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Williston graphic., 1917-08-30

Altho there was not large crowd
1T the Red Cross meeting at the Arm
DRY last Thursday evening the people
who were there were paid for attend
ing by having complete outline of
the work and aims of the American
Red Cross given to them by Harry
Curran Wilbur secretary for North
Dakota.
Mr.. Wilbur said the fundamental
thing this country wanted to get into
its understanding is that the United
States is at war. This, he declared,
was the first thing for those who are
Indifferent to the demands Of Red
Cross service to learn and to learn
well.
He cited the story of the Master
and his disciples who, going through
the cornfelds on the Sabbath day
plucked the ears of corn and ate
them, and the masterful declaration
of the Master as the epitone Of that
incident, that che that is not for me
is against me-" This he said was the
situation in this country today. He
that is not for the nation is against
the nation This nation must win this
war, and to do so those who are in
the house of the strong man must not
be permitted to bind him so that the
kcuse may be robbed.
Those who are unwilling to help In
some capacity in this time Of nation
al need are against the nation because
they become a deadweight on and
:hinderance to those who are doing
their part There are three ways in
which one may help the country.
One is by becoming soldier and do
ing the work of soldier in France.
Another is by providing the means
by which those who are doing the
work of soldiers may accomplish their
purposes. The other place in which
MI may work is the American Red
Cross.
The speaker laid special stress on
loyalty as one of the require
ments of Red Cross membership and
work and illustrated the danger to
the soldiers by story of one North
Dakota physician who had sought to
SnIeI CNe SeIV1Co O1 C0O O1Vo1 I1lot ue
might work in the interests of Ger
many. He was caught in the work
before he had gone far enough to do
any damage and his case, the speak
er said, was now awaiting action by
the government. He declared that
such an individual could have done
more good for the German cause than
three regiments Of soldiers. He said
those who took the oath of allegiance
to this government foreswore all al
1egience to any foreign king, prince
or potenate and that when they fail
ed to live up to the fullest measure
Of that obligation, they committed
perjury in taking the oath.
He traced briefly the creation Of
The Red Cross by the council of &C.
neva and said that Prussia, which now
stands for every violation Of Red
Cross principles, was one Of the par
ties to that convention. The Ameri-
can Red Cross was established in
1884 It is Incorporated by an act Of
congress. The president of the United
States it is president and the comp
Williston graphic., 1917-08-30
WILBUR TELLS HOW W|LL|ST0N
MAY HELP RED CROSS WORK
TELLS PEOPLE CROSS WORK ON FIELD OF
BATTLE BEGINS AND HOW HUMANITY is SERVED BY THE
ORGANIZATION

troller of the currency is the treas
urer of the organization. 1t is not
charitable institution because it
merely seeks to repay part of the
obligations the public owes to those
who are its benefactories.
Getting to the point of actual work
of the Red Cross on the battlefelds,
he said the organization took up the
work where the army surgeons left
it. The army surgeon working in
the very battle lines could give lit
tie more than first aid. From his
hands the Red Cross received the
wounded and carried them to places
of safety from all save German guns,
and there carried on the actual re-
lief work. The American Red Cross
is not neutral. 1t is pro-American
and therefore pro-ally. But in car
ing for the wounded who are gather
ed from the battlefelds no nationality
is known. The German is cared for
just as human being should be. If
he dies he is buried. If he recovers
he is interned as a prisoner of war.
But the great task which the Red
Cross has undertaken is to care for
the American soldiers and those de-
pendent upon them if they fall by the
fate of battle.
The American Red Cross has grown
from 100000 members in April of
this year to more than 100000 and
the work is just getting well under
way. The machinery which in the
past has been able to meet all de-
mands, has b:okcn down under the
tremendous burdens assumed. Then
the Red Cross conscripted the best
organization and executive ability
of the nation and placed the work
in their charge. It is one great sys-
tenn in which a hundred million peo-
pie are the workers. The task is
great but those who have assumed
the responsibility are bringing the
highest degree of efficiency into its
work and the task of assuming the
smooth running methods of great
business machine. The speaker said
the Red Cross was second in immen-
S1ty VI VASoAIAoGAO4 W VIC ACeOIAAS
and clothing of the army itself.
When the new system was INSTALL
ed, the country was divided into thir-
teen districts, of which North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Minnesota and
Montana constitute one district. In
each of these districts there is a
state director and a state secretary.
Judge N. C. Young of Fargo is the i
state director for North Dakota and !
Mr.. Wilbur is the state secretary. !
Then in each state, each county is or
ganized as a unit with the county
seat as the county chapter head
quarters and all the local organiza-
tions in that county are affiliated with
the county chapter headquarters and
all the loca organizations in that
county are affiliated with the county
chapter for administrative purposes.
This plan removes all petty jealous
les and enables the work to be car
ried out with system instead of be-
ing done in patchwork style as was
necessary before.
None of those who are identified
with the work of the Red Cross are
Williston graphic., 1917-08-30
PHERRIN
BY a STAFF Correspondent

The schools Of Pherrin district will
begin Tuesday Sept. 4th. New cur
tains have been ordered for all three
school houses, also some new seats
and desks.
w. o. Hollar is on the sick list
with a painful ankle and foot.
F. P. Siewert and wife autoed to
the Freeman ranch near Zahl Sun
Williston graphic., 1917-08-30

Miss Olive Talverson has return
edo from Sidney Montana, where she
has been employed n the Register Of
Deeds office.
Williston graphic., 1917-08-30
ARNEGARO CALL
GOES TO FARMERS
MRS. LEE JENKINS DISPOSES OF
NEWSPAPER PROPERTY TO
FARMERS

With last weeks issue the control
of the Arnegard Call passed from
Mrs. Jenkins to a corporation of
farmers of Mckenzie county and
that paper will hereafter be known
as the Mckenzie County Farmer. The
new owners make the following an
nouncement of policy in their first is
sue:
"In an undertaking of this kind
it is customary for the new owners
to make their bow to the public and
also give an outline Of their policy.
While we have had no experience in
the newspaper business, we feel that
we have q fair idea Of square deal
and we expect to give that to every
one We are Of the opinion that there
is not now, in this county, a paper
published in the interest Of the farm
er and we set forth this excuse; or
apology, or whatever you may choose
to call it, for starting paper Of this
kind at this time. We hope to be able
to sarve the interests of all classes
as we believe it to be impossible to
do otherwise if we serve the interests
of, the farmer.
eve expect to stand squarely with
Williston graphic., 1917-08-30

Receiving as we do, almost daily these
fine new skirts we are able to keep our stock
forever bright and new.
There's an air of individuality to these
new fall skirts. Designed on the latest lines
from cold-water shrunken woolens they're
bound to give service. Priced from $3.50 to
$15.75.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24

But, the war has now disclosed the actual fraility~of a nation which is dependant upon others for the neces- sities of life. X few short months land has found herself brought al- most to the verge of starvation de- spite every effort of her mighty war flotillas to protect the vast merchan- tile fleet upon which she depended for her food supplies.
 Each ship destroyed has served to teach the lesson of economic inde- pendance by further curtailing the rapidly dwindling food supplies un- til the truth was finally realized that England must produce more food, or face inevitable starvation.
 And now that she has come to a thorough understanding of her great est weakness she is turning to the soil and, as the statement of the pre- mier indicates, IS preparing to secure her future against the near disaster with which she has been so serious ly threatened.
 Owing to her geographical situa- ton it is practically impossible for the nation to become wholly inde- dependent, in the sense that the Uni ted States is Independent, for the reason that she Is dependant upon others not only for food supplies but also for the raw materials upon which depends her multitudinous manufacturing industries. But it is quite possible for her to make her self practically independent in the matter of food by utilizing the soil to the ultimate of it's productive pos abilities instead of allowing thou sands of acres to go to waste in the numerous baronial estates which con- stitute a large percentage of the na- tional domain.
 By putting every foot of her arabic soil under cultivation. England can nuppoft, not a small percentage. but practically her entire population. With proper utilization of the pro- ductive possibilities of the more than fifty million acres included in the area of England, Scotland and Wales it appears quite possible that the supporting.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24
S S. SILVER WAVE.

The mail schooner SiIvA~ Wave sails Sunday, July 9, for kotzebue sound and all way points. For freight or passage apply to the THE ALASKA LiGHTERAGE 6
 COMMERCIAL CO.,, Agents.
 Freight for this trip will be re- csived at the dock up to 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24

WAR NEWS-InIist your nams now sp the subscription list of the Nugget and keep posted on the war.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24

The statement of Lloyd George that the government soil cultivation pro- gram has practically relieved Eng land of all danger of starvation as a result of U boat activities, while per haps tinged with trfle more optim- ism than the actual situation justi- fies, is doubtless an augury of the not distant time when England will become more independent in an enon- mic sense than ever before in modern days.
 Like every one of the nations en- gagged in the great war, and also a considerable number of others, our selves included, England has learned the very valuable lesson that thor ough cultivation of her own resources is the only practical method Of guar anteeing the national welfare both in peace and war.
 Practically ever since the British
  land has been compelld to look to outside sources for the major portion of her food supplies. During the greater part of the las, century the nation seldom made greater use of its possibilities of soil production than was sufficient to support three fifths of the population and during recent years the quantity of food sup plies actually produced from the soil of the United Kingdom has seldom been sufficient to support more than twenty of the forty odd million souls residing on the islands.
 Practically every quarter of the globe has been called upon during the past fifty years to provide the food required by the United King dom Wheat from the United States and Canada, beef from the Argentine. mutton from Australia and a var iety of other comestibles from Sweden, Holland, Denmark. Egypt, India and number of other countries have daily found their way to the English table and formed the larger portion of the food consumed by the inhabi- tants.
 Being distinctly commercial ma ton. England. until the submarine blockade developed menacing propor- tions, found it an easy matter to provide herself with ample food SUD- plies by trading lher manufactured commodities for the soil products of others. With her mighty argosies sweeping the globe in search of trade what more natural than that they should return to their home ports laden with the supplies of existence in return for the countless artisan productions carried to foreign ports And the result has been that much of the arabic soil of the islands has been left idle while the people devoted themselves to the more lucrative oc- cupation of manufacturing.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

The best guarantee you can have for successful issue of your clothes is do patronize an old established house; a house that wants you to come back and be their permanent patron.
 Such a house is the Nome Tailor- ing Co.,, we make alterations. wa do cleaning, pressing and re- pairing. We make suits to order. We guarantee all work and our prices are reasonable We appreciate yonr patronage.
 NOME TAILORING co.
 Next door Segerstorm & Hagen
 Jewelry Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24
PHONE MAIN A.

NOME, ALASKA, JULY 24, 1917.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24
U. OF w. TRAINING
 BUSINESS MEN
Special Correspondence A. p.

Special Correspondence A. P.
 SEATTLE.-TheS State of Washing ton has gone into the vocation of training business men. A school apart from any other state educa- toinal institution has been establish ed here for the sole purpose of equip ing men and women in a business way. Some of the courses are in- surance. economies, the trade of the Pacific slope. industrial organization and business management and busi- ness law. The primary object of the school is to turn out business execu- tives, and it's work is especially de- signed for the big economic tasks that are expected to follow the close of the war.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24

Rates for advertising space in any of tho above publications will bs made known on application.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24
City Official Paper
SUBSCRIPTION RATES,
 In Advance.

-.oms Daily Nuggst. month...S zoo Nome Daily NuEgst. ( months. 1000 Nome Daily Nugget yeaf..... 2o.o0
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24

Nome Weekly Nugget month. sec Nome Weekly Nugget year. $500
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24
We are using Moonlight water In the E,ite Bath House.

FOR SALE-CHEAP: HYDRAULIC PIPE i WHlM IS H. p. UPRIGHT BOILERS. DRILL ROPE. asl 1 BOB SLED. HOlSTS.
 DARLING & DEAN co.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-24
NUGGET MINING AND DREDoiN1 I
 MAGAZINE

Issued Annually in October. Price per copy ......... .Ses Price per copy mailed ...... ..... Zee
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
SUFFRAG|STS CLAIM /. !.
members Won over

Washington. Dec. lS.-Woman
suifraglsts assembled here for the
annual convention OF their associa-
tion, are jubilant The delegations
which waited on members OF con-
gress yesterday report decided cams
for their cause throughout the mem
bershlp OF both houses.
The Missouri delegation reported
that Speaker Clark had definitely
announced support to the amend
ment, and had told the women that
n necessary he would vote for the
amendment.
The women from Arkansas report
ed n solid delegation from their
state In favor of the amendment
while New York Is hopeful OF solid
vote. Nebraska has gained two
votes. the women OF that state re.
ported, and gains also we're report
ed by Kentucky, Iowa, Massachu.
setts and other states.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
ITALIANS STILL
HOLDING STEADY


Italian headquarters. Dec. Ia
General Won Buclow's German ,roooS
Joined the Austrians and Bohemlans
In n series Of heavy assaults during
the last two days. The Italian llne
has held firm except for one slight
indcntatlon at Monte Spinecia which
Ia atill being contested bitterly.
Snow In falling heavily In the
mountains along the northern Ital-
Ian front and optimism preyans
among the Italians that this will nj !
them definitely In holding the Aus
tro-Germans back from the Itall'n
plain. Amid the nrst flurries Of the
storm on Wednesday. the enemy re-
newed his attack among the hills
aud was rewarded by the capture OF
several positions. Later. however.
the Italians In u counter-attack. re-
gained their lost terrain against
which the artillery duels were re-
sumed.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
INVESTIGATE FIRE
IN SHELL FACTORY

Wilmington. Del. Dec. i3.-om-
cials OF the Bethlehem Steel com
papy. whose shell-loading building
at Newcastle was destroyed In a nre
yesterday. are far from satisfied that
the Are was not OF incendiary origin,
They are conducting a rigid investl-
cation.
The shells continued to explode
for more than an hour and the no,se
was heard for miles. causing the be-
lief here that the forts OF the artil-
lery district OF the Delaware we're
firing upon hostile craft.
Firemen we're unable to 20 near
the burning building until the shells
ceased exploding.
The loading house where the Hrs
started was completely destroyed. II
was q brick and tile building. with u
concrete foundation. Il will he re-
built at'once.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
GREAT BATTLE FOUGHT
IN RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Two Conflicting Accounts Come From Petrograd But Later
and Probably Authentic Report States Bslshevik
Were Decisively Defeated By Kornlofs Troops

from Petrograd. his capture Is ex-
pected. II is stated that the extre-
mIsts will capture Rpstov on the
River Don.
All the signs are that the cossack
uprising win fail and that they will
Join the Bolsheviki. according to
this report. Beyond question. the
Bolsheviki are gaining ground In
Russia because they use the strong
hand. which Is the only thing which
the Russians In general appreciate.
In the last three weeks. the dis
patch says, seven thousand naked
corpses have been taken from rivers
and canals In Petrograd. Deaths
we're not caused by drowning but
the persons had been killed and their
bodies thrown Into the streams to
hide them. The hair had been cut
from the women corpses because OF
It's market value.
A suit Of clothes is said to be
worth more than handful Of
money.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
WOLF CREEK farmer
JA|LED FOR SED|T|ON
The following item from the Port
land Oregonian, refers to Wolf
Creek farmer who has been under
surveillance by federal authorities at
Portland for some time:

A. w. Zollner. prosperous Jose
phine county farmer. was arrested at
Grants Pass yesterday and released
on $4,000 bonds for an alleged vio-
lat,on Of the espionage act. He is
charged with having made unpa-
triotic utterances concerning the
president, the activities OF the Red
Cross and the reasons for which she
United States entered the war.
When Zollner's case was first re-
ported Deputy United States Attor-
ney Goldstein wrote him a letter and
inquired II he had been reported
correctly. In replying to the letter
Of inquiry, Zollner reiterated IN.
statements with which he had been
charged. His arrest followed.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
FAVOR COUNTY FUNDS
TO enforce DRY LAW

7 Salem. Dec. l3.--About three
fourths OF the counties OF Oregon
have replied favorably to the letters
of Governor Withycombe asking
them to make provisions IN their
budgets for enforcement OF the pro-
hibition law, the governor has an
nounced
Every county that has replied to
my letter." said the governor. has
replied favorably This Office is
now cooperating with two or three
counties where special agents are
employed and is determined to en-
force the law as far as 1t is possible
to do So"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
GERMAN SUBMARINE
CAMPAIGN INTENSE

London, Dec. Silt Is recognized
in official circles here that the Ger
mans are conducting sudden extra
spurt In submarine activity OF real
magnitude complimentary to their
land offensive in the hope of inclin-
ing England toward peace. The eff
fort has signally failed.
High naval authorities intimate
that this move of the enemy may be
met with counter measures by the
allies naval forces which will sur
prise the Teutons.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
MASONIC LODGE IS
FORMED IN NEW army

Helena, Mont. Dee. What Is
declared to be the hrst army lodge
OF Masons established during the
present war by the state grand lodge.
has Just been constituted by the
grand lodge of Montana and desig-
mated as Montana Army Lodge No. l..
During the Spanish-Ameriean war
records show that there we're three
such lodges established by the grand
lodges OF Montana. North Dakota
and Kentucky. During the civil
war several state grand lodges con-
stltuted such bodies.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
OFFICIAL STATE VISITOR
FOR MONTANA TROOPS

Phillipsburg. Mont, Dec. 1S.-Re-
viving civil war custom Frank d.
Brown Of this city, veteran OF the
army, has been appoint
ed by Governor Sam " Stewart as
his official representative to visit
the Montana soldiers in the field.
and has been designated as offtcIal
vlsitant to Camp Lewis.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
RE.iNfOitCED HOST, HURLED
AGAINST HAIG's LINES EAST
OF u, LLMOuitT
WAVES or MEN MOVED DOWN
Constant Artillery i'onnbardment IN
Maintained Along Entire Western
FSont With Guns From Fast

General Haig's troops have met
and repulsed the nrst massed at
tacks In several days. inflicting
Leavy losses upon the Germans.
The ai,rk. launched betwas !
pnllecnurt I'D Queant, was sim'ar
IT, tha; anop'cd by Crown Pr'a g
Rupprechts troops when they pierre
cd General Byng's front southwest
OF Cambrai nearly two weeks ago
and caused q retirement OF the Brit
ish on the salient General Byng pre-
viously had driven toward Cambria.
A like purpose doubtless was inyoly-
ed In the latest offensive and for It's
execution huge waves OF Bayarians
we're thrown upon the sector In an
endeavor to overpower the dcfen-
ders. The British. however. held
'tenaciously to their ground. except
ai one point where the enemy pene-
trated u front line position.
As In their previous attempt to
wreck the Chmbrain salient, the
Germans lost heavily In the enter
prise, the British moving them down
with machine gun and rifle fire In
the fighting. which lasted from dawn
until | o'clock In the afternoon.
fall
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
GERMAN BREwERIEs HAVE
FALLEN UPON EVIL TIMES

Amsterdam. Dec t3.--The busi-
ness OF brewing beer which ranks
second In Importance among German
industries. Is In a bad way. and ac-
cordlng to the Berlin Tageblatt, so
drastic have become the restrictive
measures OF the authorities In the
matter OF labor and material that
the future is looked forward to with
the gravest apprehension.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
URGES
Join RED CROSS
Membership Drive just Prior 70
Christmas seeks Quarter Million
New Members In Oregon

The Christmas Red Cross member
ship campaign will be launched at
noon, December II and will last
until the night OF December "a.
This campaign is to add 100000
In Oregon to the American
Red Cross.
A membership costs as little as
81. In fact, In this campaign the
greatest emphasis is placed on the
81 membership. because It is be-
lieved this will be responsible for
enlIsting the greatest number OF
people under the Red Cross banner.
The drive is not for money. but for
members.
A complete state organization has
already been perfected under Henry
p. Reed. state campaign manager
The Josephine county campaign
manager Is N. F. Macduff.
In brief. the effort OF every coup'
ty in the state Is to enlist 30 pei
cent OF its population under the Red
Cross.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
COLORADO GROWERS
MAKE GOOD IN BEETS

Fort Collins. Colo, Dec. Ia
with the sugar beet harvest virtual
iy over. the 1917 crop FOR the Fort
Collins district will approximate
177,0OO tons, according to estimates
of Field Superintendent Griffin OF a
sugar mill company The high sugar
content and increased prices netted
to the grower an average of $SS.i2
an acre. according to sugar company
Figures. The value OF the crop Is
estimated at one and third million
dollars
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-12-13
HEAVIER LOSSES
FROM SUBMARINES

London, Dec. ia slight In
crease In the losses of British mer-
chant ships by mine or submarine In
the past week is noted in the admir-
atty statement tonight. Fourteen
vessels OF more than 1900 tons
we're sunk, as we'll as seven ships
under that tonnage.