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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-18

the cougested condition Of oversee
traffic at the present time, bat they
studiousiy avoid fixing a definite time
for disposing Of these purchased ships
and Of getting out Of business.
NO" then, is this emergency pro.
posed to be met? Either interuod
boats owned by belIigerents must be
purchased with all the attendant com
p..caaons or they must be Quilt, be.
cause all other vessels are carrying
their full capacity, and to purchase
those already engaged in service
would in nowise benefit or remedy con
G.tons. If it Is not the policy OF the
Government under this bill to pur.
chase these informed vessels Of the
cOmbatants, and if II be true that the
rates are so excessively high then
necessarily the owners Of all the YES
ses now engaged in the traffic must
be reaping haryests so rich that none
OF them would care to sell at a fair
valuation II the Government sought
TO purchase. The only course, then
left open TO the Government, would be
10 have them built | am informed
that it would require at least 16
months for the shipbuilders to fiji the
order. The s40,OO0,O0O to be invested
under this plan would give our Gov
eminent a merchant marine OF about
SO ships ready for service. say, in
about one year and a half. Under
normal conditions It requires on an
average OF about 60 days for a ship TO
be loaded at the home port, make the
voyage, be unloaded in the foreign
port, 10 take on cargo, make the re
turn voyage. to unload, 10 be reloaded,
and ready for another voyage, one YES
sci thus making about six trips 8 year.
Under present congested conditions.
however, the number OF trips would
probably not exceed four or FIVE, II
vessels were available now. Then, II
the purpose OF the Government is ac-
tGally 10 relieve this immediate con
eested business condition. is this not
pitsble, and. viewed solely from a
practical standpoint a futile effort?
Any emergency which may now exist
will have passed long before this bill
could possibly become effective, and
the vessels provided either by pur.
chase mr. construction
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-18
More Modest Than Some.

who is the smartest boy in
your class, Jack?" asked his
uncle. I'D like to tell you."
answered Jack modestly, only
daddy says ! must not boast. -
Harper's Bazaar.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-18

bin, which is in no sense a partyplat.
form measure.
can find nothing in the platform ut.
tcranccs Of the Democratic Party that
~ any way commits Democratic Sena.
tors 10 It's support or even couute.
nanaes this proposed measure but. Oh
the contrary as | read the merchant
marine plank OF the Democratic plat
form Of 1912, 1t clearly condemns such
a procedure as Is here contemplated
That plank reads.
I'VE believe In fostering by Consu.
tutonal regulation Of commerce, the
growth OF merchant marine, which
shall develop and strengthen the com
mercal ties which bind us to our sis
ter Republics OF the SOnlh, but with.
out imposing additional burdens upon
the people and without bounties or
subsidies from the Public Treasury"
As understand the purposes Of this
bill, 1t does not attempt to be in har-
mony with this platform declaration to
regulate or to foster by constitutional
regulation Of commerce the growth OF
a merchant marine but, on the cor.
trary, II proposes for the Government
10 Jump full-nedged into the business
itself and simultaneously create and
conduct merchant marine, and does
II In open and fragrant violation OF the
platform declaration, because in do.
ing 80 II Is not regulation but opera
ton. and besides II is manfestly
Imposing additional burdens upon
the people by using forty mil.
lions Of the peoples money In a
hazardous venture. aud that, too,
At a time Of great public stress,
when the Treasury needs every
dollar TO avoid further taxation Of tho
people This Ia no time for doubtful
business ventures or experiments. In.
diyiduals, guided by experience, are
cautious, why should the Government
be otherwise Are We true 20 ON con.
st.tuen,s Interests or 10 our oaths OF
ONCE II We commit the Government to
business venture 30 fundamentally
unsOund and unWise. In which We a.
individuals would not embark. con.
WINGED. IN advance. as every business
man must be. that It will necessarily
he losing Investment? 40 coun-
try has tried Government owner.
ship for fundamental rea.
son. They realize that II places
the conduct NJ iis foreign bust.
ness In the realms Of international AZ.
fairs and complications There is
Ioihing In the experience Of those
countries which have tried. or are try.
ing. government ownership " railroads
or other public utilities that would re.
commend Il 10 u as a success The
uasteiul and unbusnesslIte manner
In which the Government conducts lis
AFFAIRS. State and Nation. is OF Itself
suskient to discourage ard TO con.
denim such An experiment especially
o. time when our revenues have de-
creased to such an extent, owing TO
The foreign var and the shrinkage In
imports n | could. under ordinary or
formal conditions Of our country's
U,istencs. give my consent to try this
most basic change Of party principle
and policy. would certainly feel It .
reckless tempting Of fate II agreed
10 an experiment In the world crisis
that 10 In the balance now
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-18
Emergency Measure.

The promoters OF this bill tell rs
that It is an emergency measure, de-
signed mainly, II not solely, to relieve
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-18
Peace ssntimsnt-Its Popular Hold on
the People and Danger Of World
CONSULTATIONS

Probably the one sentiment more
than any ether act Of this administra.
ton that hs, gained the conhdenes
and affection OF the American people
for the Democratic Party 10 the feel.
ms that II has kept this country al
peace
Disressrdlns Tor the moment these
serious objections OF Government ewn.
srship. II looks TO me III. madness to
lsopardiss the peace and happiness
OF this Nation for an assumed and
doubtful commercial advantages. I
feel that u this Government engages
nov In the ocean carrying trade II 10
Q certain Invitation 10 disaster. To
my mind ve will Inevitably be entan.
sled In the world conflict nov raging
During our Civil War We exercised the
right OF search Of vessels OF friendly
nations consigned from one neutral
port to another, hut Ne conhned that
search only to merchant vessels OF
ether nations and not TO naval vessels
Would ships owned and operated by
the United States Government In
tunes OF congested trade, but no de
signed In ordinary conditions TO DO
uset 80 Auxilisries In the Nayy-would
those be naval ships or mott What
would BE- the status OF merchant
marine owned and operated by the
United States Government As II
stands now. according TO international
law merchant ships under convoy Of
q neutral warship are exempted from
visit and search. VIII the American
people think II advantageous for our
Government to 30 into trade at thls
time and forfeit the advantages sov
enjoyed by its naval yessels'
At present boligerents claim the
right to search all vessels carrying
the United States nag II oontraband
Il suspected, The American people
are willing TO submit to seizure,
search, and detention OF vessels owned
by private capital and TO await the de-
clsion Of international courts; but
could or would they submit to ap.
parent indignlties offered to the
United States Government In the form
OF one OF its vessels? II Is not only
an unncutral act but practically de.
claration of war for any Government
TO furnish beligerent with supplies.
Can this Government dissociate itself
from that position In the eyes Of the
warning nations II II embarks on the
carrying trade at this timer II this
bill does not undertake to embark the
United States Government, In Its SOW
creign capacity, in the purchase, con
s,ruction. and operation OF vessels In
ocean trade, then | must confess that
I do not understand the English Ian
guage.
The analytical minds OF distln
| guished lawyers may be able to split
The Dickinson press., 1915-07-31

Manager G. E. Smith of the city
Western Union office at Dickinson is
much pleased with the June receipts
of his office which he states are the
largest for any corresponding month
since the office was established. The
July business is also large, the total
up to the 25th exceeding that of the
entire month a year ago. There is
also a noticeable increase in the
money order business transacted by
the local Western Union. For a rate
and a half plus a small insurance
premium, individuals can transport
money by wire to any part of the
country, and the beauty of it is that
these messages receive preference
over all others, thus enabling a per-
son in Dickinson to deliver $50 to a
party. in the Twin Cities in 80 min
utes, or possibly less time. Dickin-
son now has the same equipment as
Chicago which makes it n of the
most up-to-date repeater telegraph
stations in the world.
The Dickinson press., 1915-07-31
LOCAL NEWS

DR.. A. P. Nachtwey expected to
leave St: Joseph's hospital the last of
the week.
Jerry Mahoney commenced work
again this week for the Dickinson
Motor Car Co.
Miss Anna Metz had an operation
the first of. the week for appendicitis
at st. Joseph's hospital.
Ed. Mottershead of Richardton and
j.. M. Noes of Taylor were returning
home Sunday morning.
Attorney H. A. Mackof of Belfeld
came down on Monday to see Judge
W. C. Crawford on legal business.
Mrs. J. Saugen of Wibaux had a
major operation at St. Joseph's hos
pital the first of the week for throat
trouble.
Gov. L. B. Hanna was entertained
at the St. Charles hotel and at the
home of Supt. P. S. Berg while in the
city last Saturday.
St. Joseph's hospital has a hand
some ambulance which will meet all
trains IN which patients are being
sent to the hospital.
MI. and Mrs. Hugh McGillivray
came in the afternoon of the 23rd
from the C. o. Armstrong ranch,
where they had been visiting for some
days.
C. C. Wyman, president of the
Wyman Grain Commission Co. of
Minneapolis, was in Dickinson on
Monday looking after business for
his firm.
Mrs. E. L. Garon of Claremont,
West Virginia, who had been visiting
her sister, Mrs. P. H. Rogers, and
brother, Archie Anderson, in this city,
for three months, returned home on
Tuesday.
A. H.. Brandhagen seems pleased to
be back in Dickinson. He has a good
position in n of the Walton & Davis
Co. crews. The family is now in
Fargo and may decide to return to
this city in the fall.
J. H. Caldwell was returning home
to Taylor on Saturday after trans
acting business in this city. He was
complaining of the poor hay weather,
but otherwise he said the farm con-
ditions we're ideal.
Cashier B. O. T%horkelson of South
Heart returned on Sunday from a
trip to Fergus Falls, Mimi, where he
visited relatives a few days last week.
He was in Dickinson on Monday in
company with C. P. Miller, also of
South Heart.
The Dickinson press., 1915-07-31
BUSINESS LOCALS

Hail Insurance. Everett Real Es-
tate & Loan Co.-adv. Cliff
White crowns, SIS. DR.. Gilbreath,
dentist. Office Leonberger Bldg.
adv. 7-3-tf
Gold crowns, SIS. lr. Gilbreath,
dentist. Office over Bijou Theatre.
adv. 7-3-tf
Cleaning teeth, SOC. DR.. Gilbreath,
dentist. Office in Leonberger Bldg.
adv. 7-3-tf
Room for rent. Inquire at Welton
Mcdonald & Co., drug store.
edv. 2-27-tf
Phone 276 for Lehigh White Ash
ignite. Prompt service. Frank A.
Meyer, retail agent for Dickinson.
Rdv. 1-9-H
For Sale-A Quaker Furnace, in
Guiding radiators and pipes; in good
condition; very cheap if taken at
once.-adv. 7-3-tf
Farm LOans-prOmpt service, I'M
limited amounts of money available.
W. F. Blume, office over Dickinson
Mercantile CO.-adv. 2-6-tf
For Sale or Trade-A new 10 stub
BILE and breaker bottom engine gang
pillow. Alvin Massey, jamestown, N.
D.-adv. Cliff
Repairing promptly attended to and
all work guaranteed. Let US figure
your job, we can save you money.
Drop in and let US talk it over with
you. Halstead & Bailey.-adv. 3-13-tf
Fer Sale-Black Percheron stallion,
weighing about seventeen hundred.
Will sell cheap for cash. For par
aculars write Lock Box 166, Taylor,
N. D.-adv. 3-6-tf
Money always on hand for farm
a0ans. No delay. Call and see Mer-
chants Loan & Securities Co. at Mer-
chants National Bank, Dickinson.
edv. 12-19-tf
Since you are planning to take a
business course this year, why not
arrange to start in at the fall e
ing? That is the best time. The
fall term at the Mankato Commercial
College, Mankato, MIMI, begins Sep
TENDER 1. You better send for their
catalogue now. It will surprise you.
adv. 7-3-5t
The Dickinson press., 1915-07-31
Beulah and Elizabeth Frye, daugh-
tiers of Mrs. Blanche Frye, spent
three days at the Damsite farm last
u,oo1r

Beulah and Elizabeth Frye, daugh-
tiers of Mrs. Blanche Frye, spent
three days at the Damsite farm last
week.
Henry Cooke, owner of the Cooke
Dairy southwest of the city, is having
a great deal Of trouble from rheuma-
tism this season. He seems to feel
best in dry weather, and thinks that
if it will ever stop raining he will be
able to~get about with much more
comfort.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. David drove in
light on Tuesday from their farm two
miles north of the old Pelton place.
Their son, Roy, came in at the same
time with a load of hogs which were
sold to the Berringer market. Mr..
David has 200 acres of promising
grains which has not been injured by
hail to amount to anything.
Vincent Kovash stated on Tuesday
J: that his section of the country north
of New Hradec had fully an inch of
rain on Monday and that he could not
see the need of any more rain for
maturing the 1915 wheat crop. At
his place there had been no damage
from hail so far. A few farmers
north of his place had suffered a par
tial loss.
Grant Palmer of Jamestown, a
resident of Dickinson in early days,
was a passenger Tuesday afternoon
en- route to Glendive to visit his son,
Claire Palmer, day ticket agent for
the N. P. Mr.. Palmer said that his
son had been located at Glendiye for
two years and was booked to take his
third degree in Masonry the evening
of his arrival.
j. A.. Gothic of Sparta, Wis, re-
turning from Butte, Montana, was in
Dickinson the first of the week look
ing up old Stark and Dunn county ac-
quaintances. Mr.. Gothic is well ac-
quainted with Secretary w. A. Carter
and expected to visit him at Gov.
Hanna's office later in the week. He
! was also stopping at Taylor to see
several old friends.
E. E. Anderson, district represen-
tative for the Avery machinery, re-
turned Saturday from a weeks trip
up the line, including Sentinel Butte
and Beach. He states that it is easy
to. sell standard machinery this seas
on. The farmers have good crops and
many of them need engines and sepa-
rators, and this is where Louis Pc
tricka, local agent, and Mr.. Anderson
come IN for business with their Avery
line.H ~ "r&g ~ =
T. l.. Staugebye and two friends
came up from New England on Mon
day to start on their summer vaca-
ton of two weeks. After a confer
ence with parties in this city they de-
cided to take the same hunting trip
made by Geo. E. Ryder, F. ]. FURY,
Fred Robinson and A. b. Dinsmore
two years ago. The party left for
Deer Lodge, Montana, insthe evening,
where they hoped to get the Dickin-
son party guide and proceed to Bear
Tooth Lake in Wyoming. H they
have the same luck as our people had
two seasons ago, they will get plenty
of hunting and the real camp life.
The Dickinson press., 1915-07-31
NEWS

DR.. E. E. Gaines of Wibaux was in
the city on Tuesday. He was down to
see one Of his patients in st. JOS
eph's hospital.
Guy Hunter, local agent for the
Ford and Overland make Of autos,
made a business trip to- Fargo on
Tuesday.
Andrew Nordnes of four and a half
miles south Of Taylor, was in the city
on Tuesday. He has a fine crop, and
is erecting a large house.
DIR. C. C. Jackson has about fin
ished his government inspection out
north. He went to Medora the first
of the week to make an inspection at
the George Burgess ranch.
The Dickinson Mercantile Co. re-
Gently installed the McCaskey Regis
ter System in their store, which SIM
plifes the bookkeeping. showing the
purchaser at all times just how his
account stands.
Fred Funk left on Monday for Man.
dan from which place he was going
to Fl. Rice, preparatory to taking
over a barber shop and pool hall.
Mrs. Funk and the children will re-
main in Dickinson for a while yet.
A pleasant smoker was given the
evening of the 23rd by the Elks at
their club rooms for Senator P. J..
McCumber and w. J. Shea. Nearly
100 friends we're present. Senator
McCumber and party went east from
here on Saturday.
Anton Dvorak was in Tuesday from
north Of New Hradec to make home
stead proof before Register W. B.
Dickson and Receiver Ed. J. Hughes
at the Dickinson U. S. land office.
Vincent Kovash and Wenzel Koste-
lecky acted as witnesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Corbett and
children returned o. Tuesday from a.
visit of some weeks with his brothers
and sister at Green Bay, Wis. Dur
ing Chief of Police Corbett's absence
T. B. McDonough has been attending
to the city police work alone.
A. B. Fisher said Tuesday that
there had not been enough hail at his
place on Antelope creek to do any
particular harm. His corn has good
color but, of course, is rather short
for this season of the year. Haying
is backward on account of the con-
tinued rains.
Frank Nadvornik and w. F. Blume
were finishing up their hail loss adj
justments the first of the week.
Their losses were some 10 miles
south and 20 miles north and were
mostly settled at S, 10 and Is per
cent damage, only one being a total
loss.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Tousley of
Bismarck were in Dickinson on
Wednesday, continuing on their trip
west in the evening. Mr.. Tousley was
formerly manager of the Western
Union Newspaper Co. at Fargo, sub
sequently editor of the Beach Ad-
vance
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wright of
Taylor were in Dickinson on Satur-
day evening en- route to their farm at
Belield, where they, were to spend
Sunday. They found the roads very
muddy until just before reaching this
city, indicating that the rain was
heavy in the eastern part of the
county during the day Saturday.
Rev. A. F. Zenk and a student
friend, Fred Lienert of the Lutheran
seminary at St. Paul, came in
Wednesday with the John Luhman
family from the south. Crops never
looked better out that way than they
do this year. The barley on the Bill
Buethner farm was being cut when
they left home. Mr.. Zenk has been
requested to go to Drake to hold
services and it is likely that he will
go up north to supply the church for
two Sundays in August.
The Dickinson press., 1915-07-31

Clint Randall of Watford, the new
Mckenzie county railroad terminal
town, was visiting old friends in
Dickinson several days the past week.
He had business which took him as
far east as Bismarck for a day. Mr..
Randall's farm adjoins the townsite
at Watford and some day a portion of
it may be wanted for an addition to.
the new county seat aspirant.
The Dickinson press., 1915-07-31
Watch Your Children

Often children do not let parents know
they are constipated. They fear some
thing distasteful. They will like Rexall
Orderlies-a mild laxative that tastes
like sugar. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Wefton Mcdonald a Co.
The Dickinson press., 1915-07-31

DR.. E. E. Gaines of Wibaux was in
the city on Tuesday. He was down to
see one Of his patients in st. JOS
eph's hospital. ID
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07

thing immoral and indecent. This
is absolutely no exaggeration and,
far more shame, the place is crowd
ed nearly every night, the price of
admission being twenty or thirty
cents.
But enough of this gruosome side
of Cuban life. The opportunities
for wide-awake Americans are as
good here as any other place in the
world-but you must be wide
awake. You will find the Cuban
agreeable, sociable and also wide
awake. Some you will find that
feel they have been imposed upon
by Americans; but on the whole.
you will find them easy to approach
and quick to do business, if you can
interest them. A lack of knowledge
of Spanish is draw wback. but you
will find nearly every Cuban of any
consequence able to make himself
understood in English, and the
larger percentage speak it better
than good many Americans.
There is only one thing you must
bear in mind in doing business any
where in the world-you must have
faith in your proposition and stick
to it till the end; then you are bound
to eventually win.-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
One team wins out at last, perhaps

One team wins out at last, perhaps
by just one run.
And but for these strange happen
ings the other might have won.
But often in the contest, ifthey could
pierce the veil,
The runners would all play it safe,
nor let their caution fail.
But knowing not what is to come,
they recklessly advance,
And then see how things might have
been-another vanished
chance.
There's often opportunities to help
ourselves along.
But in our blind stupidity we think
that course is wrong.
So the other way we try, until to
too late we see
What Providence intended that our
career should be.
And then we know our error with
downcast countenance,
And swear we'll make amends for
that one Vanished chance y
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
Cause of Repeaters
The Umpire

Anyone conversant with the pop
ulation of our penal institutions
knows that a large portion of the
inmates are not criminals by choice,
but they have become such thru
accident or a total lack of will
power. The man who is strong
willed can always pass temptation
by, but it is the weak willed man
who, when adversely comes, is the
one to succumb, and it is these that
fill our jails and penitentiaries.
As there is nothing in our pres
ent system of treating criminals to
strengthen such weak natured
spirits, it can readily be seen that
when they are released they will be
of the same nature as before. Keep
ing a man in prison for term of
years, away from all temptations,
may prevent him temporarily from
doing something he ought not TO do,
but when he is released and returns
to his former surroundings, the old
temptations rise before him and
sooner or later he again falls.
1t is at the time of his release that
each prisoner stands most in need
of friend, and to the weaker ones
especially. the first few days are
critical ones.
To the man newly released from
prison there are bnt two paths open.
One way-and this is by far the
easier-is to return to his old sur
roundings, meeting his old COM
panions and finally drifting back
into life of crime. The other and
the much harder way is to secure a
job and by working hard against all
the influences which tend to make
him 90 wrong, try TO reinstate him.
self in society.
Almost every man who leaves
prison goes out with the intention
to. do what is right. 1t is not so
much a matter of doing right be-
cause it is right, but because he
knows what to expect if he does
wrong. Granting, then most men
want to do right, what is it that
causes so many to return to life
of crime?
inst as a stranger in small town
is viewed with suspicion, 80 is the
newly released prisoner. AS rule
most people distrust him and few
give him employment. His past
record is against him. in spite of all
his protestations that he wants to do
right. The police know him and
watch his every move. If any
crime is committed in the neighbor-
hood, he is the first one to be sus-
pected, and he is often arrested
without shred of evidence being
brot forward against him. Even if
he should be released later, the fact
of his being arrested often tends to
confirm the suspicion of those who
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