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Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

When news is hard to find and col.
umns must be filed newspaper men
often construct party tickets in order
to fill space. We noticed last week
that dull time for news had struck
one of our Grand Forks contemporaries
and part Of the democratic ticket for
1914 was evolved. For governor, j.
Nelson Kelly, of Grand Forks, was
slated, while for congressman Of the
first district, George E. Duis, Of Grand
Forks, was prominently mentioned.
The ticket ended there and causes us
to wonder just why the newspaper man
quit. There are lots Of good demo.
sarts left in Grand Forks after stating
Kelly and Duis. There is Mike Murphy
who would make good senatorial tim.
Der, J. F. T. 'Oonnor, with the legal
and forensic ability to make good
attorney general, Willis A. Joy long or
financial knowledge, who could qualify
for treasurer, with Dave Holmes, Brock
off and dozen more shining light:
who could fill out the ticket.-Walsl
Go. Record.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
A NATION LIVING BEYOND IT'S
MEANS.

James J. Hills warning against ex'
travagance and imitation Of debt, ut
cred last evening in Chicago is
timely.
He said that "the country is water
logged with bonds," and it is. He
said elf the true story OF all munich
pal Indebtedness could be told, 1T
would shock the country and give
pause even to the advocates of un-
limited expenditures for public pur'
poses;" and nobody can doubt it.
There is extravaganza in private
life and public life. The nation has
hastened toward the exhaustion OF
the rich heritage that Providence gave
it. It has lived beyond its means,
nd by habit it 10 still living beyond
its means after robbery Of the future
has all but used up its inheritance.
In nation, sttae, city and village
there has been high living Of the most
xtravagant SORT; and if ready casa
was not available bonds were issued
that the future might foot the bill.
In Minnesota thee are signs of
sanity. The state is awakened to the
need of economy in state affairs, and
this may spread to local ana possibly
even to private affairs.
With bond markets soaked to the
point Of saturation, and tax rates
growing with appalling speed to in.
crease the burdens Of the cost of liv
ing, the time for q serious accounting
is at hand. More economy both in
public life and private will soon be
come necessary just as economy be
came necessary to the prodigal sor
when he reached his diet Of husks.-
Duluth Herald.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

tune of $40 with the confidence pro-
verbally reposed by Christian in a
quartet Of one spots, and saw it swept
away 1t was the inhuman spectacle
of that impossible fifth ace
But where was the gunf Has North
Dakota courage shrunken to nothing
ness and have North Dakota traditions
melted awayi Time was when the ap
3 arance of a fifth ace in friendly
game of draw would have meant =
shutter party to the nearest hospital.
Th hunting ground of Alexander
Mckenzie and Jud La Moure never
knew such an innovation. Even less
serious freaks of the poker deck met
with instant reprobation, for that was
the happy land where
'.Around the cheerful board they sat-
Five bright and happy faces;
And not an angry word was said
| Till someone beat three aces.''
! But what would have happened had
some luckless wight ventured the quest
of Jackpot with an abnormal forma
tion, such as five strata Of aces, we
shudder to contemplate Of a truth
North Dakota has gone backward. -
st. Paul Dispatch.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

Committeeman John Bruegger has
tried to read Col. Ben Whitehead out
of tho democratic party but Ben wont
stand for it. After such glorious
victory won by the democratic party
at the polls last November open
ing up new avenue of hope and re.
venue for the unterrifed, to say no.
thing of chopping down the civil SER
vice bars to make room for thousands
more good democrats(, it is too bad
that such chickering's and strife should
exist in the ranks Of the rehabiii.
tated party. They should leave such
foolishness to their erring brothers
in politics, the republicans, who seem
willing to scrap and throw everything
over to the other fellows. But 50
long as Ben keeps The State and
keeps the Ananias Club running
Bruegger is badly handicapped.-val
ley City Courier.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

shifted from 10 to on Mccall to 10
to on Mitchell. While betting proves
nothing finally, it indicates the sense
Of change on the part Of men who
have no sentiment and whose judge
ent is cold-blooded and calculating.
Tammany admitted a strong shift to-
ward Mitchell, but believed the final
weeks campaign would turn the tide
toward Mccall again. -
The fact that Murphy is worried
gives grounds for hope. If John Pur-
roy Mitchell is elected mayor of New
York, as now seems likely, it will be
the greatest victory for political mo,
rality in recent times, and will be a
mighty heartening thing for thousands
of earnest men who have fought and
toiled against discouraging odds to
line up respectable people against a
common enemy.
| Mitchel's defeat would be more
than ordinarily ulscouraging and dis
graceful because New York is pecul
larly on trial in this election with
Tammany rule, the distinct issue as ii
never was before. The Sulzer trial
has focused before the people the en-
ormity of Tammany's transgressions
so that the voters will be under nc
delusion as to what vote either way
means. Tamnany's defeat will show
to the world that New York IS politi
cal tragedies have not been due to the
gross negligence of citizens or to a
general state of corruption but to
lack Of knowledge. It will prove that
once Tammany is disclosed in true
colors it cannot longer exploit the
first city of the land. A Tammany
victory on the other hand will dash
kic hopes of progressive people thru
out the country, and give color to
Henry Watterson's charge that the
citizenship of New York is not NOR
ally earnest and alert.
The news that Tammany is on the
run sends thrill through the nation
If election day bears out the present
indications, every honest man il
America will feel that he shares in 9
great triumph of moral uprising which
promises a new era for the whole na
tion.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

serious standard with regard to &C.
tious we continually do gross violence
to our standards with regard to words.
Take the California episode: To
safeguard morals we prosecute a
cauple of libertines, and Immediately
all over the land on a thousand print
cd pages, which any child can obtain
without question for one or two cents,
appears stry, which, if put on the
stage-where, by the way, practically
no child would ever see it unless ac-
companied by an adult-would be
deemed a scandalous affront to NOR.
ality. This continually happens, as
reference to newspaper files will show
AS censors of actions we continually
purvey literature, readily accessible to
thll 1ren, which as censors of words W,
say is most corrupting.-Saturday
Evening Post.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
BACK TO spo11s SYSTEM.

The above heading appears over a
Washington dispatch to the New
York! Evening Post, which was an
"original Wilson man. and has beer
very friendly to his administration
The dispatch begins: "Slowly but
surely the democrats in congress are
working into the foundations of the
Evil service structure. The Urgent d.
fciency Bill, as reported by the sen
ate, contains provision removing
from the classified service United
States deputy marshals and deputy
collectors Of internal revenue"
The significance of this lies in the
circumstance that it appeared coinci
dentally with reports that Mr.. Wilson
is considering plan to embark the
government extensively in the tele
phone business.
The two things never will work to
gether. The government can operate
telephones and telgraphs-and rall
roads, for that matter-on business
principles. It cannot operate them OF
spoils principles, except at a cost that
would make the experiment a nationa
calamity. The busy little grafters il
both houses Of congress. who distri
butte public Offices as rewards for po
litical service, fairly foreclose tht
federal government from some fields
that it might enter successfully bu
for them. So long as the public serv
ice is burdened with this patronage
graft an extension Of that service tt
new fields may well be viewed will
! alarm.-Saturday Evening Post.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
WHAT Is FREEDOM?

G B. Gillespie, of the Houston, Tex
as, Chronicle, before the Press asso.
citation gave utterance to the follow
ing sensible remarks, anent the Free
dom of the Press, which are SO in Inns
with Ye Editors conception of the
function Of the weekly newspaper we
give place to lit in our editorial col
mns:
Freedom Of the press ought not to
mean the right to spotlight the pri-
vate affairs of men to no good pur-
pose. Let US seek to illumine and not
dazzle mankind. The press should be
a lighthouse, not dark lantern-a
guide, philosopher and friend, not a
i'll o. the whisp; not the torch Of the
1ncendiary, but the pillar of fire shin.
ing by night to lead mankind from the
savory fare Of the hoase Of bondage
through the dreary waste to the prom
ised land.
Too frequently the freedom of the
press is construed to mean the right
TO pillory public men according to the
needs Of the party or to crafty the
personal whim or private grudge of
the man who does the writing. It is
ny well established convictions that
the man who presides over the desti.
MES of newspaper ought to have nc
friends and no enemies. His work
should be wholly impersonal. News
papers should be exempt from the
canker of favoritism. Equal opportu
mites to all and social privileges to
none should be its foundation stone
u should not bet he prerogative of the
editor to either reward by panegyrics
or punish by lampoons. It should be
his business to publish the truth at
he sees it. The truth will make the
people free. The editor should net
beg indulgence Of the strong or exac,
homage from the weak. Neither viii
ke IF any permanent benefit to him
It is his business alone to descrlnc COZ
d;tions in his new columns and to il
cuica1e doctrines in his editorial Dage
Ar editor is by virtue Of his of.ac
Judge, jury and public service con. IN 8
81 ::"r. IA shonlc not hold aly o!1ict
of either profit or emolution under the
government, because to do so is to put
him under some sort Of obligation. Oh
legations beget favors and favors ar.
undemocratic, not to say unconstitu
tinal.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

Spasmodic advertising may help
some, but it does not begin to COM
pare with honest, and persistent ad-
vertising. Whether it is Devils
Lake or any other town, one simply
has to know the merchants who fol-
low up a systematic course of adver-
tising to learn the ones who are doing
the business. In every village or
city there a few mrchants who have
the bulk Of the business, and if you
will watch their advertising methods
or talk with them about their adver.
tising, you will soon become convinc.
ed that judicious and persistent ad.
vertising pays. Of course advertising
will not get you customers and keer
them for you unless you do your part
in giving them the service that they
require and deserve, but there is nc
question but what continually keep.
ing your place of business before the
people and showing them bargains
when you have them is bound te
bring results, and there is no bette,
way to do this than through the col
umns Of your local papers, which are
carefully read by each member of the
family. The World goes into 120(
homes in Ramsey county alone, be
sides the large number of homes trib
utary to Devils Lake outside Of thu
county, and we would like to hav,
you stop and figure out how you coulc
better reach these homes than through
our columns. Advertising is a busi
ness proposition, as every GOD mer
chant knows, and every dollar they
spend along this line win return tt
them many fold. Don't be spas
modic advertiser, but preslsten,
| and consistent one.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
THE LURE OF THE CITY.

G. 8. Dickerman in the Atlantic:
People flock to the cities for the ad-
vantages there offered, and find dis.
advantages. Parents sell their whole.
some country homes on account of
their children and 60 where there are
grand churches, superior schools, and
attractive libraries, to find themselves
close to drinking saloons, gambling
dens, dance halls and indescribable al.
lurements to vice. Is that better TO,
boys and girls. or is the new atmo.
sphere heavy with influences that are
peril' There are fifty churches in q
city and thousand saloons. The
churches are open one day; and two
or three evenings in each week. The
saloons are open every week day, all
day long and far into the night. Boys
and young men are not attracted to
he churches. The saloons hold on,
all sorts Of attractions to beguile
them within their doors. What won.
der that so many city boys grow up
with disordered appetites and de.
praved tastes! A gentleman was re-
Gently heard to say: Gas 1 20 along
the street the sight of cigars in the
store windows makes me want to
smoke and step in and buy, when
otherwise should not think of it,
ihls gentleman is an eminent scholar
q principal of boys school, an advo
cate OF reforms, and influential in
cnurch and society. IF the tempta
tion OF the store windows was too
much Tor him, can we expect his pu
pills to be proof against it,
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
FALLEN FROM GRACE.

The unexpected spectacle Of an an
partition frequently has been known t
dethrone the reason Of man. Even in
our own spectacular age the mind has
not been habituated to miracles. The
realization Of the marvellous will thrill
the hardest intellect, so the appear-
bace Of the inconceivable might b.
expected to 60 further, and unseat
the average mental faculties.
1t is not astonishing, then, to learn
from Bottineau, N. D., that insanity
supervened when q poker player laid
down four aces only to be confronted
BY . hand which rose to tho suprem-
est height Of royal flush! Five aess
in one packl Small wonder thst rea.
son tottered on ito throne II vas not
that tho four aee man Yisked hls for
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

came small children and covered the
sand heap, even as flies come and
cover lump of sugar.
I can see them out of my window
now, and hear them; for they are
shrieking like mad, as all children do
who are having q perfectly gorgeous
tine.
II I could tell you all that is hap
saing on that pile of sand it would be
more interesting reading than page
full of newspaper crimes or bookful
of Diamond Dick adventures.
Over there pirate has captured a
crew of merchantmen and made them
walk the plank. One by one the poor
Tretches tumbled down the sand,
while the bold Captain Kidd with his
sword of lath stood mercilcssly at the
top. ".
A general has led his troops to
glory. He is an Irish boy of seven;
hi sarmy consists of his two sisters,
and two neighbor boys. But it was
famous victory. They liked it so
Tell they did it over and over.
There have been knife fights on the
cliff, terrific struggles wito the In.
dians, bloody hold upe, prize fights
and bear fights.
Little Sias0 Mathews, aged three,
has rolled down the sand mountain un.
iii she is half sand hreself; and her
soul is filed with pure joy, even as
her ears are filed with sand.
They have dug holes, nodded forts,
made houses ,pierced tunnels. They
have patted the sand and piled it and
thrown it and rolled it, everything but
eaten it.
On behalf of the children 1 wish to
thank the municipality Cor its kind
consideration. Whether the street
needs paving or not will not under
take to discuss, but it. is certain tha,
tie children need all the laughter and
giee that is contained in that sand
pile.
Therefore, o wise and learned rul
ers Of the town, would petition you
to come on with the sand. Please make
some more heaps. Dump one at every
corner.
1t is good of you to provide school:
where the little ones can sit ur
straight and study and not whisper
But oh, how much more bliss and rap
ture in hill Of sand!
All day long thousands of childrer
t'ay in their cooped-up flats or 60 ou
to play in the streets crowded witt
J! murderous automobiles and trucks. 81
that sand pile is a godsend, ani
goes toward realizing the prophec,
of the seer Of old:
"And the streets of the CITY shal
be full of boys and girls playing i,
the streets thereof
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

1t is not simple donation to the
home PAGER to he 'e display ad OF
YOUR business. Some peole have this
Flea, and we must say that it hurst us
to know it. This paper going to three
hundred or more people in the neigh
borhod. as well as to towns all over
the state and into other states, not to
forget Canada and some Of the old
countries across the ocean, shows these
people who our business men are. II
there is anyne who has not their name
in an I'D. those far away from here
do not know that such people or busl.
nesses exist. We are pretty we'll rep,
resented with ads. but We cannot show
by these that We have 4 barber shop
although we have good ono, and We
cannot prove that We have livery
and feed barn although We. al know
that q better and moro up.to.date in.
stitution cannot be found between
Fargo and Devils Lake. We should
ike to SEQ these an in the paper, and
We believe that IL would be only pro.
per and 70 the advantage Of our eie.
vators also to run small display ads
ut least part Of the year. Let 10 show
the outside world what We have and
ont leave It to the local editor to
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
GUARDING ouR MORALS.

BY profession at least, We are a
very moral people. Not only the law,
but public opinion as well, We think,
enjoins certain censorship over the
stage and over literature and art. In
free country the most valid reason
Tor any sort Of censorship must be to
ptoeet the young. All intelligent peo.
pie realize that If mature mon and
women choose Whist is immoral, no con
sor can help them.
Now both law and public opinion
also require certain censorship over
private actions. Our professed dsvo.
tfon to morals leads 10 to make statu-
tory crimes Of some delinquenciss that
are passed by ~ . matter Of course
among less moral peopie. And nsAt
here we fan into . melancholy con.
fusion, because in enforcing our een-
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
THE OLD HOME.

Sam Clark, in his famous Jim Jam
Jems, displays some of his eloquence
in the following excerpt from the
October number:
"No, we're not going back home
this month, for there is nothing left
'ut memories. Sometimes we think we
Will go back and clasp the hands of
those old friends Of other days, and
look into the faces of the boys and
girls of our youth; we fain would wan
der down the old road by the stream
and follow the familiar path where
once our happy childhood strayed; we
would like to take a step into the old
schoolhouse where our initials are
carved on half the desks and all the
walls; in memory we visit the town
hall over the livery stable, where the
ladies' aid held ice cream socials: we
cut cross.lots on our way from the
grocer's carrying the kerosene, the
butter and the onions, with one hand
and under one arm, while the other
hand grasping the old dogs collar we
prevent him, from interviewing a
neighbours car on the way home; we
go over to the school house steps or
back of the lumber yard to join the
boys in a watermelon feast and as we
wipe our mouth on the sleeve of ou1
blouse and hear mothers voice calling
US to dinner we should back in plain.
tive tones-'O, I don't want no din.
ner.'
"Going back home3 Mol Not ye,
for while anyway. Some day VIC
may wander back again, but just now
we'd rather not see the changes tha,
time has wrought in the old home. We
are carrying the picture of that old
home close to our heart, clos, beside
the never-fading memory of our moth
er, and we want to remember it vet
a while just as it was.
"But you-yes, hundreds of our
readers are going back home this
month. For many Of you there will
be little change in the old home;
mother OF father, perhaps both, will be
there to welcome you; brothers and
sisters will come from afar, even as
you do, and there viii be a happy re.
union. The old friends will gather t.
greet you-proud Of your success and
happy in the thought that you have
come back ever for day. And moth.
or will be 20 happy and 80 proud!
Great God In Heaven-who would not
60 back home just to hear that old
mother murmur, NY boy, my boys' -
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

give this advertising without charge
We are proud Of all our business in.
sttutions, ana are willing to show
them up anywhere and to anybody
Anytime that we can make writeuI
about anything SO as to give you q
boost, we shall try to do this, but lei
US all remember that advertising pays
-Pekin Budget.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
TIE SAND PILE.
(By Frank Crane.>

some men the other day came
around and dumped about forty wagon
loads Of sand in the street at our
corner. They are going to use 1t in
sepaving the street; but meanwhile
lt IL being put to a far better use.
Fss, - soon ~ the heap was com.
plste, out from al sorts Of places,
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

being sent out will realize some of the
troubles of a public official. Secretary
Thomas Hall, who is the officer who
issues the book, has refused to accept
the edition because Of errors and until
these are corrected the public will
have to wait for the information con-
tanned in the book:-Walsh Co. Record
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
STRAYED.

8T6AYE0.
From my farm near Derrick. on Oct.
ober End, two horses. One is a tvo.
year-old mare, color blackish erav.
with one hind foot white above the
moor. The other l. = one.year.old
horse, color black, both hind feet white
shove hoofs.
They were seen at Iona on Octohar
ID. Five dollars will be paid for In.
formation leading to their recovery.
Address me at Derrick.
LARS IvBRsDAL,.
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
W A N TED

"WANTED-A good steady gsatls.
5'enly salssman 10 handle . Ward =
wagon In Ramsey eeunty. No sxps1i
caee needed. Fer lui! partielsa.s write
promptly to D1. Words Nsdieal Ce,.
pany. Winoos, Mia"
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

strayed-september IA, 1913, s Jnue
calves, 4 red and white and solid
red. A reward will be paid for thor
return to Horace Manseau, Devils
Lake, N. D. 44.tf
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

Those who have been wondering why
the North Dakota Blue Book was moi
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

TAMMANY ON THE RUN,
Authentic advices from New York
city indicate that Tammany b % tie
run. Last Saturday odds suddenly
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

foR sALE-some pure bred Plymouth
Rock roosters. Out Of the finest
strains and all nice birds. Norman
Morrison, Webster, N. D.,
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07
FOR SALE

FOB RENT-Nice furnished room
Enquire 617 e. Fifth st. Att
Devils Lake weekly world., 1913-11-07

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