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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09
ALL 0LSHE
NEWSCOL0RED
BY GERMANS
Only One Outlet for Tele.
graphic Reports on
Activities.

Stockholm, Sunday. Sept. 8.-(By
the Associated Press. )-The lack of
reliable Information possessed by Fin
land and Sweden concerning internal
affairs in Russia amazed the Ameri-
a and Italian refugees who have
just arrived here from Russian terri
tory. They were likewise much sur
prised to find Finland and Sweden in
such a normal condition.
The Bolshevik and German news
papers and propasandists have the
field all to themselves in supplying
Russia with what Information they
choose regarding outside affairs A.d
they also ,monopolize the .vxo,
growing out of the country. Bolshevik
Russia now stands in absolute tele-
graphic isolation from the rest OF the
world with the single exception of the
outlet through Germany. Telegraph
ing is no longer possible through the
Russian ports. Consequently the Boil
shevik wireless service and the Ger
man censored and German lcolored
dispatches alone supply the outside
world with Russian news.
AS a matter of fact there is con-
slant friction between the . Bolshevikl
and the Germans over tho transmits.
| oAO4A "a 1AO hIl0S4Ol dllO SIICy 0To IIlAks
ing wholesale charges and counter
charges Of unfairness in the treat.
ment Of the news. Meantime the neu.
trail nations as well Al the belligerent,
are suffering from tho perniciou,
campaign of ~falsiication. Russia Il
given little foreign news except tina
which Indicates weakness on the par
of the Entente powers and thi
strength of. the central empires. tn,
Bolsheviki have not only suppressed
all the opposition newspapers but tn,
government now actually prints ant
controls the few journals that ar
still appearing In Petrograd and Mos
COW.
The Associated Press correspondent
1t MOSCOW who left Russia with tn,
recently, arrived party and IL filing thi
dispatch, can testify that the Arneri
cans remaining In Russia T treat
cd TO many announcements that tn
Indians were Opposing conscriptioi
over all America and that the Unite,
States was again In the throes Of In
dian war. The people OF the Unite
states Aiso were described aa starvin
f0r the lack Of such commodities I
Hngar8 and hours4 ana general predie
tons we're made that the A1liodssaS
It5vfties on the wsSteFn anAsItaliA
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British Drive
Northwest Oh Cambria

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fronts would fail because the United
States and Canada could not furnish
the nocossar ~ broad

fronts would fail because the United
States and Canada could not furnish
the necessary bread.
Such stories were so ridiculous that
they gained no credence among the
educated foreigners. Neither did they
believe the wild reports Of wholesale
starvation in England where persons
hunger in the principal streets Of
London.
Finland and Sweden, concerning
which most Of the foreigners in Rus
STA had little knowledge, were repre-
scented to be in such distress from
food riots hat the American. Italian
and Belgian refugees were wholly un-
prepared to find Finland comparative
ly well fed, with prices not more than
Russia, and to discover that condi-
tions were wen better in Sweden.
Germany and Austria are denounc-
ed as fiercely az the Entente by the
Bolshevik press, whose constant aim
Is to create the impression that all the
world Is starving M demanding a
proletariat government similar to that
existing in Russia Japan, China and
Siam are represented a undergoing
widespread revolutions.
Instead Of there being q demand
for a Bolshevik regime in Finland as
h Soviet papers represent, nine
tenths Of the Firms hold up their
hands in horror when Bolshevism. Is
mentioned. They express q willingness
to accept almost any kind Of a gov.
eminent rather than undergo another
period Of riot and bloodshed such ar
THAT in which the Russia Reds Mad
involved them. The most Of the Finns
1t appears. are not monarchists. 1t Ii
declared. that probably not more thar
rs per cent of them and these mostly
in the vicinity of Helsingfors, desire
to see a Finland governed by a king
Even these prefer q Scandinavian
ruler. The republicans. however, are
not willing to assert themselves nov
lest tho red reign of terror be renew.
ed. G1
The Bolshevik idea is equally for
bidding to the great majority Of the
Swedes who have profited by Fin
lands experiences and are paying nc
attention to the violent propagands
the Bolshevik agents are conducting
in Stockholm. There seems little
doubt, however, that Sweden and 9th.
er Of the neutral nations would bt
even more bitter in their attitude to.
ward the Bolshevik II they fully un.
derstood the injustice being don,
them in the Soviet papers Aant
pamphlets and were given unbiased
reports daily Of tho horrors wrough
by the Bolshevikf In the name Of lib
erty and the constant violation Of al
the laws recognized by civilized ma
lions.
Toronto telephone girls have form
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09

in quiet along the British front in
northern France and Flanders except
for artillery activity and minor raid
ing operations, according to today's
war Office reports Il,
Southeast Of Lens in the region OF
Arleux-en-Gohelle, a German raiding
party was repulsed.
The statement reads:
"A hostile raiding party was sue
cessfully repulsed last night north Of
ArleuX-en-Gohelle,
with the exception Of artillery ac-
tivity in different localities on both
sides, particularly in the neighbour
hood of the Arras-Cambrai road and
in the La Bassee canal and Ypres sec
tors there is nothing to report"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09
MARTELL AT BARRACKS
Recruiting Officer Has Left for Mis-
souri, Camp. =

F.. Sergeant Richard Martell, who has
been in charge of the army recruiting
Office here for nearly a month, left
Saturday night for Jefferson Bar
racks in compliance with orders re-
ceived by him. Recruiting for the
army has been closed.
The local Office was opened last
December by Sergeant E. H. Mckee,
who was stationed here until a few
weeks ago. During the time enlist
ments were open, approximately 500
men were enlisted here.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09

German line eastward toward Rheims.
Northwest. Of st. Gobain the French
and are threatening La Fere. On the
edge Of the forest the French nave
penetrated the outskirts Of Servais.
On the line between the Vesle and
iNhe Aisne rivers additional ground has
been gained by the French and
American forces. The German official
statement dealing with the fighting
here says that it has decreased.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-09
Haig's Men Advance.

Haig's Men Advance.
With the British Armies in France,
Sept. 9.-(By the Associated Press,)
Field Marshal Haig's forces this.
morning advanced in the area west
and northwest of st. Quentin and are
now five miles from the Hindenburg
line. They are still pressing forward.
The British made a formidable
thrust this morning north of the Ar
ras-Cambrai road.
In Flanders it is stated that the
Germans have removed their artillery
to the east of the Lys river.
British Official Report.
London, Sept. 9.-Last night passed
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canal practically along its whole
length. They are only four miles
from st. Quentin and their cavalry
patrols are close to La, Fere.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

% editorial by some fluent writer
about the crime of eating baby beef.
This writer admitted that it would be
folly to save the unpromising calves
until maturity, but proclaimed loudly
against producing the baby beef ami
NAL.
Experience has demonstrated that
the calf raised on high-priced land can
better be made into a one thousand
pound baby beef than kept longer, prin-
cipally because the young animal Is
a better cOnserver OF feed The older
the animal becomes, the more costly
the gains, because it takes more feed
to make the same amount Of human
food.
The facts, however. from reliable
sources show that:
l. County agents and others have
been very instrumental in saving calves
the last year or two. (This would not
be possible, though, If it didn't look
profitable to those who buy calves)
There is at the present time a great
demand for breeding calves of good
stockholm beef and dairy calves.
2. Packing house mel. state that the
past summer there were fewer helfer
calves worth saving slaughtered than
IN previous years.
3. Poor Calves-that is, those which
would not develop into either good
COWS or good beef animals-are being
marketed, and it is the logical thing to
do They would be food MASTERS.
In general the two classes of farm
ers or stockmen who raise most of the
calves in the country are dairymen and
producers of beef cattle. Let us first
take the case of tie professional dairy
man who is in the business of prOduc-
ing milk. Say this man is milking %
head of cows, which represents the ca
pacity - his farm. He is a producer
Of human food of a high order-milk.
Should he save all his calves he would
have to sell some of his cows, thus
cutting down the milk supply for hui
man consumption. and raising the price
of milk. just to raise an animal that
would furnish more leather, but not
much human food. This would mean
financial loss to the man raising the
calf aud loss to the worlds supply of
food.
The beef cattle producer generally
has things arranged to raise all the
good calves he possibly can. He is
now doing so and being more careful
of them than he has ever been before
Obviously. man will DO one of two
things where he is crowded for feed
and room-sell the cows or sell TIE
young stuff, and for the producers OF
beef, II is better for all concerned
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
The Call to Serve.

mo conceivable responsibility could
be more grave, no privilege more
proud, no opportunity more rich for
significant service than the American
farmer has today. The war has sound
ed call to duty to every individual
throughout civilization. The course 0f
the individual life is not now to be
considered in terms of self. The ques-
tion dominating every individual is for
what service can he be used-what can
he best do to help win the war. To
some the call comes to march away
with uniform and gun, to some 1t
comes for the organization and adj
ministration of parts of the great war
machine-tO the American farmer
comes the call to feed the forces fight
ing for liberty. To every other man.
woman and child comes the call to
save"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Farmer viii Decide.

THE American farmer in large de-
gree will determine the trend of hui
man history for all time o come. be-
cause the enormous Ultimate conse-
quences of this conflict rest primarily
upon the farmers production Of food
and feed to sustain the fighting forces.
They might fail even with an adequate
supply; without it they are certain to
fail. But in his field. far from the
fury of battle. far from either the adj
ventures Of the horrors of the firing
line. ;fe American farmer will say
whether qutocracy or democracy shall
rule the world during the seasons that
are 70 come"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
SHALL WE VOW AGAINST VEAL?
BY J. L. ToRMEY,

TO pass the young stock along to men
who are in the fattening or finishing
business. There has been a clamor
for breeding cattle of late and good
beef calves of both sexes are Mt
premium in the country. The fear in
many sections is not that too many
calves have been sold, but that the
supply of feed is inadequate to support
properly what stock we have saved In
the country.
Which will you do? Eat veal, or
waste human food to produce animals
that are financial loss to the pro-
Queer? Or would you refuse to con
sumo the veal, eliminate the market
for calves. and thus necessitate the
selling of cows which produce three
to four times as much human food
from the same raw material at profit
to the producer, just to get meat pro-
duced at loss of feed and money and
a hide worth SIS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Victory Depends on Farmer.

an sense the war will be won or
lost In the fields, gardens, orchards,
pastures and hog lots of the American
farmer. The hope of the American
citizen, not farmer, also hinges upon
adequate agricultural production. our
airplanes are useless, our guns are
spiked and our rifles jammed, our
shells are but as harmless baubles. ie
the farmer fails. This must be under
stood in all its grim force by every
man, woman, and child in America ; by
farmers and those who are not farm.
erS."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
EUROPE FACES DIRE
FOOD AND FUEL SHORTAGE

be just possible to raise the absolutely
necessary meat ration.
The relation of the general economic
breakdown to agriculture IS tnfcated
In both England and Germany by mat
tiers affecting the supply of agricultural
machinery. In Germany there is a
most serious shortage of all kinds OF
agricultural tools and machines, be-
cause the old ones have worn out and
there Is neither metal nor manufacture
ing capacity to provide new ones
In England the complaint particular
ly concerns the supply Of motor plows.
The government long ago promised
that thousands of these would be fur
nished In time to put a greatly in
creased acreage In cereals under cult
walton in 1918. Now when the fall
plGwing season Is on II develops that
want Of shipping or other reasons have
prevented the delivery Of anything like
an adequate number Of these ma
chimes.
A Dresden physician who Is quoted
as an authority. has recently dis
cussed the German food situation as
regards the requirements and supplies
Of various classe7 of consumers. He
finds that children up to eigh
years of age are receiving a reason
ably satisfactory ration, but the
amount allowed to those from eight TO
eighteen is utterly Insufficient and that
the shortage seriously threatens the
physical vitality of the next genera
ton.
Some of the German jurisdictions
have recently announced that newly
innrried couples will be granted a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

Nothing could be further from the
truth.
Fifty per cent Of the fatal cases Of
whoOping cough occur in infants under
one year of age and at least one-half
of the fatal cases of measles occur In
children under two years.
Furthermore. $50 per cent of the
measles and 95 per cent of the whoop-
ing cough occur in children under Ave
years of age.
When these diseases occur in later
life the fatality is much less.
Therefore every year child es-
capes these diseases the less serious
they are likely TO be.
These diseases are difficult of con-
troll.
Medical men tell us, however. that
all cases of these diseases should be
reported and quarantined.
The patient should stay at home and
away from other children in the fam
lily.
should be kept home from school for
at least 10 days.
All "colds" should be regarded with
suspicion and n child with cold
should be kept away from other chill
dren until ii is quite certain that he
is suffering from "Only cold"
The greatest care should be taken
during convalescence TO avoid the dan
gerous after effects" the most seri-
| Gus things about these diseases,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
New Naval Board Chosen.

Secretary Daniels recently announ-
ced the personnel of Uncle Sans new
selection board. which met to select
captains. commanders and lieutenant
commanders 10 become temporary
commanders. Following is the per
sonnet of the board: Admiral Mayo,
Vice Admiral CoGman Read Admiral
Fletcher. Rear Admiral Mclean Adj
miral Winterhalter, Rear admiral
Fechteler. Rear Admiral T. s. Rodgers,
Rear Admiral GlennOn. Rear Admiral
w. L. Rogers and Commander Sinclair
Cannon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
JAPANESE BUILD
ESQ SHIPS A YEAR

Toxic Japan is able to build
250 ships q year. their tonnage
totalinc 100000. according to
n government statement. The
shiphuilding business Of Japan
has had nm unprecedented
growth since the beginning Of
he war. and on September
here were III shiphuilding
slips owned by A. firms, besides
~ slips which are building and
viii he ready before the end Of
the year. These facilities ure
more than three tunes rs great
as at the beginning Of the war.
Each slip is capable of turning
out a ship of more than 1000
tonnage In less than year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

Little Princess Jeanne youngest
member OF the Italian royal family.
photographed while on visit to
wounded soldiers recently. returned
from the Italian battlefront. The
princess is one Of the most popular
members of the kings family, espe-
cially with the Italian public. She is
idolized b.. the Soldiery
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double food allowance for the first six
weeks OF their married life! Else
where provision has been made to
double - food allowances Of nursing
and expo can't mothers.
The effort to tind fodder for animals
has started the professors on many
Investigations and inquiries Doctor
Degen. director of the seed testing sta
tlon in Budapest, claims to have dis
covered two valuable articles Of fod-
der He writes:
THE Searush (BolboSChucnus mari
tmusl was known, as regards he purt
above ground. as fodder equal In
value 20 straw ReceEl experiments
have however. shown That the tubers
growing on the roots underground are
far more valuable They come very
near 10 the horse chestnut in the
amount of raw protein raw fat and
starch contents wit lout the bitterness
II they are used for the manufacture
az spirits the wa H. either wet or
dried. can also be ised for fodder.
The pond bullrush (Schaenoplec-
tus lacuStrs) also contains VAlu-
able underground organ. The horizon
tal roots containing great quantity
OF starch for'I a good concentrated
fodder " used In distlleries the
wash is not SO valuable as that from
'ae searuSh But in time OF need
IL is raw material that can be used
for various purposes"
Milk famine coufrontS oil Europe
The situation has long been bad. and
grows steadily worse everywhere
There l. constant and increasing con
flict between the various state and mu-
nIcipal authorities dealing with the
food question throughout Germany. In
I this regard the German situation IS
much more complicated and difficult
10 handle than the English.
The state and municipal govern
ments in Germany ate very jealous OF
their authority in their respective ju-
riSdictionS, and the federal authorities
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Produce or Conserve.

The agricultural problem today
means to every American, and indeed
to every civilized person on earth ;
simply whether he shall. when this
strife ends. he free person in a
free land or whether he shall be bossed
from Berlin. "That is the precise in
terest that you. now reading these lines,
have in the agricultural problem in
America today. You may have been
a farmer all your life or you may not
know the difference between straight
furrow and a threshins machine-no
matter what your condition may be,
one of the two divisions of the agri-
cultural problem Is yours; To produce
food or 20 conserve food"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Won Victoria crnsses-

The first Victoria Cross in the Crime
an war was given to a sailor, who af-
terward rose to be a rear admiral.
Commander c. d. Lucas, who when u
shell, sizzling but unexploded. fell on
the deck, picked 1t up with his hands
and cast ii into the sea. The tossing
overheard of the shell undoubtedly
saved the British flagship. At the bat
tie Of Jutland. when the fleets of Ger
many and Great Britain met for the
first time in combat, a British blue
jacket picked up an unexploded shell
and tossed it overheard. saved his ship
and won the Victoria Cross.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
National Bank Earnings
Break All Past Records

National bank earnings in the
last fiscal year were S667, 4O6,
600, the greatest IN their his
tory, according to figures an
nounced recently by Uncle
Sans comptroller of the cur
rency.
The total earnings were 121s =
per cent greater than the preyi-
Gus year, an increase Of &c.,
$4,000.
On their capital stock the
banks report net earnings of
17.96 per cent. The amount OF
dividends distributed was $125.-
$4,000, an Increase of $10.S13,-
900 over the preceding year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Uncle Sam May Till Lands.

Hundreds of thousands of acres of
land in the United States, hitherto
untitled, may be placed in cultivation
Secretary Lane lately reported to con
gresS. An appropriation of Sl,"OeeoU
was suggested for the purchase OF
seeds and equipment for working the
land under tae direction of the sscre-
tary. \ survey conducted by the depart.
ment has shown that approximately
6OO. 600 acres OF land on various re-
clamation projects and large areas of
Indian lands are susceptible Of cult
S0tlon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

aged Heavy traffic over the hridg"
has had 60 be suspended for time
The teredo. which enters pile
through a hole hardly larger than that
made Icy pin, proceeds 10 bore his
way about through the center If a stick
i'm holes frequently nearly haG au inch
ia diameter How he ever got into the
piliug through the little hul, sofa the
outside is something Of 81 mystery. for
the teredo i "a water worm thar looks
much like an ordinary slug. Perhaps
he enters The God when q baby.
While the teredo works inside the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Chance 70 Marry Free.

Lornin. O.-Mayor l.. NJ. Moore Of
Lorain has been mayoring two years,
and has not yen performed a marriage
CEREMONY Now he wants TO marry
some couple before he becomes an
Eek" and before his powers as rnatri-
monial spllcer expire.
Il have read up on the require
ments and believe / can do good
job said the mayor.
"AIl that | need Is couple. To the
first applying I will marry them free.
and give the bride a present"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
BRIDGE WEAKENED BY BUGS
ing Suspension of Heavy
Traffic Necessary.

Aberdeen WaSh.--ln little over
three years the teredoes. the pile borers.
and limnoria, little sand flea hug
have entirely covered some of the pill
iug of the South Bay bridge near the
whaling station. Probably all of the
plling except those treated with "a coat
OF cement have been seriously dam
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16
Portugal Buys Americsn Tractors.

Orders have been placed by the Por-
tuguese government for IS American
farm tractors. Uncle Sans consul
general at Lisbon reports. OF the
number, Z are machines of % to 80
horsepower and 81 light tractors Of
II to % horsepower. Ten different
makes are represented in the purchase,
and the government proposes to lease
the machines TO farmers at a fixed
daily rate. 1t is probable that addl-
tional orders will be placed rs soon
as the styles and capacity of the trac-
tors best suited 10 that country are
determined by actual experiment IN
der the direction of the agricultural
department.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

Many people have thought Of the
war AZ far away. Hs "A remote. imper-
suual thing, sort of dreadful nigl
mare. hut not a spectre menacing our
immediat, persons and property. Our
appreciation IF the actuality Is more
poignant now, with our own flesh aud
blood upon the firing line. That firing
line is in France today. Ii viii come
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

Measles a n d
whooping cough
are ordinarily
looked upon as
c o m para tively
harmless diseases.
AS a matter OF
I a C I, however.
each of these dis
eases is quite as
important. as a
cause of death. as
scarlet fever.
Our fear of
scarlet fever Is
very general. and
yet measles and
Wh0Oping cough