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Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
MAJOR MURPHY
BOOSTS PLANT
500 Immigration Agent says
Packing Plant is Big
Thing.

Two interesting features-a tele-
gram and an address-at last nights
Commercial club dinner did much to
stimulate interest in the Northern
Packing company. The telegram,
which came from Major j. S. Murphy,
head of the immigration department
of the 500 railroad, follows:
Regret exceedingly that board
meeting here predludes my being at
propitious. Failure is eliminated:
Your location for a packing plant is
right. 1t is men, real men, cooperat-
ing who are not afraid that count.
Sixty years ago Boston harbor was
doing nine times more business than
New York harbor Boston became
SNUG, satisfied, conservative; New
and got into the quick step Of the
harbor did 46 times more business
than Boston harbor with better nat
ural facilities. ! Men-just men,
count. The 500 company spends
$4,000 a year in telling the people
Of great potential possibilities Of your
state the greatest between the oceans.
kota the bigger it looks Think of
this. All the gold and silver in all
the gold and silver states in the union
and Alaska in 1915 would pay for
only one-half Of the food products
produced in North Dakota that year.
This years short crop shows CO.
operation of providence with your
proposition, and should drive the
farmers into stock. North Dakota
should go farther in diversifying in
the next five years than any original
grain state ever did in twenty. Com
ditions, climate, soil, altitude, trans
portation facilities are all there. Ho,
a pull together for the packing plant"
The address was by M. F. Murphy,
and, better than anything else, it IL
lustrates the faith he and other busi-
ness men of the city have in the
project. Here's what Mr.. Murphy
said, by way of impressing the men
with the importance Of the undertake
ing:
II will offer a reward of 81 to the
first man found hammering this plant.
I'll guarantee to give. him leather
medal, embossed, so that it will last
him lifetime Just show me the
man and I'll guarantee that he'll get
the medal. And he'll wear it,
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
BIG RALLY DAY
FOR W|[[|ST0N
Celebration of Year Of Pro-
gress will be Made-Not-
ed Men to Speak.

williston, N. D., Oct. 7.-on satur-
dav, October IA, Williston will cele-
brate a year of progress. A general
rally for the city has been planned
in which every person will take part.
Amusement will be furnished for
EVERYONE and the main feature Of the
event will be a great barbecue. Whole
steers will be roasted in the old fash-
ioned way, over an open fire.
Aside from amusements, there wil'
be prizes offered for farm products.
It will be bargain day in Wiliiston
and in the evening the current VIII
lie turned on in the new White Way"
for the first time. After. the lighting
system has been officially dedicated
a gigantic parade of floats will taks
place. 81,
A banquet will be served at $3.50
O'Clock in the evening and noted mer
from out of town will give short ad.
dresses. Among the speakers Will be
Louis Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad; Dan Wallace, edi'
tor of The Farmer; ]. P. Hardy, sep
retary of the Fargo. Commercial club.
and Herbert A. Noble, general passen-
ger agent of the Great Northern.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
WAGES AND HOURS.

If, instead of passing the Adamson
bill as it stands. congress had enact
ed law in accordance with the orig
inal demands of the trainmen provid-
ing for an eight-hour day with a
premium on all labor done beyond the
eight-hour period. the result would
have been a real shortening Of the
working day. provided the business OF
railroading could have been adjusted
to that basis. and provided new men
could have been put to work every
eight hours. Or, the same end would
have been reached had the railroad
companies been prohibited from en-
ploying men more than eight hours in
a day except in emergencies which
ton Of proper commissions. and had
these prohibitions been enforced by
suitable penalties But congress- did
none Of these things. All that it did
was to substitute eight hours for ten
hours as a basis of pay. 1t provided
that mon should receive as much pay
for eight hours as they had formerly
received for ten hours. but it placed
no obstacle in the way of their en-
ployment for any number of hours
whatever. The Adamson law. which
has been touted as great humanita,r-
ian measure, does not hinder in the
slightest measure. the employment of
men for ten hours, or twelve hours, or
sixteen or twenty-four. There is on
the books a sixteen-hour law but the
Adamson law does not touch on that
subject in any way whatever.
It must always be borne in mind
that the one thing that the Adamson
law does is to advance the wages of
a small proportion of railway men.
without affecting in any way either
the wages or the hours Of labor of the
vast majority of railroad employees
If the rest Of the railroad men
should demand twenty-five per cent
increase on pain of plunging the
country into a great strike. would the
president hold that that. also, was not
an arbitable subject, and would con-
gress yield as supinely as it did In
the former case?
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
North Dakota News
TEACHERS MUST MAKE
THEMSELVES USEFUL
At BOARDING PLACE

jamestown. N. D.. Oct. TINE
little country school house has had
its day, but now the little country
school teacher seems to be having
hers.
Rural teachers In the vicinity Of
LaNIoure have been complaining be-
cause they are unable to find suit
able boarding places, and 1t was
a IANfOure county farmer who gave
the little school ma'am her lesson.
Now I'll tell you what the trou.
BILE is. A lot OF you teachers are
responsible for the farmers not
wanting to board you. In the first
place. you expect us to board you
for $3.50 to s. a week, eivc you our
best rooms and then you want to
be waitHd on.
eve wouldn't mind boarding the
teachers II they got up and ate
breakfast when we do or If they
inadB themselves a bit useful
around the house when occasion
demanded"
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
THE LIVESTOCK SHOW TRAIN.

1t Is to be hoped that the men who
have undertaken to organize an ex-
cursion to the Livestock show in Chi
cago by special train from this state
will succeed in their effort. and the
prospects now are that they will be
successful. Last year similar ex-
cursion was planned, and a sufficient
number OF applications for reserva-
tions had been received when it be-
came necessary to drop the plan be-
cause the show had been abandoned
because OF the prevalence OF a con-
tagious disease among cattle. This
year the show will be held, and there
is no reason why many Of our people
should not see it. The plan Of assem-
make the trip on one train was a
splendid thought. and those who have
been going over the preliminary ar
rangements report great interest thru
the sections which they have visited.
This excursion will be Of vastly
could possibly he. for a large body Of
visitors such as will travel in this
way, will command greater attention
than any number of single visitors
could do. and special pains will be
taken to provide opportunities for
seeing everything that is to be seen
under the most favorable conditions.
The excursion will not be junket,
although the arrangements will be
such as to make it a very pleasant
trip. It will be first Of all business
trip. with facilities afforded for a real
study Of things which are interesting
and important to every North Da-
kota farmer The high prices Of
grains this year is making up very
largely for the lessened yield, and
many who, a few weeks ago, might
have feared that they would not be
able to afford this trip can now do
SO easily.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07

Der Of the troupe. is butcher, and it
IS up to him to slaughter ali the meat
eaten by his fellow ountrymen. The
meat is prepared in true Arabian style
and no good member of this aggrega-
ton would think of eating meat that
was not prepared by Ben Tata.
=. Other Interesting facts in connec-
ton with 'The Garden of Allah may
be summarized as follows:
Five camels, also seven horses, six
mules and eight goats are carried to
add realism to the desert scene.
Twelve bags OF powdered corn mix
ed with fine bran are used at each
performance to make the stand storm
effect.
Two Of the Arabs appearing in the
Play are ractlcing physicians In their
native country
The doves used In the monastery
scene are from Algeria and do not
do well" in this climate They are
bedded. when the temperature Ii be-
low seventy degrees in heated sand.
The panorama OF the desert Ii the
second act of the play Is the longest
anu deepest single canvas ever painted
for regular" theatrical use.
Robert Hichens' contracts for the
disqualification Of his novel stipulated
that there should be no incidental
music during the acion Of the play.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
[|GAT VOTE AT
CITY ELECTION:
ISSUE FAILS
Bond Issue Again to be put
Before the Voters in
November.

Only $50 votes were cast at the
special city election held yesterday,
when the proposition Of issuing bonds
to the extent Of $4,000 to cover the
proposed improvements ON the city
waterworks plant, was defeated with
202 against the issue and 167 for it.
The total vote was nearly 1000 less
than the normal city ballot.
City officials are of the opinion that
water consumers Of the city were not
represented by the vote yesterday, and
last night. adopted a resolution to
again place the matter before the
voters at the November election,
when practically every voter will be
casting ballot.
The aldermen were keenly disap-
pointed over the outcome Of the spe-
cial election, as they had hoped to
make improvements at once. During
the discussion, anger was noticeable
and the opposition was severely criti-
cised. Alderman Valley and Alder.
man j. F. Smith engaged in verbal
combat, each blaming the other to
some extent for the defeat Of the is
sue.
The total expenditures for the spe-
cial election aggregated $l6s.45. The
canvassing board returned the follow
L
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
PACKING Plant STOCK TO 0BF SOLD
NEXT WEEK; TARfE-DAy CAMPAIGN
TOSTART M0TYTUtSDAY MORNING
Boosters Meeting Commercial Club Last Night-Plant
Will Bring Approximately 1000 People to City
Means Three New Railroads.

A three-day campaign to sell stock
in the Northern Packing company.
which is to erect $50o,oO0 packing
plant in this city, will be inaugurated
Tuesday morning, when representa-
tive business men Of the city will set
forth. For three days, Commercial
club committees will sell stock in
Grand Forks, and it is hoped to dis
600 in this city. Following the local
campaign. stock will be sold through
cut the northern half of the state.
Che plans for the campaign were
announced at the Commercial club BIZ
weekly dinner last night
According to the men who have
worked on the proposition for several
years the. plant will mean:
That. at least three railroads will
Forks. One Of these roads will come
from the southwest, giving this city
an outlet it long has sought
= That. the population OF Grand
Forks will be materially increased.
From 500 to 1000 will be added as
soon as the plant is ready.
That. live stock farming will be
stimulated and the farmers at last
will reach the long looked for goal
diversified farming.
That. the income from farms will
be stabilized and crop failures no
longer will bring financial exigencies.
At the dinner last night, H. r. Ell
lott Of Duluth. who has been chosen
manager of the local plant, and Henry
Bridgeman. also of Duluth. were
guests of honor
NJ. F. Murphy presided. and in his
opening address, outlined the plans
for the sale of preferred and COM
mon stock. He also spoke of the i'm
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

President-Charles E. Hughes.
Vice President-Charles w. Fair
banks.
United States senator-P. ]. Nc
Cumber.
Representative In Congress-F'irst
district. H. T. Helgesen: second dis
trtct. Geo. NJ. Young; third district,
p. D. Norton.
State.
Governor-L J. Frazier.
Lieutenant Governor-A. T. Kraa-
bel.
Secretary Of state-Thos. Hall.
Aud1tors-C. r. Kositzky.
Treasurer-John Steen.
Attorney General-William LANCER.
Insurance commissioners. A.
Olsness.
Commissioner Of Aericulture-Jno.
Il. Hagen.
Railroad cornmi.s,oners-s. J. Aan-
6ahl. Chas. W. Bleick. NJ. P. johnson.
Grand Forks County.
eherin-A F. Turner.
Treasurer@John Bridston.
Clerk Of Court-M. W. Spaulding.
Register Of Deeds-D. Mcdonald.
States Attorney-T. B. Elton.
County Judge-L K. Hassell.
Surveyor-. 4 Ingram.
Coroner-R. NJ. Mclean.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE.

The proposed bond issue which was
submitted to the people Of the city
yesterday failed Of approval by a neg
ative vote Of 2o2 to 1877. The case is
one Of negligence. and culpable neg
ligence, at that
There are always those who oppose
the expenditure Of. money. In a few
cases this opposition is constitutional
In other cases 1t is due to misunder-
standing of the facts. In this case
less than seven per cent Of the voters
of Grand Forks expressed themselves
in opposition to this issue of bonds,
proportion SO small as to be neg
ligible.
The real difficulty lay in the fact
that in all the city less than six per
cent of the voters remembered, or
thought 1t Worth while, to spend the
few minutes necessary to cast their
votes for step whose Importance and
necessity must be apparent to every
one who will take the trouble to look
into the facts.
1t is unfortunate that there is this
indifference when questions of real
Importance are to be decided. II it
is a question Of securing a Job for an
individual, we are usually active
enough. But when the question is one
affecting the equipment OF the city for
the proper performance Of jts func-
tions, the matter is permitted to 70
by default.
In strict fairness to those who fall
ed to register their votes yesterday 1t
is proper to state that in many cases
1t was matter OF taking things for
granted. rather than of opposition or
real indifference. Voters Assun,e that
q proposal which is manifestly wise
and business Ike, will be approved.
and, being confident Of this result,
they let 1t 60 at that.
The council has taken prompt &C.
tion in arranging FOR the submission
Of the question again at the November
election, when most Of the voters Will
be At the boiis in any event.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
USE FOR THE AEROPIANE

The aeroplane has proven so USE
ful a. a war adjunct, and the need for
everything that can be utilized in war
ID 80 great that comparatively little
attention has been paid to the develop
inent Of the aeroplane as an aid in the
activities Of peace. But that the aero
plane Is destined to occupy a large
place in our industrial life, cannot be
doubted, and when the war is over,
and there is time for the study Of
problems of a different character, we
may expect to see great strides made
In the utilization OF this engine of the
air. And the war itself, while it has
checked the application Of this and
other instruments to peaceful occu-
pations. has created demands which
have resulted in development perha ps
more rapid than would have been at
tanned had there been no war. The
aeroplane of today, as used on the
battlefields Of Europe, is a thing of
wonderful adapability, and 1t is per-
forming services concerning whose
scope and nature we can do little
more than guess.
From Minnesota there comes Just
now suggestion for the use of the
aeroplane which sets one thinking Of
the possibilities. 1t is proposed that
aAfoplanes be used by forest rangers
for the purpose Of patrolling the for
ests ana watching for Ares. This
work, under the present conditions. il
ono 81 extraordinary difficulty The
tsfritory to ,be covered is rugged and
sbroken. Many parts OF 1t arc almost
lnaecesstble. A fire. starting at q dis
stAnt spot. may make considerable
headway before 1t Is even fibticed, AMI.
Moore steps eah be taker, to cheek II
sdAinage may have been done which
N1ll require years to replace. It il
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
DATES ANNOUNCED

Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 7-Dates for
county teachers Institutes to be held
this fall have been announced by Su-
perintendent Of Public Instruction e.
j. Taylor as follows:
Benson-Minnewauk Oct. 20.
Bowman-Bowman, Act e3.
Embellishments Oct. Is.
Dunn-Manning, Oct. 23.
Ernit1ons-Linton, November 20.
Fostef-Carrington, Oct. Is.
Hettinger-Mott, Oct. 16:
Kidder-Thfee days at steele; three
at Pettibone.
Morton-Mahdan, oct. 80.
Pierce-Rugby. Oct. 20.
Ramsey-Devlls Lake. Oct. %.
Renville-Mohall, Oct. 25-27.
Rolette-Rolla, Oct. 2s.
observation-disclosures Oct 80.
Steele-Sherbrooke Oct. 90.
Towher-Cando, Oct. 90.
Wells-Fessenden Oct. 1s.
slope-Joint institute with Bow
man Oct. 2S,
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
IF THE CAUSE Is ;m~

Wm1e President Wilson is recogniz-
cd everywhere as master of English.
1t 10 not always possible to tell what
no means by what he says. Some
months ago, when the. entire world
was IN state Of shock from the awful
destruction Of life by the deliberate
destruction Of great liner, and peo-
PIE were holding their breath IN order
to catch the first whisper from Wash
fnston that would indicate the pur-
pose Of the government of this nation,
tho president told an audience that
there was such a thing as being too
proud to hght. A few days later 1t
was thought necessary to issue state
ments from the immediate vicinity
Of the White House explaining that
the Interpretation which had been
universally placed on that sentence
was not tho correct one, and that the
president had not meant to intimate
that on the particular circumstances
which existed at that time the United
States would necessarily be restrained
from fighting by It's pride. In fact,
1t was said, the president had not
had in mind the Lusttanaia case
at all. The thing which had been
present in every other mind had been
entirely absent from his.
In his address at Omaha on Thurs
day President Wilson assured his
hearers that America is as ready to
night as any nation in the world, but
he said, the cause must be Just. I'm
less this was intended merely as a
statement Of the obvious, without any
bearing on actual conditions, It must
be assumed that this statement had
some reference to the conditions aris-
ing out Of the European war. Form
er1y we have been given to understand
that the president was determined to
uphold the sacred interests Of the
American people on the high seas
sven at the cost Of war. If that was
not the meaning Of the notes which
were addressed to Germany they had
no meaning. And 1t surely required
no further statement to be convincing
as to the righteousness Of that attt-
tude. But the conclusion which would
naturally be drawn from this present
utterance IL that there was after all,
something lacking IN the Justice of the
cause for which, at one time, the ad-
ministration professed itself ready to
30 to war Few writers Of polished
sentences have been more unfortu-
mats than Mr.. Wilson in making
statements which required further
explanation.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
Where Will Arabs Live While i'm
Town? Troup of 20 With Big Show
Want to do Their Own Cooking

Where is Grand Forks going to
house the troupe OF twenty Arabs who
will be in the city next Monday, Octo-
ber is. along with THE Garden of
Allah?"
This is the question that is worry
ing the management of the Metro
politan theater and an advance agent
Of this big production, who has been
in the city since last Wednesday morn
ing to scout up accommodations for
these dark-skinfed sons Of the desert.
OF the thirty-six Arabs, sixteen are
Ameficai1ized, but the Remaining
twenty cannot speak a word of Eng
fish. The Americana part of the
troupe will be able to And room for
themselves. but 1t IL UP to the advance
agent to secure accommodations FOR
the other twenty.
There are 10 people in the Gar
den Of Allah" production. including
the thirty-six Arabs and a Working
crew Of nineteen men, corn pfisinR
carpenters, electricians and others It
is believed the majority Of the COM
bany Will he able to obtain rooms at
private houses If the hotels cannot
take care OF all the company.
Along With the fact that the uh-
Ah1eficahised Arabs will do their
cooking while here IN the city is the
announcement that Ben Tata, mem
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
SEVEN INJURED
IN BAD FIGHT
Greeks Land on Train Crew
with Guns and Knives
Their Car Wrecked.

Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 7.-seven
men badly cut and bruised. one suf-
fering two broken ribs. was the result
of fight, between trainmen and a
gang Of Greeks at Berlin. LaMoure
county.
The fight occurred shortly after the
trainmen ran cars they we're switch
Ing into the sleeping cars Of the
Greeks. breaking stoves, starting fires
and throwing the Greeks about In
their quarters. Following the crash
the foreigners swarmed out of their
hives, armed with revolvers, knives
and other instruments.
Members of the train crew sought
the cover of box cars standing near
the scene, one Of the men walking to
LaMoure.
The engineer remained at his post,
and the Greeks. after two or three
hours permitted him to proceed with
his train. after w. ]. Riddle, a travel
ing salesman had reasoned with the
foreigners.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07

pointed out that the aeroplane would
be ideal for this work. In few min
utes 1t can soar to points which could
not be reached by days Of ordinary
travel. A closer watch could be kept
of a large territory. and there is no
reason why the machine cannot be
used for the transportation Of small
forces Of fire fighters across country
where travel would ordinarily be i'm
possible. This is but one indication
of the possibilities of the peaceful
use of the aeroplane,
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
Cows With Tastes
For the City Will
Soon Have to Move

Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 7.-Bossies
with q taste for the gay city life, with
sisted on apartments close in must
prepare for an early move. Certain
bounds have been made in sections of
this city, inside of which, stock of any
kind cannot be kept, and If the city
commission passed on the ordinance
providing for this, many people will
be compelled to keep their cows in
other quarters. These measures have
been taken in order that the city may
be made as sanitary as possible.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07

Thomas Cooper anticipating that the
agents will become field organizers
for the federal banks.
Roderick Mackenzie of Winnipeg,
secretary of the Grain Growers as
sociation of Canada, reorganized as
one Of the greatest cooperative or
CARNATIONS among producers, will ad-
dress the agents.
The Forthcoming conference is the
semi-annual gathering, held for the
purpose of instructing the agents in
their work. placing them In touch
with new developments in the agricul-
tural field, etc.
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
Better Farming" Agents
Will Get Together Oct. 81

Fargo. N D., Oct IA confer-
ence of the county better farming
agents Of North Dakota will be held
in Fargo October 81, November /
and 2.
At that conference, a representa-.
tive of the federal farm land bank
board will be in attendance. ana ex.
plain to the agents the workings OF
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
HIGHEST SCORE IN
BUTTER CONTEST

Jamestown, N. D., Oct, The
champion butter maker in Stutsman
county is Mrs. A. NJ. Riebe of Pingree,
who took high honors at the county
fair. scoring 80 1-2. The tests were
made by E. A. Greenwood, dairy
commissioner.
Mrs. E. Kohlscheen of Buchanan
was second with test of 90; Mrs. r.
G. Catron of jamestown third with
score of 81 2-4 apd Mrs. Joseph Kais.
ler Of Medina fourth with 81.
A. Larson of Pingree won first place
with score of 81 1-2, and Mrs. JOS
eph Kaisler Of Medine second with q
score of 81,
Grand Forks herald., 1916-10-07
State Hospital for Insane
Gets improvements

Jamestown, n. D., Oct. Is. L.
Olson and James A. Brown of the
board OF control visited the state hos-
pital for the insane, where number
or improvements and additions are
under way. These include new wo-
mans ward, to cost $1o1 ,264; an Of
Ace and dormitories, costing $53,36s;
new wings to the receiving ward,
costing $51,285, and a dining hall,
costing $16,p27, which indicate that
insanity is an expensive luxury for
d state to enjoy.
The state hospital dates back to
territorial days, having been estab-
lished May l, 1885. only two years
after the capital was moved to Bis
marck. A majority OF the present
buildings date from 1893