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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. g.

Bismarck, N. D., Dec. g.
That certain newspapers of the
state and nation are detrimen-
tai to the cause of the war in
the publication Of libelous arti-
cles tending to discredit the 10y
atty of the people of North Da-
kota was expressed in a resolu-
ton unanimously adopted at a
meeting Of the executive COM
mittee Of the State Council of
Defense at Bismarck today. In
a discussion which preceded the
adoption of the resolution arti-
cles published in certain newspa-
pers in the state were character
lied as libelous and traitorous by
members of the council.
Particular attention was call
ed to an article appearing in an
afternoon Fargo paper copied
from a ST. Paul paper and orig
inally printed in New York in
which charges were made that
the administration and people of
North Dakota were disloyal to
the cause of the war.
The resolution as adopted
reads:
"Whereas, there has been
many libelous newspaper articles
published which tend to discred-
it the loyalty of the people of
North Dakota, and,
"Whereas, there is no state in
which the sentiment is
more loyal and which has Civ
en- more freely of her men and
money to assist in our war for
democracy of the world as the
record of our army and navy en-
listments and patriotic funds
show.
Wherefore, be it resolved that
such false and libelous articles
are detrimental to the cause of
the war and tend to discourage
enlistment.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Camp Dodge, Iowa, December

Camp Dodge, Iowa, December
II, 1917.-Camp Dodge is-com-
pleted. It required 5,967 men
1875 days to do the work. It
took 5, GIG cars of building ma
terials to construct the 5000
buildings. There are accommo-
dations for 50,280. men. The
completed cantonment covers T.
600 acres of land. The state of
Iowa owns part of this ground
and the government owns a few
hundred acres, but the greater
part of it is leased from the
farmers who receive $14 an acre
yearly rental. In addition to the
land used for buildings must be
added 1000 acres more that are
used for the artillery range.
This fan-shaped piece of ground
extends five miles northwest of
the cantonment proper. Farmers
have all moved out of their hon.
es and soon three-inch shells,
explosives of various designs
and trench warfare will make it
dangerous for trespassers. The
remount covers IS acres of land
and affords accommodations for
IS, 900 horses and mules. The
base hospital comprises 80
buildings and covers As acres Of
land. There are IL warehouses,
60x160 feet in dimensions, with
a carrying capacity Of 500 lbs.
to the square foot; five ordnance
warehouses and an incenerator
that will burn Is tons of gar
bage per hour; and a bakery that
will bake 10000 loaves of bread
per day. It is a finished city.
It's main street is nearly five
miles long and most Of it is paw
ed. Parallel highways or streets
have been graded and given a
top dressing Of either gravel or
oil. Paved cross-streets make
over eight miles of concrete paw
ing. There are 80 miles of sew
er, 80 miles of water pipe line,
= telephone system and electric
lighting system. It will require
3,5OO,OOO gallons Of water to
run the camp q day and an aver
age Of 800 kilowatts Of electric.
~ will b required to light T.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

If the farmers war profits have
increased in the same ratio as
the munition makers war profits
and assuming that the Agricul-
tural College of North Dakota
and the Department of Agricu)-
ture at Washington are the best
authorities in the United States
on return to investments in farm
lands, a division of farmers war
profits to infinity will have to be
made to discover what the nor
NAL or pro-war profits must have
been. If in North Dakota he re-
ceived 5 per cent upon his invest
ment and a labor return for him.
self and family of $292.35 and
this is an increase over his nor
NAL profits of from ATS to 1850
per cent as in the case of the
munition makers noted above,
it will take the imagination of a
gifted genious to even imagine
what his pro-war profits must
have been.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

Dupont Powder~-. $82, 170,693
u. S. Steel Cor. ~...272,531,73O
Central Leather ..15,643,202
Cuban Sugar -- 8,275,162
Take again the percentage of
increase in the earnings of sew
eral of the large munitlon MAX
ers above pre-war normal profits.
Per Cent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30

charges and practices of the Farming
ton Village Corporation are unreason-
able and unjustly discriminatory. The
compliments in their petition state;
The rates and charges are unrea-
sonable and unjust, for the reason that.
from the official reports of the corpor-
alton, a substantial reduction in rates
and charges. might and should be
made.
THAT the methods and practices Of
said corporation are unreasonable and
unjustly discriminatory, for the reason
that they have refused to reduce the
water rates, and have failed, neglected
and refused to keep separate and dis
tinct the water department from the
ordinary department of the municipal
ity, but on the contrary, have for some
years and still continue so to do, ap-
propriated and converted the funds Of
the water department, to and for the
purposes Of carrying on and maintain
ing their municipal government. the
payment of its officials, the expenses Of
its fire company. and maintenance Of
its fire department, police de-
partment. lighting and sprinkling
streets. and all other expenses. in
Guiding band concerts. having ceased to
assess any tax for municipal purposes,
all of the above expenses not being le-
climate charges against the water de-
partment.
Water is also being furnished Farm
ington Village Corporation for fire pro-
lection and other municipal purposes,
free Of charge, while certain sections
outside the limits Of said corporation
III, 70,
hydrant rental.
This is unreasonable and unjustly
discriminatory for numerous reasons,
first, because everyone who buys water
contributes to the fund from which the
Pennington Village Corporation pays
all its municipal expenses. whether
they are residents of the corporation or
not. and whether or not they desire
any benefit from the expenditure of
said funds.
1T is unjust and discriminatory to
the residents Of the Pennington Village
Corporation as we'll, for the reason that
there is a large amount of taxable
property in the business section of the
corporation, as we'll as some private
residences, which have other water
supply, and buy no water from said
corporation, therefore do not contribute
anything towards the municipal ex-
penses, yet enjoy all the benefits and
privileges thereof.
THAT the limits of Pennington Viii
lage Corporation have not been
charged since it was originally incor-
porated 81 years ago, and that there is
n large and growing section of Farm
ington Village which is outside the
limits Of the corporation. yet is a part
of the same village, and that the meth
DDS, acts and practices of the Farming
ton Village Corporation, are especially
unjust and discriminatory. and work
great injustice to the residents Of this
part Of Pennington Village"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
Thinking About Eating
milwaukee JournaD


Eating is important to everyone. II
is a matter that calls for thought. for
eating anything and everything with
out thought is certain to breed disease.
Good health is necessary to our happi
ness, and health depends largely on the
food we eat, its quality and quantity,
and the regularity of our meals. Quail
ity includes the cooking. There are
some who, as the Scotch say. dig their
graves with their teeth" Louis Cor
ano, some hundreds of years ago wrote
discourses on how to acquire and keen
good health. The chief thing, accord
ing to Corano. was to eat simple foods.
in moderation and lead temperate,
life. His theories are quite as good
today as in his time Cicero said. Eat
to live. not live to cat" William Penn
gave this advice: Always rise from
the table with an appetite and you will
never sit down without one" over
eating. eating without regard to diges-
ton is the cause of a large proportion
of our s!cknesses. Gluttony kills more
men than the sword. Who minds his
stomach will soon mind little else
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
THIS BOY BOOSTS
FOOD PRODUCTION

WaShingtOn.-lntO the hands of an
eightrenyea rold boy has been placed
the details Of moblizing 100000 boys
Of America to grow food for the Allies.
His name is George w. Ellis, and he
says that if it ISIS necessary he and his
associates will plough up the lawn Of
the White House to grw potatoes
Ellis is Assistant National Director
Of the Boys Working Reserve Of the
United States, volunteer organiza-
ton of war workers enrolled under
the auspices Of the Department of
Labor. The idea was originated and
developed by William. Edward Hall.
wealthy New York attorney, who is
doing his bit" by mobilizins the
boys OF the country between the ages
Of fifteen and nineteen.
Hall and Ellis receive only nominal
salaries. as their work is purely
voluntary. though Government sane
toned, According to the present plan,
every boy in the United States be-
tween fifteen and nineteen who is
physically capable of the work and
who can gain the consent Of his par
ents. will be enrolled in a gigantic food
army. These boys will be gathered
from the cities, and already the plan
has been laid before the District Of
Columbia Board of Education and ap-
proved.
The boys who will enroll under this
plan will be assigned to assist farmers
in nearby country districts. The
schoolboys who volunteer their SER
vices in Washington will be sent to
work on farms throughout Maryland
and Virginia. These boys will be
given full credit for their patriotic
service by the school authorities, who
will not permit time lost from their
studies through their work to count
against them. The whole idea is
based on the principle that boy from
fifteen TO nineteen years will release a
farm boy of military age for the army
"Piant! Plant! Plant!
This youngster Ellis. who Is the
assistant national director OF the
whole system, is something Of prod
igy. He deserted his stenogra pher-
she also draws n Government salary
long enough to tell the world some
thing of the task that confronts those
who are engineering this plan.
do YOU know" said this boy Of
eighteen, with the smooth, official
manner Of thirty-five, that there's
not enough food in the United States
to feed the country until next fall if
the supply we're suddenly cut off Do
YOU know that the boys of this coun-
try have got to get out and serve or
LET the girls ofsAmcrica dc it?
II could show you some statistics
about the food situation in this coun-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
Spreading Los Angeles
minneapolis JournaD


Los Angeles is the largest CITY in
the United States. Some one will
doubtless arise to controvert this
statement by a show of figures. But
the fact remains that Los Angeles is
the largest city-in the matter of area.
Through recent annexation the City of
the Angels now includes a territory Of
1892 square miles, against 314.75 for
New York. 1913 for Chicago. 1o9 for
Philadelphia and 1929 for Minnea polls.
The haste of the suburbs of Los An
geles to get in under the city limits
where the taxing, is good, is due to the
desire to get the city's water. Water
IN California is liquid happiness and
Los Angeles has recently completed a
S23.0oo.0o0 aqueduct that brings the
best of water from the mountains.
The city is not permitted by the laws
to sell water outside of the limits,
hence the desire of the outlying dis
tricts to get in. This 1892 miles Of
area in Los Angeles helps to explain
the $4,000 population now claimed for
the city. AS long as the water and the
climate hold out, these figures will
continue to grow, till the saturation
point comes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
Docfors Stand Amazed at Power
of Bon Optic to Make Weak Eyes
Strong---According to DR.. Lewis
Guaranteed to Strengthen Eyesight 500
In One Weeks Time in Many Instance,

able time and multituda morn will H.
able to strengthen theis eyes so as to h
spared the trouble and expense Of s,s,
getting glasses. Eye troubles of m,.,
descriptions may be wonderfully beneSss;
by the use of this prescription. Go to An,
active drug store and get bottle of Ron
OPTIC tablets. Drop one Bon Opto tahI.,
in a fourth of a glass of water and i,
il dissolve. With this liquid batbe u.
ewes two to four times daily. You sbonH
notice your eyes clear up perceptibly risS,
from the start and inflammation and rsS:
ness will quickly disappear. If your eva,
bother you even little it is your duty ~
take steps to save them now before !,
is too late. Many hopelessly blind mi,t.
have saved their sight ifithey had casa;
for their eyes in time.
Note: Another prominent Physician to rh,..
the above article was submitted. said: w.
the Bon Optic prescription is truly a wond.rmi
eve remedy. Its constituent ingredients are well
known to eminent eye specialists and widely
prescribed by them. | have used it very src
cessfully in my own practice on patients who's.
eyes were strained through overwork or uisst
glasses I can highly recommend it In case 3;
weak, watery. aching, smarting, itching bun
ing eyes. red lids. blurred vision or for eyes II.
famed from exposure to smoke. sun. dust 4,
feel should be kept on hand for regular use !,
almost every family" Bon Optic, referred "a
above, is not patent medicine or secre.
remedy. 1t is an ethical preparation the for
mula being printed on the package. The man.
ufacturers guarantee it to strengthen eyesish.
50 per cent in one weeks time in many instans.,,
or refund the money. 1t can be obtained from
any good druggist and is sold in this city BY
I.iggett's. Riker-Jaynes. Bowditch-Wcb.
ster Co. and others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
ACCIDENT HEARINGS
FOR THIS week

The Industrial Accident Commission
has four hearings set for Thursday,
June 6. at the municipal court room
at Lewiston, as follows:
Joseph Lablonde. injured Sept. 70,
1916. VS.. Continental Mills and Am
erican Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany Hearing scheduled for 1880 A..
NJ. Point at issue average weekly
wage of an injured employee, where
said employee had worked in the same
employment during the year preceding
the accident but has had one or more
raises in pay during the year.
Ernest Currier. injured January 3.
1917. VS.. Bates Mfg. Company. and
American Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany. Hearing scheduled for 11.30 A.
NJ. Question at issue, allowance of
medical bills and compensation for
loss of time as the result of an acct
dent that arose out of and in the
course of his employment.
Louis Dutil, injured February Z,
1917, VS.. Androscoggin Mills and Am
erican Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany. Hearing scheduled for 2.30 P.
M. Question at issue, compensation
for loss of time as the result of an
accident that arose out of and In the
course of his employment.
Mary Trepanier. injured March IA,
1917. VS.. Bates Mfg. Company and
American Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany. Hearing scheduled for 4.30 P.
NJ. Question. additional compensati ton.
The Industrial Accident Commission
has one other hearing scheduled for
that tho of
Olan Pierce VS.. Marston & Brooks
Company of Hallowell and the En-
ployers' Liability Assurance Company,
which is scheduled for Friday. June l.
at $50 A. NJ. at the assessors Office
at Hallowell. The point at issue is
whether the claimant is entitled to
partial compensation in addition to to-
tai compensation already received.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
A WATERVILLE
CORPORATION

The attorney generals Office has
granted a certificate of approval to
the articles of organization of the G.
S. Flood Co. organized at Waterville
to deal in coal, coke, charcoal, wood.
lumber, cement, hay, straw. drain pipe
and sewer pipe, and to manufacture
wood and lumber; also for the cutting
and storing Of ice and milling of grain.
The capital stock is fixed at $4,000,
all common, and all paid in. The par
value Of shares is 500 and the number
of shares subscribed 500. The officers
are: president. Charles A. Flood
treasurer, Alpheus w. Flood; clerk,
Exerine l.. Flood; directors, the above
and Jennie E. Flood, all Of Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
Condensed His Report
(Tidioute News

William Bookhammer, p. R.tR. sta
ton agent, tells the following story
which should take a prominent place
along with other stories concerning
brevty. The story: Pat Garvey.
section foreman at Trunkeyville. was
formerly in the habit of sending long
and detailed reports to the supervisor.
Oftentimes his daily report would con-
tain three or four pages. The super
visor became weary of wading through
mass of detail and ordered Garvey
to boil" his reports down. You
aren't writing love letters" was the
supervisors rebuke, but railroad re-
ports" Soon after this ultimatum was
received by Garvey, the memorable
cloudburst and flood occurred at Trun-
keyville. This is the laconic report
that Garvey sent in: The river is
where the railroad was"
He Didn' tknow
(Judge)
rs that young lady l saw you with
the other DAY your wife or sister,"
Err haven't asked her yet"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30

probable that no great difficulty would
be experienced in combining towns In
such a way that the additional number
of unions required to include all towns,
cities and plantations would not be eX-
cessive.
One very important phase of the
situation as it now exists is that rela-
tive to the inability Of a considerable
number of towns which. having voted
in favor of joining a union with other
towns. are so situated that it has been
impossible for them to secure admis-
sion and they have, therefore, been
barred from the benefits of such an ar
rangement. 1t is manifestly unjust that
the location of a town with reference
to other towns should make it impos-
sible to secure admission to a union.
Three cases have existed in past years.
but never in sufficient numbers to seri-
ously menace the effectiveness Of the
system as whole"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
New Organizations OF
Large Capitalization

mess of construction and operation of
ships constructed of wood. steel and
other materials. The corporation is
capitalized at se,5o0,o0o. all common,
nothing paid in. Par value of shares
is fixed at SO. The officers are: Pres
ident, T. L. Crotcau of Portland: treas
urer. a. b. Farnham of Portland;
clerk, James E. Manter of South Port
land; directors, T. l.. Croteau, A. b.
Farnham and George S. Soule, all OF
Portland.
North Shore Fisheries Company, or
ganized at Machias, organized to en-
gage in fishing for food fish by seines,
nets, weirs, traps and pounds. The
capital stock is fixed at s1,000.O0O, of
which 100000 is common and like
amount preferred. The officers are;
President A. l. Babb; clerk and treas
urer, A. D. McFall: directors. the
above and James Mcdonald, all of
Machias.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
STATE OF MAINE.

h t.NNEBEC, SIS.
Taken on execution wherein Clarence
NJ. Day Of Gardiner. kennehec County
and State of Maine. is Plaintiff and
Margaret +. Hamilton of said Gardner
is Defendant and will he sold at public
auction on the second day of July 1911,
| at ten GO o'clock in the forenoon at no
Office of Charles Al Knight. 19l Water
| Street in said Gardiner. all the right N
equity which the said Margaret f. HANK
ton has or bad on the 24th day Of October
1916, when the same was attached on Inc
original writ to redeem the following DE-
scribed mortgaged real estate situated
in Gardiner, said County. to wit;
A certain lot or parcel of land with
brick block thereon. containing. t",,
stores. situated on the westerly side Q.
Water Street in said Gardner, anI
bounded on the south by the land occU'
pied by the old Gardiner National Ban
building, on the west by a line parable.
with the westerly end Of the brick wal
o 1.-THE block herein conveyed and tWeft?.
two t22) feet distant therefrom; on tne
north by the block formerlv owned Py
i. X. Foyc; said lot of land iii the rear
OF the block being conveyed. and eXtenu.
ing back said twenty-five feet being 'e
full width of said block. Also a right ..
way to the rear OF the premises here"
conveyed.
Also certain lot or parcel Of land 81;
uatcd in said Gardiner and in the rear "
the premises conveyed by Henry Il. saw,
yer to Clarence NJ Day by deed datea
September 23. 1893. and bounded as ioI
lows. to wit: On the north by land i~
merly of J, *. Foye; east by land aho~
desCribcr; south by pasdgeway lo
merI. owned by Henry Il. SAWYER am
Wcst by land formerly of Henry f. saw,
Yer; said Lot being twenty-five 22) re-.
long north and south and eighteen ~
feet long east and west together with th'
buildings thereon.
n TO ic S,,l !cct n
given by said Margaret f. Hamilton
said Clarence NJ. Day, recorded in heH
nebec County Registry of Deeds. Boon ,,,
i5S, Page 81, on which is said to he uS
about $500.
Dated at Gardiner, Maine. this 18th Ga
of May, 1871.
ARTHUR e. ROBINSON.
mayao fri.3t Deputy SHERIFF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
Fish and Game Protection
(Ft. Wayne SentineD

IT Z. NdyHe SentlneT
Something like a score of fish, game
and bird protective associations have
been organized in Indiana within the
last few weeks under the auspices Of
the Indiana fish and game commission.
and there is the report of splendid CO.
operation by farmers, deputy game
wardens and others for the protection
of native wild animals and the preser-
walton birds that destroy the insect
pests. 1t is probable that fish and
game laws in Indiana were never so
we'll enforced as at the present time.
There are still occasional infractions.
Of course. but the activity of the game
wardens and the changed public atti-
tude which now seeks to help rather
than hinder in this work is showing
most excellent results.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30
SHIPBUILDING


Further evidence of the increased
activity in shipbuilding in Waldo
county was afforded when the attorn-
ey generals office Tuesday granted a
certificate of approval to the Stockton
Yard, Inc, the second shipbuilding
corporation to be organized from that
section within a short time.
The Stockton Yards. Inc, was or
ganized at Belfast to build, own, buy
and sell wooden vessels and steel ships
and vessels. The corporation is CAPT
talized at 100000, all common. The
officers Of the corporation are: presi-
dent, Herbert L. Hopkins, Stockton
Springs; treasurer. Charles y. Taylor
Wellesley, Mass; clerk, Lincoln A.
Gardner, Stockton Springs; directors,
the above and William II. Morris, of
Stockton Springs.