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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

The rules governing the operations
of elevators and warehouses as out
lined by the United States food ad-
ADMINISTRATION in the handling and stor.
ing of rye and wheat. is published
elsewhere in this issue. Under the
act, no elevator or warehouse is per-
,mitted to keep in store either wheat
o rye for a longer period than 80
days. Any such grain which has
10 cen kept in store for a period ofs.30
days, shipment of same shall be made
to some terminal and sold. The re-
'ceipts, less the regular charges in
connection with the storing land hand
2ing of such grain. shall then be turn
ed over to the owner.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

Our citizen soldiers to whom we saw
Farewell and extend a patriotic send
off on Saturday afternoon, go to Fort
Dodge, Iowa in response to the draft.
The word dodge has a significant af-
fix when the ending err is attached,
but the dodgers" are those who do
not go Some stay at home and others
are lodging to and fro across the
boundary line between this country
and Canada. 1t would be a misnomer
TO say that because a mar is at Fort
Dodge he is a dodger. The dod gers
hibernate over the United States, but
do not thrive in any patriotic commu.
nifty,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
The American Red Cross
FOUNDED to aid in
e&3EW the prevention and
Calculation of human
ks suffering in times of
uar ard reoce.
Uar ard Feoce.

A meeting of the Langdcn branch
of the Red Cross will be held in the
high school auditorium at 8 o'clock,
Wednesday evening, September Goth.
All interested in sewing for the
Red Cross are asked to meet at the
Library on Thursday of each week.
Girls between 10 and Is will meet
at the Library, Friday afternoon from
2 to 4 O'Clock.
Girls wei Is will meet at the Lii
brary, Friday evening from 1870 to
900 o'clock.
As announced last week a thumb.
less mitten contest will be held at the
home of Mrs. M. l. Forkner, Friday
September 21st, between the hours
of 2 and 5 o'clock p. m.
Souvenirs will be given to the fol.
lowing:
L. The Oldest knitter imam or
woman).
2. The person handing in the
greatest number of mittens on that
date.
3. The knitters who produce the
most and best mittens during those
hours.
Souvenirs will also be provided for
young people under fifteen who have
learned to knit plain, and purl.
l. The one who brings the most
mittens.
2. The best knitter.
3. The youngest knitter.
Instructions for thumbless mittens.
When using the heavy gray yarn
cast on 4S stitches, knit 2 pull 2 for
II inches. Sew up leaving 2 inches
for thumb 8 inches from top. Use No.
3 zone needle or steel of that size.
Light refre hments will be served
by the committee on Helmets and
Mittens-Mesdames Docksteader, A.
Mclean, D. MCLAUGHLIN, B. Heating,
and R. Work
Expert knilters such as Mesdames
Preusche, Skinner ana .iarricks will
be the judges
To morrow afternoon, Friday, the
knitters of the Langdon branch of the
Red Cross meet at the home of Mrs.
M. l. Forkner, when another knit
ting contest will be started. This
contest is for the making of wristlets
and thumble:s mittens.
1t is hoped by the committee who
have charge Of this part Of the work
of the Red Cross that the contest will
result in one hundred of these articles
being made. If this interests you
be sure and attend the meeting.
A report issued August LIST from
national headquarters of the Ameri
can Red Cross shows that the mem
bership throughout the United States
has now passed the 3, 500, 900 mark.
Out of this total North Dakota is ere,
dited with Ii, 693 members.
According to figures made known
within the past week at Washington,
the appropriation of North Dakot:
from the federal government for the
maintaining of post roads has beer
fixed at 1929. 585.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Heating had, Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.

Company E is back in camp on the
fair grounds after the leave of alb.
sence granted the boys through the
threshing season.
In Manitoba the shooting of prairie
chickens has been prohibited under
the game laws of the province in or
der to put a stop to the threatened ex-
termination of this species of game
bird. Scarcity of chickens has been
increasing of late years in North Da-
kota to the extent that the laws of
the state can i'll afford to much longer
delay in protecting them during>the
game hunting season.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
CONSUMPTION IN PRACTICE.

1t is ne reflection upon the army ex-
perts in control that the system of con-
scription invented by the Army War
college has been subjected to sharp
criticism. Although
The General Staff the principle of uni
System versal military
Is an Experiment service has been
In Raising freely exploited and
LARGE Armies. discussed, the sub
ject has, neverthe-
Tess, been shroudcd in mystery 50 far
as the masses are concerned. The mill
tary committee OF the senate PRESENTED
in 1916 a bill to provide training fol
its projectors had devoted months to
its preparation it was withdrawn be-
fore coming to a vote, redrafted and
the redraft never presented. One rea-
o perhaps is that the situation has
changed. All preparedness plans orig
inally looked to the future, q system
for q permanent military establishment.
Within three months the problem
changed from, say, 1920 to 1917. The
future could not be wholly lost sight
Of while planning to be ready with
1000, 900 men next autumn. Adapta-
lions have to be tried out, what suits
one time or place or condition may not
work universally. While it is patent
that the selective draft plan was not
intended for the new permanent sys-
tenn the same minds worked it out
which have been at work, not one year,
merely, nor three, but ten or more,
upon q first line land force. Had a
call for volunteers been made April 5
a million men might now be in camp.
But that would have restored the
system Of u fathers, now called
outworn. Convictions, predictions or
prejudices, maybe, could not be cast
aside overnight. Our army system has
changed at least three times since our
last a The latest plan may not be
perfection, but only a thorough test
will prove its faults and suggest i'm
provements.
(Captain) GEORGE L. KILMER.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Cavalier County National Bank,
70. 9O75

No. WI5
(Reorganized April 2, 19OS.)
at Langdon, in the State of North Dakota, at
tho close of business September IL, 1917.
RESOURCES.
Loans and iscounts. $685. Sc
Overdrafts, unsecured :..".. LAG. 10
us. Bonds deposited to So.
cure circulation, par value 25OW GO
Total United States Bonds. $4,000 90
Liberty loan bonds unpledged $500. 90
Other bondsto secure postal
Securities ether than d. S.
bonds mot including stocks
owned unpledged ........ 1908 2l90 .9S
Stock of Federal Reserve
Bank. so per cent of sub
yalueD Of Banking House. 1850. 90 1850, 90
Furniture and fxtures...... 1925 10
Real Estate other than Bank
Lawful Reserve with Federal
Reserve Bank......... 500. 2O6O4.7 70
Cash in vault and net amount
due from national banks. 23I9O.97 1885 rs
Checks on banks located out
side of city or town of re-
porting bank and other
Redemption fund with us.
Treasurer, and due from U,
5. Treasurer. ........... l24I. so
Expenses and taxes paid. 80. 4O72.24
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in......... S25, 900 90
Surplus 10000 90
Earnings. . 1855 "a
24497. so
Demand Deposits;
Individual deposit, subject
Certificates of deposit. due
in less than thirty days. 9s365.22
Cashier checks outstanding. 1174.2 81
Certified checks. 1000
Certificates of deposit (other
than for money borrowed) 230OO7 Al 416725 81
Bills payable, other than with
Federal Reserve Bank, in
Guiding all obligations rep
resenting money borrowed,
other than rediscountS. -. 10000, 90
s497, $40. IS
State of North Dakota, County of Cavalier, IS
|, John Sheehan cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. JOHN SHEEHAN,
Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10Th
day of Sept. 1917 Thomas DEvANEy.
[SEAL] Notary Public.
Correct Attest.
& :; :s H;;Ess DIRECTOR.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
UNFURL THE FLAG

That Doc Semple was periodicals.
addicted to verse writing will be re-
called by many old Langdon friends.
From a paper in Minot, where he has
been practicing since leaving here
the following is clipped and 'twoulc
indicate that these war days have
given added inspiration to Docs lyric
outbursts Of patriotism.
Unfrrl the flag with every star
That represents the free
Flag great in peace, humane in war.
And foe of TYRANNY,
Uufurl the flag and let it float
In Enrope's troubled air;
Unfurl, and let the Kaiser note
Old Glory waving there.
Unfurl the flag at mercy's call
For France and Belgium;
For Serbs and Enmans and for all
Let freedoms banners come.
Unfurl the flag on land and sea;
Send forth without recall
Until made plain to Germany
The writing on the wall"
Unfurl the flag against "decayed
Outworn autocracy;"
Infurl it that the world be made
Safe for democracy"
Jnfurl the flag that liberty
May thrive upon the earth;
Jnfurl it for the sanctity
Of life and home and hearth.
By Dr., J. Semple
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

Millers have agreed to a maximum
profit of % cents a ton on a barrel
of flour and SO cents a ton on feed
beginning September LIST. That looks
like a small profit but a thousand bar
rel mill will turn in a profit of $3.50
a day, running three hundred days a
year that would make a profit of SIS.
900 a year. This is a big profit as
mills often grind at a much closer
price. Uncle Sam is hurting nobody.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
MAKE SUNSHINE.

Every human soul has tho
germ of some flowers within, and
they would open if they could
only find sunshine and free air to
expand it. always told you
that not having enough of sum
shine was what allied the world.
Make people happy, make them
see and feel the sunshine, and
there will not be half the quar-.
reling DR. a tenth part of the
wickedness there is.--Mrs. L. M.
Child.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

Objection to a large army composed
Of men whose fealty is pledged to an
individual may be based in the WORTH
est motives. The principle has worked
harm to the state and to the army
instance the Janissaries and the Prae-
torian guard. In the sixties both the
north and the south found it wise to
transfer generals or detach their troops
in order to break up combinations of
the kind,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
Military TRAINING FOR THE
MILLIONS.

EfLITARY TRAINING FOR The
MILLIONS.
As might have been expected, mill
sary experts, both in the ARM and out,
do not agree as to the length of time
required to make a passable soldier
from the raw mate
Short Terms of rial. Born of army
Training and suggestions and
Service Will conducted under
Create a BID army auspices, the
po.ar various training
camps have made
She experiment of training men in a
few weeks. Tens of thousands Of eligi-
BILE men have had their few weeks, and
the cry is for more camps and more
fbattalions. If the eulogies Of the camps
as aids to preparedness and the de-
mand for more mean anything they
must mean that ever a few weeks
Graining each year for three or four
years will accomplish results worth
while. Experts called in Washington
are divided over the length of term for
training and service. One authority
thinks that six months are enough, and
another advocates n year. 1t is en-
'%couraging that the peculiar conditions
of this country are now being taken
into account by legislators and their
advisers. In Napoleon's day Prussia
trained an efficient army on the one
year plan. 1t has been said that Ma
poleon held that a good soldier could
be produced by a three months course.
ut should not be supposed that the av-
erage youth will sit down after his
three or six or twelve months work.
Under enforcement he might, but the
willing candidate will not be inclined
10 stop until he has well arrived. Any
way, three months will do more for the
willing recruit than a whole year for
the unwilling one. With 100000 to
10000, 600 eligibles it should not be diff
fcult to Gull out the willing and hope
full million or two millions who may
be needed.
(CAPTAIN) GEORGE l.. KILMER
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

Japan's rice crop for 1916 broke all
records by a margin Of over 6,500,0O0
bushels. And yet as soon as scarcity
Of potatoes turned attention to rice as
a substitute the price Of rice leaped
up. Here is one food commodity where
high prices cannot be blamed on Dame
Nature.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

reforms which drag because DIRECTORS
to change a plead that there is no
hurry. Tax reform has interested this
country for a gen
A Uniform Grafton. It has not
State Taxation risen to an issue
System which divided the
or a Federal country, although
system Needed, small elections have
turned upon it
sometimes. Inheritance and income
taxes of comparatively recent impor-
lance as national topics are seen upon
close view to lack consistency and uni
formity. The late IIetty Green, who
lived where she owned most property,
New York, the most of the time, was
declared a resident of Vermont. Gen
orally lega! residence is a choice of the
rich. They may live where it pays best.
The federal government imposes both
income and Inheritance tax. Two
thirds or more Of the states have in
heritance tax, but hardly any two bear
alike upon a given estate. State in
come taxes also vary. In fact, it is
the ununiform divorce muddle over
again. Since income and inheritance
taxation is aimed at persons of opulence
it ought to be uniform and not be a
greater burden pro rata on wealth in
one section than it Is in another sec
ton. The solution seems to be that the
states mold their laws strictly upon
federal acts Or abandon such taxation
to the federal government. A portion
would be returned to the state where
the taxes are assessed. Our budgets
are based upon property tax and this
really falls more heavily Upon people
of small e than a graduated in
come tax with low exemption would.
No property me escapes. But in
come and inheritance taxation neces-
sarily exempts the ones who should be
protected.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
PROPOSALS WANTED FOR COAL

Sealed proposals will be received
by the board of County Commission.
ers Of Cavalier County; North Oak O.
ia, at the County Auditors office
until 2 o'clock P. M. Thursday, Oc-
tober 18th 1917, for the delivery of
(10O) n hundred tons of Hooking
Valley soft coal in the engine room
of the Court House; SO tons to be
delivered at once and SO tons later
on in the winter.
Address all bids to the undersigned
marked proposals for furnishing coal.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners this 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1917.
9-12 O. j. Eide, Co. Auditor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
&ourlfr=De111orrat
A. 1. KRHMSTEDT, Prop.

Published every THURSDAY morning at Lang
DIN, Cavalier county, North Dakota.
Entered at the Post office of Laugdon asmail
matter of the Sacond Glass.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
NOTICE AND CITATION, HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTION

NOTICE NDC1TATIoN, HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION
SrA Gou 1a S Of c%av pliihorA In County Court
Before HON. F. W. BLEAKLEY, Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of Hans Kolte.
Deceased.
Charles c.. Soebey,
thea 2rentzen, Anna HnARINa OF
Fausing, Anna Ras- FINAL ACCOUNT
mussen, johannes Ras- AND DISTRIBUTION
mnssen and Robert OF ESTATE.
Work, Co. Treasurer,
Respondents.
The State of North Dakota to the Above Nam
ed Respondents: =
You. the said above named Respondents are
hereby notified that the Final Account of the
Administrato of the Estate of Hans Kolte. late
Of the County of Cavalier and State of North
Dakota, deceased, has been rendered to this
Court, therein showing that the estate of said
deceased is ready for final settlement and dis
tribution, and petitioning that his account be
allowed. the residue of said estateebe .distribut.
ed to the persons thereunto entitled, his admin
Monday, the 10Th day Of October, A. B., 1911,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, at
the Court Rooms of this Court, in the Court
House, in the Cit, of Langdon, County of Cava.
lier and state'of North Dakota, has been duly
appointed by this Court for the settlement
thereof. at which time and place any person in
terested in said estate may appear and file his
exceptions. in writing, to said account and Pc
tition and contest the same,
And you, the above named respondents. and
each of you, are hereby cited and required then
and show cause, if any you have, why said &C.
count shall not be allowed, the residue. Of said
estate distributed, the administration of said
estate closed and said Charles G.. Soebey, ad.
ministrator discharged.
Dated the Gath day of August, A. D., 1917.
BY the Court:
f. w. BLEAKLEY,
Judge Of the County Court.
Let service of the above Citation be made by
publication In four successive issues of the
Courier. Democrat. a weekly newspaper print.
cd and published at Langdon, North Dakota.
II. w. BLEAKLEY, Judge.
@ CRIMSON, Attorney for Estate.
Langdon, North Dakota. 60
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
= EPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TIL
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
NO.. 1902.

NO. 1902.
at Langdon, in the State of North Dakota at
the close of business on September 18th, 1917.
Loans and iscounts...... 4o6, O62. 90
Total .4O6 062. SO
Notes and bills rediscounted S,127.S5 s97, 1886 II
unsecured..... 1,023. IA
w.. S. Bonds deposited to Sc
cure circulation, par value 25,0O0. 90
Payment on account subscrip-
ton for Liberty Bonds..... 10000 90
Bonds other than U. S.
Bonds, to secure postal
Securities, other than US.
bonds, mot including
stocks) owned unpledged 3100. 80
Total bonds. securities, etc, 400. 80
Stock Of Federal Reserve
Bank. 5oper cent of sub o-o
value Of Banking House: 2o,4Go 90
Furniture aud Fixtures. 80. 1890. 90
Real Estate owned other
than Banking HOUSE,. 1854. 81
Lawful reserve with Federal
Reserve Bank ........... 1921. 38
Cash in vault and net am
cunt due from national
Banks................. S,99S. SO
Net amount due from banks
and bankers. Z, 541. 80
Checks on other banks in the
same city or town as report.
Checks on banks located out
side of city or town of re-
porting bank and other
cash 1851. 60 2s,924.9 so
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer and due from U.
$. TREASURER. ..... ......... 1850 %
paid. s,e47. 3s
s5le, O6s. 81
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in....." 5000 90
Surplus fund ............. 5000 90
Undivided profit.......... Is. 1914. 70 1874. rs
Circulating notes outstand-
Demand Deposits:
Individual deposits, subject
to check. 49,. ."........ 8S,01s.22
Certificates of deposit due
in less than thirty days. "a, 500. AT
Cashiers checks o1tstand-
ing .......... 2672.4
Postal savings d, posits... $3.50
Time Deposits:
Certificates of deposit..... 257 ,578. 90 1872, 81. So
Bills payable other than with
federal reserve bank includ
ing all obliga, ions repre-
senting money borrowed,
other than rediscounts.. 250OO. 90
S516, 066. 81
State OF North Dakota, County Of Cavaliers.
l, j. a.. Balm, cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state.
belief.
j.. Fl. Balm, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this goth
day OF Sept, 1911,
lsEALl e. f. FLETCHER,
Notary Public.
my Commission Expires Oct. 18th. 1891
Correct Attest:
c, h, MCMILLAN
GEO. w. PRICE Directors
w. A. McINrynE
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

Subscription Sl.5O per aunum Canada sou
per annum. Advertising rates on application.
Communications must be received by Tuesday
ooon to receive prompt attention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
WAR AND TAX REFORM.

War is sometimes an accelerator of
reforms which drag because DIRECTORS
to change a plead that there is no
hurry. Tax reform has interested this
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

NO. 800
(Reorganized April 2, 190S.)
at Langdon, in the State of North Dakota, at
the close of business September II, 1917.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

NO. 4S02.
at Langdon, in the State of North Dakota at
the close of business on September 18th, 1917.
RESOURCES.
The Washington times., 1917-01-18
NEW REMEDY DISCOVERED
AnbrIne AIIevIates Suffering From
LIQUID Fire Burns.

Miss Elsie Dewolfe. OF New York
at the Playhouse. 1S41 n street
northwest this afternoon, at $3.50
o'clock, will deliver a lecture or
Treating the French Wounded"
The lecture will be Illustrated with
a large number OF slides showing
how French soldiers suffering from
LIQUID fre burns have been treated
with "Ambrine," which not only
assuaged their agony. but removed
all scars.
The first pictures show the soldiers
as they are taken from the trenches
with their faces. heads. backs. and
hands horribly scared. The succeeding
slides show how the soldiers pro-
Kressed under the treatment and tine
last picture shows them completely
cured.
Miss DewoIfe. who spent four
months IN the Issy Hospital in France
administering this treatment. is tour
Ing the United States to raise money
with which to provide more ambu-
lances, litters, and other hospital
equipment for the French army.
She was invited to lecture at the
Playhouse today by a committee Of
Washington society women headed by
Mrs. AxeI Wichfeld. OF 1746 Massa-
ohusetts avenue.
More than 1000 Invitations have
been issued for the lecture and a
large ATTENDANCE is expected.
The Washington times., 1917-01-18
LADIES! SECRET TO
DARKEN GRAY HAIR
Bring Back its Color and
LuStre with Grandma's
Sage Tea Recipe.

Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea. with sulphur and alcohol
added, will turn gray. streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and lux
urIant. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sui
phur recipe at home, though, Is trou-
blesome. An easier way Is to get, the
ready-to-use preparation improved by
the addition OF other ingredients,
costing about so cents a large bottle,
at drug stor"A known as "Wyeth's Q
sage and Sulphur Compound" thus
Avoiding a lot OF muss.
While gray. faded hair Is not sinful,
we all desire to retain our youthful
appearance and attractiveness. BY
darkening your hair with Wyeth's
sage and Sulphur Compound. no one
can tell. because 1t does 1t so natural
ly, so evenly. You Just dampen q
sponge or soft brush with Il and
draw this through your hair. taking
one small strand at a time; by morn
ing all gray hairs have disappeared.
After another application or two your
hair becomes beautifully dark. glossy,
soft and luxuriant and you appear
years younger. Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound is a delightful
toilet requisite. 1t Is not intended
for the cure. mitigation or prevention
OF disease.-Advt,
The Washington times., 1917-01-18
PRAYING ALL DAY
FOR DRY" COUNTRY
All Denominations of Capital
Join W. c. T. U. in
Service.

A day of prayer for dry" nation
was begun at the First Congrega-
tionaI Church. Tenth and G streets
northwest, at 10 o'clock this morning.
with ministers representing all de-
nominations Joining the w. C. T. U.
They prayer service will continue
until o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Emma Sheldon. president of
the District branch of the. W. C. T. u.
began the services this morning with
prayer of Thanksgiving for the pas
sage Of the Sheppard bill by the Sem
ate and a prayer for the success of
the measure in the House as we'll as
for the enactment Of Federal prohibi-
tion legislation.
The Rev. H. W. c. Millineton and
the Rev. John E. Briggs representing
the Baptists of Washington, next took
charge OF the services. Following
them came the Rev. Howard HoEe,
representing the Friends.
Every half an hour during the day
ministers of different denominations
VIII take charge of the services. The
members of the ministers congrega-
tons have arranged to visit the
church and take part in the services
while their denomination had charge.