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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-22
Christmas Stocks Are Com
plete. Buy Your Pres
cnts Early.

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 16.-Fig-
ures compiled by Nelson A. Mason
secretary to Governor Lynn J. Fraz.
Ter, and certified to Provost Marshal
General E. H. Crowder, show that
the enrolling Of each man drafted
from North Dakota into the national
army cost $2.72 man or approx.
mately $4,000. The figures are to
be used by the provost marshal gen
eral in connection with a tabulated
statement being prepared and which
will show the preference of the selcc.
tive draft method of securing mer
over that of the volunteer system
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-22
Work once Deemed Curse.

A few hundred years ago men
deemed labor to he n curse laid upon
them for "disObedience" in old Adj
ans time. Now we know that labor
is our greatest blessing.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-22
TWICE PROVEN

If you suffer backache, sleepless
nights, tired, dull days and distressing
urinary disorders, don't experiment.
Read this twice-told testimony. It's
evidence from this locality-doubly
proven.
Mrs. F. NJ. Dubois, 3O2 Fifth Ave-,
E., Dickinson, N. D., says: "A few
years ago while living in London,
England, used several boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills and was cured of
dull pain in my back. The head
aches, dizzy spells, languid feeling
and other distressing symptoms of
kidney complaint also left me-"
OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mrs.
Dubois said: II have no need of a
kidney remedy since Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me. am glad to confirm
my former statement.
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Dubois had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs. Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
WINTERING STRABERRY VINES.
Grand Forks, Nov. pa Grand
Forks man has specialized in straw
berries for several years. When in
terviewed by North Dakota Jewel
opment League representative, gave
the following plan as the best he could
suggest for wintering strawberry
plants:
The plants should have from four
to six inches of straw put over them
as soon as the ground freezes solid.
This will hold the snow and cause it
to drift in the strawberry patch. Hay
is good if corn fodder is put on top
of it to weight the hay down. No
material should be used that will lay
close to the plants because of the
fact that it will get wet and smother
the plants. The hay or straw should
be left on the bed until plant life be-
gins to grow in the spring and then a
lit should be removed each day so
that the plants will not become
chilled.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-22

ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC CHURCH
Linton. Residence. $40 Broadway
High mass on first and third Sundays at
10 a. m. vespers and bendeiction ut
2p. IN. Week day mass at 1880 a. m j..
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-22

ROsenthal Sacred Heart Church. Mis-
sion attended from Linton every secoEt
and fourth Sunday; high mass and ser
mon ut 10 a. M.
REV. FIR. SAILER
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26

ing to the recklessness. timidity OF
sporting proclivities Of the individual
women. There We're famous teams In
those days. celebrated as never having
been passed" and there were aspirants
innumerable to challenge them. IT was
a poor team in those days which didn't
cock an ear backward at the sound OF
wheels behind it and listen eagerly to
hear Uncle Jim or some other Uncle
John or Henry say "s-s-s-s".
So just the other day riding in Uncle
Jim's automobile it was more or less
amusing to hear Uncle Jim straighteu
up and get busy with reminisence when
somebody spoke of running horses
along the road. He wouldn't have squirt
ed an inch against any automobile that
came along TO give us the dust but my,
the way that team of mares used to
run and how he used to fan em.
Which again merely proves that
folks are folks and that you can't
breed it out of them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
The PRICE OF COAL.

If the merchants OF town were 10
have a conference in a time OF famine
and set abnormal prices on their ner-
chandise, refusing TO increase stocks
until all had been sold at the arbitrary
price set by themselves what would
happen 10 then would be plenty.
But the government charges that is
precisely what the coal mine owners
did at a conference, set abnormal and
arbitrary prices and Immediately sent
out orders to the mines IN accord with
their agreement.
Now not mine owner made or grew
pound Of coal. God made it, It is
theologicaiIy accepted that he made it
for all his people and not for those
who held the conference and in arbi-
trary and arrogant impudence offer the
public a choice between submission or
freezing. What course should be pur-
necessary and natural product, which
calmly proceeds 10 pirate all the Taf-
&c will bear and then some in a time
Of fuel famine?
Food and fuel are two absolute ne
cessities TO human existence and COM
fort. If the government is to control
one it should Immediately include the
other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
ILLINOIS WANTS PAVED ROADS.

The voters of Illinois at their state
election in the fall of 1918 will vote on
a state issue of 1000. 900 OF twenty
year bonds for building 400 miles of
hard surfaced roads. Most of the roads
proposed are to be paved and some of
them graveled. II the bond issue car
ries it will bring the paved road from
the Atlantic coast to the eastern boun-
dairy Of Iowa and then it will De Iowa's
move next. Iowa's war profit on corn
this fall will be $500, 900, 900 or $500.
100000 on one years crop so the time
may come when sec. 000, 900 in twenty
years will not look so far beyond our
reach as it has in the past. This 500.
10000 would pave every county in
Iowa with concrete once across north
and south and once across east and
west
If Illinois gets 400 miles of paved
and graveied roads for sixty millions
Of bonds and has the roads to use for
twenty years while paying the bonds
AT the rate Of three millions per an
mum We may begin to ask ourselves
what we are getting for the seven
millions per annum We are spending
every year now upon mud roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
Topics of the Times

Swat the fly and the Stacker. And
swat the Stacker first. The fly can wait
The wailing gnashing of teeth noise
isn't coming from the men who are
to be drafted but from stay at homes
who fear conscrption of a part OF thei,
money.
Why should a congressman fearless
ly advocate food control and shudder
when control and booze are uttered in
the same breath?
Nobody is drawing TO kings these
days except the poker players.
The L. S A gives the appearance OF
going good and bone dry until after the
war is over. Brewery and distillery in
terests are making mass attack on
the senate, but predictions are that they
will be repulsed with great fatalities
Their forces are disorganized badly,
the brewers having deserted the red
liquor makers in hope of saving some
bacon for themselves. but general pre-
diction is that the entire fat is in the
fire.
One OF the ablest assistants to the
kaiser is General Greed. The hoggish
man who refuses his financial aid in
the emergency earns an iron cross all
right
Three or four days of sunshine will
pay Iowa's allotment Of the Red Cross
fund and treble II in plain war profits.
Japan wants to get in to the war with
both feet. Also with both hands.
There was never a lottery or land
drawing in which interest is so univer-
sal as the big drawing that is TO be
made TO decide who shall go to danger
and who shall stay in safety. The con-
scription lottery carries the ultimate
stake.
II We quiz Trying W !aIse phe17ot.'S
for 9S, 900 guns or so 70 shoot and turn
our attention TO stocking our lakes and
streams with fish an Iowa man could
take a vacation without paying $40
railroad fare to find a bass or a pick
eral bigger than minnow.
Speaking of vacations the autoist
seeking a change can't do better than
taking his family touring in northeast
ern Iowa among the hills and caves
and clear brooks OF the Switzerland
of Iowa" Us a beautiful trip.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
Ripping Rhymes
D WALT MASON
NO HATRED.


Altho we'd can that kaiser skate,
and beef the kron prin2 chap, we want
no bitter hymn Of hate. as We go forth
to scrap. When we have polished on
the Hun, no vengeance We'll demand;
well calmly put away the gun In our
umbrella stand. Some nations, worn
by pain and toll may possibly remark
that Wilson should be boiled in oil, his
son fed to shark. But there's no
hatred in our heart, we're sane and
circumspect; when we've upset Bills
apple cart, harsh measures well re-
ject Well put old Kaiser Bill away
where he can do no harm, and set the
kron prinz pitching hay on some Sc
questered farm. For Hindenburg
lonely rock, an island bleak and bare.
where gulls around his head will mock,
and lay eggs in mis- hair. We wish TO
see the German state once more
happy land, and we shall whoop no
hymn of hate. when old Red Bill IS
canned But she must still be pounded
down till Bill no more shall own his
ermine, scepter sword and crown, ms
scrofuia and throne. The kron prlnz
must be in a crate, Pop Hindenburg in
Jail, or (tho we sing no hymn CT hatel
our work will not avail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
Billy Bunny and His Friends

pointed to his tiny nest.
III l had a pair of wings" laughed
the little rabbit, I'D be able to look in
side and see what kind Of furniture you
have. But I'm only four-footed little
rabbit Good-by!" and he hoped away.
and by and by he came to q field OF
corn. But 1t was too early for the corn
to be ripe, so the little rabbit opened
his knapsaok and took out an apple
pie, for 1t was lunch time. And just
as he was going to bite Off nice, big,
juicy piece big black crow flew down
and snatched the pie away. And TINS
made Billy Bunny very angry. Oh! my,
but he was mad. And then he opened
his knapsack and took out his gun and
before the thieving crow had flown on
more than a mile he dropped that apple
pie. Yes Sireemam The cork bullet
hit him right on the end Of his bill, and
then of course he couldn't hold on to
the pie any longer. And before he could
fly down to pick it up the little rabbit
was there
"Oh. no! Mr.. Grow, se
Do you like apple pie?
II so better go
And buy one by and by
And this made the crow so angry
that he flew over to colored man who
did whitewashing and asked him to
paint him white. And in the next story
you shall near how Billy Bunny vas
fooled by three little sparrows.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26

ton. - undoubtedly true. And they
are by no means the first example OF
a reasoned and sustained frenzy, as
any survey OF history will disclose.
Departures from common sense in
individuals have sometimes advanced
civilization. Fanaticisms on the part
of races or peoples have at least
played great part in history. Such
fanaticisms, however abnormal and
strange to modern civilization, do new
ertheless appear and have to be recdk-
oned with.
Perhaps the ascendancy of the An
glo Saxon is due to the fact that he is
most subject to common sense and
least given to the projection of gran
dose illusions. What power he holds
has been won by inches. is the accre-
ton of generations. Neither in Eng
land nor America has he become in
fatuated by the illusion Of a super
race, of world supremacy, of being
Gods favorite. Therefore, he holds
what is very near ascendancy. But
he keeps his mental footing, and he
does not forget the limitations.-M:n
neapoIis Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26

Well the Dogwood Tree in our yard
was all right this morning. 1t hadn't
taken cold. and it was covered with
lovely flowers. so I'm going to tell you
some more about Billy Bunny, as !
promised to in the last story.
Well, as soon as the Wind King
placed the beautiful ruby scarfpin In
the little rabbits cravat he opened the
door OF his cave and gave a big pun,
and away went Billy Bunny just like a
bullet from a gun. But he didn't care,
Tor he landed as nicely as YOU please
on a messy bank, and then he looked
in the brook to see II the ruby scarfpln
was still in his cravat. and then ne
looked around to see what he would
do next. And just then little wild
CALVARY began singing this song:
Il wouldn't live within a cage,
I'd rather be wild and free; 49,,
Wherever roam I'm always at home,
In forest or grassy lea
And so am l." cried Billy Bunny.
I'm traveller; yes, am And then
the little canary new down from the
tree and said to the little rabbit: i
have a little yellow brother who has
always lived in a cage. But he can't
get me to live with him. I love the
trees and the tall grasses too much.
Where do you live?" asked the
little rabbit.
Come and see" said the little ca
nary. and he flew off, and by and by he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
FINANCING A PROSPECT.
Vaferlnn TimeS-Trihupn

The Des Moines newspapers bold as
sertion that part of the 81 100000 STATE
defense fund voted by the last as
sembly. shall be used to make Des
Mo;nes ready for the cantonment To-
Gated there by the war departmeit. is
so preposterous that it is meeting with
rightful Indignation on the part OF the
rest of the state.
The federal government is establish
ing the cantonments for the conscr!pt
army. The federal government will pay
the bill Dies Moines contractors VIII
have contracts fer the establishments
Of the grounds amounting to about
SO. 000, 900. The money Will be spent IL
Des Moines. 1t is admitted by the Oes
Moines newspapers that Camp Dodge,
which, by the way is state property, IS
not fully equipped in transporta: m Ia
cilities and other ways to meet the re-
quirements. 1t needs good roads, 1t
needs railway facilities. We Sno"
when the Iowa guard was mobilized
there, getting ready to 60 to Mexico,
that the few thousand men were ham
pered greatly by the Inadequate SER
vice to the camp. Mail, even, was days
late in getting to the men. Supplies
were slow in coming. The roads were
bad. waterloo even b ad to furnish an
automobile to get service for It's boys
in camp.
II Camp Dodge could not take care
Of less than $4,000 men, how much will
be required to be done to enable it 10
take care Of rem times that number?
We have no doubt tina. the handcaps
can be overcome, but If the state funds
are to be used in overcoming them,
there is going to be whole lot OF
| complaint.
Des Moines made a great fight for
| the establishment Of the cantonment.
Other cities in Iowa and in the middle
, west were aspirants for the enterprise.
| Other cities agreed to rent or buy the
site for the government and TO build
means and ways TO get to it and to
furnish the necessary supplies iii the
1 way of water and sewerage. Des
Moines had the state camping grounds
] to offer. consequently had no expense
of site to consider. The site comes to
| Des Moines free. 1t is asking only
| what is fair, if Des Moines arranges
| to furnish the requirements Of the
camp. 1t is not fair to ask that the de-
/ rense funGs of the state be .,sed for the
purpose, when Des Moines gets all the
| benefit
| Des Moines went into competition
with other Iowa cities for this prize
No Iowa city had a state site to offer
| but Des Moines. No Iowa city expect
| ed to ask the state to finance the prop
osition. They all agreed to place the
grounds I'm readiness It is extremely
! selfish Of Des Moines after 1t has won
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
SMALL LOT BUYING.


\ recent purchaser of a bag OF po-
,atoes for which he paid 1915. found
inside note from the man who grew
the same saying that he received only
s225 for them. Incidents like this set
the helpless consumer to thinking.
The public is ground in between a
set of adverse conditions. many OF
which can not be helped save possibly
hy government interference. Mean
while part of the trouble is the out
growth of popular habits, and might
be remedied
For one thing, the consuming public
has got into the habit of buying foods
like potatoes in very small lots. II
costs about as much to cart peck of
potatoes to a mans door as to take
several barrels Consequently the cost
Of all these little separate deliveries
is added together.
AS a consequence OF hand to mouth
purchasing. the grocer must do hand
TO mouth ordering. He must be able TO
get on any day a, sufficient supply TO
meet the little demands of a hundred
different families. This makes neces-
sary an elaborate system of delivery
by some wholesaler.
Other mddlemen make a specially
of storing, holding and trading these
potatoes. and still others make spe-
cialty of buying them from the pro-
Queer For each pair of hands on this
devious journey to the consumer,
a profit and costly charges are added.
Formerly more people used to store
potatoes and other vegetables in their
Easements, and they had cellars in
which these foods would keep Now
in the cities millions OF people live in
fats without storage facilities. All
thru the north. houses are heated with
furnaces that spoil the easements for
storage. If in some way consumers
could buy a seasons supply and have
some place for storage where vege-
tables would, keep, they would save
many charges and be independent OF
spectators as their fathers were be-
fore them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
THE SCOTT AMENDMENT.
ISioux City Journal.

lSlOuh lily Jtul Hal.
Representative Haugen, Of Iowa, and
former Speaker Cannon led the fight
for the inclusion of shoes, clothing.
farm machinery and cotton seed in the
list Of comfortable articles. An at
tempt by Representative Scott, OF Iowa.
to inject a gasolene and fuel Oil
amendment into the bill failed. but
Representative Lever said one would
be put in iater-Washington dispatch.
All the commodities named in the
above paragraph relating to the fight
in congress over the food control Dill
seem to be legitimate candidates for
inclusion in the list of things to be
controlled. Apparently Representative
Haugen. who has made himself In this
debate the champion OF the interests
of the farmers, or Of what the farmers
may think to be their interests was
concerned both to further that cause
and to make sure that the south. thru
cotton, would be affected in something
like the degree that the north will be
affected thru wheat and corn. Pos
sibly, without meaning to make Sc
rious attack on the so-called section :
alism of the administration, the Fourth
district representative ID u1Sh Jus "
removing even the suspicion OF sucn
partially, for the good Of the country
az a whole.
As to the Scott amendment, 1t em-
bodies 50 obviously sound contribu-
! tor, Ms, ha.ra!!;-. &c need discussion. Its
rejection at this time implies, as Rep
resentatfve Lever has made clear,
merely conviction Of the government
that it is expedient to defer enact
ments along that line for little while
The policy Of the administration and
| its floor leaders Ia to get now the
quickest possible action by congress
on the most vital thing, which Is food
control. the principle ct control nav
| ing then been recognized, and, better
still, having been shown to produce
good results, it's extension to othei
classes of necessities could reasonably
be expected to be easy.
1t Is undodgeable that dollar ex-
torted in the price of shoes or of gaso'
| lene impoyerishes the purchaser en-
riches the extorter and weakens tbs
national resources exactly the sans
J 40 i dollar ex.crted4 for food. To pro-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
Why Men Are Re iected,

Fortunately, in the records Of the
12S.51T national guardsmen called t
the Mexican border last summer we
have had a very good criterion b!
which to judge the standards Of oul
young men. Surprising as it may seem
the conclusions from a close study OF
these records are by no means tiatter'
ing to our national pride or conducive
to mental satisfaction.
OF the 12S,517 enlisted men in the
national guard, all of whom had un-
dergone physical examination before
being accepted for their various units
a examination by the regular army
doctors resulted in sending home Is.
rel, or is per cent of them.
1t must be remembered that these
men were volunteers, induced to joir
the militia. presumably. by their love
Of adventure and outdoor life.
The causes for which Is per cent OF
them were rejected ranged from poor
physique, to which 81 per cent of the
reflections We're due, to defective hear
ing, which caused per cent to be
turned back. Defective vision anu
weak heart or lungs each disqualified
l3 per cent. defective feet s per cent
hernia per cent, venereal disease and
defective teeth each 5 per cent, ampn-
tations and deformities per cent and
miscellaneous causes IL per cent.
A circular from one Of the big life
insurance companies. commenting
upon these figures, says they cor
respond in general with the records of
physical examinations of a large num-
Der of average men working in mer-
camille houses. factories and industrial
plants.
In other words there is a tendency
toward the increase in poor physique
and low power generally among our
men. which must have serious effects
unless it is checked.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26
FOLKS ARE FOLKS.

Folks are folks. They used 10 De
folks and they are folks now. Fr In
stance: Uncle Jim Soandso was thor
oughly Mortified the other day when he
saw two loads Of young folks racing in
autos on the highways. Uncle Jim
averred with heat that they ought 20
be in jail every blamed one Of them
and Uncle Jim was right enough as far
as that goes. But somebody spoke of the
old time custom OF running horses"
which had been in its vogue when Uncle
jim was young and had Just gone 70
farming. Then the old man proceeded
unconsc:ously to prove that folks are
folks and always were folks.
Why" said U. j., II had a span Of
bay mares that never were passed on
the road. All had to do was to loosen
the lines and say $685. like that,
and they'd jerk the wagon out from
under you" And then Uncle Jim be-
gan an Had Of "Old Luce and Bet" that
Included passing every team on the
road on the way home from the Po-
dunk county fair, innumera BILE brushes
on the road to and from the home trad
took dust" And the old man straight
ened up and imagined that once again
n hot
| team Of bay mares to the roadside and
plying whip and 's-s-s-ing' in the
chariot races Of the farm team and tn.
farm wagon coming home from the
fair. He was just folks again.
| Start some ancient inhabitant remin
iscing. Lead him gently along the path,
OF memory and sooner or later he'll re.
I,t.liiiieE how iIs "aG.a &c r3s ho:ses'
along the country roads. Accidents wer,
enty but rarely more serious than {
t"Iig busted or an arm broken. But tn,
way those old fellows used to stand VI
in the front of the wagon or the dem
iocrat and fan willing team owe
Ithankyouma'a ans and thru ditche
would have made Ben Hur and MessaI,
hold their breath. Lumber wagon, dem
ocrat or top buggy it was disgracefu
to let anybody pass without struggl
and so the spectacle was common o
two teams stretched to their full ex
tension, the drivers busy with tn
whips, hickory handled with braide
lash or Of whale bone, while wome
hung on" the best they could. white
laced and begging OF cheering accord
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-26

young men who, like him. are going
to the front, for their welfare in sick
ness and in wounds The man told
him. You ought not to do this. You
have given your time and offered your
life, and there ought to be others to
sive the money: you have done enough
already" No he said, Il want TO
do my bit here. too" And so he left
his money, this man in khaki.
Think of these two, and then think
Of yourself. Have you done as much?
Have you done Your share?