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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
CAR REEDS EARLY DAYS.
His Life In the Navy and His Tribute
to Its Officers.

to Its OticerS.
1t IS not generally known that Thorn
as Bracket Reed served in the United
States navy. but he told in q speech
his Nv story of his naval experience,
and his photograph as u young man in
naval costume taken in 1864 is one of
the priceless relics of the family:
The navy mean to me far different
things from what it does to many here.
To the distinguished admiral (Steed-
NAM who sits beside me and to the
distinguished admiral Genkins) who
sits opposite it means the shrek Of
shot and shell, the horrors Of the block
ade. 10 me it meant no roaring wind.
no shrek of shot and shell, but level
water and the most delightful time of
my life. for | was OH IL gunboat on
the Mississippi river after the valor
and courage Of you gentlemen had
driven the enemy off. * r * You see,
l kept a grocery store for the govern
ment and we'll remember how l was
tumbled aboard ship the first day with
the provisions and small stores and a
set Of books, and the boat steamed up
the magnificent detiles Of the Tennes-
see. *** But l also suffered for my
country. How we'll 1 remember the
fatal day when 1 drew $4,000 from the
bank. The first time I counted the
bills there was only $4,000. The next
time it came out 5000. l sweltered
over it in the bank that hot August
day, but it never would come out two
times alike. Then in utter despair l
bundled it up, took it aboard. locked
myself in my office and there in grim
despair wrestled with it alone. And,
10 and behold, there was just $1,000
just what the bank clerk told me there
was!
1T was Il delightful life-thirteen
hundred dollars a year and one ration
and nothing to do. My sad heart hath
often painted for it since. However
l learned that my country could sup.
port me. and l I'M bound to say it has
faithfully done SO eve since. What q
charming life that was. that dear old
life in the navy. l knew all the reg,
ulations. and the rest Of them didn't
1 had all my rights and most Of
theirs. SEQ
do you wonder that | stand up fol
the navy? l want it increased. ant
l have solid reason for it. 1t means
something to me.
"Mr. Commander and companions.
have made this speech to you in the
lightest vein because l have no RICH
to use any other. The brave face:
that l see before me have been baret
to the shock of battle and storm. Yol
have seen on a hundred battlefield:
the living and the dead. 1t would b'
Il shame for me to talk seriously .
service to men like you. This button
insignia Of the order, you wear becaus,
| you honor it. | wear it because it hon
ors me."-National Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
PAGE THREE
School

Song, elsie of Beauty" School
Invocation, Geo. A Williams
Recitation, "Will and Won't"
Stanley Schwartz
Grafton, "Evangeline," Susie
Blessner
Song, 1.-The Sports of Childhood
Primary Pupils
Recitation, ~ and T. Edward
Patzer
Grafton, 1.-The Iron Industry of the
United States" Julia Machacek
Instrumental Solo, Irene Moritz
Recitation, 1.-The Boys We Need
Willie Blessner
Song, "Voices of the Woods
School
Commencement Address, Deputy
Supt. S. j. A. Boyd
Music, "Victoria Waltz and Capt.
tola Polka Dresden Orchestra
Leaving the School, Louisa Grail
Recitation, "Arithmetic in Life''
Nellie Hooey
Recitation, THE Last HYMN
Frances Blessner
Presentation of Diplomas, Supt. F.
j. Reher
Song, Metropolitan Boat Song
School
Recitation, "At School Close'
Lucy Machacek
Grafton, 1.-The Journey of a Day.
Laura Mueller
Song, "In the Starlight School,
Quartette
Occupation of Little Girls, 6 pri-
mary pupils
Recitation, 1.-The Chambered Nau-
titus Steve Mihok
Song, dip the Oar" II boys
Recitation, "The Watermill'Ellen
Olson
Grafton, jean Francois Millet''
Ethel Hooey
Benediction, Geo. A Williams
Song, IAN Thru the Night
School.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03

Photo by American Press Association.
GERMAN RED CROSS DOG AND ORDERLY.
dogs take no part in the fighting as do
other trained dogs. but are part Of the
field hospital equipment and are train
ed to search out the still living from
among the dead on the battlefield.
Each animal wears a blanket marked
with a large red cross. which pro-
claims him a noncombatant. A small
sack hangs from his neck containing
cotton. bandages. brandy and drugs,
useful to the wounded. When one of
these dogs finds a soldier who is too
badly wounded to help himself to any
Of these first aids the animal runs to
the nearest ambulance and brings hui
mar assistance. AS dogs are able to
discriminate unerringly between the
dead and thase in whom the breath Of
life remains, their use in this way is
highly commended as a humane meas
ure.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
OWES HIS LIFE TO ALBERT
Wounded French Officer Carried From
Field by Belgian King.

Wounded French Officer Carried From
Field by Belgian King.
A wounded soldier in the Nantes
hospital tells how King Albert saved
the life of Il French officer.
During a furious bayonet charge a
lieutenant ventured too far into the
German lines. He was grieyously
wounded and was thought dead. The
conflict shifted, and the officer dragged
himself out of the range Of fire and
then tainted.
On regaining consciousness he saw
two Belgian officers beside him, one
with a lantern and the other dressing
his wounds. They carried him to a mo.
torcar. One of them he recognized,
saluted and started to speak, but the
Belgian king hushed him, saying:
All right, my brave hero. Save your
strength. The world can't afford. to
lose men like you"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03

dEN HhAb FRANCISCO VILLA.
established a definite and distinct gov
eminent which lacks only a name. At
first Villa intended to maintain this
government and let the Carranzistas
and Zapatistas fight it out in the south.
Now he is fully determined to gather
in the whole of Mexico, but intends to
take it at his leisure and not weaken
any of his northern points or commu-
nications in order to wage his southern
campaign.
1t is a campaign of more
than of bullets. with the advantage
clearly on Villas side.
Villa has declared that he would
stand for no military leader elected to
the presidency. He desires a civilian
in that office. and as he will probably
be in control of the situation his de-
sires are likely to be carried out. He
is confident Of establishing peace in
side Of two months. or three at the
most.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
When Silence Is Deadly.

Silence is commonly the slow poison
used by those who mean to murder
love. There is nothing violent about
it. No shock is given. Hope is not
abruptly s%trangled. but merely dreams
of evil and fights with gradually sti-
fling shadows. When the last convul-
sions come they are not terrific. The
frame has been weakened for dissolu-
ton. Love dies like natural decay. 1t
seems the kindest way of doing q
cruel thing.-George Meredith.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
London's Shortest Street.

The shortest street in Great Britain
is Mansion House street, g. c.. which
has but n address in it and whose
length is but a very few yards. Short
as it is, however, it has won world
wide fame as being the very busiest
street in these islands-nay, one may
truthfully say, in all the ~world-for
vehicles pass through it at the rate of
some 1000 an hour for twelve hours
at a stretch day after d~ay.-London
Express.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
CORRESPONDENCE
DRESDEN

We understand chat the Corner
Store will throw open its warehouse
as a rest room for the ladies during
the Gala Day on Saturday.
The writer hopes to give a detailed
account of this entertainment next
week and regrets that lack of time
prevented him from doing so at this
time.
The various committees in charge
OF the Gala Day celebration to be held
in Dresden on Saturday, the 5th, are
making every preparation to make
that day a marked success.
The moving picture show put on
Tuesday evening by Manager Harry G.
Waldron was a successful affair and it
Is expected that he will show to a
crowded house on Saturday.
Mr.. H. M. Asal of Dickinson, N.
D., succeeds Mr.. Howard as manager
of the Dresden branch of the Cavalier
County Implement Co., here at Dres-
den and took charge of his duties
Tuesday. Mr.. Asal m highly
recommended and the company is to
be commended in securing his SER
vices. The Cavalier County Imple-
ment Co. have, at the present writ
ing, a gang of men taking off the tin
roofing and replacing it with material
better adapted to keep out the rain
which has caused some trouble in the
past.
The correspondent for the Cavalier
County Republican takes your cores
pondent to task about our "'dande.
lion' statement last week and v
that the language used was ''ambigu-
Gus, Hacking in point and showing
a want of "clearness and directness
OF expression. Perhaps we did use
a little ambiguity in the statement,
but II we come to the point ano
express ourselves with "clearness and
d~irectness' VIZ do not think that ii
would be necessary to bore the read
ing public with the statement that
dande]ions were popular. The children
all love them which is a very gooc
reason for older heads loving them.
The druggists sell liquids to destro,
them and the hardwares sprayers tt
carry on the work, and we presume
they love them for the reason men.
toned and because it boosts thei1
business to help eradicate them. The
thrifty housewife loves them ane
makes wine with which to regale he,
guests and poets of all generation.
have sung of their popularity. From
all this we conclude that it was no
necessary to go to any great length t,
demonstrate this fact. Had tn,
writer Of the criticism in question
been at the graduation exercises las
Thursday and listened to the CONNER
datlons bestowed upon the teacher
he would have had no doubt as to tn.
popularity. Your correspondent viii
be pleased to note that he takes sucl
an interest in the reading public. ,
HIS attempt at sarcasm no doub
pleases him and does not hurt anvon,
and we incline to the opinion that h,
dipped his pen, unintentionaliy per
haps, into his sulphuric acid bottl,
due no doubt to a lack of (mental
'clearness,' the too frequent repeti
ton of which might be disastrous.
The graduation exercises on Thurs
day evening were a great success an,
fully 400 persons listened with wrap
ped attention to a very i~nterestin,
program, which reflected very grea
credit on both teachers and pupils an,
was as follows =
Selection, "Stella Waltz Dresde,
Band
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
Easy.

Reason and Experience had q dis
pute as to which Of them is the more
necessary.
mo matter what situation arises, il
is only necessary to bring me to bear
upon it." said Reason, land the solu-
ton is bound to come"
after which, said Experience, smil-
ing gently, 1T remains for me to dem
onstrate that your solution is wrong
Life.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
An Example.

People Of this quiet, cold blooded
disposition don't get into rows"
Il don't know about that. Nothing
could be more phlegmatic than the
oyster. and he's continually getting into
broils and stews."-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
You Miqht Like to Try Il.

TO multiply fifteen by itself and the
result (225) by itself, and so on until
fifteen products have been multiplied
by themselves in turn, would take a
person writing three figures a minute,
and. working ten hours a day for 800
days in each year, twenty-eight years
to accomplishments Globe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
GERMANS USE SIX TONGUES.
Soldiers Fighting In East Get Supply
Of Special Dictionaries.

The linguistic difficulties confront
ing German soldiers in the eastern
campaign + illustrated by the fact
that there has now been issued to them
a dictionary in six different tongues,
for use with their Austro-H Hungarian
allies, who speak Hungarian. Croatian.
Polish, Bohemian and Russian.
The book contains some 200 common
questions and answers, dealing partic-
ularly with the needs Of wounded
troops. since 1t is these who suffer most
through inability to make themselves
understood. o q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
Speed an Essential.

Rankin Beanbrough has bought
himself a $4,000 racing ear. Phyle-
But he couldn't afford one worth half
that. Rankin-That's why he bought
it. He wants something that can go
fast enough to keep away from the
collectors.-Puck.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
RED CROSS DOGS.

Attached to Field Hospitals and Dis
criminate Between Quick and Dead.
Dogs have been found exceedingly
useful in the sanitary corps of both
the German and French armies, and
several other of the European armies
have followed this example and are
using dogs for humane purposes. These
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
Man OF DESTINY i
IN MEXICAN AFFAIRS
Francisco Villa Holds the Key
of Situation

The metamorphosis of Francisco
Oopularly known as "Pancho') Villa
from a bandit of the mountains Of
northern Mexico to the dominant fig
ure in his country has been accom-
plished in a little more than four years.
He is both the enigma and the key Of
the present situation.
Long ago it was reported that Villa
intended to establish a separate re-
public in the north. He has already
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
Dazed Woman May Be Empress
Of ireland Survivor.
IN LIVERPOOL POORHOUSE.
Chicago Man After Seeing Her Por-
trait Sails For England Full of Hope
That Loved One, Listed Among
Drowned and Long Mourned as Dead,
Is About to Be Restored to Him.

IN a poOrhOuSe IN Liverpool, Eng
land, for months has been q gray hair
ed ghost of a woman who is haunted
by an abiding fear Of the sea. She is
now believed to be a survivor of the
Empress Of Ireland who was recorded
among the drowned.
On h books Of the institution she
is registered as Kate Fitzpatrick. In
her W disturbed mind most Of the
time she is Kate Fitzpatrick, without
kin, without friends. without
Of any.
But once or twice the shadows have
lifted from the woman's mind, and she
has mumbled another name, that Of
Fannie Mounsey. And now, after
many letters and cablegrams, an old
man. at once buoyant with hope and
trembling with fear, Is on his way to
Liverpool. believing the woman is his
wife. whom for nearly a year he has
mourned as dead.
He is William Mounsey, proprietor of
an express and storage warehouse bust
ness in Chicago, whose wife was listed
among he lost when the Canadian Pa
CHIC liner Empress Of Ireland sank in
the st. Lawrence river May 20. 19Ll.
Dares Only to Hope.
AS he was leaving his home on La.
porte avenue he said to q reporter:
Il don't dare do any more than hope
and pray that Kate Fitzpatrick is Fan.
ME. Until l have seen the woman at
Liverpool l don't want to talk. | dom
even want to think about it. I've
buried my wife one l don't want TIC
have to bury her again"
When Mounsey spoke Of having bur
led his wife he used a figure of speech
and at the same time touched on q
point which chiefly buoys his hopes
that Kate Fitzpatrick and Fanni,
Mounsey are one. Although Mrs
Mounsey's name was included by Ca
madam Pacific officials in their list OF
close to Il thousand lost passenger
and despite thorough search by rela
tives. her body never was found.
Body Was Never Found.
Twice Mounsey journeyed to the st
Lawrence, once Immediately after th,
sinking Of the Empress of Ireland ant
again when the vessel was raised anC
many more bodies were taken from
the rusting hull. But among the hun
dreds of bodies zone was identified as
the missing wife and mother.
So the family. after weeks of search
ing and months of waiting, came to be
lieve Mrs. Mounsey dead.
When Kate Fitzpatrick, i'll nourished
haunted by her obsessing fear Of wa.
ter and apparently unbalanced, was
picked up by a constable in q Liverpool
street she was destitute, homeless and
could refer to no friends. 4Alienists OK.
amined the woman and decided she
had been in some sea tragedy.
The Chicago relatives first heard OF
kate Fitzpatrick four months ago.
They could not bring themselves to be.
lieve it possible that Mrs. Mounsey had
escaped with her life. but at last they
got relatives on the other side to visit
the woman in the poorhouse. They
had last seer Mrs. Mounsey as a girl
yet thought they could recognize her.
\ photograph was SEM to Chicago
and it is said that it is q good likeness
of Fannie Mounsey, although there
were lines in the face which Mrs
MOunSey had NOT had.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03

why. Gladys. you are spelling your
dolly"
mo. mamma; l am painting its
cheeks with the same color that you
use."-Exchange.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03

Common sense is the knack Of seeing
things as they are and doing things as
they ought to be done.-Stowe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
SOLD BY DRUGGISlS EVtRY
The English Three RS.

The EngIIsh Three KS.
A Frenchman had been on q visit to
England in order to study at first hand
the social manners of the English peo-
pie.
On returning to his native land he
was asked by u friend whether he had
discovered the meaning of the mystic
riOus ''three RS"
"Oh. l found out what they were OF
the first day of my visit" said he.
"And what are they, then?"
"Rippin', rotten and right-o" replied
the triumphant FrenchmaR-London
Mail.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-03
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

OFFICIAL
THE EXECUTIVE:
Viee ThH@as E, M Malsen
CABINET OFFICERS.
ssssFsss1y Of Of s6e! Treasury william M,l!a1 g, Il sIsao
Postmaster General. .......... Albert Burleson
Secretary of the Navy Josephns Daniels
Secretary of Agriculture. ...:: David a. Houston
Secretary Of Commerce. i. William G. Redfeld
Secretary T # | sRGs; sTTiiTiElss . sEN aTnl B. Wilson
?. J. MTesCCuunmdb3eerr Wahpetoa
CONGRESSMAN.
George NJ. Valley City
P. u. Norton. Bismarck
FEDERAL OFFICERS.
United States District Judge.....C. F. Amidon
United States Marshal.........m....S.J. Doyle
Clark of United States Court..J A; Montgomery
Surveyor General .........."....E A. Williams
National Bank Examiner. Tyler
!. Collector OF custom LaMoure Jr
STATE SUPREME COURT,
Associate Justices-C. j. Fisk, E. 7. Burke, E.
Clerk u Of supreme court....:::R.D. ,Hoskins
STATE OFFICERS.
Governor 3. Hanna
LieutenantGo Governor H. Frame
Secretary of State nan
State Auditor. voiSeAson
State Treasurer. John steene
Attorney General. Henry j. Linde
sup't Public Instruction Fl = 4 @ TTsyIIor
Commissioner Of Agriculture Robert L. Flint
Commissioner of Railroads.. P. N. Anderson.
VIII. Mann, w. H. Stutsmsn...."..".....
DISTRICT COURT
Judge Seventh District. Nv J: Kneeshaw
Court Stenographer... .... Laura j. Daubenberg
STATE SENATOR'S.
Eighteenth District. Henry Mclean
REPRESENTATIVES
Eighteenth District...........:Ole T.: Axvig
.............Joh Balsdon and Jas. Morgan
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Auditor J. Eide
County Treasurer. .ho9ert Mork
Shs5if 81 the District Court: C: $ ke Ss17aon
S Sta.ss yA555SsdIsHssyy::::.."::::.::::3Fi::; Y; s st'a2isS
Register of Deeds ....Joh Fms McG E Rgran
SpRBs1rinht smInitt of Schools Adam al h Reis
County Surveyor. Malcolm Daring
County Coroner. Stromberg
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
First Com'r District. ...........Nei Nicolson
Second Com'r District ......... Sam lverson
Third Com'r District. ..........S 6. Erickson
Fourth Com'r District. Robert Lalng
Fifth Com'r District. Russell
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor. A. Mcintyre
Aldermen ist Ward..::jno, Power John Boyd
Aldermen End Ward R. 7. Burke, VIM Stranger
Aldermen 3rd Ward. B Hankey,, }. Balgaiard
City Auditor. oheenan
C1Gy treasurer -. ~ ~
Chief of Police James Reed
Aocoeeor J Harlan
City Attorney ..................N ID ;. DiShsou
City Justice oseph PoWer
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-09
THE VALUE OF GOOD ROADS.

The European war should teach
the people of the United States les
son most us will be prone to over
look. 1t is to get busy and put
through a comprehensive scheme of
improving our highways. Half the
efficiency of Germany has been due
to the best system of roads the world
has ever known. In the event that
the United States should ever be in
vaded there is little likelihood that
there would be any war upon the soil
OF the middle west, but the need Of
good highways Tor the transporta-
tion of troops and foodstuffs would
be as apparent from the first month
of the war as it has been apparent all
over Europe during the past year.
Such an eventuality is possible, ac-
cordng to the judgment OF the most
intelligent Americans of all vocations
living today. Transportation OF
troops, munitions of war and food
stuffs in minimum time and at maxi
mum speed across the middle west by.
rail, auto and wagon may save this
nation from a great peril in the not
remote future. Look ahead.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-09

when he heard his boy complain that
he got licking from some other
urchin, he would give his son still
another, to teach him to fight better
next time.
But in mature life the trouble
with physical combat is that 1t does
not settle the justice Of disputes.
The big man, heavy in beef and brut-
al in muscle, becomes too arrogant.
The fact that man is puny OF stat
ure does not mean that he has no
justice in his cause. If he must
suffer not merely the original wrong,
but a licking in the attempt to right
it, his loss is indeed hard. AS the
principle of arbitration spreads, the
power OF the fist diminishes.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-09
PROSPERITY AND JUSTICE.

Prosperity rather than justice" )"
says William Allen White, progress
sive national committeeman, "is the
republican air." MIR. White of Kan
sas is a well-known phrasemaker.
There are times when, in his desire
to make good phrases, he sacrifices
sense to sound. His present state
ment illustrates the point.
What will it profit the American
people if they are given many things
as justice and yet be denied pros
perity? OF what value will it be to
them to know that business has been
legislated out of existence in the
name of justice if they are denied
employment at good wages, if the
larder is empty, if their families are
in want?
Justice can only be meted out to
the people OF the United States with
prosperity in full swing. The re-
sources of this nation are so great,
the workmanship Of the people is so
fine and the average intelligence is
so high that the people have every
right to be prosperous.
No political party would be able to
live a day if it placed the dollar
above human rights. But an effort
to restore prosperity is not inconsis-
tent with moral Improvement.
The Kansas phrasemaker, when he
sneers at the general desire for a
complete restoration of prosperity,
merely makes capital for the republi-
can party.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-09
Ole
Peoples Forum

Eagle Grove, Ia, Aug. 81, 1915.
Ashland Tidings, Ashland, Ore
gon: In sending you 81 to have the
Ashland Tidings continued to my ad-
dress | feel must congratulate you
upon all that you are doing for the
place. l certainly appreciate the
pleasant spirit of your paper, which
is indeed force for a greater Ash
land. had expected to visit Ashland
again this summer, but was obliged
to spend the season in New England,
and there they were interested in
your wonderful springs and the beau
ty of your city.
Very truly,
LUCIUS NJ. PIERCE.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-09

visiting the Pacific coast before the
expositions close.
We receive the Ashland Tidings
twice weekly, and after reading care
fully turn it over to the II. c. Pick
ems family, who also enjoy it, every
word. Both families enjoyed their
time of sojourn in Ashland and look
forward to visiting that interesting
city some time in the not too far dis
tant future. Both the city and the
people in it have a very warm spot in
our hearts.
Thanking you in advance for the
booklets, and any other advertising
literature you may care to send me,
/ am, Yours very truly,
MARGARET NJ. HAMAKER.
The Rectory, Greensboro, Ala.