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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
AAKER IS A CANDIDATE.

Prof. H. H. Aaker, of Aaker's
Business Colleges has received two
petitions signed by a large number of
citizens Of Grand Forks and Fargo
urging him to be a candidate for Con.
gress. Prof. Aaker and the late Con-
gresham Helgeson were friends and
co-workers in reform movements and
therefore many have said that Mr..
Aaker is the logical candidate. He
is also we'll and favorable known and
has a host of friends in the district.
He is a Progressive Republican and
believes in the Equity and Non-Parti.
san movements. His petition will be
filed in due time. Let us talk Aaker
for Congress. (Pol. Adv
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
PEMB1NA woMANS' Club

At the meeting held at Pembina
last Friday of the district federation
of woman's clubs Langdon is credited
with the largest crowd of visitors of
any of the delegations in attendance.
Out of the eleven present seven were
members of the local club and it may
be also stated that Langdon and its
representation held a prominent part
in the deliberations of the various
sessions. The meeting was confined
to the exclusion of all other topics
after the disposal of routine business
to the subjects of American Red Cross
work and the conservation of food.
Mesdames Campbell and Miller.
of Grand Forks, led the discus
sion of Red Cross work in its vari-
Gus phases and Miss Julia A. New
ton, of the extension department of
the North Dakota agricultural col
lege, at Fargo, outlined the possible
tiles that could be attained along the
line of conservation of Food"
Incidentally it may be mentioned
that a Langdon organization of
Red Cross workers which is in ac.
tive formation with Mrs. M. c..
Campbell as a leader. Before its ad-
journment the district federation
named a legislative committee who in
behalf of the mothers of North Da-
kota will petition the government to
take the necessary legal steps to in
sure the enforcement of national pro.
hibition as an emergency war measure.
The Langdon delegation returned
speaking in highest terms of the hos
pita]ity extended them in the homes
of the people of Pembina. There
were also a number of enjoyable so.
cial features that added materially to
the enjoyment of their visit to the
oldest and one of the best towns in
North Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
KEEPING CHEAP FOOD CHEAP.

KEEPING CHEAP FOOD CHEAP.
People already face a food dictator
on the German and English plan for
this country Of abundant production
and large food exports. In that come
ton the Saturday
Evening Post said
recently: "a cor
oee" Soeap respondent points
IN War and Pea<e out that two arti-
Can Stay Cheap. cles of food are
practically always
to be found in every part Of the United
States and almost always at, a low
price when the distance which they are
transported is taken into account. The
two articles are oranges and bananas.
The price of the latter, in fact, Is al
most stable and uniform all over the
country year in and year out, although
bananas are a perishable product and
are shipped thousands Of miles. The
marketing Of oranges and bananas is
extensively organized-the former by
cooperative associations, the latter by
a trust. But even a trust, presumably
operated solely for the profit Of the
stockholders, gets a bunch Of bananas
from the tropics to the northern con
sumers' fruit stand with less avoidable
waste than that which usually attends
getting a peck Of beans from a field
twenty miles away to the local city
grocery" Right here is where the food
dictator is needed. It is going to be
difficult to compel reduction of food
prices once they are abnormally high.
But since oranges and bananas have
been cheap in peace years and so con-
tinued through three years of world
war, what reason for their advance
can be alleged? Dates are another food
article cheap and stable in price. The
dictator will have a basis to stand on
If he demands the why and wherefore
of price kiting.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
Reports from over the southweste,

Reports from over the southwestern
part of the county, extending from
Trier and Sievert townships eastward
as far as Iona and Nekoma state that
rainfalls occurred during the forenoon
and evening of Tuesday that made
roads difficult for autos except where
chains were used but the rest of the
county is still on the waiting list.
The drouth which has prevailed gen.
orally through this section is said to
be most noticeable in its effect on the
fall sown rye crop. of which there is
quite an acreage v e the county this
year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
%PEMBINA'S $40, 600 FIRE

Pembina had a $40, 600 property
loss by fire during the early morning
hours of Tuesday last week. The con.
migration was n that removed sew.
eral If the towns old landmarks.
that went ,,up in smoke, including
the home of thu Cavileer family and
a store building in which the post
office was located for the greater part
OF the past fifty years. The fire is
stated as having it's origin in an
heated furnace in the basement under
the store. The loss is covered by in.
surance to the amount of less than
Sd, 600.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Langdon was able several days dur
ing the past week to appreciate the
full worth of its street sprinkler.
During three or four windy days the
first of the week when the air was
laden with dust, the supply of water
from thelGreat Northern reservoir was
shut off owing to engine trouble.
The sprinkler was generally welcomed
when it got back on the job.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Bad fire reports that We read of
over the state this spring some of
them nearby, at Pembina. Orr and
Sarles, have a lesson it is we'll to
bear in mind with the general dryness
occasioned by the continued drouth
since the opening of the season.
Every pr~ecaution along the line of fire
prevention should be taken by the
property holder both in town and in
the country.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
REVOLUTIONS IN EDUCATION.

Beginning an editorial with the as
sertion that a teacher who has merely
to teach is rapidly becoming a curios-
ity, the New York Evening Post points
out some new prob
'"''''' 'ea''''s lens in public
''e school education.
Hearing of r. .rooohi,o
o"s"'s, is still done be-
y" tween the intervals
~ of filling out blanks
upon the amount Of arithmetic needed
to meet actual social demands and re-
plying to missionaries which seek to
know whether the prolonged study Of
grammar yields any actual capacity in
the direction of the functional use of
grammar in translation, but one gath
ers that such activity is no more than
a concession to tradition. In the school
ing to do but go and be observed. 1t
will be the teacher who will take prob
lens home. Education, which was in
vented to give answers, has ended by
asking new questions" These new
questions, it is shown, relate to the
health, social status and future career
Of the pupil. In some sections agricul-
ture must be fostered.e But agricultural
preparation is for men. In another Sec
tion mining is the staple industry,
again commerce and manufacturing.
Commerce employs girls and women, as
does manufacturing to a certain extent.
The new Flexner idea is that training
for practical life shall begin in the pri-
maries. But this is not according to
the German system Of education so
often referred to as a model to be TAX
en- into account here. The dividing line
comes after the youths have been
grounded in a broad general education.
Then the life occupation to be followed
by the adult, a we'll nigh memorable
fate fixe,l by circumstances, Is consid-
cred, but not till then.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Lack of rain since the opening of
spring, the cold weather which has
up to date prevailed, the entire alb.
sence of thunder and lightning storms,
together with the non-appearance of
those springtime birds, the swallows,
are all taken by some local weather
prophets as indicating we may look
out for disturbances of serious nature
before the summer season properly
opens up. There are some who go 30
far as to remind US that conditions are
similar to those Of eight years ago.
when q destructive tornado visited
Langdon on May goth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
The school election, an event e,

The school election. an event early
in June in Langdon city, calls for the
election of but one member of the
board of education. MIR. E, j. Fox
ls the retiring member Of the board
and we believe the people of the whole
community will hear with regret that
Mr.. Fox has stated positively that he
will not permit of his nam being
used as a candidate for reelection.
His services as a member of the school
board extend over a number of years
and have been of great value along
educational lines, at a period in Lang
don's history when they could most be
appreciated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

From several who have returned
within the past week from a trip thru
the western Canadian provinces the
report is obtained that the wheat and
small grain prospect this spring is the
best that they have ever had. The
outlook is most encouraging, though
of course it is to be borne in mind
that the period between now and har.
vest is of some length.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
Next Tuesday June 9th between

Next Tuesday June 9TH between the
hours of seven in the morning anc
nine in the evening all of the forty.
eight polling places in Cavalier county
will be open for the purpose of regis.
tering all male citizens of the United
States between the ages of twenty.one
and thirty. This starts in motion the
machinery of the new selective con.
scription draft The draft for 500,
900 men will be made in septembe,
from the list of those who registe,
Tuesday.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

What with gardening, housekeeping
and the general cleanup campaign of
the week. the average Langdon prop.
erty owner has been able to find
enough to do to keep warm these cold
backward summer days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

What deters American boys from
listing is not the perils Of military oc-
cupation so much as the idea of falling
behind in the struggle for place in civil
life. That is a point in the present
problem Of raising q real army Of a
million men,, where an obvious obliga-
ton rests upon employers. Intelligent
care on their part can do much to give
the man who serves an equal chance
with the one who doesn't.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

A lazy liver leads to chronic dys.
pepsia and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
whole system. Doan's Regulets Csc
per box) act mildly on the liver and
bowels. At all drug stores.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

This week our readers will find on
page three the second installment of
avery interesting serial story entitled
"Abstract of Statement The story
is by Hon. S. A. Olsness, commission
err OF insurance and will be brought tc
a completion next week. Newspaper
men, who ought'er know say it makes
remarkably fine reading.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Wheat has been steadily falling off
in price the past week. This, how
ever, does not bother so much as the
slow growth of the crop sown since
spring opened six weeks ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

OF the total area Of Ireland only
about 10 per cent is wooded, while
forests v 5.3 per cent Of England,
As per cent of Scotland and $50 per
cent Of Wales.
The conductiylty Of copper depends
on the purity OF the metal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Time is money in crop raising as
we'll as anywhere else. Just the same,
more haste the less speed" Expert
ence says to beginners, Learn some
thing about planting before you plant
anything. The wasting of seed is pref
ty nearly criminal, and the wasting of
energy is almost as bad.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Given bread and butter n can man
age to attain a fairly high level in life
without a supply Of high ideals. But
no one has discovered a substitute for
bread and butter as a buttress for high
idealism.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

If Villa openly protests hostility to
Germany us reported, the bandit is
either a very brave man or else Ger
man activities in Mexico are Of a new
type.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Alng a Lang
Ota.
a 8 mail

The Automobile license
tags issued y. state to date has
passed the 40, 900 mark. yielding
$3.50, 900 of which all but a small
portion goes to making better roads.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Yes, father, mother will give up her
flower garden for potatoes If you'll put
into grain the pasture reserved for your
pet prize stock.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

In the sixties "war governors" north
and south rose to fame as well as to
the occasion. Now there are forty
eight on the job.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Military necessity knows no law and
plays no fayorites, either.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

"Any fool can fall in love-" says the
Cynical Bachelor, "but it takes a pretty
slick article to land on his feet
Philadelphia Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

CARL decided not to get an automo-
bile after all. CatheriHe-Oh, did you?
Carl-Yes; some one else held the
lucky coupon.-Chaparral.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Beginning an editorial with the as
~sertion that a teacher who has merely
to teach is rapidly becoming a curios-
ity, the New York Evening Post points
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29

After the European war Is over the
prosperity of the country will depend
on the willingness OF labor 10 cooper
ate with capital IN fighting destructive
competition from abroad This is the
consensus Of opinion among men OF
Affairs who have made close study
- conditions I'm the industrial and eco
uoiaic world.
During the reconstruction period
THAR must follow the termination OF
the war. these men say, labor and
capital will be shipmates. and n there
Is going 10 be any mutiny among the
nrmiors Of the crew the result will
affect the wage earners' income. ln
this connection George Roberts. vice
president OF the National City Bank OF
New York. says:
- cannot get rid or the conviction
that there will have TO be n period Of
reauiustmcnt for the general business
situation soon after the war. There
is only one way TO maintain high
wages. and that is by increasing the
efficiency of industry. We have TO
convince Our own people or the advan.
tascs or large scale. economical pro
ductiou. and we have TO satisfy our
wage carriers that they are interested
not in restricting production. but In
increasing production They must be
brought TO see not ouly thnt wages are
dependent upon production. bnt that
an increasing supply OF ali the com
forts OF life for the masses or the PEG
ole is dependent upon t."-fndusirioI
CoHserrqtio7i, A. J.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29
UNITY NEEDED TO HOLD
TRADE AFTER THE WAR
tabor Must Join In Effort to Meet New
Competitive Spirit In Europe.

Employers and workers must unite
10 meet the conditions that the restora-
tion OF peace in Europe will bring"
says Eugene III. outerbridge. president
OF the New York Chamber OF Com.
mcrce. II think there is no single ele-
nent In industry before this country
today OF such vast importance as the
matter OF bringing these two constitu-
ents into mutual confidence and under
standing In a real spirit OF co-opera-
ZION.
,ailins the peoples OF the belligerent
nations have. under the stress OF
compelling necessity. developed de-
gree OF cooperation and efficiency IN
production OF which they never be
fore knew themselves capable and
which has never been approached any.
where else In the world.
The war has produced many un
precedenied conditions This Is only
oue Of them After II is over there
viii be many we shah have 60 meet
ana many changes to which we shall
have to adapt ourselves. Some cannot
he foretoid or foreseen. but IL appears
TO me inevitable that the conscious
ness of the efficiency aud productive
power that has been developed IN the
European peoples will lead them not
IN tnrn 70 DroVionS methods or lives
OF Incidence and ease, but that they
will turn their newly developed pow
ers to production in peaceful pursuits
aud that we then shall have to meet
ia foreign fields, and perhaps In do
nestle trade. the force of q competitive
production organized on degree OF
efficiency which We have never before
had TO combat. industrial Conserrd-
lion, " 1
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29
CONVINCING TESTIMONY
ven by Many Alma Peopl.

Given by Many Alma People
Experiences told by Alma people
Those who have had weak kid
neys-
Who used Doan's Kidney Pills
Who found the remedy effective
Such statements prove merit.
You might doubt an utter stran-
ger.
You must believe Alma people.
Here's Alma proof. Verify il.
Read. Investigate Be convinced.
You'll find why Alma folks believe
il Doan's.
w. j. Washburn, retired farmer,
X. +. ID. No 1, Alma, says: IL suffer
ed from kidney trouble for several
years. My kidneys acted irregularly
aud some nights had to get up sew
eral times to pass the kidney secre-
tons | had dull pains in my loins
and my back became very lame.
Deans Kidney Pills have never failed
To relieve the lameness in my back
and regulate my kidneys / always
keep Doan's i'm the house"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Nh Washburn uses. Foster Milburu
Co., Props. Buffalo ~ Y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29
WITHOUT AGlTATORS
INDUSTRY Fl0URlSHES
Figures Show Big Increase IN Wages
and Factories In Queens.

Wherever labor agitators are few
there industry 6ourishes and workers
are prosperous. This is the lesson 70
lie cleaned from the remarkable indus
trial growth in the Borough OF Queens
New York City, as shown by the tig
ures recently compiled by the Bureau
Of Census for the year 1914.
The figures record decided gain
nor only In the number az new facto
rics. capital invested ia manufactur
ng. and the value OF manufactured
products. but also in tue sum total Of
salaries aud wages and the number Of
salaried employees and wage ealners
since the taking Of The last cenSns III
1909 From n percentage standpoint
the Increase over the several items
was "a follows:
Salaried employees. o., per cent. sal
aries. sos per cent; wages, - per cent
wage CORNERS. 30.7 per cent; capital in
vested, 20 per cent; number Of facto-
ries, 26.G per cent: value OF products
SIS per cent
While complete tgures have not been
published as yet for all the cities and
States. still from the figures that are
now available il Is evident that the
Borough OF Queens for the year 1914
exceeded in the value of its manufac-
turcd products many States OF the
Union. such as Vermont. Delaware.
Oregon. Florida. and Wyoming: 1t ex-
cecded. also, in this respect every city
in New York State. with the exception
OF Buffalo. In fact. there were not
more than fifteen or sixteen cities IN
the United States which produced man
ufactured products greater in value
than those made in Queens for the
the year 1914.-indusfrioi Coaserra-
ton, ". y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29
CLEAR AMY THE WASTE

Bowel regularity is the secret of
good health, bright eyes. clear COM
plexions, and DIR. Kings New Life
Pills are a mild and gentle laxative
that regulates the bowels and relieves
the congested intestines by removing
the accumulated tastes without grip
ing. Take pill before retiring and
that heavy head, that dull spring fe-
YER feeling disappears. Get DIR.
Kings New Life Pills at your drug
gist, 25c.--Adv. 2
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29

Cooperation with the public in every pos
sible buying advantage has long established
us as Mchgans Leading Music iouse-and
here and now is cooperation OF especially
great interest to the home lacking Piano or
Payer-Piano.
Prices must advance almost Immediately
For Il long time past the cost Of labor and
material entering into the manufacture Of in
struments has been steadily increasing. To
maintain established quality (and this the
manufacturers we represent will do without
the slightest deviation they find it absolute
ly necessary to increase wholesale prices. The
great Piano building organizations whose
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29

Don't gauge your own cforts 10y the
activity or output OF your fellow work.
ers. Never mind how little the man
next to you does. That is his own
funeral, and he will be chief monrner
some day. Compete with yourself each
day, striving 10 beat your record Of
the day before
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29

During few weeks before Christ
mas the Travellers Insurance Com.
pany wrote group insurance policies
aggregatiEg SG.0O0000 Both the Tray
elers and the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society did larger business in
group insurance during the year 1916
because OF the willingness OF Inanufnc
turing and other concerns 10 grant
their employees a SHARE in their pros
perity Among the manufacturing
concerns insured within the past few
months by the Travellers are:
Billiard Machine Tool Company
Bridgeport Conn.-$JOO and upward
$50 risks: about $4,000.
Raybestos Company. Bridgeport
Conn. $500 and upward: about 300
employees. totsling 100000 OF insur
ance.
James S. Fuller. Inc. Kingston, "
T.. shirt manufacturers
according to length OF service: 100
risks for about 100000.
Benton Harbor Malleable Foundry
Co. Benton Harbor. Mich. Insurance
| OH unmarried men. 500: married men
81 900: total insurance OF 100000 oa
$50 risks
Buffalo Gasoline Motor Company
Buffalo. y. Y.--l0s risks for $4,000
r. l.. Byers & Brothers. pump manu-
facturers. Ashland O.-According to
length OF service; go risks for $500.
600
Faultless Rubber Company. Ashland
O.-According to length OF service 4i0
risks for $4,000
Sperry Gyroscope Company Brook
| Ign, n. Zach man insured for one
years salary; $50 risks FOR 100000.
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flakes Com
pany. Battle Creek Notwithstanding
to service; 400 risks for $4,000.
l.. Barth < Son. hotel aXtures. New
! York CITY - 100 risks Tor Sln0oS
Neptune Meter Company. water
meters, New York City. According 70
salary; 400 risks for 100000
Michigan Lubricator Company. De
troit. Mich. risks for $4,000
I Adams K Westlake Company. Chi
cage. In.-According 10 service; 40
risks for $250,Ooo
Frank L. Hall Company. Buffalo y.
/ Y.-Accordinr to service; 100 risks for
$1,000.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-29
Manufacturers
INSURE MEN BY
THE THOUSANDS
Some Policies Provide For Pay
ment Of Old Ago Pensions.
GROUP PLAN FAVORED
Part Of General Campaign For indus
trial 6stterment - Some Concerss
Adopt Plan to Give Their Employees
. Share In Prosperity

A striking evidence OF the willingness
on the part OF manufacturers as "A class
30 do something material for the bene
lit OF their employees is TO I've found in
the growing popularity OF the group N
surance plan. Industrial concerns all
over the country are insurinc their
workers against death. sickness. acct.
dent and old age under the group sys-
tenn and insurance companies ARE gar.
nering in millions or dollars in pre-
mlums.
This new manifestation or the en-
ployers concern for the members OF
his industrial family may not be found
ed entirely ON altruism. II il were II
would probably revolt the self respect.
ing worker. IL is better than that how.
ever; ii Is indisputable proof OF the en-
ployer's Willingness TO go more than
half the necessary distance 10 meet his
employees on the common ground OF
mutual helpfulness, and thus help 10
wipe out any misunderstanding that
may have existed between them.
The group plan has had a remarkable
growth since its Inauguration about
five years ago aud has recommended it.
self not only TO industrial concerns but
to banking and mercantile establish
ments in all pats OF the country. Many
OF these establishments adopted ii in
stead of giving Il bonus at Christmas
time; others gave both bonuses and in
surance