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Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31
NAIL ORDER COMPETITION.

Much has been said and written
about the mail order house and its
pernicious effect CT the business of the
town retail dealers. Many ideas have
been advanced as to how best to over
come this competition, which many
small dealers cay is running them and
driving them out Of business.
In our opinion there is but one way
for the small merchant to compete with
the mail order house ,and that is to
compete. Sell to people who appre-
ciate honest prices and will pay for
what they get, and over All and above
all, advertise, 80 that people may know
what you have in your place Of bust.
ness. There are men, of course, who
will ask the loca. dealer for credit
end then send their cash to the mail
order dealer, but they are only an in
considerable number, and cut but a
small figure in the total business Of
the year.
It pays to advertise. If it did not
the mail order houses would not spend
hundreds of thoueands of dollars each
year for catalogues which are sent
broadcast. If it pays the mail order
house to advertise, then just as surely
it will pay the local. dealer.
The best advertisers in every town,
large or small are the best stores and
to prove this you need not 20 outside
Devils Lake.
If mail order b fuses in order to I'M.
dersell local merchants deal in shoddy
goods the fact should be shown the
buyer by the local merchants. The
average buyer is reasonable and rea.
soning creature, and it is not difficult
to convince him, once You have gotten
his ear And tho wsy to get his a.,
is to advetrtise- and keep on adver
Using. -
If You handle good goods, advertise
the fact. I: II You don't handle good
goods you don't deserve to gst any
trade. Bat II you notice, the mail o.
der houses are getting rid Of lot Of
mighty poor goods, and they are deine
it by adverti,ing. How much easie,
it would be fer tho small retailer t.
sell goods II he would Only advertis.
them.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

A4A0 0o0AOxAN 44OA44VNs
Instead Of settling affairs in Mexico
and clarifying the atmosphere down
in the Greaser country, Sundays cleo
ton has left things in more COM
plicated state than ever. Only few
thousand dared to register their choice
Of candidates, and as a result the vote
cast fell very much short Of the re.
quired number to validate the election.
This fact has left things in a bal
state. While everything seemed to be
quiet and serene, Huerta and bis fol.
lowers were everywhere in evidsnee.
It was hoped, not only by the United
States, but other nations that this ola :
tion would DO the means Of bringing
peace and order out Of chaos, bat the
result has been Just the opposite. Hu.
erta claimed that hs was not . easdl
date for ths presidency, bst 70 one =,
dissaes II looks that 10 WIS = sas
dida&s, and further than this b. haA
10 othsr two easdidatss n his ms,ey
70 that tbsy wsrs ssabis 70 evss hav.
. fair slew at ths polls. Up 70 ths pre-
sent time Hsssta 10 stiff n the ssAdis
and holds the dietatorsafp Of TIE ~
uation, and tie question T., wtat
the Unitsd States Or tie ethsr power
going TO do abost Il.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31

der the old law, or whether there
would have to be special election
for this purpose.
Gov. Hanna took the wise and pro-
per course, and that was to submit the
proposition to the attorney general Of
the state for his opinion, and since
that time he has been patiently wait
ing for this "moses'' Of the Demo
cratic party of the state to render his
opinion.
It must be somewhat hu1ailiat;ng to
tho Bismarck 'dope fend" and his
sponsors to have the attorney general!
now come forward with an opinion
stating that no special session was
necessary, thereby disproving all the
material statements Of the "Bismarck
special"
The opinion Of Attorney General
Miller is given below and shows just
how much reliability and dependence
should be placed in the "wildcat'
stuff sent out from Bismarck and lab.
olcd "spccial and published in var.
- :wtI apers, which arc antagonist
ic to the governor.
! Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 27-Attorney
General Andrew Miller yesterday gave
an opinion to Governor L. B. Hanna
which, if followed by him, will render
unnecessary special session Of the
legislature TO- put into force the seven
teenth amendment to the federal con.
stitution providing for direct. election
of United States senators by the peo
pie.
/ In his opinion Attorney General
Miller holds that the so.cailsd $40
per cent clause' Of the state primary
law, requiring that any candidate fo'
the nomination for United States sen
ator at the juno primaries who doet
not secure 40 per cent Of the total vote
cast must 60 on tire ballot at the gen
eral election in November, wa 70
pealed by chapter so7 Of the 1911 Sc:
=
sion laws.
i He further held that, under the
amendment, unless tho legislature ex
pressly authorized tho governor by fo1
NAL enactment, he has no authority
to appoint q United States senator.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31

Under date of October "a there was
special sent out from Bismarck to
be printed by the Democratic papers
Of the state to the effect that Gov
Hanna was afraid to call special SOB
sion of the Legislature, and goes on
further to say:
"There can oe no question but what
session ought to be called. II Is i'd
mitted by everybody. The session
could perform the necessary labors IN
providing legal machinery for electinl
United States senator's and adjourn IL
three days At cost, probably, Of mo-
to exceed 10000. II there is no spe
cial session there must be 4 specia
election, a. IN expense Of from $780, GU
to 100000 to the state.
Ono does not have to read TIL,
Especial" very carefully to know tina
It was sent out to mislead people o.
the state relative to the position o.
Governor Hanna. There has been tall
for some time about calling 4 specia
session Of the legislature relative t,
the matter of the election Of q. 4
eenstors, ~ the was 90 changed
that It appeared nmswha: iA1eanit'
as to whether their election came IN
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31
WAGES AND PRICES.

Increased cost Of living during the
last dozen years has been worldwide
phenomenon--as noticeable in Toxic As
in New York; and 1t seems to be a
worldwide fact that wages, though ad-
vancing almost everywhere. have not
kept pace with the rise In commodity
prices. This is certainly true Of Eng
land, for the Board Of Trade has latsly
psblished'a very comprehensive report
on the subject, which shows, in = word
that rents and food prices since 1905
have risen about twies 2 fast ~ food
wages.
Unfortunately our ,Bareau Of Labor
Statistics has been switehsd ~ Of ~.
eral special investigations ordered by
congress, % No have had no ee.prs,
hensive report on wages in this conn
try for several years; bot To available
evidence indicates that wages, - =
whole, have hardly ilersased - mach
as tho cost Of housing and foed At
least there il no reason TO suppose they
have risen any higher.
Our vast importations Of nav fore: =
labor may have some eject IN rstard.
ing = rise in wages; but recent SOL
ioquy In the senate between . New
Highlander and Soutnerner brought
out the fact that cotton.mi wages in
the south are still decidedly lower
than in the North-a condition the
Southerner defended on tho extraor-
binary ground that Southern wages,
however, small they may be, al 60 to
native Americans; whereas Northern
rnill wages went largely to "fore'gn
cattle"
F, OF ccurso the native American 10 vsl
cone 70 al tho comfort he can extract
from tho circumstances that hs 10 paid
less than "foreign eattie;" and In
any event he cannot blame imuigra
tio. for his meager pay envelops. !.
No other economic question 10 more
important than tho ono. eonnoted b.
this relationship between wages and
prices; but other economic questions
get more consideration.
1
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31
IL IT WORTH WHu.E7

Atlanta Const tuition: Much is beinR
said and written, nowadays, about
fast living and high life. "The pace
that kills,' 1t is said.
In England alone in tho last few
years the increase in insanity has
treb'ed the increase in population by
birth, and much Of this il attributed
to fast living.
There is another pace, however, that
is becoming alarmingly fatal in Amer.
lea, and especially in the older sections
Of our country. It IL tho pace Of the
fnmily that leaves a comfortable coun
Try home to settle down in squalid
city quarters.
It IL understood, Of course, tia,
many men who have succeeded on 4
small scale in the country have com.
to the city and rrospered. The city
needs, must have. and IL glad to ~,
share Of the best brain and brawr
from, tho. country. Al the same tim,
there are men who sueeeed on . small
scsle in the country. bat fail on I.
larger scale IN Tho city. OCCASIONAL,
there i' one who faiis - the eountr,
and succeeds in tie city.
! 1t Is to be prssuned that people VII,
move from eoustry bssss to town d
% hecause they believe they are bot
terisg their condition. There are sup
posed to be hotter schools for the chill
dren; q clerkship lures The son iron
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31
1AlesroRD 1rBRE1Ha.
Loop Boosters 70 Outline Plan POI
More Settlers 1oday:

1ansford, N. D., Oct. 2s-Tomorrow
tho first meeting Of the recently o..
gsnized Mouse River Loop Develop.
mont and Immigration league win be
hsid IN this city, and representatives
from III cities Il. TIE lsep win atts.d
Tho entire tine Will b given over "a
diseussie. ~ wsys and means Of ear
rytnK on tho work Of the association
wbjet wss launched at . recent meet'
tss hsss.
~ Z. Hotbsin, SECRETARY Of tho ~
sosts&isn, hss arranged = preliminary
program Of methods propoaed for the
advssesnssst Of the iunigstion work
III. plan being to carry on = cam
paig1 II pabiicity ~ the principal
feature Of the movement.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31
r1ouB1..nAx1ito ,lnr1srxas.

Much o. tho trouble in Mexico he's
been zlede BY foreign nisistsrs xtth
mpsrfeet command Of speech. Anbas.
ssdor Wilson began It. Hs rseexsi sed
Husrta, without ws4lt,ss = - -
his new chief At washingten wanted,
and talked TOO much absst deliests
and private matters Afterwards. rhs
governnent had to disavow him with
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31
Governor L. B. Hanna's
Thanksgiving Proclama ton


State Of North Dakota Executive Department.
The
~ as Thanksgiving day. and in established
and because it fitting and that
L. Hanna Dakota do
hereby Designate Thursday 1919
day OF and praise the
" -
This has been Of liberal returns husaamnd peace
and prosperity in the state freedom calamity
and plenty people, then
thanks to and benehnt god gifts
and pledge ourselves worthy Of His right
living and country;
OF charity and love dwell with that day
happiness our fellow beings and the
Done at the capitol at Bismarck this day Ocober
1913. ~ <@.,.a ~ B. HANNA,
(seaD 0sterass 1zsy
By the governor:
Thoms Hail. ssa:t
secretary OF STATE. A-sa;-
= - -
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31

Advertising rates made known upon
Al plicaticn.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31

Entered It the postoffice at Devils
Lake, N. D., as se2<<nd class matter.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31

Boost, and THE WORLD Boosts
WIN vvou-Knock, and You Knccs
Alone
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31
NO SPECIAL SESSION.

omcial Paper Of Ramsey County.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12
Duncan Field Notes.

Duncan, Okla, April 49, Foreman
A. q. Anderson Monday took out 25
men to lay a mile and a half of pipe
from the gas we'll IA miles from the
city When this work is completed
and Foreman Allen finishes bis ser.
vice work the gas win be turned on
ln about two weeks the lady of the
house win pc cooking with natural
gas
A considerable flow Of oil was dis
covered in Galloway well No. = early
inthe week, according TO reports
reaching Duncan Monday. The oil
was found at a depth OF $40 feet but
in Just what quantity is not known.
The Oklahoma OH co. has recent
81 acquired leases on some 5000 acres
Of land on Dry Creek and are nego-
tiatinr for other leases Contracts
have been entered into to begin drill
ing inside Of 80 DAYS
Considerable land contiguous to
comanche has been rendered TO any
company that will contract to drill
for oil or gas. Nd strings are said
to be the tender
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12
CONTINUED ACTIVITY
in STEPHENS COUNTY
Duncan Will Soon be Burning Nat
ural Gas Oil Found in Small
Quantities----Prospectc
are Keeping Busy

Authentic information concerning
the OPENING of new OIL field il
PittslRirg county, Oklahoma, and new
developments in the Stephens eoun-
ty field near Duncan, together with
the general hum Of the oil industry
Throughout the State have served to
Quicken the interest NJ the local oil
promoters this week.
The home company IS pushing for
ward with It's plans for the early
starting Of development operations in
Grady county and the indications are
that It VIII not be long before drilling
4 under way.
A special from McAlester gives the
following news Of the new develop
ments in Pittsburg county
Word reached here Friday from
Ashland that oil had been struck two
miles from there and vas flowing over
the top of the well.
Last week the Test Oil Company
brought in q big Gas we'll Pushing
the casing en- down to shut off the
gas, drilling vas continued until the
oil was found Many persons Left
here Friday to verify the report
This is the first oil found in this
section and opens up an entirely new
field While here lasi Monday, J. l.
Malone, general manager Of the com
pany said he expected to find oil in
the big gas well The company has
inquired after a gas franchise for this
city"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12
ARRESTED ON
BOOZE CHARGE

shorty Fletcher and ". b War
rem. negroes, We're arrested last night
and placed in the county jaii on
charges Of selling whiskey- They
were arrested upon inlormatiop fur.
nishea by two young men living in
the country to whom It is claimed
they sold some alleged whiskey last
Tuesday
1t is said that one Of the boys be
came very m after drinking the par
ticular brand Of squirrel dispensed
by Warren and Fletcher It is be
lieved to have been home grown
whiskey. sort Of concoctiOn OF rec
pepper vinegar and birthstone Ths
arrests were made by Sheriff JOIN
Lewis and Bose Ramsey
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12
LITTLE One
DRINKS lie

As a result Of drinking a portion
Of a can 81 I've, the two-year-old child
Of Mr.. and Mrs, G. NJ. Hollingsworth
is critically IN At the Hollingswortb
home 1875 Kansas avenue Mrs Hol-
linesworlh had been cleaning house
with the I've and the can was placed
within reach of the child
Yesterday afternoon about $3.50 the
baby got hold Of the can without it's
mothers knowledge and while play
ing with it. drank portion Of the
contents. AS soon as the accident
was discovered, a physician was cali
8d and treatment given While the
child is not considered out Of dan
ger It is much improved today, but
as yet the throat is SO badly burned
that it cannot swallow.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12

81 2-10 cents on June 80, 1919 instead
Of Si.8iS, as under the present law
and s10Ol8 in the committee bill.
This would mean by comparison with
the present tariff law, a reduction Of
roundly 20 cents at the outset. 20
cents in 1916 and n cents u 1918.
On 100 degree sugar, from sources
other than Cuba. the Broussard
amendment would make a net reduc-
tion from the present rates Of S7h
cents per hundred pounds on passage
of the bill; 50 cents IN 1916 and 62
cents in 1918,
Another Broussard amendment
would extend the period Of grace un-
der which the contemplated free su-
gar basis was to be reached within
three years, to a total os four years,
SO as to carry the whole question be-
yond the next national election.
Representatives Howard Of Georgia,
ana Gard % Ohio and others ineffec-
tually sought TO have machine .ools
put on the free list, while Represents
tive Hensley Of Missouri led a vain
fight against the reduction Of the duty
on lead Some Of the democrats urg.
ed free zinc IN place Of 10 percent
duty.
The wool schedule was quickly dis
posed Of by the caucus An amend
ment by Representative Baker Of Cal
lfornia 70 transfer paving blocks, rail
road ties and telegraph and telephone
poles to the free list in place Of the
proposed 10 percent duty was voted
down
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12
MILITANT
LEADER IS
RELEASED
Telegram BY unired Press.

Telegram by Unired Press.
London, April l2.-c Completely ex-
hausted from starvation ana unable
to stand, Mrs Emile Pankhurst, the
militant snffragette leader today was
released from the Hollway Jail after
serving nine days Of her three years
term Cor instigating the bomb attack
on the country home Of David Lloyd
George.
She began hunger strike when
sentenced. BY order Of the Home
Secretary. McKenna she was not for
chilly fed, her daughter Sylvia being
III from forcibIe feeding and crysta
bell being exiled from PARIS
Mrs Pankhurst was sent to hos
pital by suffragettes from headquar-
ters She subsisted on cold water end
her vitality was amazing. Militaney
Increased during her stay in prison.
The authorities know she has the
unbreakable will Of martyr
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12
Proposes System Of
Preventing Floods

get to the rivers at the same time
that causes the congestion Of water
which we call floods 50 far We
have done nothing to relieve our
streams Of this congestion, but all our
work has been aiding the rain drops
in their effort to arrive simultaneous
Ily and add 10 the congestion.
/ The writer has recently seen ar.
ticles giving the impression that the
drainage Of local lands and flood pre-
vention go hand in hand, and that the
organization which stands for drain
age also stands for flood prevention.
No two things could be more in con
grucus or more Incompatible Drain
age is the science of hurrying water
from lands into streams. 1t is some
times question or turning swamps
into dry land and keeping it so by
artificially rapid exits for rainfall.
It is sometimes only a question Of
preventing land from becoming wet
by refusing to allow rainfall to dalays
Swamps and wet lands were all
part Of Natures scheme for drainage
each acted as a reservoir But the
swamps cannot be replaced, drain
age cannot be undone; in fact drain
lage is one Of the greatest achieve.
ments Of a phenomenally progressive
people. Our steadily increasing mil
lions Of people must be fed and the
Iwet lands, the meadows, swamps and
woodlands must be put to broad uses.
III the natural state OF the water
sheds cannot be feattamed, the re-
naming natural function, the rivers,
must be altered to meet the natural
conditions.
Levee building alone will not suffice
Jas the flood heights are continually
increasing Only by controlling wa
ters, not by combating them artei
they reach the flood stage, viii oui
floods be prevented
Chief photographer M 0. Leighton
has often proclaimed the feasibilit,
of controlling floods at the "heas
waters by holding the water in nat
lural reservoirs and let it slowly int,
the rivers for final release. Thesl
ideas are further upheld by the New
lands-Ba4tholdt River Regulation BiI
introduced in Congress two year
ago. calling for fifty millions a yea
for ten years for the full and CON
plete regulation and development o
/ our inland waterways.
3 This, then, seems to be the solt
j tion First, deepen the rivers for ma,
igation purposes. which win also II
5 crease their capacity for flood usei
: IN Increasing and maintaining
S depth. corrective works, such as ban
]. revetments and current. renIoyin
a dams must be erected. The secon
r thing would be to regulate the flo
y OF the rivers, stable flow for nav
e cation and water power aiding tl
: rivers in taking care Of the flood W
IS ter Leyees should be added as
o last step TO protect lands lower the
IS The river banks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12
IS FINED FOR
POINTING GUN

In county court yesterday in the
case Of the State vs. Oscar Perry the
jury found the defendant guilty and
imposed a sentence Of $40 fine and 80
days in the county jail. Mr. Perry
was charged with pointing deadly
weapon, shotgun, at J A BeDlltt-
In the case Of the Citizens State
Bank Of Mineo VS.. Joe Rossiter, A. G.
perrill and Nellie Pennill, suit for
the possession Of land, the jury found
verdict for the plaintiff, giving the
bank possession Of the land
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12

RELAPSE
Telegram BY United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
Rome, April l2-The Pope suff-
cred relapse this afternoon. he had
a severe attack Of bronchitis and
a recurrence OF influenza due to the
exertion Of receiving the Bishops in
violation OF the orders or his physi-
clans.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-12

BY GEO. g. LOGAN.

BY GEO. B. LOGAN.
Secretary Missouri Waterway Com
mission and Secretary Lakes-to-the
Gulf Deep Waterway Association
(Written for the United Pressl
st.. Louis, April 70. THE most
serious feature Of the terrible disas-
terg in Ohio aud Indiana. to thinking
people. aside from the loss Of life,
suffering and property damage, is the
almost unerring certainty that the
floods viii occur again. perhaps soon
and probably often. Recurrences on
a smaller scale are certainties il pres
ent conditions continue.
Nothing in the recent floods was I'M
usual or Unprecedented except the
height 81 the water The rainfall was
extremely heavy, but not record-break-
ing. The Ohio and Indiana rains
found the soil saturated and the
streams were fairly full, but every
winter breaks up with wet soil and
fun streams and all that is needed
then is to add a heavy general rain
and another disaster viii result
Rainfall we always have butt not al
wavs when needed nor even in the
same months but the annual preci-
pitation does not greatly vary Five
year averages are practically the
same. We cannot prevent rain and
the rain mostly run OFF It's what
happens to the rain after it strikes
the earth that gives us our present
concern.
Formerly rainfall sought the
streams Of the watersheds almost en-
tirely by soil percolation The sur
\ face of the earth was absorptige and
the rain entered it, The capacity to
absorb water Of the soft duff soil Of
a woodland or the heavily grassed
soil OF meadaw is almost unlimited
Once in the sol the entire rainfall
sought the stream-beds slowly A
rainfall such as those in Ohio and
Indiana should affect streams and riy
ers gradually and kesp them bank
rull for several weeks or even ;
month The Ohio floods rose in a dal
and abated in week.
The reason Of this IS that the sur
face soil is no longer absorptiye Cul
tivated farms. hard roads imperviou
to water, square miles Of cities wit
paved streets. granitoid cutters an
concrete sewers have replaced the an
I cient woodlands and meadows. Tn
natural rain we still have, but a
d unnatural soil receives it
e The purpose OF draintiies on farm
A Of paved streets, Of roofs and gu
j. ters on houses and concrete sewer
Is 60 carry water quickly 70 the river
But the rivers were planned by
competent Providence. who meant
intended that the water should tarI
q little and not hurry away to Il
d river beds Our rivers are ther
a fore. just as surely out of date /
,f horse cars. It is everyone wanting
A. get home at the same time that Gauss
" traffic congestions In great cltie
{. and more cars and more tracks Al
le greater stations are being provide
t is because al the drops Of r.