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The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-09-08
w YlTH the growth Of diversified
" farming In ths South. the in

MYTH the growth Of diversified
" farming In me South. the in
PRODUCTION Of new crops and
tho demand for better preparation oe
the coll and improved cultural meth
4ds, has como demand tor new and
better types ot Implements. The d.
nand has been Intensified BY de.
crease Of farm labor in some sections.
making Il economical to use the latest
iabor-saving Implements. The farm
implement trade In the Memphis ter
r4tory has probably increased over 500
pr cent during the past few years.
and gives promise Of showing an even
greater increase during the nsxt few
yeesA
Tho TriIState Fair IL probably re-
6veosfNle fcv good share Of this In.
crease. for tho fAi1 has not only
Daayed . promtnsut part In the diversi-
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-09-08
.ofidence in the Federal Reserve
= Banking System

important part In the recovery of business from the adverse
% following the outbreak of the European and is still
4 NV 70 keep business even keel:
rs svsten with its immense resoutces is tower Of strength
h.s which members of it; and will assist them in aIy
ps requirements which they be called upon to hiee
deoosng money with lis receive the protection and
" facilities which membership IN the system enables us to
tjou.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-09-08
Cast of "ROmeO and Juliet
A Roster of Notable Names

Members of Fanios Families Stage Seer Iii Suppott Of F.
Bushman and Beverly Bayne in the Great Screen Classic
Based ON Shakespeates Immortal Love Story.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-09-08

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-15

As a patron Of the motion picture,
Mawame PetroVa is a new recruit,
for until very recently she has al
ways insisted that moving pictures
are not sensible and made objec-
tions which she herself now admits
were absurd. Recently at the Rialto
Theatre, New York City, she refuted
these old beliefs of hers completely
by the presentation to Manager
Rothaphfel OF a huge silver LOVING
cup in token of her appreciation of
his exquisite method of presenting her
first Paramount picture. The cur
is to remain in Manager R~othapfels
hands his year and then go to some
other manager in another part Of the
country. Alta today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-15
STRONG CONTRASTS
IN THEIR COMPACT

Scenes of dramatic intensity abound
in Their Compact" Metros super
Feature starring Francis X. Bush
man and Beverly Bayne, which will
be seen at the Alta Theatre Sunday
and Monday. One Of the closing
tableaux. in which Horton, the min
Ing camps evil spirit, suCcumbs to a
tragic death in the desert, is one of
most powerful eve screened. As a
sort OF poetic justice, he meets his
death at the hands of the woman he
has lured from home, 50 that it is his
W wrong-doing which proves to he
his Nemesis.
The desert country and the rough
mining towns are shown in "Their
Compact in contrast to the scene of
New York life in which James Van
Dyke Moore CFrancis Y, Bushman)
originally moves. Going Westward.
the of a bad woman is
erased from his heart by the win
some smile of a good one, MOllie
Anderson, played by Beverly Bayne.
Soon he is suing for her favor with
an enthusiasm the fashionable wO-
men OF society could never arouse in
him.
Good and evil influences battle il
the primitive mining town of Silver
Vile, and Jim" Moore has need of all
his superb physical strength. OF
mental courage he has unusual need.
For tina Is the central idea in "Thcir
COMPACT
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-15
MOTION PICTURE NEWS
What the Picture Theaters
Have to Tell You.
GARDNER PERFORMS
HORSEBACK THRILLS

In Men of the Desert" the fourth
Of his Essanay-Western productions.
Jack Gardner appears as a daredevil
cowboy. Mr.. Gardner, formerly, was
a musical comedy star and dwelt in
the east, however, his feats of horse
lmanship in this picture demonstrates
that 1t isn't altogether necessary to
live in the west in order to learn to
ride "A horse.
Cosy Sunday and Monday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-15
UNIVERSITY GIRLS TO MAKE
WAR CANDY FOR SOLDIERS

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu-
gene. Dec. 13.-Girls of the UniNer-
Sity Of Oregon are preparing to
sweeten the holiday season for en-
listed men in the army. At assem-
bly, Wednesday morning it was, an
nounced by Miss Helen Delano, pres
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-15

Lord ~Lansdowne has made a great
Berlin.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
FRAZIER SEEKING JAM
FOR LEAGUE BOOSTERS
Rcnews Fight to Dust Members of
Board Of Control. and Appoints
Nonpartisans to Jobs.
(By Tom Parker Junkin.) !

Bismarck. Feb. Ex-Governor Fra
zier and his advisors have renewed
their fight to oust the present board
Of control. After a conference in the
office Of the attorney general this
afternoon between the governor, At
torney General LANCER and William
Lemke, the governor sent to the sem
ate a sealed message with the names
Of two men whom he nominated for
the terms expiring June 30, 1921 and
June 30, 1928.
That would mean that the present
board is to be ignored by the gover-
nor. although the reason for the fail
ure to name candidate for the term
to expire June 80. 1917, is not quite
clear.
Brent Anderson Of Churches Ferry.
Ramsey county, and Simon j. NaKle,
OF Glen Ulin, Morton county, were the
names presented. They are desienat-
ed to succeed James A. Brown and
Sylvanus Olson. respectively But no
nomination is made for the position
held by r. g. Lewis, chairman Of the
board. whose term expires this sum-
mer.
Mr. Anderson was a member Of the
house OF representatives in 1907, 1909.
1911 and 1913. He is a farmer and
has been active in the work Of the
league in Ramsey county.
Mr.. Olson IL a farmer living be-
tween Glen Ulin and Hebron and is a
member OF the hoard Of county COM
missioners and has been a worker for
the league since its origin.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
FLOOD WATER
CONTROL BILL
GIVEN PASSAGE
Cooperation With Other States
Planned During Busy SEN
ate Session. =
(By Tom Parker Junkin. ,


bismarck. Feb. 2s.-Only one bill
on the senate calendar was killed yes
teroaE. That was il. B. 358, max
ing 1t the duty of every person taking
n crop mortgage to notify every man
ager of an elevator within rs miles
from the land on which the crop was
raised.
There was 4 contest worth while
when Senator Cahill made an effort
to reconsider House Bill 3s6. one Of
Representative Coles pets, to remove
the public utilities Of cities from the
control of the state railroad commits
sion, where they were placed two
years ago, after q hitter fight, and to
put them under the Jurisdiction Of the
city authorities.
The conditions which brought this
bill into being took all Of the money
OF one Devils Lake man and finally
took his life," declared Senator Hy-
land in opposing Senator Cahitrs mo-
ton. "A fight was Nmade for the law
two years ago." said Senator Hyland,
lin order that there might be somc
higher tribunal to which might be re-
ferred such bitter fights as we had in
which would repeal that law. IL dead,
and all the bitterness 1t has created
has died with it and that 1t will be
permitted to remain dead"
Spite Measure.
The bill is spite measure, pure
and simple said Senator Ployhar.
'and every member in this senate
backward step. We fought hard two
years ago to get public utilities under
the jurisdiction Of the railway COM
mission. where 35 other states have
them
Senator Cahill defended his motion
to ressurect the bill declaring he did
not regard it as a spite measure, but
good bill, but it was lost.
Flood Control.
The Red River food control prob
lem is given substantial assistance in
provides the first steps for carrying
out the comprehensive plans evolved
by the recent conference Of delegates
from North Dakota, Minnesota and
South Dakota, in providing for drain
age and food control districts. A
companion measure, House Bill 249.
was also passed. extending the auth
gineer to the control Of the food wat
ers Of the state and the borders Of
Minnesota and South Dakota.
Pooh Bah Revived.
DR.. LAdd will ind his multefarious
duties increased BY House Bill $50.
which provides that every soda water
fountain in the state must be regis
tered and licensed with the state food
commissioner and state chemist. The
Jurisdiction of the state oil inspector
and the state hotel inspector and the
president OF the agricultural college
and many other official titles Of DR..
Ladd have not been extended to those
dispensaries as yet
Representative Mackors very i'm
portant bill, which was killed twice
or thrice or more in the house before
being finally messaged to the senate,
found a ready welcome in the senate
and was promptly passed. 1t provides
for evening schools wherever needed
and petitioned for by ten or more
adults
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
RUSSIA ALONE
MUST REVIVE
POLISH KINGDOM
Nationalist Party Opposed to
Submitting the Question to
Peace Conference.

Petrograd, Feb. 2s.-The politicai
reorganization of Poland is a prooiem
to be solved entirely by Russia. WIN
out the Intervention OF foreign pow
ers. International guarantees In the
matter of Polish affairs meet with no
sympathy in Russian political circles
except al such guarantees touch the
agreement to have Austrian and Ger
man Poland added to Russian Poland.
Such was the position Of the Ma
tionalist party expressed by Deputy
Chikhatoff at the opening session OF
the special committee appointed to
work out a basis for the project to
fix the future satus Of Poland. the
committee consists Of the heads Of the
ministries, the president of the Duma,.
Michael RodziAnko; the president OF
the Imperial Council, M. sheglaviton;
Chief Of the General Staff. General
the former Foreign Minister. sergius
sazonoff, and others.
Deputy Chikhatoff submitted a
memorandum citing the fact that the
Polish constitution and kingdom were
abolished In 1880 by the Russian en-
peror without interference on the
part of other nations. and declaring
that their restoration should be sim
ilarly accomplished. that Is to sayo by
the emperor in conjunction with the
legislative bodies. M. Chikhatoff's s
Recommendation is regarded as a
change of front by the Nationalists.
who formerly opposed reconstruction.
1t is the belief that the Nationalist
Deputies in the Duma will now un-
animously support the work Of the
committee. - So.
Various projects have been elabor-
ated since the Grand Dukes procla-
nation at the beginning Of the war.
The Constitutional Democratic party,
which stands for popular freedom.
has advocated autonomy on sone-
what more limited lines than that Of
Finland under a viceroy. The Con-
stitutional Democrats likewise have
opposed submitting the question of
adjustment to a peace conference.
Last year Sergius Sazonoff submit
ted tho opinion that tho Polish ques-
ton could be considered as strictly a
Russian internal problem, but that it
must be adjusted with an eye to the
geographical position between Russia
and Germany and with a view to pre-
venting German political domination.
This. he said. was as important for
the Allies as for Russia.
This does not mean," said Mr. Saz-
onoff. that the question should he
decided by an international congress-
Russia must avoid having the subject
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
NEW SYSTEM OF
PROMOTIONS URGED
General STAFF Would Adopt New sys-
tenn OF Promotions, In His Uni.
vefSal Service BILL

Washington. Feb. 2s.-An entirely
new system Of army promotions Is
outlined in the General STATS Uni
versal Service bill. which was re-
ferred to bureau chiefs Of the war
department today for comment. Un-
der the plan officers would be ad-
vanced only after service for a definite
period OF years in the next lower
grade. and promotions would be made
from single list to prevent rivalry
in that regard between the various
arms Of the service.
The promotion question is recosniz-
ed as vital because 1873 additional
men would have to be commissioned
before the universal training system
could be put into operation.
Former regular officers and QuaN-
ned enlisted men Of the regular army
have first place in the list Of eliRibles.
but the report recognizes the great
est source Of supply would be from
the National Guard, which would
cease to exist five years After the
adontion Of the universal plan.
In providing for the promotion of
regular officers. the STAN plan would
continue the selection system for rem.
era omcers. and In time OF war would
provide = merit promotion SYSTEM for
both permanent and reserve onicers
Of al sraAsa 8
h u
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
ADJUSTMENTS
HrT.THE.TRA1L HOLIDAY.

George M. Cohan has done many
notable things besides making the
Stars and Stripes famous in America.
but he added the greatest triumph to
his career as playwright when he
wrote "Hit-the-T Trail Holiday" which
Is coming to the Metropolitan on
March 5. This play produced last Sep
tember and Gotham theatergoers en-
joyed one OF the sincerest and heart
lest and longest sustained laughs that
has been handed them even by Cohan
himself In many years.
Mr.. Cohan modestly gives George
Middleton and Guy Bolton credit for
suggesting the idea on which Hit
the-Trail Holiday" is based. but who
other than the indefatigable George
NJ" could take such q theme as the
exhortations of a Billy Sunday and
build therefrom riotously happy
evenings entertainment without re-
sort to burlesQue or any low comedy.
The first act Ia laid in hotel bar
Der shop of q country town in New
England. The social BARRIERS, tho To-
cal expressman who is the champion
checker player: the self-important
chief Of police. the timid hotel pro-
pristor who will not have liquor sold
in his hostelry and has invented
Nearly, Heer, new temperance
drink. the votes Of women campaign
ing widow and the manicure girl, who
is the daughter Of one Of the towns
ministers. give interesting local color.
Into an atmosphere Of tonsorial SOM
nolence arrives Holiday.
The last curtain falls as the rector
Is marrying his daughter to Holiday.
An unusual and final curtain.
Frank Otto and Lola Merrill are
the Cohan and Harris finds" at the
head of the representative Cohan and
Harris cast. They are returning from
triumphal tour Of the Pacific coast
supported by Arthur v. Gibson, Har-
ry Hubbard, Howard Hull Gibson
Franklin Hall. Daniel A. Anderson
Chauncey Causeland. Louis Eagan
Sam J. Burton. Ben Sweeney. John
Daley, f. N. Lewis. Bert Sammis, Mil
dred Beverley and 10 Robinson Hay
ward
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
lily arranged and industriously car.

fully arranged ana industriously car
ried out.
We have come to tho point, there-
fore. whore We must either submit TO
being driven of the high seas. where
We have . right to be. or nsht for
our own rights and the rights OF all
peaceful people throughout the world.
There 10 no sense In mincins words or
attempting to disguise the plain facts.
Either We must Immediately defend
the rights of our citizens by force or
We must take . position which the
United States has never yet taken. the
position that we will refuse the pro-
lection Of our nag and our armed
forces to our citizens who travel the
highways Of tho world on their own
affairs. There is no middle course.
The possibilities Of negotiation have
long since been exhausted. We must
either use force or declare to the
world that We submit tamsly to tho
bullying Of another nation.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
COMMUNITY SPIRIT,

A movement has been inaugurated
for the selection Of Rugby as the
place for the new insane hospital.
Tho noteworthy feature Of this is not
the character Of the institution which
It 10 proposed to locate at Rugby, nor,
especially. the desirability of the place
for an institution of that kind, but the
manner in which the work Of promot-
ing the movement was undertaken, If
the suggested site is selected the in
stitution will naturally be situated in
or Immediately adjoining the city.
This will be necessary, as otherwise
there would be lacking the railroad
facilities and other advantages which
are to be found only in city location.
But the proposal has not been treated
by the people OF that territory as
local city enterprise, one which in
terests the people OF the city alone.
A larger view than this has been talk
on OF the subject 1t has been treat
ed on community basis, and in a
community spirit. The movement has
the backing. not only of the people
OF the city. but of the surrounding
country as we'll The people there
have realized that there is such a
thing as the general good. and while
the institution which is desired can
be only at one place, and will neces-
sarily be distant from the lands OF
many Of those who are Interesting
themselves in the movement. the
whole population of a large territory
OF which Rugby Is the center Is act
Ing on the eminently correct theory
that by aiding in the promotion OF
the general good each citizen is also
acting in the highest sense in his own
interest.
It Is gratifying to note tust now.
when there are numerous evidences
OK tendencies in the opposite direc-
ton, that there exists, after ALL a
broad conception Of what is the real
interest of a people. If the narrow
spirit prevailed, the farmers of Pierce
county would take the position that
II the people of Rugby wanted a
state institution located in their city
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
"D0ESN''I:, ;VAI|N|'I! |!
DARNEED'6F|:f|C:F''
Veteran Postmaster Is Rather
Peeved Over Embezzlement
Charge Against Him.

Mandan. N. D.. Feb. 27.-"1 don't
want the darned Office. I've been
trying to get rid Of 1t for ten years.
but 1t don't do any good" said Charles
Whitmer. pioneer. rancher Of Yucca.
Oliver county, to United States Com
missioner f. r. Lanterman here late
yesterday afternoon.
He was arraisned on the charge of
embezzling money collected on c. o.
D. packages Two counts were charg-
ed, ono of 1892 and one of $15.45.
Il don't want any lawyer. I've told
every inspector who ever came to my
place to get someone to take over the
postofflce. IT'S a pesky nuisance. AS
far as this little affair Is concerned
n1islaid the slips, but as soon as /
found them. paid the fellows their
money. This postofflce is a nuisance"
Whitmer has been postmaster at
Yucca for 15 years. Perhaps twenty
families are served from that point.
He was dismissed from custody on
grounds Of insufficient evidence. but
Assistant District Attorney Carmody
declares further charges will be
brought. Whitmer is reputed to be
wealthy and owns one Of the largest
stock ranches and farms in western
North Dakota. He considered the
whole affair Joke until the prosecu-
ton sprung witness from Minneapo-
lis on him,
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
ANOTHER LUsITANIA.

The only difference between the
case Of the Laconia, sunk on Sunday
night by a German submarine, and
the case Of the Lusitania, lies in the
number of lives lost There is no dif-
ference whatever in principle. In
each case great passenger ship,
bound on her ordinary business Of
carrying passengers and freight, was
attacked without warning in the open
case many hundreds of lives were
lost. in the other but handful. The
fact. that any lives were saved in
either case is a matter for which the
commander of the attacking submar-
Inc was not responsible. The attack
was made in each case in the full
knowledge that the ship carried hun
dreds of non-combatants, and in the
full knowledge OF the danger to lifs
which the attack involved. II the
Iaconia had carried more people.
more would have been killed, and II
more Americans had been on board,
more would have lost their lives.
Perhaps an exception may be noted
and the statement that the aggregate
loss of life in each case constitutes
the only difference between the I.usi-
tania and Laconia cases. The LAlsi-
tania was destroyed near the Begin
ming of the war. There had been 9TH
er attacks on unarmed vessels, and
American rights had been violated.
This was all done in pursuance Of a
policy moro or less definitely announc-
ed. But 1t was not believed then that
Germany would actually countenance
the wholesale slaughter Of defenseles.
people. There was a feeling that
there would be some iisavowal of the
act, and some modification OF the
measures which had been announced.
There was. at least In the opinion Of
many people. some basis for neRotia-
tionL Protests were made, and after
q time there was the announcement
~ Germany Of her abandonment of
this sort Of warfare. That pledge has
been withdrawn, and the situation
now is that Germany is carrying ont
70 the limit Of her ability the policy
o. indiscfimfnate murder on the hirh
seas There is now no room for doubt
as 70 what her intentions are. There
no possibility that tlais, latest aet
VIII b Aisavowed. II IL committed
N Durs,,ancs Of : settled policy. care.
+ = ~ v - F.sais-
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28

it was for them to go after II and
get II II they could. and that beoauss
no farmer could point to . SPECIFIC
benef1t which would come to him be-
cause Of the working out of the pro-
posed plan. the subject was Of no in
terest to him. But the contrary atti-
tude has been taken. and farmers ana
city people alike have Joined In the
work of aiding in the movement on
tho ground that something Of value
to the whole community 10 to be
gained. and that the success and pros.
perity OF the community contribute
to the welfare Of each Of its members.
even though the benefits to be gained
are general rather than specific. Tho
manner in which the people OF that
district have taken hold Of this sub-
ject is a very useful object lesson for
all of us.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-28
A NECESSARY INSTITUTION.

!. In order that there may be some
thing worth while to occupy atten-
tion after the legislative session Is
over. the business men Of Bismarck
arc inaugurating the greatest mem
bership campaign for the Bismarck
Commercial club that has ever been
carried out in the history of the city.
Tho effort that is being made 10 not
only to secure new members for tho
club. but to revive the interest Of the
present members in It's work. 1t is a
worthy work. for a commercial club
is q necessary institution in any city.
and tho business men can be engaged
In no moro useful work than in or
ganizing and making effective a body
Of this character
It does not matter by what name
tho organization representing the civ
ic interest is known. The name Com
mercial Club Is perhaps more COM
mon than any other, and 1t answers
the purpose perhaps as we'll as any
other. But the true function Of such
an organization is not commercial
alone, for the properly organized and
managed association of this character
has a wider field than the commercial
one alone. There is no subject of civic
interest or civic betterment which
does not come properly within the
scope Of such a society. and a society
organized upon broad general lines
and devoted to the general welfare is
really the only means by which the
people Of city can conveniently and
effectively coordinate their work and
concentrate their effort on behalf Of
the promotion of that which makes
for tho betterment Of the city in ev-
cry conceivable manner.
Tho Bismarck campaign is being
pushed in q capable manner. The
people of that city are evidently
awake, and not in need Of advice from
the outside. But, without any tender
Of advioe In the work which they are
Undertaking. It is proper. at least, to
express cordial wishes for their sue
cess, and to offer word Of encour-
agement and good will.