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Attend the next meeting of your local. There will be work to do. Some men imagine they- are So cialists, when they are only Dem ocrats suffering with the Bull Moose "itch." Support the state organization by attending all meetings of your local. The local needs you—you need the local. A Socialist's first duty is to his local. His second du.y is to the co-organization. If he perforins the iirst faithfully and the second well, there can be no doubt that the state and national organizations will be cared for. A few simple 1'aciS ror anti-suff ragists: 1. Woman is a human being. 2. Society is an agregation of human beings. 3. Woman (a human being) is entitled t0 every right any other human being (man) is entitled to. 4. Society is controlled politi cally. 5. If woman is a numan being and a part of society, she possesses an inherent right to participate in the contract (government) of society. 6. Which should be the test (tor tile right of suffrage "brains or overalls?" We respectfully submit the above as a suitable outline for a Mother's day sermon. T11E WOULD MOVES In spito of those who hold it back, the world moves. Hold in mind that we have not only per fected the automobile, but have airships as well," while you read the following from the London Quarterly Review ofi 1825 (only 88 years ago!): What, can be more palpably and ridiculous than the prospocts held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stage-coaches? We Avould as soon expect the people of Woolwich to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockevs as trust themselves to a machine going at such a rate. We will back old Father Time against ilie Wool wich railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles an hour, which we entirely agree with Mr. Sylvester is as great as can be ventured on with safety Those who are skeptical about the possibility of a real indus trial democracy under which all the workers shall be comfortably fed and clothed and housed, be- 6 $ I i :§ir .: -:irt^i: X:H V*-/, r-k 0W't '"j{:, SOCIALIST COk Edited by G. C: MOWERS, Bowfcells. N. D. 1 liH»"nin"ununinnii)nm) t/fOQtSZL/ft/- cause such a thing has neveT been .done, should remember that once upon a time it was thought "pal pably absured and ridiculous" that a locomotive should t$ ex- pected to travel twice as fast as i a stage coach—simply because lo comotives had neyer done DUKE'SMIX Have You Seen the Coupon Now in Liggett Myers Duke's Mixture makes a great pipe smoke—and rolled into a cigarette nothing can beat it. It is the favorite smoke of thousands of men who want selected, pure, Virginia and Nor til Carolina bright-leaf tobacco. If you have not smoked Duke's Mixture, made by Liggett $ Myers at Durham, N. C. —try it at once. Each sack contains one and a half ounces of tobacco that is equal to any Everywhere internal troubles, not between ruler and ruler, but between ruler and oppreusecL are ihe growing habit of the age. Injected into these struggles are those, hitherto unknown in the history of the world, between wo man and man. In ihfl United States the efforts of the women for political equality have gone no further than request, or demand, and demonstration These seem to be proving effective so far. In England it has become a struggle backed by force, Tb it mere coincidence that the woman and ilie workingman should bccome conscious of their needs simultaneously and under the same social conditions? Hardly. Wheth er they are conscious of it or not, the possibility of economic free dom Is the cause of the awaken ing, and economic freedom itself is the goal which must be reach ed before either woman or the workingman Is njas'.erless.—Pro gressive Woman. Eaves troughs and cisterns made to your order and placed on your buildings at very rea sonable rates. H. .Rowe & Co. tf Phone Ingison for coal, tf *«"T COUPO .... -I*) ritilh Jifil I) l#« LIGGETT* WRITE I'MtHttN 5c granulated tobacco made—and with each sack you get a book of cigarette papers FREE and A Coupon That is a Dandy. These coupons are good for many valuable presents—such as watches, cameras, jewelry, furniture, razors, china, etc. As a special offer, during May and June only, we 'will tend you our illus trated catalog of presents FREE. and address on a postal. Coupons from Duke's Mtxturt may b* assorted with tags from HORSE SHOE, J. T., TINSLEY'S NATURAL LEAF, GRANGER TWIST. upont from FOUR ROSES (lOc-tm double coupon), PICK PLUG CUT, PIED- OP (lr,N4Jt|fe© ir 8UCh a thing before! Precedeut is never, never a safe argument tp advance against an ideal of progress.—Pro gressive Woman. THE UNIVERSAL STRUGGLE. Time was when the down-most man was accepted almost as a re ligious institution. "The poor ye have with you always," was inter preted to mean that the poor ^re a necessary evil, existing for the welfare of the rulers. Today all over the world this superstition is being rapidly out grown—not by the ruling classes, but by the masses, In the Unit ed States the local strike is the worker's efforts to better things. In European couniries the general strike is his protest against op pression. In China the common people are demanding political rights. In Japan tljey are pro testing by roits against exorbitant taxation. i Justsendusyourname MbNf CIGARET1ES, CLIX CIGARETTES, and other toes *r coupons tssued by us. Premium Dept. jr ST. LOUIS, MO. ar Is :,jherfeby glten that the ahntitilj school eldction for Minne sota !|3cbpciJ District too ,13, will be held on Tuesday, June 3rd, at tihe Miller School House for the PVLrpos£ of electing one director foi5 three years, one for twd ye^rp, and one for one year. By order of. the School tioard. Mrsl John Siverling, Clerk DOINGS AT THE jii: E t)HURClt Morping. wprsh^p 10:30 a. m. Sermon oii "Thfe Good Samaritan." Sunday school 11:46 a. in. Come yourself and" bring the children, Epworth League 7 p, m. Evenipg service 8 p, m, Mem orial ay will he observed at the evening service Special sermon and appropriate songs for ibe oc casion. Official board meeting the first Sunday of each month. R. J. L. McKEI/VEY, Minister. Phone Ingison for coal. Digest sf Late No. Dak News Cottonwood Lake is planning on a big Fourth of Jnly celebration. Sgnqe people with very little sense break into print occasionally. Elmer Qualley was charged with slandering a wqman at Fiflley and wag bound over to the district court, There will be a hard fight made to free John Staff, the njajj who shot his wife in a barrel near Minot, North Dakota railroads are all replacing their old wooden culverts with concrete op galvanzied iron culverts, Joseph Two Bear an Indian on the Trotien reservation JS charged with introducing liquor onto the reservation, A, G, Cane, president of the new Minot normal, is in the east on an extensive trip, selecting the fac ulty for the new school, The barn on the Rappley farm near Bailey pos-effice was burned, six horses, six cows and a lot of other property being destroyed. Spring plowing is now practically completed! in many localities of North Dakota. There was a vast amount of plowing done this spring. T, H. Kolbo had his shoulder blade broken at Crosby when in turning a sharp corner the load of hay on which he was riding was overturned. Dr. Boardwell of! Marmouth, while out wit/h some CriendB in his auto, struck a match under neath tihe machine and now he has no auto. The farmers' club nt Kuroki will not accept just any person who applies for membership. Unless the applicant is on the square he is blackballed. The Bottineau News remarks: As soon as this winter is over a lot of the enthusiastic gardeners in the county propose to let their wives loose in the gardens. Wesley Meeker, aged 6, fell un der a machine used to pack the ground in the fields, called a pack er, at Beach ,and escaped death by a miracle. He was badly cut and bruised. Buford Tribune: The parties who have been locating settlers near Scoby, Mont., seem to be scheduled for a lot of trouble witn the U. S. federal authorities for locating people upon land belonging to the state of Montana without proper authority. Bores Dobweney was so serious ly in a fight with Nick KrivdnBky, both of Raliegh. that he may die. The men fought with a rock, Kriv insky being charged with using such weapon in beating Dobweney. The victim has his chest bone brok en and was injured internally. Better farming may lie in just such simple things as adjusting the •plow to do the best, possible work, in feedng stock so that not a bit of waste follows and in carrying out plans carefully laid. What the world needs is not so mucli men who have thousands 10 lay out in Sid Dixon thought it advisable to fumigate his home on his Sunny Slope farm near Marmarth, and af ter arranging everything just right he touched a match' to the waiting candle and then decided to ride ov er the hill in order to be out of reach of the fumes. When he re turned the ffUrm was there all right, but Sid discovered that he was minus a house and furniture. Somehow the burning candle set fire to the house and Sid was the loser to the extent of about $500. No insurance. Hans Skaug, a prosperous far mer Ifrom four miles north of Minot has struck the rigb)t gait. He has eight good milch COWB and he takes the milk to the Minot restaurants every day. In one year these cows produced $1,356 worth of milk, which doesn't make a bad income. Mr, Skaug raises pactically all tihe feed the cows need, besides he has good crops of grain. Mr. Skaug keeps busy every day of the year, but as a matter of fact that is about the only way a Nortlh Dakota far mer can make a success. Mr. Skaug says he tried for years to make it go by working five months in the year, but he had to give it up. Progressive "tSvp. oi (Frbrri Staff Correspondent) C. C, Griffiths visited T. Braatons. Elmer Remington and family vis ited at J. N. Woods Sunday. R. C. Whipple js working for Wilson Watt. John Bryan took dinner at E. G. Downies Sunday. Arnold Beard spent Sunday with Harold Remington. Miss Rooney spent Saturday aud Sunday at J. D. Beards. Mrs. John Bogus visited at the T. Welsh home Monday. Miss Cora Beard spent Monday evening with her paTenta. Dr. Whit« and wife spent Sunday with Mrs, White's mother. Perry Hollingsworth and family called at Watts Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs, J, N. Wood took dinner at the Loe Eaton home S«n- Chris Brick and Knnte Frosaker made a business call at J. W. Watts Friday, The Foot Hills town officers were out looking over the roads last Saturday. Miss Gra.ce Aldan and Frank Wallen attendee the ball game at Lignite Sunday. Floyd Bryan, Aaron Kistler and Frances Bogus wandered out to the Big Butte Sunday, The Misaea Mildred Remington and Ada Miller drove out to the Remington home Saturday evening. Mrs. McEvers enter.ained the ladies aid last Wednesday. Next Wednesday they will meet with Mrs. D, C, Morrissey. Everybody come. Miss M. Rooney will give a school picnic at her claim next Sunday, June 3rd. Everybody that wants a good time come and enjoy them selves. Officers of the Foot Hills Tele phone met Mr. Greaves at C. S. Bryans Monday evening for the purpose of connecting the Foot Hills line and the Greaves but at this writing we do not know if t.hey made any final agreement. Miss Hazel Beard had the mis fortune of spraining her ankle while alighting from a wagon last. Sunday evening. She was unable to attend her school duty Monday buu we are glad to hear she is again able to be back on duty Tuesday morning, For sale at a big bargain— Either 15-horse power Rumely gas tractor complete with plows, or Advance 16-horse steam engine. Must sell either one or the other at once. Act quick if you are in the market for an engine. Gust Lind quist, 3 miles west of Niobe. Ad dress Kenmare, N. D. 2t Doings in the Hustling Little Town of Lignite (From Staff Correspondent) Sheriff Stainhofer and States At torney Hanson made a short call here last Friday. H. M. Tveit took his Kumely 'Oil Pull rig out to the hills last Tues day to finish up threshing. Teacher Johnshoy made a flying trip to Stampede Tuesday evening, returning Wednesday morning. Norwegian school started last Monday with 23 pupils and on Tues day six more pupils entered. Paul Pommier took the train east on Tuesday morning bound for Illinois to be gone for a short lime. A. G. Skogstad has fenced in the vacant losts alongside his dwelling as a playground for his children. A good idea. Mrs. M. Vesey came home Wed nesday last week from a more than five weeks' visit to her son near Berthold N. D. Mrs. O. Hatlelid and daughter Helen departed for Benson, Minn., Wednesday morning of last week for a month's visit. Mrs. A. Christenson and daugh ter from'Keene, N. D., arrived Sat urday evening on a visit with her brother, J. G. Iverson. A good sized crowd attended the Norwegian Lutheran ladies aid meeting on Thursday of last week at Gilbert Grendahls. It does beat all what speed a person will develop even if he is a little lame, when he hears revolver bullets whistling about him. Martin Jacobson Is aoie to be up and around again, but he says that he does not feel like doing any wrestling yet Cor a few days. Photographer Nelson from Noon and says that he will be here reg ularly after this Saturday. He has his studio in the old Math Krier hall. Paul Haeney sends cards to some of his friends announcing his engagement to Miss. Bertha Luscher, Kollikken, Switzerland, Europe. Congratulations, Paul. Mrs. R. M. Gorder returned home Wednesday last week after staying more than a month at the Flax ton hospital. We are glad to learn that she is getting along fine. Tuesday afternoon in a friendly scuffle with Lee Dillage, Martin Jacobson had the misfortune to break a couple of ribs, and Dr. Paulson had to be called to set tligaiss tiss Miiiiy Mihsoa, Closed lief jol hear Bdrthoioy',. N, .D.j ,. last Friday, and fihe5 returned home Monday evening. "We are j&riy to report that Miss itansbn iS suffer ing from a severe cold, W. Johnshoy from Starbuck, Minn., who is a theological student at Lutheran seminary, St, Paul, Minn., arrived here last Friday evening. He is to teach a term of Norwegian school in Lignite. Sunday afternoon a baker's doz en of the male citizens of Lignite went south to the Downie school house expecting to hear a speech by States Attorney Hanson, but instead O. G. Mowers of BowVells appeared and in his talk charged the officials of Burke county with making blunders and doing crooked work, and some of the people pres ent thought he told the truth. The threatening thunderclouds scared the Lignite bunch to start for home before the meeting was over. There is Always Something Doing in Coteau (From Staff Correspondent) Assessor J. H. Johnson is a busy man these days. John Nelson moved into his house on Fourth street this week. I. N. Gosesky received a new covered surry by freight last Wed nesday. Miss In galls of Bowbells was en tertained at the home of C. E. Hov land last Sunday. L. N. Peterson and family visit ed at the home of his father in Bowbells last. Sunday. Mrs. C. E. Dennison and children went to DesLacs last Saturday for a few days visit wiih relatives. Mrs. C. C. Hartman and Miss Elsie Johnson were shopping in Co oau Tuesday afternoon. Miss Alma Olson has accepted a position as clerk in tne ctry goods department of the L. N. Peterson store. Attorney C. E. Pierson and fam ily visited at the home of C. K. Pierson at Thompson Lake last Sunday. Tho Central and Villa ball clubs crossed bats in the hills last Sun day. Score 14 to 7 in favor of Villa club. The Niobe Baseball cluft tried to play ball with the Coteau team Sunday afternoon, but failed to the tune of 13 to 15. A few enterprising citizens of Co teau observed Arbor day and as a LAKU: s The Pioneer Meat Market. Bowbells, N. D. Headquarters for Everything in the Meat Line Leon S. George, who has been visiting his brother at Columbus, passed through Coteau last Friday on his way to Douglas, N. D., Where he is employed as a school teacher. Mr. George's bpme is in Cheboygan, Wis., and Is a very pleasant young man to meet.' He was making the trip on a byclcle and was .fully "c prepared fp stop off at any time and cook a meal. We notice that Wisconsin .sends quite a number of high grade teachers to the Dakotas." The national memorial. day oc curs this week and we .hope the day will be observed with fitting decorum in honor of the boys in. blue who died in battle and prison pen. The nation has a '-duty to perform, not only to those brave boys who sacrificed their live® on their country's alter, but fJso to those who survived the conflict and were permitted to return home again. We will never forget the "swinging stride of victory? of the bronzed veteran as he canJSs march ing home after having Betved his country faithfully, and helped to save this nation from dissolution.. Our government has never paid a cent too much In pensions. Do not deal sparingly with "the old soldier. They deserve many times what they Tecetve but Vl)ile the pittance they receive ad JpenBlons' helps support them in their declin ing years yet the gratitude and homage they discover 1$ us aa we drop a wreath and a fear on ttte graves of the herojSs, gone before is also prized by the^. Money satisfies some men for their deeds and gratitude Mothers, but a liberal amount of wth te due the men who faced oo&th to preserve the nation and save "Old Glory" from dishonor. As Americans we enjoy tjbe! proud distinction of being citizens of a defeat in any of! its ward,' which is due partly to the righteous ness of our cause, but lnr/a great measure to the bravery of the men who fought on both land (^nd sea. Your Patronage is Solicited /. Ham Bacon Lard Butter Eggs Green Vegetables Fish Fresh Meats Sausages Etc. I A Dl\( We are a littie overstocked on lard an| aire making a special price of 14c per lb. in 25 lb. lots or over. Less than 25 lbs, 15c per lb. Please Come in and look Our Line Ov£r Open from 7 a. m, to 9 p. m. week days* but closed all day Sunday. Notice to Farmers: veal, pJi-k, mutton and chickens. Those having cattle pr hogs to sell please 'phone to us. Put your HORSES' NOSE into the I ACORN BRAND NOSE NETS They are the Best You will find them at the Hardware Store Coteau, N. Dak. Good Goods Reasonable Square Dealing Vi*J tfaS ishadfi bf the Last Frida$ ntoffcihg LbUis LundW toeit the nldrhing tl-din for Minot End whon he returned#*^® that evening he was guiding a new FoTd car into town. The fever 1b spreading. Next. The Greaves Telephone Com pany intends to extend their far mers line south Into the: hills as far as J. 1. Lucy's. They will alpo connect with the Foot Hills line at Clarence Bryans, making that place the switching point. This will be accomplished soon. There is hot much aoubt but that Powers Lake will fill the gap be tween there and J. D. Lucys, there by making it possible for afl the towns in Burke county to be in telephonic connection. v? :i i .••'if A, -M'.-