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£r S«" THE DEVILS LAKE WOULD F. S. AUSTIN, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Two Dollars 8ix Months One Dollar Ihree Months Fifty Cents Subscriptions are payable STRICTLY IN ADVANCE and are DISCONTINUED PROMPTLY at EXPIRATION Entered at the pastoffice at Devils Lake, N. D., as second class mail matter WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1920 SEALED GRAIN GOOD SECURITY Nearly two years ago a great storm of protest arose over a suggestion from Nonpartis an league circles that the sate of North Dakota could work out a system of farm storage of grain, whereby a state seal would be put on the granary of the farmer and the sealed-up grain used as security for a bank loan. There prob ably is not an important I. V. A. paper in the Northwest that has not taken a fling at this "wild, impractical and socialistic idea." Consequently, it is some satisfaction to note hat H. F. Macintosh, manager of what is called the Farm bureau of the Omaha Chamber of CommerceT advances the same idea. "With a warehouse receipt of this kind," says Mr. Macintosh, "under normal conditions farmers would be entitled to go to a bank and receive ci'edit on their unmarketed grain." If the anti-League politicians of the North west, who have been promising to do so much for the farmers, really mean to do anything at all, they could make a good beginning by fram ing a law for standard farm storage houses for grain, and make the beginnings of a state-wide system of inspection. THE WHIP OF JUSTICE The whip of justice awaits the profiteers who have compelled the American people to pay excessively high prices for coal and other necessities of life and comfort. Attorney General Palmer is moving to bring justice upon the heads of the men who may be found guilty of profiteering in coal. The people paid high prices in war times, and naturally expected to do so but prices have continued to increase, and for no apparent reason. The chief offenders appear to be in dependent operators and the middlemen, who seized upon necessities of the public to extort profiteering prices from coal retailers who were obliged to have coal to satisfy the demands of their customers. There is more 01* less good reason to believe that the old line companies have been in league with the middlemen and speculators, and that they have refused execute their contracts in order to drive the retail coal men to the inde pendents and such is just what has happened. INDUSTRY FIGHTS UNIONS The National conference of State Manufac turers' association has called a convention of manufacturers, merchants, shippers and rail road executives to meet in Chicago on January 12th to oppose the "Demands of the Railway brotherhoods that a national board of adjust ment handle all railway labor problems." _Fear of the "Nationalization of railways" is one of the main reasons given out for the calling of this convention, but, as those two well-known champions of "democracy and individual rights," Elbert H. Gary of the United States Steel corporation and Chas. M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel, are advertised as the principal speakers of the fest, no one will doubt that the real reason of the meet is to devise ways and means to hold on to the loot the railroads re cently captured from the people and to plan further war on unions. But if the workers will stick together, there is no doubt as to who will win—the workers will. Otto H. Kahn, one of the few real big busi ness men and bankers of the United States, closes a letter to Senator Medill McCormick on the problems confronting the Republican party with the following pregnant sentence: "The way to preserve the vigor, vitality and pros perity of an old established business, is to in fuse new blood from ^time to time and to be hospitable to new ideas. The same holds true of the established order of things in the State. True conservatism consists not in barring liberal tendencies and novel conceptions on the con trary, it seeks to make a helpmate of progress." We commend this letter, and especially this sentence, to those business men who have been 80 blindly opposing the farmers' Nonpartisan league and the Labor unions in their struggle for a freer life and a higher standard of living, for "it is writen in the stars" that the coming age is the "Age of the industrial man." The present condition of affairs, mercantile and industrial, is due largely to too much time spent in discussing politics and too little at tention to business. 4 \v 5 fy John D. Rockefeller recently "gave away" $64,000,000, bringing his total "gifts" to "char ity" up to around $500,000,000. Where did he get it? Steinmetz, one of the greatest elec trical engineers in the world draws down a salary of only $100,000 a year, and one Stein metz is worth more to the race than all the Rockefellers, Goulds, Morgans, Armours, Du Ponts, Weyerhousers, Hills, Gugenheims and Rothschilds that ever lived. It is the Stein metz, Edisons and Burbanks who really give. The others only take. But the race has re warded its takers far more liberally than it has its givers. Sensible race. When it is realized that the World war cost the people of this country $50,000,000,000 or ?300 for every man, woman and child in this nation and that the debt must be paid together with interest'in addition to current expenses of the government, it is natural that the public demands the strictest economy to pull out of the hole and that there should be no soft feelings for the grafters, thieves, robbers or what ever name you choose to call individuals who have robbed the nation right and left. Business conditions grow steadily more men acing in tenor—yet we read only a few days ago of the enormous imports of German-made Christmas toys, almost fifty per cent of pre war shipments. And that is not all, millions of dollars worth of German-made commodities are pouring into America. Therein we find one possible cause of curtailment of labor and production in this country. A leading banker of North Dakota recently declared it was probably a fact that there is approximately $40,000,000,000 on deposit in banks of the United States but that there is less than $10,000,000,000 actual currency existing —sounds sort of like wheat in the grain pits of the exchanges, wheat and yet no wheat. The season of "Whiskey Sixes" appears to be ended for 1920 in Ramsey county. What with the snow and the cold and the rifles and pistols of the sheriff and chief of police, will the poor Devils do? And here comes 1921. Why don't the "Independent" press com ment on the acquittal of District Judge Elect Lowe from statutory charges? Prior to the "Not guilty" finding his name served the pur pose of filling space in its scandal columns. What will the attitude of the woman at the polls be if the price of eggs continues to soar? It has reached $1.20 a dozen in eastern markets. Paradoxical as it may seem—we are on earth to help one another and to make this world a better place to live in. Many women like the JULIETTE be cause they are so easy to slip on and are so comfortable over the toes. This style is otherwise made same as the shoe shown The price of this style is at the left. $4.95 HERE ARE TWO FINE KID COMFORT SHOES AT NEW 1921 PRICES We Want You To Get Acquainted With Blough's Shoes and Prices We carry most any style you could ask for and our prices are as low as they can be for the goods we give you. Now anybody can say that—but the next thing is to do it— That's why we ask you to see for yourself—get acquainted with our goods and. prices. Blough's Shoe Store THE DEVILS LAKE WORLD H. W. Swenson Has Succeeded Griffiin As County Judge H. W. Swenson, one of Ramsey county's most prominent practicing attorneys outside of Devils Lake, a resident of Brocket where he has en gaged in his profession and banking for several years, has been appointed county judge to succeed the late E. H. Griffin. Judge Swenson, aged 35, is a graduate of the law branch of the state university, having been admit ted to the bar in 1914, At one time he was superintendent of the Hope consolidated school and in his boy hood was a resident of Lakota. Altho his name was submitted to the county commissioners making the appointment along with six others, Judge Swenson's name was the only one considered. On Wednesday, the day before the appointment, The! World made mention of his candidacy,! the only newspaper to do so, altho it was generally believed old line pol iticians would head off the appoint ment, in the hope of securing the ap pointment of a local man. Gronna And Norton Form Coal Company Bismarck, N. D.—Senator A. J. Gronna and former Congressman P. D. Norton are among the incorpor ators of the Dakota Coal company, of New Salem, which plans lignite min ing on an extensive scale. The ar ticles of incorporation also in clude provisions that the company may engage in the manufacture of dyes, and other by-products. The capital stock is $625,000. The incor porators are: P. D. Norton, Mandan A. J. Gronna, Lakota F. L. Anders, Fargo Wm. Maas, Mandan C. F. Welsh, Mandan Charles Peterson, New Salem Hugh Egan, Fargo. The home offiec of the company is at New Salem, where it plans development of property. Mrs. J. Kessler To Have Parents IJere From The Old Country Mrs. J. Kessler's parents, now in troubled Russia, are expected with in the next few months to make Devils Lake their home. Mr. Kess ler is now in New York arranging for transit of the family together with several others known to be yet in Russia, to this country. Mrs. Kess ler who is a sister of M. Feldman, said that some of her folks have not been heard from in several years and it is doubtful if they will be located in time to make the trip with the father and mother. Bats Not Classed as Birds. The bureau of biological survey says tlmt bats are not birds. They are mammals, though adapted to life In the air by the possession of wings formed by a membrane attached be tween tbe greatly prolonged bones of the a rin am1 hand. A fine black kid SEAMLESS shoe. Not a seam to bind or hurt. The soles are good weight and hand turned making them pliable and easy right from the start. The rubber heels make walking easy. Thi3 fine shoe sells for $5.85 iVi v. V- y, .'sft':- Croquet, Too! Jeer as the light-minded and friv olous may at the decorous and unhl larious game of chess, the finger of suspicion has never been pointed at an international chess tournament, and It has never been hinted that any of the players were seduced by the lures of the professional gamblers.—Spring field T'nion. Bull Baiting. Tills was a sport once popular In England, but declared Illegal In 1835. A bull was attached by dogs, and eotnptimes the nostrils of the bull were blown full of pepper to increase his fury- Another form of tlie sport was to fasten tlie bull to a stake by a long rope and then set bulldogs at him, one at a time, which were trained to seize the bull by the nose. The bulldog seems to have been developed for this sport from a short-eared mastiff called "alaunt." 1920 1921 "The Place Where Good Sweets Are Made and Sold" As the old year passes on So does much of pleasures And memories of things well done Make us yearn to recall The good, and not the bad of man.— And so as 1920 ends and a new year dawns, we wish to extend to the public of Devils Lake which has been so appreciative of our store and efforts— A Happy New Year The Home Candy Kitchen F. DIKEOS, Proprietor "The Place Where Good Sweets Are Made and Sold" Bell Foiled Thieves. Among records of stolen bells Is tlmt of one from Soissons In Bur gundy, which Clothaire carried away. The bell objected to the act by gradu ally becoming dumb on the journey to Paris, where its voice was discovered gone. But Its voice returned In such full force when the bell was sent home that Its tone could be heard 6even miles distant. Harmful Inquisitiveness. In Asia and Africa the inquiaitive ness of baboons enables tlie natives to capture them by placing sotne jars of sweetened water out where they can reach it. The liquid contains a certain variety of dopey herb. At first the curious creatures advance rather cau tiously toward the jars and taste the water, then finding the taste agreeable, they proceed to drink the jars empty. As a result, they soon become quite drowsy and offer no resistance when the natives approach to take them. —TO WISH YOU— THAT WISH OF OLD of HAPPINESS of PROSPERITY of HEALTH NEW YEAR 197 BUSY STORES :v?W I Iodine Dangerous Drug. Fumes of Iodine have recently been urged as a method of adn^ntstering' that drug preferable to the usuat tincture. It has been shown by ex periments that fumes are absorbed: through the skin, and when inhaled are absorbed by ihe lungs, but It was shown also that inhalation is very dangerous even in small quantities, es pecially when there is any disease of the respiratory passages. A Bit Too Much. The new quartermaster on the good freighter Sioux was at the wheel and was rattled. First the ship swung madly to port, then to starboard, and then back again. The old skipper stood her antics as long as he could, and then burst forth: "Say, son," he shouted, "I don't mind your writing your name in the old pond, but for the love of Mike, stop going back to read It!"—American Legion Weekly. vV ViV* *.h Hi *•4 'i SIP