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wind up at the nearest music store.
Within three months the piece will have
sold by the hundreds of thousands. After
that nothing can stop it. 1t will be re-
quested at the cafes and demanded at the
vaudeville theaters. Its title will appear
in newspaper cartoons, and its "catch'
will become part of our flexible American
language. From this time on the song
"sells itself.
Which Is Worth More-the Tune
or the Words =?
HOW many popular songs are published
annually it is impossible to estimate
One big house points with pride to the fact
that it puts out "a song for every day in
the year. Another company, on the
other hand, concentrates on half dozen
or so. But few firms actively push
more than half dozen songs in any one
year. And those popular songs-the real
hits-cover nine tenths of the piano-tops
in this country.
Of course, there is bitter rivalry be-
tween the men who write the music
and those who write the "lyrics" The
ioIiIiSI are W VidV ally oiu
words will do" if you have good tune;
and the latter are sure that it takes good
line to "gct song across The fact is,
the words must fit the music like glove.
The lyric writer is generally the business
man of the team. He must have his
finger closely on the public's pulse. For
fashions change in songs as they do in
dresses, and few song-writers can keep
pace with them.
1t is very close corporation, this bust
ness of making popular songs. But if you
have good tune in your head and are
determined to capture $4,000 by way Of
the ten-cent stores, worm your way into
the inner sanctum of some large publish
ing house, whistle your tune, and stick
around until somebody notices it. If it
is good it will be bought-right off your
lips--for five dollars. The words? Never
mind about that. The firm has man
to supply them.
But just one tip from the inside No
more Sect out and get unders' for a
time. If you want to build country
house with the proceeds of one song next
spring make it sentimental ballad
Hiram Kelly ModerweH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

" that questionmsales! If a song
w sells half million copies in the
first six months il is doing we'll If it APP
proacheS million within year of pub
LEGATION. it is success" If it goes over
a million it is terrific hit" Irving Ber-
lin's song, "AleXandor's Rag-Time Band,
reached the two million mark, and brought
its author S20OOO.
The half dozen publishing firms that
are in the front rank of the popular music
business each sell from 5.OOO.OOO to 90
DOC. 900 copies of popular music year. at
from ten to twenty cents apiece. No one
has been able to compute the total retail
sales of popular music made in America"
but a conservative figure would be So
600. 600 annually which means an ex-
penditure of S;5OOO,OO year (mostly by
women) and S:5OO,0OO year in royalties
to the authors.
If you want to get a part of this So, OOO,-
600 or more that is spent every year for
popular music. you must do three things:
You must first get your good song: then
you must make ii popular; and finally
YOU must sell it. Each of these three
things is business in itself. And you
must be an expert in each one of them.
The only way to get your good song is
to get good song-writer Almost every
one of the successful song-writers to-day
is employed by some publishing house to
write songs exclusively for it. If the firm
publishes forty songs year, then he must
write forty year. If the firm needs n
new song to plug i'll" in place of a failure
he must sit up all night and produce it.
Most of the successful songwriters (there
aren't many of them can write at least
one terrific hit" year, though they can
never be sure which one of their songs
will he the big one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

it has a definite and
striking rh vt h m.
And then with it,
the melody. Where
a melody comes from
mob d v know S.
Only, don't try to
initiate it from last
years "hit." The
public wants origi-
nality, and knows it
when it hears it.
One thing more:
Your song may
have a good IDEA
and a good melody,
but it also needs a
catch or a punch"
at the end. For in
stance. take Mr..
Bcrlin's song
Dixie:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

l.. Wolfe Gilbert, one
Of the fe,O ''sure-hit"
lyric iUriterS. is paid a
salary by a big music
publishing house to
be its 'pulse;f eeler."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

LeUis F. Muir set a
ne,c style of rag-time
with his song. "Waiting
for the Robert E. Lee"
and sold nearly. t,co
million copies of it.
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reared in
New York S
lower East

Side; he plays the
piano with one or
two fingers, in the
key of G-fat. Lewis
F. Muir, the COM
poser of "The Rob-
ert E. Lee is the
son of a clothing
dealer and was Il
tramp for five years.
Mr.. Muir can play
with ten fingers in
the key of F-sharp,
but he cant read.
Yet, just because
these song-writers
have had no more
musical education
than the little girl
who buys their songs
at the ten-cent store,
they know what that
little girl will like.
And it is the same
way with the writer's
of the "lyrics. ""PoD-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17
The Most Original Music
America Produces

THE songs they write are the most
original music America has yet pro-
duced Some critics go SO far as to say
that our future American symphonies and
operas will be written in rag-time. But,
curiously enough, some of the most sue
cessful popular song-writers can't read a
note of music Irving Berlin was born and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

the rhythm.
\ o song can
$50" unless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

NV THAT makes a popular song?
W. There is just one sure answer to
wv that question sales! If song
w sells half a million copies in the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02

Ignite coal. The l,angdon Wood
YARD has a car on track. This is the
fourth car shipped in this fall.-adv
The call statements of Langdon's
three banks published in last weeks
papers show deposits very near the
million dollar mark. They aggregated
1851, 227. 81.
John Crawford returned to Munich
on Monday after a visit here over
Thanksgiving with his family. The
Crawfords expect to continue making
Langdon their home until spring.
Miss Bessie Henley, a former
teacher of the city schools, located
at Park River since the opening of
the fall term, was a visitor during
the Thanksgiving holiday at the home
of Mrs. H. E. Close.
Peter Kaveny and wife, who have
been visiting owe Thanksgiving at
the home of Mrs. Kaveny's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. johnson, south
of town, left on Tuesdays train re-
turning to their home at Hannah.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02
Z Leea! Happenings &
CO - q

For Sale-A good auto garage by
w. r. Opie. 1918
"Superba, semi-anthraite, the best
of the best by actual test" Test it
now. Cavalier County Lumber Co.
Quite a number of Langdon friends
of Joseph P. Kartes attended his
funeral held at Mt. Carmel on Monday
forenoon.
C. P. Getchell, cashier of the
State Bank of Wales, was here Tues
day between trains looking after bust
ness matters.
Horace Salter has a position with
the Schefter Clothing House, succeed
ing Ben Lothspeich, who recently left
to go into the insurance business at
Wales.
w. F. Hannum, banker and bust
ness man of Clyde, also one of the
substantial hackers of the base ball
team of that town, was here Monday
t%ransacting business.
Miss Josephine Wilhelm, who is
enrolled among the students of the
city high school, was a visitor over
the Thanksgiving vacation at the
home of the family at Dresden.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02

House For Rent.-Good five room
house on Fourth street. Miss Annie
Kelly. l3
j. B. Beauchamp was among the
number here Saturday from Olga to
look after business matters.
Jas. MCLAUGHLIN accompanied a car
shipment of horses to the St. Paul
market on Saturdays stock train.
Miss Daisy ALERT lett Tuesday for
Minneapolis where she will remain
until the holidays visiting with her
sister, Mrs. Miller.
William Dew, a prosperous farm
err in the vicinity Of Wales, was here
a day or two the first of the week
attending to business matters.
Thos. Cregan, cashier Of the First
State Bank of Olga, was in Langdon
last Saturday for the first time since
his recent severe illness when laid up
with ar attack of pleurisy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02
DrS. Smith & Hughes
DENTISTS
OFFICE Hours: Every Day Except
Sunday: From 9 to 12-1 to 6
Donovan Block

A seventy dollar set of Community
silverware will be given away at the
Donovan drug store Christmas eve.
Purchases of one dollar made during
the holidays include tickets on the
drawing
Until further notice l will sell
choice dressed meat at the following
prices: Side of beef, 10 cents per
pound; lots of twenty-five to fifty
pounds, cut ready for use, IL cents
per pound; dressed pork, 9 cents per
pound. H. Windemuth.
At the union Thanksgiving service
of the Methodist and Presbyterian
congregations held Thursday forenoon
at the Presbyterian church a generous
collection was taken up for the North
Dakota children's home and the Flor.
ence Crittenden home, two worthy
institutions of this state located at
Fargo and supported by public contri-
buttons.
Robert Fleming, who has been
spending the fall season in looking
after farming and business interests
at Dresden, was a Thanksgiving WISH
tor with old Langdon friends on the
eve of his departure the following day
for his home in Monroe, WASH, ex-
pecting to make a stopover enroute
at Bend, Ore, where a new arrival
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. C.
Rhodes is awaiting inspection by
Grandpa" Fleming.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02

H. D. ALERT returned Monday from
a business trip we the week end in
St. Paul.
E. H. Durbin returned to the city
Friday from an over Thanksgiving
visit with friends in Grand Forks.
I. Dawson, P. S. Schwartz and
August Moritz were Dresden visitors
in the city Friday for a short time.
The Langdon Wood Yard has its
fourth car of Ignite coal on track this
week. Have you given it a trial?--adv
Miss Violet Irwin was a passenger
up the line yesterday to Dresden,
where she will visit a few days with
Mrs. Ray Fabel.
A sixty pound trial order of Semi
Anthracite delivered anywhere in the
city for twenty-five cents. Cavalier
County Lumber Co.-Adv.
Mrs. E. w. Quick has been confined
to her home and under the care of a
doctor for several days, but is now
reported as gradually improving.
S. Schefter was a passenger Monday
to Milton, where he reports the out
look for a big holiday trade the best
in many years in that section of the
county.
Rev. Wyand of Grand Forks, was
a Langdon visitor Sunday and assist
ed Pastor Lee in conducting the usual
services of the day at the Methodist
churches in this city and at Harvey
Center.
Miss Daisy ALERT returned home
Friday from Park River where she
was an invited guest at the wedding
of her friend, Miss Ruth Farup, an
event which occurred on the after
noon of Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. ). H. Harlan the librarian of
the Langdon library, requests an
nouncement be made that forty new
books have just been received from
the state library commission at
Bismarck and that the books have
been listed ready for circulation.
Bear in mind that Thursday of
next week, December 9th, is the date
of the appearance before a Langdon
audience of Prof. Christian Hansen,
who gives a high class concert in the
high school assembly room under the
auspices of the ladies of the Methodist
church.
Geo. A. Price, who since coming to
Cavalier county some six years ago
has been farming southwest of Lang.
don in Waterloo township, left last
Saturday with his family for western
Iowa, where he has property and they
have decided to make their home.
Many friends were at the depot at
the time of their departure to say
good bye and extend we'll wishes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02
Dr.. Judd II. kirkhdm
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
House Phone No. 100 Office No, 1872

H. j. Reisland, the we'll known
eye specialist, who has come to
Langdon regularly for many years
grinding all glasses-will be. at the
U. G. T. hotel, December 18th to
18th all day. See him if you are in
need of skilled services.
A. Murie and wife, accompanied
by their four month old little daugh-
ter, took Tuesdays afternoon train
for Jamestown, N. D., where they
will make a weeks visit at the home
of an uncle of the INJURIES. They also
have relatives at Hoople and other
points in the Valley, where they hope
to visit before returning to their home
in Harvey Center.
Joseph Bimler will have bills out
in a day or two announcing an auction
sale of the horses, stock and machin-
cry on his farm north of Dresden. At
this sale everything will be sold with
out reserve as Mr.. Bimler has decided
to quit farming. Look out for the
bills giving the date and list of pro-
perty to be disposed of as it will be
one of the best and biggest sales to
be held in that section of the county
this season.
Ray A. Wolfe is spending a day or
two in the city introducing a patent
weather strip for windows and doors,
manufactured by the Wendelken
Manufacturing Company Of Marietta,
Ohio. Mr.. Wolfe and his brother have
a territory which covers the two
Dakota's and Montana and have equip.
ped many of the court houses ano
other public buildings of these states.
His coming to Cavalier county is
largely due to the fact that Mrs.
Wolfe at presez5 is filling a position
as teacher III the school at Wales.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02

Today's wheat-$ 30.
Three weeks and Christmas will
be here.
The board of county commissioners
will be here next week to hold their
last regular meeting for the year
1915.
w. L. Bradley, representing the
we'll known St. Pat. firm of Foote,
Schultz & Co., made the round of the
local trade and spent a day or two
with old Langdon friends the fore
part of the week.
Sheriff j. Kelland and wife were
returning passengers Saturday from
Fargo, where Mrs. Kelland has been
spending some time with friends and
receiving medical tretment.
Mrs. Horace E. Salter has as a
visitor her sister, Mrs. Geo. Tiffany,
who was an arrival on Thanksgiving
Day from Bemidji, Mimi, and will
make a stay of a couple Of weeks
here.
Langdon's p%ostoffice has been doing
business at it's new quarters in the
Burke block since Monday morning,
the moving taking place after the
closing time of the office Saturday
evening at six o'clock.
Frank J. Fischer was a business
visitor in the city Tuesday from
Wales, where he states that grain is
coming onto the market with such a
lush these days that he is putting in
all the way from fifteen to eighteen
hours a day of hard work as buyer at
the Fischer private elevator.
Attorney W.. A. Mcintyre was a
passenger Tuesday to Grand Forks
to complete the details of a legal
partnership which with the first of
this month gives that city a new law
firm, Attorneys Burtness & Mcintyre.
There is little if any probability OF
the McIntyres closing their Langdon
home until spring.
Mrs. Robert Allison had as visitors
Thanksgiving week her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Wilson, ST., former
pioneer settlers of the western part
of the county, who the past few years
have been residents of Saskatchewan.
They are over at Clyde this week
staying at the home of their son, W.
H. Wilson, and expect to remain on
this side of the line through a greater
part of the winter months.
Henry Krein made the Democrat 6
short call while in the city yesterday
from north of Osnabrock and told us
:, that his neighbor, Ben Kerscher, who
has been i'll since last spring is gradu.
ally growing much worse. MIR. Ker.
scher is one of the highly respected
old residents Of that section of the
! county and is suffering from a cancer,
which the doctors have decided is in.
durable. The patient and his family
have the sympathy of a host of friends
in the afiiction which has visited
their home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02

H. G. Waldron was here from
Edinburg on Saturday and reported a
good run of business there with his
road shows through Thanksgiving
week. He is at present giving a six
night stand at Adams, one of the
larger towns of the 500 line, west of
Park River.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02

Judge Kneeshaw will be here
Wednesday next week to convene the
regular December term of district
court.
See the seventy dollar set of Com
munity silverware at the Donovan
drug store that will be given away
on Christmas eve.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02
COMING EVENTS.

Dec. 6-County Commissioners Meet.
Dec. december Term of District Court
Dec. Robert Scott Auction Sale at Mona
Dec. Prof Christian Hansen's Concert.
Dec. decentralization of Xmas Carols.
Dec. 16-17--Eighth Grade Final Exams.
Dec. 25-Christmas Day.
Dec. 2S-29-3O--Calvin Farmers Institute
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-02
Or. j. P. SCHWINGHAMER
Dentist

-UPEN DAILY
Forenoon. 500 a. IN. to II m.
Afternoon. ~ 80 p. m. to 6 100 p. M.
Evening". 200 p. m. to 10: 100 p. m.
OFFICES:-Upstairs in Schulke Block.
langd0n N. Oak.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
SHIP PURCHASES HANG
ON THE DACIA CASE.
Several Vessels Will Be Bought
il IL Has a Favorable
Outcome.

The outcome OF the negotiations to per-
NIT the Dacia, tho former Hamburg
American steamer now under American
registry. to enter the cotton carrying ser
vice To- Germany or neutral ports OF Eu-
rope ~ awaited with much anxiety by
shipping interests which contemplate the
purchase OF German ships iuterned in
American ports for engagement In the
cotton carrying trade To Germany.
II was learned yesterday through ship
ping and insurance circles that the same
interests represented In the purchase Of
the Dacia, as well AZ allied and indie
pendent interests. have already cured
options on the purchase Of some OF the
German and Austrian ships lying at
American ports. Among the steamers
about which negotiations have been going
on are the Hamburg American freightcr
Nassovia. now at New Orleans and said
to be ready for purchase AZ between S70.-
600 and 100000 the Hamburg American
freighters Constantine, at Cienfuegos, the
Georgia at New orleans, at a price of
about 100000 each, and the Austrian
steamer Teresa, of 2.3Sl tons. now at
New Orleans.
The transfer Of two British steamers TO
American registry for the German cot
ton carrying trade Is also under negot A.
ton.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
BRYAN MEASURES BRITAIN.
sends OptImIstic Response 10 Sir
Edward Grey's Note.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA brief note
OF Acknowledgement OF receipt Of the
British preliminary reply to American
representations with regard to interfer-
ence by British forces with neutral trade
was made public at the state Depart
ment this afternoon. The note follows:
The friendly spirit In which the Brit
ish Government received the American
note of December IS Is appreciated. No
doubt Is entertained by Us that the COR
dial relations between the Governments
will continue pending diplomatic discus
sion.
This Government notes with satsfac-
ton that the principles Of International
law as set forth in the American note
are accepted by his Majesty's Govern
ment rs the original note is being
examined with care by the British Cow
eminent with a view To replying further
and In detail it would seem premature
for me- to make further answer at this
cms
1T Is the intention Of this Govern
ment TO consider In connection with the
further reply Of the British Government
the points raised by Sir Edward Grey in
connection with the preliminary answer
BRYAN"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
WOULD RESTORE CLAIMS COURT
senator Cristmnn Introduces hill
ynieria Home Incorporation.

ALBANY, Jan. i4-Senator Cris'man OF
Herkimcr introduced a bill to-day rcor-
ganizing IN. Court of Claims. restoring
the old form Of Republican court which
was legislatcd out 81 Office by the Dem
ucrats i'm 1871. The CrStman bill would
make the term Of the office OF the court
Judges nine years at $4,000 a year, and
have the terms overlap 50 n new Judge
would he named every three years.
Senator Boylan of New York intro
ducrd bill prohibiting the practice Of
vivlsection. or the Performance Of any
experiment on live animals. or the eNhi-
hition Of any animals that have been Nivi-
srcted. In the public schools. Under the
bill the license of school teacher vio-
latIng this provision would be revoked.
The Valera home provided for In the
will of Jacob T.angcloth. leaving millions
Of dollars for the establishment of a recre-
alton and convilescont home for people
"of education and refinement who cam
not afford to pay the charges OF health
reports. Is Incorporated In a bill intro
duced In the Senate to-day by Senator
ogden l. Mills of New York,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
CHICAGO PACKERS FIGHT
US. CONTROL OF STORAGE
Agents Tell House Committee
Bill Would BE Burden With
out Aiding Consumer.

WASHINGTON. Jan. t.-Representatlves
OF the big Chicago packers appeared be-
fore the House Committee on Interstate
Commerce to-day In opposition to the Me-
Keller bill, proposing Federal regulation
OF cold storage plants George L. Me-
Carthy appeared for the American Meat
Packers Association. +. J. Gardner for
the swift Company and W " Farris rep
resented Morris n Co.
The McKcller bill provides. among other
.hings. that beef shall not he kept In
cold storage longer than seven months
The witnesses testified that the proposed
law would IN no way heneht tho con-
sumner. but that 1t would lay heavy bur
dou on the packers. They claimed that
the Federal meat inspection law fully
protected the consumer from unwholesume
meat products
The Witnesses denied that tho American
Meat Packers Association controlled
prices. The contention was made that tho
price or beef was not made locally but
was affected by conditions all over the
world.
Speaking about the supply OF beef from
the Argentine Mr. Farris stated that four
OF the nine packing houses IN Buenos
Ayres are owned by American packers.
THE amount OF beef exported from the
Argentine to this country" ho said. rs
but drop In the bucket compared To the
amount produced and consumed in the
United States
lie added tina; for the last four or Eve
years 1--WE have shipped no beef to Eng
land
Argentina supplies chat market now"
said he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
VILLA GENERAL KILLED.
ssIdivs Led Hand Into Monterey
New Attack ON Puebls.

Ell PAso. Jan Lied by Gen. SAL
diva, one of villas aids. band Of VII
lista troops succeeded I'm breaking through
the Carranza lines to-day and entered the
heart OF the city of Monterey Gen.
Saldiva was shot and killed personally
10y Gen Macovio Herrera. the Carranza
commander. according to advices to the
Cairanza consulate. II was said Saldva
tried to assassinate Herrera.
Carrancistas insist that they are still
holding Monterey and assert that within
few hours they will be sufficiently re-
enforced by troops from Tampico to
enable them to annihlHte the villa force
under Gen. Angeles. hesieging the city.
A force Of 10000 men OF the conven-
tion army will march on Puehla. &c
cording to advccs received by Nillistas.
II ~ said that the convention forces es-
tablished n base about twenty miles ives
of Puebla Gen. ObreEon was repulsed In
an attempt to advance against Mexico
city, 1t was said. and the convention
troops are now ready to attack Puebla.
An official bulletin given out In Juarez
to-day asserts that Gen. Cabral deCisively
defeated the force of Gen. Salazar near
Casas Grandes, southwest OF JuareZ. Prac-
tically all of SalaZar's command was killed
or captured. II is said. The prisoners will
lie shot.
Carranza troops at Naco, Sonora have
commenced moving to Aqua Prieta as a
step toward making Naco Il neutral port.