davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

period in 1915. In September, October
and November, under the supervision
of the Food Administration, flour pro-
duction was ia per cent Of the same
period in 1915. What this means in the
great national situation, with depleted
domestic flour reserves and clamoring
foreign buyers, can hardly be over
emphasized, when movement of wheat
into primary markets has been hardly
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

market. They also tend to correct
many abuses prevalent In the past,
such as cutthroat methods adopted BY
mills to secure supplies and indiscrimi-
nate moving of wheat to terminals.
For all practical purposes the wheat
business of the country is apportioned,
and whenever possible mills are sup
piled from wheat in the territory near
est them. This policy has for an OBJ
ject the saving of waste in transpor,
tation. In another way saving ID
made: Formerly large quantities Of
undergrade wheats have been dificult
to dispose Of on account Of unco-Ordi-
mated purchase Of the competing mills;
but under Uncle Sans domination
each bushel Of wheat must now 80
somewhere and the poorer wheat will
move just as freely a. the more de-
sirable grades.
Limiting Millers' Pr6fits.
The Illinois miller who received the
carlot containing our bushel Of wheat
milled 1t promptly and shipped its doul
to q port for expectation. The miller
was permitted BY the Food Admins
tration to make a fair profit, not e1
ceeding a maximum Of Is cents per
barrel on the -four and q maximum
profit Of 80 cents per ton on the feed
stuffs left over. All mills, however,
must furnish at regular intervals to
the Milling Division full statements q
manufacturing costs, which are scrlk
tinted carefully. The derivatives OF
this wheat the miller sold for domes
tic consumption, as the policy Of ths
Government Is to keep In the Omitted
states III available feedstuffs IN 0rdA
! . encourage livestock production.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

last July and Au-
gust, while Congress was
wrestling with itself to
produce a food admins
tration, and there was
no Grain Corporation,
-four production in the
principal centers was rs
NOV oonf ,,r1nr %hn ca
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

wheat bushels was poured into a car
which miraculously had appeared on
the siding at a time when car shortage
was troubling the entire commercial
world. Inquiry might have shown that
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

schedules arrang-
ed for the various
markets are veritable
price dams" to pre-
vent the overlooking
Of the stream OF
wheat at any single
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
Selling Wheat to Government.

% days after the
farmer brought in his
wheat there came a re-
quest to this elevator for
a carload to be purchas-
ed by the Grain Corpora
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

sample on to the st. Louis zone agent
for test, which verified his judgment az
al duties, cleaning the grain, filling his
bins, and shipping out as regularly as
he could in maximum carload quanti-
ties, in order to economic the use Of
cars In time Of congestion. He was
careful to keep his records very
straight as to dates and quantities of
wheat purchased, bn hand, and shipped
out, for the Grain Corporation requires
weekly reports and full details Of
transactions.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

Under these conditions the proprietor
would probably sell at st. Joseph OF
Chicago, according to his inclination.
The table further illustrates the
equalization Of prices and indicates to
what extent the miller is protected
when buying wheat in any territory.
Through this plan determinations
against the producer, the miller, and
the consumer are eliminated SO far as
it seems humanity possible under q
plan Of such tremendous proportions.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

wv as to the other buShel
Of wheat. A certain
Georgia miller, in need
Of supplies, notified the
Grain Corporation and
received permission to
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

SlskN WHEAT TcdCICu lIIlS Hill
".@A from Canada. Importa-
kVAvM2 ton Of Canadian wheat
y u oAD without special consent
being forbidden, the mill
operatives became curious and made
Inquiries. This wheat vas part Of q
large supply which the Grain Corpora
ton had brought into the United States
to aid in keeping the American mills
running.
There was another reason. Domes-
tic wheat was not moving from the
farms as freely as the millers needed
It, and shortage forced the mills to
operate at a great disadvantage and,
according to them, at higher costs.
The last Journey stage Of u first
bushel, although considerably changed
In it's form, was to 60 as flour to port
under rush orders. It now had right
Of way over all other classes of freight
except other munitions of war. Con-
sent Of the War Trade Board being
obtained, it was loaded on a ship and
passed safely through the submarine
peld to France, where it .succored the
hungry.
We started out to follow the travels
Of two bushels Of wheat from the farm
to their points Of consumption under
war condition with the U. s. Food Ad-
ministration in control Of the market
Ing. I have previously discussed the
Journeys Of these two bushels from
the farm to the elevator at the country
point. Here they parted and n of
them passed on to a terminal and
from the terminal to a mill and from
the mill to seaboard. There 1t went to
France for consumption.
The Other BusheI Of Wheat Starts
TRAVELLING,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

II telay III getting this
wheat started across
the world was occa-
stoned by the uncer-
tain judgment of the
mammalian IL n
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
willing Canadian Wheat.

Tile our buShel was
being milled a carlot Of
wheat reached this mill
from Canada. Importa-
ton Of Canadian wheat
without special consent
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
Loading Wheat at an Atlantic Port for the Allies.

| wheat would bring at five different
markets If shipped ' from Maryville,
Nh .
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09

ileges of Citizens-Messrs Huntress
Maynard and Chapman.
Committee on Internal Improve
ments-Messrs. NJ. T. Simmons. Bur
bee and Borst.
Committee on Ways and Means
Messrs. Frazer. A. J. Simmons and
Bradley.
The committee on Territorial
Government g. b. Chapman, Esq
made the following report which
was unanimously adopted:
That the committee are unani-
mously OF the opinion that terrific
rial government ought to be organ
lied by congress, north of the Column
biz river. The propriety OF such an
organization arises from the demand
and necessity of the occasion. That
the government is contemplated for
the benefit of the people. The vast
extent of territory north, well adapt
ed TO agriculture, commerce and
manufacturing. the total absence Of
all municipal law or civil officers. the
great distance from the seat of the
present government. and the isolated
situation of this part of the territory
theretrom. and many other reasons
too well known to require repetition.
conspire TO convince the committee
that there is much propriety in the
organization of separate territorial
government, and that no time ought
to be fost in demanding the same
from congress.
Therefore the committee offers the
following resolution for adoption:
Resolved, That committee of
three be appointed by the president
of the convention to prepare suit
able memorial to congress on that
subject, and that the same be for
warded TO the delegate in congress
from Oregon territory, requesting
him TO use his influence in procuring
the organization of a separate terri
torial government.
The president appointed Messrs. j..
y. Chapman. r. S. Balch and NJ. T..
Simmons the committee under said
resolution.
Mir. Brownfeld, chairman of the
committee on districts and counties,
made a lengthy report, districting
the territory into II counties. The
convention amended the report as to
name county No. substantially the
present county of PIERCE as Stella
COON county. No. 5, nearly iden-
teal with the present Thurston coun-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09
WILSON'S PLAN TO
AID RUSSIA WINS
ALLIES AGREE TO COOPERATION
BY UNITED STATES AND
JAPAN.

Official statements by the Ameri-
week announce that plans for extend
ing military aid to Russia in Siberia
will be undertaken by the United
States and Japan alone, with the
other allied co-belligerents asserting
in principle.
The United States and Japan will
each send "a few thousand men" to
Vladivostok to act as a common force
in occupying and safeguarding the
city and protecting the rear of the
westward moving Czecho-Slovak
army.
The only present objects of the
Japanese-American forces will be to
give such aid and protection as is
possible to the Czecho-Slovak forces
against the armed body of German
and Austrian prisoners of war and to
steady any efforts at self government
and self defense in which Russians
themselves may be willing to accept
assistance.
While the United States and Japan
are extending aid to the Czecho- Slo-
yak army in Siberia the United States
will continue TO cooperate with the
allies operating from Murmansk and
Archangel. To what extent and in
what nature is not announced.
Later the United States will send a
commission OF merchants, agricultur-
al experts. labor advisors. Red Cross
representatives and agents of the Y.
NJ. G. A.
Both the United States and Japan
the most specific pledges of the action
agreed upon being wholly without
thought Of interference with the SOW
ereignty of Russia or any interior
ence whatsoever in her internal at
fairs.
The japanese government at the
same time pledges itself that when
the objects of the mission are ac-
complished it will withdraw every
japanese soldier and leave the SOW
ereignty of Russia unimpaired in all
its phases.
The agreement to which all the al
lies assent. is largely the result of
the personal efforts of President Will
son, who has been at work almost
INCREASINGLY for weeks to bring the
nations together in the most effective
plan which at the same time will con-
vince the Russian people that the
aim was purely to help them preserve
and develop their new found country
In taking this action the govern
ment of the United States wishes to
announce to the people of Russia in
the most public and solumn manner,
the statement says, that it contem'
plates no interference with the poll
teal sovereignty OF Russia no inter
vention in her internal affairs - not
even in the local affairs of the limited
areas which her military force may be
obliged to occupy-and no impair
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09

ment of her territorial integrity
either now or hereafter; but that
what we are about to do has as its
single and only object the rendering
of such aid as shall be acceptable to
the Russian people themselves in
their endeavors to regain control of
their own affairs, their own territory
and their own destiny. The Japa-
nese government, it is understood,
will issue similar assurance"
Referring to "such military inter-
vention as has been most frequently
proposed" the statement says:
"In the judgment of the govern
ment of the United States-a judg-
ment arrived at after repeated and
very searching considerations of the
whole situation - military interven-
ton in Russia would be more likely
to add to the present sad confusion
there than to cure it and would in
jure Russia rather than help her out
of her distress.
"As the government of the United
States sees the present corcumstan-
ces," the statement continues, mill
tary action is admissible in Russia
now only to render such protection
and help as is possible to the Czecho-
Slovaks against the armed Austrian
and German prisoners who are at
lacking them and to steady any ef-
forts at self government or self de-
Tense in which the Russians them
selves may be willing to accept as
sistance. Whether from Vladivostok
or from Murmansk and Archangel,
the only present object for which
American troops will be employed will
be to render such aid as may be ac-
ceptable to the Russians in the or
ganization of their own self defense
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09

ty, was named "Simmon" county. NO.
I, now embracing the territory Oh
jefferson, Clallam, Quilleyute anu
Chehalis, was called Clallam county.
The territory east and south OF
the main Cowlitz river, embraced III
county No. II, as described by the
committee. was called ST. Helens
county. The remainder of the terri
tory in county No. / was then added
to county 10 and the newly described
territory was called Lewis county.
Although DEPRESSING from the con-
vention. it may be proper here to re-
mark that at the session of the por-
ton OF the Oregon legislature con-
vened at Salem 1872, an act was
passed establishing Thurston county
as all of Lewis county north of the
mouth of Skookum Chuck to the 49th
parallel The bill had passed one
house naming it Simmons county
The sturdy old pioneer, who was in
tended thus TO be complimented, hap
pened to be at Salem and upon his
urgent remonstrance the name or
Simmons was abandoned and Thurs
ton adopted.
To return to the conventions: Con-
siderable business was transacted.
Among the last was the lollOwing
resolution introduced by DR.. May
nard:
Resolved. That when this cOnven-
does adjourn, it adjOurns to meet on
the third Monday in May next. at
Olympia. then and there to form
state constitution preparatory to
asking admission into the Union as
one of the states thereof, provided
that congress has not at that time
organized territorial government.
This resolution, adopted with great
unanimity. gives the keynote OF the
feeling of the settlers at that time.
While a part of Oregon they must be
ignored Their real hope was in
being separate territory, failing in
which. being part of the state of Ore
gon might afford some prospect of
relief.
The convention of 1852, the me-
mortal of the Oregon legislature and
tho action of congress will constitute
the subject of future article.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09
COVLITZ CONVENTION, AUGUST
Goth, 1851.

The convention was called 10 order
following delegates were present:
Seth Catlin. Jonathan Burbee, Robert
Huntress, Monticello; Edward h.
Warbass. John K. Jackson, VIM. l..
Frazer. Simon Plomondon. Cowlitz;
s. Saunders, A. 3. Dillenbaugh,
Marcel Burnie. Sidney s. Ford, James
Cochran. Joseph Borst, Newaukum
and Ford's: NJ. T. Simmons, Clanrick
Crosby. Jose, h Brashear.' A J. Sim
mons. New Market; A. NJ. Poe ID. S.
MAYNARD. Daniel +. Brownfcld, Olym-
pia: r. NJ Chambers, John Bradley.
J. B. Chapman, Fl. c. Wilson, John
Edgar. F. S. Balch, Steilacoom. Hon.
Seth Catlin was unanimously elected
president Of the convention, F. S.
Balch and A. NJ. Poe. secretaries.
The convention continued its ses-
sion for two days and its proceedings
ligence and harmony. Standing COM
mittees on territorial government,
districts and counties, rights and priv
ileges of citizens. internal improve
ments and ways and means were con-
stituted. who reported upon and had
charge of their respective appropriate
branches of business.
An examination of those proceed
ings will satisfy all that the settle
ments north of the Columbia pos
sessed all the elements justifying
them to be trusted at that early
period with the right of self-govern-
ment. and it is worthy of remark
that in their division of the territory
into counties they afforded substan-
TALLY the program for the action of
the Oregon legislative assembly at
its sessions 1852 and 1923. in
the establishment of county bounda-
ries north Of the Columbia river.
The following are a list of said
standing committees:
Committee on Territorial Govern
ment-Messrs. Chapman, Jackson.
NJ. T. Simmons, Huntress and Cham
bers.
Committee on Districts and Coun-
ties-Messrs. Brownfeld, Wilson.
Crosby, Jackson. Burbee. PlomOndon,
Edgar and Warbass.
Committee on the Rights and Priv
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09
AIR SERVICE BIGGER
THAN REGULAR ARMY
NEW YORK WORLD TELLS OF
RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF
NEW BRANCH.

What is happening in the air serv-
ice of the United States army? By.
The New York World asks the
question and answers it by saying:
Controversies in congress and out,
Investigations under various auspi-
ces, has made it appear that very lit
tie has happened beyond the develop
ment of a Liberty motor of uncertain
quality, beyond the working out of
plane-building program that has not
yet reached quality production, and
beyond the establishment throughout
the country of a still frightening
chain of schools and camps from
which news seldom comes unless it be
of accident or tragedy.
The fact is that the air service is
bigger today than was the regular
army when America entered the great
war. 1t has more men, more officers,
more equipment, more branches of
its organization. 1t has almost as
many posts and stations as had the
army in Continental United States,
Alaska, Panama and our possessions
in the Atlantic and the Pacific. In
technique of organization, instruction
and practice it has come in eight
months to be the equal of any fight
ing corps of the entente allies. 1t is
being expanded until it will presently
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09
LET Us STUDY OUR ENEMIES
BY LEROY +. JACKSON.
Professor of American History Washington State Cole

Let take little dissec Germany:
literally carve her pleasant that occupation might be
below the o what is
This proceeding in the minds OF people useless,
say harmful expenditure of time and effort There need
pehuhs lough upon Germany they All she needs
knockout blow and
been does This talk
splendid spirit but it is surely Judgment.
A plague is rife in Germany old plague
peculiar to the German people 1t has broken other
times other places other peoples The manies
break out somewhere else in We citizens of
the world We and children will have live here
at this time is the eradication of this evil this
about is it does failure Nothing else
how go it? Just 90 about
stamping other pesilence First of ALL
thooughgong outbreak
carefully
the conditions which thrves the host it the
effective rolacic No plague edicated by
methods of modern science those of the medicine
O a symptoms a
that patient suffering from exaggeraon of
nationalist spirit certain of national pride like pride OF
family church club good thing stimulates worthy
But when people their state sacred thing de-
aegiance all their highest
blight and uncomfortable to the world
happened They have applied the law
They
of a living thing itself but merely
people for political 1t is tool
might we'll talk of survival of the fes
houses handsaws
the German people have
it
is a wishes make immediate i'm
concentrate its into
America the moment
militant national hand in
auocraic government They must stand or fall
>,n1o~,.,
ISM and AToCEACY will examine into the
history of the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09

be as great in personnel and material
as the corps of Great Britain, France
and Italy combined.
The number of qualified aviators
the air service might put into action
is now in the thousands, many more
than half of whom are taking post
tied branches. a larger number is
qualifying, and the number of those
awaiting their chance is the largest
of all
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-09

Harold Van Elton is attending the
non-commissioned officers training
school at the University of Washing
ton, preparatory to enlisting in the
army
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-03
PERSONAL OF PEACE PARTY
CRITICIZED

The official announcement nam
ing the five delegates to the peace
conferences in France, has stirred
up considerable sentiment in Wash
ington among Senators, Represen-
tatives and public men, and other
conferences are held that are far
from being ''peace conferences
Neither Democrats or Republicans
seem to be satisfied with the per-
sonnet Of the peace party.
Labor leaders declare that the
organized Workln gmen have been
ignored as it was confidently ex-
pected that x Samuel Gompers,
president Of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor would be given an
official seat at the peace table in
France. The fact that Presiden-
Wilson heads the delegation has
brought up for general discussion
the query: why should the Ex-
ecutive and not the Legislative
bodies Of this country be represen-
ted at the peace conference
One of the really important mat
ters to be brought before the con
ferences will be whether the Uni
ted States is ready to supplant the
Monroe doctrine with some other
doctrine to be agreed upon at the
peace council. The freedom Of
the seas, and the exact meaning
Of that phrase, is another, and the
suppression Of future was tenden
cles everywhere will be decided
upon. Grave questions, vital t,
every American will be considered
It has been decided that America,
women. headed by Jane Addam
and Katherine Clemmons Goult
must hold their peace conference
IN some country other than Franc
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-03

We are living in a portentous
time, big with the destiny Of the
world, for good Or i'll for genera !
tons to come. The problems OF
the immediate future loom large
befire us.
That nation which will best
know how to combine the dictates
of social justice with incentive and
protection to individual effort will
secure the prize Of world leader
ship no less than Of opportunity,
we'll being and contentment for the
masses Of it's own people.
Some fifty years ago, President
Lincoln addressed these words to
Congress
"You cannot, if you would, be
blind to the signs Of the times. /
beg Of you a calm and enlarged
consideration Of them, ranging, if
it may be, far above personal and
partisan politics. So much
good has not been done, by one ef-
fort, in all past time, as in the Pro
violence Of God it is now your high
privilege to do. May the vast fu-
ture not have to lament that you
have neglected it. y
Our collective responsibility as
we'll as the responsibility Of each
patriotic and thoughtful American
is heavy indeed in the face Of the
times and the signs Of the times.
Well may we pray that the spirit
Of that noble invocation and the
tolerance and moderation, the
deep human understanding and
wise, dispassionate vision Of the i'm
mortal American who uttered it:
may lead and inspire the American
people and those constituted by
them in uthority, in the trials OF
the present and the perplexities Of
the future.
Well may we pray that we be
vouchsafea the guidance Of that
spirit both in the solemn days Of
sacrifice and conservation through
which we are passing, and in the
high task of making, fruitful, for
the good or our own country and
Of all the world, the victory and
the triumph which will crown our
righteous cause.
(The End
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-03
Greatly Benefited By Chamberlain
Tablets

Il am thankful for the good [
have received by using Chamber
lain's Tablets. About two years
ago when I began talking them 7
was suffering a great deal Of pain
from distress after eating and
from headache and a tired Ian
Quid feeling due to indigestion and
torpid liver. Chamberlain t tab
lets corrected these disorders in
a short time and since taking two
bottles Of them my health has been
good writes Mrs. M. P. Harwood
Auburn, n. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-03
Tuesday

Will our boys like the home
menu when they return? Or will
we all have to learn to make army
stew?