Williston graphic., 1918-07-18

Another conquerer, the Emperor Charles " took the
town in 1914. It suffered in civil wars and in 1914
Napoleon defeated the Russo -Prussian forces near
Chateau Therry.
When the Chateau Thierry historical society meets
after the they will add chapter to their records
that will belong to New World histories too. For it
May 80, 1918, that the Germans in their desper-
ate offensive reached the Marne at ChateauT Therry.
The position is just important to-day as it was
dozen centuries ago. So when the modern Huns SEEM
ed to be winning, American marines were rushed by
motor from camps sixty miles away. They went
straight into battle and came in time the south
bank of the Marne. We have nqt heard the last OF
Chateau -Thierry. @..
G-R-A-P-H-IC
THE NEED FOR MOBILlZING MAN-POWER
The Government is beginning to realize the enormity
of the task Out Of this realization was born the or
der to all draft regstrants either to engage in useful
productive work join the colors. There is only
one thing wrong with this order: it does not 60 far
enough In the shortest possible time it should be ex-
tended to apply to all up to the age of at least
fcrty-fve.
Three months ago it pointed out in these pages
that the country is still without comprehensive ana
detailed inventory of its manpower. The country does
not know except vaguely how many men capable OF
working fighting it has, it does not kno" where
they are what they doing 1t needs card index
of its man power Every to at least torty-nVe
should be registered, giving the Government complete
N0PS'>A~A.o'
training present occupation, earning power ana WILL
lngness or capacity for essential war work. On the
basis this survey the older regstrants could be cas
sified in similar to the classification OF the
ten millions subject to the draft thus giving the men
in class ample time to prepare for industrial mo-
biization when it And it will before long,
The the preparations are made, the less d'slo
cation will be caused
It is unreasonable to expect that the United states
can continue to feed large part of Europe, raise
equip, transport and maintain army of several MIL
lions the other side of the Atlantic, produce essen
tia raw materials and manufactured commodities for
half the world and still continue to operate the ma
tiona household the old ndivdualistc plan Systc-
matte planning division of labor and outstanding OF re-
sources must introduced and introduced Immediately
Sunset Magazine
G-R-A-P-H--C
HOW HUNS CRUCIFIED KITTEN
All lovers of animals will shudder 1t :::s part of
Harvey Johnsons story told in the August American
Magazine. johnson is 14-year-old boy who has
fought "over there and in telling of his experiences,
he says:
"Talking about animals makes think Of some
thing I'll forget if live to be hundred You've
heard what the Germans have done to and women,
and even to babies. And mebbe this won't seem much
alongside of those things. But-well! Somehow it
seems to the meanest piece of devitry growr1-up
could stoop to-
1T was down the Somme, when push
Cefm0nS
close behind them and broken tree trunk lying
across q pile of bricks. And that tree trunk
ktten-and it crusifed there! guess you'd call
it crsifed Three of its little paws fastened to
the wood with bayonets. The fourth hanging free
and the little thing still mewng. Oh, Gee! You
know, you just looked at that little kitten and you
wanted to cry! OF course and didn't.
Put you don't know how that made we feel. Can you
think of men doing thing like that? l suppose they
figured that we'd believe they regular devs and
be afraid of them They amt got the right kind OF
sense We did think they devils all right. But
you'll fight that kind of devil and wish you had hum
dred hands to do it with"
G-R-A-P-H-IC
HAMPERS EXTENSION OF CREDIT
. The patronage of the mail-order house makes it
extremely difficult for local dealers to extend credit
without which great numbers of people IN North Da-
kota would be forced out of business.
There are thousands of families in State,
wealthy and comfortable today who would have been
compelled to leave the country in pioneer days had 1t
not been for credit extended to them by local retailers
There are also in the State, at the present time,
thousands people whom the failures OF the last
two wears rendered unable to pay their bills These
people being carried and will be continued to De
carried by the local dealers until crop conditions enable
them to recover
OF course the mai-order people extend credit
to such people They are interested only in those who
pay in advance
The practice of ma-order buying decreases the VOL
ume of business done by local merchants rendering it
extremely difficult them to extend credit and carry
the accounts of those who cannot pay their bills Inc
credit system absolutely essential in North Dakota
Without it the State could not have developed.
Anything which hinders the extension of credit to
those who need it, retards the progress of the country
Alex Karr of community Life"
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