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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-15
COLE 8 CHASSIS rs A
FEATURE OF SHOW

One Of the features Of the tri-e5ty
auto show in Davenport is the Cole
eight chassis on display at the sales
rooms OF the Midwest GIor0E com
panv in that city This IS the same
chassis displayed al the New York
and Chicago shows. The motor is en-
closed in glass with miniature electric
bulbs illuminating the reciprocattng
parts. It was brought TO Davenport
at q big expense 10 the Midwest Mot
or company. who distribute the Cole
The chassis IS a working model and
shows all the vital parts In opera
ton. including the aluminium pfstons
and the famous Cole counter balanced
crank shaft Dom r. Shelton. the
factory representative. who travels
with the chassis. VIII be at the sales
rooms each afternoon and evening
during the show week to explain the
advantages OF the Cole eight.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
A TWO YEARS. WAR.

Grand Forks Herald: The American
administration is said to be preparing
for a two years war. This informa-
ton may shock a good many people
who, acquiescing reluctantly in any
war whatever, have felt that, after all,
our entrance into the war was merely
a matter of form, and that in accept
ing the gage of battle which Germany
had thrown down, we were merely
putting our protest against German
aggressions into formal shape, without
purpose to enter the lists as active bel
Hgerents.
Kitchener told the British people to
prepare for a war Of at least three
years, which would tax all the re-
sources of the empire. Many people
laughed at this estimate. 1t was held
to be the vision of man who had been
trained to look at everything only
through the eyes of the professional
soldier. The war has already lasted
within three months of the three years
and it has been increasing in intensity
until the present time, with no indica-
ton that the point of utmost concen-
tration has yet been reached.
1t may be regarded as practically
certain that the war will last with ap-
proximately it's present intensity, dur
ing the coming summer. There are no
indications to the contrary. There are
skilled men who are confident that
the allies will triumph who believe it
to be impossible to wind up the war
short of another summer campaign in
1918. We may accept it as certain
that the war will last this summer
through, and how much longer it may
last no man can tell at this time
But whether the war is to last for
six months, or two years, or six years,
we are in it until the finish. There
can be no withdrawal. And being in
the fight, having decided to take up
arms in defense of certain principles,
we can never lay down our arms until
those principles are established. And
we must make preparation now for the
greatest need that can arise. The more
earnest our effort, the more thorough
our preparation, the sooner will it be
possible to bring the war to a close.
He is certainly no friend of peace
who counsels anything short of the
most thorough and complete prepare
ton.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
Ala RTJIV SUNDAY

Under the heading "Hit the Trail"
the Merchants Journal of Topeka,
Kansas, gives the following choice bit
of literature as an Imaginary talk by
Billy Sunday"
"Well, you slab-sided lobster, so
you're trying to run store with sys-
tenn of rotten bookkeeping which
would be disgrace to Chinese chop
suey joint, are you? Why don't you
pull your head out of the mud and
look around you, and see what intel
ligent men are doing? Why don't you
if you are going to try to be a bust
nessman? The fact is, there are about
nine out of every ten men who are
running stores who ought to be driving
bus or acting as chiropodist in a
blacksmith shop, and you may be one
of them.
"You may be one of those idiots who
thinks that success in business means
skinning your local competitor. You
may be one of those shoot-mouth, mud
singing merchants, who knocks his
competitor, cuts under his prices,
sneaks up behind him and stabs him in
the back, and walks across the street
to avoid talking to him. Why, you
miserable hyphenated apostle of Ben
edict Arnold and Judas Iscariot, don't
you know that such policy will get
your everlasting starspangled goat ?
Isn't is possible to pound enough sense
into your marble-top skull to make
you realize that you merchants in the
little towns ought to be the best of
friends in the world? Your real COM
petitors are not in your town at all
Your competitors are the big depart
ment stores, the mail order house, the
tea peddlers, and the range peddlers
and the grocery peddlers. Get that
point, for the love of Mike, if you don't
get anything else.
"Say, how about that inventory Of
yours? Did you take one last year
Did you? Maybe you sort Of salvec
your conscience by taking one without
carrying it out, or maybe you put II
those dead-and- buried accounts Of
yours at twice what they are worth ii
order to make better showing. JUS
keep that up a few years, you heather
and some day frowzy, red-faced mar
with a tin star on his vest and some
legal documents in his pocket will
make you a visit.
"What are you doing With you
brains, anyway? The Almighty gave
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
Many File Petitions for Naturaliza-

Clerk of District Court Thos. Hen
derson has received instructions from
Washington that citizens Of Germany
cannot be naturalized during the war.
They may, however, file their petit
tons for naturalization, and same will
be held pending the conclusion of hos
tilities. Such filing would doubtless
be considered as an evidence of good
intentions by the government, and
would be a protection in case steps
are taken to intern aliens. At present
the government has no intention of
disturbing German citizens in any
way. All it asks is that they remain
quiet and peaceable and continue their
usual avocations.
Mr.. Henderson informs the Indepen-
dent that he is receiving from three to
four petitions for naturalization daily,
due partly on account of those who
wish to make final proofs on land, and
on account of many foreigners who
are enlisting in the army. Besides
others are filing their petitions to
show that they stand back of the gov
eminent in time of grave peril
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

The Indian as warrior has passed,
Uncle Sam has just rejected thirty out
of thirty three red men of the White
Earth Indian reservation in Minneso-
ia for the following reasons: They
were found to have flat feet and the
government does not want fat-footed
soldiers because they cannot march
we'll; they were found to have curv-
allure Of the spine and their eyesight
is defective. The American Indian
has degenerated. Time was when the
Indian had an eye like an eagle and
he could walk for many hours without
stopping. Living the semi-civilized
life has not been of benefit to this
race.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

Great interest is being taken in Mi
not's league baseball team. Baseball
is the National game and it is good
clean sport. Minot businessmen and
citizens in general will give the team
the support it deserves. Our friends
ing towns will come in by the thous-
ands to see the first class ball games
that are in store for them. 1t will
cost Minot something like $4,000 to
finance this team during the 1917
season but it's good advertising and
the additional crowds brot in by the
games will leave large sums of money.
Besides, in these gloomy war times,
we need something to cheer US up.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

Minot continues to grow despite the
increased cost of building operations,
the city building inspectors report for
March showing $4,000 worth of
buildings authorized and started dur
ing that month. At that rate, the
buildings for the present year would
aggregate between six and seven hun
dred thousand dollars in value. IN
doubtedly considerable building has
been postponed until another year but
at that Minot is growing far more rap
idly that any other city in North Da-
kota. 1t is estimated that fully a
million dollars worth of improvements
will be made in Minot during 1917.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

Congress has passed the bill APP
propriating $1,000, 100000 (seven bill
lion dollars) for war purposes. No
one really has a true conception of
what this amount Of money means,
the mind being unable to grasp it.
Just think of it, seven thousand mil
lions. The Independents financial
statistician has done little figuring
and finds that it takes $3.50 in gold
coins to make a pound. Seven bill
lion dollars in gold therefore repre-
sents 90 million pounds of gold, or
$4,000 tons. Loaded on wagons, it
would require seven thousand wagon
loads of gold with an average of two
tons to the load. To transport this
gold, would require $4,000 heavy draft
horses or 1000 teams. With a team
to draw each wagon, and with wagons
six feet apart, to transport these 28,-
100000 pounds of gold would require
a train of wagons extending for
thirty-three miles and would reach
from Minot to Tagus.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
Minot College Student in Marine Corn

Minot College Student in Marine Corp.
Romano Taylor, brother of F. p.
Taylor, well known Minot druggist,
has enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps
and will be stationed at Mare Island,
near San Francisco. Romano has
been a student at the University of
Minnesota and has just received his
degree in the department of pharmacy.
He states that 200 University of Min
nesota students have enlisted. Five
recruiting stations are maintained on
the college campus.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

Winnipeg, May 10, II, IL and 10. Sew
eral thousand copies of the schedule
of games for the season have been
printed and are being sent out to all
the cities and towns in the northwest
ern part of the state thru the whole
sale house-a copy of this schedule
going into every letter that is being
sent out. The committee is not going
to leave one stone unturned in the
matter of sending out announcements
Of all games several days in advance
to large list Of baseball fans in this
part of the state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

Plant a few dozen tomato plants.
It's easy to grow tomatoes in North
Dakota. Usually the tomatoes get
ripe in August. It's no trick to grow
them and even if some of them should
not ripen, green tomatoes are always
in great demand Vacant lots in Mi
not ought to be broken up and planted
to vegetables. To our notion, a we'll
tended garden is about as nice to look
at as a bed Of posies and the product
is much more palatable
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
Conditions point to a big crop this

Conditions point to big crop this
year. A great deal of seeding has
been done and the ground is in ideal
condition. The rain and snow the first
of the week insures plenty of moisture
for the present. The price of all kinds
of grain is certain to be very high and
it will pay everybody to put in as
many acres as possible, providing of
course that no more land is cropped
than can be seeded we'll.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

you stock of brains. you didn't have
to buy them on 80 days, per cent off
10--and some of you don't appreciate
the gift. You try to make your legs
and your arms do what your brains
ought to do. Make your brains work!
know some merchants whose brain,
if they could see it, would look like a
lousy, low-down railroad yard bum,
with tin on his head instead Of hat,
just because it has been allowed to
loaf on the job for so long that it can't
work. Put your brain to work, man!
Buy some good business books and
read them--study them. Subscribe to
some decent, well-edited trade papers
and read them. Don't just glance at
the headlines.
"Take a brace! Don't imagine you
know it all. Go home and tell your
wife that the devil was about to take
your business, but you've decided to
reform, and try to do things as they
ought to be done. Hit the trail!'"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
Attending Grand COmmandery.

Attending Grand COmmandery.
F. L. Meservey, Eminent Command
er of DeMolay Commandery, E. S.
Person and DR.. Archie D. MCDANIEL,
Past Eminent Commander, left for
Fargo Monday where they are attend
ing the Grand Commandery. Mr..
Meservey will visit at his old home in
Wisconsin before his return.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

-
New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadel-
phia, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Pittsburg
and New Bedford, Mass. Three of the
scenes in the monster New York pa
rade, containing 10000 marchers and
lasting five hours, are shown in the
pictures. They are: No. Members
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

Starting Publicity Campaign.
The Publicity committee Of the Mi
not Northern League Baseball associa-
ton has already started the publicity
campaign for the first series Of games
to be played on the local field with
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

Throughout the nation "Wake up,
America" day was observed with pa
rades, patriotic assemblages, speeches,
efforts to stimulate recruiting for the
army, navy and the marine corps and
in many other ways. Among the
cities which observed the day were
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

of the Bohemian National Alliance,
with their families, who favor indie
pendence Of the Czechs from Austro-
Hungarian rule; No. 2-School girls
bearing large American flag in parade;
No. "a sturdy Scotch American in
Highland garb.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26

This is the Leonard "Polar King
refrigerator, galvanized steel and white
enameled lined. Insulated with char
coal sheathing and wool felt. Retin-
ned wire shelves and new patent waste
pipe and trap in bottom Of provision
chamber, all removable for cleaning.
Height SO inches. Width % inches.
Other styles $l2. 60 to $50. Is.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
Hotel Equipment

Our Hotel department is the most complete IN
the state On short notice we can completely
furnish hotels or large rooming houses. Credit
extended to parties in No. Dakota or Montana
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-26
Open a Charge Account

at the Mccoy Furniture Go, it is not necessary
to paw cash unless you so desire. You can take
nearly whole year to pay your account. You
can buv one article or furnish your home COM
nlete. You can make small payment DOWN
then Won take the merchandise home and use it
while you pay the balance of your account in
small weekly or monthly amounts to suit your
convenience. YOU WILL LIKE OUR WAY
OF DOING BUSINESS.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-27

FindIay, o., April 27.-This city
claims the record for producing en-
tertainers in theatricals and ath-
letics.
Marie DTessleT, Elizabeth Brioe,
condolences, and MariIyn Miller,
dancer, are it's daughters; Tell Tay-
lOT, song writer, Johnny and Lester
Reiff, jockeys, and other athletes its
sons:
Others born in Findlay: Ray Har-
roUn, who won the first Indianapolis
speedway event; Grant Johnson,
Cuban Giant ballpIayer; Titania, ia
nous toe dancer of the eos; the late
Jack Garner; Cora Nelson, actress;
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-27

the late Will A. Willett, baritone, who
gave Geraldine Farrar her first music
lesson; Clarence L. Preston, play.
write, and many others.
Marilyn Miller, who stars as an
Oriental dancer in the New York
SHOW of Wonders" is the daughter
of Guy Miller, a Findlay letter car
TieT.
Marie Dressler is known to Find
layites as LeOla KeTber, daughter of
the late Prof. KeTber, a music teach
er. Bessie Shaler is the name by
which Elizabeth Brice is known.
In time of fat prepare for Iean.-
Taylor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-14


The. great need of interest .by
Americans in the "fatherless childtea
of France is emphasized in lette,
just received by Miss Fanny Rim.
sey, who has been active in the. wbrK
for this fund, from Miss Jane Taylor
Bowler, daughter of Mrs. r. B. Bowl
er of Clifton, who, with her mother, is
in France doing war work. Miss
Bowler and her mother adopted"
two families of fatherless = children
before they, sailed for France. When
they reached that couauy, they made
/ it a point to VISIT their, wards and
Miss Bowler thus describes her
visits
I'VE landed at Bordeaux and start
ed right off to- look for the family
where mother has the two girls, but
it was quite hopeless until we finally
went to the post-officss They put us
on the right track and we drove OUT
lucy OLu luC pdli lliLo q NCiy POoA
quarter. There we found them, the
mother and two girls, just sitting
down to supper. OF course, !they want
ed us to have some, too but it was
pretty late and We had still the other
family to look up. 50 we could not
1t was all very frugal and spdtfess,
the mother very nice looking and very
dignified, but, oh, so sad; the girls
both well fed and strong. The elder
is about through her apprenticeship
with little dressmakel and will thea
begin to earn a little. ! feel that
with the exte pennies that we send,
that they are we'll on. their, feet
Then we went to look up the
other family where mother has the
boy and | the girl IT was in a
. much better quarter, but we wen:
= through a sort of corridor, ALI black
and wet, then to a court. andsup ar
outside stairway to most miserable
little room. There was the old grand
mother, i'll in bed. The sster-in law
:, who keeps house, looking i'll and tiret
;, and almost in rags, and the two sick
: ly, pale children, the boy and tn,
girl 5. 1t was 7 o'clock and tn,
mother had not come home from tn,
tobacco factory where she is EN-
lployed. 1t was all too pitiful. | az
not believe that they could live a
Iall without the help and L am afrait
that the children have very littl
chance anyhow.
"Do let it be spread abroad that r.,
cases are absolutely as described an,
: that anyone contributing can be az
;, sured of the necessity and the prea
help it brings"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-14
500 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh Catarrh being great
ly influenced by constitutional con
ditions requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Medicine is
taken internally and acts thru the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System thereby destroying the foun
dation of the disease, giving the pa
tent strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in the curative powers
of Halls Catarrh Medicine that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials
Address F. j. CHENEY e CO.. To-
ledo. Ohio. Sold by all Druggist,
75c. ADV.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-14

by the Germans One hundred thou
send men, and the encouragement
they brought to the hard-pressed
French, were enough to avert defeat
in the first year of the war.
1t is the hope Of the Allies that an
other new force, ten or twelve times
as great may be enough in the fourth
year of the war to assure victory.
OF the new American force owe.
100000 men are Regulars. In all the
world only two regular armies re
main--the American and the Japa
nese. The others have all been sweep
away in the flood of war. When tn
first American onslaught takes place
German Landwehr and Landstrup
troops will find themselves opposed t.
an army Of professional soldiers.
Behind the Regulars are the 400
600 soldiers of the National Guard
Regulars in experience, many of them
thanks to our neighbor to the South
After the Guard comes the 100000
men of the new National Army.
This is the force that has grown in
eight months out of the army thai
on April numbered only 10000 men
There will soon be as many com
missioned officers in the new army a.
there were priyates at the beginning
or the war After the first training
camps the number of the officers was
$4,000. It had been 10000 at the
start of the war. The second training
camps may raise the total to 100000.
and third series of camps will he
gin work III January.
Altogether, officers and men, the
land forces of America number not
far from million and a half com
batants.
Inc nuS2 size OF the armies opefat-
ing in Europe has somewhat dulled
our minds to the meaning of a million
and a half of men. it is as if the en-
tire population of the State of South
Carolina. or of the State of Nebraska,
men, women. and children. were
suddenly to be converted into young
men clad in olive drab and organized
into companies and battalions
Crowd this force into passenger
coaches, nearly one hundred 10 the
coach, and $4,000 coaches would be
necessary to transport them Fifteen
hundred tan-car trains would be called
into service. As many more trains
would be required to convey their
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-14
COMPLETE DETAIL
OF ORG AVIATION
OF U. S. ARMIES
| 100000 CALLED TIC THE COLORS
AND ENROLLED FOR SER
VICE IN THE WAR.
HOW ARMY is DIVI FL
First Thing to be Done is to Provide
Them With Food, Clothing and
SheIter-That Has Been Accom-.
pIisheG.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Dec. S-"For the frs,
time since the declaration of war have
we been able to give to the public a
complete detail Of the organization
and development of the army of the
United States" said Rutledge Smith
Chairman State Council of Defense.
How will the war be won? With
airplanes, says one man. With big
guns, says another. With ships, says
a third. With some startling new in
vention, says a fourth.
And all the time everybody knows
that if the war is won it will be won
by soldiers-everyday heroes of the
ranks, and plenty of them.
OF such the United States possesses
now one million three hundred and
sixty thousand. These are the fight
ers-in this total the auxiliary forces
are unreoresented.
Most of them are still in the train
ing camps Not all of them as yet
are disciplined troops, fully equipped
and armed for battle.
But there they are 100000 o.
them called to the colors and enroll.
ed. Already they are one of the big
gest factors Hindenburg is reckoning
with for the campaign of 1918
When Great Britain entered the war
it was with a much smaller army
The First Expeditionary Force mum
bered barely hundred thousand The
Kaiser called it contemplate little
army. Yet without its gallant work at
Mons, Paris might have been taken
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-14
MANURE FlELnSAS
QUIC AS POSSIBLE
II,
MANURE LEFT IN BARN lOTS
AND TROMPED BY SToCKt
LEACHES OUT GREATLY.t

These losses are not all duet to
teaching, but when manure is kent in
open lots and tramped by the live.
stock the losses, especially in winter
or wet weather, are largely from
teaching.
OF course, the lesson to be dtawn
from these facts is that manure
should not be allowed to remaiR in
open yards, that if stored it should
be under cover, that the livestock
should be kept under open sheds as
far as practicable instead of in open
yards and that the manure should be
put on the land as quickly as possible.
When we consider the above evidence
of loss and also the further fact that
Thorne of Ohio found that ton for ton
fresh manure gave as good results in
increased yields as rotted manure.
while it took two tons or more Of
fresh manure to make one ton of rot
ted manure, there can be no further
doubt that he aim must be to save
livestock Anures under cover and t.
get them on the land as quickly as
practicable.-The Progressive Farm.