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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
OSnabroCk Boy
Writes Of Russia
Graphic Description Given
by liver Musgjerd of Bol-
sheviki Revolution

"We have had a great old time
for the last month or so, writes
liver Musgjerd, in letter from Pet
rograd, in Russia, to the folks at his
home in the vicinity of Osnabrock.
The letter is under date of uecem-
ber 21st and was written to his par
ents. About year ago Mr.. Mus.
gjerd was sent to Russia by one of
the large banking houses in New York
city, and is now, according to ca
blegram that has been received hv
the family dated February 20, on his
way to Yokohama, in Japan.
The letter continues: ''I SUPPOSE
that you have read in the papers
about the Bolshevik revolution here.
The night that it started, November
9th, my room mate and were walk
ing home and we ran into the whole
bunch of them, machine guns, cannon
and everything. They were just pre-
pairing to attack the winter palace.
They stopped US, we showed them
our passports so they let US by. I
for one was not very anxious to stop
there, for it did not seem to be ex-
actly healthy peighborhood. We
roomed about two blocks away
and we were not long making tracks
for our home; we had barely gotten
there when the fun commenced. The
palace was defended by regiment of
women soldirs and Jew companies
of cadets. Believe me they made
some racket. The Bolsheviks ran a
gunboat up the Neva river, the winter
palace being right on the shore
and opened fire. With that and with
the machine gun and the rifle
fire from the attackers and defenders
they kept US awake throughout the
night The Bo]sheviks stormed the
palace the next morning. No one
knows how many were killed, but it
is said that the women regiment alone
lost over one hundred of its numbers.
We walked by the palace the next
morning. The palace was plastered
Will UullSl uOlcS 1IOIIl Ol0 6nO TO
the other. There are rumors about
here now to the effect that. the Ger
mans are coming in to occupy Petro-
grad If they come, for one am
not going to stay here to shake hands
with them, believe me- No l am
going to hit the trail for Serbia
first and 60 as hard as can. Things
are so uncertain here that some days
we half prepare to leave the plaza,
then again we decide that we n: s
as we'll stay. We hardly know ou-.-
selves what is going on, however,
they seem to be having nice little
civil war down in southern Russia,
Bolsheviks against the cadets and
f Cossacks. If they ever get up here
: there certainly will be hell a pop.
e ping.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
Serg't B. Kjose
Near Firing Line
Can Hear Roar of Cannon on
Battle Front, at Base Sixty
Miles in the Rear

Sergeant Burney H. Kjose. one of
the old Company E. boys, now with
the American Expeditionary forces in
France, writing letter to his home
town, Wales, addresses Editor P. C.
Gljdden, of the Progress, as "My
Dear Old Red Headed Friend" At
the time he wrote the 10th Trench
Mortar Battery was located some six.
ty miles back from the firing line,
where he says that the roar of the
big cannon on still night sounds a
good deal like bunch of school chill
dren of the first grade just let out
for recess. Burney has already had
his first glimpse of General Perish.
ing. France, from what he has to
say of it doesn't appear to come up
to his ideals of Partisan fashion, that
is under present day conditions, wooden
shoes and black dresses predominant
ing altogether too strongly. He states
that the boys have just received theil
first batch of mail since their arrival
across the pond several weeks pre-
vious most of them averaging abour
ten letters apiece. Along with
the Others sergeants of the battery
he is attending a trench morta,
school which it is expected will ex-
tend over period of about two
weeks. To judge how the work Of
getting the boys nearer to the fight
ing front is being speeded up, he
tells that they are holding evening
sessions of the school from seven te
nine O'Clock nightly. Eighty-fve o1
the boys in the battery he says have
until now been doing military police
| d''+y !. town since their landing il
| France, but have been recalled t.
| camp to start drilling with the trenc1
morter, which he describes as sur
being some son of a gun. In bring
ing his letter to close Kjose states
that there is general feeling of con
, fidence among the troops from the
J United States which compose the
American expeditionary forces, tina
they will be back in the good old U
S. A., to enjoy their next Christina
I dinner. They are being we'll treat
: ed, enjoy both climate and scenery
n which indeed is beautiful, but for al
q of that are getting to be in des
" perate hurry to get through with tn
e job-lick the kaiser and again be
0 back home among their folks and ol
n friends. He wishes to be remember
y ed by all of his Langdon and Vale
: friends and says that letters are ap
, preciated by all of the boys. The
: cannot get too many of them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
Fourteen Autos in
$4,000 FireLoss
Bimler Bros. Garage and
Shop at Michigan Goes Up
In Smoke Thursday

A special edition of the Michigan,
N. D., Arena, issued on the evening
of the day of the fire which destroyed
the auto garage and repair shop of
Bimler Bros, contains the following
account of the confagration, 1t will
be of interest to the many friends of
the men who compose the firm in this
county, where they resided before en-
tering into business at Michigan,
little over a year ago:
''Fire consumed the Bim]er Broth
ers garage and contents at about two
o'clock on Thursday afternoon. The
entire loss was from $l5, 600 to
$4,000. There was no insurance,
except some carried by Individual car
owners. The building was new and
cost about So, 600, and with it four
teen cars were consumed. besides a
stock of tires and automobile access
sories and two cars that were owned
by the Bimler Brothers. The fire
was noticed by workmen under car
shortly after dinner. Every effort
was made to put it out with hand
extinguishers the effort caused the
flames to spread so rapidly that the
workmen just had time to escape.
The flames spread with rapidity
that was marvellous and in a few
minutes, cars were exploding anI
famed by the strong west wind,
the whole building became a roar.
ing furnace. Vivid flames pierced
the vast clouds of black smoke, that
now rolled eastward and the awful
element seemed ready to envelope
the adjoining hotel property and the
buildings to the north and east in the
area of destruction.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
Viewed Ruins of Big Auto Fire

Robert Bimler took Saturdays 8
train to Michigan, N. D., to investi.
gate into the extent of the fire loss
of his brothers, the Bimler Bros,
whose auto garage and repair shop
was complete loss by fire during the
past week. Their hardware and fur
niture store also was damaged to
quite an extent, with heavy loss on
the stock owing to water and smoke.
The fire is stated as having had its
origin from the back firing of gaso-
line engine. Their loss is total,
there being no insurance. Fourteen
automobiles, that had been stored
there by their owners for the winter
also furnished fuel for the devouring
flames.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
IS LEAVING AIRPLAkE CAMP
IN VIRGINIA FOR FRAN CE

Frank Heapy, who is with an areo
squadron in training at Norfolk, Va
writing recent letter to his father.
Mr.. Joseph Heapy, and among other
things complains of the poor mail
service which now days is being
experienced there since east bound
freight and coal trains have had the
right of way over the passenger and
mail train service of the railroads.
The present winter he states has been
the coldest there in the history of
Virginia and that this winter the bay
has been frozen over, for the second
time since the civil war of fifty odd
years ago. However, at the time he
wrote it was getting a little warmer
the grounds of the camp are getting
muddy and many of the boys have
acquired bad colds, the fact that it is
about sea level there it always
pretty damp. The day he wrote he
stated he had got the information
from an officer that they were soon
due to leave there, and although moth
ing definite has been given out, the
25th was expected to see them break
camp for somewhere but it will
be another step in the direction
France. Frank asks his father not
to worry about him as he is going to
play the game square, both with him.
self and the other fellow and expects
to make it ali right. He believes
that it will be the experience Of his
whole life time. He is sorry now
that he did not even enlist before he
registered. He says that after you
have talked with men who have beer
over there and have seen with their
own eyes what is being done it makes
one perfectly willing to undergo any
hardship or danger to insure that the
civilized world should never again un
dergo such another experience. Any
man who is physically able aud not
married should go or leave himself tt
be branded as yellow cur and not I
citizen of this country. Franl
expected by the time that this lette
reached his father to be we'll ON hi
way to France.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
Two More Enlisted Men Leave

Joseph Rogstad and Peter Bjorn-
stad, of Wang, were the latest of the
bows of Cavalier county to leave
their homes in the service of flag and
country. They took yesterdays train
for Grand Forks to take the preliimin-
ary examination for their enlistment
in the navy. Before taking the train
they were presented with comfort bags
that had been made and filled for
them by the girls of the Landgon sol.
dier's aid society. The boys are
leaving the homes of two of the best
known families in northeastern Cava-
lier county.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
five BELOW ZERO IN TEXAS
BUT 1918 OUTLOOK IS GOOD

C.. w. Toews, one of the first pio-
neers among the early day settlers of
Moscow township, writes to the Demo
crat quite an interesting letter from
Littlefeld, Texas, where himself and
family, with others of the Moscow
settlement, have been located since
removing from the county about two
years ago. At the time he wrote on
the 28th ult., all were we'll, but they
have been passing through some un-
usually severe cold winter weather,
with minimum of five degrees be-
low zero. Of the drouth, which has
prove so disastrous in the loss of live
stock on the ranges he says that moth
ing like it has been known in the his.
tory of the state, but the long looked
for rains have come at last, the loss
of the cattlemen Of the plains, how
ever will in many instances prove
ruinous When Mr.. Toews wrote on
Feb'y %, the weather was quite
warm with good deal of wind. A
start has already been made on the
springs work and a good season fer
1918 is looked for by all. He asks
us to say hello to all old friends in
and around Langdon. Says that the
thoughts of himself and family often
wander back to Cavalier county where
for tweny's seven years of his life he
lived most happily. In the paper he
is able to note the many changes and
happenings that time is making
among the circle of old friends here
whom he left behind couple of
years ago. The Toews, Penner, Fast
and Timian families he says are all
we'll and wish to be remembered to
their friends.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14

The tickets are now on sale at
Closes drug store for the home talent
play, In the Village Postffioce, which
is to be presented at the Auditorium
on Monday evening of next week.
Much time and care has been given
to the preparation for the production
of this play, in which the caste is all
local talent and which is home benefit
production. Songs and comedy fea-
lures will be introduced between the
acts and it is hoped the performers
will have a generous turn out of the
people of Langdon and vicinity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14

This afternoon the ladies guild of
the Presbyterian church are packing
and expect to mail tomorrow some
thirty-six boxes that are being sent
for Easter to boys of the congregation
of that church who are in the service
of their country, the greater number
of them being already in France with
the 10th Trench Mortar Battery.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14

Hon. 0. K. Legeson, one of the
head men of the league from Grand
Forks county was here in an official
capacity to preside at the convention
held on Saturday afternoon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14
TWO CARS OF CORN.

! have in transit to arrive in Lang
odn in few days two carloads Of
corn. One car of shelled corn and
one car Of corn on the ear. Call and
get prices if you want any of this,
j. F. Ramage,
Ilangdon, North Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14

Mrs. Z. A. Pennock came down
from Wales, and is making n visit of
part of the week visiting with her
l., ,angdon old friends.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14

Senator" Dan Meehan was over
from his farm in the vicinity of Clyde
Saturday to watch the manipula.
Of the nonpartisan legislative
ention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-14

don high school if fast work in the
events on the card cut any figure
about who gets it.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-01-11
STEPS TAKEN TOWARDS
ERECTION or TABERNACLE

The Presidency Of Montpelier stake
has already taken steps toward tbs
erection Of a tabernacle and an ad7
ministratton building IN Montpelier
this year. A. IL takes money 20 erect
temples of worship. the same 90 II
does any other class Of buildings.
President Rich and his connselors
nave been sort Of feeling some Of
the prominent business men and citi-
zens for the purpose OF ascertaining
what might be expected in the way Of
donationa President Rich II highly
eiated At the result or a few hours.
work n one day - three firms put
aheir names down for $500 each.
This Is certainly good start and In
ffcates that Montpelier people are
soina to DO their fun share IN a e.
nancial way In helping to constTues
lhe proposed new building. the cost
lof which viii depend 20 some extent
upon the amount Of contributions re
eefyed ln the eity- and Kalisyl How.
I@3eTs d = 4hS desire OF tns FF@1i@uhs
ey 10 expend at least sS0.000 I'm ths
erection and furnishing OF these twe
buildings.
A site IL the next important MATES
10 be- considered. and while One hal
not yet been chosen. the Presidency
has two or three IN view. Il is hopes
20 have this point settled. as well .
the cost of the building. II time q
break ground af the earliest dat
lpossIbls n the spring.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-01-11
MUSICAL co.
HERE NEXT THURSDAY
(By }. N. Cummingsl

(by j. N. CummimgSl
One of the chief functions OF high
schools is to assist In raising the in
tellectual, moral and social standards
OF the communities where the schools
are located. The intellectual and NOR.
al principles are instilled mainly in
the class rooms but that of the social
must be done mainly In other ways
To aid in this important phase
of the work the schools try TO get
each year several high class enter
tainments. Some Of these are given
by the students themselves but others
must be brought in from the outside.
This year the student body con
tracted for q regular Lyceum course
OF Ave numbers costing them nearly
800. Four OF these numbers have
been given and Notwithstanding the
high order of these entertainments
the people of the community have not
patronized them to the extent that
they should. So far the students have
not been able TO meet their obliga-
tions.
A few weeks ago they arranged
with Miss Lily shipp 20 give concert
In the high school auditorium and
Just a small handful of people came.
The program was excellent and many
who were there said II was worth
many times the price OF admission.
To make one last effort to get the
people out TO something worth while
the student body has arranged with
the HalloweII Music Company Of Chi.
cago 10 give an entertainment in the
opera house Thursday evening. Janu-
AIRY 18th. These people have beer
here twice before and 7 have person.
ally talked with several who heard
them and they without exception say
it is the best thing Of its kind thes
have ever heard In Montpelier. There
are nine people in the company ant
each one ls a soloist. They play al
most every kind Of standard musica
!, instruments and each one IL m artiB
with his particular instrument. an
told the harpist is the best there 10 II
the country and that he alone
worth the price Of admission. he
aldes All these Mr.. J. r. Vented. til,
renowned baritone. vim appear witt
, them.
) We make an appeal 70 the peopl
Of this community 70 come out TO thl
? BIG entertainment. These things COS
money and the school cannot affOr'
, 10 keep bringing them here unless th
! people VIII stand back OF them. w
) can guarantee that you viii 80 ava
/ satisfied snd declare yoH cot you
moneys worth.
II This ID not one Of the regular I.yce
; nm numbers. the latter win appsa
5 somstime IN May.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-01-11
IDAHO is DOING Her
FULL PART IN THE WAR
She Has Contributed Thousands of Men. Tons of
Food and Millions in Money Every War
Issue Over subscribed.

The war number" OF the Boise
Statesman, which was issued on Dec.
S1st, was a splendid edition. 1t not
only told what Idaho has done for the
war, but went into detail in giving
the resources OF the various sections
of the state. From 1t is taken the
following resume in order that gem
eral idea may be had OF what Idaho
has done for the war:
She has sent $500 men into the
fighting service.
She has lent the government slS.-
900. 900.
She has given more than $6OO.O 900
to the Red Cross.
She has contribg ted nearly $780,
600 to the army Y. NJ. C. A.
More than 10000 Idaho people
have become Red Cross members.
Idaho women have made surgical
dressings, bandages and hospital gar
ments and have knitted socks. sweat
ers. wristlets and helmets by the
scores OF thousands.
Meat, wheat, sugar and fat those
four food essentials, with which the
world is lighting as with munitions.
Idaho has produced all Of them in
large quantities. And the millions OF
dollars worth OF other foods the state
has raised-all these have helped
save meat and wheat and sugar and
fat, and so are helping Idaho to help
win the war.
Sugar? Tdaho's seven factories
this year are estimated to have turned
out60 900 tons-enough to have sup
piled our army and navy for a year
il our army and navy hadn't grown
The entire output was placed In the
hands Of the government for distri.
button.
Wheat? Idaho marketed $500
carloads. in addition to what war
used at home.
Fats? Idaho's dairies and cream
cries produce from $4,000. .OO0 to So.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-01-11

TO-. where they are taught teIeRra-
ply free OF charge. When qualified
they are furnished with positions.
the Frisco road s. also maintaining
81 Springfield a school where young
women are qualified for local agency
work All the duties Of station agent
are taught free OF charge. The school
vas first established for the benefit Of
the families Of Frisco employees. but
now outside girls ara taken IN also be
caRse Of the shortage Of male help.
When the applicant has made SUN
eient progress IN the work Of station
agent she II furnished q position.
Miss Anna Belle Glenn. who Il
probably the only woman train dis.
patcheF IN the United States. IL sta.
TONED at Hugo. Okla Miss Glenn
was formerly q teIegrapher On the d.
vision for q number of years Ghs
worked IL the chief dfapatcher'a ofBcs
Al Fort Smith and Hugo. aa dispatef
clerk while learning the work D
train dispatcher. Her services IN flail
eaDaeity. Superintendent BaltzeN
states. are perfectly satisfactory. ans
she is one % the mogt efneEeat en-
ployes o. the line.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-01-11
LIEUT.. ROBERT HARDING
CAPTURES LIFE PRISONER

= Lieut.. Robt. Harding arrived from
Camp Lewis last Saturday after a
prisoner" whom Cupid had sentenc-
ed 20 serve as his companion and
hslp-mate for life In the person OF
Miss Mary Winters. The. young
couple went TO Salt Lake Wednesday,
and were united in marriage IN tbs
temple yesterday. After a sojourn Of
Ia few days in that city Lieut.. Har-
ding and his charming little prison
err win return to Camp Lewis, where
he has been stationed since receiving
his commission as lieutenant at the
officers training camp At the Presidio.
He expects To be there at least six
months longer. Lieut.. Harding Ia
one OF Montpelier's bright young men.
He graduated from the high school
In 1913 and then attended the state
university FOR two years. where the
military training he received proved
to be of vaIue to him IT the eaacers'
training camp.
Hia bride IL the daughter o4 Martin
winters and Is one OF AGontpslier'r
fair daughters. Fer the past nve
years or more she has been ; mosa
/ efficient clerk in the post-ofiea.
The Examiner joins with the friends
Of Lieut. and Mrs.. Harding IN wishing
them a happy and prosperous journes
down lifesahaahwmy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-01-11

OOO. 900 worth OF creamery products
year.
Meat? Idaho supplied 10000 600
pounds OF dressed lamb and mutton
to the national larder. and shipped T.
200 cars of cattle. beside pork and
poultry.
Incidentally. too. thoss Idaho sheep
supplied enough wool e make uni
forms. oyercoats and 1e-pound blan-
kets for an army OF 25O.0O0 men.
Idaho raised $35. 600. .0Oe WORTH OF
hay. $4,OoO.0OO worth OF fruit and
$4,OO0.OOo worth Of potatoes.
And the food Idaho saved? Food
cards have been signed by s3.zs5
families, representing 50 per cent Of
the estimated population OF the state
Idaho. in this respect, ranks third
among the states OF the Dnion.
Idaho's women are cooking patri-
otically days and meatless
days are commonplace-and the chill
dren are eating patriotically; they
have given up their candy and for
play they have been making gardens
and selling liberty bonds and knit
ting.
Home canning and back yard gar
dening have Increased the food re-
sources.
From Idaho's hills. $4,000 horses
and mules have been supplied to the
United States army.
A billion feet OF Idaho lumber haa
gone. directly or indirectly, into the
conduct OF the war-into fruit boxes,
helping solve the food problem, into
cantonment buildings, into ship tam
bers, into airplane construction,
Idaho's mines have poured $780,
600 into the national wealth. They
produced $50 600. 900 pounds OF lead
rs. 900 900 pounds OF zinc. 10000
600 pounds of copper. 1900. .OOC
ounces Of silver and 5000 ounces Of
gold, in 1917.