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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-06-03

L'Austria aveva blsogno di un sue
cesso, 10 ha esso ottenuto?
Ad onta del comucicati austriaci
che battono sempre sullo stesso ia
sto, ad onta dele ammissioni del CO.
mando supreme italiano, rlteniamo
che il successo non fu tale da inorgo-
glire troppo gil austriaci da depri-
mere gil italiani, tanto e. vero che
lutte lie notizie che giungono dali Ita-
liza confermano che nei circoli militia
ri e in mezzo al popolo regina la piu'
grande serenlta' e che gil EVENT. sono
guardati senza timore senza scorag-
giamento.
L'invasione di pochi chilometri di
territorio italiano, non puo' destare
un allarme esagerato la ritirata del
lie nostre truppe da osizioni avanz :
te di non grande Importance non
puo' considerarsi come una clamoro
sa scOnftta.
Aspettiamo sacramento gil EVENT.,
confdiamo nella sapienza del capi.
mel valore del soldatl, abbiamo fede
anche mel famoso Stellone che ha
sempre protetto PItalIa, nello stes-
so tempo tempriamoci per essere
pronti anche a subire il dolore di un
royescio, che certo non sarebbe ire
parable.
Sc 81 debbono condannare gil otti-
misti, 81 debbono condannare anche
quei che vanno seminando la sfducia.
Il terrore 10 sconforto, turbano la
nostra serenita'.
Sc gil stranieri potessero udire tut
to quello che 81 dice in questi momen-
ii dagli italiani che vedono tutto ne.
ro, che gia piangono sull Italia ritor-
nata domino austriaco, avrebbero ra-
gione dI credere che ora mai la guer-
"a contro pAustria sia stata per gli
italiani un disastro immense.
Converviamo la mostra serenita'.
come la conservano i ncstri frateui
che combattono con tanto vaIore e
eOn tantO entusiasmo.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

A thorough survey of the situation
will be taken by the committee, who
will go over the ground and see just
what is needed to make permanent i'm
provements possible.
There are number of tumble-down
shacks about the city that should be
RACED, as they are not only unsightly
but are a constant fire menace. Some
thing will likely be done to remedy
this condition.
Special efforts will be made by the
committee to influence property own
ers who have vacant lots to do some
thing to beautify them. There is no
place on earth where flowers grow so
profusely, smell so sweetly and are
so beautiful as in North Dakota, if
they are given a little care. Califor-
MIA and other coast states make a
great point of their flowers, but they
have nothing on this state if the peo-
pie once take little interest in flori-
culture.
In June Minot will be called upon to
entertain two great conventions, COM
posed of some of the brightest minds
in the country. They are men who
notice small things, be they beautiful
or ugly, and it is up to the citizens
of this city to "doll up" their prem
Uses to the limit, so that these men
will go away from Minot feeling that
not only is the city one of the most
hustling points in the middle west, but
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

The Grand Forks Commercial club
has gotten busy and has sent thous-
ands of letters broadcast over the
state urging the farmers to ship
cream to the Grand Forks creamery.
This shows a good deal of enterprise,
but communities where good creamer-
les are located are not taking kindly
to the idea and this is liable to do a
great deal of harm to Grand Forks in
many ways as a wholesale and job
bling center. There can be no possible
objection to the efforts of that city
to get all the cream that it can from
localities where there are no creamer-
les, but it does not appear to. the In
dependent like it is good business for
the city to "butt in" on the hundreds
of other sections where money has
been invested in modern butter-mak-
ing plants, which need all of the
cream from the territory in order to
make the business pay. Letters were
received right in this territory by
farmers. We have three good cream
cries in Mimic that pay the farmers
top notch prices and we do not believe
that any Of our farmers will be duped
into sending their cream away.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

inconvenience, but the floods were
never accompanied with any particu-
lar danger. The water has always
raised steadily, just as it has this
time, giving the people plenty Of
warning, and in many instances fami-
lies did not leave their homes at all
merely moved upstairs. Old timers
looked for the flood this year. indie
pendent readers will no doubt remem-
Der that we printed such predictions
three months ago. The present high
water is no surprise to most of our
inhabitants, altho we had all hoped
that it might be averted. At this
writing but very few homes have
been isolated and the people living
therein are making the best of the
present conditions. The high water is
not without it's virtues. Up and down
the river thousands of acres of mea-
dow have been flooded, insuring the
greatest hay crop in years. The river
is being cleansed, and that is not
without it's good effects. We can look
for flood once in a great while, but
this condition is not apt to appear
again in decade.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
NORTH DAKOTA'S BEAUTY
SPOTS

North Dakota is pictured in the
Biographies used in our schools as
nrairie state. As boy in school, we
remember wildly a picture OF the
Dakotas. with the prairie grass waving
in a sixty mile gale, with a nero OF
buffalo and band OF lndlans IN the
background. The impression yet pre-
walls generally that this is common,
wealth comprising mainly prairie land
as level as floor, with few beauty
spots to relieve the monotony., Fact
is. there are any number OF beauty
spots in North Dakota and these
oupht to be better advertised. The
valleys along the Missouri, Mouse,
James, Sheyenne, Knife and Heart
rivers are among the most picturesque
in the world. Deer in plenty haunt
the woods along the Missouri. The
cunning beaver have built immense
dams along the Mouse. We have
large number of lakes, some of them
surrounded by large forests Of the
most beautiful trees: Fish a-plenIy
are to be found in Lake Epsilon, Lake
Metigoshe and Strawberry lake, which
are fast becoming as popular among
the Isaac Waltons as any of the clear
water lakes of Minnesota. Devils
Lake is one of the largest bodies of
water within the borders of the state
and surrounded by dense woods, it
has become one of the most popular
summer resorts in the west. And then
there is the petrifed forest, the Bad
Lands, and near Mandan the park,
taking in the site occupied by Custer
and his brave men the winter before
that historical battle that took place
in Montana. North Dakota teens with
many beauty spots and places of his
torical interest and it appears to the
Independent that these have never
been half we'll enough advertised.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

Burdick would like to be governor
of North Dakota and it may be that
he will be successful. There was a
time that he could easily have been
elected if he had but allowed his
friends to do the trick for him, and he
would not have had to step out of his
Office at Williston. But instead, he
adopted the watchful, waiting policy.
Two years ago, he entered the fight
against L. B. Hanna, who had had but
one term and who figured that he de-
served another. He had great odds
against him and was defeated by four
or five thousand votes. Like good
party man, he supported his opponent
in the fall election, assisting in elect
ing him. Burdick stands well with
the farmers Of the state today and
altho he did not receive the endorse
ment of the Non-partisan League, he
is pretty certain to get the support Of
many members Of the League Bur
dick for years has advocated the very
things for which the Equity leaders
are asking.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

The president has issued an ultima
tum to Germany, telling the Imperial
government plainly that if the pres
ent method Of submarine warfare is
not stopped, the United States will
sever diplomatic relations with that
country. Germany's reply has not yet
been received, but if reports from
across the water can be relied upon,
Germany will accede to our demands
and there may be no serious trouble
between the two countries that have
been on such friendly terms for so
many years. The United States does
not desire war with Germany or any
other country, but she is ready to
make any sacrifice in order to defend
the right of her citizens. If diplomat
ic relations are severed, war may not
necessarily follow, altho this is just
about what could be expected to hap
pen.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

The value of cooperation has long
been known. Aesop made it the sub
ject Of one of his fables, which runs
as follows: "A man had a family of
sons who were perpetually quarreling
among themselves. When he failed
to heal their disputes by his exhorta-
tions, he determined to give them a
practical illustration of the evils of
disunion, and, for this purpose, he one
day told them to bring him a bundle
of sticks. When they had done so, he
placed the bundle into the hands of
each of them in succession and order
ed them to break it into pieces. They
each tried with all their might, but
were not able to do so. He. next I'M
tied the bundle and took the sticks
separately, one by one, and again put
them into their hands. They broke
them easily. He then addressed them
in these words: my sons, if you are
of one mind, and unite to assist one
another, you will be as this bundle of
sticks-uninjured by all your enc
mics; but if you are divided among
yourselves, you will be as easily brok-
en- as these sticks"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

should begin April Is. To date, prac-
tically no seeding has been done in
North Dakota and farmers have bare
ly started blowing, They are all
busy in the fields this week and if we
have few weeks of warm, dry wea-
ther, they will make great strides.
Wheat seeding in this locality should
be completed by May 10 to Is, so that
if much of this work is to be done
farmers will have to "play balP fast
and furious during the next two
weeks. Some wheat will be seeded on
disced stubble land. This is rather
a precarious method and unless the
conditions are very favorable, the
weeds are apt to make better show
ing than the wheat. The more con-
farmers will plow their land,
put in what they can and do it we'll,
and SOW more oats, barley or even
flax, summer following the rest. Some
corn will be planted by every farm
err, but good seed is scarce and high
priced and the acreage of this crop
may not be very large. There is plen-
ty of moisture in the ground. The
ground works up we'll. Hundreds of
tractors are to be used and surpris-
ing amount of work will be done in
the next two or three weeks.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

There is an old saying that if you
want to get a thing done and done
well, get busy man to do it. DR..
E. F. Ladd is one of the busiest men
in North Dakota. He is president of
the agricultural college, head of the
chemistry department, pure food COM
missioner Of the state and president of
the Fargo school board. He is doing
all of his work with dispatch and it is
even believed that he could find time
to be governor, an Office to which he
does not aspire, but one to which his
friends have threatened to elect him.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
week
SECOND week
IN MAY
COMMITTEE SETS DATE FOR
WASHING MINOTS FACE-VA-
CANT LOTS AND PLOTS. WILL
BE BEAUTIFIED AND TAKEN
CARE OF.

The committee in charge of Clean
up Week has set the time for this an
nual event. The second week in May
was selected as it was thought that by
this time everything will be in good
condition and that some permanent
improvements can be made. -
The committee is working with the
railway companies with the end in
view that some grass plots will grace
the right of way along the two great
railway systems that pass through the
city. Assurances have been given
that active cooperation can be ex-
pected from both these lines of road.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
MOTHERS DAY

Mothers Day will be celebrated on
May IA. This has become one of the
most sacred occasions of the year:
Wear red flower for your mother
if living or a white one if she has
passed to her eternal rest. And if
your dear old mother is living, be
sure to write to her so that she will
receive the letter ere the sun of that
day rests. If you are one of those who
are so fortunate that you will be en-
abled to wear red flower on Moth
er's Day, thank the Almighty that she
who taught you your first little prayer
has been spared thruout all these
years to share your sorrows and Joys
And remember, at best, it will be but
a very few years until the red flower
will have to be exchanged for one Of
snowy white.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

they will also carry with them the
thought that our people are not too
busy to think of the beautiful and
good. $780,.
More detailed information will be
given out next week as to just how the
committee hopes to conduct Cleanup
Week, but in the meantime all proper
ty owners are asked to start their
plans for identifying their vacant lots,
and getting the rubbish taken care of.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

The city commission has called for
bids for publishing the proceedings Of
the city commission for-the ensuing
year, to be received at the May /
meeting. Considering that the price
of printing materials has advanced in
some cases 100 per cent, it is probable
that the successful bidder of a wear
ago will hardly be willing to make
the proposition of printing the pro-
ceedings for 80 per cent less than the
legal rate.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

The Mouse river has gone over her
banks only three times during the
past Is or 80 years, according to re-
cords, once in the spring of 1902,
again a little later in the spring in
1904 and at some points along the
river, the stream is now over its
banks. Some damage has been done
each time. The residents living along
the lower spots have been put to some
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

Anyway, the high water is washing
a million or so of tin cans and tons
Of refuse from the banks of the Muir
muring Mouse. 1t is not exactly the
right way to beautify the banks of
the ordinarily placid stream, but now
that it has been done, it is mighty
good time to enforce the law against
throwing refuse into the river without
fear or favor. Let's all show that we
have civic pride, which is nothing less
than common decency.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
Baccalaureate Exercises to be. Held
June 4.

Rev. p. w. Erickson, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, will deliver the
Baccalaureate address to the gradual
ing class of the Minot high school at
the opera house Sunday evening,
June 4. The graduating exercises will
be held at the opera house Friday
evening, June 9. The graduating ad-
dress will be delivered by Hon.. Tracy
Bangs of Grand Forks.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

Brother-in-law Enlisted With Allies.
Mrs. A. A. Quackenbush, wife of the.
proprietor of the Hand Laundry, left;
for Winnipeg Tuesday to see her
brother-in-law, who has enlisted in the
army, expecting to be sent to the
front soon. Altho he has wife and
five children, he feels that it is his
duty to risk his life in the terrible
conflict. .'..s
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

The organs did not do very we'll in
Nebraska this year. William Jennings
Bryan was defeated for delegate to
the national democratic convention,
and his brother, Chas. w., lost the
democratic nomination for governor.
The st. Louis convention with William
Jennings missing is apt to be rather
tame affair.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

The wheat acreage will be cut down
fully rs per cent thruout the north
west owing to the late spring and lit
tie fall blowing done. Wheat seeding
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

1t is generally believed that the
Nom Partisan League made mistake
when at it's Fargo convention it failed
to endorse John Steen for state treas
urer and w. c. Taylor for insurance
commissioner. These men are practi-
cally certain to be reelected, as they
are both highly able, honest officials.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

The A. s. Of E. will be reorganized
at Benedict.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-08-24
INsURING THE MORTGAGE.

No farmer who has mortgage can
AFFORD to let his family carry the risk
of losing whatshe has paid in case he
is taken away, says the Kansas Farm
er, and yet many are being compelled
to take this risk.
Let US take the case Of man thir-
ty years of age, who has bought a
farm worth $1,000 and who has paid
$4,000 on it and owes $4,000. The
holder of this mortgage would re-
auire the owner to carry fire insur-
ance upon the buildings on the farm.
But suppose he should say to the
owner: Il have decided that If you
should die your wife could not finish
paying the mortgage and l would be
to foreclose and turn her
and the children out. The posi-
bility of such a thing happening
should make any thoughtful man
shudder. But suppose the holder OF
the mortgage would say: Il would
not like to do this, so have decided
to make you a proposition. I will
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-08-24
CAPpER A VOTE GETTER.

The official returns from the recent
Kansas primary show that Governor
Capper has broken all records as a
vote-getter. Notwithstanding the to-
tai number of voters participating in
the primary this year was about 1000
less than two years ago, Governor
Capper received 1898 votes this
year as against 105,800 In 1914.
There was a noticeable falling off in
the Democratic vote for governor this
year Hodges had 1875 votes in the
primary of 1914, while the combined
vote of both Lansdon and Gaitskill
this year is only 47,432. Capper $
vote OF 1898 breaks all records. It
is the largest ever given any candi-
date in a Kansas primary for any Of
flee.
In many counties the governors
primary vote this year is much heay-
Ter than his vote at the election of
1914, which is compliment never be-
fore accorded to state candidate In
Sedgwick county, for example, Cover
nor Cappers vote of 3,773 at the cleo
ton of 1914 was increased to $3.50
at the recent primary. Douglas in
creased from 1894 to 3,7O3, and
Wyandotte from 5,019 to 5,916.
Two years ago Governor Capper
was high man on the Republican tick
ct by $4,000. This year he received
$4,000 more votes than any one else
on his own ticket and had three times
as many as the combined Democratic,
Socialist and Prohibition vote, all of
which indicates that Cappers salts
factory handling of the office Of gov
ernor has made him stronger than
ever with the people of Kansas. Gov
ernor Capper was elected two years
ago by the record-breaking majority
of $4,000. His fine showing in the
primary indicates that Charley Finch
may not have been so far off when he
predicted in the Lawrence Gazette the
other day that Governor Capper
would be reelected by 100000 major
itv
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-08-24

ate like ours, about which we often
hear people remark that 1.-THE air is
like wine intoxication may now in
crease alarmingly. There is little
danger, however, that the present
freedom of the air supply will indefi-
nitely continue. Chemists have dis
cerned its food-value. They long ago
bagged the air, and began turning it
into breakfast foods and even meat.
Germany, amping-ground Of syn
thetic chemistry, actually claims to
be winning the war on a diet of wind.
The day may, therefore, soon come
when Free Air" may cease to be an
inalenable right.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-08-24

gambling. Probably rs to so men
around a single game. A profession
al gambler will come on the reserva-
tion and announce his purpose In be-
ing there and will have a game in
progress in few minutes. The Off
GERS stand by powerless to act or pre-
vent. An officer of the state has
nothing to say whatever. Other ex-
amples which came to our attention
was the sale of cigarettes by small
boys openly and defiantly with no of
ficer vested with power to prevent it.
These are only some of the things
that go on in a military reservation.
which can and should be remedied
Many young man, though he has
had the best of training at home and
never had been in those habits, falls
when he is put in such surroundings
and acquires habits which he prob
ably never would have acquired had
he never been placed in such condit-
ions. Our government in taking men
for service should make conditions
such that they will be made better
men morally rather than subject them
to immoral surroundings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-08-24

make the interest 7 per cent instead
of per cent and will write into the
mortgage a clause providing that if
| you should die before it is paid off, i
will deed the place clear to your fam
| lily" Is there a mortal living man
who would not pay the added 1 per
cent for a guarantee of this kind :?
OF course no holder of mortgage
would make such a proposition, for
the chances of his having to make
good the guarantee are too great. But
life insurance policy in any good
old line company can and will carry
the risk for five or ten years for less
than / per cent.
There are thousands of cases in
this country where men are thought
lessly letting their loved ones take all
the chances that strew life's uncer-
tain pathway. This is largely be-
cause they do not understand what
life insurance policy will do for them.
Every man would carry life insur-
ance if he understood it. 1t is far
more necessary than fire insurance,
for a building destroyed can be re-
built, but life destroyed may mean
untold suffering to those who are left
unprovided for
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-08-24
NEEDS SOME REFORMING.

Manhattan Nationalist: In con.
nection with the incident at the Dor.
der on Monday in which a young mill
tiaman from Manhattan was injured
1t would seem that the government is
lax in the administration of the law
in allowing questionable resorts to
exist where a body of soldiers or any
other body OF men are stationed.
With no reflection upon young
Stanley, who stood up for the right.
stood up for his superior officers or
der in making the questionable
houses move, the thought of the gov
eminent allowing those places to OPP
crate and thrive at the hands OF the
soldiers is something which should
be taken up by the people and a
change demanded.
A military reservation is under
United States law and control. State
laws do not apply. AS an example in
our recent visit to Pawnee Flats, It
is a common sight to see large can
vas or blanket spread upon the
ground and punches of young men
soldiers and civilians. shooting
craps" or employed in other forms Of