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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

test of truth. They forgive them
selves by saying that necessity re-
quires them to butcher even the chill
dren.
In emergencies, towards are always
cruel.
/ can conceive of no history that
will so reek with blood, no record that
will be so filled with cringing coward
ice, as the fight being put up by the
Prussian leaders.
He'll will open it's hottest furnace
to pay the Hun for his razing and
raping, and then religiously insisting
that it's all in the name of God.
Why expurgate facts? Why not
tell the truth with reference to the
modern Attilas?
In Germany every fifth man carries
a torch Every Prussian soldier has
had his hack at French boys body
made the coming generation of boys
of the great French Republic, so far
as their future as fathers is concern
ed, stop at the gate of Now.
Systematically the officers of the
German army have cut off the hands
Of children. French girls under ten
have been the victims of public out
rage in parks. Twenty per cent of
these girls are now insane.
At town called Gerbevilliers, a
young girl of sixteen was maSched to
the town square and, after being at
tackled, was tied to a tree; then the
devils poured gasoline over her and
set fire to it. The scene was Witness
ed by old people. All young men, all
men Of any age, were out serving
Germany.
In this very same village the in
human Huns took white-haired
blacksmith eighty years of age,
marched him up to his own anvil,
placed his hands thereon, and then
crushed them to pulp,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
HOME AND MOTHER.

Many men in the service Of this
country are looking to develop the one
mighty force in this great world war.
And while they are rummaging to find
this mechanical resource, let's you and
me stop for a moment and mend the
broken gateway in front of soldiers
home.
Home! What is home?
Home is mystic circle. It is the
grandest institution on earth, the
dearest spot on earth. 1t holds the
hottest thing alive-mother.
Home and mother! These words
would make a man march past pat
riotism, up and over the hill Of hero
ism, and then down into the valley of
death.
The soldier boy and the sailor lad
know that the biggest battles in all
this war will be fought in the hearts
of the mothers Of men.
The defenders of America know
that their courage is like the rocket
rushing to disturb darkness, while the
heroism of mother is so silent.
There are no drum-beats at home to
inspire: there are heart-beats.
Often the thought of home and
mother comes creeping in the mind OF
the soldier boy and sailor lad.
He can see himself bending over his
schoolbooks, years ago as boy. AnG
how his mothers words Of encourage.
ment come back to him! Often his
freaks Of restless nature and his
mothers gentle counsel all return te
him like dream. In his soul he hears
simple song Of childhood. His colo
hand can feel the warm clasp Of his
mothers. His quivering lips are
pressed against her cheek.
And do you know, it is this thought
of home and mother that the soldier
needs.
The thought of home and mother
will prove the silent force, the poten
tial power, in this war.
The strength of this nation lies ir
the deep affection the American sol
der boy and sailor lad have for home
and mother.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
ONE-MAN POWER.

From the carved monuments in the
land Of Athens, from the sand-hot
huts of Egypt, from the unearthed
homes of old and mighty Rome, from
the very beginning of man, up to the
moment, no country has remained
subject to the power Of one man.
And this is what prompts me to
say that Time will soon wheel in our
presence the light of fallen star-a
self-appointed star.
Soon the crumbling remains Of a
sufficient man will take their
place in the sun-parlor of oblivion.
Soon the pathetic face Of a semi
paralyzed brain will be pictured, and
the halftone released for the morning
editions. And it will be surrounded by
four-pica rule, reversed.
Soon this trembling age will be able
to square itself. Soon mothers can
sing their babes to sleep, away from
the shrek of the Prussian shell.
Soon Pershing and his men will give
the German a flank movement, anC
this will be the last movement for the
Germans, save one.
Soon the maturing story, the awfr
fate than an ambitious eader once me-
soon the sight Of Toulon, Lodi
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

A. A. Robinson, chairman Of the
War Work Committee of the Associa-
ton Of Commerce, devoted weeks of
his time in behalf of the proposition
of, having Ward county issue $250,000
worth of seed and feed bonds to aid
farmers who might otherwise have a
hard time procuring the necessary
feed and seed to carry on their next
years farming operations. Mr.. Rob-
inson did this because he believed it
to be the most feasible way of fur
nishing many farmers the necessary
credit. 1t takes money to make the
mare go. Many farmers have been
unfortunate in getting poor crops two
years in succession. Many of the
banks have been pretty we'll drained
and would not have been able to meet
all demands for funds next spring.
The county aid will help many farm
ers. Mr.. Robinson, who has had much
experience in the grain and feed bus
mess, would be in a position to lend
wise counsel to the county commits
sioners, when it comes time for them
to make the arrangements for fur
nishing the funds. Nobody wants to
see any of this money loaned to any
farmer who is not apt to pay it back.
There should be plenty Of safeguards
placed around this money. The hide
pendent hopes that the county will
not lose cent of it. Some years ago,
the county was bonded for similar
purpose and considerable money was
lost. The county has learned it's les
son.
/ A number of good, reliable farmers
in each township can be appointed on
a committee to review the applica-
tions for county loans. They can go
step farther and see that the land
has been properly prepared before the
seed purchased with county money is
placed in the ground. Some farmers,
anxious to put in large crops, may
be apt to take too much chance, and
may not properly till the soil. A COM
mittee of farmers in each township
would make the best kind of judges
for this purpose. The farmers as a
whole know their business so we'll
| that they would not think of putting
seed into ground that is not fit to re-
ceive it, but the safeguard suggested
above might prove of benefit in GER
| tain instances.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

St. Paul Dispatch: How much can
Sweden expect in answer to her pleas
for food supplies from the United
States after what has been revealed
Of her completely, direct and indirect,
in German plots to smugsle food and
information from our portsoo Her
ENJOYS have sworn that not only none
Of the food shipped to her gets to
Germany, but that none of it is per-
mitted to release Sweden's own pro-
ducts for German consumption.
And yet after all these elaborate
pleas have been made Federal agents,
in raid on the apartments of Ger"
man purchasing agent in Brooklyn,
secure documents revealing food traf-
fic to the value of hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars between the United
States and Germany via Sweden.
Hardly are these revelations made
when treasury officials at Washington
announce the discovery of an extern
sive traffic in written communications
to Germany making use of invisible
ink and code systems and carried on
by Swedish ship and marine men.
1t has long been established that
there is something rotten in Stock
holm. The Luxberg messages trans
mitted between Buenos Ayres and
Berlin via the Swedish legation and
intercepted by the United States gave
official Sweden bad odor in the nos
trils of the non-Teutonic world from
which she will not soon be free.
It is not the Swedish people who
are playing Prussia's game except as
their cupidity is won by German gold.
The pro- Germanism of Sweden is to
be found in the aristocracy. But since
the aristocracy, as in Germany, con-
troll the policy Of the nation, Sweden
as whole is obliged to suffer the in
fanny brought on by her rulers. As a
consequence of recent exposures the
Swedish government will probably nc
longer be trusted on this side of the
Atlantic and whatever Sweden gets
from the United States will be obtain.
ed only after the possibility of help.
ing out Germany has been disposed
Of.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

All public officials requiring surety
bonds will soon be bonded by the state
bonding department. Besides all the
officials in the courthouse there are
school district treasurers and all the
constables and justices of the peace.
The state bonding law was passed by
the 1915 legislature but it's operation
has been held up by a court action
testing it's conestitutionality. The
United States supreme court few
years ago refused to assume jurisdic-
ton in the case and the state supreme
courts decision upholding the act be-
came final.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
Liberal Buying of Christmas Gifts

The war did not seem to affect the
buying of Christmas presents in the
least. Postmaster Fred Anderson, Of
the Minot postoffice, states that the
weight Of Christmas parcels going
thru the local postoffice this year was
fifty per cent greater than last year.
The force is smaller, many of the
young men having gone to the war,
and for several days parcels post
packages were piled ten feet high on
the floor, additional packages coming
in before the others could be taken
care of. For several days before
Christmas, four wagons were used in
the city for the delivery Of parcels
post packages.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

All this talk about the Kaiser's
prospective peace offer, didn't amount
to much. In addressing his army the
day before Christmas he said: IF the
enemy does not want peace, then we
must bring peace to the world by bat
tering in with the iron fist and the
shining sword the doors of those
who will not have peace" The Kaiser
reviewed /. the German achievements
during the four years of war, told
them Germany's army was the great.
est and reviewed their successes dur.
ing the year just ended. The Kaiser
appears to be doing considerable
whistling just now to keep up his
courage in contemplation Of what is
yet to come.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

Communities which milk many
cows are invariably prosperous COM
munities. It is not that the profits
connected with dairying are very
large, for they are not, but they are
always uniform and reliable. Added
to this is the fact that dairy farms
always grow richer and richer year by
year instead of growing poorer. The
dairy sections of the West can be
easily identified by the greater air of
thrift and prosperity, by the better
houses and barns connected with
them, affording a marked contrast
with the purely grain raising sections.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
THE CHILD.

The superstitions of the Egyptians,
the savagery of the northern peoples,
the bloody rites and practices of the
Druids, the grossness Of the Romans,
have all been touched by the myster-
ious wand of His birth.
A child brought to the world the
melody Of life.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

Egypt, the Alps, Marengo, Austerlitz,
Russia, LEIPZIG, and then Wateroo; and
all will flash thru Bills brain. At the
fms he will see how hopeless it is for
one human to harbor the imperial idea
Of impersonating a partnership with
God, when in reality he has been for
years in league with the force of MUIR
der.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

We knew it all the time but couldn't
prove it, but Uncle Sam appears to
have the goods. It has just been
learned that Armour owns about all
of the Union stock yards at Chicago
and the terminal railroad and that he
has been putting money from one
pocket into another. That's why we
have been paying 60 cents pound for
bacon,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
WONDERFUL WOMEN TOO.

This country is syndicate of solid
men. Where we have one Stacker, one
gutter, one traitor, we have hundreds
of loyal men, hundreds of plucky, pa
triotic fighting men, and equally as
many wonderful women.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

General Goethals ought to be get
ting familiar with his draft number.
For second time he has been con-
scripted for an important post to
help win the war.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

The cost of making money is now
higher. The federal reserve board
says that the bureau of engraving and
printing has to pay something over
SO thousand more for 1000 sheets
Of paper money than it paid before the
price of labor and stock increased.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

A hundred soldiers from the army
camp at Tenafly, N. j., have been tried
for sedition. A third of them get
terms in the federal prison and the
others are dishonorably discharged.
1t doesn't pay to stab Uncle Sam in
the back.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

EDWARDS ALWAYS CRUEL.
No good nation can be cruel. "Cruel-
ty," said Seneca, Springs from weak
ness"
The Germans offer no motive for
their madness that will stand the acid
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

The latest official figures put the
number of enlisted men in the armies
of the United States at 100000.
This is the force that has grown in
eight months out of an army that on
April / numbered only 10000 men.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

Some more l. w. w. plots have been
discovered. This time, they planned
on putting poison in feed to give cat
tie the hoof and mouth disease and
hogs the cholera. Some of the germ
laden feed has already been shipped
out of St. Louis. The I. w. w. will
be doing business in North Dakota
next fall and that's why every COM
munity ought to have Home Guard.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
FLOWING NIGHT
AND DAY IN WARM SPELL

Missoula, Mont, Dec. 23.-Farmers
on the Flathead reservation have been
blowing day and night during the
present warm weather and already
have more land ready for cultivation
than was used last simmer.
Gasoline tractors, dragging great
gang plows, have been working with
out stopping all through December,
moving with headlights at night.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
IF THERE is.

Shoes are selling in Russia at thirty
seven dollars pair, and you know
the snow is two feet on the level
that is, if there is anything on the
level in Russia.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

The food administration has granted
100000 tons of food to save the starv-
ing Firms. And what are the Films
going to do in return? Further con-
plicate the Russian mess as they have
in the past?
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

Chancellor Won Hertling feels hurt
because Lloyd George called the
Prussian war lords criminals and ban
dts. He'll feel worse than that when
he wakes up to the fact that the whole
of the Prussian war lords military
bluff has been called.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
EVERY MAN AND WO-
MAN IN DONNYBROOk
MEMBER OF RED CROSS

. Special to the Independent:
. Donnybrook, N. D., Dec. 25.-
. Every man and woman in Donny-
= brook is now a member of the
3 Red Cross since our latest Red
9 Cross drive. Besides many of
> the children are members of the
9 Junior Red Cross. Donnybrook
3 is proud of this record and wants
3 to know if any other city in the
3 state can beat it.
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

Forty thousand German people are
said to be in starving condition. The
German soldiers are well fed and so is
the Kaiser.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

Sure, we want the war to end. But
we don't want it to end for the rea-
son that our army was not able to
get into the field with guns.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
The WARDROBE

ate committee for lack of quorum.
Interest in the subject apparently is
not boiling over.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

Now that the kaiser has the Rus
sian forces within his grasp, he is
considerably at loss to know what
to do with them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

Investigation Of Senator La Fol-
lette's st. Paul address has been post
poned for a fourth time by the Sen
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SWEDEN FALLS FURTHER IN.

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
MRS. RlLLA FLOYD, FOR
40 YEARS RESIDENT
OF PALESTINE, HERE

Mrs. Rilla. Floyd of Opheim, Mont.
Is among the visitors in the city this
week n is a guest at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Sandlie, Riverside
Park, en- route to eastern points where
she will spend several weeks visiting
places Of interest Mrs. Floyd is ac-
companied on this trip by Mrs. A. L..
Bergeson also of Opheim.
Mrs. Floyd has had an exception
ally interesting life and for over 40
years has made her home in Palestine.
where her husband vas connected
London. The first trip to Palestine
vas made in 1866 and during the
many trips Mrs. Floyd had the oppor-
tunity OF becoming acquainted with
a great many of the notable persons
Of both the United States and Eng
land.
Mrs. Floyd left Palestine just
few months before the outbreak Of
the present world war. and since then
she has not heard much regarding
the conditions there. She possesses
considerable property in Palestine and
for nearly two years has not heard
regarding 1t so h does not know
whether it has been destroyed or not.
Mrs. Floyd and her son. Albert, re-
turned to the United States in 1912
for the benefit Of Mr.. Floyd's health.
They remained here for nearly a year
and a half and then returned to Pal
estine for several months. Early in
1914 they again returned to this
country and Mr.. Floyd decided to
take up farming and accordingly be-
came the owner Of a ranch at Opheim.
Mont, where they are now making
their home.
In speaking Of the climate Of the
country, Mrs. Floyd aid hat it was
similar to that Of California and that
she would much prefer TO live there
than here II 1t we're not for the pres
ent unsettled condition of he coun-
try. She hoped hat after peace was
declared to again visit the country
where she made her home for SO
man, years.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
Weddings-Engagement

A wedding Of interest to a number
Of persons in the state took place at
Great Falls, Mont, on Monday. June
1S. when Miss Bertha Garske. daugh-
ter of MI. and Mrs. Herman Garske
Of Garske, became the bride of Rollin
Backer of Great Falls. The ceremony
was performed at the German Luth-
eran church at Great Falls, and the
young people were attended by the
brother and sister-in-law OF the bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Garske. The bride
wore her travelling suit OF navy blue
elk with accessories to correspond
and a corsage bouquet Of Russell roses
and lilies of the valley completed her
costume.
Mr.. n Mrs. Backer will enjoy a
short wedding trip and will be at
home to their friends at Great Falls.
where the groom 10 connected with
the Great Northern Railway company.
The wedding Of Miss Annabelle
Robbins and William Giles of this city
took place at 1 o'clock this afternoon
at the home Of Miss Robbins parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Robbins Of Cavalier.
The ven was a very quiet home at
fair m was witnessed by the family
members.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Giles have been
COllHoCteu Win tHe NoTtHWeeteFH
Telephone company for several years.
and they will continue to make their
home in this city.
The marriage Of Mis-. Maud. 1ver-
son Of this city and Joseph e. Hem
bron of souris. N. D., took place at
10 o'clock this morning at the home
Of the bride. S12 North Fifth street.
Rev. Thomas n. Gallagher, pastor of
<hn Nf-rk HHo< ~SJ~k H...-n - -s~k>
Mr.. n Mrs. Hembron left this aft
ernoon for Souris. N. D., where they
will make their future home.
Miss Ada Thor Of Portland. Ore, .
former resident Of Grafton and Frank
Jarvis of East Grand Forks we're
quietly married at Crookston. MI.
and Mrs. Nels Iverson Of Grafton at
At 10 o'clock this morning, Mis-
Gladys Whitman, eldest daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Whitman, 414
North Seventh street. will become the
bride of Howard Merrill Wilson OF
Waterloo. II. The ceremony will take
place 1t the home of the brides par
fair. Nj. Wilson ana his BRIDE Will
leave on the noon train for Waterloo.
whore ttyey Will make their future
home
CARDS h4y0 been recefved announce
Ing the marriage OF John oeschesr,
1sss Ill is,s Z 'n 70 ~ ~ 1e n. nsra q n ps,
Reah, Aau9htsf OF NJ. ana NERO :
Reah of that cfty. The ceremony took
place on June IN IT DstFoit. III.
,Oeschssr ana hts brtds viii confirms
to mako thor homo IN Detroit and.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
AMERICAN GIRL /.
WINS CROSS FOR
HELPING MANNED
fBy Noyd r. GibbonsN

Paris. June 2o.-"For your great
services to France I am ordered by
the president of the republic to pre-
sent to you his sincere thanks and
this symbol Of appreciation and
esteem from the people Of France"
With these words M. Godart, head
secretary Of the department of the
ministry Of war, pinned the cross of
the Legion of Honor on the shoulder
Of Miss Grace Gassette of Chicago.
The Chicago girl is the second Amer
lean woman during the war to win
the decoration. which is the republics
highest honor for women. Edith
Wharton received the first cross.
M. Godart. after the French GUS
tom, kissed Miss Gassette ace on
each cheek.
Miss Gassette won the decoration
for ingenuity in constructing mechan-
zeal appliances to correct affections
among the wounded soldiers. She d.
reefs a clinic every morning in the
Paris hospital. and patients are sent
to her from all parts of France. She
has developed wonderful ability in
planning devices to prevent amputa-
tons. regain the use Of paralyzed
limbs. relieve pain pressure, and give
maximum comfort to those left help
less by several nerves.