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Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21
CLUB APPROVES
SUMMER CAMPS
Grand Forks Commercial Organ
ization Endeavoring to Arouse
Interest in Movement.

The Grand Forks Commercial club
is behind the government in its effort
to secure citizens to sign up for the
summer training camps which have
been established throughout the Unit
ed States and steps to arouse interest
in the movement are being con-
templated.
The club will become more active
ly interested in presenting the gov
the city and this part of the state In
the hope that a number may be in
duced to take the training course Of
fered during the summer months.
This movement is by no means one
Of militarism. club officials point out.
but rather a preparedness measure of
the utmost importance to the future
of the country. That man know
the fundamentals Of warfare does not
instill in him desire to fight; that
the younger generation of the country
be taught the maneuvers Of war does
not mean that ours will become a
military republic, in any sense Of the
term.
The proposition is simply this. the
government offers a course In military
work during the summer for the pur-
pose of teaching the citizens Of the
country the fundamentals of war.
This course may last a period Of four
weeks or longer. as the citizen de-
siders. While in training he is under
the supervision of the government.
but must purchase his own uniform
and pay his travelling expenses. The
plan has been adopted by the govern
ment in the hope that the citizens OF
the country will realize the great
benefit to be derived from such a citi-
zenship, drilled in the fundamentals
of military work.
The Commercial club Is not for
militarism and never has been. but 1t
believes that such a move is Of the
utmost importance to the future of
the nation. especially in these trying
times of international difficulty. The
club will do all it can to promote the
movement in this section, hopeful
that a large delegation may be in
duced to enlist in the service Of their
country for short time. The near
est summer station is located at Fort
Smelling. and all citizens enrolling for
the training will undoubtedly be sent
to this station
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21
JUVENILE BAND TO
GIVE SOME CONCERTS
Committee in Charge Hears Rehearsal
and is Highly Pleased With
Program.

The Juvenile City band held its reg
ular rehearsal at the Y. NJ. c. A. yes
terday afternoon, at which time some
OF the members Of the committee in
charge attended. The committee was
highly pleased with the progress the
band is showing. The boys played
over several pieces for the benefit Of
the audience.
The band is composed Of 25 mem
bers. 1t is rapidly getting in shape
for several concerts to be given this
spring. According to Secretary
Frame there still remain several open
ings for older boys to take up the
work on wind instruments.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21

tremendously and present values are
way beyond anything known in the
trade. While the average price OF
Russian fiax in 1914 was $175.00 per
ton. the figure for 1916 was $426.00.
and it is still going up.
Not only has the price Of raw ma
terials advanced to heretofore un-
known limits. but increased wages and
new costs for bleaching and finishing.
together with other incidental ex-
penses. combine in the cost of the
finished products. Such goods as may
be had in small quantities from time
to time. are carried at freight rates
approximately three times the usual
rates. through lack of shipping ia
cilities.
When all these conditions are taken
into account. 1t can readily be seen
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21
FILLING STATION
FOR OIL COMPANY
Standard Concern Takes Out Building
Permit to Put Up $2,50O Struc-
ture on University Avenue.

The Standard Oil company has
made application with the city engi-
neer for permit to erect building at
the corner of Fourth street and Uni
versity avenue to be used as a filling
station.
The new building will be 80 feet
long, IL feet wide. heighth to the cell
ing 10 feet, and walls and ceiling IL
inches in thickness. It will be built
of brick and hollow tile and the esti-
mated cost Is $2,5OO.
The work of constructing the new
filling station will be started as soon
as possible.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21
A. D. CADY DIES AT
RIPE AGE OF IS
Veteran of Both Mexican and Civil
Wars, Father of Local Woman,
Passes Away.

Miss Naomi Cady, 1918 Cheyenne
avenue, has received word Of the
death Of her grandfather, A. D. Cady,
at his claim at Sumatra, Mont. Mr.
Cady was 95 years of age and has
made his home at Sumatra for the
past three years with his daughter,
Mrs. Emma Randolph. Mr.. Cady,
who resided in this city about 16
years ago. was a veteran Of both the
Mexican and Civil wars. Funeral
services were held at Sumatra and
the remains were laid to rest on the
claim.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21
BANQUET FOR STUDENT
BODY OF "Y" FRIDAY
Covers Will Be Laid for 40 Boys and
State Secretary \. III. Dale WIN
Be the Chief Speaker.

The student brotherhood Of the Y.
NJ. c. A. are planning to hold big
gathering and supper at the Y. NJ. c.
A. on Friday evening of this week
beginning at 6:15 o'clock.
State Secretary A. II. Dale Of the
Y. M. c. A., will be the principal
speaker of the evening. He will tell
of the work that is being done in
North Dakota and of the aims and
purposes of the organization.
Arrangements are being made to
seat 40 BOYS at the BANQUET
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21
A Match.

A Match.
Beryl-But do you think you and
he are suited to each other?
Belle-Oh, perfectly! Our tastes are
quite similar. don't care very much
for him. and he doesn't care very
much for me.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21

Later advices from Bismarck said
that Attorney General LANCER. as re-
lator, had brought action and that
the supreme court had assumed orig
inal Jurisdiction in the case. The
members Of Frazier's board do not
participate in the case.
An effort will be made to have ar
guments set for Friday or Saturday.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21

that the worlds supply Of linen has
been tremendously affected. and as
long as the war lasts. conditions will
not improve. but rather grow worse.
No one knows when the war will
close, but the best informed persons
believe that it will be long after peace
comes in Europe. before linen supplies
can be brought to normal.
The worlds linen chest will be
empty. and it will require a very great
quantity Of goods to replentsh It.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-21
custer proceeding. were determined

on.
The present board has retained for
defense Attorney Lawrence Of Fargo.
former Chief Justice c. ]. Fisk and
former Attorney General Henry j.
Linde.
The attorney generals line of at
tack generally defined In the opinion
which he furnished Governor Fra
zier, when the latter made his orig
inal appointments, contending that
Governor Hanna had illegally nomi-
mated members Of the present board
before the bill creating the board had
passed the senate.
The defense will be that the NOM
nations were again made and recon-
firmed by the senate after the bill
creating the board had been approv-
ed and made law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

1.-THE report of the secretary of the
state board of agriculture issued last
week indicates that there viii be
larger acreage of corn planted this
year than ever before in the state s
history. The period of cultivation is
nearly at hand and good sized army
viii be necessary properly to care for
the growing crops. Flowing corn is Il
work that any bright. able bodied boy
from IL years old up can do. These
boys can be supplied from the schools
in the cities and towns if a proper eff
fort be put forth in making the con-
nection between them and the work.
Let recruiting stations be opened in
Every town for the enlistment of boys
for this service. Let the farmers
know where they can obtain help when
ii is desired. The boys would acquire
much valuable practical knowledge
that they could never get in school
besides being benefited in health and
finances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

man without special education IS as
useful in the ranks as the man who
has had four years of technical train
ing in addition to a good general edu-
cation. The trained man, more sensl-
tive to the requirements of the times;
more readily awakened to a spirit OF
patriotism which is not deferred by
any personal sacrifice, may enlist
while the equally useful young man,
for the ranks, stays at home, not be-
cause he is craven, but because he
has read little and thought little about
the war.
The selective draft principle for
which the president is laboring takes
into consideration these facts, now so
deeply impressed by Nthe tragical
waste of valuable men, in the first and
second years of the war, by Great
Britain; waste which occurred when
the English, because of their blum
ders We're regarded in this country as
a nation of slackers, permitting the
French to bear the brunt of the war.
Shall we commit Great Britain's re-
pented error, and send to the trenches
men who should be used otherwise in
more important capacity? Shall we
waste the sensitive trained man
trained in college or on the farm or
in an office-and allow the unintereSt-
ed young man who has not considered
the call of his country. to remain
where he can do the least good, or
where he is not doing any good?
This is one of the questions involved
in consideration of the administration
program.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atch:son Globe.1

From the Atch:son Globe.
Only few women are so beautiful
they can afford TO be slouchy.
Sometimes it seems that the shift
less man has the most fun in life.
Nearly every man is disposed to
scott at doctors when he is feeling
well.
NearlX every man, if he had time
and money, would start some kind of
cult
Can't you think of some lie you
have told SO often you have come to
believe it?
Father Time, decrepit as he appears
in cartoons, is the worlds champion
pugilist.
Jude Johnson does most of the eat
lag AT his home, as he feels that he
and his wife are one.
What has become of the old fash
Toned ball player who pulled the rule
book on the umpire?
Tact is that artistic Accomplishment t
which enables one to use his friends
and make them like it.
A few men have so much faith in
this nation that they figure there will
plenty of men without them.
There is such a thing having too
much self-confidence. like the woman
who marrles man to reform him.
One trouble with the man whose life
is an open book is that such life
doesn't make the most interesting
reading.
Most people care so little for mathe-
MATES. that the man who quotes sta
tistics needn't be greatly concerned as
to their accuracy.
The ten commandments have been
amplified d good deal by those who
have been regulating us since those
commandments were FORMULATED.
The girls should quit giggling, and
should begin to knit socks for the SOL
diers. In times of war every person
has to do something for his or her
country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
Bread and Boats.


The German Submarines hope to
sink a million tons of shipping a
month Their object is to prevent the
British from sending troops to Elan
ders, coal to France, or munitions to
Russia. And in the end to starve
England.
defeated in Europe before We can be-
gin to fight.
So our first campaign in this war
must be against the enemy Supmar-
But the Boys IN Blue cannot do the
job alone. We, who are civilians, must
do the biggest share of the work
We must build boats faster than the
submarines can sink them. And we
must fill them with bread.
Everyone who has to do with iron
from the miners to steel riveterS-can
help to speed up the process. Any big
structural iron job today, which is not
absolutely necessary, is sort of in
dustrial treason. 1t means that just
so much raw material, so many skilled
mechanics are not available for the
building of ships.
Everyone VINO has to do with wood
from the lumber jacks to the car
penters who put pianolas together
can help in building the new fleet of
wooden cargo boats. Every man who
knows how to handle an axe or a saw,
hammer or a plane ought to be at
work on ship building. The new barn
can wait till peace comes again. To
build it this summer is to divert raw
material and labor from the ship
yards. 1t means helping the Germans.
1t will make it more probable that
some of our American boys will be
killed in battle.
And it will be useless to build boats
unless we can fill them with food
stuff.
Bread is scarce all over the world.
The farmers in Europe are fighting
have swept away the harvest over vast
territories. A plague of grasshoppers
has descended on the wheat fields of
Argentina. Our own harvests have
been poor. All the world is going to
be hungry this winter. And we must
feed not only our own vast population
| but also our Comrades who are al
ready in arms.
The other day in a restaurant they
Kissed a man for not standing up
when the orchestra played The Star
| Spangled Banner 1t would have
been wiser patriotism to have Kissed
every man and woman in the room
who was eating white bread.
Our wheat will go almost twice as
far if we grind it all into flour. White
bread has always been-an extravagant
fashion. Today it is an unpatriotic
! fashion.
] we IuQSl IlulllplN our lOOQ supply
by increa sing planting and decreased
waste. Every unploughcd acre in our
land means that someone has neglect
ed n patriotic duty. Every crust we
| throw away makes it so much easier
for the Germans to starve our friends
| in Europe
We can not put an army into the
field before next Spring. But we civ
ilians canNbegin our fight today.
Waste is our great enemy.
| 1t is treason to waste wood or iron.
1t is treason to employ steel-work-
ers or carpenters wastefully. They are
needed in the ship yards.
1t is treason to let good land lie fall
low.
1t is treason to waste the products
| of the land.
Our soldiers and sailors will meet
the enemy with bullets.
We civilians, men, women and chill
dren, can do our bit by boosting the
output of Bread and Boats.-Arthur
Bullard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
THE GAS SITUATION.

Any benefit to the people Of Kan
sas. as the result of the decision of
the federal district court in the gas
case can hardly be expected at an early
date. In accordance with it's past pol
icy of preventing any settlement of the
controversy the public utilities COM
mission probably will appeal to the
United States supreme court. Such
action will mean more years of delay
and additional expense to the state and
the company, while the people will be
forced to continue receiving an made
quate supply of gas.
Everybody is made to pay in money
and inconvenience on accoun. of the
political aspirations of the head of the
commission. Lawyers will continue
to fatten off the litigants. The public
will remain helpless in the hands of a
group of politicians.
Had it not been for the interference
of the p L. C. the consumers years
ago might have been getting plenty of
gas at satisfactory price And hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in receiv-
ers' and lawyers fees might have been
saved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

ed bitterly. THAT is I haven't hunt
ed the right thing. All I've found is
money"
But money is wonderful, John. l
worship it for the good it can do.
There are so many, many people to
help, SO many dying without it,
Peggy, dear, l love you. If l offer
you all my fortune to dispose of as
you wish VIII it make some amends
for the years we've lost-I've lost
And do you think you could take me
along with it? Well give all these
people money to buy new clothes in
stead of old ones, and set them up in
business when they get better. Surely
you can't refuse me now. Peggy"
mo, John, / can't But don't think
I'm sacrificing myself for the people.
I've always loved you, John, dear
(Copyrigt, 1917, by the Mcclure
NeWSDaper SVndicate0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
Letting George Do IL.

What's the matter with America?
There is nothing the matter vita
America. America is all right. If the
United States were not the best of
places it would have persisted years
ago from sheer lack of enough people
to develop it and carry on its business
But all the world has knocked at the
door of America. People who have
come here in the steerage have blithe-
ly Travelled back first class to strut
about and tell their folks in Europe
what a bully time they have had in
the Unicd States of America If we
VINO have been mere since Revolution
airy times didn't like America, or IL
we knew of a better place for our
selves and our children. we would
have skipped long ago, for it is inher-
ent in man to move on to a better
country But the number of people
who have found America unsatisfao-
tory and gone back to Europe for
permanent residence is negligible.
Hence it is not debatable that America
is a mighty satisfactory place of resi-
dence. We have won for mankind
the substance of things hoped for
in ten thousand ways And we must
zion, that America may become in
creasingly better place for the flow
cring of mans soul
! But a good thing, If it really be
good, must be guarded and fought for
am unable to think of v wav of
protecting and defending the United
states of America unless il will take
care of itself. The pleasant idea that
II we have no army and navy nobody
VIII ever pick on us seems to me not
only foolish but insane. There is moth
ing in history or human experiences
to justify a belief that so long as we
are unprepared for attack nobody will
injure us.
Universal military service seems 70
me the ideal method of national de-
fense Tor. democracy. We are rather
disposed as nation to let George do
Ill But George has a great MANY
things to do and there is no reason
why he should bear all the burden Of
protecting the rest of us-Meredith
Nicholson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
FOOD OUTLOOK CANADA.

The food problem is worrying the
authorities in Canada. Last year in
the Province of Ontario there were
$50, 900 fewer acres in cultivation than
in 1914, and this year the number of
acres lying idle will be much greater.
as there is less than one man to every
100 acres of farm land. Sir William
Hearst. the premier of Ontario, in re-
cent speech said that sixteen nations
of the world were short of food sup
plies, and of these, six were practically
on the verge of starvation. He re-
ioiced that the United States had
joined the Allies. but said it would
not be wise to ignore the fact that
one result would be that more men
would be taken from production and
there would be a greater army of con-
sumers in the world and less labor,
and the greater necessity for sacrifice
than before.
The people of Ontario realize that
they are dependent upon this years
crops for next winters food and that
land must be more intensively titled
and harvested. In order to accom-
plish this a War Production club has
been organized by the Toronto board
of trade and it is proceeding to mobil-
ize Toronto's man and boy power to
the extent of 5000 to assist in greater
food production in Ontario.
One of the methods suggested is that
of placing land under electro-culture
An experiment on fifty acres in Here
ford, Eng, demonstrated that by ap-
plying a current of electricity to plant
ed soil, the crop would be increased a
hundredfold. Electricity splits up the
ions from the atmosphere and thus
enables plant-growth to abstract the
nitrogen without the aid of costly ma
chinery. and the more manure was put
on the soil the better the electrical re-
suits would be. To use electricity in
bright sunshine would be wasteful, as
it would over-accelerate the growth Of
the plants so treated and cause them
to shrivel. The current would have to
be applied before the sun rose or after
night, if necessary.
At Hereford, in conservatory, were
to be seen boxes of seeds of cau1iflow-
erS, cabbageS and leekS demonstrating
the effect of electro culture. Some of
the seeds. tho only planted five days
previously, showed a healthy green
blade an inch above the soil, while
normally no blade would have showed
at all.
Mr.. Kerr. the electrical engineer
said that rain was their only enemy
unconquered so far, but they meant
to overcome it, because they believed
the results would be better still if they
could apply the current during the
rainstorm. They were only al the be
ginning of things yet. With electro
culture three years ago, he declared,
there would have been no need for
food rules and rations. Three years
hence, Mr.. Kerr remarked, we shall
wonder why we slept. The possibiIi-
ties are boundless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

Pacifists continue to assert that war
with Germany has been brought about
by business interests. Here is the an
swer Copper manufacturers have
agreed to supply the army's needs of
that product for the next year at half
the present market prices The Beth
fehem Steel company and the United
States Steel corporation have offered
to do likewise. The United States Rub
Der company and the Fore River Ship
building company have rendered their
plants to the government. Henry
Cord has made similar offer. The
General Electric company is willing to
Rire its extensive research laboratory
TO the naval consulting board. The
Mexican Petroleum company has Of
fered five tank steamers and $780,
cor gallons of fuel oil. and the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany has placed its wire facilities at
the service of the government In all,
$4,000 corporations. firms and individ-
hels have offered to turn over their
plants to the government during the
war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

The thing works this way. as ex-
planned by a veteran in the grocery
business: When the price of a staple
article begins to go up because of
scarcity people become frightened and
buy in larger quantities. Buying in
larger quantities makes prices higher,
and the higher the prices the more
frantic the buying. The situation calls
to mind the old story of the farmer
who bought more land to raise more
corn to feed more hogs to buy more
land. etc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
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RAISING AN ARMY

Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary Of
agriculture, made a speech in Frank
fort. KY, recently in which he said:
when the war started the people
in Europe thought all they needed
was an army. Germany had a great
one; France had a good one; Russia
thought she had an army; England
knew she didn't have one, but she
called to the young men. They flocked
to the colors. The colleges were emp
tied and tens and hundreds of thou
sands of young men who should have
been officers were privates and were
shot during the first six months"
Commenting on this point in Mr..
Vrooman's speech the Louisville
Courier Journal says:
That is the worst of the volunteer
system, which all Americans would
prefer if it were effective. The vol
unteer often is a man who would be
worth his weight in gold because of
expert knowledge, executive ability or
some other quality not needed in the
ranks. New classes of young men
eligible by reason of age and physi-
cal condition come into existence reg
ularly. 1t is a simple matter for a
statistician to sit down and figure out
how many will be of suitable age next
year, and the year after. Specially
trained men cannot be counted upon
as regular human crop. the up
growth of which is determined by
population. This is more than ever
true when war has disturbed normal
educational activities. The man who
has some sort of special ability due
to natural talent cannot be counted
upon as a future growth If he is
sacrificed as volunteer his place is
not easily filled.
The able bodied, intelligent young