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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-20
COUNTY HAD TWO WINNERS
IN STATE PORK CONTEST
Cavalier County Had Two Prize
Winners in State Pork Produc-
tion Contest This Year

Two places among the twenty-fou
prize winners in the state pork pro-
duction contest of 1915 were secured
by contestants from Cavalier county,
the first being Emile Clairmont, son
of Ed. Clairmont, of Olga, in fifth
place and Miss Mary Smith, a daugh-
ter of George Smith of Nekoma, in
eleventh place. This is the second
annual contest of the kind to be held
among boys and girls on the farms
over the state under the direction of
the extension department of the state
agricultural college at Fargo. The
object, as in the case of the one held
year previous was to demonstrate
the possibilities that North Dakota
offers in pork production.
The figures of the contest show that
the twenty-four contestants have
securedsan average of $62. "a per lit
ter over and above the cost Of the
feed. Edith Penno of Grafton, secur-
ed the highest returns, 5444 cents per
day above the feed cost. She secured
this on litter of twelve Yorkshires,
that at the end of 1913 days weighed
| 2, 593 pounds. The feed cost $50 80,
leaving a return of $1O4. 6S. Her
prize was 500.
Emile Clairmont, whose record
places him in sixth place among the
twenty.four winners in the contest,
raised on his fathers farm northwest
of Olga litter of twelve pigs, which
at an age of 2O1 days weighed 3OSO
pounds and netted a financial return
above feed cost of $6S. "a, the profit
each day over and above the cost of
feed being 344 cents.
Mary Smith, a Cavalier county girl
who entered the contest, made another
fine showing with litter of five pigs,
which she had the entire charge and
care of on her fathers farm near
Nekoma during the period Of the con-
test. The weight of the litter at the
age of 1872 days is given as 1860
pounds at which time they represent.
ed value above the cost of feed
amounting to $54.25 or daily profit
during the 1872 days of 29a cents.
The figures as to value in each of the
above cases is based on six cents a
pound live weight value for hogs.
These contests and their results go
to demonstrate the possibilities in
pork production in North Dakota,
when the feeding is done in the right
way and the pigs farrowed early
enough to take advantage of the pas
ture season and finished for the mar
ket before the extreme cold weather
sets in.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-20

will return to the home of his parents
in Saskatchewan in the spring. Re-
garding the article which this paper
printed we would say the information
came from what was considered to be
thoroughly reliable source and along
with others of the Langdon friends of
the Hollands we join in extending
congratulations that their soldier boy
will soon be home from the war, prac-
tically none the worse for his expert.
ence
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-20
WOMAN'S PROGRAM FOR
MID-W|NTER CONVENTION
Interesting Sessions During Lang
don's Big Three-Day Gathering
Langdon Women Entertain

The sessions for the women during
the progress of the three-day mid
winter farmers convention to be held
IN Langdon, February 7th, 9Th and
9th, have been provided with quarters
in the Odd Fellow hall, over the First
National Bank and hearty invitation
Is extended to the wives of farmers
and others from all over the county
to come to the convention with their
husbands and stay all day while the
convention is being held. Light re-
treshments will be served the women
visitors to the convention, without
any charge whatever on both Monday
and Tuesday evening at six o'clock,
and also at the close of the program
OF Tuesday evening, the women of
Langdon being the hostesses on these
occasions. 1t is planned to put on as
complete program for the women as
has been arranged for the men, and it
is hoped that the women from over
the county will make special effort
to attend all of the meetings and CO.
operate in making them a success.
Appended is the program:
Monday Afternoon, February 7th
2:OO-2 :15-Music Victrola
Simple Preventative Medicines for
the Home ... DR.. Mcqueen
Music Mrs
Fred Ober and Mrs. Tom Smith
Home Making vs.. Houskeeping'
..........i i,liss Julia Newton
Music. ............. Mrs. Balm
Practical Dressmaking and Tex
tlles'. ...........M Miss V. Wood
Discussion.
Monday Evening
500 Joint Program for Men anc
Women
Tuesday Afternoon, February 8th
2 :OO-2 :l5-Music Victrola
Gardening and Flowers for Cava.
lier county, Mrs. Geo. Johnston
Discussion. . Led by Mrs. R. Work
Music. ...... Miss LaBelle Mahor
Poultry Raising" ".....
..-.... Mrs. Geo. Armstrong
Discussion
Music. ........... Mrs. Price
care of the Sick Nursing De
monstration. -. Mrs. Campbell
Questions
Tuesday Evening
:O0-Music Girls Glee Club Victrol:
Music. Miss Dougla
Household Management
............M Miss Julia Newtol
Music. =. Mesdames Price and Bail
Exchange of Ideas in Fancy Worl
LED by Mrs. c. E. Johnston
Music Mrs. Fred Obe
Music Mrs. Tom Smitl
Refreshments.
"Wednesday Afternoon
! 2 :OO-Joint Program for Men an
4 Women. ..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-20
wALDRON SHOWS AT MUNICH

The Waldron road show has been
giving week stands with moving pic
lures at Munich and Calvin since the
first Of the new year. At the former
town bad roads and weather conditions
were harmful, while at Calvin the
show had to close down after giving
three entertainments owing to the
prevalence of fdiphtheria in that town.
Both towns speak in high terms of the
class Of the Waldron shows.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-20

Albert Clodt and wife are visiting
Langdon friends on their way home to
Montana from a holiday visit in Iowa:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

too costly TO waste even If there were
not the danger that tho torpedo hur.-
Ter will have but one chance and must
make the most of 1t. Consequently
every effort is being made to reduce
torpedo firing to fine science. In
proof of that only witness the speed =
ing up of torpedo mechanism that now
makes it possible for a L. S. torpedo
to travel through the water at clip
of nearly fifty miles per hour. 1t is
this high speed of the torpedo that
makes 1t so probable that n submarine
will register a hit if she gets within
striking distance Mt all
Many n layman wonders how It Is
that torpedo travelling through the
water, and presumably affected by
currents. etc, can be fred with any
thing like the accuracy of n shot from
a gun but It Is. all the same. For one
thing, the currents do not operate to
defect the torpedo or if they do affect
it they exert tho same influence upon
the target ship. As a matter OF fact
certain "errors" are allowed for In
torpedo firing. In a lateral direction
there Is permitted the liberal error OF
b5 yards either way because 1t does
not so very much matter whether a
torpedo strikes a ship forward or aft,
but whaa II comes to perpendicular
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errors the margin is narrow, a scant
two feet The up-and-down error Of
a torpedo can be made so slight be-
cause of the very ingenious mechanism
which steers the torpedo vertically by
the pressure Of the water. 1t has
been demonstrated by repeated tests
that when torpedo is set before FIR
ing for given depth.-20 feet when
sent against a battleship and 4 or s
feet when intended for a destroyer
it will keep within a foot or two of
that depth throughout its journey to
its shining mark.
The uncanny effectiveness of the
latter-day Yankee torpedo is due in
no small measure to the gyroscope. a
device which can perform the miracle
of making torpedo go in exactly the
opposite direction from which II has
been fired The gyroscope is a rapid
ly rotating wheel set In gimbals and II
maintains its position and operates
the steering gear with the result that
tho torpedo Is made to go in whatever
direction II has been determined II
should go when the gyroscope was
set and released Just before the tor
pedo entered the water. II desired
this device could be set to make tho
torpedo travel In n circle and so lit
orally is the gyroscope the whole
thing when 1t comes to determining
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labor for the land had to be cleared
and bitches dug for drainage, camp
streets laid out as we'll as arrange
ments made for the burning of all
refuse SO as to keep out flies which are
the dangerous disease carriers OF o
camp. While the typhoid incubation
has practically freed tho men from
tho scourge Of this fever there are
other diseases which may ravage an
army unless the sanitation is carefully
guarded.
Pure water, too, is a requisite which
must not be overlooked, and during
the present mobilization water has
been piped from the reservoirs of the
towns nearest the camps. In some
instances the driving of wells and the
erection of tanks had to be resorted
TO after which the water was ppcd
through the camps for distribution.
Some idea of what the capacity Of
the water supply must be can be OBJ
tanned from the fact that in the case
of New York with its sixteen to eight
cen thousand troops 100000 gallons of
water is required each day to supply
the wants of the men and horses. To
mobilize a force of this strength means
the establishment of n camp on the
basis of q model town.
Food Supply.
The food supply for the New York
National Guard, which was mohilized
at Beekman, New York, is contracted
for and covers a supply for two weeks
only at a time. How the Empire
State regiments are fed is shown by
the Quartermaster' contract list.
which is a. follows: 15 tons of beef;
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100 tons of -four; rs tons of potatoes;
IL u tons of sugar; 20 tons of bacon
90 tons OF ham; 3 tons of mutton
6 tons of butter: tons of beans
10000 pounds of dried fish; $4,000
pounds of onions and 10000 dozens of
eggs. There is a field bakery in camp
which turns out fifteen thousand
loaves of bread per day. In many Of
the other State camps the bread Is
supplied from the outside. About
$500 horses and mules are necessary
10 bring the New York regiments up
to the required equipment.
All over the country the same
scenes are being enacted--the engi-
necr corps at work on camp sites, the
Quartermaster looking after the food
supply, the surgeon giving the typhoid
inoculation to the men and looking
after the sanitary condition of the
camps The quality of the food is of
the best, especially the meat, for the
Quartermasters of the National Guard
are determined that there shall be no
repetition of the beef scandal of the
Spanish American War.
Far Behind In Equipment.
Getting the equipment in shape is
no easy task, for it is an open secret
that the equipment even of our regu-
lars is far behind that Of the European
powers. Thanks to tho war across
the seas we have ammunition fac
tories which could be utilized for our
own needs if necessary, for while some
Of the factories are still far behind
in their contracts with the warning
nations others have reported a slack
ching in their exports This has been
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hundred torpedoes of what are known
as the Whitehead type and followed
this action by manufacturing some on
this model which was standard at this
time, but it was not long until Ameri-
can experts figured that they could
improve on the power plant of the
torpedo. Every torpedo, be it known,
is given flying start from the ship
by means OF compressed air but once
in the water it provides It's own power
by means OF its own little engine.
Well, to make long story short, 1t
may be said that the Whitehead tor
pedo and others In that family have
small reciprocatinG engines, ana in
due course the Yankee experts came
to believe that this propulsive force
was not ideal and so gradually they
evolved their present pride which Is
known as the turbine torpedo, Which
means, Of course, that there Is pro-
vided in the bowels Of the torpedo n
little turbine engine which supplies
power to revolve the propellers or
screws and drive the torpedo through
the water Just as steamship Is
showed through the water by the same
means.
The --latest Routine In Firing Tor
pedoes,
l Torpedoas, nowadays, are entirely
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strong in its punch as gun cotton and
that 1t is more easily handled, etc.

strong IN ltS punch as gun cotton ana
that 1t is more easily handled. etc.
Uncle sam, Torpedo Builder.
Uncle Sam builds many of his own
torpedoes and Is rapidly working into
an independent position in this re-
spect. More than a quarter of a mil
lion dollars has already been expend-
ed upon building for the Navy's tor
pedo plant along with $4,000 for ma
chinery and 1t is proposed to spend
an additional 100000 for machin-
cry with view to increasing output
which is distinctly n matter of conse-
quence seeing as how 1t takes at least
a year to turn around on n torpedo
order.
There is ample reason why Uncle
Sam should go the limit in building
his own torpedoes because the Gov
eminent builds torpedoes cheaper
than It can buy them and inasmuch
as each one of the big torpedoes costs
exactly sS,375, 1t follows that any
economies In this direction will be
welcome. to say nothing of safeguard
ing the secrets OF torpedo construc-
| ton.
This nation has manifested tradi-
! tional Yankee ingenuity in develop
ing it's torpedo resources, Years ago
our Navy bought in England several
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Uncle Sam Is Fully Abreast the Rest of the World
When 1t Comes To Dealing Blo,vs Undert Water
Submarines Subblanting Torpedo Boats.
ne FW7yr7S rue

tie proves that no one class OF craft
has any right to claim a monopoly in
torpedo use. In that battle the de-
stroyerS rushed fearlessly at the gi-
gantic battleships and did precisely
what according to the old theory,
naught but torpedo boats could do
and at the same time the battleships
fired torpedoes Just as they hurled IL
inch and 12-inch shells. All modern
battleships have torpedo tubes as
regular feature of their armament
and it is safe to say that with torpedo
warfare ever unfolding new POSSIBLE
tiles these adjuncts will. II there Is
any change, be increased in number.
Yankee Torpedoes OF Longer Range.
This years naval estimates con-
tain a request for the tidy sum of
$4,000 for torpedocs This money
is desired for what are known as re
placement torpedoes" and that lots
us into ono Of the secrets of the Pc
riod. The Yankee torpedo. already
ranking as tho most efficient in the
world, has lately been improved by
increasing the range. That IL to say
means have been found TO enable the
torpedo to travel farther in quest of
it's prey and so valuable Is this longer
reach Of the torpedo accounted that
! the Government Is carrying out an
ambitious scheme TO replace all tor
pedoes on our battleships with the
new variety.
The new Yankee torpedo which can
travel as great n distance as any tor
pedo used by any foreign power In
the present war does not present n
different appearance from the old
style American torpedo which has n
range of 1000 yards. The new tor
pedo Is little or no longer than the
old and it is the same diameter as the
old, namely twenty-ono inches, but
the interior construction is different
incidentally, Uncle Sam has made a
change in the explosive used in his
new torpedo. Formerly gun cottor
was used but latterly the business END
of each torpedo has been filled witt
an explosive bearing the catchy name
of "trinitrotoluol." II Is claimed fol
this iawbreaker that 1t is fully a!
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eral months and embraces so many
things to be learned and avoided that
the present trouble with Mexico will
bring this home to cur people and
create a public sentiment against the
repetition Of our present state OF un-
preparedness. Regiments must not
only be equipped with the requisite
number of men but these men must
have the proper equipment, know how
and when to use 1t, must be well
seasoned in obedience to orders so as
TO know nothing but ito do and to
dare" and, above all, we'll trained in
the all important practice of hygiene
to protect themselves from disease
and epidemics. All Of these are &C
CURED only by rigid regime and hard
experience. the result of long and tedi-
Gus schooling and discipline.
Not since that April day, eighteen
years ago, when we were called upon
to Remember the Maine" has our
National Guard been put to the test of
getting ready for actual service.
When in answer to Carranzas demand
that our troops be Withdrawn from
Mexico, President Wilson's answer
was the calling out of the State
militia. the task Of mobilization began
at once. Few of the regiments were
up to the required number and the
work of recruiting went on, while the
quartermast of each State and his
staff were engaged in securing proper
plats of ground to be used for camp
purposes.
Sanitary Camps.
The next move was to arrange for
proper sanitation. This took time and
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Camps Where Our Nat
ional GuardAre Modified
for Service in Mexico il
Necessary=AnArgume
for Preparedness.
Copy right, 1915, by The International
Syndicate.

T is doubted If the average citizen
OF the United States knows even
in a general way what is required
u in the mobilization of our Ma
tional Guard for actual service in the
defense of our country. Many prob
ably think that the call to arms Is
answered by the regiments collecting
at their respective armories and
marching to the camp to wait the final
order to go to the front. 1t is per-
haps, this great--and you might say.
criminal ignorance on this subject
that has called the feeling against
national preparedness. Our National
Guard is not equipped for actual war
fare, and the sooner this is recognized
the better it will be for our National
honor, and there will be ways and
means adopted to put the military af-
fairs of the country on basis COM
mensurate with the importance and
dignity Of our country among the ma
tons Of the world.
Soldiers Not Made In A Day.
The making Of a soldier is not the
work Of a day or month but of sew
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

due to the creation of extra plants in
England France, Russia and Japan.
Rations, munitions, tents, auto trucks,
etc, can be readily obtained. There
may be a shortage in horses due to the
fact that so many have been sold
abroad.
1t is trained men that We need If
the present situation continues, and
it is believed that the strength Of the
National Guard of one hundred thou
sand mon will be made At for the
front by the rigid training in these
camps. Should the men be taken to
the border it is estimated that it will
cost Uncle Sam about 100000 a
day to keep them there. which in
Guides the necessary expense of bring
ing their equipment up to regular
army standards.
Recruiting.
The work of recruiting has been
carried out with much enthusiasm by
the members of the companies of the
different regiments who have used all
sorts of ways to get mon into their
companies Recruiting stations were
established on street corners, regi-
mental bands pnradcd followed by SOL
diers bearing cards inviting men to
join the parade and the militia. Men
Of other companies went about the
streets in decorated automobiles bear
ing such signs as "Eo a man. do your
duty to your country and enlist now,
Hop in and Join our Company" etc.
At the Armories the recruits were eX-
amined one after another and sworn
in. Out in the main room the rockies
were drilled and for days the tramp
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of feet was heard Is the men were put
through military movements. While
the camps We're being made ready
many Of the men slept in the armories
and were fed there as well. The
streets of the smaller towns took on a
military air as the boys in khaki
walked about and many young men
caught the spirit of patriotism and
enlistments resulted. In nearly every
pert of the country it was found that
the regiments which drew their men,
bers from the rural districts were
much nearer to their full strength
than those Of the cities, consequently
the country boys were the first to go
into camp.
Rounding Up The "Slacker."
Rounding up the "slackers" who
failed to put In an appearance at the
armories when their regiments were
called was executed with the vigor
and promptness characteristic Of war
fare. 1t was the real thing with the
romance cut out. Men were taken
from wagons and from places Of busi-
ness and those who were in distant
cities were ordered to return at once
Those who Joined the regiments at
tracted by dress parades and social
life were made to understand that
these things were the recreation and
not the object of the regiment.
Scenes similar to those enacted
when the call was made during the
Spanish American War were repeated
Mothers using every excuse to prevent
their sons from going. and "slackers'
themselves trying to get out Of doine
their duty. Wives and sweetheart
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came to the armories to see tn
up to the last minute as they s.
to realize that even though
should be no actual war in a col
of so many men some of the}
not return.
War brides were numerous.
number of instances the BRIDE
taken their husbands places IN
work. But this is true not only
brides but of many Of the nj
women, who have undertaken Il
down the husbands job, and son
succeeding admirably.
Now the men have settled id
the hard task of getting in sha|
the front should they be called.
leo at this season of the year hi
particularly healthy or pleasa
mate. and in order to keep wd
must be in good physical con
1t is hoped that the camp trainir
bring this about. Long hike
drills are the order of the da.
everybody is busy from the G
to the man who digs bitches.
warfare is being studied as 1t
one of the necessities Of modern
fare.
Patriotic Sentiments or Fir
All over the country the NJ
Guardsman Is being assured Il
will receive full pay while he Is
and that his position will remail
until his return. Some firms
even promised to provide pensic
the widows In case the HI
should not return. Others a.
ranging for the men according
means of the concerns, show
patriotism of the highest order.
who have regarded the United
as price Natio
soon have that notion dispelled
The call will have many uses;
teach our National Guard what
quired for actual warfare bt
equipment and training. Above
will be an object lesson on tn
ject of preparedness and will
the people to earnest thinking
so much is needed in a difficult
a third rate power like Mexico
are so deficient in so small q
what would be our fix II we "
face a powerful nation. May t
son now learned bear fruit
actual state OF preparedness sec
mono In the world. The cam
open to the public, and every
whose age or duties keep HIN
enlisting should find time to a
encourage the men in their str
work Of getting in shape to defe
honor Of our land.