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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
SIGNAL. CORPS IS: !.
IN need Of men
On the Hunt for Patriotic TeIeq.
raphers for Service in
the War.
TRAINING CAMP IS PLANNED
Former Operators Are Urged to Re.
turn to the Key to Release Eliqi.
bIes for Service with "the He.
roes Of the Army"

New York.-The United States GOV.
eminent has leased 3S1 acres of land
at Monmouth Park, near Long Branch,
N. j., to be used as q training camp for
the reserve battalions' of the signal
corps. This land has been acquired
because Of its adaptability for signal
corps work, involving all kinds of sig
mailing, telegraphy and maintenance Of
rapidly constructed lines of communi-
cation.
The quartermaster's department will
build large cantonment, consisting of
temporary barracks, kitchen, store
houses, and everything necessary to
promote the efficient training of the
battalions, several of which have al
ready been organized. .-..
The camp will be under the direct
supervision of Lieutenant Colonel
Hartmann, who will be assisted by 9th
er officers of the regular army. An in
tensive course Of instruction will be
given to both the officers and men of
the signal corps, preparing them for
service abroad in every phase Of mill
tary life necessary to perform their in
teresting work on the battlefield and
to keep up the traditions of the signal
corps. s...-.. e4r,-
Experienced Men Needed. .se.-
Only men with education and ex-
perience along signal corps lines, aside
from the special lines mentioned. and
cooks, horseshoers, farriers and me-
chanics are sought for this branch OF
service. -,.sns-s -.
Lieutenant Colonel Hartmann has
been given one Of the biggest tasks OF
the day in organizing this branch OF
the new national army. He needs some
5000 telegraphers-and he needs them
now. Telegraphers are scarce. .
The unusual number Of men required
cannot be taken from the commercial
and railroad forces without jeopardiz'
ing the prompt transmission OF gov
eminent business:
Men and women who manipulated
the key in former years-and they are
legion-are being induced to return to
the wire and release eligibles for serv-
Ice in the signal corps.
Brig. Gen. George o. Squier, present
chief signal officer. o. s: A.. Is the man
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
BY gibson GARDNER.

Washington, D. c., July IA lot
Of men will be excused from selectiye
service who are not included in the
exemptions covered by the rules just
announced. No rules will be an
nounced for these exemptions They
will come under policies to be COM
municated to the exemption boards by
the authorities in Washington. *
The farm worker must not be taken
from his plow, the munitions worker
from the munitions plant, the me-
chanic from the tractor factory, the
coal miner from his coal mine, the
textile blanket maker from the blan-
ket factory, the shoemaker from his
shoe machine, and so on through the
list of industrial activities necessary
to>a successful on-going of the war
: This has been the idea justifying
selective service as against the volun-
teer army system, yet none Of these
classes are covered by the so-called
class exemptions. The rules given
out provide that the mayor of your
city, your police force, your judges
and your ministers and priests and
your Quakers are excused from mill
tary service. This class excuse is also
extended to the husband and father of
a dependent family, whose income is
derived from his work of brain or
hand; the son of a dependent widow,
the son of aged, infirm and dependent
parents, the brother of dependent chill
dren under 16 years of age.
This exempting business can't all be
done by rules. The war department
is going to try to get some human in
telligence into the heads Of the ex-
empting boards without making gen
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u. s. To- Use INTELLIGENCE IN
EXEMPTION LISTS, NO. HARD i; /.
AND FAST RULES FOR WORKERS

/ eral rulings orjissuing blanket instruc-
tons. The most valuable. work of the
exemption boards is to be in the APP
plication of ordinary common sense to
every set of facts. brought before
them. There are million cases that
cannot be covered by rules.
For instance, in the coal fields Of
West Virginia are 5000 coal miners
on the registration lists. Everyone
OF those 5000 ought to be excused
from military service and permitted
to 60 on mining coal, ~ 4
Secretary of War Baker knows this
and would admit it, but probably will
not make any hard and fast rule that
coal miners must be exempted.
This is to permit some local ex-
emption board to send to the
trenches some young chap who is
nominaIiy miner, but who is liv'
ing on the wages Of his parents
and hanging around the saloon
and pool room. H. It. y
The exemption boards will find it
easy to send young lawyers, surplus
newspaper reporters, insurance agents,
book agents, barkeepers, dentists, doc
tors, husky young bank clerks and
particularly the promising and unoc.
cupied sons of the rich. -. 49,
In case any man thinks he has been
unjustly treated in not being excused,
he can take his appeal to the district
appeal board. On the other hand, if
some young chap who obviously ought
to go into the service is excused as a
result of political influence,\ the de-
partment has ordered the Judge advo-
cate general to take up such cases
with the appellate board and see that
the man is placed in the army. E% :
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Not since the flood itself has human
ity faced the woe that hangs like
pail over the earth today. The moth
ers of all nations are asking, with
streaming eyes and breaking hearts,
as they send their sons into the weller
Of world-war; ITO what end, o God?"
So must the mother Of him who died on
the cross have questioned, in the bit
terness of her soul, as she looked up
ward past the dying Christ, to the
darkening skies of Calvary. And as
Mary knew, even in her suffering, that
back of that darkness shone the great
est light humanity has ever known, so
the mothers of today know that back
Of their supreme sacrifice shines, the
glory and Joy of w0rld-freedom.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
300 TELEPHONE COMPANY
isLACKERS;IN THE STATE

Three hundred North Dakota tele.
phone companies have failed to file
the annual report required by law,
State Auditor Kositzky stated today,
indicating that this omission is inten.
tional, indicating an effort upon the
part of these companies to evade tax
alton, as he claims they have done in
the past. He also announces that he
expects to collect from each of the
companies the specified fine of not
less than $50 nor more than $500, and
that he will seek to make the penalty
as heavy as possible.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
LEAGUE CANDIDATE TAKES
ALl but Two COUNTIES
CONTINUED from page one1

Continued from page one1
date such as the late Henry T. Hedge
sen, who was not believed to be fac
ing very keen competition, can poll
20,7O9, the party in a campaign as
hard fought as that which closed yes
terday should, had an appeal been
made which really touched the party,
have polled total at least 5000 more
than that indicated for Eurtness.
And the democrats, with their best
opportunity to elect candidate in
the, history of the First district, and
with an old pole-horse like Bangs for
their leader, would seem to have
overlooked a large. number Of bets
when they allowed his vote to dwin'
die in few months from 1926 to a
total which apparently will be under
5000.
Will Be Contest.
There is little question that Burt
ness will contest the election of Baer
on the grounds of Irregularities in the
issuance of Governor Fraziers call
for the special election. ..s'
The constitution gives the governor
the right to call a special election.
1t does not ascribe to him the power
to dictate the method in which nom
nations for such elections shall be
made On the fallacious advice of At
torney General LANCER, the governor
took unto$himself this power, and in
so doing deprived all of the old par
ties of their statutory right to nom
mate candidates by delegate conven-
ton and to place these candidates on
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
RAILWAY COMPANY PLANS
TO BUILD FARMERS LINE

The long discussed Dickinson-Le-
for-Leipzig railway seems nearer real
ization today with the incorporation
for 100000 of the Dickinson-Lefor
Construction company of Lefor.
Among the prominent men who are
named in the articles of Incorporation
are Adam A. Lefor and Nick A. Lefor
of Lefor and w. J. Mozeley and Carl
Rieman of Dickinson. The company
plans to build line southeast from
Dickinson through Stark, Hettlnger
and Grant counties, to New Leipzig,
connecting at Dickinson with the
main line of the Northern Pacific and
at New Leipzig with branches of the
Northern Pacific and the st. Paul
system. The railway would serve a
very, rich country. whose nearest rail
communications now are 20 miles dis.
tant.
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COM MISSIONS ISSUED,

Governor Frazier this afternoon is
sued commissions as follows: George
Crawford, to be captain; Frederick }.
Seeba, to be first lieutenant and Fred
e. Anderson. to be second lieutenant,
Co. Fl. Second regiment, assigned to
Harvey; Reginald f. E. Colley, to be
captain Co. B, First regiment, Fargo;
Ferris E. Cordner, to be second lieu
tenant, Bismarck company, Second
regiment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
CITY NEWS

Is Very iII-Miss Margaret McCon
key, compelled several months ago to
give up her school in Minnesota, still
is confined to her home in this city
by nervous breakdown. .,.
Visiting in City-Mrs. Charles e.
Hunt and two small daughters OF
Fort Lincoln are visiting at the home
of Mrs. J. G. Moore on Fifth street
for. two days, while Major Hunt is at
Fort Smelling on official business.
Writing Officers-A F. -McLane OF
Minot, writing life insurance policy
especially covering officers in mill
tary service, is in Bismarck, confer
ring with the staff of the First and
Second regiments.
Home saturday-Donald McPhee
chief clerk in the state auditors OF
fee, is expected home Saturday from
Ontario, where he has spent two
weeks vacation in the community
where he was born.
Eaan in Hospital-Thomas Egan,
janitor at the Will school, has enter
ed Bismarck hospital to undergo
treatment for a general breakdown
While he is off his work will be cared
for by Janitors Roberts and Couch OF
the other city schools, in order that
Mr.. Egan may suffer no salary loss.
Enjoyable Visit-Mrs. Max kupitz
has returned from Woodwork, where
she visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Anderson and at the
Charles kupitz summer cottage on
Lake Geitmyr, one of North Dakota S
beauty spots. Mrs. Kupitz motored
home last evening, reporting that
Charles Kupitz, whose health has
been poor for some time, is showing
a marked improvement.
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lambs at $7.00M15.50; wethers, $500
m9.75, and ewes at $5.00M9.00.
CHICAGO.

HOGs-Receipts, $4,000, slow to sc
above yesterdays average; bulk
s14.50@15.5O; light, $1400@14.40;
mixed, $145O@l465; heavy, $4,000
1870: rough, $l4.25@14.40; pigs, $1O75
@13.95.
CATTLE--Receipts. 10000, strong
native beef steers, $3.4O@1S00; stock
ers and feeders, $G.30@9.50; COWS and
heifers, $5.4o@119o; calves, 10000
1900.
SHEEP Il Receipts, $4,000, weak;
wethers, $7.SO@11.00; lambs, $4,000
1900.
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Wanted the Items.

Dorothy Ito tho grocer)-"Mamma
says she can't owe you S27 for the
month, ard will you please send her
macadamized bill."-Boston Trans
cript.
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he ballot in the regular party col

the ballot IN the regular party col
umn. - \
On this ground it is reported today
on good authority that contest pro-
ceedings will Immediately be inaug-
urated, and that John M. Baer will
not claim his seat in congress with
out struggle. 70.
Partial Returns.
Incomplete returns as tabulated this
morning follow:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11
PEACHES AND CREAM

DO you use enough milk and this warm weather?
Milk is one of the best and cheapest foods possible
to buy.
So easily used. Has SO much more strength giving
qualities than most foods
Ripe Peaches, per dozen ooc
Cream rich, sweet per IL pint .........'...... LUG
Strawberries and cream
Luscious western berries last of the season. you want
any for preserves jellies this is your opportunity
Strawberries and for dessert or for breakfast
What dish.
Rich sweet milk for making your dough for shortcake
and dressing of milk makes the children Wild with
delight and the grown ups satisfied that life is worth
living
Strawberries per boz, &c., per crate SaVo
JELL-O America most famous dessert, Peach Delight
Strawberry Raspberry Cherry, or Lemon havors
JELL-o with favorite fruit flavor, covered with rich
cream oh what dish of hot evening.
JELLO, per package LUG
Pure sweet clean milk, per quart LUG
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CATTLE MARKETS
ST, PAUL.

ST. PAUL.
HOGS-Receipts, $500, steady TO
1Oc lower; range, $1i.OO015.0o; bulk
$14.40@14.50.
CATTLE-Receipts, 200; killers,
steady; steers, s60oM 1900; cows and
heifers, $7.OO@1O25; calves, s5.5o@
1925: stockers, and feeders, steady,
$5.0O@S.25.
SHEEP-Receipts, 800, steady, with
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-11

In the pronunciation key, straight lines over
the letters, A. and u, denote the long sound, as in
hate and "dUde' curved lines these letters
Indicate the short sound in "cAt and Out
two dots over the U indicate sound somewhat
similar to the German 'ue," which Americans may
kN2 approach by trying to pronounce long U and long
e at the time
s Cut and paste them in your notebook
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What haze you
You don't need

Around the store, or
around the house there are,
perhaps, any number of art
icles you have discarded
articles perfectly good, tho
replaced by new.
Some one has use for them
and would buy them if they
knew~where they were.
The Biggest little Sales
man and messenger in Bis
marck is a classified ad in
the columns of the Tribune
it delivers your message to
thousands and works over
time in your behalf. ,-.s
Look around-see what
you have you don't need.
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English phrase the first ne the
and pronunciation in the third
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Totals. $500 1896 1888 3s9 SAB
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Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED
 EXCESSIVE SPENDING

PHOENIX, Jan. 11-Following closely on the heels of an adverse ac- ton by the supervisors. as to Sheriff wilkey's authority to appoint officers to attend the proceedings of the su- perior court as baliffs comes threat ened proceedings against him on ac- count of an allegation that he ex- ceeded the $20O limit allowed by law for candidates for sheriff to spend prior to the primary election.
 The complainant in case when it is filed. will be H. F. Dillman who has already engaged the services of Attorney Thomas P. Walton to in stitute the court proceedings. Mir. Dillman also claims that Wilkey had made prediction promises of deputy ships under him which Is contrary to law.
 He says that Wilkey called on him and asked him to work for his nomin- ation for sheriff. and offered to pay his expenses while so engaged and also that wilkey made several prom ises to workers to reward them with places in the office in case of his cleo ton.
 He says that he was first approach. ed as far back as last March and that he was paid s2O at the time and had received further advances later.
 In case he succeeds in making good his charges it will lay the sheriff lia. ble to answer custer proceedings though this action is not contemplat. ed in the proposed proceedings at present.
 The law provides that a candidate exceeding the above limit disqualifies himself from becoming a candidate and in case of his election, where 1t is proven. makes him liable to dismissal 1 MT. Walton admits that he has been engaged by Dillman to institute an action on the above grounds and expects to file it within a few days.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
NO COURT UNTIL MONOAY-JURV Excuseo

The entire jury panel which has been on duty hearing civil cases In the superior court since Monday were excused this morning by Judge O'Con- nor until next Monday. the cases which had been set for hearing the balance of the week having been dis posed Of out of court. the litigants having paid all costs. according to . ruling of the court. Judge O'Connor returned to his home in Nogales shcrt- ly after adjournment of court and Judge Lockwood. who has sufficiently recovered to be in court again. will occupy the bench next Monday. To norrow. Judge Lockwood will dispose # the balance of probate and c,vil- lon jury cases awaiting disposal. and by Saturday the docket will again be feared of accumulated matter. The
 ury will report for duty Monday morning at o'clock.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
DYNAMITE BLAST FATAL TO MINER

KINGMAN, Ariz, Jan. 11--A sur prise was sprung here today at the coroner's inquest of the death of Win cent Ballard, who was found blown to pieces by dynamite here several days ago, when the jury returned verdict duplicating one Floyd Smith. charg- ing him with the n,drder. t Is al- legged that Smith had had an aiterca- ton with Vincent several days pre- vious and ordered him of some ground owned by him (Smith). Two days afterward Vincent's body was found blown to pieces, when his sister went to deliver his lunch to the min ing claim where he was working. The jury found that the murdered mad at first been shot with a shotgun and his body blown to pieces afterwari with dynamite.
 It is thought that the slugs with which Ballard was shot were c2 bull. lets taken from their shells and re- loaded into . shotgun shell. and as a great quantity of both of these shells were found in Smiths camp. this will likely be one of the strongest bits of evidence against him. This particu. lar point, together with the fact that the trailers tracked Smith from his camp to the place where the body was found, will be one of the main points in his prosecution.
 Smith, in his testimony before the jury, admitted the ownership of some shoes taken from his camp by Sheriff Cohenour after the murder. The fur. ther fact that these same shoes have some very decided and distinctive marks on the bottoms of them vas brought out and will be brought against him at his trial.
 The inquiry yesterday brought out damaging character evidence against Smith from people of the Secret Pasa section.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
NEED OF iNcREAsEo
 WATER SUPPLY FEAT

In astudy of the cattle ranges throughout the state of Arizona, the water supply will not permit the ranges to be stocked to their maxi mum carrying capacity. Cattle are required in many cases. to travel miles for water which not only tram ples the grass under foot but takes the time an energy of the cattle when it should be used in gathering grass. browse or other food for the main 'tenance of the body. The ranges of Arizona are not overstocked. Large areas are made practically worthless for grazing purposes by the absence of water.
 With a growing demand and the in creased price for range cattle. 1t is becoming necessary that the grazing lands be stocked to their maximum carrying capacity. and this cannot possibly be obtained until an increase in the number of watering places Is provided. It does not matter how fine the grass and forage may be cat tie will not thrive unless they have plenty of accessible drinking water.
 Several things must be taken into consideration in the locating of the watering places: that is, the charac- ter of the range over which the stock is compelled to travel to reach water. whether 1t be mountainous or level, rocky or timbered. In mountainous Or rocky districts. stock should not be made to travel to exceed one-half to two miles for water. while on level ranges they may go as far as three miles. Of course. when compelled to do so. they will travel much farth CT than this. but when they are com pelled to exceed these distances. they are likely to enter the winter season in very poor flesh.
 Stockmen throughout the state are giving attention to greater and better l 1Ar zF NhA supply. Many windmills are being used with drilled or dug wells, and in connection with this there are res ervoirs large enough to support from 300 to 800 head per day. Some ol these windmills range in depth to 50( feet and the cost of drilling ranges from s1 to g per running foot: the casing from 50 cents to q 50 per run ming foot and the windmill. with cy finder, pipe, tower, etc., costs shou' s125 to $500. making the we'll com .plete cost from $500 to 5000. wher taken into consideration the increas ing number of cattle that can be carried on a range which is properly wateret and the increase in price of cattle the decrease in death rate. therefore the supply of water is one of the bes investments which the stockman car make.-G. w. Barnes. livestock spe cialist, extension service.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
INSANE PATIENTS COMMITTED

Two insane persons were given a bearing before Judge Lockwood in the Superior Court this morning and the lunacy board. and committed to the asylum at Phoenix.
 The first. R. E. Simpson of Bisbee. believes that some one is trying to kill him. and that he was taken out of his house by a large number of men to be killed He also believes that there is someone near him all the time singing religious songs and talks incoherrently. He was committed to the asylum just two years ago from this county and was released as cured.
 Vincent J. Shearer, the second pa 'ient examined had threatened to kill his wife and her brother, and accuses them of serious offenses He says they have stolen some clothes from him which they are wearing. and be coming violent at times throws ot- jects about the house endangering the lives of those present.
 The two patients committed make four now in the custody of the sher. iff's office, the other two being Charles Grant, a negro. and Thomas Ribbons, who was committed for threatening government officials. They will be taken up tomorrow by the sherifrs of. flee.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-14
SUDAN GRASS IS
 URGED BY EXPERT

OnoGO or 6NVGHl
 Sudan grass has been successfully grown on all of our station farms this past year. Two of these farms were dry farming. one situated in the northern part of the state at an altitude of 5000 feet, another one in he lower plateau region in the south eastern part of the state. at an alti- tude of 1000 feet. On both of these dry farms the Sudan seed can be sown as early in spring as the late frosts will permit. and will mature into a good hay crop for the first cut ing in about 75 days. We can ma ture it for seed in these regions from loo to 115 days. In the irrigated sections of the state Sudan can be sown from March to the first of Au. gust and mature a seed crop.
 We made one planting in the Salt River valley on the 18th of August, and obtained 3.3 ton cutting of ex- cellent hay on the 26th of October. There is no question about the adap tability of this crop to Arizona con ditions. It is meeting with particu- lar favor as a forage crop in the dry agronomist. University of Arizona.