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The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

The medical authorities of the coun-
try have passed. in a way. on the much
exploited Friedman cure for consump-
tion. The verdict is a negative one,
and says that it has not yet been shown
that the treatmnt is meritorious, and it
also points out that much harm may
have been done by arousing false hopes
in the minds of sufferers. and causing
them, for a time at least, to abandon
courses of treatment which would have
been helpful. friedman is: being
criticized all over the country for his
course in making merchandise of his al
legged cure before its efficiency has been
demonstrated. Grand Forks Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17
THE TARIFF

Fargo Forum There is q report cur
rent about Fargo that considerable rail-
road building that was being planned
for North Dakota. and a lot of building
that had been decided on for Fargo and
throughout the state by big corpora
tions, is to be given up. It is said that
this will mark the local phase of the
beginning of a fight to attempt to make
the country feel that the adoption of the
democratic tariff bill would be dis
astrous.
The Forum has no means of knowing
whether there is any foundation Of
truth in this rumor. 1t sincerely hopes
not. but if there is, the Forum believes
with deep conviction that such a cam
paign will react so completely and
thoroughly that the disastrous results
will be to the corporations and not to
the tariff bill.
The people of these United States are
firmly convinced that this revision
should be downward and all along the
line. They believe. and the facts and
figures are accessible to prove the as
sertion, that many industries have
grown to their present tremendous size,
not through merit but through the pro-
tective tariff.
The democrats have come into power,
largely on this one issue, and they
have Immediately proceeded to fulfill
their promises. So far they have made
great progress and although they may
have carried the revision, a little fur
Their than may have been necessary. OF,
the whole they have done just exactly
what the people expected and in fact
demanded.
The bill has passed the lower house.
1t now comes to the critical time in
its career, the gauntlet of the senate.
The democrats have a majority of
seven in the senate. Prov ided that all
the republicans stand pat-which is not
p%robable-it would only take the chang
ing of the vot es of four democrats to
defeat the tariff bill. 1t is hardly pos
sible that it will go through without
some amendments. but whether or not
these will make any vital change is the
big question.
There have been efforts to arouse fac
tiooal feeling, to stir up the farmer in
the west, the cotton grower and all the
other producers in a last great attempt
to block this legislation. There has
been some response but not what was
hoped for. The fact is that the farmer
realizes that if the duty is lowered all
along the line ne will benefit far more
than he will be harmed.
Should the tariff measure become a
law, substantially, as it has passed the
house, there would of course be some
little time necessary for q readjust-
ment. But it is the honest conviction
of the Forum that if it has time for q
thorough test that this lower tariff will
bring about a condition of prosperity
and progress in this nation, the like
of which was never experienced before
in the history of mankind.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

Another newspaper is in financial
distress. This time it is the Times,
the tail end OF the old Settler, at Bis
marck. Attorney W.. l.. Smith has
been appointed trustee. Mr.. Opdyke,
the Times publisher. does not know what
he will do. His paper seemed to be
making the owner a good living and a
little more until he entered into some
kind of a partnership with Mr.. Pack
ard and they started a daily. The
daily lasted less than two months and
now the entire Times plant is in the
hands of its creditors.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

The Tribune story about Belield in
a recent issue was very good. A new
man was on the job and he seemed to
know what to 60 after. The writer
gave the impression that Belield gets
more rainfall than other places on &C.
count of being near the Bad Lands.
He found that the four elevators of the
place had marketed SO8, 1868 bushels OF
grain for the past season, or up to
April 1st.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17
THE POSTOFFICE MERIT" OR
vi VOA W.
DER

There is nothing unexpected in the
executive order relating to the so, 900
fourth class postmasters who were
placed within the classified service by
the eleventh hour Taft order of October
18th. President Wilson. whose devo-
ton to the merit principle needs no
further proof, has directed an examina-
tion to test the efficiency of the incum-
bents, as we'll as of other applicants.
The Offices are not recaptured by the
spoilsmen; the new executive order
merely corrects what was defective and
political in the Taft action. which
was much criticized at the time even
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

Will HoIbeim. secretary of the N. D.
Press Association. has installed a new
Cottrell news press at the Journal office
in Lansford. This gives Bottineau
county's leading publication an up.to-
date plant.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17
large circle of friends.

School in the SchlapmaMn district
closed this week with an entertainment
by the pupils. which was greatly en-
joyed by all persent. Follwoine the
program ice cream and cake were served
q nd the children receivd pertty souve-
Mrs from the teacher. Percival W.
Taverner. who purchased the S. M.
Moore farm last ia II. The visitors
at the entertainment were: Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Schlapman. Mrs. Candee, Miss
Faulkner. Miss Skinner, James Little,
Esther Candee. Doris Little and Fred
Simon.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

G. E. Batchelder::of Halliday does not
approve of Representative C.. C. Law
baueh's legislative record and has
written an open letter to the News and
Spring Valley Times telling wherein he
failed in serving the best interests of
Dunn county.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

The County State bank at Bowman
has absorbed the State Bank of the
village. This leaves two banks at the
Bowman county seat town which is
about right. The Phelans own the First
National there.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

The people of Bismarck would not
convict Col. Ben Whitehead on the libel
suit brought against him by Charles
Glatt. If correctly represented. plain
tiff had a lame case to start with.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17
Gladstone

Miss Tillie Lasron was in Taylor Sat-
urday.
Howard Putnam of Dickinson visited
relatives here Sunday.
Cashier W. G. Watts visited rela-
tives in Hebron Sunday.
Arthur Clark of Dickinson was a
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

A great many of the state papers
have reproduced the PRESS article on
the incorporation Of the Dakota Rail-
road Company with leading Dickinson
men as incor porators.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17
OFFICIAL P FOR
STARK COUNTY.
PRESS

1t was very nice of the Bis marck
Tribune and Fargo Forum to reproduce
Gov. LIB. Hanna's address at Dickinson
which appeared exclusively in this city
in the PRESS.
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17
AFTER PASSING YEARS
Dickinson Testimony Remains
mistaken.

Time lis the best test of truth. Here
is a Dickinson story that has stood the
test of time. 1t is a story with a point
which will come straight home to many
of us.
Mrs. F. M. Dubois, 302 Fifth Ave-,
E., Dickinson. N. D.. says: II can
The Dickinson press., 1913-05-17

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02
MIR. KELLER's APPOINTMENTS.

Though authoritative announcement
is lacking it is understood that Mayor
elect Fred W.. Keller will make his
municipal appointments public next
week. BY a process Of elimination, it
is presumed, he has reduced the
choice to a minimum and is now in
position TO make his final selections.
We are not advised as to the order
in which the selections have been or
will be made. but we may assume from
Mr.. Keller's campaign pledges that
he has or will choose that course
which is most likely TO produce the
promised results. Mr.. Keller was
pledged in the first instance to an ad-
visory board, presumably 10 be com
! posed of substantial, disinterested per
sons who would be competent to ad-
wise him not only in the administra-
ton of city business but in the choice
of these to whom transaction of mis-
business is to be entrusted.
We assume hat Mr.. Keller has
availed himself of the advice of his
board in making the choice of his cab
met and that he has found it of as
sistance in selecting men and women
for the various positions TO be filled
with a due regard to their fitness and
without respect TO their political or
personal affiliations.
Unhampered by party lines Mr.. Kel-
Ter has a wide opportunity in selection
and it should be that much easier for
him TO name competent assistants and
to avoid making appointments for
other than purely efficiency reasons.
There are nan broad guaged men
and women in South Bend who might
be induced to accept office under the
coming administration from solely the
public spirited standpoint. men and
women who would regard such ap-
p-ointments as calls 10 duty rather
than as opportunities TO draw sus-
tenance from the public teat. and it
is such appointments that the people
of South Bend have good reason to
expect.
, 1t would be unfair TO any advisory
board Mr.. Keller might appoin' not TO
give il a voice in selecting the eXecu-
tive officers OF the city government,
and unjust 10 place such board in a
position of responsibility for the acts
OF persons it had not or could not
recommend or approve.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02

II is with "A deal Of interest that we
note what the banquet speakers had
TO say Of the dominance in Indiana
politics, by Mr.. Thomas Taggart. He
seems TO be the bone OF contention.
We are inclined to the belief that the
power of Mr.. Taggart is overestimat-
ed, but be that as il may. TO get rid Of
this n man. or TO throttle his inhu-
ence, il is not necessary TO hang the
hide Of the entire democratic party on
the fence. as appears TO be the yelled
program Of the federation promoters.
Let Us rave a federation Of the pro-
gressive democrats of the state. but
let Us not remove the emphasis from
the democrats. Il has been the
democratic program Of a hundred
years, and in some respects. Of twenty
FIVE years additional. that has pre-
served the peoples rule in this cOun-
try. But for Jefferson and his CO.
workers there might never have been
such a thing as popular rule in this
republic at all, and the republic would
more than likely have been an aris-
tocracy instead.
The party has never receded from
that program. save in a few exception
al cases that have served to prove the
rule. and whatever else such a feder-
alton as is proposed may do. the mem
bers shOul not forget that they are
democrats, if they are democrats, and
it should be 10 further the welfare Of
the party, rather than to disrupt it,
that they proceed with the undertake
ing
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02
FEDERATION OF PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRATS.

A federation Of the progressive dem
ocrats OF Indiana. as proposed at the
Peoples Rule league dinner at Moose
hall Saturday night might not be the
worst thing that could happen 10 the
democracy OF the state by any means.
II organized and conducted along
constructive lines 10 could be a power
OF good. Il may be hat the demo-
cratic organization in the state is not
as progressive as il might be: evident
y not as progressive as some would
like IL 10 be. but the best nod OF
correction would be 10 proceed along
constructive rather than destructive
lines.
AR Kirby. president OF the Indiana
travelling mems democratic club. hit
the nail square on the head when he
said IN his address. that in speaking
OF democracy the use OF the word
progressive" as an adjective is SUI
p%erhuOus. There is nothing in this
sO-called progressive program that vas
not promulgated by Thomas Jefferson.
founder OF the party. yea. a century
ago. The peoples ruie is always at
least presumptive in democratic gov
eminent. and. in SO far as that pre-
sumption - REPUTABLE. il Is the fault
OF the people themselves
There is a work in Indiana that a
federation OF progressive democrats. IL
they wish TO call themselves that. can
dc. and do 70 good advantage. IL is
an educational work. free. fair. and
conducted without bias or prejudice.
II Il ssumes the role OF party dis
r%uptionist. however. We doubt II il
will get very far. that Is. in the scale
OF effectiveness.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02
THE MELTING 0
CONE. TAKE PoTLUCK WITH Us.

APPARENTLY there are a few peO-
pie in South Bend who do not know
we have been away on our occasional
vacation. We met some OF them yes
teTddy morning when we came down
town. They bowed and spoke with
their usual cordially. but their greet
ings lacked the enthusiasm we felt
over seeing them for the first time in
a fortnight.
We might have stopped them and
explained and thus aroused an enthu-
siasm in our return. but il would have
been qualified by their surprise TO
learn that We had been away. But we
shrank from the admission that We
had not been missed and accepted in
preference the cold fact that our alb
sence was only casual.
BESIDES it would have been heart
less to tell them hat we had come
from a land which gave US fourteen
days Of consecutive sunshine, or four
teen consecutive days of sunshine, as
you please, and we scarcely could have
avoided it had they discovered our
return.
The weather is an inevitable sub
jet here, where we hav so much
quantity with so little variety. Here
a day of sunshine is treasured in the
memory. Where We have been they
say the sun always shines.
And yet, WE weeks is about as long
as we care 10 be away from South
Bend. We would not trade the green
grass of our valley nor the dyes of
our woods for the monotonouS sun
shine of Denver or the spectacular
nights Of its mountains.
AND still one sees many interest
ing things in Denver. For instance, we
nhaarunH fhnf AR Tnn1aCc InG hacnr1n
the successor Of the Denver Faucet
company.
The Coffin Packing company is al
so in business there.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02

And over the portals of one OF Dem
ver's newspapers which possibly has a
better reputation abroad than at home.
like some other of its Institutions is
the motto: 90. Justice, When EX-
PEELED From other Habitations, Make
This Your Dwelling Place"
AS far as we could learn the invita-
ton has not been accepted.
TravelOgue of the Journey.
Just west of Beckwith a black and
white kitten was gingerly picking its
way across one OF the numerous fields
in hat vicinity.
At Fairfield a woman in a blue cali
20 gown was pulling a cabbage for
dinner.
A mile out Of Batavia a wayfarer
who had sidetracked himself OF the
right Of way TO let our train pass re-
sumed his Journey in the opposite di-
rection. With the aid OF the train he
rapidly widened the distance between
us.
We observed by a sign which occu-
pied a large space on a small building
that the Hotel Ouch is located at Ben
kelman, Iowa.
There was much more, but this will
give our readers some conception or
the thrilling events of our trip.
CIRCUMSTANCES prompted this
lyric. or limerick:
In Denver there is a wine celler,
IT'S owned by a mighty good Teller;
It's all good in the main.
But the best is champagne,
And for this we mostly did heller.
They were expecting a storm when
we reached Denver, but the skies
cleared. Within "a hours after our
return the clouds passed away.
WE seem to bring sunshine wher-
ever we go.
9. n. T.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02

Howard saw that no matter whom he
appointed he would succeed in making
"A lot of people mao at him. Then they
would go about trying for the ham
mer-throwing record, making fun of
the way he walked, criticising his
clothes, his views on baseball. and in
every way possible making things un-
pleasant for the representative.
About that time a fortunate thing
happened. A woman applied for the
job. There is just a race OF suspi-
ciOn that William Schley Howard
hunted up the woman and coaXed her
to seek the place, but that may be
nothing more than idle talk. AT any
rate she put in her application for the
pOstoffice. n the representative at
once called a meeting of the other
candidates. Said he:
Gentlemen. l had about decided on
one Of you-no need for me to say
which one. for everybody knows which
one of YOU is best fitted for the duties
OF the place-tO be the postmaster.
Inasmuch a. l couldn't appoint you
all, the logical thing 10 do seemd 10
be 10 name the man whose abilities
lowered above all the others. cat
who remark each and every one
smiled pleasantly at the compliment
But now an unexpected condition has
arisen. A woman has applied for the
place. a woman who is capable and
who SAYS she needs the money. Nat
urally l would not insult the chlValry
OF any one OF you by even suggesting
that a man here would be a party 10
barring a woman from a place that
she wants. So I did the thing that l
knew you would all want me 10 do.
| recommended the appointment OF
the woman Isn't il a perfectly love
~ day."
And what could they do but agree
that il was indeed a pretty day.
II Albert Sidney Burleson, the post
master general. Is seen leaning back
in his chair. with corrugated brow and
an expression Of deep DerpleNity as
he looks of into space for a distance
OF eight or nine miles. il does not nee
essarily follow that he Is concentrate
ing his thoughts on the problems OF
the ~postOfice department. IL IS just
possible that he is merely trying 10
make up his mind what moving pic
lure shows TO attend that evening. For
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02

BurleSon is the most consistent movie
fan in official Washington.
About the only fun the postmaster
general has any more is making the
rounds of the picture shows. After the
shades of night have fallen he starts
u and goes from one TO another OF
these gilded halls of the film. He stays
only for the choicest part OF the bill
of fare at one place and then g1ides on
to the next, applying much the same
system as a nan working a free unch
route. The moving pictures comprise
BurleSon's one major vice and he
revels in ii. Baseball he cares moth
ing about at all. and has never been TO
a big league game. The sight or
strong men standing idly in front OF a
-scoreboard stirs his ire until ne al
most desires to fight; yet he will go to
a picture show and laugh cruelty at
the misfortunes of a poor, weak-willed
Welsh rabbit fen in the throes of a
nightmare.
All OF which goes TO show that If
man escapes one form OF vice only to
become the victim OF another, II avails
him almost nothing.
Nearly every time h newspaper
correspondents get an audience with
the president, they are rewarded by
hearing him spring ofhand at least
one good joke.
The other day some one asked the
president f ne were contemplating q
trip TO the Panama canal.
NO" he said, lit had been planned
that / should see IL before the water
went into it. But now that the anal
is full (pause) il probably is not a
tit thing 10 associate with
It must nave been extemporaneous,
for how could the man have known
anybody was going 10 ask about the
canal?
Copyright. 1918. by Fred c. Kelly.
All rights reserved.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02
By MABEL HERBERT URNER.

In all her letters she a implied
she was very happy, n that warren
was kind and considerable in every
way. It was both her pride that
prompted this and a desire to keep
from her mother the pain which the
knowledge OF her daughters unhappi-
ness would bring. SO she had written
home joyful glowing letters.
And now for her mother to come
and find that she was far from happy,
that Warren was irritable and selflsh,
and that they were growing farther
and farther apart. II 1t were a rev
davs. she might dissemble, make her
mother believe that she was happy as
her letters implied. But two weeks!
She knew it would be impossible TO
deceive her mother for two weeks.
And Warren-what would be his
attitude? None of her people had
ever visited her. She had nothing to
her mother. And just now, when
things between them were more
strained and difficult than they had
ever been, Her mother could not
have chosen a more unfortunate time.
And yet she could not write her this.
She would have to write her TO come.
There was no other way
When she handed Warren the letter
that evening it was with varying emo
Here is a letter I got from mother
TODAY. She is coming TO visit us.
ITO WHAT"
ITO visit u.s." she replied quietly?
Read the Letter yourself.
Warren read the letter n LAID IL
down without comment.
Helen waited tensely for some re-
marks but he made none. AT last n
said slowly.
Warren. whatever our attitude
has been toward me lately, this is my
mothers first visit and ! hope you Will
help make her stay a pleasant e
Now, that's just hke you! That's
the sort Of thing which makes me mad
clear through. Why do you imply
that | won't make her visit pleasant.
l haven't said anything to the con-
trary, have II"
NO. but l thought"
That's just it. You're eternally
expecting something unpleasant from
me, and that's why nine times u of
ten you get it. l suppose as soon as
you read your mothers letter you inn
mediately jumped TO the conclusion /
wouldn't be civil TO her. Now didn't
you? Well. I'll tell you right here.
if I'm not civil TO her ii will be your
own fault. Now just null that Overt"
Helen made no answer but her
cheeks burned holly as she refolded
the letter into it's envelope, and in
strained silence again took up her
sewing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02
STATESMEN, REAL
AND NEAR.
BY FRED G. KELLY.

WASHINGTON.-When Ollie James
the worlds largest United States sen
atOr. was a youngster down in Ken
lucky, he went one summer TO visit
some relatives on a farm.
On the morning after his arrival.
little ollie was awakened by a rude
pounding on the door OF one Of the
boys in the family. IL was the father.
and he made "A remark hat startled
and totally unnerved ollie.
cit up" said the father. You've
oversight yourself. It's almost Z
O'Clock"
Ollie couldn't get over hat almost
4 o'clock. That afternoon he made
some excuse 10 return home.
William Schley Howard. a crafty
young CONGRESSMAN from down in
Georgia. had a postmastership 10 Ell,
and there were. oh. a Great many ap-
plicants. Nearly every applicant rep
resented and was backed by a different
political faction. and William Schley
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02

The fine Italian hand of wOman is
making itself manifest in public af-
fairs in divers ways, and all for The
good of the public. As at presen'
constituted the feminine force is a
disinterested and public spirited
power. 1t is corrective and reforma-
tive.
Without the ballot. except in isolat-
eded instances, the r3oral influence OF
women is being exerted in a striking
manner. And in a way il is astOnish-
ing how readily this new element in
affairs avails itself OF the most ef-
fective means OF accomplishing what
is desired. In Scdth Bend and AIish-
awake we have evidences Of the exer-
else Of this potent influence FOR the
-amelioration OF living conditions. In
Chicago the women are conducting a
successful boycott against a monopoly
in eggs
Women. as a fundamental principle.
are more interested in the welfare OF
the home and the family than in the
continuance OF customs simply be
cause they have been long continued.
Women are innoVators. They have
little respect for established rules and
customs. They are direct in their
methods. Perhaps it is because they
have not learned the man method Of
doing things, bat more likely because
they have a wholesome contempt for
temporization.
out m Colorado the politicians.
those in politics FOR what there is in
IL. are not overly enamored Of suf-