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SPECIAL NOTICES

ESTIMATE FOR LEVY.
Estimated Receipts, Expenditures and
Proposed Rates Of Levy For School
Purposes In Lincoln District,
Marion County In 1915.
At the regular meeting Of the Board
OF Education Of Lincoln District, Ma
rion County. held at the regular meet
ing place, on the second Tuesday in
August, 1915, present, J. N. Downs,
president, and E. T. Wood and Cleon
Brand, commissioners, the following
estimate OF receipts and expenditures
and the proposed rates Of levy were
made UP in accordance with chapter
81, acts 1915, amending section q.
chapter q, acts 1905
BUILDING EuNp ESTIMATE
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WANTED-Your auto to repair. All
work promptly duae and guaranteed.
Quick service and reasonable charges
Cars washed and stored. Carbon re-
moved by oxygen process. Full line
guaranteed tires In stock. Standard
gasoline and auto accessories. Fair.
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FOR RENT-FurnIshed rooms, also
six room house. Inquire 900 High
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FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished
rooms. Inquire at 93l Fourth street
or call Bell phone 510-J.
7-21.26t-No. 266
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FLATS AND APARTMENTS

FOR RENT-Front fats. three rooms
and bath, Hayes Building. Inquire
A. L. Jepson, Pastime Bowling Alley.
S.5.tf-No. 29S
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Total valuation (l9l5) SlS,OS6,llS.l

Total valuation $3.50 $1S,OS6,113.l2
Necessary building fund levy to pro-
duce $40 ,58952 is Is cents on each
500 valuation. Necessary Teachers
fund levy to produce $32.716.00, is Is
cents on each 500 valuation.
!, H. L. Morgan, secretary Of the
board Of education in and for Lincoln
District OF Marion county. West Vir-
ginia, do hereby certify that the fore.
going is a true copy from the records
OF an order made and entered by said
board on the 10th day OF August, 1915.
H. L. MORGAN. Secretary.
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WANTED
AUTOMOBILES, ACCESSORIES

FOR SALE-Two-cylinder Indian mo-
torcycle. Address Box 30S, West
Virginian. 8-9.6t-No. 30S
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Total disbursements .....S22,S17.S2
Amount to be raised by pro.
posed Is cent levy. 1882
TEACHERS FUND ESTIMATE.
Receipts.
Balance due from sheriff ISL ,401 80
Due from general school fund. 2,51S.64
Total receipts ............$3,920.54
Expenditures.
Delinquent taxes ..........$ 10000
Generations .............. 10000
Sheriff's commissions ....... $4,000
For 81 teachers holding No.
one certificates at $50 per
month for months ...... 14,2S0.00
For teachers holding No.
two certificates at $50 per
month for Z months $3.50. 2,lOO.0U
For Is high school and grade
teachers INSTRUMENTATION. $4,000
Total expenditures ....$27,710.00
Valuation and Proposed Rates of Levy.
Real estate .....,......$ SAT-, $4,000
Personal property ..... l,499,575.0O
Public service property. 5,109,208.12
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

is this; Officers are promoted in their
own arm Of the service only. Nacan-
cies DO not occur uniformly in the va
rlous arms. Whether by legislation or
below Is promoted This difference in
rank OF the personnel Of the various
arms is at present one OF the most dir
ncult problems TO meet Whenever an
agitation for a service increase is
made members or organizations in
each arm produce arguments. convinc-
ing TO themselves. why their arms
should be increased, whether or not
any OF the others were 1t is usually
discernible that they are special plead
ers and are influenced by self interest.
Officers Realize Our Weakness
For several years this condition has
been observed by our officers and a
number Of them have been working
on plan for its elimination. The re-
suit of their labors has been to evolve
List, so called because all officers OF
the line are to be arranged in one list
according TO date OF original appoint
menJ as officers. and are given com
missions accordingly should any arm
be increased. all officers of whatever
TITS IL the way Of promotion The re-
suits OF the single list are expected
70 be harmony throughout the service,
better team work and q more sympa-
thetic regard for the other arms in
their work The divergent views so
often expressed by officers as to our
service are ample Justification of the
desira hility OF the single list"
Rational Military Policy.
Now Is very Opportune time for
considering and adopting the principles
OF broad military policy adapted to
our needs. Most senators and con-
gressmen are. or should be. cognizant
tContInued on page III
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

placed against US by the time these
volunteers are modified and join the
main defending army The previous
discussion would indicate that this
force should be at least zoo, 200 or 20O,-
600 men The war college report on
this point should be interesting read
ing.
Efficiency OF Personnel.
One thing that impresses a civilian
very quickly in meeting army Off
GERS is the variation in rank which
does not, at times. appear consistent
with age and experience. He will meet
lieutenant colonel of coast artillery
who looks comparatively young and
VIII shortly thereafter also meet a
gray haired cavalry or infantry cap
tain The civilian wonders why; so
do we.
The present reason for this condition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

By GAN ARMY OFFICER"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23
7 n considering the subject of ma
tional defence. three questions pre-
-n-A tt.n-...-o1--.. rn-r-ir.

TN considering the subject of ma
tional defence. three questions pre-
sent themselves. towit:
1st What have we TO defend?
I'd Against whom or what should
we be prepared to defend?
Sd. What are the national require
ments for defence?
The subject of national defence has
been given much analytical thought
by the war college and their views
may be considered rational, and worthy
Of consideration The following dis
cussion includes number OF such
views.
l. what have we TO defend2
This may be considered under the
subheads:
(a) Our outlying possessions
fb) The United States proper
Under (a), there are:
l. The Philippine Islands and Guam.
?. Alaska.
:. Hawaii
4 Panama
Each Of these presents a different
The Philippines.
L The Philippine islands are so re
mote from the L. s. and such a large
military force would be required for
their proper defence against any prob
able enemy as TO resolve the question
into one of naval supremacy II We
have control Of the sea we can hold
the Philippine islands. If not, then
with only the weak division of our
troops we have there-now and are will
ing 10 place there, our only hope Is to
hold some strong point until our fleet
obtains control of the sea and can con-
Voy ADEQUATE achievements. or else.
10 hold this strong point 10 the end of
the war as q basis for maintaining the
statu quo in peace negotiations. Sim
ilarly, the command of the sea is es-
sential TO our retention of Guam and
Wake islands
?. Alaska is such a rich locality as
TO offer a tempting prize to any nation
needing its resources and able to take
T. The few troops we have there are
in some places safe from attack. in
others exposed, and still in others SO
located that they may retreat into the
interior In any event, the control of
Alaska is dependent upon control OF
the sea and no reinforcements of our
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

I troops there is possible as long as an
| enemy controls the sea
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23
0LD-TINE REMEDY
MAKES PURE BLOOD

Hoods Sarsaparilla has been and
still is the peoples medicine because
or its reliable character and its Won
derful success in purifying. enriching
and revitalizing the blood and reliev-
ing the common diseases and ailments
-scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism, dys-
pepsia, loss Of appetite. that tired feel
ing. general debility.
Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies and en-
riches the blood, and in so doing rend-
ers the human system the Greatest
service possible. This medicine has
been tested for years. It is perfectly
pure, clean and absolutely safe, as well
as OF peculiar and unequaled medicinal
merit
Get Hoods and get it now from any
drug store.-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23
we Wait Too Long.

History shows that our national policy
has always been to ignore danger and
10 avoid special preparation for any
imminent contingency. 1t is, therefore
al the more necessary that the regu-
lar army, our first line. should be al
ways ready, both in numbers and train
ing, Tor any emergency This should.
OF course. be backed up BY a force OF
varying size in the shortest time prac-
ticable- For this purpose these organ
i1auons should be existent in time Of
peace, the men having a certain
amount of training. As above stated
the militia is not suited to this object
Some form Of federal volunteers who'll
" under the control of the national
government are necessary In number
they must be equal to or greater than
the probable hostile force that can be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

war strength. This principle applied to
our conditions. would require US to
keep our cavalry and field artillery at
the maximum strength in peace, where
as the infantry. both in number Of
regiments and in total number of men
to be placed under arms, would have,
when forces are finally organized for
war, a larger proportion of troops,
both regiments and men, from the vol
unteers, reserve or militia
However, on the assumption of II
divisions. the proportion OF the various
arms heretofore allowed viii place
them as follows:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

Cavalry and field artillery. due to
the number and completely of their
duties and to the length of time nee
essary for training their horses. re-
quire a greater amount of training
and greater length of time in which TO
become efficient, than the dismounted
services. European powers recognize
this fact and maintain in peace their
cavalry and field artillery at the
strength corresponding to the infantry
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

a great part of the army would have
to be cavalry.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23
The Troops Necessary.


Coast Forts.
In 1885 a board known as the Endi-
colt board and now as the board Of
ordnance and Qualifications was ere
ated by congress, the purpose being
TO consider the subject Of adequate
coast defence. The board recommend
ed certain localities as deserving first
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15

The editorial on wheat copied from
the Minneapolis Tribune. is las are gen.
orally the Tribune's wheat editorials), Of
much interest to the farmer who has
not yet sold all his wheat. The immedi.
ate future price of wheat would seem to
depend on the probabilities of the sue
cess tof the Allies in opening the Darde.
nelles to the passage of Russian wheat.
The taking of Constaptinople by the
allies would mean very much in the pre-
sent war, in the future mapping Of Eu.
rope, as we'll as in the present wheat
market. But in our opinion the war has
already gone SO far and. the losses of men
already SO great, that Europe is certain
to be snort of food crops the coming
year. The only real doubt as to a4good
price for wheat for the next season
seems to be whether they will not also
be too short of money to pay for it.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15

In Saskatchewan there is a bill bring
proposed to make only the article pur-
chased liable as security for the purchase
price. That is to say, If an agent sells a
piece of machinery to farmer he can
only take security on the article. sold.
Theory is that no one should try to sell
anything to another unless sufficient
cash payment is made at tho time of the
sale to make such security safe, or the
persons own responsibility is sufficient
to cover the risk. This will do anyway
with agents securing the country selling
machinery to any one they can inveaglc
to buy and then get the party to mort
gage everything he hos as security.
Ftom personal experience we have found
that someone may come along with an
article to sell and after considerable per-
suasion we buy it, only to find that after
the party has gone We wondered why We
made the investment, for we could have
got along very we'll without it. Saskat-
chewan has many drastic laws protect
ing the interest of the consumers some
of which the Pioneer Express think this
state would do we'll to copy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15

the Argentina surplus; broad and active
"uy'ng by Europeaa governments to pro.
v"ie Immediate army supplies and to in
SUR adequate stocks by anticipating for
ward wants.
Supply and demand are relative. The
large wheat crop which the United
States raised last year would, naturally,
have heen marketed at the lowest prices
seen in many years had normal supply
and demand conditions prevailed over
the world. Conditions, however, have
been abnormal. The worlds urgent de.
mand for wheat has been concentrated
IN the domestic market. and foreigners
have brought the surplus on such lib
eral scale that the effect is the same had
VIZ raised small crop, as far as the mar
gIn Of supply over demand is considered.
But the effect is decidedly not the
same on the prosperity of the country.
The high wheat prices and the other
grams. also have brought greater re-
turns to the producers. increasing the
purchasing power of the agricultural
sections of the United States, establish
ing greater credits in international ex-
change, and increasing by leaps and
bounds the balance of trade in our favor
since the first of fSeptember.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15

The legislature has been grinding away
for ten days, Bills are being started in
large numbers on many subjects. The
work of investigating the finances and
income.of the state seems to he the most
important topic. The tax commission
is getting some strong criticism and it
would not be remarkable if the commits.
sion were abolished. Certainly, the ar.
bItrary power of this commission to as
ses CERTAIN property as they please with.
out opportunity Of appeal on the part Of
the owners ought to be abolished. 1t
also seems rather absurd to have bodies
like the county and state boards of equal.
ization and then establish commission
with superior powers to either or many
of them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointments on legisl,-
tive committees have been made from
the Pemblna county representatives,
Representative Husband is on the fol-
lowing:-Mileage and per diem, Educa.
ton: Apport'opments, Warehoue and
grain. and State affairs. Rep. Moses OH
Education.. Insurance, Public health,
Federal relations. Temperance and chair.
man of Manufactures. Rep. Mcmillan
is on Municipal corporations, Agrlcnl-
ture, Federal relations. Temperance and
Educational institutions.
Senator McFadden of Pembina county
is assigned 70 the following com nittees:
Judiciary, Elections. Public lands, Ware.
house and gram grading, Counties,
Engrossed and enrolled bills, Federal
relations, Temperance and Airport on.
ment.
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among our nelghbors and friends and the
newspapers are filed with them and

among our nelghbors and friends and the
newspapers are filled with them and
we are still not interested until some,
writer takes these life stories and
stretches them to the extreme, even to
the monstrous. =.
Thus We find ourselves marvelling at
what We know to be impossible, while
We do not feign to Sec the real which ia
before our own eyes.
Perhaps it Is not the author that We
should blame.
But there have been authors. who have
been able to 30 portray the simple ife 50
that the picture is Of surpassing interest.
When again shall we see an author who
shall be able to paint the world and ITS
people rs they area The interest Of
whose story shall be because it is reality
rather than impossible exaggrat,on.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15

Another reefe was taken in the pro.
hibItion girth of Manitoba last week
when the government moved to take
away from licensed hotels the sale OF all
kinds of strong drinks. such as whiskies,
brandIes. etc, and only allow them to
sell beer. and otter light drinks, and
whskey to he sold from Wholesale houses
in bottles. II this measure is carried out
it will be a deathblow to licensed hotels.
Varily the progress Of prohibition is ad.
vancing in many different forms.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15
AN UNPRECEDENTED
WHEAT SITUATION.
(Nlinneapslis Trib,,ne.)

(Minneapslis Tribune.)
The establishment of domestic wheat
quotations at the highest prices reached
since 1893, and, we believe, the highest
in any previous January the last fifty
years, is the result of an unprecedented
wheat situation.
There is no mystery in this great ap.
probation. 1t requires merely the appli-
cation of primary economies. To begin
with there was last summer marked
decline IN wheat production of all coun.
tries, practically, with the execution Of
the United States and, possibly, Russia.
OF these two surplus producers Russia
has not been able to ship bushel to the
outside world since the beginning of the
war.
On the United States alone, in these
five months, have importers been de-.
pendent for their supplies. On the Unit
ed States and Argentina they are de-.
pendent for their remainder require
ments until spring, when India will have
harvested her crop, unless-and here is
the really important factor ip the future
market-unless the fortunes of war make
possible the collapse Of Turkey and the
opening of the Black Sea to commerce,
permitting exports of Russia's wheat.
1t is largely Russia's elimination from
the export column of the international
wheat trade that has made the wheat
situation from the standpoint of supply
and demand 80 serious for importers.
But there have been contributing causes
important to lesser degree but still i'm.
portant-a small Canadian harvest; an
Australian crop failure, so great that it
has made necessary wheat imports,
which more than offsets the increare in
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15
THE MODERN NOVEL.

During an enforced holiday caused by
illness this week: the writer spent part
Of the time reading one of the late novels
of the day. While the novel was not in
itself of particular interest, yet because
1t is typical novel it brought some
critical thoughts.
The first of these was that the present
day novel is not novelty. The modern
novel ,s usually dramatized. The novel
is the story, the drama is the skeleton.
The theatre keeps stock company OF
players to fit the dramatlzed novel.
There is leading man, a leading women,
two or three secondary dittoes, and old
man. an old lady big william and little
william, etc, and with this outfit any
theatrical manager will garantee to clothe
the modern dramatized novel with living
flesh and bones.
That is. the characters of the modern
novel are like the hana:me- down cloth.
ing to be ':ound in the ready.made cloth.
ing store.
But il this were all the books would
at least be harmless, but if they we're
nothing more they would not be read.
There must be something to attract
more attention than the ordinary men and
women that we see and meet every day.
The necessary element of interest as in
terpreted by the modern novelist is ex.
aggeration.
! The modern novel is usually col.
lection of monstrocities. 1t is true that
here and there, now and then, one meets
or hears of some wonderfully wise, rich,
poor, foolish, talented virtuous or wicked
people.
But the novelist, not only finds one or
two such human exaggerations but he
can invariably get together group OF
such monstrosities, of which usually
there are three rich male aud female
scoundrels, about the same number OF
poor but virtucus men and women,
around whom are grouped about as many
more minor characters who though sub
ordinate still have many of the charac.
teristice of the principals. The men IN
the book are generally wonderfully strong
or wonderfully weak, both mentally and
physically, while the women are alnost
always transcendant beauties, unless one
is introduced as contrast who is trans.
cendantly ugly.
1t seems no trouble at all for the au.
thor to get company like this to act on
his stage. And Of course these remark.
able people would, and must do some
wonderful stunts according to their own
monstrous ideas OF things.
But the "simple annals of the poor
the stories Of the mediocre, have no in.
terest for the novei reader. And yet al.
most every life lived on earth is life OF
pathos and humor, of joy and sorrow, OF
love and hatred and begins and ends in
a tragedy But we get SO used to these
things in real life, we see them. feel then,
every day, in ourselves, IN our families
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15
OFFICIAL PAPER OF 'clT>
X. A. Wardwell. G.G. Thompso,
WA1DWBLL . TH0lIPSoN.
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

General John Frost is apparently the
most powerful commander in Europe at
this time. He has been able single
handed to stop all the armies from doing
much active work. Meantime reports
are that both the allies and the Germans
are hurrying reinforcements forward to
meet each other as soon as the weathe.'
warns up.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15
Your Cold In Dangerous,
Bresk It up-Now.

A cold is readily catching. A run.
down system susceptible to germs. You
owe it to yourself and to others Of your
household TO fight the germs at once.
Dr. Bells Pine, Tar Honey is fine for
colds and coughs. It loossns the mu.
coas. stops the cough and soothes the
lupsG It's guaranteed. Only &c at
your druggist.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15
! Arrest for Liver conp,.,ot.

The liver, sluggist and inactive, first
shows itself in mental state-unhappy
and critical. Never is there joy in living,
o. when the stomach and liver are doing
their work. Keep your liver active and
healthy ty using Dr.. Kings New Life
PILE; they empty the bowels freely, tone
up your stomach, cure your constipation
and. purity the blood. &c at druggist.
Bscklen's Arnica Salve excellent for
plies.
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Prompt Action Will
Sion Your Cna

Prompt Action Will
Stop Your Cough.
When you first catch cold (often in.
dicated by sneeze or cough. break it
up at once. The idea that 1T does not
matter" ION leads to serious complica.
tions. The remedy which immediately
and easily penetfates the lining of the
throat is the kind demanded. DR. Kings
New Discovery soothes the irritation,
loosens the phlegm. You feel better at
once. ut seemed to reach the very spot
of wy cough" is one Of many testimonials.
Soc at your druggist.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15
Keep II hssdy fer Rheumstlsa.

Keep be nancy Ter kheumot1S0.
No use to squirm and vince and try to
wear out your rheumatim. It will wear
you out instead. Apply some Sloan's
Liniment. Need not rub it ln-just let
it penetrate all through the affected
parts. relieve the soreness and draw the
pain. You get ease at once and feel SO
much better you want to 90 right out
and tell other sufferers about Sloan's.
Get a bottle Of Sloan's Llniment for %
cents Of any druggist and have it in the
colds, sore and swollen
joints, lumbago, sciatica and like all.
ments. Yohr money back if not sstisf-
ed, but it does give almost instant relief
Buy bottle today.