Devils Lake world., January 14, 1915, Image 4

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THE DEVILS LAKE WORLD
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
is. M. CRARY, Publisher.
,f Subscription, One Year in Advance $1.50
Advertising Rates Made Known Upon Application
.i' Entered at the Postoffice at Devils Lake, N. D., as second class
•.}% matter.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF RAMSEY COUNTY.
We hardly believe that it was either wise or fair for the new
board of county commissioners to reduce the salaries of all the
clerks and deputies in the court house at this time. In the first
place the various county officials must have competent help. They
must have deputies and clerks who are both morally and financially
responsible, and who are competent bookkeepers and accountants.
These clerks and deputies must give bonds for the faithful per
formance of their duties. We do not believe that there was ever
a time when it cost more to live in Devils Lake, or for that matter
any North Dakota city. Under the present cost of living no man
with a family can pay house rent and live in even a comfortable
manner on $75 to $85 per month. The average printer in this
city gets over $90 per month, and from that up to $130 per month
according to his ability. Nearly every class of labor is paid more
according to ability, than the clerks and deputies in our court
house. There is no reason why Ramsey county should not pay a
I. reasonable compensation for the services rendered by its officials
and clerks, and we feel that the wages they were receiving before
the commissioners cut them down $10 per month was none too
much. Think of hiring a competent bookkeeper and accountant and
putting-him under bonds to the county and asking him to work and
'support his family for $85 a month.
The North Dakota Supreme court recently cited to appear before
that body a Fargo editor, charging him with contempt of court,
and he was fined and imprisoned. The editor in question should
read the case of the State of North Dakota, 149 N. W. 965, opinion
by Judge Fisk and concurred in by Judges Goss and Spaulding, and
the dissenting opinion by Judge Bruce, concurred in by Judge
Burke. Judge Fisk in the majority opinion reverses the judgment
of conviction and among other things says: "Surely no lawyer
would contend aiding and abetting would justify a conviction under
the law," etc. Then we turn to the dissenting opinion of Judge
Bruce and find the following language: "It seems to me to be the
summit of absurdity to say that one may furnish the means and
reap the profits of running a nuisance and yet not be liable" etc.
In other words Judges Fisk, Goss and Spaulding hold that no law
would contend that under the facts in the case the defenadnt was
guilty, while Judges Bruce and Burke say that it seems to them
to be the summit of absurdity to say he is not guilty. Thus it ap
pears to us that we have a majority of the court charging the
minority with being no lawyers, and a minority gets back at the
majority by charging them with having reached the summit of
absurdity. We presume that the Fargo editor in question would
be willing to concur in both opinions.
Last evening Moike, the janitor, broke into print through the
columns of his pet organ, to defend the commissioners in their
action in making him court house janitor. Undoubtedly Moike
deems itiquite an honor to mop the floors and clean the spittoons
for the republican office holders who hold forth at the court house.
For pity sake elt him have his job and hold it in peace. The demo
crats iiave promised him everything from United States marshal
down, and they finally succeeded in landing him as "official spittoon
cleaner at the court house at $65 per. Moike claims to have been
the county for over thirty years and judging from the noise he
makes we would have believed him if he had said that it was a
hundred years. And during all these thirty years he has climbed
the ladder of fame until lie has reached that dizzy height where
he can content himself with juggling cuspidors. Should he live
here thirty years more and advance himself as rapidly as he has
in the past it is hard to tell just where he might land. Sure thing,
rYl '®e
his job we don't know of anyone who is better
fitted for the position. He makes a good flunky for the republican
office holders.
cominff
year'
Rollo F. Hunt as president of our Commercial
we
are a11 men
feel
I of officials will work in harmony and for the upbuilding of the club.
'The past administration has conducted the affairs of the club in a
safe and economical manner, and a final report shows a balance in
ithe treasury after all bills have been paid which have been incurred
iduring the past year. And besides this considerable money has
ibeen paid out for old bills which were incurred by a former ad
jministration. The commercial club is a good institution for any
fcity and we hope to see this one grow and prosper, as we believe
ith^t it will under the management of the newly elected officers,
-•"resident Kelly and his corps of officers who step down and out to
j-jaJce room for the new ones are deserving of much credit for the
*way affairs have been manager during the past year.
'the matter of amending our state hail insurance law is already
»p before the legislature and we hope and trust that this matter
fill receive the proper attention. We believe that this law should
be so amended that it would be compulsory to insure with the
'itate. Every farmer should have some hail protection and the
•heapest way to get it is to levy a small tax on all tillable land. If
Juch a law were in effect there is no question but what all farmers
-vjvould get reliable hail protection on their crops at a very small
that a wise choice was made,
pr. Hunt is one of our rising young business men, and one who
enjoys the confidence and respect of all. The balance of the officers
ability, and we believe that the whole set
aiost, compared with the price they pay now. During the past twen
ty years we believe that millions of dollars have been paid for hail
insurance on crops, over and above what has been returned for
rosses. This money might just as well be kept at home among the
I iarmers. We hope to see the legislature formulate and enact a
compulsory state hail insurance law before it adjourns.
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I We notice that some of the state papers have made the state
fment that A. M. Christiansen, the newly elected member of our
Supreme Court, was not going to take his seat in that body until
ail business had been cleaned up, and that about all the cases in
that body had been disposed of. Just why this statement should
bp made we can hardly see. We have it from reliable information
that the Supreme Court of this state is about 200 cases behind,
aiad that if there were no new ones to come in it would take the
court about two years to catch up. One firm of attorneys in this
ciiy states that they have twelve cases up before this court,
und that none of them are disposed of so far as they know. We
believe that if the matter is thoroughly looked up that instead of
bdng practically caught up with their work, our Supreme Court
is badly behind.
If the House of Representatives at Bismarck is composed of as
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big a bunch of "mutts" as th» Senate lias proven itself to be, there
is a possibility that the state will have another burden shouldered
upon it in the way of a fourth normal school. The senate today
passed a bill for such a school to be located at Dickinson. The
vote in the senate stood 38 to 7. The state today is in financial
distress, simply because we are supporting more educational in
stitutions than we need. Rather than establish another normal
school in this state it would be policy to to shut off one or two of
those which we now have. If the present legislature succeeds in
foisting another normal school onto the taxpayers of the state
they will have done us a bigger injury than they can repair during
the balance of the session. It is simply an imposition on the tax
payers of the state to think of creating any more educational in
stitutions at this time.
One of the very serious problems confronting our state legisla
ture is the appropriation of money for the maintenance of our
state educational institutions. We have too many educational in
stitutions in this state, and our law makers would do well to cut
out a few of them. Just simply pass them up without any appro
priation and let them close up, turn the buildings over to the coun
ty in which they are located and if they so desire turn them into
some kind of county enterprise. Our state is overburdened with
taxes for some of these institutions which are not needed, and the
sooner they are cut out the better it will be.
The newspaper boys of the state will note with pleasure the ap
pointment of W. L. Holbein of the Lansford Journal, as secretary
of the North Dakota commission to the San Francisco exposition.
Mr. Holbein is a most capable gentleman and will fill the position
in good shape.
Is your exhibit ready for the mid-winter fair? If not, get busy
at once. This will be the best fair of its kind ever held in the Lake
Region, and the more varied the exhibits the better the fair will be
JUST THE FACTS.
North Dakota need only get the facts before the prospective
settlers of this nation in order to start a steady stream of immi
gration. Statistics compiled by the federal department of agri
culture tell more potently than anything else the advantages of
t/his st&tc»
This state leads all in the production of spring wheat. Of 206,
000,000 bushels raised in this nation, 81,592,000 came from North
Dakota farms. It is second in the production of all wheat, rivaled
only by Kansas whose large acreage of winter wheat gives her first
p]ace
North Dakota is fourth in the production of oats third in bar
ley and first in flaxseed. These tell the story. What better
"pullers" for settlers
THE COST OF WAR.
There are many elements that enter into the. cost of war. It is
fairlv easy to reckon up the daily expenses of the armies—so many
million for this nation, so many for that, so much apiece for the
others and then add it all together. Also there is to be considered
the expense of those neutral nations that have to keep unusually
large forces under arms owing to their nearness to and relations
with the belligerents. ...
The loss of human life also can be arrived at numerically, out
here an intangible element enters, no method of accurately deter
mining the value of a life or the cost of suffering ever having been
^ButThere is another cost which must be considered—that due
I to loss of trade on account of the war, and this affects both bellig
erents and neutrals. Commerce Reports gives some startling fig
ures on this point, using Italy as an example. According to these
figures, Italy's imports from Germany for the six months ending
July 31 last, were considerably over eleven million dollars a month.
The war began in August, and these same imports for September
were only three millions.
Italy's imports from England during the first half of the year
were worth a little more than ten millions a month in September
they were down to five and three quarter millions. And a seventy
five per cent shrinkage is shown for the same periods in the im-1
ports to Italy from France and Austria.
As an investment, it must be conceded that war is a dismal fail
ure.
BIRDHOUSE CONTEST
at the Big Mid-Winter Fair
The following article by the celebrated writer, Dr. Crane, should
be an inspiration to young America in the Lake Region to take
advantage of the Birdhouse Contest which will be conducted at the
Midwinter Fair in this city. The prizes, of which there are three,
ranging from $4 down, are offered by the local Junior Audubon
Society.
BE A BIRD LANDLORD.
Do you know your bird neighbors? If not, why not get ac
quainted? It will repay you, not only in that delight which all
knowledge gives, but in a wider sympathy with. Nature and her
wondrous lives, in a cheering acquaintance with the shy brother
hood of winged things, in a spiritual companionship .with the little
people of air, who always symbolize to us hope, optimism, and the
brighter qualities of existence.
To take your gun and kill the air neighbors is brutal, stupid—
and you ought to be ashamed of it. Take a pair of opera glasses
instead, and do a little "watchful waiting" in a corner of the
shrubbery. Learn to know the various uniforms of the aerial com
panions, the bule, gray, yellow, and red, the various tufts, tails and
topknots, that are vastly more interesting than soldiers' regalia
and the battlefield, or woman's hats and the Champs Elysees.
Speaking of hats, is it not incredible that countless valuable in
sect-eating birds, who are our greatest defense against the worms
and bugs that destroy a bililon dollars' worth of crops annually in
the United States, are destroyed that their feathers may decorate
woman's headgear?
After you come to know your bird friends, take measures to
provide for their comfort. Be a bird landlord. Put up houses for
them. You will get an amazing rental in the spectacle of happy
lives, not in money but in cheeps and chirrups, glimpses of flutter
ing wings through the sunny air, and a knowledge that in many a
cozy nest are little beings which, were it not for your charity,
might be devoured by ferocious cats or frozen stiff or dead with
hunger by the roadside.
Martens will live, like human beings, in skyscrapers or apart
ment houses in miniature. Jenny Wren likes seclusion, away from
prying neighbors a single gourd or tomato can may do, and she
has been known to bring up her little ones in a sprinkling can or a
mail box. The log cabin made from a hollow limb is preferred by
the Flicker and Numach families. Robins and Phoebes go in for
open sleeping porches and Bulebirds like*roof gardens, whence
they can easily fly out and in.
"Turn the openings of the bird houses away from the prevailing
north winds," says an authority, "and don't forget to sheathe the
posts or poles that support them with tin or galvanized iron to
prevent cats from climbing up."
you want specifications for building bird houses you can get
Feb. Designers
are here.
Get your copy.
Table Linens
64 in. Mercerized Damask, spec- QQ
ial this sale, per yd
68 in. all linen half bleached, 7Q
special, per yd
70 in. bleached all linen Damask,
this sale
70 in, bleached all linen Damask, QO
$1.25 values, 'wO
70 and 72 inch bleached, all linen Satin
Damask splendid quality, 1C
$1.35 and $1.50 values 111
72 in. bleached, all linen Satin Damask
superb quality, $1.65 value, 1 QQ
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Table Napkins
1 lot all Linen Napkins, this sale, AQ
half dozen for
All other Linen Napkins this sale
15 PER CENT OFF
Lunch Cloths, Scarfs
Center Doilies, Tea Cloths, Tray
Cloths, January sale
20 PER CENT OFF
Table Padding
54 in.
$1.00 value
white Quilted Padding, gj
White Goods
25c India Linen, this 1
sale
20c and 22c Persian lawn, this A~1
sale
45c white Waisting material, 28 QC
in. wide, sale
32 in. white Butchers Linen, this I'll
sale I *2
36. in. plain Irish Linen, splen- QQ
did quality, 50c value, this sale i*«
Muslin Underwear
Slendid assortment of Gowns, Slips,
Combination Suits, Drawers, etc.
25 PER CENT OFF
NEW YORK
CASH STORE
January Sale Linens and White Goods
Will continue for the balance of this week. Make
a careful survey of your stock of linens and white
goods, then come here and replenish it at this sale.
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Big Gingham Sale, Monday, Jan. 18
2000 yards of nice Ginghams will be placed on
sale for one day only. Thio ls a splendid lot of
Ginghams, 27 inches wide patterns are plain,
light and dark plaids, light and dark stripes and
the price is going to be very small.
SAMPLES WILL BE MAILED UPON REQUEST
them free by applying to the United States 'government at Wash
ington.
Help the little wanderers that are being destroyed by their na
tural enemies the hunters though nothing is said in Holy Writ
about bing rewarded for this in heaven, you may be sure that you
will get your reward on earth each day by an added interest in
life, by the pleasure of protecting "our little sisters, the birds," and
at the same time doing real service for human beings.
To encourage the putting up of bird houses the Mid-Winter Fair
will give away the following prizes in cash:
A prize of four dollars for the best marten house of six rooms
or more.
A prize of three dollars for the second best marten house of six
rooms or more.
A prize of two dollars for the best single room wren house, ma
terial not specified.
All marten houses must have not less than six rooms mut be
given not less than two coats of paint, and houses that receive
prizes are to become the property of the Junior Audubon Society.
Each house must bear a tag giving name, age and address of
the builder, and must be delivered, prepaid to the Junior Audubon
Society at Devils Lake not later than Jan. 26, at the Girls' and
Boys' Booth, Mid-Winter Fair. Further information may be had
by application to Mrs. Wm. Falger, Devils Lake.
TRY WORLD WANT ADS
Standard fashion book,
Spring 1915 now teadjr.
With every copy a
Standard pattern free.
Muslin Sheetings
9-4 fine Aurora Sheeting, dark OP
and half bleached, Jan. sale
36 in. fine quarter bleached Mus-
lin, January sale
36 in. bleached Muslin, 12 l-2c AQ
quality, sale
35 in. unbleached Muslin, 10c
quality, sale price
Sheets and Pillow Cases
Size 72x90 Seamless Sheets, fine fit
quality, each
42x35 Pillow cases, this sale,
each
42x36 Piliow cases, this sale,
each
45x36 Pillow cases, this sale,
each
Crash Toweling
17 in. Crash Towling, good qual
ity, January sale
18 in. ur.bleached Crash Towel- ik
ing, 18c quality it*
20 1-2 in. unbleached Crash Tow
eling, superior quality, this sale
19 in. bleached Crash Toweling,
splendid quality, this sale «I 3
1 Lot nice Hand Towels, Janu- QQ
ary sale, per dozen
1 Lot large Bath Towels, 45c and QQ
50c value, each
Cotton Batts
15c Cotton Batts, this sale,
each
10c Cotton Batts, this sale,
each
Embroideries
Narrow Edgings, Bandings, narrow
and wide Flouncings, All overs etc.
25 PER CENT OFF
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MARKET BBPORT
Quotations for Thursday, Jan. 14,
1915, as furnished by the Farmers''
Mill and Elevator Co., Devils T-ir^
North Dakota:
Wheat—
No. 1 Northern 128.
No. 2 Northern 125.
No. 8 Northern 120.
Durum:—
No .1 Durum wheat 148.
No. 2 Durum wheat 189.
Flax—
No. 1 Flax 169.
No. 2 Flax 166.
Oats—
No. 3 White oats 42.
No. 4 oats 89.
Barley—
"C" barley 52.
«D» barley 49.
"E" barley 46
"F" Barley 48.
Rye—
No. 2 rye 99.
No. 8 rye 96. •,
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