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PLANS MADE
FOR NEW ROAD
Red River Valley Railway
Company Soon Ready
to Start Work.
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I. Announcement was made today
that plans for a new railroad passing
through 3rand iForks are just about
to materialize, and that the pro
moters of the enterprise are ready tq
put grade stakes in the ground so
that the actual construction work can
he begun early in the spring.
The plan for a new road is several
years old and will be carried out by
the Red River Valley Railway Co.,
an incorporated organization capital
ised at $5,000,000. Orders have now
been placed for rails and ties, and as
aoon as the material arrives and
weather conditions make it possible
or the actual work to be started, the
building of the railroad will be
hastened as much as possible.
Right-of-Way Discusses.
A committee of five men who have
taken the preliminary steps, has had
some diffluclty in acquiring the neces
sary right-of-way, but it is now ex
pected that many of those farmers
who have been hesitating about
granting any right-of-way to the pro
posed road, will withdraw their ob
jections. At several places between
this city and Fargo it may necessary
to expropriate land, but in this re
spect no definite plans have been
given out. Several farmers along the
line have donated land for the rail
road and have even invested their
money in the new business, and
others have contributed a total of
about $40,000 for the purpose of pur
chasing right-of-wav wherever such
purchase is imperative.
Thirteen stations will be built be
tween Grand Forks and Fargo, and
the plans call for a junction of the
Red Rivej* and the Milwaukee roads
at Hutchinson, Minn., while the
northern terminal will be at Winni
peg. According to the announce
ment made today, the section be
tween Grand Forks and Fargo will
be completed before any other.
(MISSED CHRISTMAS
CAROL BY PROF. KOCH
Residents of the city who have been
in the habit of spending the Sunday
afternoon prior to Christmas day in
the Metropolitan theater, listening to
Professor Frederick H. Koch, former
ly of the University of North Dakota,
were not the only ones who missed
the affair this year.
A letter was received in the city
from Mabel Fodness, formerly rural
school nurse for Grand Forks county,
now located at the Marchfield hos
pital at Riverside, Cal.
Miss Fodness was transferred to
California very recently and was a
guest at the entertainment at tho
Iceland Stanford university December
22. "The music and everything was
unusually impressive, but longed to
be back in Grand Forks listening to
Dickens' Christmas Carol as read by
Professor Koch."
Miss Fodness is a member of the
nurses' staff at the Marchfield hos
pital, located near the Riverside
school where training in air service,
signal engineering and various other
branches of flying is obtained.
Every man should master the art
of concealing his ignorance.
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LOCAL BOY I
IS WOUNDED
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Carl O.
Slightly Wounded, He
Says in Letter Home.
On the casualty list today appears
the name of Carl O. Braseth of this
city, who is reported severely
wounded.
Word was received from the young
man shortly after he was wounded,
which was about three months ago,
andhe said he was only slightly hurt
and that he expected then to be soon
fully recovered.
Carl Braseth is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. Braseth of 704 Fourth ave
nue, and was connected with the Da
kota Plumbing Co. He is a cousin of
Ed Braseth.
TELEPHONE^
HEARING SOON
Grand Forks Situation May
Come Before Commis
sioners January 7.
According to word reaching here
today there is a possibility that the
Grand Forks telephone consolidation
and rate matter will be brought up
for a hearing before the state board
of railroad commissioners on January
6, 7,
or
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at least, this appears to be
the present plan of Attorney General
William Langer as expressed in mes
sages received here.
The petition recently signed by
Mayor H. M. Wheeler, City Attorney
George A. Bangs and twenty-five oth
er citizens who asked that the present
telephone situation be adjusted, was
presented to the railroad commission
ers yesterday, and it is said that there
is a disposition to have the matter
settled as early as possible.
In regard to the gas and electricity
rate hearing before the board of rail
road commissioners, the latest seem
ingly definite information is that the
hearing will be held at the end of
January.
LIBERTY BONDS.
New Tork, Dec. 27.—3 l-2s 99.60
first convertible 4s, 92.80 second 4s,
92.98 first convertible 4 l-4s 96.30
second convertible 4 l-4s 93.90 third
4 l-4s 95.40 fourth 4 l-4s 94.45.
68,OOOTROOPS
SENT BACK TO
UN1TEDSTATES
More Than 500,000 Men
Have Been Released
From Service.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Sixty-eight
thousand American soldiers had been
returned from overseas December 21,
and slightly more than 500,000 in this
country had been mustered out of
service, members of the house mili
tary committee were told today at
their weekly conference at the war
department.
Jealousy is a tree that bears the
most bitter of all fruits.
Winter Coats
of the most desirable materials are on
our hooks for quick inspection and
speedy clearance. They are
$20.00
*1£°ATSL.. $22.50
$30.00
We assure you that these coats are
special bargains and we advise you to
see them immediately
get first choice.
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Are.
so
that you can
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TIME-TRlED INVESTMENTS
Our First Farm Mortgages and' Real
Estate Bonds are time-tried invest
ments.
Our experience extends over a period
of mo're than 35 years without the loss
off a dollar.
You play a safe game when you invest
your money in thwe time-tried securi-i
ties, furnished in amounts to suit and
''•returning 6% net
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The Town Today
(December 87, 1918.)
Information is received here to the
e®®ct
that the question of final physi-
jsraseui IS V/nxy cal connection between the Grand
Forks exchanges of the Northwestern
and Trl-State companies will come be
fore .the board of railroad commls
sioners one of1 the first days of Janu
ary.
The Red River Valley Railway Co.
is now ready to take definite steps
with regard to the construction of a
new railroad which will run through
this city with Winnipeg as its north
ern terminal, and Hutchinson, Minn.,
as its point of junction with the
Milwaukee road.
In a letter received here Corporal
C. O. Tve -berg lays stress on the folly
which some returned soldiers are
committing when they allow their
government insurance policies to
lapse.
The litigation in wfiich a former
local business corporation, the Cream
of Wheat Cereal Co., is involved, has
now reached the United States su
preme court, according to word re
ceived here today. It has been brought
before the highest tribunal of. the
country on a writ of error.
In the day's casualty' list appears
the name of Carl O. Braseth, a local
soldier, as slightly wounded. In let
ters received from the young man he
says the wound is of no serious nature.
The annual reading of Dickens'
Christmas Carol to which a local pub
lic had become accustomed to listen
when Professor Frederick H-. Koch
was here, was missed even by former
residents of the city, according to a
letter received from California.
Soldiers Urged
To Keep Their
Insurance Policy
Corporal C. O, Tverberg Writes Ijct
tcr In Which Ho Emphasizes the
Necessity and Importance of Under
standing Matter.
In a letter from C. O. Tverberg to
Chairman J. B. Wineman of the home
service section, the young man says
that he was promoted to the rank of
a corporal after two months' training,
has always been anxious that his
company enjoy all benefits due*the
men, and appeals to Mr. Wineman
to suggest some way in which ho can
emphasize the importance of regain
ing the insurance. His letter in part
follows
"It is very discouraging to hear
such a large number of the boys say
that they intend to drop their insur
ance, especially those who have the
smallest means. They do not realize
what it will mean to them in the fu
ture. Of course we expect a lot of
them to cut it down a little, but there
are so many who will drop it entirely,
and it does not seem as though they
can be made to understand the im
portance of keeping up their insur
ance. Then there are rumors around
that this insurance is a fake, and you
know it does not take very many ru
mors like that before it has its effects.
I don't know how or when they get
started, but it seems as though there
is always something around to hurt
a good cause. I know it doesn't seem
possible to you, but I know positively
that there are a lot of boys who will
drop their insurance as soon as they
get discharged, because it seems as
though they can't be brought to un
derstand how very necessary it is for
their own benefit.
"The reason I write about this to
you, is because I know you were al
ways interested in having the boys
take out their limit in insurance, and
I'm sure you would want them to con
tinue it now, after they had taken it.
So if you know of any effective way
of making them all understand how
necessary it is for their future not to
drop it, I'm sure they would appre
ciate it in years to come if not at
Dresent. I only hope I'm mistaken in
the fact .that they will drop their in
surance, but if a person is to believe
what he hears, I'm afraid it's only too
true."
Soldiers are returning to the city
daily, after receiving their discharges.
Many think they can use their money
to better advantage than to invest it
in insurance, the benefits of which
they may never reap. "They are tak
ing a long chance," says Mr. Wine
man "the battlefield is not the only
place where death occurs, and an in
surance is an excellent thing to be
able to leave the family."
The home service section urges par
ents to take more interest in the mat
ter.
Most Heartily
Recommends
To Whom It May Concern:
I attended Aaker's Business
College, Grand Forks, and took
the Combined Course. When
course was completed I
placed in a posi-..
tion with First
National Bank,
Barnesville, Min
nesota.
was
The teachers at
the A. B. C. are
the most able in
their lines. They
take a personal
interest in every
student, and not
only give them a good business
training,"but also build character
and prepare the students for ac
tive duties in life.
Td any one who desires a busi
ness training, I most heartily rec
ommend a course at the A. B. C.
Respectfully, iv
PEDER DAHL.
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Follow Mr. DahFs advice and
enroll at the A. B. C. Tuesday,
Dec. 31gt.
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CREAM OF WHEAT
CASE APPEALED
TO U. S. COURT
District Court Decision In Favor of
Cereal Company Reversed By State
Supreme Court on November SO.
North Dakota's famous Cream of
Wheatcaae. in. which the state's re
covery: of a verdict for $35,000 in
back taies reecntly was upheld by
the state supreme court, was appeal
ed on a writ of error to the United
States supreme court yesterday. H.
A. Carson of Brown and Guesner
Minneapolis, attorneys for the Crfeam
of Wheat company appeared in the
matter..
The decision of the district court
of Grand Forks county, to which the
case was at first referred, held tha
the state could not collect back taxes
to the amount of about $35,000 from
the' Cream of Wheat company was
reversed by the state supreme court
on November 30. The suit involv
taxes for the years 1908 to 1914 in
clusive, and additional penalties for
non-payment of taxes. The tax com
missioner appealed the case to the
state supreme court on January, 1918,
and the judgment of the district
court was reversed in favor of the
state. The case was appealed to th
United States supreme court yester
day.
The headquarters of the Cream of
Wheat Cereal company was in Grand
Forks for a number of years before
bein^ moved to ?ainneapolis in 1915.
The suit for the taxes on the property
during the years 1908 to 1914 con
sequently was taken first to the
Grand Forks county district court.
PROCKSlONTO
GUILD HALL TO
BE BIG AFFAIR
Three Carriages Will Carry
Wilson and Party
Through Streets.
London, Dec. 27.—Except that no
member of the royal family will be
present, the procession tomorrow to
the Guild hall where President Wil
son will receive an address of welcome
from the city corporation will be on
the same scale as that from Charing
Cross station to Buckingham palace
yesterday.
There will be three carriages, all of
them semi-state landaus, each drawn
by four bay horses. The sovereign's
escort of household cavalry will ride
in attendance on the carriage of the
president. One standard indicating
the presence of a chief of state will be
carried. The attendants on the car
riages and the outriders will be in
scarlet livery.
In the first carriage will be the
president, Mrs. Wilson and Lord
Chesterfield, grandmaster of equer
ries. Ambassador Davis, Mrs. Davis,
Major General Biddle and Lord
Herschel will be in the second car
riage, while the third will be occupied
by Rear Admiral Grayson, Brigadier
General Harts and Sir Charles Cust.
MARTHA SUTTON
THOMPSON WRITES*
ON INFLUENZA
An article on the epidemic of in
fluenza written by Martha Sutton
Thompson, appeared in the Sunday
morning edition of the Spokane
Spokesman-Review. Martha Sutton'
Thompson formerly lived in Grand
Forks, and is well known here.
The article includes views of the
Christian Scientist regarding the epi
demic which has spread throughout
the country.' It follows in part:
"The need of the hour is not met
by believing that influenza is terrible
in its nature and effects and then
trying to be afraid of it. The real
need and remedy is the understand
ing that it is not to be feared, and
why. Amid the terror and chaos
where^ shall we look for this under
standing." Research traces all phi
losophies and systems in vain until it
reaches the words and works of
Jesus and his disciples and apostles.
The substance of the Nazarene's mar
velous healing and teaching was tnat
man's real being was spiritual and
indissolubly linked with his creator,
divine Mind, 'God. He proved that a
comprehension of this fact brought
man consciously in line with the
operation of God's law of life and
health and that the action of divine
law annulled the so-called laws and
activities of sin and disease. But the
great teacher knew vastly more about
God and man, rriore about evil and
the methods of its destruction than
he taught. Before he departed he
declared, "I have many things to tell
you, but you can not hear them now,
and "When the spirit of truth comes
he will lead you into all truth."
"Christian Science is claimed by
its followers to be the spirit of truth
he referred to that it i^ destined to
lead the world 'into all truth,' and
will redeem the nations from sin and
disease. Accordingly they regard
Mary Baker Eddy, the founder and
discoverer of Christian Science, as the
most notable apostle of Jesus Christ,
and' whose message opens more clear
ly the meaning of the scriptures.
Christian Science was first to pro
claim that infinite Mind, God, and his
perfect ideas constitute the whole of
being and that, consequently, evil
and matter form no part of real be
ing—are negations, unreal as Mind,
cause, law or effect, save what hu
man. sense ascribes to them. The
world convulsed over this point,
Carnal sense, enmity toward God,
tearing viciously at its destroyer and
the honest mind opposing because 1'
does not yet discern the true import.
Bvt christian Science has no quarrel
with other systems.' The wise Chris
tian Scientist is' busy among the sick
and sinning, prayerfully drawing the
line of demarcation between good and
evil, the real and the unreal, and his
healing works justify his faith. Hr
understands that a good God never,
created poison in germs -or else
where that poison is a human con-,
cept of .evil and that Jesus had im-.'
parted to his disciples a realization of
this which warranted him in tellinr
them that if they drank any deadly
thing it' would not hurt them, though
he did not say it would not hurt
those who lacked their knowledge.
"Thus is reached the conclusion
that the cure of fear is to know the
allness, of good and the myth of evi
and it follows that the cure of caus
ative fear is thte cure of disease."
SPARTACU8 FORCES MAY
TRY TO SEIZE GOVERNMENT
Berlin,' Wednesday,
Night.—At ll VdQck ipnVkt
(ownment fcii^ oat
ofder to*tie troops |a to
hold MMiwIwg In readiness.
Spwtacos force* have seised the
Pr—lau war" mlnirtrjr in addi
tion to the VorwuwU."
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GRAND FORKS HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1918.
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LLOYD GEORGE
GIVES LUNCHEON
FOR PRESIDENT
(Continued from Page 1.)
which later broke up into groups wno
strolled into the library where they
chatted and joked. When the dining
room was cleared Premier Lloyd
'George returned to it with his guests
to receive from the Earl and Coun
tess of Albemarle a copy of the por
trait of George Washington painted
by Peale in'1783. The copy was pre
sented to the iJrime minister. The
original is in the United States sen
ate.
United States Honored.
The object of the presentation was
to commemorate the entry of the
United States into the preseht war.
The portrait was unveiled by Presi
dent Wilson. There were no for
malities and no speeches. To a
representative of The Asspciated
Press who witnessed the unveiling,
Premier Lloyd George 'pointed out
the pictures of Burke and Fox on
another ws^ll of the room, saying
that the room needed, only a picture
of Pitt to make complete the group
of men who opposed the*revolution
ary war.
The president and other members
of the party made a critical examina
tion of the picture which led to a dis
cussion of art. The conversation
then drifted to other topics with the
president as the center of a laughing
group. The president began to tel
stories and one in particular elicite
much laughter.
"The informality of the American
soldiers," he said, "is illustrated by
an incident related by one of-our di
visional commanders. General Hale
He and other officers in their car
drove into Camp past a sentry who
did not challenge them as. they went
by. General Hale returned and ask.
ed why the sentry had failed to hal
the party.
'Oh! I know you fellows,' the sol
dier replied."
The Earl and Countess of Albe
marle and the other guests departed
after the party returned to the draw
ing room, leaving the president alone
With Premier Lloyd George and
Secretary Balfour. The, three men
went into conference to discuss vari
ous problems confronting the peace
congress.
As the afternoon wore on the
crowd waiting in Downing street for
the president to emerge increased.
"I wonder if we can get a speech
out of him," and 'he is sure to say
something," were the comments of
members of the throng.
It was nearly half past five o'clock
when the president came out from his
confcrence with the premier and Sec
retary Balfour.
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quickly entered
his motor car'and returned to Buck
ingham palace.
As President Wilson appeared at
the doorway for his ride back to the
palace and the crowd which had
waited for hours raised another great
cheer. There were shouts of "Wil
son" and "Good Old Wilson!" The
president, his bat off, bowed and
smiled as he drove off.
The masses of people in Whitehall
were so great that the motor car got
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APRON AND HOUSE DRESS SALE
Saturday only we offer special prices on all our large stock of house
dresses and aprons. Marked at our regular prices there are in many in
stances priced at less than today's factory'price. Our special Saturday offer
is surely a dandy. Don't miss these one-day prices.
Special'at $3.98—Extra Special for Saturday .$2.39
Special at $1.98 to $2.49—Extra Special for Saturday $1.79
Special at $1.69—Extra Special for Saturday .$1.49
Special at $1.49—Extra Special for Saturday $1.29
A SATURDAY SALE OF REMNANTS
JDuring the holiday season we have accumulated a large stock of piece
goods remnants. These go on sale Saturday at prices from ONE THIRD to
ONE-HALF off the regular values. Visit our remnant tables Saturday.
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chair with a, good bowk. We have a big
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through with difficulty and the cheers
of the crowd followed the president
until his automobile" disappeared.
WILSON IS PLKASED.
London, Thursday, Dec. 26.—At the
dinner at Buckingham palace tonight
covers were laid only for King George
and Queen Mary and President and
Mrs. Wilson. After dinner the presi
dent had a talk alone with the king.
The president had an earnest talk
with queen mother, Alexandra, this
afternoon.
He was greatly pleased with the
warmth of his reception in London.
VIEWS EXCHANGED.
Paris, Dec. 27.—An exchange of
views is taking place between repre
sentatives of neutral countries for the
purpose of reaching joint action con
cerning the method of representation
of neutrals before the peace congress.
New Year's Eve
at the
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Welcome in 1919 With Us!
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