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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
LETTERS FROM T.
"SOMEWHERE"
in FIR AN CE
FROM JOHN HAAS.

Somewhere in France, July 4. 1918.
My Dear Folks: d. .\
We arc, here at last and this is to
tell you l am we'll and reasonably
happy We had a great trip across
but. of course, l cannot give you the
particulars of what saw or things
that were doing. Many of the boys
were sick but with all of it we had
much good fun. l never saw so
much water in all my life and, except
to get back home, hope to never see
as much again would rather ride
where can see a telegraph pole and
some trees occasionally and be able
to get off the car and vuy a sandwich
or an orange.
Now that we are here, France looks
mighty good. This is truly a beau
tiful country and in many respects
much different from our own Here
all the houses are of stone or concrete,
with tile roofs, painted red One
scarcely sees any wood at all; even
the very small outbuildings being
built Of stone or some sort of mixture
Everything looks old, very old and
weatherbeaten; but there are flowers
and vines everywhere and many beau
tiful homes. The French rather like
to live in seclusion. and most places
are surrounded by hedges, walls or
iro nfences, with most beautiful, big
gates. All of the ground is cultivated
an deverything is kept in perfect or
der, so that the country looks mighty
good. Sometimes, though. the stable
is made a part of the house, and that
does not look so good -..
We have not seen much of the towns
and cities yet, but see many French
people on the road and about the
camps. They are wonderfully polite
and usually stop to talk, but the only
words they know are, Hello" and
goodbye" and about all we can say
is, Wee, wee" The little kids have
learned to ask for cigarettes and pen
MES and chewing gum. and all of
them stop and salute like little SOL
diers.
1t is warm over here now. but the
nights are usually pretty cool l am
writing this at Y. NJ. CA hut, where
they furnish us plenty of paper and
a place, to sit down. They have
good canteen here, where we can buy
little of everything, and every night
they put on some sort of an entertain
ment All of this helps out and so
Ear war is not what Sherman said it
was. H,.s---. 80; @-
l am seeing lots of + interesting
things and getting fine experience,
but of course miss you and home
folks. However. you must not worry
about me, but rather think of me. I
will write you from time to time and
am hoping this will find you all we'll.
Folks, want you to know that I
am going to try to be real man over
here. III try to be clean and worthy
OF you folks and the nation for which
we came to fight. -.
Give my love, to all of the folks and
my friends at home, and tell all of
them to write to me often.
Goodbye and good luck. God bless
you all.
Your son,
---BuY W 6. S. -.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
THIS is CERTAIN.

While the HUNS were preparing their gas of
insidious propaganda over here, chemists in kul-
tur-conceived laboratories had already The Silent
Death over there. K ~.
It first foated down upon and enveloped the
Canadians at Ypres. The "gassedly" effect if we
may coin word, is. now historically recorded
perfdy. ...
When the allies finally fought with the same
weapon, and the wind proved to be Berlin-bdund
nine days in ten, the yellow cur, kultur, whined
Now, American scientists are said to have a
gas against which masks will be useless!
Some day, man will invent machine which
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
Scene from the great Biblica
1.-THE WANDERER" At THE
~. AUDITORIUM THURSDAY

For the first time in three score
and seventeen years the spectacle of
sheep grazing upon Boston common
was presented when the flock of The
Wanderer" found temporary pasture
there by special permission of Mayor
Corley. This revival of an ancient
custom recalls many quaint histori>
cal facts besides the fiction that the
streets of Boston were originally laid
out along the cowpaths OF the com
The original settler at Shawmut-
the Indian name for the site Of Bos-
ton-was Rev. William Blaxton or
Blackstone who came from England
because he did not like the Lools
Bishops For the further reason that
he could not live under the Lords
Brethren" he sold his grant of about
SO acres to the Winthrop pioneers in
1884 and moved farther on into the
wilderness. Blaxton sold the fifty
acres for 80 pounds which sum was
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
shall possess such wholesale powfgpf destruction

shall possess such WHOLESALE powfg,of destruction
that war will be impossible.
Is it too fantastical to imagine an instrument
from which single discharge or flash would an
initiate the entire human race?
weapon that, at touch, would blast the
breath of life from every animate thing!
At least this is certain. For every dabolical
Boche continuance We'll produce one more "ef-
ficient" like it; every iendish conception of the
crazed dupes and demons of kultur will be met by
a duplicate more Hesh- '"
Till the Teuton screams for peace and cries for
quarter or is blotted from the face of the earth
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

several letters. He concludes by call
ing on the farmers ~ assume control
o fthe League and at once to throw off
the burden of the autocrat and his
machine He thinks the best way to
remedy the defects of the League is to
cut off its head, though he does in no
way attempt to show how it may be
done. If the ex-bishop has capacity
for leadership, the formation of
leagues and the advancement of civic
reforms, he is free to organize a
model league of his own and to show
how it can be run without any form
of autocracy. In the formation of
leagues, Townley has no monopoly
or patent right. ..a.
I The gate ajar stands free to- all
Who seek through it salvation
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
HEROES OVER THERE.

This war has developed some heretofore unex-
amped deeds of daring; glorious episodes OF valor
marvellous exhibitions of courage; herolsm and
bravery unparalleled in world history.
Wherever and whenever possible, nations have
acknowledged their Indebtedness with suitable
marks and medals.
No longer are these honors and emoluments
reserved solely for the sensational and spectacular
feats of battlefield prowess.
Medals at last are to be struck for the indus
trial heroes There is now inducement, recogni-
ton and reward for the patient, straining think
ing toiler whose greater skill, Herculean effort or
patriotic sacrifce dexterity, inventiveness, risk
of life or loss of limb in the line of duty manu-
featuring munitions or assembling machinery of
war distinguishes him-or her.
We read of a woman filling one hand grenade
with high explosives every five seconds. A ship
yard worker makes record "drive" of more than
5000 rivets in single day.
Surely such as they, too, deserve mark of ma
tonal appreciation and personal distinction.
It is we'll that we have Legon of Honor" for
that region of honor bounded by whirr of wheel,
clatter of riveter, roar of furnace and sweat Of
toll! " ,-.~. -,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
BRAVE WORDS.

II would not have had him anywhere else. If
he had been at home. with the great need that
exists for real men over there, should have
been ashamed Of him. l know he died bravely."-
From the lips of War Mother of America when
she first heard that her boy was dead in France
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
SABBATH DAYliN
FRANCE PICTURED R
Not What Yanks Are Accustomed
to at Home.
TYPICAL SUNDAY DESCRIBED

Former Insurance Man Conducts Re-
lioious Services and Later In the
Day Referees Boxing mateh-oe-
cency and Wholesomeness Of
Young Americans Impresses New
con,er-Mothers Would Be Proud
Of Them. ~ a.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

No German peace treaty will be more than a
scrap of paper" unless the HUN war lords dis
arm and agree to arbitrate hereafter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

Among the questions to put to your congress
man: How do YOU stand on taxing war profits
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
IN GOOD REPAIR;

The art of keeping we'll is nothing more than
the knack Of keeping in good repair.
A bit of timely repair work and a great many
insidious disorders and ailments may be readily
avoided or at least, indefinitely postponed.
Periodic examinations of the body will enable
one to take precautions which will prevent almost
anyone of the chronic diseases such as Bright's
disease diabetes, hardening of the arteries,
chronic heart trouble, stomach and digestive dis
orders.
If person who is feeling run down will care
fully check over his daily habits with a competent
physician the latter will in most cases be able to
suggest simple changes or correction in the daily
habits that will bring person back to normal.
1t is one thing to be barely able to drag along
from day to day, eking out mere existence, and
that at great sacrifice of nervous energy, pain and
discomfort, and another thing to do days work
with ease and comfort and have strength, energy
and vitality to spare.
Such is simply the difference between keeping
the human engine in good repair or in poor con-
dition. Who would think of running an automo-
bile day after day and week after week, simply
furnishing it with oil and gasoline and keeping
the radiator filled with water and never paying
the slightest attention to the maintenance of the
machine?
Just as it is cheaper in the long run to have the
machine repaired and kept in running order reg
ularly so is it cheape6 to maintain health by find
ing and checking disease in the human system
early. "' ,<n
Werth, the disloyal preacher, who faces two
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

Girls now buy less cloth for frocks and more
yarn for socks. 80
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

Kaiser Bill doesn't want his son to be Finnish
king, evidently seeing sonny's finish if he climbed
onto the Finnish throne.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

Carrie Home is patriotic woman who never
says "Send lt!' IL.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

A draft delinquent member Of one prominent
profteering meat packer family has been arrested
and indicted into Uncle Sans "gun-packer"
family. .. -...
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

Werth, the disloyal preacher, who faces two
years prison sentence, promised the court never
to return to his church. Perhaps it wouldn't be
exactly safe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

Tribune Want Ads Bring ResultA
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
WHEAT CONSERVATION IS
STILL THOUGHT NECESSARY
United States Must Only Usc Third
of Normal Consumption to Last
Unul New Crop Harvest.

Recent press dispatches widely
circulated through the country have
given the wholly false Impression
that there is no longer need for
rigorous conservation Of wheat a4d
flour. The food administration de-
clares that every aspect of the wheat
situation. both present and prosIoc-
tive intensifies the need for the
greatest possible limitation in the
American consumption Of wheat and
wheat products. II present restr.c-
tons should be in the slightest dc
gree relaxed 1t would result u scrl-
GUS want for tho people Of Europe
before the new crop can reach the
market
The food administration's estimate
of the position on the first of June
indicates a total available supply
urtll the new harvest. Including the
Tfhin which viii he available from
tte farms in country and terminal
elevators. OF about $4,000, 0Uo bush q
eiS. OF this 10000 GOO bushels must
be expected before new wheat 81.
available tcr export II we are 20
maintain the absolutely necessary
shipments 20 our army and the al
lies That leaves about $4,000, 900
bushels for domestic consumption
FOR the next two months
Normal American consumption ls
something over 10000 600 bIshela "a
month, so that the most liberal CON
sumption at home would be only one
third VI normal
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
WHEATLESS DAYS MAY
CONTINUE AFTER WAR
Necessity for Wheat Conservation as
Apparent Now as Ever, Look
Ing Forward TO Next Year.

OKLAHOMA CITY, June g.
Wheptlcss days and the rule reaulr-
ing the purchases Of substitutes with
flour probably will continue after the
new wheat harvest. according 20 O..
B Ames, federal food administra-
tol Tor oklahoma who has lust re-
turned from Washington where ne
attended conference OF federal fnod
administrators. called by Herbert
Ucovcr
"Tuul the harvest the censiatYa-.
ton OF flour must be practiced 70.
II. greater dbgree than ever before,
and after the harvest there must be
no iet-up." said Judge Ames, There
has been a. let-up IN the conserva-
ton uf flour owing 20 the approact-l
inp hrrvest There never was greater
need for saving flour Than now and
even though the harvest Is large, wei
must look through 10 1919.
"War Is % certainty for another
year after this one. We must base
our conservation measures on this]
premise, q
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09

Temple, Several contests were held
Up to tnly rs a total OF $l,544 turned
over to the Red Cross. Tho famous
sack Of flour has visited shrine tenn
pies a san Francisco, Oakland, Hon
Dlui1, To.-do, Davenport. lowe, Rir-
mingham, Ala, Helena, Mont, Butte
Mont, Norfolk, Va. Roanoke, Va"
Trenton, \. j., and Ashevilie, y. c.
Aloha Temple of Honolulu was tn
first to raise more NANCY thar Islam
Temple and thereby won the honor
tn place a new cover on the sacH.
This they did, the cover being Of lau-
hola, woven by The Honolulu Shrin-
ers. Bagdad Temple OF BUTTE was
the high bidder at the time the sack
reached oklahoma and they had
given It q C1.er Of cowsiyln attached
10 which was a copper coil and cop
per bell India Tempe Of Oklahoma
city raised Butte by bidding $2S,
900 for the sack and they then
brought 1t to Tulsa, where two auc-
tlon sales in the lobby Of Hotel Tulsa
netted $4,000 This figure still
stands,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
CONSTRUCTION
ENGINEER TALKS
In Mexico When Trouble Be
gan; Broke Down Under
Strain; Health Restored.

Fred Il. Wheeler residing at 402
Crawford street, Houston, Texas has
been for the past twelve years con
strucuon engineer for the East Coast
Oil company in Mexico. MIR. Whee-
Ter, being unaccustome TO the tropi-
cal climate there. went through with
a long and painful experience, from
which he declares he has been en-
ttrely relieved by the use of Tanlac.
His interesting statement follows:
MY system was so fun Of malaria
contracted while working IN the
Mexican oil fields that couldn't
hold my own any longer and Fst
broke down completely. My siom-
ach was in an awful condition, most
everything l would tat sourcd so
that | was constantly belching up
gas and spittiBg up undigested par
ticles ~ food and then | would
nearly die with n splitting headache.
l was badly constlpated, too, my
sleep was broken and l would get up
In the mornings Just as tired, aTd
WORKOUT as | was when | went to
bed. 4 languid and no account fe@l-
ling took hola of me and / didn't t
have enough life or energy left to
do thing
II have taken Tanlac before and
knew from experience that it was
the only thing that would su,Gy
straighten me out. and It did not
dIsaLpoirt me. for was on the
mcnG 5etcre had used up my first
bottle and kept getting better every
day. | am now in fine shape, and
toelirg as fit as a fiddle. I think
50 much OF Tanlac that J. keep a bot
tee Of the medicine in my room all
phe time. and when l return to Mex
100 ! sh0ll have it shipped TO me
TeFularly, for ! wouldn't be without
" down there for anything
Tanlac is sold In Tulsa by Roy
Getn,an's ReXsll Drug store, the
Quaker Drug company and leading
druggists and dealers everYwhere.--
Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
CLASS ONE NEARLY GONE



OKLAHOMA CITY, June s.
There are probably 5000 men in the
state. now IN deferred classIfica-
ton who would be affected should
another call for mon be made in ad-
duon to that for June g2i in the
opinion OF AdiWant-Gencral T.. H..
Glpsou.
The call issued q fcw days ago for
900 men Will practically dop!ote
Class | he believes The 5000 men
mentioned are thusc now employed
on the farms, and which cannot be
easily spared. II has been the in
tontion not TO take these men uu-
less emergency calls cannot De filled
any other way General GipsOn says
that the cities have been stripped Of
their quotas Of men for Glass l. In
fact future calls In the draft viii
lako these men from the farms.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
A little sack OF flour arm !,
Around the coutry l go.
And as from town TO town n.y.
I'm making Red Cross dough!


TWO hundred thousand dollars is
a pretty fair sum OF money, but this
!s approximately the amount for
for which one 50-pound sack OF
flour has been sold. 1t Is the world s
most famous sack Of flour.
~ You've heard OF dough being MADE
out # flour but you never IN your
life saw so much dough come from
such q small portion OF flour oefore'
It's called the Shriners Red Cross
sack of flour, or rather 1t was called
that, Now it's Tulsa's Red Gross
sack of flour. for Adkar temple OF
Tulsa, by auctioning off the flour.
pound at time, in Hotel Tulsa lob
by, raised s5s,000 for the Red Cross
In the recent drive. This is the
largest amount yet raised on the
sack by any temple or town. 80 1t
became Akdar's honored duty to
build cover for the sack and con-
vey It to New York city and lata-
to Atlantic City.
Placed Within OIL Derrick.
H. N. Greis, potentate OF Adkar
Temple, and Mobiles Arthur Farmer
Al Farmer. II. Fl. McFann. Harry
Welliver and George Van Dali, took
the sack to New York city, but not
until they had made for II an ap-
propriate case. Previously the sack
had been adorned by cowhides and
all sorts of contraptions. but Tulsa
decided to put IL inside OF an oil
derrick. The miniature derrick is an
exact replica OF the real thlng that
dots the hills and valleys around
the city. II was nickel plated. The
whole affair was placed in ma
hogany case. lined with red pluah.
also especially made for the pur-
pose 1t was exhibited at a cere-
monial session OF New York Shriners
in the New York Hippodrome, where
II created sensation. 1t was then
taken to Atlantic City where all last
week 1t was the center of interest at
the Imperial Council session. 1t
will soon renew its triumphant tour
of the nation but until some Shrine
temple sells It for more money than
$4,000 1t will continue to be the
Adkar sack of Tulsa
Made In Tulsa.
Tho novel derrick and case were
made In the wareh-use shops of the
Prairie oil g. Gas company here
superintendent Franklin s. Gray had
charge OF the Job. He and the work
men who did the labor donated their
services. The material WAS likewise
donated. The mechanics who built
the derrick under Mr.. Gray's dlrec-
ton were Leo J. Laley, Carl w.
Brann. John OFT and Robert w.
Jacobs. Mrterials were donated By
the Oklahoma Iron Works, C. NJ.
Pritchard, Southern Hardware COM
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
Revived In san FranCdsco,

Inspired by Grid,ey's deed, Clar-
ence F. Pratt. historian Of Islam
Temple, san Francisco, Cal, offered
as prize a sack OF flour, TO be do
mated 10 the largest family in pa
rade given for the lyenefit Of the Red
Crof on May 2s, 1917, by Islam
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
An Epigram Bill Missed.

How can they object to our mar
rying,' poured Juliet. ''when every
body says there is so much good
blood on both sides >"
Good blood on both Sides" re-
Joined Romeo, "never yet prevented
bad blood between"
We admit that Shakespeare did
fairly wen with the Montague and
Capulet d.fa!r. but the ABOVE shows
what might have been made OF II II
the plot had been left to writer of
real genius.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
Girl NnnW II.

The Subj gave five bob 10 a
gypsy yesterday, and she described
YOU and said we should be married
next month.
The Girl--SillY boy, you needn't
have spent all that. could have told
you for nothing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09

pany. Merrill Mil Works, Nandever
Dry Goods company, Moworay un-
dertaking company, and Harry Slell-
bron q Co, jewellers. Accprh'hE 10
Noble Charles Robertson. one OF tho
committee having charge OF tAo s--cll
In Tulsa, everything was donated eX-
ce pting the nickle- plating work.
1t is planned to keep the sack trav-
cling until million dollars has been
raised for the Red cross
The idea was derived from a sim
liar stunt pulled off in Civil war days
when a sack of flour was sold hun
dreds Of times by Reyel Colt Grid
ley, a merchant Of Austin. New. Tho
money from the auctions was donat-
ed to the Sanitary commission, an
organization that cared for the
widows and families Of Union SOL
dirs. The flour was sold for the first
time in the mining camp OF Austin
In 1864 and the first sale brought
$3.50 The second sale occurred in
the mining camp Of Gold Hill story
county, New, where il sold several
times and brought {5,926. Gridley
and his sack Of flour visited many
more mining camps, then wen, to
SaJcram anto. Cal, and up to that
time the flour had netted 5000.
three city blocks in Austin worth
$1,000, house and lot in Dayton
New. and a lot in Dayton. New, as
we'll AZ much valuable mining stock
The nour was then taken 10 San
Frarpcisco and sold in the old Metro
poiitan theater, where the bidding
was spirited. miners throwing $40
gold pieces on the stage. The pro-
ceeds OF the evening were S2,So0. the
first bid being $500. Mr.. Gridley
and his sack went east and It. was
sold In New York and all the large
eastern cities. II was finally put In
buckskln sack, and besides wear
ing out dozens OF ordinary flour
Racks, three buckskin sacks were
completely worn to threads
At the end Of The war Gridley had
sold and resold the same sack of
flour hundreds Of times, for il was
in every case returned to It's first
owner, Merchant Gridley oH Austin.
New. The total sales amounted to
s275, 900, all Of which waB used 5y
the Sanitary commission for the
benefit Of wounded soldiers and
widows OF Union soldiers who los.
Lheir lives in the war
After the Civil war, Grid,ey set
tied In California, where he died ana
was buried at stockton, where the
citizens of san Joaquin county erect
ed a monument, showing him In his
well know Prince Albert coat and
the sack Of -four by his side
Revived In san Francisco.
Inspired by Grid,ey's deed, Clar-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09

OKLAHOMA CfTY, OELA.--sI sufeFs|
rom o woman's weakness and eWoArd
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
THO Ready Warrior.

"And have YOU really and truly
killed a lot Of Germans?"
cert why, when we went over
the ton ! always carried a scythe-
etone to touch up my bayonet when
it got blunt"