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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
W. 6. I. U.
No Middle Ground.

Throughout the whole country the
people are awakening up to a realiza-
tion*of..the intent Of the liquor traffic
10 rd1sssanitds g1!Iiiinll ii this free .landEof ours.
The religious press is speaking out!
The pulpits are beginning to thunder!
Men wab6o have Heretofore been quiet,
ere becoming indignant at the brazen
impudence of the run power. Patriot
I'm aniids love fofr humanity are rising
above party fealty. Men are seeing
that there is no compromise with this
curse! That this country cannot re-
main ''half drunk and half SOBER"
That it must become one or the other.
There is 40 middle ground. Either
the lords of rum will rule and vice and
s'debauchery prevail, or the intelligence
Asnrd virtue ofsthe nation must over
throw it and take the reins of govern
Ament in its own hand: The conflict is
,irrepressible! There are no half way
measures. No settling it by that
iham of shams, high license. Men
may devise schemes and plans to stave
.sof the inevitable, but they are and
must be abortive. The rum power is
ssdetermined to fasten itself permanent
1i3aiulpjoefnf this nation! And the '~intelli.
.Rence. and conscience of the nation is
: equally determined that it shall not
do 1t! There may be parrying and
thrusting, and preliminary skirmish'
Ing, but the battle is bound to come.
and. when ii does it will not be a draw
battle! One or the other will 60 down
II it shall be intelligence and con
sciencSe,'the history OF the republic il
finished, the hope Of the world blotted
out. sH5it Shalt be triumphant then {
%deliverance and.,blessing have come tt
humanity, such as the world ha'
heretofore never known!
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
Child Culture Series; No. 2.
Suitable Work for Boys.

BY Prof. A. P. Hollis, of the De-
partment of Pedagogy, Valley City
State Normal School. ~
Probably no problem of Child Gull
ture is of greater interest to the aver
age parent than that of how.*to get
boys into the habit of work. What
kinds of work ought young boys to
be taughttto do around the home, ssand
at what ages should they do thisworkf
Many alfred mother, toiling all day
long to keep John in school, never
seeing him only at meals, cries out in
despair, "John won't do any work. "
The laziness of boys and girls in the
grade schools and high schools, when
it comes to home help, is fast becom-
ing ont of the scandals of American
life. Between the lessons of the
schools and the school ''fringe activ.
i%ties," such as athletics, music, fra.
ternities and societies-the time AND
energy of the school boy is totally alb
sorbed and all forms Of useful work
are avoided by the up-to-date school
boy.
Our Child Labor laws have secured
childhood from the over-grind of sell
fish corporations and either selfish OF
needy parents. But it is carrying q
good thing too far when healthy boys
do not touch a finger to the pressing
work of the home, Or r allowed tc
spend vacation,in idleness that fire
quently undoes any good habits tina
the routine of school may have estab
lished.
The school should not seek to alb
sorb the whole day of the boy, and j
it does the home should assert it,
rights in no uncertain tone. Parents
Leagues or Associations are impor
tant means of bringing the home ant
| school together on these vital points
Such associations have been formed
in connection with the Model Schoo
of the Valley City State Norma
School and the city schools of Ender
lin, Wimbledon, Valley City an
many other cities of our state.
The most interesting series of meet
ings ever held at the Valley City Par
ents' League, YER on the topic, SOC
equations for Our Boys and Girls"
The criminal classes are largely tn
idle classes. Busy men seldom com
nit crime. If the schools, having tn
boy for eight or twelve, years, tur
him out on society without habits c
industry, they make one Of the bigges
: plumbers possible to an educations
institution; and if parents share i
this slack procedure, they can pt
blame all the educational failures o
the schools. ~ 81 ~.
Prof. William McKeever of Kanss
has started a crusade to arouse IL
teachers and parents of his state
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
NORMAL NEWS ITEMS

only. one day for THANKSGIVING.
was the edict from the faculty.
An ice hockey team has been organ
lied by Mr.. Burckhalter, Director Of
Physical Culture. -
Professor James, head of the agri-
culture work in the Normal School, lis
to act as judge at a corn and potato
contest at Rugby Dec. 2. He will give
an address in the evening before the
School Directors Meeting. " - a.
A regular students recital of the
conservatory pupils occurred Friday
night of this week. Only a nominal
charge of ten cents was made for adj
mission, and these concerts form an
important means of musical education,
not only to the audience but to those
who take part.
President Mcfarland, in company
with Deputy State Superintendent
Taylor, is attending the Conference on
the Certification of Teachers, at SILT
Lake City. He reports an interesting
and profitable convention. The vice
president, Mr.. Hollis, is presiding
during Mr.. McFarland's absence.
The supervisors singing class gave
the students a rich treat last Friday
morning in chapel by giving two Sc
lections which had been worried up
during the absence of their instructor,
Miss Amidon. This. department of
the Normal School is as efficient in
training real teachers Of music as, can
be found in any school Of, the North
west.
Professor B. A. Wallace who has
charge of the Rural Course in the
Normal School, read an interesting
paper recently on "a Normal Course
for Rural Teachers" before the South.
eastern Educational Association, al
Fargo. The Rural Course at the Nor.
NAL is very popular and gives a teach.
er's certificate after 1O} months %:
study.
The Northwest Concert Company
consisting of Professor Froysaa, vi
olinist,' Jeanette Dedrick, c~ontralto
Maud Belle Rice, reader, and Blanch,
Fridd, accompanist, is giving con
certs about the state again this year
They gave q concert in Buffalo recent
~ and have a trip Of two weeks }duira
ton planned for the holidays. The,
are open for further engagements q
very reasonable terms.
Professor VIM. Norton, of the mus
ical department of the University, Wis
tied the school Monday, and wa
) greatly pleased with the beautifulEtau
ditorium and the general. musicn
/ equipment of the school. Mr. Norto
] is q fine solo singer and delighted GU
, people with one Of his best. He wa
: here visiting his mother and sister
the latter of whom is. critic teaeher 10
1.-The seventh and eighth grades.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
Population of North
Dakota 577,056
257;9l0, or 80.8 Per
Cent i'm Ten Years.
County Increase 1913 Per Cent

The census bureau yesterday issued the following sta
|tistics regarding the population of the Dakotas:
North Dakota, 577yO56, an increase of 257,91O, or 8O.8
per cent over 3l9, 146 in 1900. Increase from 1890 to 1900
was l36, 427, or 74.7 per cent.
South Dakota, 583, 8S8, an increase of 1872, 318, or 1914
per cent over 4ol,57o in 1900. Increase from 1890 to 1900
was 72,762 or 22.1 per cent.
No city statistics for these states were issued.
Steele County, 1910, an increase of LIPS or 1913 per
cent. Griggs County, 6,274, an increase of 1880 or 3O8
per cent. Trail County l2,545, a decrease of 562. or nearly
5 per cent.
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Correspondence

John Carlson. Immediately aftersthe
receptionsthey departed for Denmark
to make, their future home. slhey
have resided in this community astou-
pie OF years and are favorably known
here. They have the best wishes ,of
their many friends. - t.9si tr..
2Everyoneiis invited to attend the
program and basket social at school
No. Aon1 Friday kaevening, Decide.
Miss Ella Earsen, teacher.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
Wit and HumIor
Edited by,
"The Editors Best Friend. -

A young man had called . o his
best girl the night before. As a re-
suit he had but poorly prepared his
Virgil lesson. In spite of this fact
he. translated fairly we'll for a short
time, but after reading ''and I put my
arms around her'"h he suddenly stop
ped, unable to translate farther, and
said: "That is as far as I.got Profes-
sor." The Instructors reply was;
"That is far enough, young man."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08

realize the tremendous Importance of
the early years. of boyhood for train
ing '%in'useful; indnstrious,habits. He
has arranged q rough schedule of
work that the home ought to see that
the boysdoes from 4 years of age to l6.
1 quote a few items from his schedule.
Age 4 or younger.-May be taught
the naturesof a required duty from be-
ing sent on an occasional. small. err
rand about the house. See that he
has variety with opportunities for
constructiveness in his play. {
Age S. Carrying in kindlings,
bringing a quartof:milk from asneigh-
bor.; Someone should stayshYhim for
days, or weeks, or months if need be,
until he has acquired readiness, habit
and facility in performance Of the
work.
Age 8.-During vacation require
work that should occupy daily an
hour to an hourtand. athalf. Form q
habit ofttalking to the boy about the
necessity of his learning to work so
that he may become a. successful man.
Praise him generously for what he
does. {
"a Age 1.-TWO" hours work a day.
The time for5boysn.to. help on light
house work, cleaning off dishes, etc.
A few tools for garden, mason and
carpenter work will be ideal. D..
Age lo.-Repairing work, fixing
shelves, handy construction work
about the place.
Age 11.-Paysthe boy for his work.
Help him to start a bank account. Be
his true friend and confidant and don't
forget to let him have his share of
playing with other boys.
Age A.-Approaching adolescence.
He fatigues easily .and-snould not. be
expected to do a mans work, if he
leavesoschool. Boys at this age and
older should be made to work Within
dustry while they work, but should
have frequent holidays and allowed
visiting ,times-otherwise they may
run away from home. ".
The author quotes Judge Lindsay
asasaying to him, just as tho famous
judge had closed the trial of a l3-year-
oldEboy for stealing, "This is one. :of
our greatest problems. .At-the close
of the school year thousands OF strong
energetic boys r turned loose in this
city without a~nythingsto -do>and many
of,them fell, into avil cots ,~naerely from
lack of better occupation of their time.
If-you solve this question Of employ
ment. for the, growing boy during Y a
cation,~:you- will.-have. performed a
great service for society"
In this connection it may be stated
that vacation schools have come to
stay. The six weeks vacation school
!, conducted by the Model School Of the
Valley City State. Normal School,
holds half day sessions during the
summer and it is doing useful ser.
8 vice for many children that might
otherwise listlessly and idly roam the
) city streets.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
He Didn't Pull the Peach.

A lady has a fine young peach tree
which bore fruit last year for the first
'time-one solitary peach. She was
very anxious to see just what the
fruit looks like when it's ripe and
since she feared that her little son
would discover it before it should be
ready to pull she took him into the
garden, showed it to him and said,
willie, do not pick that peach be.
cause I am very anxious to have it
ripen on the, tree" No doubt he
would not have known about the fruit
If his mother had not called his atten.
ton to it. He said all right" fully
intending to leave it alone but his
curiosity had been aroused. One day
he went into the garden to look at thu
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
The, Call to the Ministry.

An elderly woman now living in the
west, formerly u resident of Prince
ton, New Jersey, not long ago visited
her relatives in that town. She was
especially interested in the progress
of a nephew who had entered the min
istry. She had not seen him since his
boyhood and was, therefore,, anxious
to attend service at his church.
q At dinner, subsequent to the Sunday
sermons she heard delivered by her
nephew, it was observed that the old
woman was singularly reticent.
Suddenly she broke her long silence
by asking her nephew, civilian, why
did you enter the ministry?"
"Why, aunt" exclaimed the young
divine. "What a question! I entered
the ministry because I was called"
Just a suspicion of a smile came to
the old woman's face as she respond.
ed, care you sure, William, that il
wasn't some other noise you heard?'
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
Learning a Boys Age.

i. While the agent was selling farm
machinery at,the house, the friend at
the gate held his horse and a CONVEX
sation took place with the small boy
of the family.
. With grave'incredulity, he was say
ing: 5"Are you sure that you are on
ly nine years old? I think there must
be some. mistake"
The boy was positive, but to make
sure: s"Ma," he called, Saint I just
nine years old?"
eyes, son."
After q time he ventured, "Say mis-
ter, what made you think.I was more
than nine years 'old?"
"Why," said the stranger, II could
MT understand how you could get so
dirty in nine years."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
Finley Beacon:

Miss Maude Long visited friends at
Hope for Thanksgiving, and visited
over Sunday at Aneta.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11
UNION
Of CIVIC
CLUBS
PLAN ENDORSED BY NORTH
SlDERS OF A UNITED I'M
PROVEMENT CLUBS.
NEED OF It IS FELT

A movement that has been advo-
| Gated at different times, and an eff
fort made to launch it year ago,
was again revived last night at the
meeting of the North Hill Improve
| rlcnt club. held at the Presbyterian
church, at Monroe and Amber. 1t is
a union or consolidated organiza-
ton of the Improvement clubs of
the city, to which delegates from
all of the active improvement clubs
could be sent and questions of more
than local Importance considered.
The necessity for such an organ
| ization was felt a year ago. when a
| deputation of Is delegates from va
rious improvement clubs went to a
| meeting of the Federated Mems
| Club and found the doors barred
| against them because of politics.
1t was agreed by the delegates thus
refused admittance that the FEEDER
ated Mems clubs had degenrated
into political machine and a new
organization, known as the Civic
Reform league, was started for the
purpose of uniting the improvement
clubs of the city. Some 20 clubs
sent delegates, and after holding
meetings well into the summer the
work was halted and not since re-
| vived.
| 1t is agreed by men that have
worked in the local improvement
clubs that the aid of a central or
sanization or confederation of the
clubs would be helpful. An in
stance cited is the water fight of
last summer, when the higher levels
of the city actually suffered thirst
for days at a stretch. The work of
urging the water betterments was
fought out by but one organization,
tie Kenwood-Lidgerw club,
while two-thirds of the area of the
city was equally affected. Large
matters of this character could be
handled by the united improvement
clubs and the necessary aid given it
that cannot be extended by one lone
organization.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11
HUGE CRAFT IN
RULE OF POLICE

General Bingham estimates that 10
Per cent of the members of the
New York police force are DELHI
erately dishonest. and tells us can
didly that it is practically impossi-
BILE to separate the guilty from the
innocent. Taking these figures
literally. it means that one man in
every fourteen of those upon whom
the city OF New York must rely for
the protection of life and property
is false to his trust, that he is eX-
tending q greater protection to the
law-breaker than to his victim, 1t
means more. 1t means that there
is a greater proportion of GRIM
irals on the New York police force
than in all of the rest of the city
combined, If we were to accept
the statement that one man in
every fourteen in New York is a
crook, society would be disrupted.
Law would be demolished. Yet this
j.? the startling statement of the
head of the New York police force
as to the members of his depart
ment, and the courts are not
aroused, the prosecutor is not
aroused, the grand jury is not
aroused, the people are not aroused
Why?
Another article will appear in
The Press tomorrow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

Editor The Press: From the eX-
perience which | have had short
time ago, feel inclined to ask the
question, why is county physi-
ciun?" ! am a laboTer and for the
most of the winter | have been out
OF work through no fault of my own,
as every one knows there is not
much work to be had in the win
ter. During the recent cold snap
] got, work one night on the street
for the city shOveling snow, and |
contracted a severe cold, and as |
had used up the money | had earn
ed 10 pay my room rent ! had none
left to buy medicine, so | applied
to the emergency hospital in the
basement of the city hall. where |
was told that ! should See DR..
Webb, the county doctor. with of
fees in the Granite block. and he
would fix me up. therefore called
upon DR.. Webb, who asked me
quite lot of questions. and finally
made out a prescription and hand
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

One Of the best reviews Of the
police czaroom Of this nation is
published in The World Today of
March. The Press for several days
will publish extracts from this most
carefully written article, and in or
der that the citizens of Spokane
may see little into the gloom that
surrounds every police station. and
conditions, in a small way, are the
some everywhere, except in two
American cities, where honest
chiefs of police have introduced
honest methods, which The Press
mentioned editorially last Sunday.
in a comparison of Cleveland and
Spokane, and which Acting Chief
Sullivan of Spokane desires to COL
lect $40. 00o-count chem, please,
twenty thousand dollars-on for
the comparison.
Take the problem of police dis
honesty and listen to what Chief
Bingham, as wise a man as ever
held high police job, as we'll as
the man who for years has
ruled the New York police depart
ment frankly acknowledges that
the toll of graft and blackmail in
the city reaches to nearly $4,000
600 month. and as frankly ac-
knowledges that he couldn't stop it,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

club in its campaign for police mat
rons, and that labor would be just
as much in earnest when this ques
ton comes up next Tuesday as 1t
was last Tuesday and Wednesday,
nights in battling for the wage NJ
crease.
This special fighting committee
of union labor that has been born
the last few days will not be dis
banded, but will be kept a standing
organization to get into any cam
paign for the public good.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

CO it to me, and when ] told him
| had no money to pay for getting
it filled he said that was all he
could do for me. | was feeling pref
t. bad and was afraid | might be
taken down sick, SO | was advised
By a friend to try the Sisters hos
pital, and there | received the med
icine | needed, no questions being
asked-nOt even my name or adj
dress. | do not know whether the
city of Spokane makes any provi-
sion for giving medical aid to the
poor, but | should think it could af-
ford it as well as most of the small
cities in the eastern states, which
support dispensaries, where medi-
cine and treatment are given free
to those who have no money to buy
what they are in need of. Joseph
Sutton, 0906 Monroe st.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11
UNION LABOR CENTERS ENERGY
IN FIGHT FOR POLICE NATIONS

AS stated in The Press several
days ago, union labor will not be
content merely with the councils
granting of the higher wage scale
for city employees. AS the result of
hard weeks campaign carried on
by the Womans club and labor, the
city council Wednesday night
granted the wage increase, but de-
layed action on the police matron
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

problem. Before that session the
union leaders stated that they were
going to be just as insistent on the
matron question as on the higher
wage scale.
At the executive committee meet
ing last night of the labor leaders,
who have been in charge of this
week of protest, it was decided that
labor would stick with the woman's
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

PORTLAND, Ore.-Isadore st.
Martin, a half-breed Indian, owner
Of St Martins springs, a health re-
sort on the Columbia river in Wash
ington, was stabbed to death today
by Robert Brown, guest of rival
resort
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11
c.ITY NEWS
~ IN BRIEF ~

That small army of profession
al beggers has infested the city and
that more are probably coming, is
the warning given out at the as
ISOLATED charities office. Two old
women, an aged man and a little
girl are said to be among the list
of unworthy mendicants.
Charles Pepka, Bohemian,
thought to be mentally deranged,
attempted to commit suicide yes
terday in the lavatory of the smok-
ing car. on Northern Pacific train
No. near Lind. He was found
10 minutes afterward, lying un-
conscious on the floor with three
deep gashes about his heart and
a slash across his wrist.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11
THE PUBLIC SQUARE

Dedicated speech everything except personal
quarreis and family fights Otherwise what you think
about 800 words and sign your
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

WASHINGTON.-The senate yes.
terday passed the bill authorizing
homesteaders on irrigation reclama-
ton projects to leave their claj1I
until water is available.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-11

ley & Ryrie presided. A committee
to circulate a petition in favor of
granting the franchise without the
terminal rate was named, consist
ing of c. F. Clough, Fred B. Grin
nell, Dan Morgan, w. S. Nc Crea,
Sidney Rosenhaupt and J. c. Gum
ing ham.
Several hundred people are ex-
pected at the mass meeting to be
held tonight at No. Z fire station
in Union Park, for the purpose of
discussing some plan of disposing
of the surface water that floods
the region every spring. Two
plans will be submitted by the
city engineer.
A new book, Religious Educa-
ton, the Social Teachings of Jes-
u.s." has been published by David
f. Cloyd, at present the head of
a teachers college at Des Moines,
Ia. Mr.. Cloyd was formerly prin-
ciple of the South Central high
school.