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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
THEORY. PRACTICE AND STRAW

In the new prairie states it has been the common
practice of farmers to burn the greater part of their
straw. This year we are trying to save things, and a
great deal of advice has been given on. the subject Of
saving straw. The burning of straw is, Of course, a
waste. The elements contained in the straw are needed
in the soil. If these elements, together with those which
compose the grain, are taken from the soil year after
year the soil will in time become incapable Of producing.
The straw fires of the northwest have destroyed every
year millions of tons, of straw which has a certain econ
omfc value. This year, because of the scarcity Of feed
In some localities, straw would be very acceptable to
many who do not have 1t. There is an additional reason,
therefore, why no straw should be burned which can be
otherwise utilized.
But theory is one thing, and practice is another.
Many farmers have thus far saved their straw piles and
are now wondering what to do with them. They do not
need, and cannot use the straw themselves. They have
not the time nor the labor force to bale it, and if they
did bale it they are not certain of a market at prices
which would pay the labor cost. They have offered the
straw gratis, to anyone who will haul it away, but these
offers are, in most cases, not accepted. The straw would
be valuable if it could be got to the places where straw
is scarce. but the situation seems to be that in a very
large number Of cases it is not worth the labor that it
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
A NEW RUSSIAN CRISIS

There exists just now in Russia. a crisis which, at this
distance, seems graver than any through which that
General Kornilof, comnander-in-chief Of the armies,
and the provisional government Of which Kerensky is the
head.
Korniloff is one of Russa's most brilliant generals.
He was placed In supreme command after the resigna-
ton of Brussiloff following the detection of whole army
divisions on the Gaician front. Korniloff applied himself
with yigor to the task Of rehabilitating the army, and the
heroic measures which he adopted were approved by the
provisional government. Kerensky is a recent but enthu-
siastic convert tothe policy Of rigid discipline. Before he
faced the practical problem Of bringing order out Of the
confusion, he had believed that all things pertaining to
government could be solved on the basis of reason, and
he looked askance at the application Of force. weighed
down with the great responsibilities which had been plac-
ed upon him he speedily concluded that many of the the
cries which he had entertained could work only in a con-
diuon of society very different from that with which he
was surrounded. Unlike a good many other theorists,
he abandoned those theories which he found would not
work and adopted others more appropriate to the situa-
ton. He saw that the things most iInperatively and most
Immediately needed in Russia were order and discipline,
and that these were to be secured at any cost. From the
mild humanitarian he has developed into the man of
blood and iron, and it seemed that he and. Korniloff
would make a good team.
1t will be some time before we learn the facts as to
the present break. The dispatches tell us that Korniloff
demanded that he be given supreme power, supersed,ng
entirely the civil government represented by the provis-
ional organization. The meaning of that is a matter of
CROSSWORD. Korniloff, dashing and aggressive, may be
ambitious to play the role Of Napoleon, and may think
that this is the time for his coup. Or he may be convinc-
ed that the conditions will grow worse instead of better
under the provisional government, and that for the time
being a military Dictatorship is necessary for the we'll
being of Russia. There seems to be nothing on which to
base judgment: But it is apparent that with such a lead
er arrayed against 1t, the road Of the provisional govern
has need for the services Of all her able men working to-
getheT Just now they seem to be pulling apart.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11

~. N1.L ..LtEa. ELgsEE.4- = Es>rLHH
headed by Charles H. Bentley. for
mer sales manager of the California
Packing corporation. Assisting him
are Thomas Roberts Of Philadelphia,
DR.. J. T. Dorrance, Camden, N. j.;
Henry Burden. president National
Gamers association; S. j. Scudder,
New York, and F. E. Gorrell, Wash.
ington, all active in the canning in
Fruits and vegetables will be suner-
vised by G. H. Powell, general man
|ager Of the California Fruit Growers
exchange; Edgar Hearty, vice presi-
dent Of tho National League Of Com
mission Merchants, and II. j.. Eustace,
professor Of horticulture in Michigan
agricultural college.
Kenneth Fowler, New York, is in
charge of fish regulation; Duncan Nc
Duf1e, Berkeley, CAL, of wholesale
bread and baking problems, and John
Bowman and A. s.. Crockett, New
York, of hotel and restaurant regula-
tions. E
These ri men are the lcogs through
which Requa, connecting link with
Hoover, will regulate and distribute
food. All are volunteer workers, and
have detached themselves from BUSH
ness connections that might influence.
Their a will be 81 per year.
IL Requa can transmit tt these men
the full power of the Hoover dynamo.
things should soo begin to hum. Ap-
|pearances are in his favor. He is alert,
keen-faced, ~bald-headed, in his for
ties. Of medium height and stocky. He
decides quickly and moves instantly
to put his decision into effect. If he
is driving his auto 80 miles an hour,
for instance, and decides to turn the.
corner Just ahead. he doesn't SLOW
down Q the curve. He Just lifts the
car Ground the corner by a sudden
firm twist of the wheel and Keeps on
a ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
NO STATUS QUO

Germany seems to be enamored of the status qup.
She would like to return to the status quo ante bellum,
but that tsoht Of her reach. Now it is reported that her
leaders are lanningSntospropose a maintenance, of the
status4quo pending a discussion of peace terms. The
powers that are engaged in war with Germany would be
silly to concede. ANYTHING of the sort. There is no place
in this situation for the status quoeante bellum, the status
quo post belluna, the status quo ad interim or the status
quo hocus pocus.
The rumor is that Germany will make definite peace
proposals before winter, and that as an Introductory she
will propose a truce, with the position Of all parties I'M
changed, while the peace prelinninares are being arrang-
ed. 1t is further reported that the German authorities
do not expect this proposal to be accepted, as they cannot
If they have paid any attention to the declarations made
by the allies, but that they deem this proposal necessary
In order to prepare the minds Of the German people for
concessions which will be shocking to them after they
have been fed up on tales of sweeping Victories all along
the line.
Germany's proposals are matters for Germany to
consider: But there will be no truce while the minds Of
the German people are being prepared. If Germany has
reached the point where she actually wishes to talk peace,
let her talk. But let the fight go on meanwhile. Despite
the signs of discomfort among the German people, the
German military caste is still in the saddle, and it must
be endorsed. Germany, as yet governed, Is not a nation
with which any other nation can make arrangements Of
any sort with any prospect that they will be kept If they
will serve the German purpose better broken than intact.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
High Price For Dairy
Products Do Not Bring
More Profit To Farmer

Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 1.-THE
state dairy commission is completing
its first tour of inspection over the
state. 1t has found that while the
prices for dairy products are ranging
higher than eve before at this time
Of the year.. barren pastures, espec-
tally in the western part Of the state,
have cut down production to a point
where the farmers profit is no greater
than in other years. Two ereameries
in the western part of the state have
been compelled to suspend operations
for lack of cream.
The next state Judging contest for
buttermakers will be held in connec-
ton with the Missouri Slope fair, Sep
TENDER Is to 20, according to infor-
nation given out by Dairy Commits
siener Osterhaus.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
The
Connecting Link
fBy Harry b. Hnnt.l

rE-EEGEEFNA~J F-E-F 4
Washington, Sept. 11.-Millions of
words have been written describing
Herbert c. Hoover's work as food adj
minjstrator-how yesterday he took
over the grain business, how today he
is telling the meat, packers and sugar
reiners what to do, and how tomor-
row he will solve the canned goods
OF dairy products problems.
Reading all this the average man
gets the impression either Hoover is
a superman, who stops neither to eat
nor sleep, but crowds AS hours Of work
into each "a, or that he handles his
problems only superficially.
How else can he do it ALI?
The answer &is-Mark II Requa.
Requa is tho connecting link be-
tween Hoover, the food adminfstra-
uon dynamo, and the food organiza-
ton gear wheels.
One revolution of Hoover's mind,
transmitted through Requa, may set
spinning a dozen different cogs OF the
food control machine, each perform
Ing a wholly different function.
Requa, like Hoover, is an engineer
"a mining engineer. Also he's a
farmer, bank director and tax expert.
His varied interests stood him In good
stead in organizing the division of
UhihiSrSld TSidttoiiS Y the adj
ministration, of which Hoover made
him chief, because his is the branch
that gets right down to the actual
regulation and distribution Of food
commodities. So thorough knowl-
edge Of business organization, finance
and production was essential.
While Hoover decides policy, Reaua
directs the specific acts which put poll
icies into effect. He must locate food
fcffffr Efrn ,~fn dracE q ~ ~ ~ 2Isfon X - -
range better distribution. He must
locate and break up boarding. He
must keep his finger at all times on
the supply and demand OF all foods
from beans to porterhouse. Wheat
aloIie handled in q special way, ID not
under his authority.
10 handle this immense Job Requa
has enlisted d corps of 21Sexpertss
Tt4oaorA 2 Whitmarsh, president
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
What is to be done

viii cost to get It to those places. What is to be done?
Burn the straw. There seems to be no other answer.
A pile OF straw that cannot be used is q nuisance to
be disposed Of as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.
1t occupies room that is needed for other purposes, and
it interferes with every operation on the land, from plow-
ing to harvesting. The straw problem. of the northwest
ern farmer is similar in principle to the timber problem
of the eastern farmer of a former generation. The man
who settled on a timber lot had more wood than he knew
what to do with. His land was covered with it. He
could neiher eat it nor wear it nor sell it. With minute
portions of it he could build himself houses and barns
and keep himself warm in winter. Beyond that the stuff
had no value. It occupied space which the settler needed
for the production of food. And SO, despite the fact that
it contained a certain number Of heat units, and that in
a proper market it could have been sold for fuel or for
industrial purposes, a large part Of the timber had to: go.
1t was slashed down and logged up into great piles and
set on fire.
It was waste, of course. 1t was Just the sort of
waste that is involved in burning straw. 1t is a form
of waste that is insepafable from the development Of a
new country. It was stopped in the timber country by
the exhaustion Of the soil or by the raising of enough
stock to work the straw overNinto manure. Except in
rare instances straw will never be a probably merchant
able commodity in the northwest.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
INSURANCE BILL
is EXPECTED TO
PASS HOUSE b

washington, Sept. 1.-THE soldfers
and sailors insurance bill probably
will be passed in the house tomorrow
under a. special rule.
Only n major amendment will be
offered before the final vote. sRepre-
sentative Adamson OF Georgia, viii
seek at the request OF President Wiir
son TO substitute q limit OF 500 on
optional insurance policies for re ST.
900 limit now in 1.-The bill.
Sneaker Clark and Representative
Gillett Of M~assachusetts. acting re-
publican leaders. spoke on the measa
tire today The speaker Endorsed IL
nnequiyocally while Mi. Giliett criti-
Ecized the~optional insurance feature.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
DECIDE 1T ON IT'S. ri

The action of the city council on the proposal of the
power company to sell electric current to the city should
be strictly on the merits of that particular proposition.
An alderman is elected to aid in conducting the af-
fairs Of the city in the manner best calculated to promote
the interests of the citizens. He is not elected to do as
his constituents tell him, for very few of them ever take
the trouble to tell him anything. Very many of them
have no opinions on matters to be decided. They have
elected him to act for them. They expect him to inform
himself to the facts, and on the basis of those facts
to use his own best judgment.
Aldermen have been given advice by some of their
constituents on this power proposal. When an alderman
is urged to vote for or against this proposition he has a
right to know why the constituent makes the demand.
If the reasons advanced appeal to him as sound, and if
they are based on a knowledge of and on proper consid-
GRAFTON of the facts, the opinions merit attention. 9th
erwise they do not.
the city shall, for the period Of one year, with the priv
ate Its pumps and it's lights, at a price about $4,000
lower than the annual cost based on the price for the
coal last purchased, $4,000 lower than the annual cost
Of steam based on the latest bids for a part of the coal
required, or shall reject the offer and face the years
operation with the certainty that an additional outlay
Of $4,000 will be needed, and without the slightest
knowledge of where coal is to be obtained or at what
price.
That is what is involved in this issue, To accent
the proposition means the saving to the city of $40, 900
during the coming year, without obligating the city in
any way whatever, and without transferring control Of
any part Of the citys plant to the power company. To
reject it means $4,000 more taxes at the very least, with
the prospect that this sum will be greatly increased, and
the not remote probability that fuel cannot be. obtained
to operate the plant at all. 9saa i
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
GERMANS WILL QUIT
FRANCE in 1918 BUT
], CAN FIGHT FOR YEARS

That the fourth year of the war
Wall see the Germans driven entirely
out or France Is the prediction made
by q writerLin theeAugust number of
Overseas" who holds out but SLIGHT
hope that it will bring peace The
British author urges England and her
allies to look forward. not to months
but to years more Of lighting hafors
Germany Is humbled. He holds that
2 Germans are being slowly and
surely beaten.
Our mistakes were many, and I'VE
paid for them. But out Of orr
mistakes We have learned the way to
victory. And despite our errors there
q proved to be still in the British
peoples sufneient Of the old Stubborn
ness and determination to hold our
foes at bay. After close on to two
yea OF heavy losses, Of tragic errors.
and of almost incredible blunders. We
pullt up a new war machine. the
greatest the world has ever seen.
IN fourth year should see before
Us close the definite repulse Of the
GERMAN armies over most Of their
front, the recovery of all France from
the enemy, and the reconuuest of
much Of Belgium. 1t may see still
more. and there are many who hope
hat before the fourth year Is over
peace will have been achieved. But
one lining Is certain. The fourth year
can only be the year OF victory IL it is
also the year Of supreme sacrifice.
We must keep up our armies all fiji
strength in the field,
Today we see the possibilities Of
still greater results. One hundred.
and fprty-one years ago the mistakes
OF statesmen severed the people OF
British stock. Now the old division
has been bridged over. Britain and
n United States are today the closest
allies. working in common for d COM
mon end, knit In sympathy, knit in
friendship, knit In their ideals for thu
future of the world. IN
Our twin peoples. with two gov
ernments but one soul. have hadt their
hearts inspired and their imaginations
illuminated by the glimpse Ola new
world to which peace, justice, free
dom. and honor shall be established
In security and In perpetuity, when
norman, however great. shall be able
to plunge the nations into the welter
of war. and when the htimblest citi-
zen shall be able to rest secure ana
live u~nafraid."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11

OF the National Wholesale Grocers,
association, and Dana Il, Ackerly, In
tErstate commerce authority, are In
charge of distribution. Edward
Chambers, traffic manager Of the Sam
"a Fe. and Fred S. Brooks, manager
Of the Chicago stockyards transport,
handle Transportation.
George M, Rolph, formerly nam
ager Of the California & Hawaiian
Refining company, will control
and president of the Potato Associa-
ton of America, potatoes; George u.
Haskell former president American
Association of Creamery Butter Nam
Eufacturersa all dairy products; Ed
ward Lasater. Texas cattIemaf,
livestock shipments.
Of canned goods will be
Eunqerf@ken BY committee # six
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
(By Il. Harper Leech.)

Washington, Sept 1l.-American
soldiers in France will act almost
wholly on the offensive. They enter the
war on the western front long after
the defensive stage a passed with
the allies.
Through careful studies by Ameri-
can artillery experts, the American
army is being equipped so the major
part Of the work will devo1ve on the
artillery.
Despite the fact that the troops will
constantly attack, it is expected the
number killed in action will be LESS
THAN IL PER 1000 MEN ENGAGE
ED.
Making haste slowly. will save
thousands of American lives. Ameri-
can officers have benefited by study
ing the artillery methods of the
French and British. Their experiments
have advanced the art of attacking
e~ntrencheda positions to an exact SCI
ence-of which the saving Of men is
the biggest factor.
Tho British artillery experts
ave reduced their losses 10 one-
half those of a year ago.
On the other hand the French sys-
tenn of artillery attack, which grew
out of their defensive methods earlier
80 pAoNSo SSoSAS "a All SAAAo
years offensive.
Their terrible losses caused the re-
moval Of Gen. Nivelle from command,
and the French political crisis in the
spring.
The modern system Of attack is bas-
ed on two kinds of artillery fire, which
screen the infantry.
Two kinds Of guns produce the two
different "barrages," or curtains Of
fire" always sprayed between the at
lacking troops and the enemy. y
When the troops advance at a walk
(they never run) their light field guns
behind them-British three-inch and
French 75-millimeter guns-throw
in advance of them the rolling bar
rage" This rain Of shells, advanced
in exact time to the mems advance,
and shot only 100 yards ahead Of the
troops@..
These shells r shrapnel. They
burst high in the airseand from the
front end Of their shell. Their frag-
ments and contained shot descend
downward and forward on the enemy,
but not backward.
The rolling barrage" is stopped
when the attackers take the enemy's
first line. {
In the meantime the heavy guns
back of the, field guns have been hurl-
ing the other barrage high over the
heads Of the troops and over the
rolling barrage." This rain Of shells
falls behind the German first line
between it and the second and sup
port lines.
These huge shells are loaded with
high explosives and shatter in every
direction. They are designed to pre-
vent reinforcements to the German
first line trenches, to head off counter
attacks and to smash the communf-
cation trenches and machine gun nests
back Of the first line.
For this barrage, the French built
huge guns. throwing IL and even It,
inch shells, with a shattering and kill
Ing effect for 1000 yards radius. To
keep from killing their own troops,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11

at least half q mile beyond the French
line, or half a mile back Of the Ger
man first line.
Thus there was always about half
a mile Of comparatively safe
territory between the trolling
barrage'' and the stationary bar
rage.
The Germans, learning this,
began to plant large numbers Of
men and machine guns In shell
holes, pits and subsidiary trench
.es for half a mile back Of their
first line trenches.
When the French troops reached
h German first line, and their roll
ing barrage" vas lifted, they were
confronted with Germans who had
remained alive in the half mile safe
ty zone" between the two barrages. In
the fighting which resulted, the
French suffered enormous losses, es-
pecially from the German machine
guns.
For their advance barrage fire the
British artillery is composed of five,
six and seven-inch guns, with shells
of a shattering radius less than half
that of the large French shells.
The small distance between the
two British barrages affords no safe
ty strip" for the Germans.
Therefore when the Germans ex-
poet a British advance they pull back
their men to their reserve lines and
counter attack when the British have
seized the first line. When they ex-
pect a French assault they mass large
numbers of machine guns right back
of their first line.
The British advances have been
slow, piece by piece, with small loss
es. Frequently the French have made
further progress, but at frightful cost
in bloody h~ank-to-hand ighting.
, The French barrage has often kill
ed many of their own men when they
rushed ahead too fast into the wide
explosion zone of>the big French
shells.
The adoption Of the British system
has caused changes and delay in the
American plans, but 1t is well worth
while.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
Man Keeps
Threshing Record

Lakota. N. ID, Sept. 1T. VI.
Keitzman, for the past several
has maintained ia record Of being the
first TO finish threshing in this locality.
This yea he succeeded In holding the
record by finishing a few days ahead.
of his neighbors He reports 81 Yield
of 4 bushels Of wheat to the acre
and rs bushels OF oats. These returns
are above the average for this section.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11

doubt that sugar has remarkable sus-
tanning power when eaten by those
undergoing great fatigue.
Scientific experiments carried out
with the aid Of the ergograph-an in
.strument for registering accurately
variations Of muscular power-show
that sugar gives ar increase in physi-
cal power ranging from 60 to rs per
cent.
One Of the first observers to draw
attention to the virtue of sugar was
a physician who lived in Newcastle,
England.
It is o known, however, who in
vented or discovered sugar. It has
been known since the dawn Of history,
but not in all countries.
The invention of the first process
for refining sugar is ascribed to the
Arabs and a Venetian merchant is
said to have purchased the secret
from them and introduced the process
into Sicily.
The over use of, sugar, however, is
a great cause of i'll health, especially
among people who do not get enough
exercise daily. 1t is particularly
harmful when eaten in concentrated
forms, such as candies.
One reason why sugar has q high
food value is hat it is readily util-
lied for combustion, and If taken be-
tween meals greatly increases the
Galleries and may lead to over-nour-
ishment.