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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-24

mental Assessment Gen. No. $3.50.
Notice is hereby given To aI persons
interested that the county court Of
Rock Island county Illinois. en- the
lsth day Of January a. ID 1917. fri the
matter or the above named improve
meUt entitled. I'm Repetition Of the
city af Rock Island 10 assess rhe cost
81 construction az sewer on Eleventh
avenue. from west line OF Eleventh
street. 10 the sewer on Seventh street.
aud ora Tenth avenue. from the west
line oE Eleventh street t0 the west .Iue
or Ninth street and continuing west
l the alley TO the sewer on Seventh
stree. ordered line couuis5 iQuer
heretofore appointed here to- make and
return a supplemental assessment as
zassinE the amount Of the deficit here
u as shown bv the certificate Of costs.
The number Of 4nsJalluelrs ana inter-
est are the same as iu the original as
sessu emit.
That the supplemental assessment
r1ll was returned and filed fu said
court GA the zfth day Of February. 4.
D 1917 and that final hearing there
ou viii be had iu said court 0n gae I4fn
day of March a. b. 1917. at Eaa hour
af o'clock a M. or as soon tharHa ter
as the business Of the court VIII per-
init
All persons desiring. may file OBJ
5ecJIons I'm said court. before said dav
and may appear on -he hearing and
make their defense
Dated Roek Island. Illinois Feb =
1aI-.
s. s.. hull.
Commissioner appointed az make said
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-24

grove, head Of "A Chicago special Berv-
ice corporation. and w r. Shaffer. r.
W Morris and j.. j. Kehoe. his investi-
gators. They confined their testimony
largely 20 observations gained while
riding in David DeSmet's machine dur
Ing a period OF several months last
year Fares charged, routes used and
methods Of operation were covered fiji
their evidence.
J. G. Kinsley, motormau, and Lester
Hewitt, conductor, employees of the
Tri-City Railway company, were also
called 10 tine stand. They we're asked
especially as TO whether the defend
ants used routes paralleiing the street
car tracks. 1T Is this rule that I'm the
opinion Of the commission furnishes
unfair and unnecessary competition 70
the company.
Ghys Case Next.
ID had been planned for Judge vs.
IT. Church 10 take up today the matter
of FHe property rights involved i'm the
divorce CASE of Peter Ghys East Mo-
line 7alo0ukeeper against his wife,
Mrs llmm8 Ghys Although the nus
band brought the action, jury
found THAT the wife was entitled 10
decree ON the grounds of cruelty sud
drunkenness Division Of the property.
which amounts 20 considerable. is still
10 bo made Judge Church VIII take
tle matter un at the conclusion of the
jituey case
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-24
Court House News

everett and Billy Goodrich. East Mo
me- we're declared dependent in coun-
court this morning bv Judge n. a.
arson. The father IS dead.
14ppleuent5I assessment roll FOR
4sFs On Eleventh avenue from Elev-
IRA fo Seventh streets and on Tenth
s4ae from Eleventh to Ninth streets
H-~t 10 county court this morn
ll1tie hearing is set for March
81 iae original roll which totaled
.-.s'a was Sf.044.40 short. making the
revised list figure S8.4g-4o.
aaage W T Church in circuit court
se.5lCaT appointed Frank Fl. SChafer
- - 11enry y, D. Setter trustees OF the
p.l-e q Nathaniel Dorrance. deceased
!. Byron resident Bond was fixed
sSsV'Vg0, 2r. Setter, who was ad-
ID
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-24
First Additional Steps,

The system of issuing passes IS the
fr5t additional step taken since inn
uadlafeIE fol owing the diplomatic
break with Germany when Colonel
Burr suspended all outstanding passes
90 the grounds and doubled the guard
ON tla island The plan IS iu keeping
with the policy oil Use government
which during the last few weeks has
given its ordnance property through
ont the country more than ever the ap-
nearauce Of war time protection
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-24
Other Boats SINK
GERMAN WAR TAX lis
BOOSTED BY NEW
LOAN.

Lrontnnaa - - -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-24

Paris. Feb. ~. guDGu8 -Jhe war or
nee announces that French detachment
penetrated the German lines Iu the
Fosgas north of senouea last nsell
SIN the NDsges late yesterday one oG
our aerasamauts penetrated the en-
euv.s lines north Of 5anguos.
..En the morning, after a violent bonn
bardmeut the Germans attempted
without success a surprise attack On
our trenches at Wissembaeh
zone OF our dirigibles last night
dropped bombs on factories iu the re-
giou Of Briey. -Four hundred liIo-
grams of Dr0jeetiles were thrown ou
German biEUuacks ln the forest Of
spinc0urt
GERMAN.
Berlin Feb -. t1y wireless 80 Say
v5IIe) 1.-The Germans yesterday ahau-
dol4d parts of an advanced position
in the Somme sector to the British. the
war Office announces. a French at
tack fin the Champagne failed.
Severe cold prevails in the eastern
theatre OF war says today's official
announcement
There was ne events oil importance
ION the Macedonian front che fire
from the ocean against the Greez
towns east of the Struma has moss
been answered by successful Smelling
Of ships and British positions
RUSSIAN.
Patrosrad Feb "a. tvia London
1 81 p. IN J-l British Admiralty Per
Wireless Press - Reconnaissance IS
small parties and the usual infantry
1rluE are proceeding on the western
RumanIan and Caucaslan fronts. says
.oday's war Office announcement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-24
Opposes sub 1Farl

congidersfions we support tbs war
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11
SENATE COMMITTEEMAN.

The full list Of senate committees
q beer announced. under the fol.
lowing chairmen:
observation-disclosures.
Observation-Disclosures.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Banks and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Cities and Municipal Corporations
Ployhar.
= Corporations Other Than Municipal
Drown. ,,
Counties-Pendray.
observation-disclosures.
Elections-Gronvold.
Enrolled and E~ngrossed Bills-King
Federal INSTRUMENTATION.
Game and Fish-Sandstrom. s.
Highways. Bridges and Ferries
Ellingson.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Indian Affairs-Porter.
DEMONSTRATION.
Irrigation and Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures.
Livestock-Englund.
Military Affairs-Heckle.
Mines and Observation-Disclosures.
Public Health-Rowe. /.
Public Lands-YOung.
Public Printing-Murphy.
Observation-Disclosures.
Revision and Correction Of the Jour.
nal-Levang.
Rules-Carey.
State AfairS-Hyland.
Statistics-Beck.
Taves and Tax Laws-Allen.
Temperance-Putnam.
Warehouses and Grain Gradin9-
Thoreson.
Ways and Means-Jacobson.
Woman's Standardization.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11
DO NOT BE A GUTTER.

A CAMPAIGN of renewing memberships in
the Nonpartisan League is under way all over
North Dakota. In order to save the unneces-
sary expense Of conducting this campaign every
year, membership dues for two years are signed
up at this time.
While the campaign is meeting with very
gratifying success, there may be those league
MEMBER who fail to see the necessity OF it.
A few appear to be SNUG and satisfied with
what has already been accomplished and are
willing to let mature take its course from
now on.
The League could make no bigger mistake
than to lay down at this stage Of the game. 1t
would mean the rapid disintegration of the most
splendid farmers organization the world has
ever seen. The league cannot run along on it's
own momentum for very long. The organiza-
ton must be maintained and, that this may be
accomplished, it is essential that each and every
member continue to give his moral, as we'll as
financial, support.
If the League accomplisles only one-tenth
of what it has set out to accomplish, the small
membership fee will be the best paying invest
ment the North Dakota farmer has ever made.
Do not be a gutter! The first round in the
out.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11

son
Education-Burl Carr, James Harris.
John Weber, c. w. Mcdonald, A. s.
Marshall, p. H. Kelley, George Laird,
Moen and John c. Miller.
Election and Election Privileges-A.
N. Hogan, Sydney F. Smith, Fred Minis.
Andrew Achsendahl. A. l. Maxwell, G.
I. Christensen, NJ E. Whipple, Chris
Geiszler and F. j. Haines-
Banking-L. D.. Bailey. ]. E Erb. G.
A. Ward. B. g. Tenneson. NJ. G. Myhre.
A. NJ. Hagan, M. S. Lang, Porter KIM
ball, w ]. Church. s E Organs and
Paul Meyers.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11
SOCIALISM AND PATERNALISM."

He (Gov. Frazier) wants the legislature to
provide tor state owned elevators, packing
houses, cold storages. mills, etc. The last sue.
gestions, are of course socialistic, or paternal.
istic in the extreme County News.
This ia not a new theory with Governor
Frazier. He advocated these things before the
election--and 87,665 voters in the state cast their
ballots for him. If it is a Solialistic doctrine
then North Dakota has 81, 665 Socialists. And
the News man is one of them-because the week
following the primaries he editorially pledged
his support to Frazier.
But it mus: also be accepted as republican
doctrine, because the republican platform spec
i6cally pledged itself to these things, and the en-
tire state ticket running on this platform was
elected by an overwhelming majority.
Time was when we could dismiss a reform
measure by labelling it Socialistic. But we have
nevertheless enacted a great number of them
into law.
The direct election of United States senat-
os is Socialistic doctrine, because it was first
advocated by that party.
The income tax law is "socialistic in the ex-
treme."
The mothers pension law kunder which
North Dakota is operatingl is pure and :::simple
socialism.
The rural credits law was first advocated
Dv the SOCIALIST party.
Equal suffrage was advocated by the Socia-
lists for years before either of the old parties
found it necessary to declare for it.
And these are only a few of the purely Socia-
listic reforms that have been enacted into law,
or are now being advocated, by both of the old
parties, who scoffed at each and every measure
as "socialistic' and Visionary until the public
demand became so %insistent that it was deemed
expedient to embrace it.
These things are not pointed out Ordinarily
in laudation of socialism,, hut rather to show
that both of the old parties have time and again
found it necessary to recede from an attitude of
naughty aloofness and adopt the measures de-
manded by the people, even if they happened to
be of Socialistic origin.
Perhaps state owned elevators, packing
plants, flour mills, etc., is socialism. Then a
state owned Irvine plant, such as is operated at
Bismarck, must come under the same classifca-
ton.
At any rate, the people of the state have
asked for these things in terms that cannot be
misunderstood. and by a vote that should be
decisive.
And, whether Socialistic or not it looks as
if the people mean business.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11
Of equaIfzatf.<

board Of equaIfzatf'<
Liberal appropriations for expert
mental work with clays and Ignite.
Better laws on dSafnage.
Recommends careful consideration
Of budget and favors putting state in
situations ON best possible basis.
Make state superintendent of public
instruction a member Of the board OF
regents and giving him more author
ity.
The establishment Of an orphans'
home.
Emergency appropriations for certain
departments.
A non-partfsan ballot for all county.
legislative and state Offices.
Wants work of legislature pushed
rapidly and concluded in good time:
later. II advisable. will call Legislature
together again.
After the addresses were completed
the senate retired to its chamber where
after a few preliminary acts, 1t adj
journed to Wednesday. The house also
adjourned likewise.
Routine Work Starts Slowly.
Work on the introduction Of bills has
! been somewhat retarded.
The first to be introduced In the sem
ate was presented by Senator McCar-
| ten Of Sargent county. and provided
for the adoption Of the Torrens system
wherein the state guarantees title to
lands. The bill 10 very lengthy and
seems to meet with general approval.
When the bill was introduced thers
were no employees in the senate and It
! was necessary for the secetary of the
senate to carry 1t in his pocket till q
| bill clerk could be secured The clerk
was appointed on the following day.
House Committees.
Temperance-Sydney F. Smith. ]. A.
Harris, John Nathan, F. A. Hoare,
Porter Kimball. o. X. Lageson, E. w.
Everson. R. A. Lathrop and p. q.
Hansen.
Delayed Bills. H. Sinclair, L. D.
Wiley, M. A. Hoghaug. Dana Wright
and A. A. Leiderbach.
Charitable Institutions-E. A. Bow
man, Martin Larson Of Ransom, Porter
Kimball, E. w. Everson and John
Weber.
RAILROADS.&C.. F. Dupuis. E. E. Cole.
N. e. Whipple, c. w. Mcdonald, Fay
Harding, Martin Larson of Ransom, F.
w. Keitzman. J. NJ. Carigan, James
McManus, J. N. Kunkel and Staale
Hendrickson.
Forestry-Roy B. Weld. F. G. Martz.
Frank Riba, L. H. Larson of Stutsman.
and Joseph Renauld.
Drainage M 1rrigation-A. G. Stor-
start, Fred Eckert, r. A. Lathrop, J. ].
O'Connor Of Pembina. Alex Ferguson,
M. Larson Of Cass, and M. G. Myhre.
Rules-H. A. Mackoff, r. L. Fraser.
Robert Byrne. C.: P. Peterson. J. c.
Miller, J. F. T. O'Connor, e. A. Bow
man. E. E. Cole. and Staale Hendrick-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11

If the coming legislature desires to put the
boots to the importation of Intoxicating liquor
it can easily be done. Enact a law requiring
every person desiring to import liquor from
another state to apply to the county auditor for
a permit: Get the applicant to sign a request to
import his liquor, and get a permit under the
hand and seal of the county auditor, giving the
name of the house and city of location, amount
and kind of liquor, and require this permit past
ed on the outside of the package when it is
shipped into the state. Limit the order to a
quart of whisky, or it's equivalent, or four quarts
of beer. For a man to order, or accept a ship
ment, without this permit under the hand and
seal of the auditor, on the outside of the pack
age. punish him by a $500 fine, or 80 days for
the first ofense, $500 or a year in Jail for the
second offense. and a year in the penitentiary
for the third. Soak the county auditor for the
same penalties if he issues a permit for more
than the stated amount, or issues a permit to a
non resident, or to anyone in a fictitious name.
Then We have a law with the stability of the
county auditor behind it, and the permits he
issues for the 70 cent fee will be few and far be-
tween, and bonatide. New Rockford Transcript.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11

THE CoURANr take pleasure in announcing
to it's readers that it has secuped the services of
O. NJ. THOMPSON as special ismarck correspon-
dent during the legislative session. Mr.. Thoma-
son is one of the ablest writer's in the north
west. having been engaged on the editorial
staff of the Nonpartisan Leader until recently.
He was the writer of the famous N. +. Dicta-
graph letters in the Leader. which were 80
highly relished. Mr.. Thomason's letters will
appear weekly in The Courant during the legis-
lative session and we trust this new feature
will be appreciated by our. readers.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11
'M'LEAN PRESIDENT PROTEIN.

Senator Henry Mclean, OF Cavalier
county, oldest senator in years Of SER
vice, was unanimously selected az
president pro tenn Of the senate. There
were several old members but the1
have dropped out, and when Jud La
Moure went, Senator Mclean became
the daddy Of the senate"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11

THAT there is need of a revision of our state
constitution, is firmly believed by many of the
well-informed people who are not members of
the Nonpartisan League nor members of the
state legislature. Why, they ask, should we
have such reverence for a constitution that was
drawn twenty-eight years ago? Conditions have
changed in twenty-eight years and it seems to
us reasonable that our constitution should be
made up to date. Or are We q lot of numb
skulls who can undertake acknowledgements.
town Sentinel.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11
GO TO 1T FARMER

The legislature which meets today is Charg-
ed with more responsibility than any legislature
since statehood, says the Devils Lake Journal.
The overwhelming majority by which Govern
or Frazier was elected. the overwhelming maj
ority by which the nonpartisans control the
lower house. the fact that of the "a senators
elected, Is were elected as nonpartisans, should
be notice to wise men that a majority OF the
people of this state want the things for which
the nonpartisan league stands. While one-halt
the membership of the senate are holdovers,
it is not likely that any considerable number OF
the holdovers would be so idiotic as to defy the
wishes of the people of this state so unmistake-
ably registered at the polls.
And why should not the plans of the league
be carried ont? They represent the farmers of
this state. And who are the farmers of the
state? Why. they are ALL that there is in the
state. There is not a man, woman or child in
this state whose prosperity is not dependent
directly or indirectly upon the farmer. It is
the farmer upon which the whole business, COM
merclal, professional. educational and social
fabric rests. AS the farmer prospers, so all
prosper.
The object of the league is to better the
condition of the farmers, to get what has long
been denied them-the same chance in the
"OIlu tLldl OtLc luuuStElcS, d lSSS important
have. Heretofore they have been meek and
humble supplicants for legislation which would
give them a square deal. Year after year they
have been buncoed by the paid robbyists Of the
corporations; They have been kicked from
pillar to post, coddled and ridiculed as fancy
suited. and always made the goat"
That they have rebelled is the most en-
couraging sign since North Dakota became a
state. They are no longer begging what is just
ly due them-they are going right after it, and
get it. No" by your leave, please, mister'but in
spite of every pot house politician, and corporal.
ion hireling, of whatever breed or parentage.
If the nonpartisans would succeed they
will beware of those who advise them to dc
nothing RADICAL" to be careful to do nothing
to destroy the confidence of the people, to be
reasonable" etc., etc.
At the last election the people by their votes
delegated upon certain people the work of re
moving the political canker which has been I'm
dermining the welfare of the people of this state
for years. In the performance of the operation
some mighty loud and piteous yells will go up,
but North Dakota will never be the state that it
should be, until the man upon whom the burden
of carrying the load has been placed, has the
same chance that other men have.
Go to it farmer, and keep going.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11

MINNESOTA. too, is rapidly going '.socia1ia-
tic aud "paternalistic." The state already
operates a binder twine plant and a farm ma
chinery factory. A bill has been introduced ia
the Legislature providing for a etate owned
paper mill. And. not a single Nonpa,tisan ia
the Gopher state assembly.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11

IT is now possible to cross the American
continent without stepping foot onto a wet
state-but few transcontinenta travellers at
tempt to do it. -Jamestown Democrat.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-11

cHARLE D. HnLEs declares that the Re.
publican party needs a leader. He might have
added: Also some followers" -Jamestown
Democrat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-19
Amusements
POLI'S

. l. ' 4.
 ssThe Miss Matched Miss is the title of miniature musical comedy that heads the program at Polls the last half of the week. Joe Roland IS starred in this sna'ppy little produc- ton and has the able. assistance or George Driscoll and a chorus of beau ties. Some nkeaIble inpersonations or stage, celebrities are included in the revue of songs and dances The or efring is gorgeously mounted with a rich scenic investiture.
 Tn the photdplay program the fea- ture attraction is the hve-part drama, Her Temptation a story of gripping interest, starring Gladys BrockWell and a very capable supporting com pany. The Hearst -Pathe News. among other timely views, will present some interesting scenes taken aboard the T. s. S. Smith, which was fired on Tuesday by German submarine.
 The New York Comedy Four, one of the best singing quartets in vaude- vile, will present their happy program ofs melody and nirth. while Lowell Drew and Vesta Wallace will be seen in their variety sldt entitled At the Drug Store.''
 Bert & Harry Gordon will hold down an important place in the program with some new Bits of Vaudeville, ' and the always pleasing Harty Bros. in4heir we'll known offering, will com plete the program. fs a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-19
LYRIC

.sIf I have brought a message of hope to some. one, if have kept the feet of youth from wandering into the streets of vacillation, then.I have ac- complished much. r
 It is with these words that the au- thor of "Her Unborn Child" a pur- poseful play, dealing with one. of the questions of the hour birth control introduces his play to the theatre-go- ink public,
 1t is bythese words that the serious intent offa big, modern play7is shown. .s.T4er Unborn Child, is the work of Howard McKent Barnes, a brilliant young American dranatist, The play was written after months of re- search work in the laboratories of the leading tphysicians and the material cfssthe big human story isean actual happening discovered during the, tour of ffisvec4iofl. ss ' ss-s as's1ss F 7 Her Unborn Child comes to the Lyric theatre, for an engagement sof one week starting next Monday with the endorsement nf medical societies, non-sectarian clubs and thinking men and women everywhere. Tt tells the truth about birth control, for it4is the theory of the author that by the ed ucation of the masses the slaughter of innocent unborn babes will stop.
 Because of the sacfedness of moth erhood and out df courtesy to the la dies, all matinee performances ,o1 "TIer Unborn Child,, will be reserved exclusively for the ladies. Gentle men will be . admit d { to all other per