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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21

Paid for surrendered poll
Cash surrender values ap-
piled in payment OF pre- ~
DIVIDENDS paid to policy.
holders ............... 13.1b1,4o3.61
Total payments to pol
Cash paid during the
yer fer commissions mi
aries, sss4,s74.ss....... s,aso,5s1.45
Rents paid during the
year FOR company's oc-
buildings ,........... Est 1000. 90
Taxes paid during the year l.lso.sss.yl
Cash paid for advertising. s,902.31
Amount Of all other a
disbursements ......... 2.o54.s7s.14
Total disbursements IS 52,7ss, 3s7.os
NORTH DAKOTA BUSINESS.
the year in North Da-
kota (new businessl...S 1,1o7. 10000
Total premiums received
No aqhlnf Dakota tss y :ss5,o2 ~
.3s; dividends applied in
n3o : 2, : =, s n1.m | /; gross pss
Total losses ana claims
Rsid dIrins the year in 70 e.7,
4sOltu D6AOLA tUSOo(.1V
Total losses and claims In
sT sS15sd o eeri a6R m Ye pxxorA. 77'''''l0
Office of Commissioner Of Insurance.
surance Of the State Of North Dakota,
DO hereby certify that the foregoing. Is
6. true abstract Of the original statement
now in file in this office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereAn-
this office at Bismarck the list day Of
April. 4. D. 1917. ,u.s
sr.- IN Commissioner Of Insurance.
offt eo2 Il cs9R'; ssRT1f Il 1asSrs 6F
AUTHORITY.
Whereas. the Northwestern Mutual
Lite INSURANCE Company. corporation
Sas mlsS n IN III. sn otf 1ss. !. q sw wases ststs:
ment exhibiting its condition and bust
1915, conformable to the requirements
Of the laws Of this state. regulating the
Whereas. The said company has filed
in this office q duly certified copy OF It's
charter with certificate Of organization
IN c1mpiianoe with The requirements Of
NOW. therefore. !. s. A. oisne.s, Com
missioner Of Insurance Of h State Of
North Dakota, pursuant to The provts-
ions Of said laws. DO hereby certify that
the above named Company !: fully EN-
to transact ito appropriate business Of
cording to the laws thereof, until the
s1st day. Of March. A. D.. 1918.
- In n. testimony In whereof. 7 have hereun-
t fssA Is day of April 4 4 P ?. d5221S5A;rss.
Commissioner Of Insurance.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-21
All other liabilities, capital
$1.000,000.00 special re
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and brokerage paid dur
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Totsl Disbursements ~ 4.544.soI.s7
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STATE Of NoRTH DAKorA '''''''0'
once OF Commissioner Of Insurance.
suran y a O., o tSn eommissionsr Of in
a true abstract Of the orisinsi stste.
ment now on nle in this once.
In testimony whereof, I have hereun.
70 set my hand and afixed the ssaI of
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,r.-u Commissioner Of Insursnca,
1T OF NORTH DAKOTA,
o"c rs Of Commissioner Of Insurance.
AUTHORITY,
whereas. the American insurance
ftSSn'Pany' CORPORATION organised under
M avs or New Jersey. has MED IN this
condition and business for ths vs.r .nS.
ING December 81. 1915. conformshle 10
the requirements Of the laws al this
state, regulating the business ~ insmr-
Wherees. the said company ha. 6led
~ this once a duly certified COW OF Its
Snarter With certificate 81 orssnfsation
81 comp!iancs with the reuuirsnasnts OF
Inc insurance laws s1oresSid.
NoW. tnerefote. I. g. Al, Oisna.s. Som.
North Daketa. .'puriuanf 10 ths nnovi.
csons OF said laws, do hereby okrtify
49, gag ebovc named cornnany n 'fnliv
through its Suthorixed
~. 20 transact Its %appropriate BUST
nt.. oh euthorised Insurance. III this
.nt III seceFd1nf to the laws Thereon.
mi! tne slst day Of March, =. IS. iSis''
An testimony whereof, I have heraun.
(i 81: IS day q Ae sPS 4! ;! :. l.s!.n.re.'
N r--S g. A. QI.ANEss.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
GOVERNOR STINGS COUNTRY

Several times during the incum
bency of Gov. Burnquist, it has crop
ped out that the chief executive is not
a friend of the rural districts of the
state. This was demonstrated beyond
a doubt the first of last week when
he used his official perogative to veto
the public school deficiency appropria-
ton bill passed by the legislature. AS
a matter of fact Burnquist does not
believe in state aid to the public
schools, insisting that each district
should care for it's own financial bur-
dens. This in face of the fact that
the founders of the state constitution
set aside cetrain lands for school pur-
poses. This land has turned out to be
very valuable and the income from it
is growing by leaps and bounds year.
ly. The state high school board has
set aside certain requirements for
school districts to meet to en- Joy the
benefits of the public school fund.
Sank Centre, in common with other
cities, has very heavy investment in
modern school plant. The State of
Minnesota owes the districts of the
state over $1,OOO,OOO for the past
two years. The late legislature by a
unanimous vote passed the deficiency
bill to make the credit of the state
good, but the governor could not pass
up this opportunity to take wallop
at the country districts, and vetoed
the measure. The Herald understands
that this action will cost Sank Centre
district trifle less than $4,000. In less
than year Bunquist will no doubt
be going about the state telling how
he loves the rube from the country,
clothing his speeches in "high-faluten
phrases which mean absolutely moth
ing.
Another appropriation bill provided
for the refundment of something over
$4,000 to the various railroads of the
state for excess gross earnings taxes
paid into the state treasury. The gov
ernor passed this appropriation claim
that it was "moral" obligation to
pay the railroads, entirely overlook
ing the moral obligation to the various
high and rural schools Of the state.
There may be those who will insist
that in reimbursing the railroads the
chief executive was simply listening
to "his masters voice."-A. M. w.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03

acters Of the tale, even if his morals
are not improved, his stock of knowl-
edge increased, or wisdom enlarged, is
a public benefactor. AS entertainers,
Mr.. Hendryx's stories are some and
then some more.
We hope Jimmie" will favor the
world with more stories-not too
many-for we have living to make,
and when we get hold of one of his
tales everything comes to stop un-
til we have finished it, but just enough
so that occasionally we can forget the
cares of life, the multifarious troubles
of business, the disappointments, fail
ures and sorrows of existence and live
in the fanciful realm of fervid ro-
mance.-F. M. E..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
THE "GUN BRAND"

This office is in receipt of James B.
Hendryx's latest story, "The Gun
Brand"
This little city is inordinately proud
of its two author boys, James B. Hen
dryx and Sinclair Lewis. They resem-
BILE each other in the fact that they
are entirely different and write on en-
tirely different lines.
Here we knew both boys and called
them Harry" and Jimmie" AS we
are writing about Jimmie" and his
latest book we need say nothing about
Harry in this effusion.
In fact we remember Jimmie" as a
boy better than we do Harry" If
there was any boyish scrape, escapade
or adventure that occurred in this
mans town when Jimmie" was in
the knickerbocker stage that he was
not mixel up with, it was because he
was out of town, sick or asleep. The
wise men of the town predicted that
he would either land in the peniten-
tiary or become famous and it was
about fifty-fifty.
Jimmie" had no need of sending US
the book. AS soon as we know he is
going to publish a story, we get it as
soon as possible. We buy all the mag
azines in which he writes stories.
Jimmie" in his stories, pays no at
tention to conventions. He is inaccur-
ate, inconsistent and unreliable, but
always mighty interesting. He gratis
the traditions of the tropics into the
realm of the frozen north without
conjunction and creates conditions
that make the old frontiersmen smile
but as long as the great mass of his
readers don't know the difference,
what is the use of our calling atten-
ton to the fact. But "Jimmie's" stor-
les have the grip. Whenever we get
hold of one of them, sleep, meals and
business become mere inconsequen-
tials; we simply stay by it til it is fin
ished.
The "Gun Brand is one of the best
'bad"; mind you, we do not say "poor"
stories that we have ever read.
It does not teach any great moral
essen. It does not emphasize any
great truth. It does not increase the
stock of the worlds information, but
t does entertain, and we are not sure
hat man who can cause his fellow
nan to forget all the cares and per-
,lexities of life, and live, move and
lave his being, with the stirring char
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
bring a price never before equalleo
What a ridiculous proposition it i

bring a price never before equalled
What a ridiculous proposition it is
then to appeal to him to make as much
money out of the situation as he can
1t would be just as sensible to appeal
to the lawyer to take all the profitable
cases that he could get, to the doctor
to attend as many cases as possible
or to the merchants to sell all the
goods he could.
Let sober sense govern every action
of both the individual and the nation.
1t is no time for Mysteries. Let pa
triotism be governed by reason.
Let US bear in mind that the man
who sends his wife and babies home to
her parents for them to support in or
der that he may enter the service of
the country is not patriotic but only
selfish.
That a man who can produce food
and sustenance, not only for the Amer
lean armies, the American people, but
for the world, to leave his home post
and go to war is not patriotic but I'M
wise.
The men who are skilled workmen,
capable of turning out munitions, ex-
perts in transportation, those invalua-
BILE in the production of supplies
their place is in the ranks of the pro-
ducers and not in the ranks of the
fighters. There may not be so much
spectacular, man-recognized glory in
this action but there is more service,
and in the eyes of God and all right
thinking men service is greater than
glory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03

Long Prairie Leader. This kind OF
talk, if it influences public sentiment,
can do untold damage to the country.
Reckless preparedness or listening to
lingo leaders is to be appreciated
but there comesa time when the ex-
IRENE pacifst is more dangerous to
the nations welfare than the lingo
could ever be. That time is now. Our
country has been provoked and forced
into the war. We are at war. 1t IS the
essence of common sense that every
possible effort should be made to pro-
tect and defend ourselves.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
Bob Dunn's Solid Sense.

Bob Dunn's Solid Sense.
Some of those who voted for yellow
stripes in Old Glory are endeavoring
to explain their unpatriotic stand. AS
a matter of fact it was not a question
of war and peace. The question was
whether the people of the United
States should permit Germany to
make war on the United States with
out defending Observation-Disclosures
Union.
Wasted Energy
It might be we'll to remember in the
frantic appeal to conserve the resour-
ces of the nation, to remember that
the strength wasted in this country,
every "a tours, in pushing one billiard
ball against Another would split 10O,-
900 cords of kindling wood.
Depends on the Angle
Happiness in possession depends on
the angle of the viewpoint and not
in the value of the possession. A kid
is twice as happy in the possession Of
a new base ball NIT as millionaire
is in the possession of new railroad.
A Job We Don't Want.
The Imperial press of Germany is
loudly boasting that Uncle Sam will
have to foot the bills after the war.
Maybe so, but we don't want the job
of bill collector.
The Truest Thing Yet Said
1t is not the German-Americans who
need be regarded as the enemies of
the country. 1t is Acknowledgements.
Weekly.
The Reason for the Name.
The reason they call it lingerie, is
because SO many men linger to look
at it when it is displayed on the
clothes line.
Helplessness.
The most perfect picture of abject
helplessness is an old lumber-jack try
ing to accustom himself to the use of
carriers.
No Doubt About It.
Whenever you hear preacher roast
ing his congregation he is generally
raw and needs little roasting him
self.
Homogeneous.
The most homogeneous thing in the
world is a young lady with black fin
ger nails and white stockings.
A Old Chinese Proverb.
It is not half so hard to die glor-
ious death as it is to live a glorious
life.
A Modern Version.
You can sell sow's ear for enough
to buy several silk purses.
Attention Ladies.
A smile in the home is worth two
in the ball room.
En- PEASANT.
You can't win battles by simply
hanging out flag.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
GAME LAW AMENDMENTS

The late legislature made several
amendments to the game laws of
which sportsmen should take due no
tice. They are as follows: Changing
opening date for ducks and chickens
from September to September Is;
closing chicken season October 1 in
stead of November 1; reducing bag
limit on chickens and other upland
game to S a day, Is in possession and
25 for the season; closing partridge
shooting for three years; restricting
quail shooting to month of November;
prohibiting aliens without first papers
from hunting or having in possession
firearms, except that such aliens may
hunt in legal season on taking out
license. Prohibiting the
shooting of game from motor vehicles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
ONE OF THE BEST WAR STATE
MENTS

One of the best letters that has re-
Gently appeared in print is published
in the Chicago Tribune, and is from
the pen of a German American, Mr..
C. Kotzenabe of that city. The letter
says that the writer, a German by
birth, feels that it will be a horrible
thing for him to have to fight Ger
man, but as an american by prefer
ence" he can see no other course open.
He continues:
"For twenty-five years Germany
has shown a dislike for the United
States-the Samoan affair, the Hon.
kong contremps, the Manila Bay Incl
dent, the<unguarded words of the
Kaiser, and, lastly, the Haitian con-
troversy in 1914.
whether it is right or not, pleasant
or not, the fact remains that the in
terests Of the two countries have fire.
quently conflicted. And it has not been
from mere commercial or diplomatic
friction. 1t is becase their ideals of
government are absolutely opposite.
One or the other must go down. 1t is
for us to say now which it shall be.
because of my birth and feelings
beyond my control, I have no particu-
lar love for the French and less for
the British. But by strange irony
of fate l see those nations giving
thei blood for principles which 1 hold
dear, against the wrong principles of
people 1 individually love.
at is very unhappy paradox
but one can not escape. I do not
want to see the Allies triumph over
the land of my birth, but I do very
much want to see the triumph of the
ideas they fight for.
at sickens my soul to think of this
nation going forth to help destroy
people many of whom are bound to
me by ties of blood and friendship.
But it must be so. 1t is like a dread
full surgical operation. The militaris-
tic, undemocratic demon which rules
Germany must be cast out. 1t is for US
to do it-NOW.
81 try to tell myself that it is not
our affair, that we should content our
selves with measures of defense and
armed neutrality. But I know that it
is not so.
"The mailed fist has been shaken
under our nose before. If Prussia tri-
umphs in this war the fist will con-
tinue to shake. We shall be in real
peril, and those ideas for which so
much of the worlds best blood has
been spilled through the centuries will
be in danger of extinction. It seems
to me common sense that we begin our
defense by immediate attack, when
the demon is occupied and when we
can command assistance.
"Let us make war upon Germany,
not from revenge, nor to uphold hair
splitting bubbles of international law.
But let us make war with our whole
heart and with all our strength be-
cause Germany worships one God and
we another, and because the lion and
the lamb cannot lie down together.
One or the other must perish.
"Lt us make war upon the Germany
of the Junkerdom, the Germany of
frightfulness, the Germanw of AFRO
gance and selfishness. And let us
swear not to make peace until the I'M
perial Government of Germany is the
Imperial German PEOPLE,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
RESUMES NEWSPAPER WORK

George Malven, who was associat-
ed with the Long Prairie Argus and
Long Prairie Leader for two years in
a reportorial capacity, but resigned
from the latter paper a few weeks ago
to take the secretaryship of the Col
umbus American association ball club,
has returned to newspaper work again
as the Herald notes that he is associ-
ate editor of the River Falls, Wis,
Times, owned by H. E. Reese, former
ly the publisher of the Todd County
Argus.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
KEEP COOL

Just prior to the Spanish-American
war, when excitement ran high, and
war meetings were held in various
parts of the country, meeting of this
kind was held in Portland, Maine, and
a wire dispatched to Speaker Reed
who represented that district in Con-
gress, appraising him of the fact and
asking him for an expression of opin-
ion. With that blunt, common sense
characteristic of this great American,
he promptly wired back: keep your
shirts on"
This advice is especially appropriate
at the present time. We are at war,
grim, uncompromising war. Not Of
our own volition or of our own choice.
We did not and have not declared war.
Always bear in mind this fact. The
United States simply declared that the
Imperial Government of Germany
could not make war on US with impun-
ity and that it would tamely submit.
We simply proclaimed the greatest re-
public in world would not make noise
like a door-mat and permit Imperial
ism to wipe its feet on a nation, that
since it first took it's place among the
nations of the world proclaimed that it
stood for humanity and the rights of
humanity and that this declaration re-
ferred not only to the United States
of America but to the world. No ma
ton ever went to the extreme lengths
to avoid war as did this nation of ours,
but in the fullness of time events so
shaped themselves that this govern
ment was compelled to either declare
its determination to defend it's rights
and its honor or admit that it's glor-
ious declaration of the past were
merely sounding brass and tinkling
-cymbals.
AS a result of this stand we are at
war. Not with Spain, Mexico or some
other decadent power but with a ma
ton, that not withstanding the numor-
osity of it's enemies and the strain it
is under, still remains the greatest
military power on earth.
1t is unwise to minimize the gravity
of the situation or belittle the import
ance of the prospective struggle, but
there is no sense in losing our heads
and becoming candidates for the fool
ish house.
We should remember that war to-
day is not war of a few years ago
or of even yesterday. 1t is not so much
war of men as it is a war of resour-
ces, of munitions, of transportation, of
steel and of food.
Yet, this wild appeal from official
dom and the press for Americans to
produce as much food as possible is ar
rant nonsense. The American farm
er is no mental imbicile. He knows
as well as anybody else that with so
millions of the worlds producers en-
gagged in the business of destruction
instead of that of production that
the demand for food products will be
unparalleled in history; that during
the next year his productions will
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03

enough to answer for without carry
ing him. He is no more a newspaper
man than we are rector in the Epis-
copal church. For the last seven years
he has had no more to do with news
paper work than the Editor of the Pr
lot has to do with running the affairs
of heaven. He has been real estate
agent, dividing his residence between
Genoa, Illinois and Wheaton, MINI.
He was not even a resident of the
Sixth district at the time he was elect
ed. t
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
CORROBOR

Of Interest to Sank Centre Readers.
For months Sank Centre citizens
have seen in these columns enthusi-
astic praise of Doan's Kidney Pills, by
residents of this locality.
Would these prominent people re-
commend remedy that had not prov
en- reliable.
y Would they confirm their statement
after years had elapsed if personal
experience had not shown the remedy
to be worthy of endorsement
The following statement should
carry conviction to the mind of every
Sank Centre reader.
C. E. Farrar, PA Main street., n,
Alexandria, Mimi, says:
"Colds always settled on my
kidneys, causing me much pain
and annoyance. My back ached
and I felt tired and unfit for work
The kidney secretions were unnat-
ural and filled with sediment. My
whole body was stiff and painful
but Doan's Kidney Pills always
cured attacks of the trouble"
Six Years Later Mr.. Farrar said:
81 cheerfully confirm my form
er endorsement. I use Doan's
Kidney Pills occasionally for
backache or other kidney troubles
and they always act as represent
ed"
Price 50c,at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Farrar has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y. adv
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
CUT OUT THE PIFFLE

There ought to be and end to the talk
that effort to have our nation prepare
to defend herself has it's origin in the
selfish desires of the munition makers
and those who will furnish the army
and navy with war supplies, says the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
Card of Thanks.

We wish to take this method of ex-
pressing or sincere appreciation to the
many friends and old neighbors for
the many acts of kindness shown in
connection with the death and burial
of our beloved wife, daughter and sis
ter. adv
j. G. Israel.
Mrs. Chas. Mcclure and family.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
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'Taint So
The hardest blow of all to shoulder
is that Knutson is Minnesota news
paper man.-Walker Pilot.
Not on your life, Mr.. Pilot Man.
Minnesota newspaperdom has sins
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
See How Much
Work You Can
Save

Take minute of time and figure
up what our flat work servie will &C
tually save you.
First-it saves you all the work Of
washing, starching and drying the en-
tire weeks washing.
Second-it saves you the week Of
ironing the very hardest part of the
washing big, heavy flat peices,
such as the bed and table linen, tow
els, counter panes, etc.
And, unlike a washerwoman's, our
work is always clean and sweet, and
al your clothes are sent home to you.
Try US.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
She Pities the Germans

Little seven-year-old Dorothy has a
will of her own and persists in exer-
cising it despite parental mandate.
Consequently she receives many ply
steal corrections, especially from her
father who is rather strict. When told
he had enlisted for the war she conf
IDENTIFY whispered to her mother: Num-
sic, if daddy is as handy with his
sword as he is with hair brush, I
pity the Germans. They'll get an aw-
full spanking"