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The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Street Lighting

A street lighting system for Ord
way which will take the business dis
trict out of almost utter darkness
and put 1t in the light. should be
installed. Such a system is being
advocated by q number of the busi-
ness men of the town who can prove
that such an improvement will be
money we'll spent. 1t is advocated
that there should be modern lamp
posts, such as are in use in Rocky
Ford, placed from the new depot
north on Main street to Fourth street.
The cost is hardly the item to he
considered, for no Improvement can
be put in for nothing. but improve
ments which are here are the things
which hold people as residents of the
town. Take them away and We'll
all be wanting to beat it out and
move to some town-which does have
something,
Recently farmer came to Ordway
to look at land and had practically
made a deal. He had business In
Rocky Ford so drove over there and
after being on the streets over night
and witnessing the brightness of the
place he dropped the deal here and
bought farm near Rocky Ford. He
wanted to be near a mooern town and
he judged the modernness of that
place by the we'll lighted condition
OF the city's streets.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20

and. despite the fact that the new
quarters were not very. attractive 1t
was much better than where they
had been living. On Thursday night
following this change the woman
died. and two babies were left moth
erless. The question arises, what is
to be done in cases of this kind.
There is no hospital in Ordway.
There is no hospital in the county.
and this case became county case
because the family was without mo-
ney and had to be provided with
medicine, groceries and physician.
What is needed. and badly needed,
is hospital of some kind in Ordway,
however small it may be. The county
is looking forward to the time when
the county farm will have suitable
buildings where such cases might be
taken. and given proper care. The
commissioners are moving in tina.
direction and making provisions for
this. so the people in general should
give the commissioners the best of
that the undertaking
might be speedily brought to a reality.
People in general. and especially
woman who is the mother Of babies,
should be given better attention than
the town of Ordway and the county
was, at this time, able to provide.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Too Much Creel

There was a time when a few gov
ernment publications. were sent to
the newspapers for general use, car
rying information which might be
republished in the local papers for
the benefit of the reading public.
That time has passed when few
publications are received in the news
paper office-for now they come in
by the bunch. and almost by the
basketful. When there were only a
few they were well prepared and
carried good material which the
newspapers frequently used. Now,
since there are SO many. and many of
them containing junk. gush. Creelism
and the like, they all go lickety-scoot
over into the waste basket. The net
result to the government is that hun
dreds of thousands OF dollars are
being spent annually with less OF
this material every getting to the
public than when there were the few
well prepared bulletins.
The war is over. so for - 3
when are these bulletins and pam
phlets, and more bulletins and pam
phlets, going to cease. The squand-
ering of public fumes by Creel on
bulletins for public Information"
has become a joke. The public really
ought to have the information of
what this is all costing.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20

in the corporate limits. Regardless
of this there has been n spread of
the disease until the towns quota"
has been reached. The question,
therefore is, is the ban of itself ac-
the desired results. There
is this to say: had the ban not been
placed or had 1t been lifted before
the present epidemic here the epi-
denies spread would have been
charged to the fact that public gath
erings were permitted. even tho no
more cases occurred than have been
No one seems to know
what is best to do; no one seems to
know how people get the disease. nor
are there any bodies of individuals
who will agree with other bodies. and
the medical profession itself is di-
vided.
We doubt II the city officials know
all about what is best. They would
be wise lot II they did.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
School Questions

In this issue appears an article
written by Superintendent A. B. Ross.
of the ordway schools, which brings
to light some very important points
with reference to the school grounds
and school buildings. 1t will be well
for every interested person-and
every person in the district should
be Interested to read carefully Mr..
Ross suggestions. Ordway is good
town and every move toward public
improvement should be carefully con-
sidered that the very best and most
appropriate public Improvement be
made. In ten years from now Ord
way will be better town II what Is
done now is OF the. very best and
exactly what Is wanted even IL tho
cost is a little more.
If the right kind OF all improve
ments are made now there will be
more people here ten years from now
to pay for It, II penny wise and
pound foolish methods are adopted
there will be no more people here
ten years from now than live here
at present. A school ground and
school buildings lacking In any way
will tend to attract no one. but q
first class. modern. up-to-the-minute
school system here will be an at
traction which will pull moro new
people, and the right kind of people.
to the community. and should be
encouraged.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
What Of the Ban

There Is some discussion as to
whether or not the ban, which pro-
hibits all public gatherings, shall be
lifted. At mGeting of the health
board on Monday night of this week
the question was brought up but
nothing was done toward removing
the public gathering restrictions. The
meeting adjourned to this Friday
evening at 8 o'clock at which time
the matter will be taken up again.
What is best to do is q mooted
question and II there are any who
may know exactly what is best to do
and what should be done, that person
will doubtless be welcome at that
meeting.
The ban has been lifted in certain
'owns only to be placed again. In
other towns and cides the ban on
gatherings has been lifted in the face
of the prevailing epidemic with no
apparent change so far as the number
of cases of influenza were concerned.
The ban has been on in Ordway quite
= long time. even starting before
there were any cases of the malady
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Why Some Suffer

A few days ago a woman took sick
in Ordway and had been i'll for a
couple or three days before her case
and the condition of her surround
ings were brought to the attention
of the officials. When the condition
of affairs we're investigated it was
found that the family. a man. the
wife and two babies, and the hus-
bands three brothers were all living
in covered wagon at the ball ground.
Four of them had the influenza, all
except the two little children and the
husbands ten year old brother. The
condition of affairs and the way they
were living was not conducive to good
recovery of influenza patients, 80
their wagon was moved up to the
town hall and the building at the
rear was converted into a hospital
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Connecting Links

During this holiday season the mer-
chants of Ordway have had splen-
did lot of advertising thru which they
have connected the buying public up
with their places of business and
their bountiful Christmas stocks. In
variably where the merchant has CIV
en- his advertising matter the same
thought and attention he gives his
stock he has profited by the advertis-
ing he had done, and to glance over
the ads which have appeared in the
New Era during the past three weeks
they have given their advertising the
attention all advertising matter must
have II 1t is to bring results.
These merchants have stated that
their business has been good; they
have enjoyed a holiday trade which
has been remarkable. No advertise
ment sells an article of any kind. The
advertising takes the place of the
courteous talk a merchant or clerk
gives when the customer is in the
store. So when the prospective buyer
Is at home the merchants talk to him
thru the columns of the paper.
Publicity matter is necessary.
Readers of papers want to see what
the market reports show; they want
to see who is buying beans, or poul-
try or other commodities, and they
want to see what the merchants have
to offer from week to week.
During holidays women do not wait
until they get down town to decide
on the things they are going to buy
for a present for this member or that
member of their family, or for a
friend. They do that deciding at
home. and the advertisements in the
newspapers help them to decide.
There are people who take their local
paper almost solely because of their
desire to keep in touch with the bust
ness houses thru the advertisements
and the market reports.
AS for the merchant. there are
many ways in which he may adver-
tise. and one of these ways is his dis
play window. 1t is a necessary part
of business and poor display or no
display will cut In on the sales of a
business. 1t is conceded that the two
best advertising methods. II but two
were to be used, are the newspaper
and the show window, and one is not
SO good without the other.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
FOR ITALY's BABIES.

Motherhood IN Italy just now is not
the JOY that 1t might be, for the poor
women are at their wits ends to clothe
the children already in the family, not
to mention the preparation for the lit
tie newcomers. Perhaps the most ap-
preciated gifts of the American Red
Cross at this time are the layettes
which are being given to the mothers
of Italy. Each layette consists of
tweDty-four pieces and includes four
bright colored swathIng bands, SO dear
to the heart of the Italian woman.
Twenty layettes week are needed ut
ChioEgia alone.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Replacing the Orchards.

The American Red Cross has given
$4,000 to assist in the replanting of
trees In the orchards laid bare by the
Germans. With this sum 10000 fruit
trees will be replaced in the devas-
tated orchards Of Belgium and north
ern France.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
HOME SERVICE WORK

The ten thousand Home Service Sec
tions Of the American Red Cross, In
their work of looking after the fami-
Hes of the enlisted men, are doing won
ders for the morale of the army. Our
fighters are not men who are going to
worry about themselves. but If they do
not get cheerful letters from home. or
II anything goes wrong there, they are
going to worry, and that delicate thing
the army men call morale is going to
be disturbed. 1t is to safeguard
against <his and also to prevent need
less suffering and to promote that spir-
II of neIghborlIness and kindly aid that
binds each community Into an organic
whole that the Home Service was or
ganized.
Over $4,000 workers are serving on
these ten thousand committees, which
reach into every corner of the country.
however remote. Not town or VII
lage or crossroads that Is not within
reach of the Red Cross; not a wife or
child or mother of a man In service
who cannot claim the ready aid OF the
Red Cross workers.
More than 100000 families of Ameri-
can soldiers and sailors have been re-
lieved of money troubles. legal difficult
ties and worries of all sorts by the
protecting arm of the Red Cross. II
the allowances of allotments under the
War Risk Insurance law do not come
the matter Is at once referred to Red
Cross Headquarters. taken up with the
proper government bureau and prompt
ly Strengthened out. II, through the
delay, the family finds Itself In need
Of money sums are advanced to tide 1t
over until the allotment arrives. Dur
ing July over sixty thousand inquiries
of this kind were received. and more
than third Of these were taken clear
through to headquarters before they
could be Strengthened out
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Some Needed Things

New street lighting system in thrne
blocks of Main street.
A hospital for Ordway
Town auditorium.
County farm buildings.
More cottages for rental.
Enlarged school grounds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
Hero OF Cantigny, >s
Minus A Leg, Calls
Al Parents Home

Bismarck, N. D., NOV. 16.-Private
Clayton A. Carmichael. Of the
heroes Of Company A, who vas
wounded in>the capture Of Cantigny,
called on Adjutant General Fraser
yesterday before leaving for Walter
Reed hospital at Washington to take
up the study of biography. Private
Carmichael, a son Of William Car
michael Of Hartford, in Emrnons
county. enlisted in Company A., the
Bismarck unit of the Fighting First,
July 5, 1917, sailed overseas with the
164th infantry and was transferred
with his company into the 18th U. S.
infantry, which went into action with
the First division, on the Toul front.
He participated in all the engage
ments OF his command until wound
ed at Cantigny on June 8, 1918. A
few days later his left leg was am
putated above, the knee, and as soon
as he could travel he was returned
home. After his arrival here he did
some effective campaigning in the
Fourth Liberty Loan.
Private Carmichael is slight and
boyish looking. In fact, he is only
a boy. II didn't, mind being under
fire much after the first time" he
had to do since the war began vas to
face a big audience in the auditorium
at Minneapolis. When the time came
for me to speak, I would rather have
faced a Big Bertha. All the boys felt
the same way about it, and we kept
trying to pass the buck to some other
fellow. But hat wasn't bad after we
got started, and the crowds were
mighty nice to U.s."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
BURLnCB BOARD.
WILL not COUNT
SOLDIER VOTES.

Bismarck, N. D.. Nov. 18.-The
IBurleigh county ca%nvassins board has
made q decision that no soldier votes
will be counted which were not re
turned or or before election day.
This action was taken at q meeting
Of the canvassing board.
The reason for the action appears
to be that =. F. Allen, league candi-
date for states attorney against f.
e. McCurdy. present Office holder,
had 81 majority on the face of the
returns, and the board, made up of
league men, wishes to keep him in
the lead
The only. action left for Mccurdy,
officials say, is to take up the matter
through the courts, but he has made
no statement as to what he will do.
The other counties in the state
have not yet followed the example
set by the Burleigh board in refusing
to let the fighters vote, but 1t is pre-
dicted that if the action goes through
there, others may follow the leader"
There seems little doubt, however,
that the matter will be taken to the
courts, not because of the, individual
fight in the county, but that the men
who have made such successes in
France may be given the rights they
deserve
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
FATIGUE FLYING STOPPED.

Dallas, Texas, Nov. 1e.-Not to
save gasoline, the wear and tear on
airships nor even the lives of the fly
ers, but to preserve the patience of
the older birdmen and ~unoffending
civilians, commanding officers at
Texas aviation camps have barred
fatigue flying" It is also known as
bunk flying and bedroom flying"
and is aviation parlance for boasting
about flights you have made and
thrills experienced.
The young flyers are particularly
prone to 1t. AS the total number of
actual flying hours an aviator has
had increases, there is less inclination
to do fatigue flying. officers say.
"Quit flying when you get out Of
the ship" Is the order now given.
mo flying allowed down town Or in
the. barracks"
Strongest objection came from the
barracks where the older men were
greatly annoyed by fatigue flying.
One group which had ignored
shouts to be quiet, were silenced re-
Gently when an officer passing
through remarked: "Oh, let them
alone. That mattress they're sitting
OF has had more than a thousand
hoursO
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
PLANNED.

st. Louis, Nov. 1e.-Plans for the
organization Of a union discount
banking corporation have been
launched by st. Louis bankers for the
purpose Of dealing both in trade and
bankers domestic and foreign COM
mercial acceptance papers, with the
primary object of meeting post-bel-
lum conditions of increased trade.
A committee representing local
bankers have begun a tour Of the
larger cities Of the country. They
will confer with bankers. and com
mercial men and work out an
equitable basis for handling bankers
acceptances SO as to put both the
drawer and the acceptor Of the drafts
on as nearly an equal footing as pos
sible.
Included in the itinerary are Chi
caso, Boston, Cleveland and New
York. II the tentative plans ma.
~terialize the scope Of the Organization
will be sufficiently broad to cover all
phases Of commercial banking.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
y. s. HIGHWAY
BODY CANCELS
PROJECT RULES

Bismarck, N. D.. Nov. 16.-The
tate highway commission today was
advised that the United States high
ways council announces that no fur
Eher applications need be made to 1t
Tor the approval of highway projects,
Ind that previous disapprovals are
revoked, and pending applications re-
auire no further action. Procedure
In securing material and transporta-
lion should follow normal processes,
advises the federal highway council.
Removal of restrictions" it adds.
docs. not affect highway bono is
sues, which are by law under control
Of the capital issues committee"
State highway departments will not
be asked to submit programs for next
years work. The North Dakota COM
mission is extending its 1918 road
building campaign well into the win
ter. thanks to favorable weather, and
1t hopes to make up some of the time
lost through inability to procure labor
during the busy season. The COM
mission has a much larger program
mapped out for next year.
Surveys have recently begun for
federal aid highway projects in En-
mons, Mcintosh and Logan counties.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
= ADVERTISEMENT.
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Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove It

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
MayviAe Gets Quota
In First Two Days

Mayville, Nov. 16.-The second day
of the United War Work Campaign
saw Mayville over the top. The six
workers who made the drive under
the direction of chairman, G. A.
Springer, did a thorough job and met
with no disappointment. The result
of the campaign, which is practically
over, shows that Mayville gives more
than it's apportionment again IN this
latest drive. The district in which
Mayville is situated was apportioned
$500 after the increase Of 30 per
cent, and Mayville was asked to raise
$1,000 Of this amount.
The Mayville subscriptions by
close of the second day totaled nearly
$4,000 exclusive of the amounts given
by the students of the normal school.
. The students of the Mayville normal
school made generous gifts to the
fund, contributing something over
1925. This amount is not counted In
the city fund since students In all
schools throughout the United States
are making a separate campaign. In
most schools the donations from
faculty members is counted with h
student gift but the Mayville normal
school faculty contributed with the
city, since they considered themselves
a part of the city population.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Congraham and
daughter of Inkster visited here yes
terday.
Mrs. 7. A. Christianson Of Niagara
spent yesterday here.
Mrs. F. B. Poole and two daugh-
ters OF Park River are guests at the
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49," kfk X sTH IN. ~
Miss Pearl Hemmey Of Reynolds is
the week end guest Of Miss Laura
Morley, 90 Cherry street.
Mrs. G. A. Abbott has returned
from Minneapolis where she was
called by the death Of her twin broth
er, NJ. T. Ware Of st. Paul. Mr.. Ware
was a member Of the national guard
and was serving in fire relief work at
Moose Lake when he contracted in
fuenza which quickly developed into
pneumonia which resulted In his
death. N"' -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
First N. D. Fedora.
Highway AT Edgeley
Approved By Leaders

Bismarck, N. D.. Nov. 16.-Ap-
prevail Of the first federal highway
project completed in North Dakota, a
23-mile strip near Edgeley, in La
Moure county. came from a high
source this week when a member Of
the Wisconsin highway commission
who has property interests in La
Moure county inspected the strip of
highway and declared it better than
anything the Badger state has yet
done In the way Of earth road con-
%struction. He had never believed, he
declared, that such permanency and
general utility could be attained in
the construction of earth roads. The
North Dakota highway commission,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-16
NEW HIGHWAY PLANNED.

t- = H- E--..'F rLa a
Juarez. Mex, Nov. 1s.-An inter-
national highway from Mexico City to
Ell Paso to connect with the proposed
Bankhead highway was advocated at
q Mexican luncheon given. here by
the Ell Paso Automobile club and the
chambers Of commerce Of Ell Paso
and Juarez In honor Of the path
finders from Memphis. Tenn. who
reached Ell Paso overland.
President Escudero. Of the Juarez
chamber Of. commerce, announced
that the Mexican federal government
Vas planning to construct q highway
from Juarez to Mexico City and that
this could be connected with the pro-
posed Bankhead highway at 81 Paso,
Surveys for such a highway had been
made near Qperetaro, he added and
said the road would follow the old
national highway from the border 20
Mexico City which had such : great
part in the early development Of the
republic before the railroads were
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