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The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
ALNE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. The YEAR.

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The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Swat 'Em.

Feedum, .fiddledum, fee.
The flies are coming, see.
You'd best swat EN- quickly,
And lay 'em out sticky.
Or else many millions there'l be.
THE SKIPPER.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
So Near and Yet So Far

La Follette sounds a good deal like
Lafayette. There is as much difference in
the two men as there is between a
Prussian and a Frenchmsn.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
ThR Hnnaa

Nanny pamby talk is handy,
Volunteer dope is the dandy.
At the President We balk.
War is with US. Talk, talk. talk,
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
The wurst Has Came.

Hot dog sandwiches at coney
Island have skyrocketed to dime.
Doggone 1t. the war is really upon us.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
JOIN NOW.
Drapery Department
Wolfe and Marquisette
Curtains at Special Prices

All are full width and 22 yards long, and may be had
in white, and Many have hemsdtched hem
edges some are finished with lace edge while others hav,
lace edge and insertion. Very specially pnod ST 35, $I55.
and ST IS pair.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Concerning SIackers.

What care how old I be?
Some poor man will marry me.
Fearing war and all its ways
will boss him all my days.
Cleveland Leader
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Cretonne Couch Covers

Varied assortment OF ooIors. 20 inches wide by ~
yards long; hemmed all around; special, $l.95.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
$3.50 Utility Boxes, $5.75

Utility Boxs. covered with pretty cretOnne and trimmed
in white enamel Each box has fitted sliding tray and In
ished with castors.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Lawn Swings

Four-passenger Lawn Swing; construction Of the best:
made from special lumber Frame ooored red with natural
wood carriage and hangers
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Couch Hammocks

Khaki Couch Hammock: steel franz
chair suspension; adjustable Windshield
durable hammock; $6.75.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
THE WHEAT PRICE EXPLAINED.

Although there has been much said by way of explaining the
government price of wheat many people are still asking for in
formation on the subject, and this is not at all strange for the
problem of price fixing by the government is entirely new to our
country.
The price now is 1920 at Chicago for No. l wheat of the diff
ferent varieties. The price was determined by a committee of
twelve selected by the president, the membership of the COM
mittee being composed of two prominent economists, two rep
resentatives of organized labor, two representatives of big bust
ness, two presidents of state agricultural colleges, three repres-
entatives of agriculture and one individual farmer. There were
The price of 1920 for No. 1 wheat at Chicago is a fixed price
for the 1917 crop and will not be changed before July 1, 1918.
The government will buy all wheat offered at that price, provided
there are no other buyers who will pay that much, but will not
permit any buyer to pay more. So that, although the government
may not buy all of the wheat yet this price is a fixed price that
will be paid by all buyers and which will be made neither more
nor less.
In the legislation establishing food control the Congress
placed a minimum guaranteed price on the 1918 wheat crop.
This minimum, below which the wheat cannot go, is $500, but
is based on "the principal interior markets. and not on Chicago
alone which means that the price cannot be below $500 at any one
of these principal primary markets" such as Minneapolis, ON
aha, Kansas City, etc.
The price of $500 is only a minimum guarantee. 1t will be-
1919. It will not be changed or withdrawn. 1t is not a rule of
the Food Administration, but an act of Congress. No matter how
large the crop raised next year may be, if there are not other
buyers for the wheat who will offer $780,, the government must
take it at that price. On the other hand if costs of production in
crease or there is a light yield, or if for any other reason the
costs of production are unduly high or the demand is very urgent,
the price may be above $500 as it is now.
The present price of $500 is a fixed price that will not be
changed in any way until July l, 1918. The $500 price for next
year is only a minimum. The actual price for next year cannot be
less than that but it may be $500 or more.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18

serve as an example. There the manufacture Of war munitions
has caused house rents to double, and manufacturers have to pay
for land two or three times the amount for which it could have
been bought six months ago. The total increase in land values
in Delaware county since the entry Of the United States into the
war is estimated by a writer at $%25,0O0,000. And Congress, in
its wisdom, does not intend to levy one cent of war taxes upon
this $25,O0O,OOO of war profits amassed in five months.
10 properly estimate the outrageous volume of this dscrim-
lnation, let the fact be borne in mind that the ordinary proiteer
must give something in return for what he gets. He must give
guns, ammunition, ships and other supplies to produce which re-
qulres much labor and risk. But the landlord gives nothing at
ell except permission to use the earth. He takes toll from the
manufacturers for locating on a site he controls and from his
employees for living where they can get to work. He takes this
toll not only from those engaged in production of war supplies,
but from all others as well. Business men and workers to whom
the wal brings no financial gain must pay higher rents as we'll
as the war plofteers. In addition, the revenue bill which Con-
gress has now passed, will force them to pay heavier taxes on
what they consume and increased income taxes. And this is to
be done in order that the landlords war profits may be exempt.
Chester's condition is but an example Of what is taking place
everywhere in the United States where the war has stimulated
industry. To take these unearned profits to pay for the war is
provided for in a bill introduced by Congressman Crosser of Ohio.
But this bill is slumbering in a pigeon hole of the House Ways
and Means Committee. Congressman and Senators responsible
for this negligence, may be called upon by constituents to explain.
1t isn't the woman who is raising six children that is ner-
vous. It's the one who is raising a goldfish and a fern.-Nonpar-
tsan Leader.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
CRITICS AND CRITICISMS.
Was it LaFollette who told the public

Was it LaFolette who told the public
That we simply drifted stern foremost into war;
That the administration is employing "grandloquent pronun-
|ciamentoes" in an unwse effort to cover it's past failure to prepare
and it's present failure to achieve;
That the men assembled for the army have neither guns nor
uniforms and are short of blankets and sweaters?
If it WAS LaFonette who told the public these things and
others in a similar vein, do you think they are calculated to up
hold the hands Of the government as it seeks the aid of the peo-
pie in meeting a vital crisis?
Do you think overdrawn statements regarding a shortage of
equipment and comforts is going to help enlistnents and promote
the right spirit in the new army
But LaFolette was NOT the author of these criticisms; they
emanate from none other than Col Theodore Roosevelt.
The colonel has lost his opportunity. to make his really good
work for Americanism count at it's maximum by bespeaking pop
ular loyalty and cooperation for the president as the executive
agent of Americanism.
This is not a defense of La Toilette; his egomania has prompt
ed him to utter criticisms which certainly are not in aid of the
government. But what is the senator's principal critic doing .
st. Paul Daily News. ,
AS q war measure, it has been suggested that we omit the
crust Of our pies. Sherman certainly had the right slant on this
war STUD.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

The criticisms directed against the utterances of certain SEN
ators and members of congress on subjects connected with the
wal turn public attention to the consideration of constitutional
rights and guarantees. There has been some recklessness on the
part Of both critics and criticised. Senators and representatives
conferred upon them by the constitution. They are as much a
part of the government as the President himself, and the oath
which they take is as sacred and binding as the one administered
TO nm. A senator or representative has as much right to e-
press himself upon subjects with which he has authority to deal.
They not only have the right to express themselves, but they
should do so when such expression becomes necessary to the dis
charge OF their official duties. Only by properly discussing meas
u1es can they live up to the requirements Of the office which
they hold.
necessity agree with the recommendations made by the President
is equivalent to advocating the substitution of a despotism for a
republc-equivalent to advocating the establishment of an auto
cracy here while we are trying to overthrow autocracy in other
lands.
The obligation of a senator or representative is to the people
whom he represents, not to the executive. If a federal legislator
acts co11uptly, he should be expelled, but so long as he acts
honestly and from a sense of duty to his constituents, he is with
in his rights, and it is not likely that any legislative body would
rights: -.
With the citizen the question of duty is sometimes more i'm
what he can do, but what he ought to do. The legislator must
discuss questions before congress-this is necessary to inteni-
gent action by congress, but this necessity does not confront the
citizen in private life. There is no reason why anyone should dis
cuss that which has been done-when final action is taken, &C
'quiescence on the part of the citizen becomes a duty.
In the case of proposed legislation it is better that the citizen
should communicate directly with those empowered to act-the
President, senators and congressmen-than to speak through the
press, on the platform or on the street. If one is really anxious
promises the maximum of good and the minimum of risk of doing
his country harm. Patriotism requires some to give their lives
it requires others to give their money; it may require some to
hold their peace rather than risk creating dissention or discord
by public expression of opinion when such expression is unneces-
sary-W. J. Bryan in the Commoner.
Some time ago the gang press of the state made a tremen-
dous racket over the alleged fact that F. A. Teigen, a Nonpartisan
League organizer in Minnesota, had left the league, following a
disagreement with Townley. Now this same gang press reports
this same Teigen under arrest for disloyalty-and, quite natur-
ally, brands him as a Nonpartisan.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
THE BIGGEST WAR PROFITEER.

Speaking Of our war profits there is one interest profting
from the wal whom even Senator LaFolette seems to have over
looked. It is the landed interest. Wherever the manufacture Of
war supplies has caused a boom, there the landlord has quietly
absorbed in increased land values and rents a large part of the
wages of workers and the profits of their employers.
The city of Chester, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, will
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18

The Nonpartisan Leader celebrated it's second birthday with
the issue of September 9th, and a rafting good issue it was.
sumers conference at st. Paul, there appeared the first of a series
OF articles by Editor Morris on 1.-The Farmers Regime in Action"
League have been asking "What have you done? and he con-
siders it a fair question and will answer it through the Leader.
The politicians held the reins of government at Bismarck 80 years
and a history of those 80 years reeks with jabbery and scandal
from beginning to end. Now the farmers have been on the Job on
ly 9 months, and yet they are asked to give an account of their
stewardship. This Editor Morris of the Leader proposes to do,
the friends and enemies of the League-if the latter would only
read them. The first article sets out the changes made in our tax
laws. 1t is a record of fairness and Understanding we new
er had at the hands of the politicians-Cando Record.
The Minot Messenger trembles for the safety of the immortal
soul of the Courant editor: Heaven grant that he will return to
the agony of a small boy having eaten too many green apples.
If he continues to show his teeth to Uncle Sam he will land where
others of his kind are landing" is the yelled threat which follows
and we can fairly hear the tears splash on the floor under the
editorial throne. Now, really, we are not to blame for the Mes
senger mans failure to land that game wardenship that the Rug
by Tribune said he was after and if this political disappointment
is responsible for the apparent softening of the brain, let the gull
ty party stand forth.
Opposition to the Nonpartisan League seems to be the true
test OF patriotism as laid down by the old gang politicians in
North Dakota. By wrapping themselves in the flag and pointing
fingers at the members of the league, this discredited gang hopes
to again establish itself in control of the affairs of the state that
patriotic impulse. when the devil is sick the devil a saint would
be. When the devil is we'll the devil a saint is he"
Editor McGahan of the Minot Messenger says he doesn't
know of any "Vnlainous lies which have been told about the state
administration" and in the very same paragraph says "Our chief
executive is stabbing the American soldiers in the back" No,
lie when he meets it face to face. But that doesn't altar the facts
in the case.
Goal Mines are Doing Their Bit" says a headline. Indeed
these days is "sone bit"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
THE TRIBUNE'S "OVERSIGHT."

Rugby Tribune: It may have been an oversight on their part,
but we failed to notice any mention of the action of the Otter Tail
county MinnO Public Safety Commission in prohibiting the
holding of a Townley meeting anywhere in that county, in the
Courier-News or Bottineau Courant.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18

The North Dakota gang newspapers are endeavoring to "save
Minnesota from the Nonpartisan League" Well, at any rate
they can't do much worse than they did in North Dakota.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18

1t isn't the woman who is raising six children that is ner-
vous. It's the one who is raising a goldfish and a fern-Nonpar-
tsan Leader.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk of the City of Keo-
kuk, at his office in Keokuk, until
o'clock p. M. on the Both day of
April, 1917, for the construction OF
the following described Improvement,
as per plans and specifications now
on file in the Office of the said clerk ::
Alley through block 10, City of
Keokuk, by grading between sub,
grade and established grade and paw
ing with No. 2 vitrified brick block,
about 730 square yards of paving,
more or less, work to begin on or be
fore the 1st day of June, 1917, and TO
be fully completed on or before the
LIST day of July, 1917.
So much of the cost Of the con-
struction of the said Improvement as
is by law assessable against abutting
and adjacent property to be assessed
against the privately owned property
abutting on and adjacent to said In
provement, according to area, so as
to include one-half (@) of the priv
ately owned property between the
alley so improved and the next street,
whether such privately owned prop
erty abut upon said alley or not, bu:
in no case shall privately owned
property situated more than one
hundred fifty (150) feet from the
alley SO improved be SO assessed lii
accordance with the law governing
the same, and payment to the amount
lof such assessment for such work
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

make it easier for both parties to give the ad-
ministraton their best support by seeking the
advice and aid of the best men in both.
The great Lincoln did this. He formed a
coalition cabinet to wage the war. 1t made no
difference to him that men of ability had OPP
posed his election or had dissented from his
views on minor matters if they Were right on
the main question, which was to save the union.
Blair was given portfolio though he opposed
interference with slavery; and Stanton, demo
crat, was made secretary of war.
There is no reason why the example OF our
greatest president might not be followed at this
Iiuncture properly and with profit, if Mr.. Will
son deemed it wise to do so. The reasonable
theory is that all the people should be repre-
scented in a government which depends upon the
support Of all. This government belongs to us
all and as much to one citizen as another. How
ever sentiment may be divided on other mat
ters there should be no division in this. The
president would be doing splendidly well II he
saw fit to call into the service of the country at
this crisis one or two or more statesmen of dem
onstrated high capacity, members of the oppo-
sition party, as Lincoln did
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
ON This May Concern:

10 WnOm InlS May concern:
In compliance with section 1913 of
the 1913 supplement to the code of
Iowa, notice is hereby given of the
Incorporation of the Keokuk Coca
Cola Bottling company. under the
provisions OF chapter /, title 8, OF the
code Of Iowa, and acts amendatory
thereof.
% The name of the corporation
is "Keokuk Coca-Cola Bottling Com
pany" and its principal place of bust
ness will be at Keokuk in Lee county,
Iowa.
(2) The object for which it is
formed and the general nature of the
business to be transacted by the cor
poration is to bottle, distill, manu-:
facture, prepare, buy, sell and deal in
mineral and carbonated waters,
spring waters, coca-cola, fiavoring ex-
tracts, syrups, salts. ices. prepared
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

will be made in assessment certlf1-
Gates, bearing interest at the rate OF
six per cent. per annum, issued In
accordance with law. In case OF any
deficiency between the contract price
and the amount Of such certificates.
such deficiency will be paid in wal
rants drawn on the City Improvement
| fund available for the fiscal year be-
ginning April LIST, 1917, payable out
Of the proceeds of the tax levied
| therefor, and from no other source.
| the city to incur no liability other
] than the duty to levy the said tax and
| to properly apply the proceeds there
| of, to making the special assessment
above referred to and issuing assess
ment certificates to the contractor
| therefor. The warrants herein pro-
| vided for, to be drawn as soon as the
proceeds of said tax are available.
| Said assessment certificates and war
rants, if such warrants be issued,
shall be accepted by the contractor in
full payment for all work done under
| his contract without recourse on the
City of keokuk.
! Each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check, in a separate en-
veiope, said check to be drawn on
some known responsible bank, and
made payable to the order of the City
Treasurer of the City Of Keokuk. in
| the sum OF one hundred sixty $500
, dollars. Each envelope must be ad.
dressed to the City OF Keokuk and
endorsed with the name of the bid
der and the improvement such check
and proposal are for. Certified
checks accompanying proposals will
be returned to the unsuccessful bid
ders when the contract has been
awarded, and also to the bidder to
whom the contract is awarded when
he shall have entered into contract
for the construction OF said improve
ment with the City of Keokuk and
given bond in the sum OF eight hun
dred (SS0O) dollars, with sureties to
be approved by the City Council of
the City of Keolsuk, for the faithful
performance of his contract The
contract will contain provision that
the contractor shall guarantee the
Improvement to remain in good re-
pair for the period OF two years from
and after the date of its acceptance
by the City Council, and the bond
will contain like condition.
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to enter into contract with the
the City of Keokuk for the construc-
ton of said Improvement or furnish
bond as herein required. and as re.
CURED by law, the certified check de.
posted by him with his bid shall De
forfeited to the City of Keokuk as
agreed and liquidated damages.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
The proposals received will be act
ed upon, by the City Council OF the
City Council of Keoluk on the LIST
day Of May, 1917.
Published by authority of the City
Council Of the City of Keokuk.
o. w. SANDBERG,
City Clerk of said City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
PROTECTION FOR WILD LIFE.
Efforts of Or. Hornaday Crowned with
Success in State of Iowa.

Efforts of Or. Hornaday Crowned with
| Success in State of Iowa.
New York Times. There is no more
Iresolute and indefatigable defender of
wild life than DIR. Hornaday. The
campaign begun by him last fall to pre-
vent the imminent extermination of
the sage grouse, other grouse, and
quail in the states west of the Missis-
| sippi river has met with gratifying
success. Seven Legislatures out of
nineteen have needed the warnings
and appeals addressed to them by the
Permanent Wild Life Protection fund,
of which DR.. Hornaday is trustee, to
save their valuable upland game birds
| from total destruction. In five states
Iowa, Utah. Nevada. Idaho and New
Mexico, the laws demanded have been
passed, and in two others, Montana
and Washington. measures for protec-
| ton in part have been enacted.
In Iowa the friends of wild life, af-
ter three months battle with the
organized hunters of the state, have
won sweeping victory in the legis-
lature in the enactment of five year
close season for quail and prairie
chickens. In Utah, Nevada, Idaho,
and New Mexico the sage grouse gets
a fve-year close season, and in Ohio
the quail has been placed in the list Of
song birds entitled to protection
These measures of conservation
have been adopted none too soon. The
sage grouse, which, except the wild
turkey, is the largest and finest upland
game bird of America, has many ma
tural enemies. The automatic guns
used by many hunters, the large bag
limits allowed in most of the western
states, and the long and early open
seasons have so reduced the numbers
of western grouse and quail that
prompt action was required to save
them from humiliation. Thanks to