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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
Carnauha Wax.

Carnauba wax is made from the
leaves Of the carnauba plant, ind,gen-
Gus to the state Of Plainly, Ceara, and
Rio Grande do Norte, In northeastern
Brazil. whose roots orc used locally az
medicine, whose branches are used for
bridge and housebuilalng because they
resist the attacks of insects. and whose
fbers are used In rope and paper
making; the wex has been used extern
sively in adulteratipg beeswax, but is
finding an honest market on its mer-
its. not only for candle manufacture.
hut for coating the insulating mate
rial of electric wires. etc.; the annual
production of wax in Eio Grande do
Norte is about $50 tons a year. valued
ut about $250,0O0; perhaps three.
fourths Of this is exported but the for.
ests of carnauba plant tan produce. II
developed. many times this quantity.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
CHAPTER xxxil.
A Secret Of the Sea.

~ 0SSsS VI IUS 0S0s
We were compelled to resort to rome
and pulley, and then search through
the dead mans clothes to discover the
key. Even with that found, it required
the sharp edge of a Ratchet to force
open the cover. AS 1t lifted, the sight
was greeted with cries of astonish-
ment.
"Good Lord, sir, it's money, and q
stack Of It'll"
English and French coins!"
@Aye, and Spanish!"
Whites voice broke in above the
babble, the old harsh croak I remem.
bered SO well:
"Well, see here, lads" he shouted,
"whose is all this gold, anyhow?
Amt it just naturally ours? It's sure
no good to these yere dead men, an
there want nuthln' else good aboard
when we come. Then why amt it ourn
now to divide share an share about?"
I'VE undoubtedly have claim" 1
answered, "for salvage; and If the
heirs of the rightful owners are I'M
able to prove themselves justly en-
titled to the gold, perhaps we might
hold the entire amount"
'Tiffle!" snorred White, "what's the
use o. all that -poppycockl These fell
lows likely enough stole the money, or
else dug it up somewhere. It never be-
longed to them eny more'n 1t does to
us. Nobody knows the stuff even ex-
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
kept Them MOVING
English Major Has Machine Gun
Crew on the Jump.
About as Little Uncertainty In His
Orders as There Are Polite Phrases
in the Language He Employed
In Issuing Them.

make my way through the thick
brush ut Camp Upton to machine
gun range, guided by the intermittent
staccnto chatter OF n Colt and hoping
that I'm not by any chance wandering
on to the private reserve of any busy
bullets, William Slavens McNutt
writes in Golfers.
! come out of the woods on the rear
of the gun position. Near II big camp.
fire Il dozen or more American officers
are grouped around two machine guns
listening to the instructions of nm Eng.
fish major. The English officer is u
short, spare, peppery veteran with a
raspy voice that he Gun use for the
same purpose that mule skinner uses
hucksnake.
"Burr-wuif!" he shouts. That's ns
near us can get to it phonctcnlly.
Two captains leap to their places by
the machine gun. The one who sights
and operates the piece throws himself
flat on his back with head crndlrd on
the knees of tbs, man feeding. There
is some slight delay and the English
major breaks into song.
"Comc. come. Carry on! What are
we waiting for? You should have
killed Il hundred by now. What is lit
What is il? My word! Not SO slow.
We're not having dinner. you know;
were killing Bochcs. What the blink
etyblank's wrong now? Come. come!
Curry ON. Carry on!'
The gun speaks jarringly. One side
Of the barrel splits stream of yellow
cartridge cases over the breast of tho
operator holding the trigger. Three
hundred yards distant the blade of bull
lets slices the ground before the tar
get and throws up Il little line OF dust.
The major orders Il fifty yard adj
vance. The American officers dis
mount the piece, 90 forward ut the
doublc-quick and set it up once more.
The operator pulls the trigger. Noth-
ing happens. He fuses and tugs. Still
no result. The English major Gains
himself and hcavcs a deep sigh. He
looks at the gun crew like 81 man with
no insurance viewing n total loss. "Oh.
my eye!" he groanS sadly. GLOW dead
you'd have been by now! All right,
leave off, leave off! Never mind"
lie points to the man who carried
the ammunition and who is standing
behind the gun curiously watching the
efforts of the crew to make it shoot.
Next time don't stand up behind tho
gun. You stick up there like Il dummy
In Il shop window. A body would
think you were an advertisement for
something. You're not trying to sell
the gun to the Boches. you know.
Standing there giving away the gun
position! Next time find cover twenty
PAGES to the right or left and try to
act like Il bit Of mud. Yes! ~
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
Weekly War Story.

From one of the training camps full
Of Ohio soldiers comes this absolutely
veraclous story:
The company cook went to the COM
handing officer and respectfully asked
when the soldiers We're to be supplied
with gas masks. The officer answered
that he did not know. a week later,
the cook again expressed his desire for
Il gas mask. This time, the officer hap
pencd to have Il sample of the latest
contrvance of this nature, which will
probably be used by our soldiers in the
trenches. He showed it to the cook,
who Immediately asked to borrow it.
Inquiry revealed that the cooks idea
was to put the mask on before he
tackled a big job of pceling onions.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
Will Soon Have Sea Mastery.

j.. G. Grace, president of the Bcthle-
hem Steel corporation, told the 500
guests of the Allentown (Pa.) chamber
Of commerce at its banquet recently
that the submarine destroycrs which.
the bethlehem corporation will build
for the government are more than all
of the dcstroyers now in the world!
Mr.. Grace said he regarded the rapid
construction Of destroyers as the solu-
ton Of the submarine menace. Beth
lehem plants now employ 10000 men
as compared with 1900 five years ago.
Charles NJ. Schwab. who also spoke,
said that the pay roll of the Bethlehem
plants is now $10oO0O.OOO a year.
Iron Age.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
CHAPTER xxxi-continued.

Leayord and were the last, and we
left the dinghy swamped behind US,
dangling and crushed against the steel
side of the schooner, upheld only by
the strength of the rope. It was all
the work of a feverish minute, in
which thought was Impossible because
of the stress Of action. But now, as I
chung breathless to those lower mizzen
ratlines. the seven Of us damned upon
the little platform, the green surge of
water below slushing against the
wreck we had just left, the strange ST.
1ence of this vessel which we had
boarded struck me with full force. In
heavens name, what could it mean?
1t was broad daylight; If there was q
man alive aboard, he could never have
failed to see or hear us in this fierce
struggle for life. Yet no one was WIS.,
ible; no sound of voice was heard; no
face peered over at us above the rail-
1t was like a ghost schooner. and I felt
the very heart of me chill as I stared
into the blank faces Of my huddled
companions, and along the shiny sides,
and the deserted rail.
"This is rum go. SIR" ventured
1eayord soberly. "Ain't she got no
crew?'
II don't know what to make Of It,"
confessed, "but we'll soon find out.
Help the lady, Leayord. Olson, come
with me-"
= We footed the ropes, and swung up
to the rail. clinging there long enough
to gain swift view Of the deck beyond.
1t was as clean as millionaire's
yacht, and had the appearance of one,
with brasswork glistening, and paint
fresh and bright. Every rope seemed
coiled in place, the sail gaskets firmly
tied. the planks spotless, the canvas as
white as though just out Of the sail
loft. Ny eyes surveyed the whole fore
and aft-the low forecastle, the cooks
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28

galley, with door standing wide open,
revealing fireless stove, the boats in
checks, not one missing, the after
cabin on the deck level, its companion
door ajar, the wheel astern, outlined
against the sky, swinging slightly to
flashing Of rope-and nowhere human
being. could scarcely believe the evil
dence Of my own. eyes.
Heavens, Olson; there's not sailor
on deck" I gasped.
mo, sir; it beats me; I've been at
sea q long time, sir, but never see
nothin' like this-they amt left, fer
the boats are all there, an the wheel
Is dashed. She's just sailin' herself"
There's no sign of any trouble
aboard. Why, those decks are scrubbed
like Dutchwoman's floor. Hurry up,
Leayord; the schooner seems deserted.
Come on, mate, we shall have to clear
this mystery up"
We sprang down on the deck, and
the others came tumbling over the rail
after us, each face expressive of mys-
tit1cation. Vera touched my sleeve,
her eyes searching mine.
"What can have happened?"
= II do not in the least know" an
ewered. 1.-THE mystery is too deep to
guess at. There has been no storm,
TO fire, no evidence of desertion, every
Eoat seems to be in its proper place.
The only thing can think Of as pos
sible is drink. The whole crew may
be drunk, but that seems like dream.
However, we can't stand here doing
nothing. White, you are not of much
use with that broken arm, so remain
alongside Miss Darlington. Keep your
eyes slen. Leayord, you and will
have peep iuto that cabin; the rest
of you take the forecastle. BE careful,
lads, but don't miss anything-scatter
now"
slid back the companion door, and
entered Slightly in advance. The cabin
llocr was on level with the main
deck, and its glass front flooded the
interior with light. A glance revealed
everything, and I stood motionless, my
breath caught in my throat, my hand
still gripping the edge of the door.
was aware that Leayord peered in
across my shoulder, and heard his
startled lips utter one muffled exclama-
tiOn. It was low-ceiIed apartment,
painted WHITE with ports along the
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
"oo You Agree to This, MIR. Leayord?"

along the Labrador coast. At last they
leased the Rose Of Gaspe, from man
of wealth, Richard Martin, who had
previously used the schooner as q prt-
vate yacht. 1t was refit.ed and pro-
visioned, and the crew arrived from
Halifax. None among them was known
in Placentia, but the Inhabitants say
that only two or three among them had
the appearance of sailors. They put to
sea seven weeks ago. Beyond that we
know absolutely nothing"
"But the chest of coins7 have you
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
no knowledge as to where it came

no knowledge as to where it came
from?"
mo more than mere guess; there
Is no guide. Beyond doubt this CASTOR
de Lys learned of its existence some
where in Labrador, and planned it's
recovery. The men with him also
knew what it was they sailed to seek.
In my Judgment this mutt be treas
ure Of the old Hudsons Bay company,
lost and hidden u hundred years ago,
yet we can get no trace of such dis
appearance of coin in tho records. We
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-10
PRESIDENTS
STATEMENT

Industry plays as essential and. honor
able a role in this great struggle as do our
military armaments. We all recognize the
truth of this, but we must also see its neces-
sary implications that industry,
doing vital task for the nation, must re-
ceive the support and assistance OF the
nation"
"Therefore I solemly urge
all employers engaged in war work to re-
frain after August Ist, 1913, from recruit
ing unskilled labor in any manner except
through this central agency. | urge labor
to respond as Loyalty as heretofore to any
calls issued by this agency for voluntary
enlistment in essential industry. And L
ask them both alike to remember that no
sacrifice will have been in vain, if we are
able to prove beyond all question that the
highest and best form of efficiency is the
spontaneous cooperation of free people"
WOODROW WILSON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-10

country can produce the moment they
are needed.
The U. S. Employment Service is
the official bureau of the Federal
Government in charge of the distri-
button of labor. The President has
declared that it is the official agency
for recruiting and distributing unskilled
labor for war work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-10

THE true American wants to work
i where he will help win the war.
He wants to fit in. America needs the
Right Men in the Right Jobs Only
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duction and efficiency, be prevented
Above all, the Government urges every m
engaged in war work to stick to his job until t
Government recommends that he change. A
man not engaged in war work should put hi
self at the disposal of the nation by register
ing with the Public Service Reserve. This
is tremendously important duty! The war
worker rankswith the fighter in the trenches
He will help beat the Hun.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-10
The Right Men in the Right Jobs
Will Win The War

It has over 500 branches through
out the nation, and 10000 y. S. Public
Service Reserve enrolment agents. Ask
the local post office or newspaper for
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-10

when this comes about
can maximum produc-
ton be obtained to sup
port our armies at the
front.
The needs of all war
industries can be antici-
pated and met by the
Government if employ
ers and laborers will avail
themselves solely of the
nation wide machinery
which is at hand. The
length of the War de-
pends directly on our
Country's ability to sup
ply all War Industry
with the best workers the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-10

name ana aQQTcSS Ol lllC
nearest representative. or
write to the u. S. EN-,
ployment Service. WASH
ington, D. c.
. Those employers in
war work who seek to get
labor through their own
or private recruiting
agencies are interfering
with the Governments
machinery and prefer
ring their interests to
those of the nation. Only
through strict compliance
with the Governments
program can the constant, rest
less shifting of labor from one
war job to another, with the
>o.~,au,o,,% J,r,;o,+,or ~ rOrO.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-30
Lend the way they fight

Beck & Company
Birkin-Heathcote Co.
Ernest II. Boschen Co.
Robt. Douglas
E. +. Eberhardt & Co.
Ikle Freres & Co.
Fuld, Traube & Co., Inc.
GoIdfrank Co.
Goodman & Dessauer
Louis Hamburer e. Co.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-30

Samuel Pepper
Rechsteiner & Hirschfeld Co.
Royal Embroidery Works
Naday & Fleischer
Stern & Stern
VIM. Stickel & Co.
E. & Z. Van Raalte
Vari Lace Mfg. Co.
Voss & Stern
P. K. Wilson Il Sons
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FoREcLos-
URE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
livered by Charles A. Buie, mortgagor.
to J. H. Tompkins MORTGAGE, dated the
5th day of September, 1915, and filed for
deeds of the county of Ward and State
of North Dakota on the 18th day Of
September, 1916, and recorded in book
254 Of mortgages at page 223, will be
such mortgage and hereinafter described
at the front door of the court house In
the county of Ward and state Of North
on the 23rd day Of February, 1913, to sat
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isfy the amount due upon such mort
gage on the day Of sale. The premises
described in such mortgage and which
will be sold to satisfy the same are de-
scribed as follows:
The East 140 feet Of Block Fourteen,
West Minot, Ward County. North Da-
kota, according to the recorded plat
thereof on file at the office Of the regis
ter of deeds in said county and state.
There will be due on such mortgage at
bred Sixty-eight and 75-1OO Dollars
($56S.75), together with the costs and
disbursements of such sale.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, Janu-
airy IA, 1918.
J. H. TOMPKINS,
~ Mortgagee.
Attorney for Mortgage.
John ]. Nedre1oe,
Sheriff Of Ward County. 1-17--2-21
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car hit the wolf and though the jar
was hardly felt by Mr.. Shelp he kill
ed the wolf almost instantly. The
wolf was big fellow and an exami-
nation of the carcass showed that ne
had broken its back.
State Auditor Karl Kositzky is
sticking by the people. He has just
divulged the fact that the state high
way commission has thirty clerks,
and an expense of $30,089.38 this
year, and the people received $2l4.12
worth of grading and other work.
Isn't that close to defalcatlon!
Suppose farmer should spend $780,
O89.3S work for a bumper crop, and
get $214.12 as a return, wouldn't he
say it was a crop failure?
The past year established two rec
ords in Ransom county. First, there
were fewer marriage licenses issued
than last year and secondly more d.
vorces were granted during 1917 than
the previous year. During 1917 only
SIS couples applied for permits to wed,
the smallest number during the IN
cumbency of Judge Thomas. During
1917 seven divorces were granted in
Ransom county.
What has become of the old
fashioned girl who used to chew
wad of gum as big as walnut
and rest her mouth at regular in
tervals by stretching it out at
arms length ?-Times.
We can remember the wad of gum
&k1 psv,1 hoy
in mind must have lived at Mott. No
girl up this way could stretch her
mouth out at arms length. It would
be joke to see her rest it if she did.
Frank Adams, who cut the air
brake hose on several Milwaukee
freight trains in Bowman county two
weeks ago, and who was arrested at
Mcintosh, S. D., decided that as long
as he would have to stay in the Bow
man county Jail until the next term
of court it might be better for him to
plead guilty and get his sentence. Ac-
cordingly Sheriff Norem took him
to Dickinson the first of the week.
Adams appeared before Judge Craw-
ford, entered a plea Of guilty, and
was sentenced to one year in the
state penitentlary.
Charged with sending obscene mat
ter through the mails, Solomon
Hodge, a peddler, was arrested at
Nome, Barnes county, Saturday at
ternoon, by j. H. Trotter, deputy y.
S. Marshal. The complaint was made
by Seleim Bahne, farmer of Noun
trail county, who alleges that Hodge
sent a postal to him on which threats
were made against Bahne's daughter
and wife, living at Ross, N. D. The
postal was written in Assyrian, on
Oct. "a, 1917, and mailed from ST..
Paul. According to a statement made
by postal official this morning, it
was the vilest that the department
has had in it's possession for a number
of years Hodge was arraigned be-
fore C. A. label, United States COM
missioner at Valley City, and was re-
leased on $500 bail, his case to be
laid before the next federal grand
Jury.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-06-24
BOTH BREAD AND MEAT IN SOY.
BEA NFLOUR

Washington-What would you think
Of slice of bread that has the same
food value as q beefsteak sandwich?
II isn't dream nor an exaggera-
ton. II Is fact supported by spe-
cialists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. 1t is based on
chemical analyses of and experiments
with soy-bcan -four, new" product
that Is expected to pinch hit" for
wheat, and not only to do thu, but to
work in meats place as well. The
"high-powered bread" that has the
scientific resemblance to beefsteak
sandwich does not even use all of the
voltage" of the soy-bean -four. This
bread had been made from a mixture
of 30 per cent. soy-bean -four. This
bread had been made from a mixture
of 80 per cent. soy-bean -four and 20
per cent. wheat flour. 1t is extremely
high in the protein element and is
really substitute for protein foods
such as meat and cheese.
Some people call soy-bean flour
new" food, but it is far from that,
for the soy bean was used in China
and Japan in the dim dawn of history
and has been used in those lands ever
since. Only recently however, has
this bean become of Importance in the
worlds commerce and only within the
past few years has its food value been
recognized in the United States.
Soy Beans Has Many Uses
The soy bean can be used merely as
a bean. 1t can be pressed, and the
oil is valuable. The pressing also
produces a cake valuable as a food
for human beings and as feed for
animals. When the press cake is
ground the soy-bean -four is produced.
To make soy-bean -four available in
large quantities the Department of
| Agriculture is encouraging southern
cottonseed millers to use their plants
in manufacturing it after the cotton
seed pressing season. 1t is believed
! that there will be enough -four to sup
ply any demand. In the meantime the
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-06-24
SOLDIER SONS LETTER TO HIS
PARENTS "OVER HERE"

From the Cincinnati Times-Star of
June 10Th, we clip the following let
ter written by Carl +. Foley, former
ly of Augusta, and well known in this
city, which we feel will be read with
much interest by our readers. The
tone of the letter has the ring of true
Americanism:
When Carl F. Foley, former grad
uate of Cincinnati Law school, wrote
to his parents a few weeks ago from
Camp Merritt, ~ j., he did not real
ize that he was furnishing comfort
to many other aching hearts. The
letter was received by Hugh Foley,
Carl's father, and mother at Angus
ia, KY, just before their young SOL
der was leaving for France with the
Eighty-third division. Its contents
so impressed the parents that they
sent the letter on to Carls grand
mother, Mrs. Carl Linn of Cincinnati.
Since then it has fulfilled mission
of mercy to many, soothing the sor-
rows of mothers of other soldiers
who dry their eyes and lift their
heads proudly as the message pours
its balm into their hearts.
"The time has come, wrote the
young soldier. when you must rec
ognize the fact that | am on the
verge of entering the combat over
there. The consciousness of it has
been upon me many days. but | hes
itated to mention it because ] real
lied you we're unprepared for the
sterness of it-you must now meet
the issue bravely. | know you will.
II has been my effort TO see clearly
through the broken fragments of a
career which has been the dream of
my youth. the realization of it was
nipped in the bud, but the seed re-
mains and shall grow again.
do you remember the preparation
we made and the years of waiting for
my admission to the bar? Your sac
rifces were many, but | trust no. in
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vain All has not been lost. | have
merely been diverted temporarily
from the path ! chose. and am for
little while marching behind Old
Glory in the name of and for human
ity. Men have crowned themselves
in many fields, but none shall glisten
as ours. We have bedecked ourselves
with the weapons of war, to live, to
bleed. to die, that a world and even
the people of our enemy might be
free; that but one king shall reign
who knows justice, mercy, goodness
and truth. The pages of history shall
throughout the ages perpetuate our
deeds; we shall forever live, although
our bodies may perish. The seed must
die that the flower In its full beauty
may live. For this am satisfied TO
spend the months and years that the
purpose may be accomplished.
"ln my childhood you taught me
10 revere the lives of heroes and
martyrs and now my chance has come
that Is the cause OF my contentment
and Of seeing through the clouds the
silver lining. II ! can depart with
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shall have engraved upon II the words
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., for truly the
glory OF II all rests upon their shout
dcrs. Then dry the tears you have
shed and cry no more, share the hon
or with me and when peace crowns
the onslaught hope 10 come back to
you. ] have no fear for that which Is
to be, must be and II ! do not return
with the rest remember was willing
to slumber with the host OF martyrs
TO common cause. With love,
Garlic"