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first but it is nevertheless strictly
true, for the cinch bug is pro-German
in our present war, the Hessian fly Is
still Hessian, and the army worm is
an ally Of the German army. Our
duty of helping to feed our fighting
friends being paramount, that OF pro-
tecting and defending the food sup
plies we produce is as essential as
their production.
AS matter of fact, incurring the ex-
pense of producing crops and then let
ting them fall prey to our insect en-
emieS is worse than not producing
them at all, and the official entOmOlo-
mobilized for special service in crop
protection. These men are but hand
full, however-not enough for an eff
cient patrol-and so they are calling
upon the people for such assistance
as they can easily give by keeping
watch for the common enemy and re-
porting the first traces of his appear
ance in numbers sufficient to threat
en- serious injury.
What these field insects are capable
of in the way of crop destruction is
fairly well known, and what the farm
er may do for the protection of his
crops can best be intrusted to the
hands Of various state entOmOlOgists,
whose business it is by bomb, gas and
other means to kill these allies Of the
foe.
Consider two fields of corn, both ly-
ing next to heavily infested fields of
wheat. One is protected by a circle
Of oil about it's borders. The other
is unprotected. The unprotected corn
is entered by the insects without hind
rance as the ripening Of the wheat
depriveS them Of food, and large part
of the corn is destroyed, as shown by
the part of the field laid bare next to
the wheat. In the other field not q hill
Of corn is hurt. The road oil poured
upon the ground in line between
it and the infested wheat catches the
bugs which seek to pass.
Millions Lost in Small Area.
BY a somewhat general use of such
methods and similar materials in
twenty-five southwestern counties of
a middle Western state where, during
cinch bug uprising last summer,
more than 1000 miles of barrier were
laid down between corn and infested
wheat, $1,OO0,O0O worth Of corn was
saved from destruction at total cost
to the owners of less than $4,000 and
of some $4,000 to the state. On the
other hand, wheat, oats and corn
worth at least $13OOO,OOO more were
lost during the same period for lack Of
sufficiently general and thoroughgoing
action.
Owing to a consequent scarcity Of
feed many farmers were unable to
keep up their stock, and in four in
tested counties, selected as sample
district for study in comparison with
another group of counties not infested,
the number of dairy COWS fell off in
four years IA per cent; beef cattle,
21.5 per cent; hogs, Is per cent; and
horses, q per cent. The total sum
of this reduction in numbers of the
live stock of the four sample counties,
due solely to the presence Of the cinch
bug, was $1,O53,318. Trade, banking.
education, professional incomes and
every kind of business and civic inter-
est naturally suffered from this stag
gering blow to the agriculture of the
region.
Greatest Damage to Corn.
The cinch bug does greatest damage
to corn. The adult or full-grown bug
is black and about one-eighth Of an
The Benson signal., 1918-05-04
EMPEY GOES "0VER THE TOP" FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
HAS DESPERATE HAND TO- HAND FIGHT

by the sinking of the Lusitana with the loss Of
Arthur
England
recruiting
France
makes the of cooies
in
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OLD WAYS OF TIME-KEEPING
Ancents Watched for Appearance of
Certain Stars and Then Announced
the Hour of Night.

The stars make one revolution in
every tWenty-four hours. From this
we can readily see how the anclents
originally kept track of the passage Of
time at night.
To do this they appointed a man
whose duty it was to watch for and
The Benson signal., 1918-05-04

sees a brilliant star which he recog-
nizes as belonging to one of the orig
inal groups. He calls the time indi-
Gated by the appearance Of this star
and then at intervals announces the
hour Of night by the appearance Of
other stars on the horizon.
This ancient custom persisted
through long ages. Even after the In
vention of clocks and watches old
communities in Europe and the United
States employed watchmen whose duty
it was to make the rounds and call the
hours Of night.
The Benson signal., 1918-05-04
By ROBERT H. MoULToN.

HAT the United States Is
already invaded, not by
Germans, it is true, but
by their effective allies.
and that a great host of
these are intrenched in
the grain fields is an as
sertiOn hard to believe at
The Benson signal., 1918-05-04
Empey joins the "Suicide
club" The thrilling details are
told in the next installment.

(TO BE CONTINUEDA
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
ILLINOIS PLANS NEW FORM OF r..
y. STATE GOVERNMEN BY BOARDS

flcials, expense to the state was cut
off, making it possible to employ men
OF large, capacity for the administers
tive tasks
Charles f. Woodward. who drew up
the code, says of it: ut is safe to
say that the civil administrative code
constitutes a radical innovation in
state administration. Students and
practical administrators have always
recognized the inherent weakness in
state governments, caused principals
ly by the distribution of powers and
responsibility among many executives.
The civil administrative code, while
necessarily emitting certain state ac-
tivities is the first comprehensive
scheme enacted into law to render
our state government stronger and
more efficient IT,, 80
Agitation for reform in the Illinois
system OF government began to have
results in the forty-eighth general as.
sembly, when. an efficiency and econ
omy commission was named to study
reorganization questions. A report
was made to the forty-ninth general
assembly, but nothing in the way of
legislation resulted.
Governor 5Lowden, in his campaign
for election, advocated such gov
ornamental system as was later enact
ed into law and now is in force.
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I der or sailor, go to that same court
and give the notice above mentioned
If no lawsuit has yet, begun, but
some landlord or other person is pre-
pairing to sell out or to take posses.
sion Of property in which the soldier
or sailor is interested go to the corr.
in whose jurisdiction the property is,
notify the court as above. and ask
, the court to summon the other party.
All such persons are forbidden by law
to take property in tina, way without
first applying to court for an order;
but some persons may ..n-mpt to
take possession without doing so, in
ignorance OF the new laN.
'If the soldier or sailor had an in
surance policy or Il fraternal benefit
membership, before Sept |, 1917, and
fears that he may not be able to keep
up his payments, he should write to
the war risk insurance bureau al
Washington and ask them for Il form
Of application tor ask his post adju-
tant at the camp. The government.
on certain conditions. will guarantee
tlIc lllCAt VI lIN IJI tililUllS, 81 tIldt
the policy or membership will not be
forfeited during the soldiers or sail
or's absence: he will then have a
year after his return in which to pay
and save his policy or membership.
This relief does not apply to all poll
ries or memberships, and details can
rot be given here; but on filling out
tie application and sending it TO the
war risk insurance bureau it will bo
July taken care Of (if it is the kind
# insurance that is protected by this
act.)
"iOpics of the 1ct are being SCH,
% about 2n,Gno lawyers. to all supn-
rior courts. and to all local boards: /
and the boards have heen asked To
hand a copy to the nearest magis
trate. Thus the courts ought to be
already we'll informed as to the pro
visions Of the new act. Neverthc
less. the copies furnished to the Red ,
Cross officers and members will doubt ,
less be needed for further r'rcu}ati''l
20 lawyers and magistrates. Aprli- /
cants for extra copies should hc d- !
rectcd to the division officers of the |
Red Cross" /
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
LEGAL RIGHTS OF SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS ARE PROTECTED

The protection of soldiers and sail
ors from undue haMships due to thei1
inability to bring or defend law suits
and to attend to business obligations
or property rights while in military
service are covered in the soldiers
, and sailors civil relief act recently
passed by congress. In notices being
sent out to the various draft boards
as we'll as recruiting Offices, the bene.
fits Of this act are explained. The
following is a brief outline of what
the act covers:
"A soldier or sailor may owe money
on note. Or he may have bought or
leased land or tools or furniture on
which an installment is yet due. Or
he may have Orlgaged his home, and
be table, to foreclosure for nonpay-
ment. Or he may have started home
stead or mining claim and be unable
TO continue the necessary occupation
in the required period of time. Or he
may have carried life insurance for
several years and now be unable to
keep up the premium payments. Or
he may have a money claim against
some one and during his absence the
lapse of time may raise a legal bar
against suing for it when he returns,
Or he may be sued on some claim in
his absence and may be unable to
defend the suit effectively while alb
sent.
IN these and other ways he may
suffer undue hardship. The object OF
rhiS act is TO give relief from such
hardship.
THE provisions Of the act are too
numerous to set forth accurately here
Enough to point out that its main
principle is as follows:
LET someone, on behalf of the sol
dicr or sailor, notify the court that
the party concerned is a soldier or
sailor Then the court will make
prompt inquiries into the merits Of
the case; ii the, case merits it, the
court mas power to stay the oiner
PARTY from further proceedings, or to
give other remedy that may be ap-
The court may also ap-
point an attorney to represent til"
soldier or sailor in the lawsuit.
IF a lawsuit has. been begun al I
ready in some court against the sol |
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
NINTH STREET

Geo. G. Newman Ninth St. & Broadway,
says II was subject to attacks of lVnlbago.
My back was often so lame, stiff and painful
I couldn't turn in bed. had dizzy spcAs and
headaches, too. The kidney secretions We're
highly colored, contained brick-dust-like
sediment and were too frequent in passage
After using three boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills, all signs Of kidney trouble had disap-
peared"
MORE THAN TWO YEARS LATER Mr..
Newman said: II still think we'll Of Doan's
Kidney Pills and am glad to confirm my for
mer endorsement They did me such a lot
of good that seldom need them now
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still sat there fc: hours, patient Tut
lOpeless. ""., -.
went over to her and asked If
she wanted NE to do anything for
her.
So he answered. am so tired. SO
tired"--all could get out OF her was
81 am so tired and truly, she look
ed tired $50 tired" as she sat there
with only the knowledge that she was
back in her beloved country to sustain
her
will you have your picture TAX
en- for me?' ] asked, at last, for /
wanted to show to Americans a type
Of, these thousands Of old people that
have been sent back to France by the
Huns to live as best they can the few
years remaining to them.
She looked at me moment, and
7 then apparently seeing the Red Cross
on my hat, she knew there was moth
ing to distrust, and she answered
"Oui."
And right here ] had most won
derful illustration of feminine nature.
The dear old woman, whose only pos
sessions in life were the bag and
crutch that stod beside her who
knew that she would never see this
picture, and who did not know where
she would be sent to finish her life
who did not even know where her
next meal was to come from-sat up
a little. straighter, brushed back the
stray locks of white hair that were
blown about her Wrinkled face, and
asked me if would tie her bonnet
strings a little tidier,
Kraye old soul. ..'
It was the. spirit that cannot be
crushed, whether it rests in the body
of an orphan child, a crippled sol
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
SWEET STREET

Mrs James Alsbury, Oil Sweet St., says:
my back bothered me for several years. At
times | was so lame and sore / could hardly
bend and when Strengthened, sharp pains
darted through my kidneys. Il often cried
out, because of the pain. At night my limbs
ached so severely couldn't sleep well and I
was tired when got up in the morning. My
kidneys didn't act as they should, either. |
was advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills and
got a supply at the Lenhart Drug Co. One
box did me more good than anything | had
previously taken and four boxes entirely rid
me of kidney complaint and restored me to
good health" +#
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Read These Bismarck Cases
FRONT STREET

Mrs. C. H. Casper, SO Front St. says:
"For years | was troubled by kidney COM
plant. I had sharp pains in my back and
general weakness through my hips and limbs.
l was tired and depressed much of the time
and my kidneys acted irregularly. Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me of the attack
RELIES ON DOAN'S
Over two years later Mrs. Casper said:
81 find Doan's Kidney Pills as good now as
when last recommended them. Sometimes
a cold settles in my kidneys, but Doan's al
ways. relieve me-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
ioWAsUNpER WAY.

Iowa City, Ia, April With seven
1917 veterans on the squad, baseball
practice is well under way at the Uni
versity of Iowa and Coach Maurice "A.
Kent looks for a strong nine.
Captain-elect Frank, Legion, Luce,
Brown. Kremer, Olsen and Won Lack
UNI, are the. old men, and among other
leading contenders for positions are
six members of last years freshman
team-Ehred, Hamilton, Goodwin,
Lieb, Woodwork and Belding.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01

Springfield, H., April dispensers
of Illinois new administrative code.
operating nine state departments in
place. of numerous, boards and COM
missions, are beginning to breathe
more easily and to forecast complete
success for the centralized system
which is declared by students of pol
itical economy to be the most extreme
of it's sort in the United States.
Nine departments, now operative,
subject to direction Of the governor,
are as follows: Finance, agriculture,
labor. mines and minerals, public
works and buildings, public welfare.
health, trade and commerce, and reg
istration and education.
Half year and more has passed
since inception of the system and no
critics have, arisen to find fault with
the consolidation statute which EN-
powers the governor to name or re-
move any or all Of the nine depart
ment heads to whom a host OF minor
appointees are subservient. The act
was passed by the general assembly
of 1917 and in the vote party lines
were obliterated.
New York, Ohio, Wisconsin and 9th
err states have attempted government
reforms in the name Of efficiency, but
Illinois was the first to write: on the
statute books. comprehensive adj
ministrative CODE, according to the
Illinois legislative reference bureau.
AS a concession to certain, recalcit-
rant elements, Governor Frank @.
I.owden agreed to leave outside the
nnrview of the, consolidation law, III
accordance with laws already in force
tho. election of trustees of the state
university and of members OF the
hoard of equalization, the board OF
agriculture and the Farmers lnstl,
tute. !, .. .%..,. ... i,
The theory was further modified by
constitutional provisions which re-
0,t4fed;.. that the secretary OF state,
state auditor, state treasurer ana SUI
Derintendent Of public instruction be
elected as individual officials.
In addition to the departmental di'
visions, all functions quasi-judlclall or
uilasi.legislative are performed oy
boards or commissions without super
vision or control by department heads.
Members of these commissions re-
ceiye compensation for fixed services.
Questions. of policy and expediency
are decided with the cooperation OF
advisory boards composed OF persons
Of expert skill and knowledge who
give their time and scientific Informal
ton as patriotic service.
One change in the governmental
system, looked upon as decided at
vantage is the centralized purchasing
agency in the department OF public
works and buildings, making possible
Standardization of purchases with
large saving to the state
In no case is the salary OF the d.
rector of a department in excess OF
$1,000. BY the elimination Of 'so-callei
Iconfictinx; commit sions and petty of.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
ISN'T SATISFIED.

Louisville, Ky, April 1,-Richard K.
burning, a pitcher with the Brooklyn
Nationals, is not satisfied with the
contract President Ebbets has sent
him and has made application to the
draft board in-this city to be allowed
to Join the coast patrol section in
Portland, Me-, where he is now lo-
Gated. burning went to the Brooklyn
team by draft from the Portland
clip Of the Eastern league in 1916,
and was farmed out to Montreal and
Portland last season. . IN
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
SEVENTH STREET

ia. Montgomery, no Seventh St., says
81 suffered for long time from backache,
which knew was caused by my kidneys be-
ing out of ORDER used Doan's Kidney Pills
and they were just what l needed for they
strengthened my back and regulated my kid
neXs l have never had any more kidney
trouble" <.+.%
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
BROADWAY

D. Hill, SIS, Broadway. says: MY expert
ence with Doan's Kidney Pills has been so sat
isfactory, | recommend them to anyone suf-
fering from kidney and bladder trouble. I
suffered from a stitch in my back whenever
lifted anything. Ny kidneys were weak and
| had to get upoften at night to pass the
kidney secretions. Doan's Kidney Pills
quickly cured me-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01

.r,..-.
In each convoy that comes to Evia,l
out from behind the German lines,
you will find from 10 to IS wome:
who have babies under two years old,
and all OF these children must have
German fathers. ~ ...s-
do these women love their chill
dren?''
Most of them do, but one out OF
every 10 you will find has been so
abused by its German father that
she can hardly treat the child at her
breast kindly. t.
*-"No boche> has any respect for a
woman declared one young mother
in whom love of her baby and hate
Of its German father struggled for
mastery.
when Poche soldier gets his
permission he often stays back or
the lines instead OF going home to his
family, because he knows that his
family dO"s not have the food to
eat that the soldier does He really
does not care for his family as do
the men of France
And she was right,
ACh q OASh oolu4Ol lSSotNSS IL ,
eight days permission" he gets back
as soon as. he can to his family. and
If he was cab driver, you Will see
him driving cab the entire time, that
he might pick up a few francs for
his family. II. he has little piece
of land, he will be cultivating that.
Every French soldier tries to make
his wife and children little more
comfortable while he is home, and
as he gets only 5 cents day he al
ways tries to make a little money when
he is on permission"
AT Evian, the old people. seem to
me the most pitiful, for the children
have a future, they may grow, into
strong men, and women. But the
old---my heart was breaking for them.
A great, many Of them are so worn
that the joy OF getting back to Ia
Patrie'. is too much for them, and
they die within "a hours after ar
rival. .s~ 4 ), - Y,
The old people are taken to the
Convent of Joan of Arc, where the
gentle mothers and sisters care for
them. But felt that on the door of
this: place should be written, "aban-
don hope all We who enter here for
only those without friends and only
a short time to live, are taken here.
While l was at Evian, two sisters,
who had gone mad from the cruelty
OF. the Huns, were brought here to die.
would not like any woman to have
heard their cries for mercy from their
captors, It was horrible.
The system Of finding relatives and
friends is so wonderful at Evian that
most of them are sent away within the
day to someone who is waiting for
thehl.' v. WI
But the poor old woman whose pic
ture is printed here was lame and
ALL alone. Evidently in all the world
she had no one whose eyes would
brighten for her. a.
After: all the others had left, she
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
NEW GRlNNELL CAPTAIN.

Grinnell. Ia, April Addison
Sprinkle OF Erie, ILL.,. is the new cap
tain of the Grinnell college track team,
selected to succeed Barden, who is in
the government service in Panama.
Sprinkle won his letter for winning
the two-mile race in the Drake dual
meet two years ago. Last season he
specialized in. the half-mile.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
SECOND STREET

Mrs. H. Steinmetz, III Second St., Bis
marck, says: Il had severe pain in the
small of my back and lameness and soreness
across my kidneys. also had a tired, languid.
feeling that caused me annoyance. I tried
everything | knew of to get relief but was I'M
successful until | got Doan's Kidney Pills at
the Lenhart Drug Co., Doan's entirely cured
me and the trouble hasn't returned"
NO TROUBLE SINCE
Over two years later Mrs. Steinmetz said:
III have never had kidney trouble since Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me few years ago. |
take them once in awhile, however, just to
keep my kidneys in good condition
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
CITY NEWS

For the Red Cross Miss Eoyeson
has turned over to the local Red Cross
treasury SO which is the proceeds from
Il recital given at the North Ward
school under the auspices of the
North Ward Junior Auxiliary to the
Red Cross
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01

Swamped with Bonds.-The state
bonding department OF the insurance
commissioners office is literally
Swamped with applications for bonds
rom township and village officers ell
ecled in the recent spring ballot bat
= les. reports Deputy Thomas Sheehan.
No appropriation has been made for
clerk hire in the insurance
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01

May Make Home Here.-Mrs. J. r.
Mcleod, widow Of Little Mae late
publisher Of the Flasher Hustler, and
one OF the best beloved newspaper
men North Dakota ever has produced,
is in the city looking up residence
properties and it is understood she
will make Bismarck her home. Mrs,
Mcleod has leased the Fla sher
Hustler.
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der, or a worn and weary frame Of
a! woman who must patiently wait
until the end. We know the French
have it. God grant Americans show
up as well where they are tried.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-01
MOTHER LOVE And HATE STRUGGLE
ON FACES OF FRENCH WOMEN WHO
'a*s2 Wy ARE CARR YING THEIR B0CHE BABIES
BY IDAH M'GLONE GIBSON

Author Of Confessions of a
Wife, Who Has Just Returned
From a Trip to the War Zone
Under the Auspices of the
American Red Cross and the
Daily Tribune.