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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13
Wash / / ! ! lgtI!;o' D.
Refl1sedN No..
Da / \: Report; !

DR.. Smythe or Bismarck, while
speaking to the women at the State
Federation at jamestown, on the i'm
portance of having. vital statistics re-
ported from their various towns sand
counties, said, "That the reports from
North Dakota were so incomplete and
inaccurate that they were not accepted
in Washington" - s5f@ss5@
Isn't it about time those responsible
for vital statistics for North Dakota.
got busy? :'":o - :. :. .sz5s.,
We would like to see Devils Lake
on the map. RE- '5% Sc .ss$s
Kansas was admitted last week to-
the registration area of the United
States, which comprises twenty-four
states. The vital statistics reports Of.
these states are accpeted by the Unit
ed States director of census at their
face value. Among the other states
recognized are. California, Colorado.
Utah and Washington. In these four
states women are voters. ,s..syz
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13

campaign were a matter of general
comment, not only in Ohio, but in the
press Of neighboring states; and it is a
matter Of common experience that
the city vote usually gives majority
against equal suffrage, which requires
the country vote to overcome it.
Nebraska carried on a skilful and
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13

Congressman Bakers homestead
bill for deserted wives has been sign
ed by the president. The bill pro-
vides that deserted wives may take up
a homestead where the husband left
off, without being put to the expense
OF litigation. l. l.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13

Speaker Champ Clark's daughter
opened the great suffrage bazaar in
baltimore this week. The proceeds
Will be shared with the Red Cross
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13

The, New Hampshire State Teach
ers' association, at its recent .conven-
ton in Portsmouth, passed without OPP
position a. resolution endorsing equal
suffrage. 4: =s,as'.'2 5 ssss
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13

Pro-liquor literature and anti sur
frage literature were folded I'D to-
gether, and were distributed together,
by the same persons, in many Ohio
cities just before election. j.. S s.E.s*
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13

Times have changed wonderfully
since five years ago. In 1910 the suf-
fragists had not won a new state for
: fourteen years. The four Rocky
/ Mountain states of Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, Utah and Idaho stood alone,
small but plucky phalanx. Then the
landslide began. The state of Wash
ington gave women the ballot in 1910,
California in 1911, Kansas, Oregon
and Arizona in 1912, Illinois and Alas
ka in 1918. This year Montana, Ne
vada have joined the procession and
possibly Nebraska ~ 7
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13

active homemade campaign" like
that Of Kansas two years ago. Most
valiant and self-sacrificing work was
done also in North and South Dako-
ia and Montana. If we rejoice more
over the winning states, we do not
the less love and honor the women OF
these other states.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-11-13
THE TIME FOR REAL ACTION IN THE

u TIE lIVlE TON NEAL ANllOlN IN IL ILL.,
Suffrage flight in North Dakota has arrived Every
woman in the state must put her shoulder 10 the wheel
that victory in 1911 may be assnred Our organization
just began to be effective when the last campaign closed
Let us begin AT ONCE to make them a power tor
time to come.
While the vote accorded suffrage in the N. Dakota
was disappointing to some, it showed concuslvey the
need for greater organization, it taught lesson that
will be Of great advantage in the campaign to come. To
win we must overcome the reactionary political machine
Of the stae and the liquor and vice elements which
striving night and day to fasten their angs into the gov
eminent Of our fair state and nation True; it seems a
huge task, but we now HAVE THEM ON THE,
RUM THEY FELT OUR FIRE in the campaign
just closed, AND WE, MUST KEEP UP THE
FIGHT, WIN OR LOSE.
The Springfield herald., 1914-03-27
!Notice!

Fl. D. Smith wants to buy
secondhand lumber or build
ings, all kindss cAttle:wire fenc-
ing; posts NEW, or second
hand: few tons of good rough
feed; q few loads Of maize grain;
a few chickens. Apd.I will buy
or 100 choice yearlnR heifers.
Say what you have, and state
price. Write me at Springfield,
Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1914-03-27
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STRAIN BROS.
More Locals.
Lamar. Colorado.

MOTE LOCdl6s
Notice Gurn's new ad.
Miss Lila MsClendon-poet
of Baca county.
See the moving picture show
Tuesday night, Msr. 3lst. at
school house.-adv.
Be sure to attend the millin-
cry opening of Miss Mcclure on
the eleventh of April. jackson
building. -.
Midway" il the new nellie
ranch half WHY between Villas
AnA Springfield. XII Amrine
helpsd % haul downa car load Of
lumber. which. i being put into a
house. barn. and other buildings.
John Xinter Of JacksonviIia,
ILL.,. is another one who has
paid his rent. and will stay on
the first floor of the Herald fam J
lily residence with the happy
Herald family. BY crowdir g
over q little loom can still be
made for one more. Thsnks t"
John n.
EGGSI j;
Blooded Plymouth ROCK eggs
80 cents, grades. 25 cents.
]. o. Vanorsdol. ]
d-3.O-7 Springfield, Colo. |.
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packed away and kept fresh FOR TWEEN
ty days. 1t is put up In sanitary paste
board boxes and sent to the different
regiments of the division in automobile
trucks or army wagons. The bakers
are also experts in the art of baking
rolls and buns. The field ovens can be
taken apart on an hour or two notice
and slowed away in the army wagons
ready to be set up at the next point.
Apart from its usefulness the hele bak-
cry is one of the most interesting
sights OF a big army camp. especially
when the mixing is goipB on in the
big trays in the tent set apart for this
purpose.
How Food Is Purchased.
The supplies.for feeding the army
are purchased by the subsistence OIL
GERS usually after inviting bids from
different firms, or II the eXigencies
of the case require it these supplies
are purchased9tn open market from
anybody who wishes to sell. They arr
then sent to the, main supply depots.
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Helping To Feed McNicans.

More armies have been destroyed
by starvation than by battles, and
knowing this fact the United States
Government vii! be prepared to feed,
say. an army OF half a million men.
The cost of feeding such an army
would be about one hundred and TWEEN
ty-iive thousand dollars per day. es;i-
mating the rations of each man at the
cost of twenty-five cents per day. Il
Is "A recognized fact that the United
States Army is the best fed and best
clothed army In the world. and the
cost of feeding is higher than that of
any other nation. This cost might be
reduced were It not for the waste
which is unavoidable-and this waste
helped largely in feeding the Insur-
rectos in the Philippines during our
difficulties there after the Spanish
American War. Today the same thing
exists, for we are really helping 10 feed
the Mexican Army outside of Vera
Cruz whore Huerta's men wait for the
left-overs of the meals of our men.
While mediation is pending the two
armies are encamped not very far
apart-indeed, they are beginning to
bsa...sa- .. s,r-ts.e .a..:nics of friendly
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Whenever possible artesian wells are
drilled and the water thoroughly an
alyZed by the army SURGEONS. II the
slightest impurity Is found and none
bette can be obtained all drinking
water is boiled. and the soldier VINO
fails to avail himself of the use OF the
water wagon and drinks raw water II
made to spend some time In the guard
house and frequently goes TO the nos
pital as we'll The typhoid tnocula-
ton has practically wiped out typho'd
fever from the army, but intestinal
troubles OF various kinds may crop
up as the results of bad water anu
lack of aani t.,tion. consequently clean
camp, like "A clean city, makes healthy
Inhabitants. Tho average person Is
greatly surprised at the cleanliness
OF an American army camp, for an
hour after meals not vestige of gar
bnge can be found. as 1t Ia all burned
directly after the men have finished
1t is Mt this hour that the Mexican SOL
der comes. under nag of truce. to
get the cold scraps
The personnel OF the Army Supply
/ Department is divided into three parts
one for duty with the troops on tho
| field: another to care for the limo OF
communication. and the third for serv-
| ice in the home territory Each bat
talon has an officer whose duty II v
to obtain food for his troops. For
each regiment there is a Comm!ssary
Sergeant to assist the regimental Com
mssary. Each brigade. division and
army corps has AZ oe.cer assigned an
| chief officer of that unit.
1t was CharlemaKne who first took
up the idea of providing rations for
, his troops and obIiging them to carry
these rations with them--at least,
enough food to last for n time. In
those days, however. the modern
methods of supplying an army were
lacking and in the end the men had
to forage for themselves. HardshipD
of camp and starvation during war
have killed more men than bullets.
and the United States Government has
set about to see to 1t that such fate
shall not befall tho men who fight
under the Stars and Stripes.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16
S,ZIGSy O[5I20H
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of the Arctic Circle and this portion
alone presents the bleak and frozen
aspect popularity associated with the
whole of Alaska. South Of the range
of mountains which marks the Arctic
barrier there is territory equal in
area to all the States east of the Mis-
sissippi and north of the Ohio river.
which is capable of high development.
But the Yukon river, which drains
Alaska's great fertile basin, enters the
Behring sea at a latitude which pro-
hibits the use of the stream as n con-
nection with ocean-borne commerce
excepting during the three summer
months. Hence the need of the new
railroad. There are good harbors in
Alaska that are open throughout the
year and some of which are only about
1000 miles distant from the ports on
Puget Sound but n number of these
harbors are, under present conditions
connected with the interior only by
means of trails or wagon roads.
To sum up the case, transportation
has been difficult and expensive be-
cause Alaska has today less than 500
miles of railway in nine disconnected
systems, less than 1000 miles of wagon
road, 600 miles of winter sled roads.
and less than 1000 miles of trails,
with 5000 miles of important navi-
gable waterways which are closed by
ice for about three-quarters OF the
year. And this in country compare
Bile in size, resources and climate to
Norway and sweden. No wonder the
government experts who have investi-
gated the subject have come to the
conclusion that the two great inland
valleys OF Alaska can never enjoy their
full development until they are
brought into communication with
ocean ports, ice free the year round.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16
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many difficulties and vii! afford count
less opportunities for the display of
mans ability to triumph over nature.
80 matter what pass is selected for the
route over the mountains 1t means that
the steel tracks must ascend to an aiti-
tude of about 5000 feet. and there WILL,
be tunneling through solid rock. Snow
sheds VIII have to be constructed to
prevent the blocking Of the lines in
winter by slides OF snow and 1t goes
without saving the powerful rotary
snow plows such as are in use In the
Rockies will have to be provided In
abundance on this Alaskan system.
on the White Pass Railway. which
is at present the principal rail line
in Alaska. rotary snow plows arc re-
quired from November until the latter
part OF April
The railroad builders will have their
own troubles IL any portion Of the line
be projected close to a glacier mas
much rs tracks in such locality are
always IN danger of damage by an
advance Of the Ice. The frozen condi-
! ton Of the ground which prevails ia
much of the inland region of Alaska
will also offer difficulties to the rail-
road builders. All bridges and trestles
VIII nave 10 be constructed very
strongly in order to stand the strains
imposed hy snow and ice. and also the
rush of floods.
While IL is, of course. impossible to-
predict authoritativeiy at this time, IL
is the feeling in official circles that the
decision of tho government will be to
build two lines in Alaska, one con-
Meeting the valley of the Yukon with
tidewater and the other devoted to the
valleys of the Kusk okwim and Susitna,
The best available route. it is nircially
reported, for the first railway Ten
is that which leads from Coz. Ia
way of Chitina to Fairbanks rea
me best available route for tn s-i!.
road is that which leads from : ,aTt
around Cook Inlet to the IditI rod.
The first line would be connected with
the Behrins coal field, and the second
iine would tap the Matanuska coal
field. Eventually the two systems Will
be tied together and branch and 10
cal lines will be constructed - ths
>stSV.C develops.
N>----s>----~-
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16
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in Alaska from the southern coast In
to the interior where the great agri-
cultural regions are located is an i'm
mense undertaking. 1t Is going to be
the work of the pioneer with great
many additional difficulties on account
of the extreme cold and the difficulty
In establishing a beginning or getting
a fcothold for settlers. Once the rail-
road is in. however. subsequent de-
velopment should come rapidly and
easily. because of the rich possibilities
IN this favored territory. great adj
vantage to be considered is that this
new road or roads will connect the
southern coast of Alaska with 500
miles OF navigube rivers in the in
terror aud connections Will be made
with steamboats, that VIII open UP this
whole river country.
In considering the significance of
the new railroad it is well to bear In
mind that Alaska is equal TO one-tifth
the whole area OF the United States.
About one-quartsr Of Alaska lies north
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16

Naturally the railroads play a great
part in this department of war for the
base of supplies proper must depend
on trains TO transport the greater part
Of their stuff. This is the case in Mex
leo today where tho base of supplies
Is at Vera Cruz. The foodstuifs are
brought to this point by steamer and
stored away in the warehouse set up
for this purpose. Each day a train
carries supplies from that point to
Funston's men who are encamped be-
yond the city. Should this line of COM
munication be broken 1t can be readily
understood what would be the result
to our soldiers. or course. some few
things such as fresh vegetables are
purchased from the Mexicans. who
have little gardens near Vera Cruz.
1t is the rule of the United States in
feeding it's army to pay the Inhabitants
for whatever food they can secure and
never to seize food without paying for
1t unless there are agsravating cir
icumstances to warrant such action.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16

According to the latest estimates
Alaska has a permanent population
not greatly In excess of 5000 people
OF which number something over one
half are whites. Perhaps one-half of
the total population is located in Cen
trail Alaska. the region which will be
benefited so markedly by the new rail-
road which is 20 be constructed at
government expense. This sparse pop
ulatlon in the region to be tapped by
the new road is due to the fact that
up to the present time the industrial
conditions have been such as to at
tract only the placer miner and even
placer mining has been limited entirely
to the exploitation OF bonanzas. In
the absence of means of communica-
ten only the arabic lands that lie
close to the settlements have been
taken up so that the farming popula-
ton Is very small, despite the rich
opportunities.
Route of the Proposed Railroad.
The route to be selected for the new
railway becomes now, with the formal
sanction of the project, subject of
great interest. First and foremost is
the question of just where the new
line will pierce the mountains" The
Pacific Mountain system which fringes
the coast line Of British Columbia
and stretches northward into Alaska
presents q formidable barrier TO in
land travel. The great interior val
leys lie north of these mountains,
and all the ice-free ports lie south of
them. Therefore 1t is through the
passes in these mountains that n rail-
way route must be sought. one pass
is already traversed by the White Pass
and Yukon Railway.
Difficulties OF Railroad Construction.
Whatever be the route selected 1t
IL certain that railroad cUI:truct!sn
in Alaska is going TO be fraugt.t Wy
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16

This fact, too, has caused no little sur
prise in Mexico as both the .Fcderals
and Rebels have been used to looting
the Inhabitants of whatever they de-
sired. This naturally engendered a
hatred for the military. and when the
supply was exhausted the residents
fled and the army. having been cut OF
from their base of supplies. could get
nothing in the towns and in many in
! stances were on the verge OF starva-
ton. In case of war with Mexico the
United States Government would pur-
chase supplies In Mexico II they could
DO obtained, the price. OF course. be-
ing fixed by the subsistence officers.
The troops must, of course. carry
with them rations for several days.
the wagon trains following with more
supplies each night. The weight of the
! food is an Item. and for years food
experts have been trying to devise
some way of reducing the bulk and
weight of food for military purposes
by drying out the food and making
| it into tablets. etc. Colonel Maude in
| his work on "The Evolution OF Mod
ern Strategy" tells how he lived on
rations of mixed vegetables and meat.
the supply for eight days weighins
| only one pound. "a single mule.
continues Colonel Maude. could carry
a days ratiors for war strength bat
talon or a single wagon loading up TO
two tons could transport thirty-two
| thousand rations. or enough for q
cavalry division of two thousand asa
brcs for nearly fortnight"
i During the hikes made from time
to time by the soldiers OF the United
States Army each man can carry lbs
own dinner and supper IL necessary
This is put up in Il little Tin box and
consists of coffee. sugar. bread, bacon
and salt. but 1t is doubtful whether
this would be of very much account in
real war. and in this event the army
would likely be fed from the supplies
brought in along the line of communi-
cation.
Pure Water An Asset.
Water for the army. too. is an item
Tor pure drinking water is an asset
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16

C course the plan whereby the gov
eminent testers railroad building as n
means pf opening up nov couotry' IS
not an innovation that was originated
solely to meet the conditions In Alaska.
Much Of our own west WAS opened to
settlement In somr"hit the Same way.
InGand ii GaS as long - u" 1879 ina
stephen N lInueiil5. I. $. Seaatnr from
Illinois. and "fg'hlr rr tho Syftem Of
railroad 1au4 gfgilg." Introduced in
the sanaa- 'l uy=. me1surG which
aimed to lTI- tar.- Sam !end 4 hand
in the bul!i n cc lra.r ads. Ultimate
~ theye Sfs.t ON -GctgB under this
system. In "-r Sc,Hhc91 ana Western
States. n ;'al OF upward Of 1902
miles of IA load so thar /. can be APP
prociatcd IHa; wl,7t s. a3"ui - hap
pen in hlRrlia - s9ra %:
history ,SJeatlng ltsc.
Unquestionably there 81, u
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ra,iors who hann,n 10 n. nj manocu-
re-. NJ mo same ,Imc If is no I'M
common thing far ,he Mexican SOL
dtor. 10 came under 4, flag Of truce
,o trade with opr men and incidentally
ia gather mn tho food which remains
after m,ais-food which is far SUI
narior to ANYTHING they have ever had
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i"ho"ihS as "n' "',S ~. ~,
an army OF HEe hu"u'tu tHo"Sa'u
men
oV''ooo po"Hus % "F''u.
aoo'vo" p'u'"S %
a. 5oo Wounds az aasIccated yereta.
h,os nntnto.s and oninns
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w dierS-all aiming at some
end Few analyze the ways and
means adopted to accomplish this end.
and still fewer ever give thought to
the manner in which an army is fed.
and yet the Commissary Departures
Ia the most important of all the equip
mont of the army. An inefficient com
misaariat may seriously impair the eff
fectVeneSs of an otherwise well dis
ciplined body of men. however capable
may be their officers or how praise-
worthy may be their bravery and
patriotism.
At first blush it might seem to be
a didicult task to feed a large army.
but the exercise of good judgment and
foresight makes Il. while not n simple
matter, yet one which through proper
organization is free from really Sc
rious troubles.
Much depends upon what is known
as the line of communication. which
means the road to the base OF sup
piles from which the food is brought:
to the field. II this is broken by the
enemy the army In the field can be
easily starved out. During the Mex
ican difficulties General Villa has man
aged to keep his line of communica-
ton always open, and on several oc-
casions has broken that of the Fed
erals with disastrous results to
Huertn's men even though they are
used TO IoraginE for food. ~