedient League leaders, the use of the peoples'- tax money to promote strictly League enter prises, will well repay the expenses of the investigation, and even of the entire session, were nothing else accomplished. The 1 The moral obligation of Germany to pay reparations to the utmoiBt limit of capacity is not questioned, al tho the German government is block ing every effort to collect, with the usual Teuton tactics. There is more over little doubt of Germany's ability Melba forgot their to pay, in the minds of competent men who have been studying the in dustrial and commercial conditions of that country. They find that Ger many is still a perfect industrial ma chine, running at low speed, it is true, but undamaged as yet in its vit al parts, and would respond readily to any stimulus. Proof of greatly increased commercial activity iu Ger many is found in our own commerce with that country, which showed a healthy increase in 1920 over 1919. 0 An incredible amount of damage tb^,V ^ei^« iSo 1Svw«r« vanquished reap the fruits of victory. Furthermore the Germans are not taxing themselves today as are Eng land and France. The continuation of German pro paganda into the United States, her efforts to interfere in our naval pol icy, to brfeed trouble l&tween Uni ted States and the allies, even pene trating "to North Dakota, are unfor tunate, to say thfe least. In the last hours of our own state legislative assembly', only after' the Afnerican Legion forced the issue, OF 11920 mux CROP BEING HELD ON FARMS L-— Washington, March 8.—Wheat held on farms March 1 Was about •207,-61)1,000 Vutohels or pet- dent 6f tlife 1920 crtiv, ^Oinjarea v^th i'6i,&'24-,'00i0 or 17.6 pet- «rent the 191*9 crop held a Vcar fcgo, the tie partment of agriculture announced tdday. WIFt OP FORMER N. D. AlTY GENERAL DIES St. Paul, March 7.—- Mrs. Eliza beth McCue of ThoB F. McCue, forln er attorney general of North Dakota died yesterday afternoon in the Mill er hospital. She had been ill about a month. Funeral services will be held at Great Falls, Mont., where Mr. McCue has been practicing law since his retirement from iNorth JJa ota politics. STUTSMAN COUNTY PAIR NOTES The local talent that Miss Zena Irma Trinka, Manager, Amusement Attraction Dep't. will acquire and present to the Stutsman Co. Fair Visitors on June 29, 30 and July 1 Will be recognized in theMilliou Do tal'. Class. Miss Trinka is making wonderful progress and iB receiving unlimited co-operation everywhere. Jamestown, Stutsman Co and the state of North Dakota has unlimited Here is just a fair sample an nouncement, as a starter. Sur prises will spring up from time to time. Miss Myrnn Shallow American Prima Donna Soprano Of Chicago Opera Association Ti Sing at Stutsman County Fail' At Jamestown, on Evening of June 3'Of 1921. The Stutsman County Fair Asso ciation has just closed a contract' with Harry Culbertson of the Chi cagb Opera Association, fro the ap pearance of Miss Myrna Sharlow, the American Prima Donna, as a Star attraction for the second evening of the Stutsman County Fair. The American press has been very responsive to praise of Miss Shar low's equisite voice, and her sym pathetic interpretation of the parts of "Juliet" in Romeo aid Juliet "Mimi" in La Boheme "Michaelo" in Carmen "Marquerite" in Faust Carpentier's Louise a nd other like roles, following her spectaculor suc cess in Boston at close of the Opera Season in 1914, when virtually at the twelfth tfbur she was called up on to fill the place vacant by Mme. Melba's sudden withdrawal from the cast of La Boheme. The fashionable audience ^gathered to hear the great diSBappointment in missing their beloved Melba when the sweet, bird-like notes of Miss Sharlow filled the large auditorium. The enthusiastic audience called her nine times before the curtain in ap preciation of her Bplendid interpre tion of the part of "Mimi". 'Besides having a voice of uncom- de of a charming personality, and lier subtle art and eye as to costume for the various arias she sings, makes her appearance on the stage an unusual treat. It is cxpected that people from all over the state will come to see this great Prima Donna, who give the people of Dakota a splendid program in her appearance at Jamestown. MUST HAVE NEW LICENSES Valley City, Mar. 4.—Valley City car owners who are driving their I cars With the old 1920 license, arc subject to arrest, unless they have made their application for new 1921 licenses, according to Chief of Police E. H. Swanson, who issued warning today that all cars must appear with 1921 licenses or have proof tliat,ap plication has been made for a new license. This is in compliance with orders from the state licensing de partment, and failure to comply with these orders will result in ar i rests in a short time. A few days grace will be allowed however, to did the Senate clear itBelf of certain tiftned county. The salsify of a charges of yielding to proven Geir- rui^^'aretei''on a standiaird daily man propaganda when the league rbute «'f -24 in'ileB is |1,800 per an memhers.'Who previously had adopt- ftu'm, wtth Ati additional ?30 per ed a resolution-proteBtinv against the «Stl'e per ianttutii fot tsatii mile or ma presence of Moroccan, French troops lor fr&ctfdn thereof in Crdrman occutti^d teirltory, final- Rtttes. ly voted to expimire th« 'record, a'iffl sicyuNto AMPrt thus avoided cdaer^l criticism -by the Ainerican l«i ic'n. 1 SWwofld peicel «sfli mmtm.mmm. tely is Hi& ceases liefr futtle i)ropaiNSi«a, ,• 8.—-Tire W Stewii Vki voluntarily tit enable those who a,re tardy to get of in their applications before enforce- 5- ®SBential means of rule will be started. Ap production of France and Belgius, pijcat|on blanks may, be secured at h«eni™«nvn «Bmeansra the baaks, by Germany, it the victors will pay the price of defeat and the ...... ...... sheriff's office or police KURAL-CAUKIEK EXASllN ATION The tJnited States Civil Service Commission has announced an ex amination for the County of Stuts man, N. Dak. to b& held at James, town, Wimbledon and Pingree on April 9, 19-21 to Blithe position of rural carrier at Courtenay, .Ed munds, Jamestown, Medina 'and Spiritwdod a"nd Vatoncies that may later occur on xliral routes from btttefr ^post 'bfRces Tn the •ahpve^men- :in rthe closed reserve, ^fie ^(^erty of F. ft. J«lmrin«8 of Wg to mtfJie rn Wtt'fftfO ffind hope to reopen'soon. Mr/Wv i Jt ti •i-1 excess of 24 ATi-ISlN'lSON .' A Slft&ntiVGx" a'dund Uinjtlifler at tached to a phdno^raph 'fn dtie of the 'third 'tftofiy window's of Hlhe Glad stofn^ .liotei li&s attracted coiiBider attetftio'n in' the 'busiheBs Ipart .tdiay. "Tftfe Magjnavox 'is CleyeWtifl. N^ Wtio is a distrtbutoY of the rftatfd a'thpmtet and' -Sobora phonographs The-music from the o. 3 A ME W.N WEE Jt&.Y .AJb It ft mon beauty, Miss Sharlow is possess- to large audiences, the horns being SPECIALS 100 pri Ladies' Sh&ts $1.95 •. •*'••V i i A- WE ARE STILL SELLING Shoes and Oxford* 25% oft phonograph could be heard at the postOfiice. Mr. Jennings says that the Mag riiVox is used lit making speeches fi W BEN G1LBERTSON, Auctioneer JametteWB, N. D. .'i: "You may tap* the tlo63 Judge i vy .A '. I are also used in dancing, announcing at fairs and carnivals, outdoor ad vertising, for -stump speeches and for any thing where it is desired to Now is the ttifte for you get your sale date for your spring sale. Thursday* March lL0 iarm sale, L. Christensen, MOntpelier. Monday, March 44, :fatra sale, N. 'Anderberg, Jamestown. Tuesday, March 15, farm sale/Clevelan'd. Wednesday, March 16, farm sale, j. L. Laird, Eldridge. Thursday, March 17, pure bred Hampshire hog sale and real estate, C. Jettsvdld, jamestovm. Saturday, March 19, ifarm sale, George Lippiert, Jamestown, Wednesday, March 23, farm sale, L. E. Mariner, Woodworth. Tuesday, March 29, farm sale, C. Jensvold, Jamestown. That yoa afe full vakle lor your money when yoti tise =6ias8 of The godd, rich, real to bac&O taste lastd so V chew pearly as %Ma~Hi'or i otfvsiscL JIM-, •J v -n t* ,TT ,wm 7*he Sto'fe iof Quality JAMESTOWN, NO. DAK. Including Exquisite Dresses, Beautiful Suits, Handsome Wraps, Snappy Coats, Smart Wool and Silk Sweaters. Vert Moderate, •Workmanship is the Dominant Feature •Price is the Second Important Feature Admirable New Street and Afternoon Frocks, Presenting the Season's Loveliest Fashions VERY SPECIAL distinctly placed about half a mile apart. They carry, the sound of the human voice piece playecl on a phonograph can il 1 i/t n 1 n mita or a musical instrument to a large audience. It is said that a. baud obo. LirrfeUT, »»residerit. A In a certain home there was a ^the Savings dre Sure., *1^"$ ,S«5 specials New baum mm I VkA nflorfl Tf\Y* iaMes River Vaiiey Mutual Fire & ,• CoaipiBny v jAwe»i Hates on Farm Prbpeity »nd Gf»n" /Tornado Insurance O OFFICES: ORLADY BLOCK niUTfln/^O AT Sec^Tmi. JAMESTOWN ~k We don't claim you can make your money go twiefe a!B far, by cash dealing, but many easily make it go a third to a half farther. In any event those who pay cash, whether tfrey put the savings back into more good things, to eat ot put i the Savings »i the bank, it's so much gained. Possible oftly on cash impossible on high credit. Yoti can't ^elp but !. benefit hy p&ying*cash and trading at this store. Because Special Next We*k Ten bars Lenox Soal .=376 I SUllpa«id ffiNBS0lt NOItlH f •Vi flAVAVA JACOB VABOBR. VictMiWil 1 be heard for a distance of sevfer&l miles on a clear night. :v 10-ceht made on tfie tahte linen. Around Chlfistnffas Johnnie was tnysteriot»Iy rubbinfi: the table cloth with his fingers. "What aie you doing?" his sister asked." ''I am making these two spots into one," said the financier. fine for each spOtH «4N A-S: mm i V -i VI-1-4c If