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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-30
WILLIAM THE C0NoUERoR AT HASTINGS
By CAPT. ROLAND F. ANDREWS

soOpyrsh,, 1917, BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicate,

ovcrtake you and slny You In your
shame. Fight and conquer"
William attacked with his foot sol
body Of knights on horseback support
Ing them. The English stood firm. the
men of Kent claiming the honor Of
meeting the first assault, and the Lon
doncrS making themselves the guard
ians Of the kings standard and the
kings person. The first action was
brought on by one Tcllifcr. II Norman
right 10 advance singly and land the
first blow. This being granted. he
charged alone at the gallop. striking
DO n two OF the English before he was
surrounded and slain. Followed swift.
Is the general engagement. with n furi.
Gus melee of swords. spears. hnttlcaXcs
and great mHccs. In n desperate
counter charge III" English hurled back
the invaders. tumhling many Of them
into IN" foSSe. whorcnpOn the vurlcts
who were LEFT Ia tend the horses were
like To nv had not Olo. the dukes
brother. who wnS a bishop, fallen upon
them with Il great war club and ON.
WINGED them that they feared him more
than the Saxon fo"mon.
Then the Norman nrchorS. finding
their flights unavuiling against the
English protection of shields. took To
shooting high In the air, the missiles
killing ms they descended. one of these
arrows found its mark in IIarnld'S
right eve. binding him and making
him almost frantic with pain. Stlll
the English held on. and the NormanS
tried the ru>p Of pretended flight TO
draw them from their fertilization. In
IN evil moment the English followed.
Then the NormanS. facing about and
with William az their head. charged In
overwhelming numbers. Though the
men of K.nt ald Essex fought Ike
iiondS. he English were broken and
borne down. Harold, defending him.
self valiuntly despite his wound. was
hacked almost In TWO Ivy an aX, Gurth.
his brother, was slain by William him.
self. In complete decentralization the
i.nglI,h who still lived fed the field.
The Saxon loss Is not known. The
Normaus admitted a loss of 5000.
But thereafter England was Norman.
II Is Of this battle that Gulzot says {:
"Fngland's liberties are due to her hav-
lnc been conquered by the Normans."
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-30

and Lille, by Valenclennes. Maubcuge,
A%vesneS, HlrsOn and Neryins.
1t is by these roads and railways
coming down the valley converging to-
ward Paris and the heart of France
that the German rush was made. 1t
was In utilizing our beautiful French
roads, the convenient network cf rail-
ways, and the canals from the north
and the east that the BochcS thought
10 reach Paris In Il few weeks and par.
alyZe all resistance and any offensive
effort. mach Paris. :" they cried. joy
ously, emptying the cellars of Char-
payne and Brie. T'heir career ended
wretchcdly on the banks of the Marine,
and pursued by the armies Of Joffrc
and the heroic little English army, they
fell back precipitately to the banks OF
the AiSne.
After the bomhardment of the Cloth
hall Of Ypres, the bclfry Of Arras, the
cathedral Of RoimS, and n hundred
other useless outrages on buildings cell
ohrctcd for their beauty tnd their ar
tistic and historic interest, there Is
unanimous l'II III 'lNlllL'i countries
that the retiring Germans will destroy
the beautiful towns of Be'Tium and
France. The town Of Laon possesses
some remarkable buildings. as well as
museum, art and antiquity, and 1t has
a library rich In manuscripts. Archie
OlogiSts and tourists recognize the In
tcrcst of the Palais de Justice, the So
issons gate, the Chenizelles postern.
The destruction of the cathedral will
be an irreparable loss. II was built
In the thirteenth century, is one OF
the largest and has been better re-
stored than any other In the north OF
France. Two towers. each $50 feet
high. rise on either side of the porch,
The west front is-after Notre
Dame de Parasitic most remarkable
Gothic facade FOR its purity Of taste,
II Is flanked by two towers, each 40
feet high, surmounted by little two,
stored helfry towers, decorated with
/ colossal figures os animals represent
ing the oxen which dragged from the
plain to the summit Of the hill the ma
tcrialS required for the building OF
this beautiful monument. The nave
is $50 feet long. 80 feet broad. and sc
feet high; the side aisles inclose 80
chapels. The pulpit is very beautiful
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-30
Sable Sonusters,

The arrival OF a European in a
Zulu village, the opening OF a railway,
"A war, a famine, a plague of ~locusts, a
pestilence, may become topics for semi.
public songs that are soon circulated
among the people. Songs are used at
the public functions of chiefs, such us
the feast of the first fruits and at
royal marriages. War and tribal
songs are possessed by every chief and
tribe. At marriages and other public
ceremonies 1t is the Zulu custom to
render not only the songs OF the liv.
Ing chief, but those made fsmous by
his father and grandfather.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-30
The Goat.

According to some experiments made
by the New York experiment station,
the average cost of food per goat for
milk during the year Of best produc-
ton Is 1.27 cents a quart. The milk
Is palatable, nutritious ana easily d.
gested, very helpful In certain cases
OF poor nutrition, without odor when
drawn under proper conditions, and
practically free from the liability to
transmit certain diseases, like tubercu-
losis, which may be transferred to chill.
dren from cows.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-30
Accounted For.

"The fellow I bought my car from
said I'd never hear anything knocking
about It,"
"weil he didn't expect you to take
your wife In IL. probably"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-30
The Retort Courteous.

He-This bargain hunting shows
your character. You are always look
ing out for something cheap.
she-Too true. That Is how I came
10 marry you.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19

peace. He Is much more apt to be 9
faithful, conscientious servant thar IL
be had not had military training. He
enters public service in time of peace
in more nearly the same spirit that he
would enter military service in time of
war-namely, from a sense of patriotic
duty and a desire to serve his country
and his fellowmen.
In recent years we have been hearing
a great deal about government owner
ship of our railroads. We are told that
In Germany the railroads are owned by
the government and that their opera
ton is most successful. This Is true.
but in Germany conditions are vastly
different.
The military training of the youth, In
fact, the entire trend Of education I'm
Germany is to impress upon the young
men of that land that they owe service
to their country. When a man enters
the governments employ in the rail-
road business he is as conscientious aa
he would be were he entering the gov.
ernment's service in time of war.
If our railroads were to be taken
over and operated by u government
at this time, how many Of you think we
would duplicate Germany's success?
Government ownership of railroads
may be as desirable in this country as
it is in Germany, but we must first
have public servants who will at least
come somewhere near the standard OF
and honesty.
Look at the spectacle we are pre-
senting to the world at this very mo-
ment in our pork barrel legislation!
Could we afford to have our railroads
operated by the same type of public
servants?
If our government is to endure, IL
we are to take our proper place among
the nations of the world in the new civ
ilization, the man of the future must
live not for himself alone but for
others.
Consideration for one another La
speedily becoming a social, Industrial
and economic necessity.
Capitalization is the order of the day.
The telegraph, the telephone, the auto
mobile and the airship are the causes.
They have wiped out not only old prec-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19

edents and customs but State and ma
tional lines as well.
A man living in Bston who wishes
to talk to a man living in San Fran
cisco simply rings a bell, puts a little
instrument to his ear and proceeds to
talk. There is hardly a miracle in the
Bible more wonderful than this.
The doctrine of Estate rights is
being rapidly demolished. The ma
ton is being obliged to assume many
of the functions of government here
tofore performed by the State, and
this tendency is growing.
The State, viewed as an individual
with the right to do as it pleases with
in itself, without regard for other
States, can no longer be tolerated.
Only the nation can act in matters
that affect interstate relations, and
with INSTRUMENTATION and trans
p~ortation developed to their present
stage a considerable percentage of a
States activities are interstate in
their effects and consequences.
The World Is Drawing Together. =
We must therefore take on a new
nationalism. The world has been
drawn very closely together by the
cable and the transatlantic liner, but
it is on the verge of being drawn in
finitely more closely together by the
wireless, the airship and the subma-
rine telephone.
When these are practical. everyday
and transportation the social prac-
tices and the Industrial methods OF
one nation will quickly and seriously
affect all other nations. This will re-
quire the yielding by nations of GER
tin of their individualistic rights and
prerogatives In order to safeguard and
benefit the world as a whole.
This opens up a great, new vista
1t presents problems that are in
tensely interesting and of far-reach-
ing Importance.
The period that is upon us offers
large opportunities for individual
thought, initiative and action, for com
structiye work and for constructive
craftsmanship.
The mighty changes taking place In
Europe tell US with unmistakabls
voice that the reconstruction period is
at hand. The man of the future
must realize it. BE must be ready to
adjust himself to the new conditions.
He must have sufficient vision, intel
ligence and courage to cast aside the
methods and precedents of a bygone
age. He must let the dead past bury
its dead. He must not look back te
the setting but forward to the RISING
CAA -
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19

Have the men VINO have lived and
worked simply to acquire great for
tunes obtained peace of mind, happi-
ness and honor? How many of them
could answer Yes?
Has the country been benefited by
the course they have taken? A very
large majority of our countrymen
would answer NO"
On the whole, the individualistic
age has not been a success, either for
the individual, or the community In
which he has lived, or the nation.
We are, beyond question, entering
on a period where the welfare of the
community takes precedence over the
interests OF the individual and where
the liberty of the individual will be
more and more cireumscribed for the
benefit of the community as a whole.
Mans activities will hereafter be
required to be not only for himself
but for his fellowmen.
To my mind there is nothing In the
signs of the times so certain as this.
How the Rewards Will Come.
Our only decoration-the almighty
dollar-is receding into the background.
The man of exceptional ability, of
more than ordinary talent, will here
after look for his rewards, for his
honors, not In one direction but in
two:-Ffrst-and foremost-in some
public work accomplished, and, sec
ondarily, in wealth acquired.
In place of having 1t said of him at
his death that he left so many hundred
thousand dollars it will be said that he
rendered a certain amount of public
service and, incidentally, left a certain
amount of money.
Such a goal will prove a far greater
satisfaction to him, he will live a more
rational, worth while life and he will
be doing his share to provide a better
country in which to live.
| have two reasons for believing that
future conditions will be as l have
briefly sketched them:
First, because the world is being
drawn together in one centralized
community through the wonderful de-
v%elopment in science and the marvel
lous work of the inventor.
Second, because in our country
especially we are entering upon a new
stage of development. which calls
loudly for men who will render dis
interested public service.
We face new conditions, and in
order to survive and succeed we will
require a different spirit of public
service.
One reason why 1 am strongly for
universal military training is that it
develops in the youth a sense of all
around responsibility to his country,
not only In time Of war but in time of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19

AS a matter of fact, when a working
man strikes 1t is not merely to obtain
an increase in his wage; that is what
the papers tell us the trouble is al
about and that is what he asks for; but
way down underneath what he is really
striking for is a larger percentage OF
the profits of the business.
He may not realize this, but. sub.
consciously. this is precisely what be
is doing.
No mere increase in wages can evel
satisfactorily solve this problem. Ii
can be solved only on the basis OF
profit sharing.
By profit sharing 1 do not mean
bonus giving. l mean actual profit
sharing plans based on the earnings
of the business, with a fair percentage
to capital and a fair percentage to
labor after ordinary wages and inter.
est have been earned.
Profit sharing can be done salts
factorily only when the business con
Germ makes public its transactions, SO
that the laborer and the stakeholder
can know as much about the business
as does the manager himself.
In the adjustment of difficulties be-
tween capital and labor 1 am conf
dent that open books will accomplish
much ore than open shops.
These changes are far-reaching and
fundamental. What are we going to
do about 1t? What is to be our men
tai attitude? How are we going to
handle these problems?
Can we approach them from the
same point of view as did our fathers,
who lived in a strictly individualistic
age? Can we approach them from the
knowledge we have gained from law
books which were written In the in
dividualistic age? If we do we will
be combating the mighty onward
rush of new thought and new condi-
tions, provided in large measure by
the scientist, the educator, the inven-
tor.
What the Future Holds Forth.
What is the outlook? Is it a sad,
pessimistic future hat unfolds? Does
life hardly seem worth living under
the new conditions or does it hold out
an optimistic future, with finer OPP
portunities and more worth while
goals2
Let me see if 1 can picture it as 1
see it. First, just a glance into the
past.
About the only goal we have had
has been the almighty dollar. The
first question asked when a man dies
is, How much was he WORTH" with
scarcely a thought as to how much
he did for his community or his coun-
try.
But what has it all amounted to?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19

OF 1ntercommunicaIlon and still adhere
to the laws, the precedents and the
book learning of their fathers.
This is OUR great problem. 1t is q
difficult, complicated problem and is
causing a struggle of titanic proper
tions-a struggle to throw off in a
night, as it were, the precedents of an
old world for the realities of a new.
Precedent makes towards of us all.
But the educator, the scientist and the
inventor have left us no choice. We
must adjust our thought and action to
new conditions.
The changes of the last twenty-five
years socially. industrially and econom-
ically have been great, yet l believe
they are infinitesimal compared to the
changes that are coming.
l believe these changes are going to
deal most largely with the relation
ship of man to man.
The Day of Individualism Gone.
In this country we have been living
In an age of the utmost freedom to the
individual. 1t has been the individual
istic period, when the order of the day
has seemed to be every fellow for him
self and the devil take the hindmost."
We have gloried in the freedom OF
the individual and have practised this
freedom to a point where, in many
phases of our life, it has amounted to
license to do almost anything that we
pleased or that brought profit or
fancied renown, regardless of its effect
on ones fellowmen.
In the early days, when instantaneous
intercommunication did not exist, when
education was meagre and science III
developed, what the individual did was
Of comparatively small consequence, for
his deeds did not reach very far and
did not affect many people.
With intercommunication dra wing
the world together in one centralized
community, the act of the individual
can affect a large number of people;
therefore, that form of freedom which
is simply another expression for IL
cense to do as one pleasese can no
longer exist.
When Manhattan was sparsely set
tied and most of the people lived on
its southern end it would not have
mattered much had there been a case
of smallpox at the north end. The pa
tent could have done pretty much as
he pleased without endangering any
one else.
But a case of smallpox in the north
ern end of Manhattan to-day must be
~quarantined Immediately to protect
other people.
When 1 vas a boy there was no So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, and had any one suggested
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19
WHY
IS AS DEAD
AS A SMELT

A 7 A RECENT public hearing
a on certain proposed food
legislation which MIR. Perkins fav-
ored and which recognized the
necessity of co-ope ration some one
remarked that the legislation was
a violation of tne principle of
indiyidualism.
MI. Perkins retorted, "Individ-
ualism is as dead as a smelt.O
MI. Perkins reasons for his be-
lief are outlined in the following
article
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19

that a man could not whip his horse as
ridiculed. Indeed, in those days the
idea that a man had not the right to
beat his own child as he pleased was
given little attention.
When we were all driving horses and
buggies there was no speed limit and
a man did not have to procure a
license to drive a horse. With the adj
vent of the automobile a license has
become a necessity. The public must
know that the man who operates an
automobile knows first how to operate
it and, second, to control 1t.
Society is finding it necessary to take
away much of what has hitherto been
called freedom of the Individual" In
my judgment this process is only In its
infancy.
The freedom of the business mar to
do as he pleases is now being seriously
challenged, and l most heartily agree
with what Mr.. John D.. Rockefeller, Jr.,
said recently at Cornell University to
the effect that one of the chief quail
fications for a manager of a large bust
ness concern is rapidly coming to be
the human quality and ability to ad-
just differences between capitalist and
laborer and to understand their rela-
tionship.
Relation of Capital and Labor.
Until recent years little broad think
ing was given to this problem and diff
ferences were settled on the basis of
might makes right" All this is rap
idly changing and we are entering a
period of new industrial relationships.
In the long ago the relationship be-
tweeen capital and labor was that Of
owner and slave, then came the period
of master and man, her the period Of
employer and employee, each period
being a decided step forward.
In my judgment we are just now en-
tering a period of copartnership,
where the tool user will be part tool
owner ana where capital n b VIII
share more equitably in the profits of
the business in which they are Jointly
engaged.
This advance is inevitable because of
our educational system, which teaches
the workingman to think for himself.
1t is inevitable because intercommuni-
cation has told the workingman in one
community what the workingman in
other communities are striving for and
achieving.
1t is inevitable, because strikes and
lockouts can never be settled satisfac-
torily or permanently by merely rails
ing a mans wages.
1t is inevitable because it gives sta
bility to business and because it is as
advantageous to capital as to labor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19
Why a. New Era Co-opera-
ton Must Succeed Pure
Indiuidualism.

ssXVIITH intercommuni-
w cation drawing the
world together, the act of an
individual can affect a large
number of people; therefore
that form of freedom which
is simply another expression
for license. to do as one
pleases can no longer exist"
w.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19

sion on his mind; yet as we look back
at them from this distance they seem
infinitesimal when compared with the
changes hat have taken place in the
world the last quarter Of a century and
the tremendous changes taking place
now.
George Washington was a representa-
tive of the best type of American a
century and a half ago. He was a
scholar, a soldier and a statesman. yet
he did not know as much about science
as a young schoolboy of to-day.
Thomas A. Edison typifies the scien-
list of III time, but the gap between
the man of the Edison type and Wash
ington Is probably greater than the gap
between Washington and the man
whose bones were recently discovered
near Trenton, N. j., said to have lived
$4,000 years ago.
The advances in science, intercom-
munication and in universal educa-
tion-these three great factors account
for the stupendous progress this coun-
try has made In the last twenty-five
years.
They have swept away old prece-
dents, old customs, and they will even
tually sweep away many of the laws
now ON u statute books.
The man of to-day who hoes not
fully comprehend all this is doomed to
be somewhat of a failure, while the
man who does comprehend 1t will have
taken a long stride toward success.
1t Is not many years since / was a
lad, and yet at that time there vas no
such thing as a telephone. The tele-
graph was in very meagre use; fast ex-
press trains did not exist 1t took
several weeks to cross the ocean, and
the only flying machine we knew about
was the much derided one possessed
by Darius Green.
Entering a New World.
When Abraham Lincoln was Presi-
dent 1t took -four days or more for a
letter to travel from his home in ILL
nois to New York. 1t took him several
days to go from his home to Washing
ton to be inaugurated. And yet only a
few weeks ago a young woman, un-
aided and alone, travelled In a flying
machine from Chicago to New York In
eight hours and fifty minutes.
We are just entering a new electrical
world, where everything is done, as it
were, on the instant.
Our fathers had none of the modern
machinery with which social and bust
ness intercourse is now carried on.
Their IONS are wrestling with the prob
lem Of how to use these new methods
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-11-15
THE OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS
County Board Of Equalization, Botti
neAu County, North Dakota.

Board Of County Commissioners, Botti-
neau County, n. Oak.
Bottineau, N. Oak. October, 1, 1917.
800 A. M.
Board met in Regular session.
Members present, Chairman Holl,
and Sidener. a.
Auditing committee appointed by the
Chairman as follows:
Office of Sheriff, Superintendent of
Schools and Clerk of District Court,
Commissioner Nelson n States Attor-
ney Weeks.
Office of Register of Deeds and Coun-
ty Judge, Commissioners Holl and Mich
Offices of Auditor and Treasurer, Com
m~issioners Sidener and Finstad.
Day consumed by the Board discus
bridge and road matters, Mothers Pen
sions and County Poor cases.
On motion the Board adjourned until
nine o'clock a m.
Tuesday, October End. 1917.
Board in session.
All members present.
Various bills on file with the County
Auditor were audited.
Mothers Pension matter again TAX
en- up by the Board.
|. Culvert matters taken up with Mr.. Oh
| son of the Northwestern Sheet and Iron
Balance of the day consumed by the
Board auditing bills on file with the
| County Auditor.
On motion the Board adjourned until
MIN O'clock 2: m o. ,o,z
Board in session.
All members present.
A. p. Henderson, county Agricultural
Agent, appeared before the Board and
submitted report covering the Acre