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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25
Commission Has No
Hand in Test Suits,
Says the Chair man

Bismarck, Nov. 23.-When shown a
statement, which appeared in the
press Of the state. alleging that he, or
other members of the tax commission,
had instigated the suits in connection
with the state board Of immigration
and the new bonding law, Chairman
F.. E. Packard said: s..
These rumors are entirely without
foundation. Neither myself, the other
members of the commission, nor any
of our employees, have in any way en-
couraged the bringing of suits In con-
nection with the board of immigration
and the bonding law.
"The statement that the tax COM
mission, or members Of the tax COM
mission, will institute suits to test the
constitutionality of some IS or 40 laws
erecting number of the most i'm
portant activities of the state govern
ment and multiplying one million dol
lars appropriation, If the tax COM
mission law was attacked, is equally
untrue. The commission has not in
stituted, nor will it institute, single
action in this connection.
"And above all we will not attack
the board of regents nor the appropria-
ton for the state educational institu-
tions in lieu of the mill tax. On the
contrary, we will gladly contribute our
legal service for the defense of both
of these measures. In the judgment
of the tax commission it would be it,
tie short of criminal to make neces-
sary special session of the legisla-
ture simply to get even with political
enemies. >es.. ..-. f.. fl.'
"The commission has no knowledge
of the source of the latest attack upon
it, but presumes that 1t comes from
the same source as the 1913 and 1915
legislative onslaughts and the two at
tacks in the supreme court. We are
not concerned as to who instituted the
suit and will not, under any circum-
stances, drag our political contests to
the supreme court. sa
1--WE have always met our political
enemies out in the open and have
made our political fights before the
people or the legislature. We never
have, and never will, seek to hamper
or destroy the state government by
resort to technical defects in laws for
the purpose Of political revenge or ad-
vantage.
1--WE sincerely hope that no friend
of the tax commission will encourage
or seek to institute injunctional pro-
ceedings to tie up any one of the IS
or 40 laws which fall in the same cate
CORY as the tax commission law, the
bonding law, the immigration law or
the board of regents.
mo useful purpose can be served
and the effect upon public sentiment
of a squabble between political fec.
tions which has degenerated into re-
prisals at whatever cost to the public
welfare will be disastrous and should
be avoided by every right-thinking cit
izen of the state"
Bismarck, Nov. 7z.-No papers have
been served in the tax commission
case. In an interview with Attorney
Dullman, who is in charge Of the suit,
he advised that papers will be served
on Wednesday.
The opinion is expressed by leaders
here tonight that some power will pun
Hinckley of before the case gets to
court, as the litigation involves too
many important matters. s
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
FEEL CHARM OF CORNWALL
Artists Fond Ct Depicting Beauties Of
Scenes in That Famous Eng
iish County.

II has been said that Of the two
hundred or more canvases dispatched
each year from Cornwall to London
"seven-eighths have been painted at
Newlyn or st. Ives" Certainly, in the
tangled streets OF the little town,
wherever a window gives upon the
sea be sure an easel stands. st.
Ives gets it's name from an Irish
princess, st. la, who foated thither
upon a leaf and landed on Pendinas,
the rocky headland which st. Ives
calls the island" st. Ives sits by
a smooth circle of sea into which
tongue Of rocky land thrusts bold
curving headland, inclosing an inner
harbor in the great sweep Of the bay.
Up the green hillside climb the sum-
mer homes, the villas and cottages
and hotels, that belong to the tran
sient st. Ives. AS its mean winter
temperature is but four degrees lower
than that of Rome, it has a fair per-
centage of winter visitors, while in
summer its hotels are crowded. st.
Ives does not let its visitors inter
fere with its business, which is pill
chard fishing-a picturesque thing to
the idle looker-on, but heaVy-smelling
work for the fishermen-and renting
studios.
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Question of Tongue.

Some amount of confusion is caused
by the pronunciation of the name of
the town Kuprulu, or Veles, in Mace
donia. The difference in nomencla-
ture is attributable to the conflict of
tongues. Kuprulu, Koprulu or Ku-
prili, is the Turkish equivalent Of the
Bulgarian Valesa and the Greek We
lissa, all of which refer to the same
town in the vilayet (as it was under
Turkish rule) of Saloniki. The ancient
Greek historian Polybius speaks of
the town of Bylazors, and it is be-
lieved that the Bulgarian and modern
Greek names are corruptions of this.
The Turkish form, with slight modifi-
cation, is the cognomen of family
of statesmen who flourished from the
sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
London Chronicle.
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REFORMS
BY KIN HUBBARD.

Next t. tn letter that we long fer
ther haint nothin' that comes as slow
as reforms.
After many anxious years o wait
in thirds O. tn states O. tn Union
have passed laws fixin' tn weight O.
bushel O. cowpeas at flfty-six pounds.
1t has been a tedious process but tn
people won in the end. Fer years tn
prune hogshead stood uncovered near
tn grocery door while tn tub oysters
reclined agin' tn hitchin' rack an
tn mackerel barrel wuz tn prize fly
catcher O. tn period. It's a wonder
those who went t. hear Jenny Lind er
Henry Clay ever lived t. tell tn tale
when you think o. tn ole-time grocery.
Folks used t. wait patiently fer
Saturday t. come t take bath er
depended on musk. It took years an
years t. break up tn ole musk prac-
tice. TIL business men used t take
ten minutes t. worry dowl. heavy
dinner an indigestion reaped a rich
harvest. T'day tn humblest banker
takes three hours. He's thinkin' while
he eats, but he's away from tn din
O. tn addin' machines an tn Odor O.
musty bills. A feller's personal ap-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
while the band strikes up, "A Guild
New Year to Ane andA'."
After the colonel's greeting to the
batt8lion the nattSel anthem is
playRd and the AsA fall out.
When the Worlds All New.


1t Is the same old world that we
greeted on New Years morning. But
somehow it looked so different. The
invisi ble dividing line between last
year and this has made possible a
new Angle Of vision. The grip of old
passions seems to have lost it's hold
and a ynew purpose, partly old, partly
new, throbs for recognition. A gen.
tleness appears in faces thought TO
be hard and cynical. Happiness
sparkles in the eyes of sad and lonely
folk. A sort of introduction is need
ed to oneself For the dawn of the
new year makes possible a fresh at
tack on the age-weary problems,
another attempt to produce the best
instead of the good, and new walk
down by-ways of human experience
where one may be a good Samaritan
with no eye but his to see and
understand. The world is all new on
New Years morning - my world
your world, our world-to make over
for the Kingdom. - Ralph Welles
Keller.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
NEVER BEYOND RIFLE SHOT
Farmer In the East Jordan Country
Had to Be Constantly In Reach
Of Protection.

Towers in Jerusalem" strengthened
the walls, which were somewhat out
of repair.
Towers in the desert" and wells"
were two absolutely essential necessi-
ties in the East Jordan country in
Uzziah's day and to the present hour.
In 1901 visited Shobek, fortified
town less than fifty miles south of
Amman, and, while standing on its
huge Notifications, was told that the
limit of its cultivated lands was fixed
by the distance a rife would send a
bullet. In the same castle was we'll
with 365 steps cut in the solid rock
leading to the precious water supply.
Wells were dug at great expense
where water was known or supposed
to exist, but for every one we'll there
were thousands of cisterns and pools
"hewed out" Of the solid rock. Both
pools and cisterns were protected in
many places by walls and towers of
defense. In my Journeys east of the
Jordan 1 have no doubt passed many
ruins and towers dating from Uzziah's 8
time.-Christian Herald.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30

when you try t. describe tn sharp,
dartin' pain which departs ever morn
in at twenty minutes after tn hour
from tn base o. your skull an runs
thro' without change t your right
heel. He has several ingenious little
preliminary questions bearin' indirect
ly on your case which he asks, an
which, if answered truthfully, gives
him a fair workin' clew on your in
come. No quack specialist in his right
mind will disturb a tumor unless theirs
a farm behind it, an, while theirs been
great progress made in tn profession
O surgery, it's impossible t. remove a
tumor without disturbin' tn farm.
However, no feller wuz ever so poor
that a quack specialist couldn't at
least remove eight dollars from him
fer bottle O. brown water. An jist
t make tn operation seem more diff
cult he'll advise you t give up ter
hacker.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30

lids when you try t watch ten-thirty
film?
Do you awaken with start when
neighborin' pianner strikes up after
hours?
Do you feel wanin' inclination t
fly kite as tn years go by?
Are you ever seized with indecision
when you have your choice O. two
kinds o. soup?
Do you ever notice a low, mufled
gurgle in tn region O. tn pipes that
carry tn air back t. tn lobes O. tn
lungs while pIowin'?
So what could Upton Bud do? |
wuz up t. him t. either linger along fer
another week er begin treatment at
once He dida' know nothin' bout tn
connection O. tn anastomosis o. tn
capillary extremities O. tn vena cova
with those o. tn portal vein an he wuz
in no mood t. take chances.
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five minutes on tn leading drayman,
an then tn most poplar bill poster
has t. wait on tn most prominent mer-
chant, who attempts t. resign in favor
O well-known attorney. 1t will take
some time t. break up this practice
but sure some more sanitary means
should be devised whereby cold slaw
an beans kin be taken int tn stom.
ach.
Girls use t. shake with fear an trem-
blin' as they were led t tn altar.
Now they beat you t it. Folks use
t wear thick, soggy flannel under.
wear an dance till daylight in close,
stuffy halls without excitin' comment.
Tday they'd be put out O. tn buildin'
Right now there is little under.
current O. objection t our present day
method O. handlin soup. TIL feelin'
II grow as time goes on an finally
crystalline itself int a general revolt
an become allied with our world
wide crusade agin useless noises. It's
bound t. come. TIL feller that eats
soup like a walrus is doomed.
Why, it wuz as late as tn eighties
before we begun t. question tn ad.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30

Nobody uz ever so brave that he
couldn' be scared by a quack special
ist. A feller kin distinguish himself
on tn field O. battle er show his cour-
age in a thousan' different ways an yit
emerge from a short, crisp consulta-
tion with a fat, glossy quack special
list tremblin' like a dimes worth o.
liver. That's tn quack specialists
business. He don't care how strong
and brave you are. All he asks is
little heart T. heart, er liver t liver,
talk with you
After a Quack specialist gifts you in
his studio he first sets about t git a
line on your financial condition an he
expects you to be jist as frank an hon.
est with him on this subject as you are
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
TO MAKE A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Recipe That Is Guaranteed to Produce
Joyous TwelVe.Month for Those
Who Follow Directions.

Take twelve fine, fullgrown months,
see that these are thoroughly free
from old memories of bitterness, ran.
cor, hate and jealousy: cleanse them
completely from every clinging spite;
pick of all specks of pettiness and lit
tleness; in short. see that these
months are free from all the past
have them as fresh and clean as when
they first came from the great store
house of Time,
Cut these months into thirty or thIr-
ty.one equal parts. This batch will
keep tor just one year. DO not at
tempt to make up the whole batch
at one time $50 many persons spoil
the entire lot in this way), but pre-
pare one day at time. as follows;
into each day put twelve parts OF
faith, eleven of patience, ten OF cour.
age, nine of work (some people omit
this ingredient ana so spoil the flavor
of the restl, eight of hope, seven Of
idelity. six OF liberality. tive OF kind
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Kin Hubbard Essays
THE OUACK SPECIALIST
BY KIN HUBBARD.

A Quack specialist with a frock-coat
an four column beard stopped for two
days at tn New Palace hut-tel last
week an here's some O tn questions
he asked Upton Bud. who went Z con-
suit him:
Do you own any real estate?
Are your muscles sore after diggtE
a cellar?
Are you hungry before breakfast
Does eatin' a Kiefer pear give you
a warped view Of life?
Durin' tn heated summer months
do you hesitate when confronted with
some arduous task?
Are you sullen an melancholy after
you've paid fer a one-rib roast?
Do you notice heaviness o. tn eye
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Too New-FanaIed for Her.

A South side young matron pug
chased a motor-driven sewing ma
chine. She sent for her mother to
come and see the new treasure. Her
mother came, saw and shifted.
81 don't like it," she said firmly,
"and 1 don't want one of them. l
find the same fault with it that
mother found with my machine when
got it: I have sewed too long by
hand to be converted to any Of your
new-fangled notions she declared to
me when l showed her my machine in
operation. Look at it!-Lickety-scoot!
Lickety-scoot!' And that's just what
I don't like about this motor thing
there's too much lickety-scoot about
t."-Cleveland Leader.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
QUAINT SOLDIER CEREMONY
How Crack Scotch Regiment, the Sea-
forth Highlanders, Ushers In
the New Year.

The Seaforth Highlanders, one of
Scotland's crack regiments now at the
front, have one of the most peculiar
New Years eve customs Of the whole
British army. The ceremony Is pic
turesque and imposing.
On the night of Hogmanay, at about
l0:30 o'clock, the regiment assem-
bles in the barrack square. A few
minutes later the oldest soldier in the
battalion, dressed as Druid, makes
his appearance. to the accompani-
ment of a flourish of trumpets. AS
cending the improvised throne, he
calls on the veterans to show their
uniforms and achievements of bygone
times. To the music Of the pipes and
brass band veteran after veteran, ar
rayed in the uniforms worn by the reg.
iment at different periods, marches
past and salutes the Druid. The Druid
then toasts THE Seaforth Highland
ers."
After a display of Highland dancing
the alarm is sounded, and the second
Oldest soldier, arrayed as Father Time
approaches. The veterans then re-
treat, leaving their honors to be guard
ed by their successors, and Father
Time expels the Druid.
At the last stroke of midnight a
loud knock is heard at the gate and
out rings the sentry's challenge:
OLIo1k1 Who nOno fhora9o
THE New Year!" comes back the
answer.
Advance, New Year. and give the
countersign!" Is the next command.
Pass, New Year; alls WE'LL"
The gate is then opened and the
youngest boy of the battalion enters
dressed as the high chief of ancien
Ross, to represent the New Year. The
colonel shakes hands with the boy
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Cheese as an Aid to Health.

The long cherished idea that cheese
should form only small part Of the
daily diet recently has been chal-
lenged. Not long ago the United
States department of agriculture is
sued bulletin recommending the use
of cheese as a cheap and wholesome
substitute for meat.
An interesting and important asser-
tion by a Swiss investigator is to the
effect that persons who make cheese
a considerable part of their regular
diet are very resistant to many in
testinal diseases, such as dysentery
and the dreaded typhus fever which
has desolated Serbia. According to
Doctor Burri, the daily meat ration
in the Swiss army has already been
partly replaced by cheese, with excel
lent results.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Musicians Sally.

Victor Herbert tells this story of
two famous musicians:
DE Pachmann and Goldmark once
met in front of the latter's Vienna
home. Goldmark was a most esti-
mable old chap, and, as everybody
knows, a writer of exceptionally bril-.
liant and melodious music, but his
one great fault was his overwhelming
conceit AS De Pachmann and Gold
mark walked away from the compos.
er's house the pianist pointed back
ward and said:
THAT modest little edifice will be
signally distinguished some dHy arter
you are dead.
'Indeed! said Goldmark
Yes, continued De Pachmann,
they will decorate it with tablet.
"And what do you suppose they
will say on the tablet?' asked the
composer, eagerly.
ITO lett! replied De PachmaCn."
Philadelphia Ledger.
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pearance never used t. occur t him
till tn church bells rung er a~circus
come t. town, an it often took tn
funeral O. someone near an dear t
make a feller put on Prince Albert
A feller used t. think that if he had
better clothes at home he wuz all
set. Tday tn advantages O. bein'
dressed up kin hardly be overesti-
mated if you're sellin' somethin'
Theirs little reform wave t'day that
is gatherin force from many quar-
ters regardin tn free lunch fork. Th
free lunch fork used t. make tn whole
world kin, but we're wakin' up. Fer
wears we've all been usin' tn same
fork in friendly rivalry. Sometimes
tn prominent merchant has t wait
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Measuring Moisture in Wood.

Experts in wood technology have
perfected instruments that measure
the amount of moisture in wood, and
thus have given to lumbermen infor-
nation of the utmost value to them,
since it has saved them many thou
sands of dollars in freight charges.
According to one writer 1000 pounds
of green lumber fresh from the saw
and cut from green logs contains from
four hundred to five hundred pounds
of water. Nearly all fresh-cut wood
is at least one-third water. Some
woods contain twice as much water
aa others,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Baked Onions With chssss

Peel and cut in one-half-inch slices,
large white onions. Parboil in salted
water, drain, and arrange in but
tered baking dish with bits of butter,
and bake until soft; then sprinkle
with salt, pepper and layer of grated
cheese. Return to the oven long
enough to melt the cheese.
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nes. four of rest (leaving this out is
like leaving the oil out of the salad
don't do itG three Of prayer, two Of
meditation and one well-selected res.
olution. II you have no conscientious
scruples, put in about a teaspoonful
OF good spirits. dash of fun, pinch
of folly. a sprinkling Of play and
beaping cupful of good humor.
Pour into the hole love ad libitum,
and mix with a vim Cook thoroughly
in a fervent heat; garnish with few
smiles and sprig of Joy; then serve
with uuietness. unseltishnes@ and
cheerfulness, and Happy New Year
ia certainty. Baltimore American.
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with a Human sparrow.

There are few worse ruisances than
the man who plumes himself upon ME
sociab,lity and makes a sacred duty
Of talk, He is sort OF human spar
row bird from whom you get neither
song nor silence. To keep up per
netual game OF verbal shuttlecocR
(which he calls conversation is with
MN conditioL OF existence. His
aunorism is not cogito ergo sum, but
loouitor ergo SUN; and so, lest ne
should cease to be, ne will be talklng
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
The Gossip.

Miss Lydia Bypath had thin lips,
eyes that bored like gimlets, though
they we're as blue as the sea and had
been pretty in their time, and a nose
that was always ready to sniff at any
thing she doubted. She doubted al
most everything that was told her,
but told it as the truth to the next
person she met. She was slender and
small, with an alert movement like
sharp blackbird, and she always
wore dull black clothes with dazzly
white lines near together, They
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30

visibility O. sideburns. 1t took heroic
work, but t'day you won't even en-
counter set in tn felt boot districts.
Trousers used t. be lined as late as
seventy years after tn Declaration
O. American independence, an mans
O. US, even t'day, turn purple with
rage when we remember how our big
toes used t. get caught in tn linin',
All these reforms took time.
1t is needless t. call attention t. tn
women's clothes O t'day. Fer years
women stuck t tn same ole waist
line. T'day it fluctuates like an
Adams apple an adds variety an ex
element an robs tn passin show O.
it's ole monotony an sameness.
protected by Adams Newspaper serv'ce)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
satisfactory Cement Posts.

Cement posts made with the re.
quired amount Of cement have given
excellent satisfaction at the Arizona
Agricultural college. while posts made
with too little cement have proved Of
little value.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30

A NEW YEARS PRAYER.

Lord help me reach that higher plane ),
Above all sordid, selfish strife
Help me pure life to attain,
Nor count the cost, nor heed the pain,
Fen though / lose this present life,
While Gods clear Pisgah heights I gain
Rev. Grover C. Clark.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Hoo Neada Room

In proportion to his size. 9 hog
needs twice the air space that horse
or COW does. However. he cannot
stand one-half the exposure to the
wind and weather.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
cow's Roard BlIl.

Keeping production records Is only
half the work. How much did 1t cost
you 70 feed that COW that gave you 5000
pounds of milk last year? Keep rec
Ords and keep them right?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Make MeanInu Eaey Matter.

II the foal has been properly cared
forlduring the summer months, being
fed little grain in addition to the
rout hage and dams milk. weaning
time viii be merely matter of sepa-
ration.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
cartridoe wads Of Cork.

Shotgun cartridge wads made in
France from granulated cork are said
to lessen the recoil Of guns in which
they are used without impairing theft
efficiency.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30

seemed to reverse in color the fine
lines of dissatisfaction in her thin,
pursed lips, and up and down on her
narrow forehead, vanishing under her
gray, frizzy hair.-From The Obses.
sion of Victoria Gracen." by Grace
Liyington Hill Lutz.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30

A slice of lemon in iced coffee adds
as much to its tastiness as it does to
that of iced tea, where 1t is more com.
monty used.