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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-12

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they can make wisdom persuasive.
But the observant know that moth
ers and girls are never so far apart
as at the high school age. II
All proceed on the assumption that
girls can be separated somehow
from the great feminine desire to be
seen, to be set apart from others, to
be different, distinguished, conspic-
uous, to be observed Of men.
They also assume that this is an
immodest and an immoral desire.
Upon that kind of a mistake they
can never base a cure.
There is nothing immoral about
the wish to be lovely; the girls need
to have her beauty noticed is as ma
turaI as breathing and therefore it
cannot be immodest.
It is seldom a girls fault when she
is stricken with the modern malady
whose symptoms are atrOcious taste
in dress.
Mothers know that if they. fail to
air and sun the house, tuberculosis
may develop in one of the family. If
Lney tolerate the uOuSeIEy, Iuey inlay
expect typhoid.
Home sanitation prevents disease.
And home influence forms a girls
taste.
If we build up bodily resistance we
can run the risk of catching germs.
If we build up mental resistance to
false standards of taste in dress, we
can set a girl adrift in gaudy world
and she will always look. like lady.
There's none too much beauty
upon the earth. Every woman ought
to be not only permitted, not only ex-
pected, but commanded to contrib
ute as much loneliness as she can to
existence!
And what this sad world needs just
now is more natural beauty:
There's some difference between
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

machine. He has grown rich because
he has created a business machine
which has no equal in it's line. 1t is
doubtful if in any line. there exists
a business organization so complete
in every detail. 1t Is certain that no
government organization in this
country or abroad. has ever ap-
preached it in efficiency. And the
creation Of such an organization un-
der the management of our govern
ment is an impossibility for the rea-
son that n government organization
is necessarily a political organization.
and its business functions will in
evitably take on a political charac-
ter.
Dismiss the absurdity if the state
Of North Dakota is going into the
automobile business, and suppose
that that business We're undertaken
by the federal government. Let Mr..
Ford make the government a present
Of his plant and goodwill. The mil
lions which Ford is making would
vanish, and it would not be long be-
fore the people We're required to pay
a tax to make good the deficit in
Cured in an Improbable automobile
business.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
NO ARRESTS
IN POLK FOR
Two DAYS
Is First Lull in Raft of Ar
rests Made Following
Indictments.

No arrests have been made in Polk
county for alleged lid fitting yester-
day or today, the first lull in the
wholesale arrests which have follow
ed the return Of 1l9 indictments by
the POLK county grand jury, dismissed
last Saturday after seventeen day
session.
Many Arrests Yet.
However, less than half the number
OF persons indicted by the grand jury
have as yet been arrested on bench
warrants and 1t is expected that SEN
sational cases will vet come to light.
1t is understood that number of
East Grand Forks and Crookston al
legged lid filters. learning that they
We're included in the list Of indict-
ments. have taken French" leave.
and gone to North Dakota or other
places, to avoid arrest. However.
they are being kept under surveillance
by the county authorities, and their
arrest will quickly follow their return
to Minnesota.
90 Arrested Here.
A total Of nearly 20 East Grand
Forks men, some Of whom have had
several true bills returned against
them, have already been arrested,
nearly all on charges Of violating the
option laws. Some have been releas-
ed under bonds, while others are be-
ing held in the county ;ail at Crook
ston pending trial, by the petit jury
now in session.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
LEGAL NOTICE

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. County Of
Grand Forks, ss.-County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of George
Jauss, Deceased:
.nce sf1 Of an n order Of license theref or duly
issued to the undersigned, the Anna G.
Jauss. Administrators Of the Estate Of
George Jauss. Deceased. on the gath day
of January, 1917, I will sell at private
sale the following described lands lying
and state Of North Dakota, to-wit:
All that part Of Lot 6, Block IA" of
Westacott's subdivision to Grand Forks.
described as follows: Commencing at a
corner Of said Lot 6. thence northeriy
203.3 feet to the northwest corner of
said Lot 6. thence easterly along the
north line Of said Lot 8, 2s8 feet to the
northeast corner, thence southerly along
a point 1925 feet north of the south
east corner. thence westerly parallel
with and 1925 feet north Of the south
ltne Of said Lot 6, 2sS feet to the point
Of beginning; containing 1.s5 acres: that
day, the 9Th day Of February, 1917. and
bids for said land will be received in
writing at the office of the Judge Of the
County Court at the Court House in the
aforesaid All bids or offers for said
land must be in writing. and may be left
at the place above designated or deliver
ed to the undersigned, Anna c. Jauss,
Administrative Of the estate personally.
sale: that said sale will be made upon
the following terms: All cash at the
time Of sale.
Dated at Grand Forks. N. D., this oath
day Of January, 1917.
Administrators Of the Estate Of George
Jauss, Deceased.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
Montana News
ONE PERCENT
TAX PROVIDED
Several New Bills Introduc-
ed and Whiteside Reso-
luton is Killed.

Helena. Mont, Jan. 25.-A tax of
one per ccent against all incomes.
fees, trades. professions and property
is provided In general state in
come tax bill presented in the Mon
tana house yesterday by Representa- :
tive Bale Of Deer Lodge.
Half of the revenue is to go to the
state and half to the county where
properties taxed lies in more than one
ton the receipts. All incomes in en-
cess Of $1,000 per annum are taxed.
Another feature In the assembly
yesterday was the introduction Of
Senator Whitesides bill making the
birth of child without wedlock an
automatic marriage ceremony for the
parents.
Representative Farmer of Cascade
county yesterday introduced into the
house bill to abolish capital punish
ment
The senate yesterday killed White
sides joint resolution asking the sec
retary Of the treasury of the United
States to withhold government de-
posits from federal reserve banks in
Montana which refuse to take ad-
vantage of the clause in the reserve
act enabling them to obtain federal
funds at per cent and loan 1t to
farmers at 6 per cent. Senator
Hogan's bill for the submission of the
question Of calling a constitutional
convention to the people was favor
ably reported, as was the O'Shea- NJ or.
ris bill for state hail insurance and
! the Edwards bill for the bonding OF
public officials by the state A bill
prohibiting constables from acting as
lawyers, was killed in the senate, as
was S. B. 80, limiting the use of the
injunction.
Senator Kane gave notice of an
am endment to the compensa ton act.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

wear from your shoes to your hat.
1t also makes a lot Of difference
whether the man you buy from Is
really behind his merchandise, or
merely behind his counter. And
whether you are buying for quality
or buying for price, the man be-
hind his merchandise is the only
man to trust.
What you want to know is how
to tell them apart. And the only
way is to trust the men who go on
record and ignore others.
The man who advertises gives you
his bond of good faith. He signs
his name to what he says. If he
doesn't live up to his claims. you've
got nothing to lose and therefore
he is liable to be less careful Of
what he does.
This paper today and every day
contains the advertisements Of men
who have the courage to stand
back of their merchandise.
Look over the advertising news:
read what advertisers have to say
and make your choice of all you
are going to buy.
They are the leaders anyway in
every line of trade. 1t is fair to as
sumo that the things they offer will
be the best.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
CITY STATISTICS.

People in various sections OF the
state or being treated by certain
statistical statements in relation to
the prof1tableness of the public own
ership of public service institutions.
City statistics are quoted p show
that certain municipal enterprises of
this character have haan wonderfully
profitable.
The Herald Is quite aware that To-
cal conditions have often made
municipal ownership necessary, and
1t does not question that in some
cases such ownership has proven sat
isfactory. But when figures are
quoted tending to show that in some
particular city enormous profits have
been made from the operation of a
municipal plant, it always accepts
those figures with reserve. 1t would
like to see the rest of the figures, and
naturally, the rest Of the figures are
not always available. The city is too
far off.
An expert accountant may. perhaps,
visit city in person, go over all its
books, and determine whether a given
enterprise conducted by that city has
been profitable or improbable. Some
accountants may be able to do this in
some cities. But short of that it is
impossible to ascertain anything with
certainty.
If the reader entertains doubt on
this subject let him consider the stu
alton in his own city, If he is a city
man, and If he lives In the country
IN his township, county or school dis
trict. Is it not fact that every lit
tie while there is a controversy over
the financial management of tha1
municipality. whatever it may be?
And In the progress of that contro-
versy are there not produced figures
by the ream, all taken from books
ono set proving one thing, and anoth-
er set proving the exact opposite ?
Everyone knows this to be a fact
How. then, is it possible to place any
reliance on figures collected in a dis.
tant community. and manifestly col.
lected for the purpose Of proving ex
actly what the person presenting tn.
figures desires to prove?
1t doesn't do to be carried away
by city statistics presented in a de.
bate.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
APPRECIATION. A

Today is the day on which most Of
the newspapers of North Dakota will
devote special attention to the publi-
cation Of articles setting forth in var
tous forms something of the estimate
placed by the editors and their con-
stituents on the state, it's resources and
opportunities, and the character and
achievements of its people. This is
Appreciation Week, and while many
persons and many organizations have
participated in this work, this is the
will express themselves.
The praises of North Dakota are be-
ing sung in the newspapers all the
time. The fertility of her soil, the ex-
cellence of her climate. the wealth
that lies almost untouched in her min
manent material progress are continu-
ally being set forth in the columns Of
hundreds of newspapers within the
state. And the newspapers have ta-
ken hold with a will on the plan OF
focusing their effort in a single week
and making what may be accepted as
sort Of annual summary Of what
has been done and what is to be hop
ed for.
The thought that underlies this
movement is that some thought should
be given to the conditions amid which
we find ourselves, to the end that by
coming to know ourselves better, we
should reach a better understanding
Of the things that are to be desired,
a clearer knowledge of the best ways
to improve those which are undesir-
able. and that there should be stimu-
lated among us our respect and affec-
ton for the state where our material
interests lie, the state which Is our
home.
The plan would work out poorly
| were there not coupled with the
thought Of the splendor Of our material
heritage some thought OF the things
which go to make up the inner life,
some thought Of the manhood and
womanhood of our state, some con-
sideration of the forces which tend to
influence the character of our citizen
ship. For, when we sum the whole
matter UP, it is these things that con-
stitute a state, and not its material
possessions.
Nature has placed at our command
resources of incalculable value. 1t
remains for us, the people Of the state,
to bring to the utilization Of those re-
sources those elements of character
which shall make them serve US In the
development of citizenship, in the de-
velopment Of a society whose mem
bers shall labor for the common good,
and who will understand that each
of them is a part in grand and har-
monious whole. This, as we under
stand it, is the chief function Of this
observance, and the good which will
come to US from spreading abroad to
others the news of what we have and
what we are achieving, while valu-
able in itself and for it's own sake. will
be merely incidental to this greater
and more lasting work.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
CONTEST TO
Be HELD mon,
Preliminary clash for Massee
Gold Medal Contest to
be Held Tonight.

Over 12 high school students have
entered the annual Massee gold and
silver medal declamatory contest. to
be held in the auditorium of tho Cen
trail high school on Monday evening
This evening the preliminary contest
will be held to eliminate all but eight
of the best orators for the final con-
test Monday evening.
The Massee contest is an annual
event, and the prizes. gold and sill
Yer medal, are awarded by City Attor-
ney f. c. Massee.s Martha Ricketts,,
Gladys Lystad ana Edgar A. Massee,
winners in the fry fhS1an. declamatory
contest held recently, also will be en-
tered in the context Monday evening.
Mcintosh Contest Soon.
The medal winners in the Massee
contest will be entered in the district
contest to be held in Mcintosh on
February 3. when contestants from
Mcintosh, East Grand Forks, Fosston
and Hendrum will take part. From
this contest the speakers to be enter
ed in the defamation contest to he
staged in connection with the sixth
annual farm crops show to be held
at Crookston February to 9, will be
chosen.
Later, the winner of the Crooks
ton clash will be entered in a state
wide contest to be held in st. Paul
early in the spring for the champion
ship of the state
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
SPELLING CHAMPS ARE
AFTER COUNTY hONORS
Spelling Contest to Be Held in Con.
nectiOn With Farm Crops Show
is Attracting Attention.

Five spelling champions of the
country schools of Polk county will
contest to represent the county al
the sixth annual farm crops show to
be held in Crookston February to
9, and at the Minnesota state fair at
Hamline in the fall, at spelling
"bee" to be conducted in Crookston
on Saturday. Two will be selected
from the five high school students
picked in a contest held Friday.
Although County Superintendent
N. Thorson Of Crookston has not re-
ceived the full returns from every
section Of the country. the contest has
narrowed down to the following eight
cent or over on the 80 words sent out
from the county Office: Arthur
Avery, Crookston; Russell Satermo.
Climax; Christian Mattson, Euclid
Anice Hultgren, Mallory; Anna
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
Most Earning Capacities are Reduced
To Zero By Your Spending Capacity

The greater tho income Of tho
man who is broke. the bigger fool
he is. There is no factory in the
world, except your own brain fac
tory, that doesn't lay aside certain
amount of your money for the wear
and tear of Its machinery.
Your income has nothing to do
with your property; it's your outgo
that counts.
You men of America will prob
ably spend several millions of dol
lars on your own personal neces-
sites within the next twenty-four
hours. That is what It amounts to
in the aggregate, and II you spend
1t carelessly. the country is going to
have a national headache the next
morning.
Now there is such a trem endous
difference In the values and the
quality Of all kinds OF merchandise
in this present day, that you simply
can not afford TO buy in a haphaz-
ard way.
1t makes lot OF difference, for
example, in buying a suit Of clothes
that will leave YOU we'll dressed for
sin months or shabby for the lat
ter three months. And the same
thing applies to everything you
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
CHARGES COST THE
STATE MORE IN 1916
Every East Grand Forks Inmate on
State Institutions Means SG2.24
Out OF the States Golfers.

Every person East Grand Forks
sends as an inmate to one of the state
institutions costs the state over $62
a year to feed, an increase over for
ner years. according to the annual re-
here.
Buying foodstuhs In large quanti-
ties and feeding numbers did not pro-
tect state institutions in Minnesota
against the high cost of living, accord
ing to the figures. which shows the
expense of feeding inmates increased
16 per cent in 1916 over the figures of
the average for Is years prior to last
year.
1t cost s62.24 on the average, to
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
East Grand Forks
LEAGUE TO
MEET HERE
Discussion League of Min
nesota Will Meet in East
Grand Forks Soon.

The first Of the district contests Of
the Minnesota Discussion League, the
only one Of it's kind in the United
States, was held last evening at AXE
ley, Minn., under the auspices of Ma
calester college. A contest will be
held in East Grand Forks on Febru-
ary 16. The local school is a men,
Der Of the league.
The league was organized last year
by Dean Glenn Clark of Manchester
college, to stimulate interest of stu
dents in public questions and encour-
age discussions from their own view
point
Chooses Own Side.
Each student contestant chooses his
own side Of the question, which this
year is '"rhe Federal Government
should own and operate the railways
Of the United States"
A referendum will be taken at the
close of each contest by which the
entire audience can express it's con-
victions on the topic under discussion.
The schools entered this year in the
Red River Valley district are: East
Grand Forks, Bagley, Warren, Lake
Park, Argyle, GAINESVILLE and Ste
phen. Districts included in the
league are: st. Paul district, Range
district, Red River district, North
Central district. western district.
southern district and Minneapolis dis
trict.
The winners Of these meets will be
participants in the final contest, to be
held at Macalester college, February
23.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
Beuchene, GENTLY; Selma A. Rolvig,
Mentor, and Bette Olson, Erskine.
MUST CUT PAYMENT
OF PENSION FUNDS
Tcochcrs. Pensions Not On Best Kind
of Basis, According to Report OF
state Auditor.

Minnesota school teachers who are
contributing from their salaries to
build up a state teachers fund under
the law of 1915. are doomed to dis
appointment when the time comes to
realize on the pensions provided by
law, according to State Auditor j. A.
o. Preus in his biennial report.
which has been received here.
The state teachers fund, he declar-
ed, is on an actual basis, insolvent.
In other words, he finds the trustees
of the fund will be obliged to reduce
the pensions much below the maxi
mum schedule when the system gets
in working order.
Retirement benefits are fixed by the
law at $3.50 year after 90 years Of
service. and up to $500 after % years
Of service. but the board has authors
ty to reduce these annuities.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
THE STATE IN BUSINESS.

The state or any of its subdivisions
30 1t is proposed in the new Socialis-
tic constitution, shall be permitted to
engage in any kind of business what
ever, and to incur Indebtedness in any
very clear.
One Of the proposed activities
which Is now insisted on is that of
operating packing plants. 1t is point
ed out that the concerns which are
operating the big plants have made
immense sums Of money and that in
dividuals in those companies have
grown enormously wealthy out of the
profits on that business It Is pro-
posed, therefore. that the state shall
have its own packing plant or plants,
ana, by an ingenious method of
finance, pay the producer more for his
cattle, cell meat to the consumer at
q lower price, and. after cutting off
from the profits at both ends, apply
tho remaining portion Of profit to the
wtping out Of the debt created in the
installation Of the plant.
Just how much profit are the big
packers making? They are declaring
large dividends on their capital stock,
ana in the aggregate their profits run
into immense sums. But there is
another side. Not long since there
was published a statement of the
years operations by the Armour COM
pany, and while 1t was shown that
the years profits were millions, 1t
was also shown that It had been nee
essary to transact business of hun
dreds Of millions to make them. The
actual figures show that for every
800 paid out by the company for
raw material. fixed charges and
operating expenses, a little less than
31oS had been received from sales
and in value of goods in stock. The
immense volume Of business trans
acted enabled the company to realize
many millions Of profit out of that
th1ee per cent. Are we to suppose
t1aAt the state Of North Dakota. I'M
der the direction Of politicians drawn
haDhaxard from all walks of life. can
operate such a business within three
sps1 cent Of as efficiently as Is done
IN q great private institution where
msn are specially trained for their
work. and where everything is done
solely on business basis? It has
nsver been done before.
Very many North Dakota farmer.
gOwn automobiles. Ford cars are the
most numerous Of any but there are
a1Do many Of the more expensive
s1Afs owned on the farms. The Ford
Gpmpany Is making profit of some
S4se, ,eeo, 900 on an output Of some
sth1ng like million cars q year
Mary Ford bids fair soon to become
wsalthiest man in the world
y hy should the North Dakota farm
contribute to the building up OF
sahls great private fortune when the
ITSELF can make just as good a
ehfne ~ anybody can? Why moi
|14 ne automobile business to the
activities and keep some Of
xty million IN the state
III; g|s nfy ord has not grown rich be-
q any peculiar qualities in his
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
With Machine House

Aaker's Business College was called
up by the International Harvester Co.
and asked to be supplied with a stem
ographer. Miss Emma Olson was
sent into the position at once A bus
mess training opened the door to the
position. It will do the same for YOU
Il you take your course 1t the A. b.
G. Enroll now and get .in line for a
position worth while.
School also offers special course
II gas tractor and auto engineering
Catalog free. se s..
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
RIVER LOSSENS
AT BUTTE, MONT

Butte. Mont JAM 25.-The water
which overfowed from the Madison
river and covered the Northern Pacific
tracks three miles west Of Logan has
subsided SO that the rails can be seen.
The ice has been cleared away and
regular train service will be resumed
today.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25

feed each inmate in 1915: compared
with a like average Of s6s.77 during
the past Is years, and $4e.14 in 1900
when the cost of living was the low
est since 1900.
Further indication Of the increased
cost Of living has been given when
the board was forced to contract for
flour for the next three months at
prices 4s per cent higher than those
paid year ago.