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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-02
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No Difficulty.

S.. Have any trouble in getting your
money aback?'' .z .= III .55 z.z ...s
Not a bit,p' replied the dissatis-
fed purchaser But got the worst
Of it, as usual The price Of the ar
ticle had jumped so by the time i
got back to the store that they made
g profit by getting it in stock again"
81 -Four hundred delegates attended
the annual convention Of the Mime
sofa Union, American Society Of
Equity, which was held 1 in ST. Paul.
The real business Of the session were
the discussion ]. Of market problems,
and plans for extending the organiza-
ton.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-02
At National Guard Camp

At National Guard camps large
chautauqua tents, with seating ca
pacity of from 1900 to 1000 have
been put. up, and frst-class vaude.
vile is being presented.
The expense Of operating this cir
cult Of "a theaters is met by admis-
sion charges which run from 10 cents
to Is cents. -
"Smileage" books contain 20 or 100
5-cent coupons, which may be pur-
chased by anyone for 81 or IS, re-
spectively, and sent to a soldier
friend at the camp. The coupons
will. be exchanged at the box office
for admission tickets. Sending a man
"Smileage" book is equivalent to
giving him passes to from 10 to SO
performances of various kinds. -.
Forms of regulations necessary to
govern the proper marketing and
handling of animal and poultry feed
are now being prepared by the Food
Administration. -. IL - y
AS in the case Of industries deal
ing in staple foods for human con-
sumption Federal supervision of
feeds will take the form Of a fcens-
ing system. information contained
in reports enable the Food Admins
tration to- detect boarding, excessive
profits, and to know the exact a.
mount and location Of feeds in the:
country. s.. = ::.::sz CA. ST.
The Post Office Department is tel
ling of q man at a cantonment re-
garding whom that story was circu-
lated that he was lonesome and had
never received . letter since arrival
in camp. Then came the deluge I /
3 In one mail he received 1900 let
ters, - special delivery letters and
parcels, and 50 ordinary parcels. In.
vestigation showed he could neither
read , nor write He was found sur
rounded by several other soldiers
who were helping him with his mail.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-02

s tssisa itiss sal cpl1ltlses
IFArapsha ~ e. llplt Z lItats. y
~ % tks Battle Front 1.


y Soldiers at the capto comments would
rather see service at once on the
battle lines as privates than 60 later
as officers. In many instances enlist.
ed men eligible for admission to Of
ficers' training schools have refused
to apply because they feared the
work would lessen their chances of
immediate active service in Europe.
In one division, with $50 men to be
selected for training schools, only 40
would apply. The rumor was abroad
in camp that the division would sail.
before the work at the school was
completed, and not until men were
assured that the schools would move
with the divisions were the quotas
filled. = :, Z :@4es. 5.: :. Ill IS
+. -'-
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-02


.dressee. is under suspicion, but that
it's examination is thought necessary
in safeguarding the Governments inrs
terests. -,
Under the authority of the trading
>-with-the-enemy act censorship of in.
ternational mail has been established
by the Postmaster. General The
work will be conducted at New York,
the Canal Zone, Porto Rico, and other
places where it maybe necessary. r,
Included. in the recent annual re-
port of Secretary Franklin K. Lane
is the following: IS
when the Bureau of Mines was
created by Congress five years ago it
was hardly to- have been. imagined.
that the methods used for the saving,
of life in the coal mines of the Unit
ed States would become of vital use
in the problem of saving lives and:
destroying lives in world war; yet
this is just what has happened.
1.-THE soldiers kit, which was so
simple a thing in other wars, has
had to be increased by gas mask
not unlike the helmet of deep-sea
diver; with box of chemicals adapt
ed for offsetting the effects of the
various kinds of gas the enemy is
known, to use.
when we came into the war we
found ourselves prepared with the
knowledge, the machinery, and the
men to promptly meet the need of
gas masks in great quantity and of
a superior type. Thus the men who
had been on this work of. meeting
the gases compounded in natures
p, laboratory were found to have a re-
serve of knowledge as to what gases
, will kill and what will choke and
what will burn and what will hasten
disease, which in war of cumula-
tive frightfulness would make the
United States modestly distinguished
if it wished to so shine. AS one of
the group said: -.
"'We chemists in America have
never turned our minds to the des-
truction of human life. Our work
has been constructive chemistry
of the soil, of cement, of printers
: ink, of the by-products from petro-
i leurn and tar, of 10000 things which
will make for q longer, happier
I life for man. But if the world is to
/ be turned upside down and instead
/ of staying death and disease and
making new things that man can use
: for his own ennoblement we are
wanted to push forward the work of
! the destruction of man and all his
/ works we can become rivals Of the
worst in such enterprise %s. s. 3 ===.5 {: !.
This is not the time to present
| the things done and the things doing
/ by these men of the i necromantic
science, but when the day comes for
casting up accounts and giving ere
4 dit their work win not 60 unrecog-
/, nized." .* Ia . :. &. "a zs5 s 4
n Porto Rico, which formerly i'm
ported Thousands Of dollars worth
Of beans annually from the mainland,
this product IS now being exported
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-02

n Porto Rico, which formerly inn
ported thousands Of dollars worth
Of beans annually from the mainland,
this product is now being exported.
80 Rart IS ]. the sv,ar-en1ergency work
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-02

When men called under the selec-s
tive-service law reach the canton
ments they are given, so far as prac-:
ticable, their choices Of Army SER
vice. Infantry is most often prefer,
red, Artillery second, Engineer divi-''
sions are third in popularity, and,
quartermasters work fourth. =
Investigations so far made by the
committee on classifcations of per-
sonnet in the Army, which has the
matter in charge, prove that only 2
per cent Of the men attempt to Sc
cure nonhazardous positions. =.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-02

While the demand for leather for
many uses has taxed the productive
capacity of the country, the amount
used in ordnance equipment for SOL
diers is singularly small. The equip
ment furnished an infantryman by
the Ordnance Bureau (which does
not include the uniform equipment
from the Quartermaster's Depart
ment) contains only 1912 ounces.
The largest use of leather in this
equipment is in the gun sling, which
contains Z ounces; in the oiler and
thong case are 1.5 ounces; boyonet
scabbard, OF ounce; pack carrier, I
ounce.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
First Publication July 31st,-3t
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the County Auditor of KAN
diyohi County, Minnesota until o'clock
+. NJ August %, 1918, for the construc-
ton of Division "A" and "B" of Fed
eral Aid Project No. 81, State Road No
6-length IA miles.
Which involves the following items:
Excavation 1926 c. Y.
Guard Rail $500 lin. it.
Installing portable concrete culverts
and furnishing material as follows:
-" $50. 5 lin. TT.
49, 2O1.O lin. it.
IS" 201.5 lin. #.
"a $50 lin it.
80" $50 lin. TT.
! WIG Reinforced concrete culvert
The work is divided into two divisions
each of the divisions.
Plans and specifications may be ex-
amined at the office of the County Au
ditor kandiyohi County, Minnesota, or
at the office of the State Highway De-
partment, 900. Guardian Life Bldg, St.
Paul, Minnesota. Blue prints of plans
may be obtained from the State High
way Departments at bidders expense
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids and to waive any defects. Bids
must be accompanied by certified
check, payable to the County Treasurer,
for at least 5 per cent of the amount Of
the proposal.
Signed SAMUEL NELSON,
County Auditor, Kandiyohi
! County, Willnrar, Minnesota.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31

scribed to the oath as by law required
whereupon the Board organized and
elected commissioner N. B. johnson as
chairman.
They proceeded to equalize the person
al property and the real property assess
mentS.
In The Matter Of the Re-Assessment
of the Town Of Norway Lake:
Commissioner Albert Boersma offered
the following resolution, which was
adopted by full vote Of the Board:
Whereas, The real estate assessments
for the year 1918 for the Town of Nor
assessed out of proportion, some being
too low and others too high. and in
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
THOSE WHO CANNOT GO
BY EDWARD A. q. Hermann
Of the vioilantes.

Of the vioilantes.
Are you sorry? Or are you glad?
Perhaps you would 60 If you could,
but you must stay at home.
You cannot be a hero at the battle
front, but you can live heroically wher-
ever you are.
1t takes five men at home to keep
one man in the trenches.
YOU belong to one of those groups
of five men.
The five men at home must stand to-
gether and do the things that count
most for one man at the front. For
any one man to fail is to play false to
the cause for which we work and they
fight.
You cannot fight, but you can work
and pray; you can love and serve; you
can save carefully and give sacri-
f1cialfy. Above all else you ought to
worship in times Of war.
We believe our cause is righteous.
Our faith is justified. Our human in
stincts are not lying to US.
The lofty ideals for which our brave
boys are fighting are the ideals for
which pure Christianity has stood for
1900 years. When the church has
been blind to the vision of the
ideals she has grown weak and I'M
worthy Of the great Leader. We stand
with him today for the sanctity of
womanhood and the protection Of chill
dren for Justice and mercy, truth and
righteousness; for industrial, political
and social democracy; for information
al law and universal brotherhood: for
the establishment Of the kingdom of
God on earth.
These are the great ideals which
carry with them freedom, peace and
happiness for all the future.
After all, true religion is the real
conservator Of civilization and the ul-
Innate unifier of humanity. The fu-
ture OF democracy and civilization y
bound up with Christianity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
DOG Is Mans Friend.

However much or little the average
in affection, fidelity, intelligence, serv
ice and companionship more than he
costs. This, all outside his value as
creature, by his very presence among
men, cultivating the spirit of kindness
and humanity which man still 80 sore
ly needs. The real dog lover puts no
price In dollars and cents on his dog.
He simply says: money can't buy
him."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31

several instances. structures were en-
tirely omitted, And
ize same according to law, a great in
justice would be done to people who
were correctly assessed. while others
would still be too low.
Now Therefore. Be It Resolved BY
The Board Of Equalization Of Kandi-
yohi County. Minnesota, that we, as
members of said Board hereby recon-
mend that a reassessment be made in
said town of Norway Lake. and respect
fully petition the Minnesota Tax Com
mission to order said re-assessment to
be made.
Dated at Willmar. Mimi. this 10th
day of July, 1918,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31

that said property has been valued too
high compared to similar property Of
ase redSced from $500 90
to 3186O.OO. The Board considered tho
application. Upon motion duly made and
carried. the assessment valuation on
property was reduced to 1850 90
All other changes made in the returns
Of the several assessors Of the townships
villages and the city. were A. appeG
crease or decrease Of value from the
SCISSORS returns are indicated by the r:
pre- centum increase or decrease as
made q part OF the proceedings of tn, ;,
Board Of Equalization.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Official Report Equalization Kanyo County, Minnesota

State of Minnesota, County of Kandi-
yOhi,-ss.
County Auditors Office, Willmar, Mimi,
July Is, 1918.
Pursuant to law. the Board of Equali-
cation of said county met at the County
Auditors Office in the City Of Willmar
on above date for the purpose of eQualiz-
ing the assessments returned by the
several assessors In the assessment dis
tricts of said county. Members pres
ent. commissioners VIM. o. johnson,
S. A. Syverson, N. B. Johnson, C. J.
Swenson and Albert Boersma and County
Auditor. Samuel Nelson. Absent. none
Each Of the members took and sub
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
THE TEST
BY JOHN BROWN JEWETT
Of the Viollantes.

BY JOHN BROWN JEWETT
Of the vigllantes.
This is your crisis. this your hour;
Farth's oceans and its shores
Hold but one place of portent power.
One duty-it is yours.
Think not to hide amid the crowd
That covers land and sea;
The voice Of Fate is calling loud:
Look to him, world-'tis he!''
Yes, you-no other. None are born
To do what you must do;
No beaten captain waits such scorn
For failure, as must you.
1t is the test. the fine one:-
Shall king or people reign?
Who are the people? There are none
II one is called in vain.
On you tho sorrow. blood and cost.
The glory or the shame.
II freedoms cause today is lost.
You only are to blame.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31

Don't Ask Personal Questions.
Never presume upon your intimacy
with another to ask personal ques-
tons. No matter how good friends
two may be, both have certain matters
which they prefer to keep to them.
selves. The presumption which, under
the excuse Of intimacy, pushes its way
into the privacies Of the spirit is IN
worthy of you. Respect your friends
reserves. and insist that they shall re-
spect yours.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Artificial lndiuo.

Chemists discovered by research
years ago the process Of making arti-
fetal indigo. but it was only when a
thermometer broke in the solution that
they found out now to make the indigo
cheap enough to be commercially val
liable. The mercury so increased the
yield Of certain acid that the process
was cheapened sufficiently to make ar
tif1cial indigo less expensive than ma
tural indigo.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Some Consolation.

After carefully examining the dress
her mother had made for her out of
her older sisters dress, Ruth said,
Mother, weren't you the next to the
Oldest sister In grandma's family?"
Upon being Informed that such was
the case, she said, "Well. then, you
know what 1t means, too, to have to
wear madeOver dresses"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Value Of common rh,no.

Value Of Common Things.
The common things Of life are things
we'll worth while when we know what
to do with them. 1t was a glimpse Of
bird that he had never seen before,
but which he might have seen a thou
sand times so. common was it, that
made foremost nature writer out Of
Bradford Torrey.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Danger In Diseased Tonsils.

In six persistent diphtheria carriers
reported by two British physicians the
trouble was traced to continuous in
lection of the tonsils. The disease or
ganisms were found deeply implanted
In these organs, and quite beyond the
reach Of any kind of local applica-
ton. Removal Of the tonsils was
tried, the effect being a complete cure
Of the distressing condition. permitting
the victims to 60 about without risk
Of spreading dangerous malady.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
THE FLAG SPEAKS
BY THEoDoslA GARRISON
Of the vidiIantes-

Great minds planned me,
High hearts made me,
Strong arms raised mo
To fly while life endures:
Fine souls wrought for me.
Brave men fought for me,
Bound and broken sought for ma
Now-l am yours.
The wide world sees me,
The wild seas know me,
The four winds lift me
A signal and a flame;
Your youth and your ago,
Your hope and heritage,
Your fathers fathers page
That bears your name.
Your hands uphold mo.
Your strength sustains me,
Your service honors mo
With every task 1t gives.
Hold me your word and worth.
Hold me your sword and hearth, y
Hold me your sign 20 earth @ :. IT,.
That Freedom lives. J. 3s I. /, 49,. IS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Chinook Salmon.

Chinook Salmon.
The Chinook salmon, scarcely known
commercially seventy or seventy-fve
years ago. Is today one of the most i'm
portant food fishes In the world. It is
sold In sealed cans in nearly every
market. All individuals of this spe-
c1es and the blue-back salmon, closely
allied to It, die after spawning.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
When the COWBOY 'F,lnted.

When the Cowboy Tainted.
Young Lady ION her first visit West)
What do you have that coil Of line
on your saddle for7" Cowboy-That
line, as you call 1t, lady, we use for
catching cattle and horses" Young
Lady-"How interesting! Ard what
do you use for bait?"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Ancient Montessori Methods.

Ancient Montessori Methods.
Herodes. to overcome the extraor
binary dizziness Of his son Atticus, edu.>
Gated along with him "a little slaves
OF his own age. He gave each the name
OF the letter Of the Greek alphabet His
son. In order to play with them, had to
learn the alphabet to call their names.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31

Rejuvenation Always Possible.
There is rejuvenation in exercise, in
play, In care for personal appearance.
And there Is an economic influence in
external regeneration which reacts up
on the mentality, keeping the indi-
vidual alert and up-to-date. Youth finds
its golden chances In the present era:
they are not denied to the older man
who has not lost his grip-or who cam.
regain it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Louisa Goes
Over the TOP
r.
BY GIDEON HOB
% The T1giIontes

Louisa Is the school scrub woman.
She has been connected with the school
for years. She has been there with her
brooms, her pals, her mops and her
eternal thoroughness.
Louisa was German. She spoke
German. She thought German. She
dreamed Germany. She was in America
only because she could not "earn so
much as here" She had come here q
generation ago with a young married
sister. The sister had gone back to
Germany, leaving her baby with
Louisa. He grew up as most boys do
whose mothers are not about and
whose supporting aunts have to go out
to work.
He was stoop-shouldered, he smoked.
He spent his wages as he wished.
Louisa would look at him grimly and
mutter: Zach. If only I had you in
Chermany."
It was for the boy that she worked.
1t was of him and the Faderland'
that she talked as she rubbed, rubbed,
rubbed. ZACH. what think? That boy
he lends five dollars t. man on the
block and he move away and we can't
find him.
mot so it IS in Chermany. There he
could not do this. Make bills and hide
himself. There you have little book.
From school yet you have it. In it
stands your name, your age, your hair,
your eyes, and all what you do for q
living.
"First thing you do If you move, you
must 60 to the police and show your
book, then again when you arrive you
show your book to the police.
mo, no, in Chermany you cannot
run away. There they have it much bet
ter. You are all bosses. Nein! You
have not the discipline. Hrrp! "TRIP!
Forward march !" and Louisa shoulder
ing her brooms and mops marched
down the corridor to the applause and
laughter of the little children marching
into school.
Louisa liked to mingle with the
teachers. At the beginning of the war,
when the teachers gathered in their lit
tie knots discussing the possibilities
and specializing on the outcome of it
all, Louisa made he- contribution:
Zach, the discipline. Won Hindenburg,
Won Hindenburg. He is for discipline.
He is the soldier. Such q fine one
never lived. You will see he will
win. He is Gottlike man."
"Oh, Louisa, have a heart. Don't
scare US SO early in the morning."
scoffed Boy Teacher, reaching for the
brief case that rested at his feet. But
Louisa was before him and placed 1t
In his hands.
"Oh, thank you, Louisa, but you
mustn't do that. You'll spoil me. I'm
not used to it,
II should hope not" shifted another
young teacher, II should hope not in
deed. The idea of a woman waiting
on perfectly healthy, strong young
man. bet wouldn't do it."
Zach, no? In Chermany you would
be better disciplined. You would save
the man ALL"
"Why? Whyr stamped the young
teacher. "Why should a woman save
a man anything?"
Because" Louisa condescended.
because he Is soldier. He fights
for the Faderland. Without the man
what are you? Nothing. It is for
you to marry fine soldier, mother a
fine soldier, raise up fine soldier.
That Is your duty. That you were
placed in the world for. Now he,"
pointing to the Boy Teacher, ''would
make fine" But the young teacher
had fed, -. u. :.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
japanese Rice Cultivation.

Twelve thousand square miles-7.-
6SOOoO acres-constitute the rice land
OF Japan, which feeds a nation of
about 5OOOO.OO0 people on an average
OF pound a day tor each person, It
takes 135 days to grow crop OF rice,
and In Japan the s1aborious work of
cultivation is done almost entirely by
hand.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Salesmanshin.

SaIesm4nshlp.
Every man has something to sell
perhaps merchandise, possibly expert
ence. perchance work, mayhap Just
plain bluff. Anywhere, any time, man
has something to sell. We are all mer-
chants, brokers, bankers, jobbers,
haWkers, hucksters. From the clerk to
the cabinet, from the buyer to the SELL
er. from the regrater to the retailer all
men are concerned in craftsmanship.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
ANGELS Of tks Koran

According to the Koran the four
principal angels are: Gabriel, the angel
OF revelation; Michael. the friend and
protector Of the Jews; Axrael, the an
gel OF death; Izrafel, whose Office 1t
VIII be to sound the trumpet on the
last day. sss:sz
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Velvet.Maklno.

velvet was developed and originated
from fur in China. Thence velvet-mak-
Ing was introduced into India, and in
the fourteenth century into Italy, where
that sort of fabric especially appealed,
and where the art of matchmaking
reached Its heighth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
Moon by "Earthiiaht.s

When the crescent Of the new moon
appears in the west the phenomenon
called "the old moon In the young
ones arms" is often observed. Part.
ly embraced by the horns of the cres-
cent is seen the whole round orb Of
the moon. The cause Of this appear
ance Is that the 'earthlight" upon that
part Of the moon not reached by the
sunshine is sufficiently brilliant to rem
der it family visible to our eyes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-31
New and Valuable Oils

The results were recently announced
Of an Investigation into a series Of
oils prepared during the Australasian
antarctic expedition. These materials
included sea leopard oil, Weddel seal
oil and penguin oil. The oils have
been carefully examined In order to
determine their characters in COMPARE
son with commercial oils Of a similar
kind. They were found to be Of good
quality, and could be used fer soap
making, leather dressing, burning, etc.