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Connecticut western news., 1917-10-18
(Too late for last week ]

Accidents were prevalent from Saturday, night last to Monday. On Friday evening horse got down under Heaton Go. shed and was severely in jured; on Saturday evening, Stanley Sherwood of Salisbury run into Chas. Garrity's car with bicycle in front of Dr. Bissells and was badly hurt; on Sunday party from Salisbury with a horse which got frightened and ran away throwing out the occupants and injuring the driver, the same afternoon ran away again when they came back after the broken wagon; on Monday one of Ed. Tompkins' sons had the misfortune to fall off 8 coal wagon, driven by Freelan Pulver and break his arm; also Edward Webb fell from tree and injured himself quite seriously.
 The Salisbury Home Guard returned home from the review drill at Water bury on Sunday evening last. we'll pleased with the days outing. It was an experience that very few of us have had the pleasure of participating in before. And to the most of us, it was beyond our expectations. Salisbury, and also all the country companies should consider it great honor Go be chosen as one among the body of mill tary trained men such as was ou1 pleasure on Sunday last.
 Mrs. Dewitt Resell and granddaugh ter of Sharon were the.ssguestss of he1
Connecticut western news., 1917-10-18

daughter, Mrs. W. Adam over Sunday.
 The ladies of Taghkanic Chapter o. E. s. will hold food and vegetable sale at Heaton Go. store on Friday afternoon.
 MT. Vosburgh, father of Earle Vos- burgh died at the Sharon hospital on Sunday last. Funeral took place at the home of Wm. Smith on Tuesday after noon. MT. Vosburgh had been i'll Ill health for some time past.
Connecticut western news., 1917-10-18
South Canaan

MT. and Mrs. Frank Beebe of Pitts field have been visiting their snneice Mrs. Harry Dean. %asx5S ssSS
 Harry Dean aand family 2swere. in
Connecticut western news., 1917-10-18
Midht Be Worse

Maude--"Marie says that she ha, an awful lot of friends" Nfiriay2--. "Yes; but some of them are noE g. bad."-Judge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
See Kew M UGH
Work You Can
Save

Take a minute of time and figure
up what our flat work servie will ac-
tually save you.
First-it saves you all the work Of
washing, starching and drying the en-
tire weeks washing.
Second-it saves you the week Of
ironing the very hardest part of the
washing big, heavy flat peices,
such as the bed and table linen, tow
els, counter panes, etc.
And, unlike washerwoman's, our
work is always clean and sweet, and
al your clothes are sent home to you.
Try us.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-17

kept clean and decorated in good taste.
The walls should be smooth so that
dust will not adhere to them and they
should be tinted some soft shade rest
full to the eye and woodwork should
be in harmony with it. A few we'll
hung and there should be burlap above
the blackboards to which children's
work may be pinned for exhibit. Good
slate black boards are an absolute
necessity. The seats should be differ
ent sizes to accommodate children of
various ages. The adjustable seat and
desk solves the problem best. Little
children should never be permitted to
sit with nothing upon which to rest
their feet. If the boys cannot make
foot rests, procure boxes of the proper
height. 1t is almost needless to say
that the teachers desk should be kept
as neat as possible to serve as model
for the children. A library with some
carefully selected books for each
grade is very essential in every rural
school. These should be in a neat
bookcase for them when they are not
in use, and they should be so catalogu-
ed as to be easily checked up. A
sand table for use in the geography
lesson, also for primary work is help
full, and a suitable box for keeping all
kinds Of seat work are almost neces-
sites.
The hot lunch equipment is also
part of the present day rural school
furnishings. 1t is true the type IF
country school here proposed will cost
the district little more money than
the old, but the returns will be far
greater for the children will secure
their education more easily and
quickly under favorable conditions
than they could possibly otherwise.
Hattie Johnson, Class of 1917.
HOW MUCH is SEVEN BILLIONS?
Suppose it to be in silver dollars.
If seven men had begun counting at
the rate of dollar minute at the time
Christ was born, they would complete
their task about next Christmas.
These silver dollars would make
pile 1,736 miles high. Laid side by
side they would reach from New York
to Salt Lake City seven times. To coin
them would require 218,750 tons of
silver, to haul which 1851 freight
cars, drawn by 728 locomotives would
be needed. These trains would be
about 90 miles in length"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
Music

This is the first year music has re-
ceived it's proper place in our public
schools. Up to this year, outside OF
2 or 3 ill-conGucted chorus periods
each week, music was not considered
a necessary part of curriculum. This
year it is taught as a regular school
subject in the grades and credits are
given in this work the same as any
other school work. A theory class is
held once a week for the pupils OF the
senior high school who wish to take
it. Besides teaching music as reg
ular subject, various other musical en-
terprises are conducted by our music
teacher.
On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays from 1 10 to 1:3O o'clock
a general chorus period is held in the
assembly hall of the senior high school.
The pupils are arranged according to
the pitch of their voices, thus each one
develops his singing along a proper
line. The music sung in these periods
is of the very best, the kind that
make every one look forward to sing
ing with a keen delight.
The glee club, which has 10 men,
bers of boys and girls, meets every
Thursday and Friday morning from
$3.50 to 900 o'clock. Here each stu
dent receives individual instructions in
the use of his voice. 1t is needless to
say that the training received in this
work is invaluable to those who desire
to sing. The music sung by the Glee
club is composed by the very best COM
posers of the days.
The high school orchestra, composed
of Is pieces, practices on Mondays and
Thursdays of each week. Although
somewhat handicapped by not having
very much experience this enterprise
has we'll demonstrated what practice
will do.
Since the beginning of this last
semester girls quartet and boys
quartet have been organized and have
practiced whenever it was possible.
Roland Nutting, Class of 1917.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
German Grammar

I find German Grammar the most
&. interesting of all my classes in that I
learn to speak the language and learn
to speak it correctly. We do practi-
cally the same things in this class as
in any other class, but l think we en-
joy it more because it is not dead
language and it is used so much now.
Even the first day our teacher gave
the objects in our class room their
e German names and told US some of
the most common idioms. So you can
see we have spoken in German from
the very first day. I think it has the
same fascination for us as learning
to talk has for child.
Of course, we have to learn the de-
clensions Of nouns, conjugations of
verbs and all of those things connect
ed with the grammar, but even that is
made more interesting by little
game we have. One person starts to
coniugate a verb and he takes it up
and so on until some one else notices
a mistake.
Once in awhile we have one of those
old-fashioned spelling bees to see who
has the largest German vocabulary.
We speak almost entirely in German
in class and this gives US the needed
practice. We also tell all of the stor-
les we read in German.
Any other language always helps
you to understand your own better
so it is also helpful in this respect. |
think almost anyone would find it
very interesting and, helpful.
Florence Hennemann, Class 1919.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
The Organization and Aims of Nor.
NAL Departments in High Schools

NAL Departments in High Schools
The first Normal school in the
America was organized in 1888 by
Horace Mann, who was conspicuous
figure in the educational world at that
time. He realized that teachers were
sadly handicapped by having no pro-
fessional training and he sought to
remedy it by establishing teacher
training school in Massachusetts. This
earned for him the title Father of
the Normal School,"
Normal schools have been establish
ed in all the states of the union and
their graduates have been in such de-
mand in the grades of the towns and
cities that these schools have devoted
their efforts almost entirely to the
training of grade teachers. Teachers
for rural schools continued to go to
their field with no professional train
ing and as result, grade schools were
progressing and the rural schools of
our country, in which there is a much
greater enrolment, were either stand
ing still or going backward. To rem
edy this unfortunate condition it was
decided to establish teaching training
departments in High Schools for
young men and women desiring to
teach in the country. Minnesota was
among the first states to do so and
the first departments were organized
about ten years ago. At present one
high school in nearly every county in
this state offers the Normal course.
Young people may take the Normal
work in their Senior year and receive
their High School diplomas and first
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
A Musical Romance

Twas in September 1916 that "Sim-
pie Simon" was first seen in our city.
He arrived from his "Motherland' via
the cannon-ball express and after in
terviewing the Superintendent pro-
ceeded to commence his brilliant ca
reer in "Our Old High"
AS is most natural, his first few
days weer very trying and he thought
a great deal of the 'Long, Long
Trail and his "Susquenna Sue,"
whom he had left "Comin' Through
the Rye" but as he became acquaint-
ed with "The Wandering Student" the
old thoughts were thrown off and he
soon entered into "The Merry Life"
One of his first acquaintance were
<'Peggy," the sweetheart of Southern
Roses" whom he met at the "Dance
of the Fairies" He took a great fan
cy to this spanish Gypsy" and asked
her to "Come to the Fair" with him
the following day to which she con-
scented.
They passed a most enjoyable day
and when "Homeward Bound" "When
the Day Fades" he sighed and muir
INJURED "Salut d'amour" Uove's
Greeting) "Until the Dawn" he
thought of this "Queen of Night" and
GAIL on Sunday Morning." procured
an "Overland," advised "The Pilot"
-s'To the Revels Away" and once more
.enioved an afternoon in "Loveland."
At length, his mind weary without
Crest, because of this "Melody of
Love-" declared cloves Old Sweet
Song" Upon gaining her consent it
was not long before the Bridal Choir
us" pealed forth and few weeks later
they sailed on the Flagship Connect
icut" through 'The Golden Gate" and
cover the Moonlit Sea" '"To Old Ma
drid where their remaining days were
happily spent.
Mae Conkey, Class Of 1917.
German Grammar
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
FARMERS WAR PROFITS NOT
AS LARGE AS THOSE OF THE
MUNlTI0N MANUFACTURER

Much has been said concerning
the war profits of farmers. 1t
might be imagined from some of
the newspaper contentious that
the farmer of North Dakota had
been reaping a golden harvest.
A little investigation shows that
his lot has not been cast in ex-
traodinary pleasant places since
the war began.
From a balance sheet showing
the total incomes and expendi-
lures of the farmers of North
Dakota for the year 1916 compil-
ed by the State Agricultural Col
lege, shows that for 1916, the
farmers of this state received a
return of 5 per cent upon their
investment and $292.35 to COW
err their labor and the labor of
families.
The United States Depart
ment in connection with the re-
turn on investment in farm lands
says:
Roughly speaking we have
found that about one-third of
the farm owners throughout the
United States, barely make 5
per cent interest on their invest
ment and the other one-third
make about $500 annually"
Again, ut may be said in gen.
eral that the returns are from
about 2R to 6 per cent on the
investment lin farm lands) with
an average of about AZ per cent.
In making these eliminates the
United States department of Ag-
riculture takes an average year
with normal prices.
Contrasting these figures with
some of the average annual pro-
fits of the big munition makers
during the war period:
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

TO relieve a serious situation
among the farmers of the West.
brough about by crop failures
last year, and to insure bumper
agricultural production next
year, A. c.. Townley, head of the
National Nonpartisan league
called on President Wilson and
Food Administrator Hoover last
week and laid before them a
plan whereby, the governemnt
could make short-time loans to
farmers at a low rate of inter-
est. The details were given out
today on Mr.. Townley's return
from Washington, D. c..
Mr.. Townley told President
Wilson that in North Dakota
and many other western states
the farmers, suffering from a
short yield the year before, bor-
rowed money in order to plant
increased acreage to produce
food to help the Allies win the
war. The crop was a failure;
wheat only averaging seven bu.
to the acre in North Dakota,
while many other sections of
the West had poor yields.
"Some sort of a federal loan
to relieve the farmers is i'm
perative if the farmers are to
keep their herds and put in big
crops next year" Mr.. Townley
said. Farmers borrowed heav-
lily and were hard hit by the
crop failure. In face of this
comes the rising prices of feed.
Many farmers are being forced
to sell their livestock as they
are financially unable to carry
them over the winter when feed
is so high. True, there is plen-
ty of fodder, hay and roughage
in parts of Minnesota, Iowa, II
linois and other states, but
many farmers have borrowed to
their limit of credit and face
failure unless they get govern
ment aid.
Tin some European countries
the governments pay a bonus to
farmers for raising food on arid
lands. The Northwestern farm
ers are not asking for any bonus
We merely ask that special leg
islation be passed to permit fed.
aral funds to be loaned to farm:
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

E. O. Haraldson. A. G.. Adams,
j. G.. Walstad.
At Maxbass-Will Freeman,
M. c.. T~illotson.
At Newburg-Paul Nordberg,
John T. Page.
At Omemee-N. F. Maakestad
A. R. Bate.
At Overly-Otis Thompson.
At Roth-H. H.. Gravseth, Of
to Charnholm.
At Russell-Geo. F. Peter
son.
At souris-G. S. Ogren, Will
liam Thatcher.
At Westhope-W. J. Cooper,
J. J. Coliton, Geo. H. Kalbfeisch,
J. H. Latimer.
At Willow City-John D. She
rer.
J. J. Weeks, Chairman,
Legal Advisory Board,
Bottineau, N. D.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
REGISTERED MEN, NOTICE

The following named lawyers
and business men have volun-
teered to give their services free
Of charge to registered men in
making up their questionnaires.
At Antler-F. A. Rinkel and
Geo. B. Werdell.
AT Bottineau-A. Benson, j.
Walseth, Bowen & Adams, John
H. Kirk, John E. Martin and J.
j. Weeks.
At Carbury-Nels B. Arveson.
At Eckman-P. A. Paulson.
At Gardena-Chas. S. Fair
field.
At Kramer-H. O. Lyngstad,
H. N. Hanson.
At LANDAU. B. Peterson, C.
C. Jacobson.
At Lansford-R. c.. Morton,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
CALLS ON NORTH
WEST TO CREATE PUBLIC
OPINION TO PASS MEASURE

ers for six, eight and ten month
periods under conditions that
will permit the farm to stay on
his land and put in another big
crop next year. The Northwest
is not alone in this situation.
There is acute suffering among
the sugar growers of the South
and the same day that I appear
ed at the White House President
Wilson listened to a plea similar
to mine made by Texas cattle
producers.
1--WE have loaned or intend to
loan the Allies more than S.
OOO, 600, 900. To Russia alone
$3.50, 600 so that Russian
debts to American munition
makers might be liquidated. The
government also purchased So
100000 of munition-making ma
chinery which it is renting to
Eastern manufacturers who
have large war orders. The
food controller has an appropri-
alton of 1852, 000,0 900 at his dis
posal. It is proposed to lend ST.
600, 600, 900 to the railroads 50
that they can buy more equip
ment. In view of these facts I
can see no reason why the gov
eminent should not make loans
to farmers.
"Unless something of this sort
is done there is a serious dan
ger of famine in this country
through under production. Tie
farmers cannot produce large
crops unless they have the mon
ey to buy seed. Farming does
not pay under present condit-
ions. Government statistics
show that last year the average
wage of the farmer and his FAM
lily was 1882. Feed prices are
exhorbitant and constantly s.
ing higher. Many farmers and
many more of their sons were
drafted in the army. The labor
shortage is acute. Yet we need
food to win the warm fact
| food is more important than
munitions. Our government
would not allow the munition n
dustry to dwindle at this time.
Yet our farm production faces =
certain and unavoidable eurtaA-
CONTINUED on page 12)
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
TRAIT0R0US NORTH DAKOTA
PAPERS SEVERELY CRITICIZED BY
STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

Secretary F. O. Hellstrom Of
the council of defense called up
on the people of the state to for
get their political differences
and put shoulder to shoulder and
work for the common cause, the
winning of the world war.
II think that it is time that
the people of North q; Sota,' de-
clared Mr.. Hellstrom, "forget po-
litical differences and work to-
gether with a united front in
stead Of sending out these false
and slanderous statements a.
gainst the state and people in an
effort to elevate themselves back
into public favor and into office.
The people Of North Dakota
know who these traduce IS of the
states name are and there is a
G..y of reckoning coming. Let
- one deceive themselves that
they can gain favor in the eyes
Of the people of this state by
SANDER and villification.
i Every citizen in this state
owes a duty Of citizenship that
can only be discouraged by clasp
ing hands with his neighbor in
full fellowship. We the fighting
a common cause and let us stand
shoulder to shoulder and fight
our common enemies for the
good of our country and for dem
ocracy."
L. P. Baker, state fuel admin
istrator for North Dakota, was
bitter in his attack of papers
which circulated the false and
traitorous statements 4: 'ainst
the good name of North Dakota.
"Such articles as appeared in
a Fargo afternoon paper Of yes
terday are outrageous and lib
e|ous against the state Of North
Dakota and some steps should
be taken to put an end to all
such pratices."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

alive to military activities in
this country. It is believed he
was using his opportunities as a
waiter at Camp Dodge to get in
side information as to military
movements. He will be interned
at a prison in Georgia..
Felix Thornton of Hammond,
Ind, who was arrested at Devils
Lake, N. D., recently and charg-
ed with failing to report for du-
ty at Camp Dodge after being
drafted, was sentenced to ten
years. Imprisonment at Fort
Leavenworth by decision of the
Court Martial at Camp Dodge.
The sentence was pronounced,
besides giving Thornton ten
years at hard labor at Fl. Leav-
enworth, orders that he be CIV
en- a dishonorable discharge from
the service and that all pay and
allowances be forfeited.
The folks back home doubtless
get exaggerated reports con-
corning sickness at the camp. An
official report says that the ply
steal standard of the men who
reported from Iowa, Minnesota,
North Dakota and a part of ILL
nois, in spite Of the fact that
physicians on local boards were
none too careful in judging fit
men with physical Disqualified
tions. These have been weeded
out and sent back home. Only
those deemed fit to withstand
the rigors of a hard winter in
the trenches have been retained.
The number of reflections for
physical disqualifications and
the number Of exemptions for
men following their induction
into the service has been less
than 1000. The places of these
men are being filled by men from
the districts from which the ex-
empted or rejected men came.
Since the establishment Of the
hospital in temporary quarters
CONTINUED on page ~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

sweaters on the outside of uni
forms and this of itself gives
the lie to the whole story. A
woman in southern Iowa told a
number of women in her COM
munity details OF a very juicy
bit of scandal relating to con-
duct at Camp Dodge. Captain
Quigley interviewed a number of
women who had been repeating
the story and he finally traced
it to it's original source and the
woman who started it has been
cited to appear before the fed
eral grand jury.
The officers of the American
Red Cross, with headquarters in
Washington, have issued a de-
claimer as to chain letters. They
state very positively that the
Red Cross does not countenance
these letters and the public is
warned against them. All
kinds of frauds and usurpers are
working the donation graft. Aid
to the American Red Cross
should Always be furnished
through recognized channels, It
the donor wishes to be assured
that his gift is to reach the OBJ
ject intended. Red Cross rep
resentatives are in every COM
munity and there is no occasion
for the chain letter stunt.
A versatile fellow named John
Conrad Ebert was a waiter in a
dining hall at Camp Dodge. He
claimed to be an expert stenog-
rapher but was unable to give a
history Of his wanderings that
suited the authorities. He came
here from Kansas City and has
previously been employed in a
brewery in Milwaukee. Ebert,
according to federal agent Sher-
wood, admitted he has four
brothers in the German army.
He came to the United States IL
1918, the federal agent says. He
is accused 81 giving Information
to his relatives in Lorraine rel
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
THANKSGIVING DINNER AT
CAMP DODGE REQUIRED 10
THOUSAND POUNDS OF SPUDS

Seven miles of railroads tracks
have been laid in the camp. In
taking over the buildings from
the contractors every detail was
given careful attention. The
complete cost of the camp as
near as Major Butler can make
it from his reports it about &c.
100000, this including building
material and labor only. Major
Butler and staff will remain at
the camp a few days longer to
complete some of the routine
work and turn the construction
over to Roy Johnson, who will
take over the general utility de-
partment of the camp. Major
Butler has received notice that
he will be transferred but no in
formation has been sent as to
where he will 60. He will take
with him his staff composed of
the following: Maj. C. "A. Wat
rous, Capt. H. N. Handbury,
Capt. B. S. Squier and Lieut.. E.
S. Sphinx. Major Butler and his
staff were employees Of the G. N.
railroad with headquarters in
Montana before the declaration
Of war.
CAPTAIN Quigley, whose duty
it is to run down all slanderous
statements that are given pub
licity as relating to alleged con-
ditions at Camp Dodge, has been
trying to trace the source of
some ugly rumors. Some of
these have been located in diff
ferent cantonments but they fit
all alike. The story goes thus:
A poor Woodworking mother
boy, in camp, first sewing a ten
dollar bill in the collar. Soon
after she saw an officer wearing
the sweater on the streets down.
town. Mother approaches, jerks
q secret string and out drops the
bill. The officer declares he bot
the sweater from the Red Cross.
Captain Quigley recently return
ed from q trip east and says he
heard the very same story in
Washington, Baltimore and
Chicago, which would seem to
prove It is q scheme Of German
agenta. Oficers do not wear