Williston graphic., 1918-08-01

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HOW TO KILL YOUR TOWN
Buy from peddlers much and as often as pos
sible.
Denounce your merchants because they make profits
their goods.
Glory in the downfall of a who has done much
to build up your town.
chance you get.
Refuse to unite in any scheme for the beterment OF
the material interests of the people,
Tell your merchants that you can buy goods great
deal cheaper in other town and charge them with
extortion. stranger to your town tell him
everything is overdone and predict general crash IN
the future.
Patronize outside newspapers to the exclusion of
your and then denounce yours for not being as
large and cheap as the city papers,
If YOU are merchant, don't advertise in the home
paper but compel the editor to 60 elsewhere for ad-
vertsements and howl like sore head because he does
so. Buy a rubber stamp and it. 1t may save you
few dimes and make your letterheads and wrappers
look as though you doing business in horse
town.
If you are a farmer, the place where you
trade as the earth. Talk this to your
neighbors and tell them the men are robbers AMI
thieves. It will make your property much less val
uable but you don't
G-R-A-P-H-IC
DECLARATION EQUIPMENT DOING WAR
SERVICE
Travellers along the road westward have noticed the
removal of the wires of the Reclamation Service trans
mission line between Wilston and Buford. This ma
teral is being shipped the North Platte project of
the Reclamation Service where one hundred thou
sand acre unit is being added to the project The
of this material which eliminates the delay incident to
receiving copper from the factories will make pos
sible get the unit in condition to produce crops
for war purposes. carload of machinery from the
Buford pumping station has been shipped to the same
project.
Another pumping unit from the Buford station is
now in use at Camp Funston, Kansas, where it is
pumping the water supply for that cantonment
On the Huntley Project pumping unit was added to
the project and of the Buford Trenton pumps
now irrigating 5000 of crop there which will
yield $25OOO net to the farmers for bees and
alfalfa.
Another unit from the Buford-Trenton Pumping
station is pumping water for several thousand acres
of fruit lands the North Yakima project Washing
ton where pumping lift has been added to the
project.
Mr.. Arthur, the project manger, with Mr. Nelson
and Mr. Young have been handling these transfers. Mr.
Arthur says that while it is not pleasant to ship this
material away there is satisfaction in getting
it away promptly demand where the investment will
longer be idle and where its Will be materlaI
aid in the operations.
In the case of the transfer to Camp Funston the
machinery which installed and in place at Buford
was removed, loaded and received at Camp Funston
one week after the teegraphic order received at
Wlliston
No Williston Project material or machinery has yet
been sold or transferred.
Bv the above statements you can see what might
happen to the Wiston Project in case contract is
not drawn up with the government to irrgate the WILL
lston Project during the coming year. What lot OF
grief it would have saved the farmers in this terri
tory had the been their lands this season and
last.
Lets get busy we need this project and must have
it for the welfare Of this community.
G-R-A-P-H-lC
AMERICAN AND GERMAN FINANCES
Pessimistic Americans who view with alarm our
increasing national obligations may derive great deal
of comfort from q comparison of the financial condi-
ton If the United States contrasted with that of Ger
many.
The total resources of the United States esti-
mated at about $25OOO0 0O0 900; annual earnings
are estimated at about $780, 100000. Our national
debt including the third liberty loan, may be put
around $4,000, 1000.
Before the war our Government was spending about
$1,000 900 year. When the war is ended interest
CHARGES less the interest collected from loans to
our allies Government insurance expenses, and other
necessary expenditures growing out of the war may
conservativey be estimated at something like $780,
OOOOOO We are confronted therefore, when peace
comes with raising only couple of billions year
revenue, slight task for Nation of such tremendous
cit1y md