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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-04-18
DOYLE ENDORSED
FOR GOVERNOR
DEMOCRATS BRING OUT CANDl-
DATE FOR STATE OFFICE
Democratic Ticket Is One This Year
to Go Against Nonpartisans

Fargo, April 4-Tho democratic
committee on nomination completed
its work today and made the following
endorsements for state and congress
siona tickets:
State
Governor S. J. Doyle.
Atty. General G.. S. Woolcdgc or
ID. ]. OConncll.
Sec. of Agriculture ID. j. Gorman
Supt Schools Miss Minnie Nelson
Miss Lottie Jones or Miss Radcliff.
Insurance Commissioner r..
Schneider or Charley Whittlcscy.
Secretary of Statc-W. l.. Lanter-
man or Jerome RuZickski
State Trcasurer-M. f. Hcggc or
Oliver Knudtson.
State Auditor-John B. Fried, A..
]. Engdahl or Fred Stevens.
Railroad Commissioners - Frank
Higgins, G. NJ. Robe and Jens Peter
son.
Supreme Court-Judge Chas. Fisk
Congressional
flfSL DlSlflct-J. II. Il. OCOnnOr,
George Bangs or Charles Drown.
Second District-L. N. Torson, w.
c. Mcdowell or Hugh Mcdonald.
Third District-Ealvor l.. Halvor-
son, Charles Simons and f. r.. MurtEa.
1t is expected that Mr.. Doyle, who
is at present U. S. state marshal, will
accept the position an d become a
candidate for the party at the June
primaries. Among the committee on
nominations were leading democrats
throughout the state, including J. NJ
Kelley of Devils Lake, and w. T..
Purcell of Wahpeton and f. o. He'll
strom of Bismarck
The resolutions endorsed President
Wilson, condemned profiteering, also
labor organizations engaged in govern
ment war work that encouraged
strikes and hampered production at
this time; also condemned all persons
preaching discord or class prejudice
among the people of this country.
Profiteering, striking for unreasonable
wages and preaching of sedition were
strongly condemned in this time of
stress and national trial.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-04-18
oakes Flour Mills Sold

The Dwight M. Baldwin Mills of
Minneapolis have come in possession
of the Oakes flour mills. The Royal
Elk Milling Company came in possess
sion of the Oakes property in 1915 and
ran it for few months, and this COM
pany has now relinquished title to the
Minneapolis concern. The new owners
are among the thriving flour 1nill
owners of Minneapolis, owning line
of mills in Minnesota and North Da-
kota. It is not likely the mill will be
operated before next fall.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-04-18

for their baptism of fire 1S7 days after
war was declared.
American troops permanently took
over part of the firing line as an
American sector in January. 1918.
There are now four times as many
vessels in the naval service as a year
ago.
Nearly $4,000 mechanics and other
civilian employees are working at
navy yards and stations.
Ordnance program includes the pur-
chase OF 233,000,00O hand grenades,
725,OO0 automatic pistols, 250,O0O re-
volvers, 23,00o,oo0 projectiles for
heavy artillery. 427246,0oO pounds of
explosives, 100000 machine guns,
2,4S4,00O rifles.
Machine guns arc being produced at
the rate of 225,O0O a year, 3la inch
guns at the rate of $4,000 a year.
When war was declared, 1913 naval
vessels were building or authorized,
and contracts have been placed since
that time for 949 vessels.
In less than three weeks after en-
actment of selectivc-service law the
male population of the country within
draft age, approximately 100000
men, presented themselves before
some 1000 boards and registered.
Two weeks after war was declared
contracts had been made covering the
requirements of an army of 1,000,0 900
000 items.
Six new authorized batllcships AFRO
designed to be of 800 tons, the larg-
est battleships in the world.
Prompt repairs of 100 interned Ger
man ships, partially wrecked by their
crews, added more than 100000 tons
TO our available naval and merchant
tonnage.
Several hundred submarine chasers,
built since the war, have been deliv-
cred to the navy by 81 private con-
Germs and six navy yards; many of
these boats have crossed the Atlantic,
some in severe weather
Treasury department noated $685.
$4,000 subscriptions to Liberty
Bonds.
Bonds, certificates of Indebtedness.
war savings certificates and thrift
stamps issued by the treasury up to
March 12 totaled $500, ,S02, ,O52.96.
The United States government had
loaned to foreign governments asso-
ciated in the war on March 12, 1918,
$4 .436, $780, $50.
The Emergency Fleet corporation
had requisitioned March 1, 425 steel
vessels and contracted for 72O steel
vessels, making total of 1,145 steel
ships of an aggregate dead weight
tonnage of 8,164.5O8 tons; it had let
contracts for 49O wooden vessels, ag-
gregating approximately 1.715, 900 dead
weight tons; it had repaired and put
in operation 788,000 dead weight ton
mage seized from Germany and Aus
tria.
Total deaths in the army from April
6, 1917, to March IA, for all causes,
was reported by the adjutant general S
office to be 1,191. OF this number 1872
were reported as killed in action and
237 died or were lost at sea. The total
number wounded in action was 4O4.
Thirty-five men have been reported as
missing; % of them are said to have
been caDtured
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-04-18
Dettman-Fountain

Aberdeen News: Miss Minnie Dett-
man and S. G. Fountain stole a march
on friends last Saturday evening when
they were married by Rev. Gilbert
Stansell in the study of the Methodist
church. The ring service was used. It
was very simple affair with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. ]. Coulter as their only at
tendants.
Miss Dettman has been employed
at the Danielson store for some time
and is well and favorably known in
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fountain left the first
of the week for Roscoe where they
will make their home. Mr.. Fountain
being employed in . lumber yard as
bookkeeper. I
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-04-18
Henry eemar Has Fire Loss

Fire consumed the barn and dam
aged the chicken house on the Henry
Gemar farm north of the city last
Thursday afternoon. The barn cost
about $4,000 and was insured for
$1,000. About $500 worth of grain
was destroyed. with only 5000 worth
of insurance. A young calf lost it's
life in the fire. Among the grain lost
was 60 bushels of seed wheat. Some
harnesses and machinery were also
destroyed
The origin of the fire is not known.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-04-18
Dickey County Goes Over
Top Strong in Third L. l..

Dickey county has gone way over
the top in subscribing its quota of the
Third Liberty Loan. The quota for
the county was placed at $125.000,
Last evening so far as reported it had
gone nearly to the 100000 mark and
was still climbing toward doubling
the quota.
Chairman Naylor of the Oakes COM
mittee said this morning that Oakes
was going to double its quota. Last
evening the high mark of 10000 had
been reached and there We're enough
more in sight to make it $4,000, The
quota for Oakes was $165O0 So far
as reported to Chairman Crabtree last
evening the totals subscribed We're as
follows:
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-04-18
Appreciation

We want to most cordially thank
the Oakes Volunteer Fire Department
for its quick response to call for help
in trying to fight the fire demon at
Hample and save our elevator on
Tuesday night. It was much appre-
ciated.
Hample Farmers Elevator Co.,
BY ]. D. Ames.
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21
NEW DRUG FIRM

DR.. G. A. Hopkins on Thursday sold
the City Drug store on Grand avenue to
Percy A. HOhl and Orville O'Neil who
took possession yesterday morning and
will operate tho same in the future on
the high order in which the business
has been conducted in the past.
The new proprietors are popular
young men who should make success
of this well established business, Mr.
Hohl having been connected with the
store the past two years as clerk, and
Mr.. O'Neil, the junior member of the
firm, coming from the O'Neil ranch
between Glenwood and Carbondale.
, Dr.. Hopkins has enjoyed good bus.
mess in the store, but he has for some
time felt the need Of being free from
the mercantile life in order that he
might the more fully devote his time
to his medical practice.
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21
MoNTRosE MAINTAINS
REAL QUARANTINE

An airtight, smallpox quarantine has
been decided upon by the city council,
which met in DR.. Knott's office Sunday
and decided that homes which are af-
flicted with influenza shall be quar-
antined as strictly as would be small
pox with the one exception that where
person is helping nurse next-door or
nearby neighbors, they and they only
can come and go.
Anyone desiring to come from a
home under quarantine and remain
away from home, during the quaran
tine, can do so by guaranteeing to re.
port twice day to his or her physi-
clan for examination for three days.
This, the officers think, will have an
effect which the people desire. A spe-
cial officer is to be employed who will
have charge of the quarantine work
and will probably be the man who tacks
up the quarantine signs.-Montrose
Press.
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21
TO URGE OPERATION
OF MIDLAND ROAD

AS the Post goes to press the Public
the question as to whether the officials
of the Colorado Midland shall be al
lowed to abandon the road and to
cease operating the same. This is a
question in which Glenwood and every
other town on the line or near the line
is vitally interested.
The supreme court recently set aside
the ruling of Judge Sheafor of the Ell
Paso county district court to the effect
that Receiver Carlton was at liberty to
cease operations and to junk the road.
The supreme court s decision was really
an injunction against junking the road,
passing the question Of whether or not
the road shall cease operations up to
the Public Utilities commission, which
the court says is the proper body 20
determine that question.
In order that the commission may be
properly advised of the needs of our
PeoPle, anu the uelHdHu tHdt tHe MIL
land be maintained and operated, al.
most every community along the line
is being represented before the com
mission.
When Mayor Kirwan learned of the
hearing and the desire of the commits
sion that all communities interested be
represented, he hurriedly called a ses.
sion of the city council and that body
selected Judge Noonan to represent
this city and surrounding community.
This is an excellent choice, as Judge
Noonan was here when the town was
started and before there was any Mid
land or Rio Grande railroad anywhere
near Glenwood Springs. He has watched
the progress of the city from the be-
ginning, is thoroughly familiar with
our needs, and knows what hardship
the cessation of operations on the Mid
land has proved to be to Glenwood.
Judge Noonan left Thursday moru
ing saying that he will do everything
in his power to bring about resump-
tion of business on the Midland.
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21
WILL SAVE ARMY UNIFORMS
FROM STIGMA OF DISGRACE

San Diego, Cal, Dec. 15.-To mako
certain that the uniform of an American
army officer shall not be disgraced BY
being placed in cell, the military an
thorities have sanctioned plan pro
posed by Chief of Police S. P. McMu'-
len. In case of arrest for the violation
of any law, discharged army officer
would, upon being taken to the police
station, be divested of his uniform and
given suit of overalls. The first ar
rest is yet to be made.
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21
CARLSON OPPOSES
FEDERAL ROAD ACT
(By George A. Carlson)

Big moves are made with lightning
rapidity these days at Washington
Many of these are we'll planned, Others
poorly. The wisdom of the Colorado
Development federation in keeping a
representative at Washington is amply
proven in the recent public proposal of
subordinate bureau in the department
of agriculture to secure through the
present congress an amendment to the
federal road aid act appropriating
$500, 100000 for the building of rural
post roads and highways.
How seriously this proposal, if en-
acted into law, will affect our state
many perhaps have not had time to
consider The federal road aid act re-
quires that for every dollar put up by
the United States government for road
building the state shall put up the
equivalent.
Under the plan proposed Colorado
would be required to put up little
more than $1,0O0,0OO per year for the
next seven years. lnasmuch as all the
moneys at present raised in this state
should be apportioned among the sew
eral counties and used in the main
tainance and in extending and complet'
ing the roads that the state has already
begun to build, it will be necessary to
meet the proposed requirement of the
federal government by increased taxa
ton This requirement would there
fore increase the state taxes approxim-
ately | mill or a total of 81 per cent.
Under the proposed plan of the
Washington bureau 81 per cent of all
the state taxes collected in Colorado
would for period of seven years be
expended under the exclusive order and
direction of a subordinate federal bu-
reau operating at distance of 1000
miles away. This bureau would deter
mine where the money was to be spent
in the state and the nature and char
acter of the materials to be used in
road construction. Its jurisdiction
would be supreme.
No uniform or general system OF
highways has been planned. No system
of national highways traversing the
entire country has been mapped out.
After the $6OO,OOO,OOO has been ex'
pended by the federal government and
an equivalent amount has been put IN
by the states the country will still be
wholly without any completed system
of highways. This bureau does not tell
the states where it proposes to begin
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21

gave us the idea. We were urged by
those i'll charge of war transportation
tc save all the car space possible for
the government. We were surprised to
see how much there is that we bring
from afar when we could Just as well
secure it nearer at hand. For instance,
we were importers of canned corn and
canned beans when we could instead
have been exporters of those and sim
liar products. At any rate we have
found in how many lines we can satisfy
our own needs right at home, and we
have learned the advisability of patron
izing home industries.
Military drill is one of the products
of the war that needs modification and
not discardfng with the coming of
peace. During the time that any youth
might legitimately look to the time
when he might be called into active
service, military drill was certain to
become very popular. But now, its
popularity is likely to vanish. The
proper thing to do here is to modify
the exercises, putting in minimum of
the manual of arms and maximum Of
military formations, gymnastics and
athletics. We should modify such ex
ercises to meet the end we are trying
to accomplish: The development of
sound, robust, well trained men. Such
CONTINUED on page 5.)
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21
HARDSHIP TO COMPEL
DEPENDENTS TO REFUND

Washington, Dec. l4.-The practice
of the war risk insurance bureau in call
ing upon soldiers dependents for re-
funds where investigation showed that
improper allowances had been made was
criticised today by Representative
Treadway of Massachusetts,, Republi-
can, at committee hearing on an
amendment proposed by him to correct
it. Soon after the war started the bu-
reau, Mr.. Treadway said, made many
allowances which it found later wefs
not fully justified. In such cases d.
pendents were asked to return the
money, and when this was not done the
amount was taken from the soldier -
pay.
"This has worked great hardship
upon thousands of families" Mr..
Treadway said. "when they received
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21

or where it proposes to end the roads
it eontemplates building.
This bureau plan is bound to bring
clashes between federal and state au-
thorities, it will engender friction be
tween the several states and also be
tween the different portions of the same
state. Favortsm is easily possible un-
der it. 1t is violative of the funda-
mental principle of our government
which permits the states to control the
money raised by state taxes.
Abundant evidence as to the imprac-
ticability of this plan is found in the
practical test of the present federal
road aid act. One year ago the federal
bureau proposed to build a macadam-
lied highway from Pueblo county to
Ration, N. NJ.
For whole year both the United
States government and this state has
had the money ready, and still not ono
foot of macadamized highway has been
built. This year has been spent in
costly investigations and reports to and
from Washington. Much money has al
ready been wasted in attempting to un,
wind the interminable lengths of bureau
tape.
Continued on page y
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21
THE SCHOOLS
after THE war
(By Charles A. Moutandon)

Our schools have participated active
ly in the great war program. This eff
fective participation was in line with a
recent movement which was placing
greater and more important responsi-
bilities on the schools. So, when OPP
portunity for service occurred, many
alert educators entered enthusiastically
into the field, In this matter they had
a double purpose; one was to render
the service they owed the nation, and
the other was to engage their schools
in practical activities-to secure edu-
cational ends through practical chan
nels. Moreover, the federal admins
tration, headed as it was, by an ex-
perienced school man, and having in
its membership many ex-educators, saw
the possibilities of the schools and
soon aided in the direction of their
activities.
The schools, no less than the nation,
learned lessons from the war. The war
being over, school administrators will
have to select from the various activi-
ties undertaken, those that are worthy
Of continuance in time of peace. Obvi'
ously some of these are adapted only
to war times, and with the advent If
peace must be relegated entirely to the
war scrap heap. Others properly modi
fled will be retained as permanent val
liable school activities.
Conservation became standard
teaching of the schools. Previous to
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21
Divide Greek Irrigation District
Attacked by Farmers Life
Co. to Evade Unfair Tax
they SEEK TO ENjo|N

The affairs of the Divide Creek Irri.
CATION district are being investigated
this week by the district court in an
action brought by The Farmers Life
Insurance company against the compa-
ny and attacking the management Of
the district, alleging extravaganza,
favoritism and unbusinesslike methods,
necessitating unnecessarily heavy ex-
penses which the petitioners and other
taxpayers are called upon to pay in the
way of taxes, and seeking to restrain
the county treasurer from collecting
taxes in accordance with the schedule
presented or from selling the property
of the petitioner company under tax
sale scheduled to take place next
Monday.
In presenting their claims for in-
Junctive relief the petitioners have re-
ferred extensively to the records of the
district and have examined very close
ly DR.. w. G. Lockard, the real father
and founder of the district and the
source of title to the lands now held
by the petitioner company.
The Farmers Life company is rep
resented by H. A. Hicks and j. Schwei-
CERT of Denver and Charles w. Taylor
of this city. The irrigation district il
represented by l.. Il. Kenworthy Of
Denver and J. l.. Noonan of this city,
while j w. DOllison is looking after
the interests of Garfield county and
County Treasurer MacRae.
1t is alleged that both the Farmers'
Life company and DR.. Lockard have
rendered to the county treasurer in
payment of their taxes the warrants
and coupons of the district, but these
Mr.. MacRae has refused to accept, and
therefore the lands of the company as
well as those of DR.. Lockard and Of
other taxpayers in the district have
been advertised and will be offered at
tax sale unless the county treasurer is
restrained from such action by an in
junctive order from the court
1t was brought out in the hearing
that about 100000 of the bonds of the
| company have been issued and deliv-
cred, practically all in payment ror
ditch and water rights, some of these
being very late rights from Divide
creek and of rather questionable value,
but which DIR. Lockard insists are well
worth the money the district paid FOR
them.
Judge Shumate is allowing the law
yers to go into the matter very thor
oughly and he will probably be able
to pass upon the matter Soma time
today.
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21

the war only few bold spirits dared
say aloud that we were sinfully waste
full, and perhaps few knew what could
be accomplished in the aggregate
Heretofore the liberality was confused
its membership many e-educators, saw
with that of wastefulness. We es-
teesed man broad and open handed
if he abused his means and wasted his
goods. We were prone to consider him
penurious and small if he spent his
money carefully and husbanded his re-
sources diligently. We seldom gave
such man credit for supporting liber'
ally the causes that enlisted his sym
pathies. AS late as 1917, n standard
American editor stated in a public ad-
dress that it was useless to teach econ
omy to the Americans; that the idea
was foreign to their habits and they
could never listen to it. Short sighted
+ prophet! In less than year from
that date he would have been hoOted
from the same platform. BY well di-
rected and sane conservation we fed
the world. Through our united efforts
along this line and along that of added
production we saved the cause of the
allies. The schools taught this and
this generation will remember it and,
we hope, pass it on as an American
ideal. When prodigality and lavish
ness cease, poverty will be partly re
duced and one of the grave questions
before the nation will be on the way to
solution. Conservation of all resources
then, is one of the teachings of the war
entitled to permanent place in the
teachings of the schools.
Few schools had done anything
toward teaching systematic saving. In
the larger places where savings banks
existed, the matter was somewhat ia
cilitated; but in the smaller towns,
the bankers were not anxious bidders
for SUNS m small as many of the chill
dren were likely to save. So the
school managers who tried to promote
system of saving were at disad-
vantage for the lack of the proper or
ganization through which to operate.
The stamp plan devised by the treasury
department has all the merits of first
class savings system. 1t is safe, ii
pays over per cent interest and it
lends itself to the saving of sums rs
small as % cents. Then, it is so de
visrd that after starting it becomes
necessary to continue in order to play
the game successfully, that is no sum
under IS bears interest. The spirit of
thrift and diligence, of earning and
saving is developed. Certainly we need
moe Of that spirit and the schools
should have a place to foster it. We
N; v be certain then that the plan Will
be continued even nfter all financial
needs sansed by the war have been
satisfied. If the government does not
continue the plan III some form then
the financial inqtitutions of the coun-
try will take it up. This is anoth n
war activity that deserves to be, and
will be, continued IN times of peace.
Another lesson was to utilize what
VIC prodhoed. The congested railroads
The Glenwood post., 1918-12-21

the money they understood they were
entitled to it and did not hesitate about
spending it. Now when the govern
ment asks it back, they are not able to
pay it. l received letter today from
mother whose son is in hospital in
France. She has been ordered to r.
fund the money the bureau had pail
her. The only way she could do it, she
said, would be by going to work, and
this she is physically unable to do. -