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Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. county ~
rTand Forks, ss.--In County Court
IN the Matter of the Estate ~ Gaoro.
A. Mix, Deceased. VI oe'' 80
Mary J. Barber and George Fl. Mir pe+,.
tloners, vs.. John Mix Armatronp :,
n,inor, mn ~ Arthur H. Mix, George n. Mix.
sno Elsie H. Mix and Alma K. TreacV
nl;saa np;scial guardian Of the above named
W.T. CITATION.
me state OF North Dakota. and III. s.,a
Sounty Court to the above named Pe-
r, "nereas, Mary j. Barber and Georve
=. MIX, Executors Of the E,tat. 81
george t' A: Mix, deceased, have fIed ~ ~
,,,its rmts court their Final Account. torether
estate is ready for dfstrihutinan' ana' sald ai
praying that time and place ha nxad snd
Tor hearing on said account ana ne+,t;o., Hee
- VOW. therefore. you, and each Of voi,
are hereby cited and required r. -. sui a,5
GGppear before the County Court ~ tha
NomI. NI1 House in the City Of Grand ForEs
1oy1 Mur!n Dakota on the 10th 81 Morch
tthIa1' than' q. ~ o'clock A. M Of said dsv
there be, why the mai eccount II II any any
executors exec should not be allowen ena en sa.a 40
sag estate distributed accordinr ~" 80 ,e.,. .ne
uron 'r,Ge @ OF this Citation shall be rsGc
upon all parties interested hv nuhIin.
ensa,,. e,vn .nsreoi once week for four aHc-
IHes,hs HeraIS "eeks IN the Grand Forks DAILY
TEL nats OF Grand Forks. N. D.
,oir "rand Forks, N D.. Feb 7+h
(seal)
Bangs & Robbins. VI county Court.
AttFs. for Petitioners
fFeb. s-15-22. Mar. -,
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
PORK BARREL
IN BRITAIN
BEATS OURS
Thousands are Conducting
Raids for Losses Sus-
tanned in War.

London, Feb. s.-England's "pork
BARREL" which is administered by the
war losses commission, is being raid
ed as consistently as is the United
States treasury by congress. While
Americas; pork barrel is open to
the raids of only a limited number
of congressman, the British barrel is
the object Of combined attack by
thousands of war Sufferers.
The war losses commission has held
more than hundred private hearings
and in nearly every case has found
evidence of wild eXaggeration in the
claims presented. Lessees of buildings
taken over by the government for war
purposes include in their claims the
loss of rentals, sometimes asking full
reparation for the loss of a ninety
nine year lease.
It. would be we'll nigh impossible
to set forth the widely varying claims
which the commission has been called
upon, to settle. but as an example the
first case investigated shows what an
enormous task is in prospect.
A Case in Point.
The owners of a ninety-nine year
lease on a Pail Mall building ask the
government for $4,000 to cover five
years rentals because the military
authorities took possession. The war
Office estimates that the claim is $5,-
600 too high. This is one of perhaps
a thousand similar claims, and is a
trifle compared to the avalanche OF
applications that will pile up in the
future.
Practically every order made under
the defence of the. realm act hits
some Briton in the pocketbook. The
prohibition Of the sale of wool is re-
sponsible for hundreds of claims for
compensation from auctioneers caught
with great stores Of wool ready for
public sales. 1t is probable that most
of such claims will he refused because
the commission cannot grant com
pensation where the loss is sustained
in common throughout the empire.
Claim for Cemetery Damages.
Some peculiar cases crop out among
these of routine nature. A preacher
sought recompense from the govern
ment because the ministry of muni-
tions ordered an electric company to
lay wires through a cemetery. Out
ragged religious feelings played a
prominent part in the hearing of this
claim, but the commission intimated
that national necessity countenanced
even the destruction of burial places.
An additional pork barrel" raid
mas developed on the profits accruing
from enemy property in England.
The closing vp of German and Aus
trian firms here provided a fund for
those injured directly or indirectly by
the enemy. A woman who was writ.
ing novel in Germany at the out
l'reak of the war has filed a claim
for an enormous sum because her
work was interrupted.
Merchants who had branch Offices
in Berlin or Vienna have hastened
to levy on enemy capital held in Enr-
land and are not attempting to fol-
low merely the old law of a tooth
for tooth" They want just as
mucn as they can get, and they go
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
HEAR THE PEOPLE.

1t Is officially announced that fur
ther efforts to change the constitution
of the state in such manner as to turn
the state into a hotbed for crack
Drained socialist experiment have been
abandoned, so far as this legislature
| Is concerned. House Bill "A, which
was unlawful, and which would there
| fore been imperative had It been
passed, is dead; and no attempt Is to
| be made to resurrect and reanimate
it. The several amendments proposed
in the senate are to be killed in the
house, as is the senate bill for a con-
stitutional convention, and the effort
Is now to be made to accomplish the
adoption Of the more important
amendments provided for in Bill "A
| through the operation of the initia-
tive. Petitions are to be circulated
| calling for the submission Of one
amendment permitting the state and
it's subdivisions to engage in business
at will; increasing the nominal debt
limit to 100000; removing all re-
strictions from the debt limit by per-
| mitting the issuance of bonds in any
amount for the promotion Of business
enterprises; and embodying. one in
each amendment. all the major pro-
visions of House Bill "A.
These amendments, if the initiative
is put in workable shape, can be
adopted at the election of November,
1918. and not sooner, unless a special
election for that purpose Is called It
is safe to assume that there will be no
special election.
Should the Mcbride bill, or bill
similar in it's main provisions, be
adopted. II the people desire revs-
ion Of the constitution they would au-
thorize one at a special election in the
fall Of the present year; would elect
delegates to a constitutional conven-
tion at the primary in June, 1918, and
pass on the result at the regular fall
| election in November, 1913. The de-
cision would be reached at exactly
| the same time as under the proposed
initiative plan.
| In the one case the voters them
| selves would govern every step in the
| proceedings. They would authorize
the revision by their own votes, would
elect delegates who would be thor
ougflly informed Of the wishes of their
constituents and would be elected for
the express purpose of incorporating
the popular will in = new constitu-
tion.. and would pass on the finished
work Of those delegates
i In the other case, the people will
have nothing whatever to say on the
subject until they are required to vote
"yes'' or mo" in amendments which
they have had no, hand In shaping,
I but which were prepared in secret by
persons who do not represent them
and are not responsible 70 them. Ana
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08

If you don't believe this. madam.
look over your husbands shoulder
while he is reading the paper and
watch him take in the clothing ad-
vertisements as he reads. Watch him
size up the illustrations to see
whether a coat is being worn long
or short and how many buttons 1t has
in the front. 1t doesn't make any
difference whether he lives in South
Dakota or New York city. He is be-
ginning to study style.
Don't worry about 1t. The moro he
studies it the better he will look.
You may lose a husband as a conse-
quence, but you will have this satis-
faction, that you've lost a good one
not some tramp that you would have
been glad to give away.
Now of course this article Is being
written with malicious intent. The
way to hit man hardest Is over, q
woman's shoulder. Undoubtedly good
looking women are making men good
looking because tho poorly dressed
man loses out.
Saturday is mans shopping day.
So III you are one Of the poorly
dressed group that Is losing out,
you'd better get yourself into the
stores for your Saturday shopping as
fast as you can.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
EFFICIENCY a TWORN.

Inc dlSaDllnS or German ships in
every harbor where they had taken
refuge. from New York to the Philip
pines, is not an evidence of telepathy.
Nor is it a case OF coincidence When
diplomatic relations between the Uni
ted States and Germany were sus-
pended, 1t was not because each
German commander bethought him
self independently of that particular
way to serve the fatherland that all,
with one accord. began to run grit into
their engines and burn out their
boilers. Those commanders were
obeying orders issued by the home
government. and those orders were
not. issued at the last moment. Cables
may be incapa pacitated, and wireless in
struments may fail to work. There
was the possibility, too, that the
American government might act a
few hours earlier than was expected,
and thus delay the delivery of mes
sages to the captains until too late.
All of this had been carefully thought
out and prepared for No chances
were taken. The commanders of
those vessels have carried their or
ders, if not in their pockets in their
heads, for some time. They had been
instructed to act without further or
ders whenever the breach came. or
: they had been instructed to act i'm
mediately on receipt of signal, which
could have been made so simple and
SO secret that it could not have been
Intercepted.
There is no oral or written evidence
in support of all this. There is some
thing much more trustworthy, the
evidence Of the facts themselves. Ac-
ton in concert by so many men at
so many widely separated points does
not happen. 1t is planned It was
planned in ample time for prepara-
ton to be made. Here we have an
example OF German efficiency at
work.
The German government had re-
allied that this break was among the
probabilities. 1t had made it's prep
arations accordingly. On other oc-
{ casions the situation has been almost
as acute as now, and it is reasonable
to suppose that for many months the
Z commanders Of these vessels have
been under the instructions which
they have just carried out.
It is not likely that this injury to
property will further complicate the
4 international situation. 1t is possible
that the individuals who have COM
mitted these acts may be held. guilty
4 Of technical violation Of certain port
regulations, but it does not appear
that anything more serious than this
can be involved. But the evidence
that we have had of careful perpara-
H tioN for any possible developments
causes ut least certain measure Of
curiosity az to what further instruc-
tiona may have been given which are
IN m carried out If actual war breaks
Perth. II is scarcely to be supposed
,Sf1sak Germany has been No very thor
;;s0uxh In her preparations for every
sfistn9 up 10 the very point ef war and
H. left matters to take care Of their
= Aftsr was has begun. II would
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
Viscount Bryce Able
to Outwalks Younger
Officers at the Front

London. Feb. s.-viscount Bryce,
although IS years old. still boasts Of
his ability as pedestrian.
During Lord Bryce's recent trip to
the front, the young officer assigned
to conduct him about was sketching a
little trip along the front which he
proposed to make with the distin-
guished visitor the next day, when he
suddenly thought that perhaps the
program involved too long walk for
man of rs. However, Lord Bryce
is an old Alpinist and agreed to walk
against his young officer friend for
any distance or any kind of road.
When next day the two returned to
camp. after trudging through the
trenches for many miles, the younger
man had to admit that he was very
much more fatigued than his COM
panion.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
LEGAL NOTICES

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, County Of
Grand Forks, ssh County Court,
January Term, held Ian. 21st, 1917
In the Matter of the Guardianship Of
Lloyd r. Schlosser, Minor.
On reading and filing the petition Of
Annie Schlosser. guardian Of said minor,
representing, among other things, that
the said ward IL seized OF certain real
estate In Grand Forks County, N. D.,
and that 1t Isl for best interest Of the
estate Of said minor that the same
should be sold, and praying for license
to sell the same
1t Is ordered and directed that the
next kin Of said ward-and all persons
interested in said estate. appear before
the Judge Of this Court, on Monday, the
9Th day Of March. A. D. 1917, at two
o'clock F. NJ, at the Court House in
Grand Forks. In said County. then and
there to show cause, If any there shall
be. why license should not be granted
tor the sale Of said real estate, accord
Ing to the prayer Of said petition.
And 1t is further ordered, that COPY
OF this order shall be published once a
week for four successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Grand Forks
Herald a daily newspaper printed ana
published at Grand Forks in said
County.
Dated at Grand Forks, N. D., the 81st
day of January 1917
BY the Court.
(court sealD L. K. HAssELL,
Judge of County Court,
(Fah 1-E.16-ooN
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
CONGRESSMAN goes after an appro-
priation for a marble postoftice In his
county seat town.
Government Ministers
Pooling Salaries, and
Will Draw Much Less

London. Feb. s.-Following the pre-
cedent set by the Asquith government,
the ministers in the Lloyd-George
government are pooling their salaries.
The salary Of the prime minister 10
not affected by the arrangement.
Ministers will draw from the "pooT
about 5000 pounds each per year. as
compared with over 1000 pounds as
the Individual share Of cabinet min
listers under Asquith. The smaller
amount is due to the increased num-
her of ministers owing to the creation
of several new departments.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, County Of
Grand Forks, ss.--In County Court.
IN the Matter Of the Estate Of A.. w,
Warren. Deceased
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice Is hereby given by W. J. May.
er. as Administrator Of the Estate Of 4.
W. Warren. deceased. to the creditors
against said deceased, to present them
With the necessary vouchers to the said
w, w. j. Mayer at Grand Forks. North Da-
kota; within two months after the first
publication Of this notice.
Dated at Grand Forks. N p.r +h,.
slst day of January. A. D., 1911. '''
Aa,.,.. W. J. MAYER,
Administrator Of the Estate Of A. W.
Warren. Deceased. a. W.
o'f.ce. ice. First National Bank Building,
o.G Grand Forks, North Dakota. o.
Grand Forks, N Oak
Attorneys for Administrator
IL
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
Mail Service to the
u. S. May be Started
Through Vladivostok

Moscow. (via 1.ondon), Feb. g.
The Moscow Chamber Of Commerce Is
taking steps to bring about the in
auguration of mail service with the
United States by way Of Vladivostok.
The Russian and American govern
ments are to be approached on the
project
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
~, SI1VIUITETy,
'Feb. s-15-22. Mar. l.,
"oSAoe OF Expiration Of ParioA "a
nedemption. VI

TO Toee!'on : n, 222a, Compiled Laws Of 1e1.
9 ana q AM Al Gtsa GMtesLaughlin. D. R. McGinnis
NO ra1e zeoSS Sotiqs 1s.t that Tax Sale Certificate
December Dec "n sth 1ss1sa 5sfa upon up the Tax Sale
Ie5i1nd 1e9 na,s LAND VIZ Lots one torns to ten ds
vlerds addition Hf HeGf 80 tha Thi,tsen s5 Of
ty s'f. q Gre Grand Forks now Grand TSWn FnyI.
Sno Of the years ysar s1s ns11gnty og Tor tie
eet'oIp oesn presented at this Office ans sna hn.
land was aoe sold t1r on nesa 3d. that said
nnd amd the feo required to reSs.s s2ooa e!;i
exeu.iye Of Ad the sale cost. ts the t dats hereof
a ths tSs nStiff ;. is the Of ssls up0s poa
service OF 'T this no.irs n.iinety days after the
at "irness Graes rnIss my hand and seal of o,,c,
February, isIfs' isiF n D., this sth day ''o Of
county cSen And,,or HANS ANDERSON
n. d. o'' 'rand Forks County.
tFeb. s-ls-2s.a - &
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
not an hours time can be saved by

not an hours time can be saved by
the adoption of the initiative plan.
The one thing on which the adven-
turers who are now trying to manage
the affairs Of the state are determined
is that there shall be no revision of
the constitution by or under the direc-
ton of the people themselves They
have cajoled some people and hullied
others into acceptance Of their leader
ship and direction. They have obtain
ed strong grip. though not yet a
strangle hold, on the government of
the state. They are not going to let
go unless they are pried loose. And,
because they fear what the result may
be, they are not going to countenance
any plan of revision which takes the
matter out OF their hands and places
1t where 1t belongs.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-08
attacked their first real meal like

attacked their first real meal like
ravenous wolves and afterward
talked freely of their experiences.
The twenty adventures are interned
in a camp north of Ramsgate, and 1t
is doubtful if they will make another
voyage until the tempests of war have
ceased. AS for the Virgen del So
corro, her fate is sealed. Her planks
will make excellent flrewood and her
ironwork will find its way to some
junk yard.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Do you think that X. ought
to swallow his personal feelings
and tell Sidney exactly the truth
about Wilson? Would she think
him caddish and hate him If he
tried to do so?
(TO BE ~CONTINUEDD
GRAvESTONES PUT TO USE
Many Instances Known Where Frugal
New EngIanders Have Utilized
Them In Various Ways.

The Waterbury American moralizes
on the fact that in England some roads
are paved with old gr~avestones, taken
from graves of forgotten generations,
and crushed for use on the highways.
1t seems a brutal thing to do and yet
one need not go overseas to learn of
like utilitarlan uses of these memo
rails. Almost 100 years ago Guilford
turned its old graveyard into a village
green and many tombstones became
derelicts at once. Frugal representa-
tives of old families took home the
stones and used them in constructing
a pavement from the front door to
the horse block. Many stones were
used in paving the cellars of local
churches and the caves of one church
still drip upon a row Of %gravestones
laid for that purpose.
Later instances might be cited from
more than one community in the state
beyond a doubt and a Courant man
has knowledge Of at least one frugal
soul who, having bought a farm which
included a private graveyard, tore up
the gravestones and used them as
flooring in n new creamery. Possibly
this sort Of thing would not happen
outside New England, for the man
who would utilize a secondhand grave
stone must have had a long training
In economy or else a thorough n in
the modern science of efficiency and
the prevention of waste.-Hartford
Courant.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
CHAPTER XVIII.

Sidney went into the operating room
late in the spring AS the result Of 6
conversation between the younger vii
son and the Head.
when are you going to put my
protcgre into the operating room?'
asked Wilson, meeting Miss Gregg in
Il corridor one bright spring afternoon,
'That usually ONE in the second
year, Doctor Wilson,"
He smiled down at her. ''That isn't
Il rule, is itY'
"Not exactly. Miss Page is very
young, and of course there are other
girls who have not yet had the eXpe-
rience. But If you make the request"
81 am going to have some good cases
soon. I'll not make a request, of
course; but, if you e fit, it would be
good training for Miss Page"
Miss Gregg went on, knowing per-
fectly that mt his mex operation Doc
tor Wilson would expect Sidney Page
in the operating room. The other doc
tors were not 50 eXigent. She would
have liked to have all the staff old and
settled, like Doctor O'IIara or the old
er Wilson. These young men came in
and tore things up.
Sidney went into the operating room
that afternoon. For her blue uni
form, kerchief, and cap she exchanged
the hideous Operating-room garb: long,
straight white gown with short sleeves
and mob cap, gray-white from many
sterilizations. But the ugly costume
seemed to emphasize her beauty, as the
habit of Il nun often brings out the
placid saintliness of her face.
The relationship between Sidney and
Max had reached that point that oc-
ours in all relationships between men
and women: when things must either
go forward or 90 back, but cannot re-
main as they are. The condition had
existed for the last three months. It
the a
AS a matter of fact, Wilson could not
go ahead. The situation with CarlOtta
had become tense, irritating. He felt
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

worse, to waste money in work of
this sort with the use of bad material.
In building a culvert the road
builder must observe three funda:
mental requirements:
1. The first requirement is hat the
culvert must be SO placed that it will
drain across the road, and under the
road, Of course, all the water that is
delivered to it by the side ditch along
the road. If this be not done, the
earth along the road and about the
end Of the culvert will be wet and
soggy the most of the year and the
culvert opening will require almost
constant repairs. Repairing a high
way culvert is relatively more eX-
pensive than similar work in a town
because of the waste of time Of the
wOrkmen in going to and from the
point at which the work must be done.
In placing the culvert care must also
be taken that it will not be choked
by brush and leaves, and this duty
must be discharged by the road SUPER
visor, and will be, If he is worth his
salt.
2. The second and very important
requirement in the building Of a Gull
vert is that its ends must be protected
by some kind Of a wall or facing car-
ried down to a firm foundation. If
this be done, it will be found that the
end Of the culvert will not be under
cut by the water and will not be
broken, frost will not injure 1t, the
surrounding or superintendent earth
will not slide down into the ditch in
front of the opening, and, with the
further necessary work Of keeping the
feeding bitches clear, the culvert will
be able to take care Of all the water
alongside the road.
3. The third requirement is that the
culvert must be made so strong that
it will not become broken and SO tight
that it will not leak. These ends al
be reached by building the culvert Of
masonry, concrete OF Of good piping.
The material to be used must be de-
termined by the relative cost Of the
several materials at the locality
where the culvert is to be built and
by the distance from the top Of the
culvert to the surface Of the road.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

pride. He had been In love with Car
lotta and had tired of her. He was
bringing her his warmed-0ver emotions.
She remembered the bitterness Of her
months exile, and its probable cause.
Max had stood by her then. Well he
might, If he suspected the truth.
For just a moment she had an illumi-
mating flash of Wilson as he really was,
selfish and self-indulgent, just a trifle
too carefully dressed, daring as to eye
and speech, with a neutrality-suspicious.
daring, frankly pleasure-loving. She
put her hands over her eyes.
The voices in the next room had
risen above their whisper.
Genius has privileges, Of course"
said the older voice. "He is a very
great surgeon. Tomorrow he Is to do
the Edwardes operation again. l am
glad | an to see him do it."
Sidney still held her hands over her
eyes. He was a great surgeon: in his
hands he held the keys Of life and
death. And perhaps he had never
cared for Carlotta she might have
thrown herself at him. He was a man,
at the mercy of any scheming woman.
She tried to summon his image to
her aid. But a curious thing happened.
She could not visualize him. Instead,
there came, clear and distinct, a pic
ture of X. LIE Moyne in the hall of the
little house, reaching one of his long
arms to the chandelier over his head
and looking up at her as she stood on
the stairs.