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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
STORY Of SEAGOING STEER
Il FIoated Around New York Harbor
for Many Hours and Caused Much
=. Excitement Before Rescued.

Several longsloremcn We're biting
into thick sandwiches of garlic on the
water front when there came prOdi-
giOus humping on the plank under
meath. The floor Of the pier gave forth
q hollow sound.
One of the lOngshOremen, the Brook
Ign Eagle tcstiies, swallowed his gar
lie the wrong way and let out a Polish
exclamation. Then he bent over and
applied his eyes to crack in the
woodwork. At first he could not make
out anything in the murk, but at length
a pair of green eyes met his Mortified
gaze, it seemed, to his untutored mind,
conclusive evidence of a personal call
from the evil one, and when horns
raped the planking and long tail
swished the water he went away from
there very quickly. With him went
the rest of the lOngshOremen.
Up winding Fulton street they sped
and around the crooked corner into
narrow Poplar street, where they very
nearly carried the door Of the Poplar
street police station off it's hinges. They
arrived before the desk sergeant all
abreast and told their story, as their
knees smOtc one against another and
their hands CROPPED feebly for the desk
rail. The desk lieutenant thought at
first it was q case Of greenhouse"
whisky, but he finally sent a man down
to investigate. The patrolman found
that the apparition was only steer
which had been thrown into the river
and had swllm up under the dock. He
did not know just what to do and his
police manual gave him no help. OBJ
viously he could not loosen the steers
collar and roll it over barrel. Nor
could he give it an antidotc for poison.
At last he had a bright thought and
called up the dock department, the
steer bcn. at a dock and therefore,
per sc a fit subject for the dock de-
partment.
The dock department responded-or
part of it did-with saws. Then having
opened a nice round hole in one of the
city's docks, its work was done, and 1t
sent for the s. p. G. A. The S. p. c. A.
does all hosting jobs appcrtaining to
steers, mustangs or other animal flot' |
sam lifted from the river.
Some brave man passed a rope
around the middle of Taurus and every.
body gave "YO. hcave no" Up came /
the steer and stood dripping on the
dock with the seaweed hanging from
his flanks.
This steer is supposed to have been
In the river for 4S hours before it was
rescued.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Crow Is OmniVerous.

In order to get a living in New
England during the winter the crow
has developed catholic appetite, and
persons who have made study of the
bird and its bill of fare say that the
crow is OmniverOus in the broadcast
sense of the word. In a pinch he will
cat anything. The principal items on
his bill Of fare are beetles, spiders,
weevils, grasshoppcrs, moths, butter
flies, catcrpillars, bees, ants, wasps,
flies, crabs, shrimps, snails, fish, t0ads,
frogs, young chickens, wild birds and
their eggs, carrion and all sorts of
plants and grains, both wild and cult
waited. Corn constitutes large pro-
portion of the grain eaten, and this
is one Of the principal grievances of
the farmer against the crow. A bird
with such a catholic taste in food is
obviously we'll prepared to meet hard
times and the high cost of living. The
crow will kill and cat small snakes.
He will eat small mammals up to the
size of a cottontail rabbit.-HartfOrd
COurant.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
CHEER FOR ROOKIE
encouragement in Letters From
Home Helps Fighting Men.
Officers Say Gloomy Missives Demon.
aIize Soldiers While Bright Ones
Give Will to Win.

Mothers! Swecthearts! Sisters
Here's new way to DO your bit,
equally as important as knitting gray
wool socks for the recruits or cutting
bandages for the Red Cross.
''Write a cheerful letter to your
soldier" '@
Having its origin at Chickamauga,
the SOuth's greatest war mobilization
center, this vogue, for it has found ia
vOr much as the American gOdmOther
to the French soldier fad, is bounding
into popular favor. 1t is accelerated
by these advantages: it is based on
facts; it strikes at an imperative need,
and it achieves obvious results.
The facts are these: Fully 80 per
cent of the letters received by the
army man convey, instead Of good
cheer, a tale Of petty woes and imag-
mary griefs.
'There's a vacant chair ut the ia
BILE, George"
"Poor sisters went to work to help
support us since you went away"
''How we need your strong, broad
shoulders to help us bear the burden
''MOthcr's sick. Fathers sprained
his little finger and poor little Johnny's
down with the measles"
These are typical dum-dum letters
to boys in camp. Ninety per cent of
them are better loft unpenned. And
herefrom springs the new service.
"Shield the boy from the trifling
cares and worries Of home" urge the
officers. "Tcll him how proud you are
Of him, how fine you know he's doing,
how happy you all are.
"Soldicrs, like schoolboys, particu-
larly the younger ones that arc out in
the world alone for the first time, look
forward to the letters from home with
caEcrncss," said veteran major. IF
they carry a morbid tone, he imbibes
it; drinks it to the dregs, and brOOds.
Either that, or as with some DISPOSE
tons, he becomes reckless and care
less.
"On the other hand, q CHEEKY letter
encourages him and sends him forth
with a will to lick regiment single
handed.
"Eithcr way the effect is contagious.
"Despondent, the trooper is reduced
to onc-half efficiency. Ills spirit
spreads to the squad, to the company.
He becomes discouraged and dissatis-
fed with the service. Gloom letters
are responsible for more than half the
assertions"
So it is that the importance Of
troopers mail is recognized by army
officers far and wide, and at Chicka-
manga the new "bit" is set in motion.
1t has already gone so far that stu
dents at the officers training camp are
receiving daily epistles, even from fair
ones they do not know, each carrying
little insertion Of joy. The result is
general cheerfulness and firm endeav-
or throughout the camp.
"Write cheerful letter to your SOL
dier," is the slogan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
A Question.

1.-THE HindOOs have some queer GUS
toms. The women wear strings Of
male will frequently carry all the fam
lily wealth"
care we so very differently inquired
F1ubduh, indicating 4 display of easy
payment diamonds that was going BY.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
John WesIey's Mothers Advice.

John Wcsley's mother once wrote to
him when he was in college: "Would
you Judge of the lawfulness or the I'M
lawfulness Of pleasure, take this rule:
Whatever weakens your reason, i'm
pairs the tenderness of your con-
science, obscures your senses of God.
or takes eff the relish of spiritual
things; whatever increases the author
ity of your body over mind, that thing
to you is sin. "-Christian Science
Monitor,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Ready to Please,

A French lady Of consequence, who
had lawsuit, came to solicit the IA
vor of the president Of the court in
which the case was to be adjudlcated.
The magistrate, not receiving her in
the way she expected, she was some
what chagrined, and on passing into
the antcchamber, said loud enough to
be heard: 'Plague take that old ape"
The next day, the lady gaining her
cause, she ran directly to thank the
president, who merely replied:
"Know, madame, another time, that
en- old ape is always ready to please
young one."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

A drcdSe company contracted with
the United States government not long
ago to build Notwithstanding lcvecs on
either side of the Yuba River, CAL,
and to do it free of charge. the condi-
ton being that the company be al
lowed to dredge for gold while fulfill
Ing it's contract. Accordingly a gold
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

But" 1Mourned the youngest one of
the crew. eff l had done that they
would have kept me there all year."
ITS all in the way you apply for
the job" said the narrator Of the
story.-IndianapO News.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Communal Kitchens.

It is expected that, with the assent
of the food controller of Great Brit
ain, an experiment in the use of COM
munal kitchens will be in vogue very
soon. The need for these aids to the
feeding of the people is threefold;
the large number of families who are
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
LOST AND FOUND

lOST-Fraternity pin Saturday night.
Initials Up. J. r." Finder return
same to Tribune Office and receive
reward. S-22-3t
lOST-Aug- 20, on road between the
katz livery barn, Second St., Bis
marck, and the J. A. Fields farm, a
seal brown overcoat, made of rough
finished goods; pair of gloves and
map of Virginia in pockets. Find
err, leave with Robert r. Boyd, $50
Sixth st., Bismarck, N d., or notify
B. Boyd, Menoken, N. D., and re-
ceive reward Of $500. B.. Boyd,
Menoken, N. D. .1-6t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-Modern house, 20S 14th
St., II. M. Beall, City. Phone 777K
% ct
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
FOR SALE OR lighthouses
AND FLATS

FOR RENT-MOdern house, corner Of
Rosser and Mandan Ave. Call SILK.
S-23-6t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
LANDS

FOR SAlE--At special bargain, 26
acres land near city, with team, wa
gon, plows and other equipment. J.
Il. DOran. S-17-6t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
D. r. OWENS e. co.

~ - OS'-N0 u W.
Real Estate, City Property, Farm
Lands, Loans and General Insurance.
For sale small house and lot in
northwest part Of city. Price $3.50
cash. Lot alone worth the money.
For sale room bungalow on the
south side. Full basement, soft. lot,
hot air heat, maple floods. House
2 years old and in fine repair. Price
$4,000 terms.
D. T. OWENS E. co.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-New completely modern
duplex. Lower floor Phone lC9L
or call ZIG Avenue A West.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-Completely furnished
and modern house, close in, for the
winter, to couple. References re-
quired. Address 352, Tribune Office
S-21-tf
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
HOW TO ANSWER BLIND ADS
HELP WANTED-MALE

WANTED-A boy about Is years old
at the City Cigar and News Stand.
2.DA.1f
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR SAIE-One six room and one
four room modern house with large
barn, situated on 3 lots, 2 blocks
from p. 0. For quick sale $4,000.
Address 20 Broadway, City.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

une S.23.3t
WANTED-Position by reliable man
of middle age with commercial Or
ganization (either organizing or es-
tablished) in managing or executive
capacity. Now employed but desires
a change. All communications treat
ed cOnfide entail and will expect the
same. Address No. 21O, Tribune.
8 % st
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

WANTED-At once, man and wife or
competent housekeeper for a farm
at McGlauchlen, S. d. Address Jess
Johnson, McGlauchlen, S. D., or C.
A. Rust, Underwood. S.23-2t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

WANTED-Woman for general house
work. Wages $3.50 per week. Call
423 Third. 8 % 6
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-MOdern 8 room furnish.
ed house. Can $40. s % st..
70 RRENT-Furnished and unfur-
nished flats. Phone 773. S-23-3t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms,
Board if desired. As Main street
S-10- 1mO
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

WANTED-Girl or woman for gen.
eral homework. Phone 459L.
8 "a st
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
POSITIONS WANTED

WANTED-Position by experienced
cook; special in pastry. 243 Trib-
une. S.23-3t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR SALE-By owner; new six-room
bungalow, strictly modern, good To-
cation; very reasonable terms.
Write No. 239, care Tribune. SPLIT
FOR RENT-Nicely furnished fiat in
modern house; no children S07
Fourth st. Phone AGAR S-21-5t
FOR SALE-Modern five-room bun.
galow in choicest part of the city
5000 will swing the deal. Address
23S, Tribune S-2O-1mo
FOR RENT-Four.room house; Ros.
ser street, near Fifteenth. Apply
Mrs. A. w. Lucas 4S Ave. A. S-14-12t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-Two newly furnished
North 8-1I.3t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR sALE-Good gentle pony for
either saddle or buggy. Also colt.
Call 61O Third street. S24 ct
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE-Old ivory baby buggy, in
good condition, and new gasoline
stove Call at SOB Ninth st. S-1S-6t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-Modern room at 3O9
Eighth street. S-22-3t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping in modern house
100 Broadway. 8-22-4f
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

FOR RENT-Rooms. Phone 377K.
S-11-lmO
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
ROOMS FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Two modern rooms, close
in. 81 Fourth street. Phone CIR.
S24-3t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
greed find it exceedingly hard to Sc

agreed find 1t exceedingly hard TO SCI
cure credit.
This reduces the cost OF doing bus
mess and has its bearing directly on
the governments conservation pro-
gram and the reduction, or keeping
prices at minimum, as the govern
ment is demanding that merchandise
ing be conducted on close margins.
and is continually placing added bur
dens on the merchant until he must
have the cooperation of the custom
ers in cutting down every expenses
possible.
Following the suggestion OF the gov
ernment the local merchants are con-
sidering putting into effect the one de-
livery a day plan. This may come soon
after the new year If public will get
the habit of the cash and carry plan,
which is becoming popular in eastern
cities, people will be rendering a ser
vice. The association has an agree
ment not to advertise in programs or
any other collective advertisement ex-
cept papers or magazines which are
entered at the post Office as second
class matter, or TO make donations ex-
cept for charity. thus cutting very
materially the merchants expense
The grocers recently appointed a com
mittee to act with the price interpret
Iation committee on food administra-
ton which is publishing in the daily
papers the prices of all staple foods
and helping TO keep down the prices
10 consumers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
DAN CUPID GIVEN
AID BY WAR GOD
Raising OF National Army Causes
Greatest Boom in Marriage
Market in County History.
ALL PAST RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Figures of County Clerk Show l.l6I
Coupies Secure Permits Against
l,027 in 1916.
was the war

Something, perhaps it was the war
for it's quite the fashion to hang
everything onto it, caused the love
germ to bite more victims in Rock
Island county in 1917 than for any
similar period since the records have
been kept at the court house.
A new record of ISL couples desir-
Gus of taking sail on the uncertain
sea of matrimony was hung up, which
Is quite a showing in comparison with
the totals for the last five years which
are as follows 1918. 1873: 1914,
SEQ; 1915, 917, and 1917. 1927.
Seriously, the war did have tend
ency to boost the figures. for follow
ing the adoption of CONSUMPTION, many
deluded young people thinking mar
rage would be a bar to military serv-
ice OF Uncle Sam. FASTENED to apply
for wedding permits, only to find that
exemption boards were adopting the
principle OF invariably listing for
training al cantonments all men of
draft age married after the declara-
ton OF war with Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

honored by having the supreme ora
Gle, Mrs. Eva Child of GAINESVILLE,
Wis. appointed on the national food
conservation committee. and the so
ciety is endeayoring to render every
assistance possible in the present war
work
A flag ceremony was adopted at the
last supreme convention TO be intro
duced in the local camps to further
instil patriotism and love for our
country among the membership.
Preparations are now being made by
the management OF the society to in
stitute a whole family protection de-
partment" This department will have
the handling of benefit contracts for
children between the ages Of and II
years, and prior to the time said chill
dren may properly seek admittance
into the society. Bylaws are being
formulated, under the approval Of the
insurance department of the state TO
Illinois, and it is expected that the
department will be in operation by
the early part Of the coming spring
Children admitted to the juvenile de-
partment will not he granted the priv
ileges of the regular camp meetings
but special provision will be made to
interest them in the work Of the So
ciety by having juvenile camp meet
/ ings
( The following supreme officers were
elected a the 1917 supreme camp, Il
handle the business affairs of the Sc
|rfn q
/ SUPREME OFFICERS.
! Supreme orac5e-Mrs. EVA Child
GAINESVILLE, Wis.
Supreme vice oracle Mrs. Clara
Weisner, Sheridan. Wyo.
Supreme recorder-Dr Hada NJ
: Carlson, Rock Island
/ Supreme receiver AIRS. Ella Foster
/ Chandler. Okla
Supreme chancellor Mrs, Fanny
Black, Dayton, Mont
Supreme marshal - Mrs Myrtl,
Barnes, Bancroft, S. D.
Supreme inner sentinel Mrs Min
ME Wichman. Brooklyn, n. Y.
Supreme outer seHtinel-MTs Orr
! Andrews, Newark, Ohio
/ BOARD OF SUPREME MANAGERS.
+! Mrs. Alice Giliiland, Springfield III
! Mrs. Clara Richards, Buchanan
! Mich.
Mrs Annah N Blair, Webster City
Iowa.
/ Mrs. Anna NJ Shepherd, Chillicothe
Mo
Mrs Alice c, Nash, Minneapolis
, Mimi
SUPREME PHYSICIANS.
DR. z. Franc Morrill,, Chicago. Iii.
J Or Jennie Christ. Ames, Iowa
Or. Elnora G. Whitmore, Topeka
! Kan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
MARION FACTORY
HELPS CITY BOOM
Organization Of Farm Lighting Plant
Forward Step In Development of
Rock Island.
HAS a LARGE FORCE BUSY NOW
Orders for Machines to the Amount OF
; 800 Have Already Been Placed
With concern.
One of the significant Developments

One of the significant Developments
of the year and one that will mean
much TO Rock Island in many ways
was the organization Of the Marion
Manufacturing company for the pur-
poee of manufacturing and selling
farm lighting plants.
Farm lighting is a field that has
been developing more or less slowly
for a number of years and with the
advent Of the telephone, the rural free
delivery and the automobile in the
country home. there has been aa ever
increasing demand for something that
would give the country home the same
effective form Of lighting that the city
home enjoys. The men in the organi-
cation of the Marion Manufacturing
company, being aware of this demand.
and having sold a large number of
plants in connection with their reg0-
lar electrical work, decided that the
farm lighting field showed wonderful
possibilities and proceeded 10 develop
farm lighting plant which their cleo
trical and practical experience told
them would satisfy the demands Of
anyone desiring TO have electric light.
To accomplish this they acquired the
factory building located at First
street and Sixth avenue, formerly oc-
cupied by the National Neck Yoke com
pany and have since installed the nee
essary machinery for the manufacture
of the complete plant.
There is at present a large force Of
men employed at the factory. many Of
whom have moved here from other
cities and as the manufacture of the
plant gets In progress there viii he a
great many more employed. There
has been number of people added to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
lNDUSTR BODI
IS REORCANIzED|
Advent OF Chamber OF Commerce Re-.
suits in Taking Up Booster Fund
Plans After II Years.
COMMISSION HAS SMALL SUN
Abont Eighteen Thousand Dollars il
Left i'm Treasury When New Beard
Takes Hold.

During the year the industrial CON-
mission, which was organized by the
Rock Island club in 1906, was reor-
ganized.
Citizens will recall to mind that in
the fall of 1906 a booster fund was
raised pIedging the citizens to con-
tribute to an industrial fund amounts
ing to about s120.000.00 Approximate
~ $4,000 Of this fund was paid In. the
balance not having been collected.
On the reorganization of the COM
mission it was found that there was
remaining in this booster fund about
$4,000 net which was available for In
dustrial purposes. In addition to this
the commission controls about forty
five acres of land in the southwestern
part of the city available for manufac
turing sites. The land is low and
would represent some financial outlay
in filing in before being accessible
for factory purposes. The commission
ers have taken the stand that they
would not undertake any extensive i'm.
provements on this property until the
time arrived for its actual deyelop-
ment, feeling that much of the i'm
provement would depend upon the
character of industry to which the land
was to be given. Local engineers have
estimated that the filing in of the
land would cost anywhere from $500
TO $500 per acre.
Makeup OF Commission.
The commission as reorganized il
represented by n. H. Sexton. chair
man; c. A. Hallgren. J. T. Marion. N,
I. Rudgren, n. S. Heagy and c. f.
Shields. The trustees are J. L. YER
non, NJ. S. Heagy, H. S. Cable, Phil
Mitchell. Mayor William McConoehIe.
c. A. Hallgren and j. T. Marion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

tSecretary Business Mems associa-
tom
The activities Of the Rock Island
Business Mems association, organized
in 1883, during 1917, have surpassed
any year of its existence.
Early in the year. ]. T. Marion,
president, working with the president
OF the Rock Island club. organized the
Chamber of Commerce and consol-
dated all under one head, bringing
about greater activity. The associa-
ton is now in new Offices on the main
floor Of the Rock Island club build
ing. The main object of the Business
Mems association is keeping its mem
hers Informed as TO the credit stand
ing Of the residents of the tri-cities.
The merchants turn over to the asso
citation every month the names of
those whose bills are past due. In this
way those who are deserving Of credit
can be assisted and those who do not
meet their obligations promptly or as