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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-14

An opinion handed down at a meet
ing of the board of supervisors last
night by w. B. Lymer. deputy city
and county attorney, was that the first
Church Of Christ, Scientist, may lie
gally hold its Sunday morning and
Wednesday evening meetings In the
assembly hall Of Central Grammar
school. +, .:.". .'.s.- *.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-14

The new recruits arriving on the
transport have been grouped into one
company, designated Recruit Co. No.
i. Lieut. Campanole has been detailed
as Instructor with Lieuts. Reed and
Foster as assistants One non-com-
missioned officer from each company
has been detailed to assist in the train
ing. The recruits Will be rationed
with their companies. s2..e
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-14

Grease spots may be quickly remoy
ed from clothing with the aid of 9
small pair Of scissors.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19

called upon to act in an advisory ca
pacity, there is no valid as0 why
the appointive power should not be
vested solely in the hands OF the gov
ernor. Should the chief executive
abuse that power, the people nave am
ple opportunity to show their displeas-
ure and prevent his longer continu-
ance in Office. To create commissions
of five or more members and delegate
to them the organization Of an ex.
ecutive department is to shift respon-
sibility.
The state immigration bill, 0 Q to
be tested in the supreme court. is an
excellent example of this curtailment
of the appointive power Of a chief ex.
ecutive. 1t creates a department and
imposes five masters where there
should be only me-. Experience has
shown that government by loosely
constituted boards and commissions
has failed both in efficiency and in TX.
ing responsibility.
The organizing of executive depart.
ments should be left to one response.
BILE head. Should the present imml.
grafton bill be declared invalid, the
friends OF such. legislation should see
to it that the next measure either
puts the appoiAtive power directly up
to the governor or the commissioner
Of agriculture. It is easier to get re.
suits with one bossing the job rather
than five.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
SOME MORE FoRD,sMs.

Henry Ford's recent arguments ex
pressed in Chicago against a program
of preparedness are On a level with
those being urged by the long haired
pacifists. The st. Paul Dispatch hits
the nail IN the head in the following:
81 tell you That preparedness
leads on to war, causes it, dares
it, urges it on.'-Henry Ford, in
Chicago interview.
probably the automobile capitalist
will discover, by the same mental
processes, that a fire department pro-
notes fires and a police department
stimulates crime; and the better the
fire department the more the fires and
the more efficient the police depart
ment the greater the increase OF
crime.
"Padlocks and burglar alarms invite
burglars, by tle same token, and tc
inclose v%aluables in a fireproof, bur
g~lar-proof safe is to invite their loss
by theft and their destruction by fire
SANITARY preparedness encourages
contagion, too, according to the Ford
theory. And why put in this week OF
dental preparedness in st. Paul if ii
is only to hasten the evils it is de
signed to ward OFF,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
ALWAYS SENSIBLE.

Former President Taft has gained
much in the esteem of the nation
since he left the presidential chair.
His "horse sense" and clear state
ment of governmental issues anG
principles only emphasize that VIC
need more, not less, of his kind Of
leadership.
Among his recent u%tterances is one
upon the treatment of criminals,
which in this day of exaggerated hon
or systems and coddling of law violat-
ors and vicious types is exceedingly
refreshing. He directs his remarks
chiefly to conditions existing in New
York, but they have a much broader
application. we quote:
1T seems to me that the people of
New York and of the country gener-
ally are in danger of being led by an
unwise sentiment into treatment of
convicted criminals that will neither
impart to the criminals the proper les
son from punishment nor will keep
before those likely to become crimi-
nails the fear of the law as a deter
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
APPEALS TO REPUBLICANS.

President Wilson's plans for nation
al defense must be accomplished
through Republican votes.
There is no other alternative.
Bryan will be able to sway enough
Democratic members of Congress to
defeat any program which the admin
istration may propose as a strictly
party affair. The Comm0ner. is in
Washington now, working against the
proposed scheme Of preparedness.
The handsome majority in both
houses. behind Wilson at previous ses-
sions has dwihdled until it is most un-
certain, and with Bryan's opposition
the situation is bound to become en-
.ibarrassing.
President Wilson has announced
that he will appeal to Republican
leaders for support. There should be
no politics in the defense prepare
lions, hut it is rather significant that
an administration must show its hand
in advance which a few months ago
had matters pretty much its own way
in the halls Of Congress.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
M~lNNEsoTA's WAY,

In order to have the machinery O;
state government run smoothly, some
provision must be made to meet obi.
cations until taxes are collected.
There Is but one main source of gov.
eminent income in North Dakota anG
that is taxation. Each year there is a
period when no collections are made.
Naturally, the funds in the treasury
run low. This is not due to extrava.
gance or to misgovernment. It hap.
pens in the best regulated states.
Minnesota, for instance, will borrow
between now and March, 1916, $1,000
900 at four per cent, the lowest rate
secured by the state in years. The
proceeds from this loan is to pay the
running expenses of the state.
Unfortunately, North Dakota has no
provision to provide income until the
taxes reach the state treasury. 1t
has become necessary at times to Is.
sue state warrants in excess of bal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19

causes of the situation, they attemp:
ed to charge the condition to extrava'
giant administration Of state affairs.
"A child who has given any study to
civics knows better. livery dollar ex'
pended has been appropriated for that
specific purpose by the legislature
The only vital question involved, as
far as the executive departments are
concerned, is whether the state is gel.
ting the best service for the money
it expends.
As to the executive departments ex'
ceeding the speed limit in expendi'
lures, that is absolutely impossible.
The legislature has fixed the budget,
the board of equalization the valua'
ton to yield the budget demands, and
to exceed this amount is practically
impossible and fraught with danger,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
NOT AN ISSUE,

America First" is the shibboleth
that the New York World proposes
for the Democratic campaign of 1916.
1t would be just as fitting to raise
the slogan:
My father, drunk or SOBER"
The efforts of the Democratic lead.
ers and press to shift from the tariff
to the diplomatic situation precipitat.
ed by the war is amusing. 1t merely
indicates how barren of issues the
Wilson administration is. .
1t is equally futile for the Demo.
Gratis to build up a straw man and
label 1t Copperheadism. The follow.
ers Of Wilson do not possess all the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19

Bushels of winter wheat Is a total loss
and will never be q factor on the
market. This, OF course, will reduce
the federal wheat estimate from 1,O00,-
100000 bushels to somewhere around
500, 900, 900 bushels.
The department of agriculture esti-
mates the corr crop at 3,c9o,509,000
bushels and, fixing the market price
at A61.9 cents a bushel, arrives at a
total value for the corn crop of ap'
proximately s2,Oo0,ooo,o0
This, of course, is more optimistic
than true. In a recent bulletin, the
department of agriculture called at
tention to the condition Of the corn
crop, as follows:
although the corn crop ibulks large,
the quality is unusually poor in the
principal corn surplus states and nor.
thern states where the crop was
caught in the milk or dough state by
an early freeze, causing much light,
chaffy corn. Therefore, the actual
feeding value of the crop is probably
less than the production figures in
bushels, considered alone, will inii-
cate. In the southern states, how
ever, the quality Of the crop is gener-
ally above the average"
Crop values now are mere guesses.
MANY millions of bushels both of
wheat and corn will never be mar.
keted. If the department of agricui.
ture were really interested in getting
accurate data before the people, it
SHOULD separate the merchantable
from the understandable crops. The
time will come when the truth must
be told relative to the condition o.
winter wheat.
In the meantime the North Dakota
farmer is holding on to his grain un-
deceived by the federal crop reports.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
SPLENDID ENTERPRISE.

National attention has been attract
ed to the building of the Red Trail
bridge over the Little Missouri river
at Medora. That $4,000 or $4,000
could be raised SO easily by popular
subscription reflects the splendid en-
terprise of the southern tier of coun'
ties from Fargo west, through which
the scenic auto route runs.
The next step must he a bridge at
Bismarck. This would double and ire
BILE the traffic over the Red Trail.
Yankton has taken steps to bridge
the Missouri there. Vita counties
SO rich in resources as those which
would benefit by a bridge over the
Missouri. here, it should be an easy
matter to span the river at Bismarck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
Sincerely,
L. B. HANNA.

rent. 1t is, of course, wise and hui
name that states prisons and peniten'
tiaries should be~made IS healthfui
as possible for the confinement OF
those sentenced to spend a term with
in their walls, and it is wise to furnish
them healthful labor and exercise
each day. The impulse of many pris'
on reformers, however, to treat the
prisoners as victims of society, and to
make society the scapegoat for all
tieir sins and vicious propensities
and crimes is a wrong one, which, il
yielded to-, will certainly lead to a re-
tracing of steps toward greater rigid
ity and severity"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
BISMARCK INTERESTED.

Bismarck should join Minot In its
efforts to establish better service be
tween that city and the capital. 1t is
proposed to induce the 500 road to
build a cutoff from Max to Minot
, This would cut down the running time
to Bismarck materially and be a direct
benefit to this city.
The Minot Association of Commerce
has a committee in Minneapolis now
comforting with the 500 officials. Here
is an opportunity for the Commercial
club to get busy and through its men,
bership add to the pressure being
brought to bear upon President Pen
nington. Bismarck's and Minot's in
terests are identical and we should
work shoulder to shoulder with our
northern neighbor.
Minot's future, like Bismarck's, lies
in building up the territory that is
within its commercial radius. Towns
south and east of IMinot on the Great
Northern never can contribute to Mi
not's prosperity as much as the opeH.
ing up of the 500 territory in southern
Ward. '
The citizens of Minot know that her
future is linked with the growth of
the western. section of the state and
that she is as vitality interested in
building up the territory served by the
500 as the Great Northern. OF course,
there is nothing sectional in Minot's
or Eismarek's viewpoint as regards
state development. Both are vitality
interested in seeing the state develop
and prosper as a whole, but our e.
forts must necessarily. be devoted
more particularly to the building up
of the feeders to our prosperous CO..
les.
Minot and Bismarck are developing
rapidly, and growing faster probably
than any two cities in the state.
There is every reason why we should
Join hands with our sister and. help
her land things If we can, for what
helps Minot helps Bismarck, and vice
versa.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
ances on hand, contrary to the stat
utes of the state.

ances on hand, contrary to the stat
utes of the state.
Legislatures are informed Of this
condition, but have repeatedly failed
to Empower the state treasurer to
make loans to provide money for cur
rent expenses and to meet legislative
appropriations in advance Of the pay.
ment of state taxes.
The procedure is both legitimate
and wise. North Dakota, IN common
with other states, should be allowed
to finance its affairs properly. A sit
uation should not be tolerated which
prevents a state from meeting its pay
roll promptly.
In Minnesota, the state treasurer
merely computes the needs of the
state government until the income ar
riyes and makes the necessary loan
Many other states follow the same
plan.
Governor Dunno of Illinois has been
forced to call an extra session be-
cause matters have been complicated
there through ~slovenly or improper
legislation affecting the finances OF
the state.
The states business should be han.
died as is that of all we'll ordered cor.
po%rations. There is no business ,un-
der the sun equal in volume to that
Of the states which is not at times
forced into borrowing to meet imme.
date and pressing obligations.
One can imagine tie cry that would
go Up over the state if the present Of
ficials would negotiate a loan in an.
ticipation of taxes. But this is prac
tically what every business man Is
forced to do in North Dakota at Ger,
tain seasons Of the year.. Wherein
is a states business different?
The politicians, however, seek to
make capital out of the fact that a
short time ago the state treasurer re.
fused to draw warrants for govern
mental expenses until the money was
in the treasury. Directly falsifying
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19

patriotism, neither will their attempts
to make this an issue be successful.
The eastern press is hard at work
antagonizing those Of German birth,
in the hopes of creating an alignment
along nationality lines that will OBJ.
obscure the defects of the administra.
ton and watt Wilson into office. e
There is no division in this nation.
1t is only natural that certain ele.
ments of our population should side
with this or that nation in the world
war now raging in Europe. The sym.
pathy expressed OF reflected in the
press does not contain the slightest
suggestion of treason to the Stars and
Stripes.
What the yellow press revels in
calling the German conspiracy" does
not exist any more than a British
conspiracy" .
The Democrats cannot dodge an
accounting Of their stewardship. 1t
is generally accepted that we are for
America First" whether we are for
"Wilson First" or not. The perpetu.
ity of the Republic does not depend
upon continuance in power of the DEM
ocratic party. Ever since the shot
was fired that was heard around the
world, the dominant parties of this
nation have been for America first,
last and all the time.
Patriotism Is not pulled up; patti.
otism does not exalt itself. 1t is the
potent force that move a mar to
leave his loved ones and shoulder a
musket in defense of his nation.
There are just as many patriots in
the Republican as in the Democratic
party and most of them resent having
their loyalty challenged by the Wilson
administration.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
YANkToN's ENTERPRISE

'Charlesmix county, South Dakota,
Of which Yankton is the county seat,
has just voted $3O0,O00 bonds to assist
in building a bridge owe the Missouri
river. This indicates enterprise Of =
high order. IA
lBurleigh and Morton counties are
vitality interested in the success of
the Yankton citizens. The project
will be watched with considerable in.
terest both on the part Of Bismarck
and Mandan citizens.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
ELEVATOR AND TWO CARS OF
GRAIN BURN At ERIE.

Erie, N. D, Nov" 1.-THE Cargill
elevator, used by the Imperial Eleva.
tor company OF Minneapolis, as a sec.
ond house here, was totally destroyed
by fire at 6 o'clock this evening. to.
gether with two carloads Of grain.
Tie building was an old structure and
burned rapidly to the ground. the
flames being famed by y high wind.
making the fire a spectacular one
The loss is small. No estimate was
attainable tonight.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
CROP ESTIMATES.

In reading the crop reports issued
by the department Of agriculture it
is just as we'll to know that the crop
estimaters have Jumped both the I'M
merchantable and market crops. This
is particularly true of wheat and corn.
Those familiar with the wheat mar
ket estimate that at least 200, 900
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
100 Err T. WASHINGTON.

Booker T. Washington's death is a
loss to the nation and especially to
the race to which he had devoted his
life. He understood the negro and
recognized that education, not legis'
lation, would work out his salvation.
There was nothing maudlin or unrea'
sonable in the methods advanced by
Washington. Recognizing the limita.
lions Of the people he worked so hard
to improve, he never advocated hope.
less panaceas.
Vocational training was the basic
principle that governed. his education.
al plans. HE taught the negro to help
himself, by making him useful to, rata.
er than a drag upon the community.
He gave thousands Of trained artisans
to the South and many today owe
their independence to him.
The institution which ne establish
ed should continue to do good work.
DR.. Washington's example will serve
to inspire the negro and to inculcate
higher ideals.
His leadership will be missed in the
South. This man has done more to
lessen the prejudice against the negro
than any other man, black OF white,
since the Civil war freed the slaves.
Booker T. Washington was born in
slavery, so that he overcame every
handicap imposed upon his race. The
state of Alabama, recognizing his mer.
it, appropriated money to establish
the institution at Tuskegee. The en-.
ergy of DR.. Washington, however,
soon founded a plant valued at $4,000.
900, with thousands of students.
Unlike some reformers, he never
urged social equality for his race.
Neither did he utter anything that
would III racial strife or dissen.
sion. He treated the negro problem
strictly on its merits and worried less
over it's racial aspects than most So
cial workers.
1t would be unfair, however, to
place a racial Limitation upon the
work of DR.. Washington. His serv.
ices have a wider significance. He
was a pioneer in vocational training.
This man Of lowly birth was sought
after by educators and his advice in
spired more than n educational con-
ference. Harvard and Dartmouth con.
ferred degrees upon him.
Honors never swerved him from the
path of duty. He remained faithful
and loyal to the cause of his race to
the last. .
The greatest negro educator has
gone to his reward.
His name is now linked in fame
with those of Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
Amanda Smith and others who did SO
much for the ibetterment of their race.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
SHIFTING REsPoNsIBIL,TY.

1t has become a favorite hobby OF
legislatures to rob governors of their
%appointive power by permitting other
executive officials to share the respon
sibility with him.
The tendency is bad. 1t is usually,
but not always, inspired by political
piuue. If other state officials are to he
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
A Dakota Wheat Field

Like liquid gold the wheat field lies,
A marvel Of yellow and russell and green, -
That ripples and runs, that floats and hles,
- That play in the golden hair Of a girl
A ripple of amber-a flare "s
OF light sweeping after-a curl
In the hallows like swirling feet
OF fairy walters, the coors run
To the western sun
Through the deeps of the ripening wheat
Broad as the heckless, soaring sky,
Mysterious, fair as the moonled sea,
Under the fierce suns alchemy.
The slow hawk stoops ~
To his prey in the deeps;
The sunfower droops
To the lazy wave; the wind sleeps.
The all in dazzling links and loops,
A riot Of shadow and shine,
A glory of olive and amber and, wine,
To the westering sun the colors run
Through the deeps of the ripening wheat.
o glorious land! My Western land, 4M
Outspread beneath the setting sun!
Once more amid your swells l stand.
And cross your sod lands dry and dun.
l hear the jocund calls of men
Who sweep amid the ripened grain,
With swift, stern reapers, once again.
The evening splendor floods the plain;
The crickets' chime
Makes pauseless rhyme,
And toward the sun
The splendid colors romp and run
Before the WINDS feet
In the wheat!
-Hamln Garland.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19

I'VE have prospered while other
peoples were at war" said President
Wilson in his Thanksgiving prociama-
ton. because other peoples were a:
war" would be nearer the mark, under
the Democratic free trade blight.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19

The week that lies before us is Appreciation Week. North
Dakota has had the best year in her history. From all parts OF
the state come words Of encouragement and Of good will for the
movement. It is a season of thanksgiving and as in the years gone
by when the people of New England set apart a day for thanks
giving and to return thanks to their Heavenly Father for the mer-
ces extended to them, so we here in North Dakota have set apart
a week in which to express our appreciation for that which Provi-
dence has done for us.
The movement is an inspiring one and one that should and
will lift our people into higher and better thoughts. | hope that
every year that we may do as we are doing this year and that is to
set aside a week Of sincere appreciation.
Sincerely,
L. B. HANNA.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-02
Electric Stoves Growing In Favor

pany nearby proved insufficient; there
fore large company was importuned
to take over the neighborhood, and
while mains were being laid and
trenches dug that country went dry:
much drier even than william Allen
White imagines Kansas to be.
There was no gas in this land and
tho fires in ranges had to be aban-
doned lest all the empty water boilers
burst. Coal-oil stoves were forbidden
by the authorities for fear that some
inadvertent match might set a fire
which could not be quenched in that
waterlcss land.
II was then that the little electric
stove came into its own. 1t was then
that the value of a small piece Of
electrically heated metal about Ave by
twelve inches was demonstrated. In
one household the entire cooking for
family Of four was done on such
a stove for fortnight. 1t required
some juggling to be sure, but many
an appetizing meal was prepared on
this midget in its triple character Of
plain stove, broiler and toaster.
Alas, that the electric stove has al
most driven the chatting dish out Of
existence for though tho chatting dish
is picturesque and lends itself admir-
ably to romance the electric stove Is
quicker, needs no draughts Of alcohol
and may be pressed into service at a
moments notice.
And so many's the Welsh rarebit
that will be made on it when autumn
and the theatre season come together.
while old chatting dish sits neglected
on the shelf.