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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
INSURANCE

To the man who has gone to the
colors the United States Govern
ment offers the safest, the most lib
eral and cheapest insurance on the
face Of the earth. Approximately
10000 men have already accepted
the Governments offer. applying
for insurance of about two and
three'quarter billions of dollars.
The average amount applied for
per man is more than $500,
which is very close to the $4,000
maximum provided for by the law.
This insurance total, great as it
is, should be only a beginning. Ev-
cry person in the military and nav
al forces Of the Nation owes to him
self and to those he loves to avail
himself of the full insurance pro-
lection. But the time in which he
can do so is limited. Prompt action
is imperative.
Those who joined the service be-
fore October Is, 1917, must apply
tor the insurance on or before
February ~, 1918. After that. it
will be too late. The automatic in
surance which is provided until
February -, 1918, is only partial
proteltion.
Parents. brothers. and sisters.
who have a representative of their
family in the Army or Navy should
Tor their own sake. and for his.
write to him at once urging him, il
ne has not already done so. to buy
the Government insurance. They
should urge him to buy the full
$4,000 and, above all, to buy it
now.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17
SHERMAN WAS RIGHT

Alfred DE hlusset, who was born
during the Napoleonic wars, saws
in his Z" Confessions of a Child OF
the Nineteenth Century,"
During the wars of the en-
pire, while husbands and brothers
were in Germany, anxious mothers
gave birth to an ardent, pale and
neurotic generation. Conceived be.
tween battlees, reared amind the
noises of war, thousands of child
rem looked about them with dull
eyes while testing their limp mus
cles."
One saw great many bunch.
backs, cripples and invalids about
the Paris Of 1912, says DR.. La Sou.
bitee Tin his "Recollections of a
Parisian"). The sound men were
SO largely drafted into the army
that the physical status of the ma
ton declined. The succeeding
generation were born of a weake,
manhood. It lacked the stature
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17
HOLD YOUR BONDS

United States Treasury officials
are seeking to discourage the prac-
tice followed by many merchants
throughout the country of Offering
to accept Liberty Bonds of the first
and second issues at par, and in
some eases at a premium, in en-
change for merchandise. They
hold that such practise defeats tn"
primary object of the sale of the
bonds, discouraging the general
thrift movement, and increasing
expenditures, thus depriving the
Government of labor and material
needed for war purposes.
"While have no doubt that
merchants are actuated by patriotic
motives" said Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo, in a statement
given out through the Federal Re-
serve banks. 81 am sure that they
have failed TO consider the effect
which the acceptance Of their offers
have upon the situation. We are
making the strongest effort tn have
these Government bonds purc!l:: ,cd
for permanent investment by the
people at large, to be paid! for out
Of the past and future savings of
those who buy them Purchases
thus made not only result in pro
vi.li)i.., funds, for The n:',,s of the
Government. but they also effect
conservation of labor and mater
ial."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17
SCHOOL AND TEACHERS

In our zeal for the children we
are sometimes apt to overlook the
fact that there ar. other factors in
school work which d.,erv., attcn-
ton and perhaps once in while
commentator. The favorite dict
am that the school exists for th,,
child may lead to a tendency to
underestimate some times what is
really being done for the child by
teachers and officers of the schools.
A visit to almost any school room
in our towns and cities will reveal
the fact that, in the main, the chill
dren with earnest, painstaking
Woodworking teachers whose first
thought is really for the welfare of
the child. In many cases we are
afraid the teachers efforts are not
duly appreciated by children or
patrons, and sometimes by school
officers themselves We believe thai.
there are few people that really
understand fully the trials and diff
ticulties that bcsct the grade teach
or even under some of the so-called
best conditions Of city schools
We believe that in many instances
that the teachers are better than
the conditions under which they
teach deserve, and in many cases
which We have noticed if the condi-
tions were onc-tcnth as good as the
teachers, and the teaching that the
teachers do, we would not be far
removed from 1o<tsr times in ed.
ucation. In many oases the teach
er not in loco parents; she is real
ly the only parent the child has.
She often fills every Office from
missionary to instructor. Poorly
clothed and scantfed children
with dirty school rooms and
wrecked furniture are conditions
under which it is, indeed some cred
it to be jolly. We suggest thai
some of our educational critics
and idealists take charge Of some
Of the rooms in any city make :
test of their ideals for month.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17
CHRIST THE ISSUE


Shall it be written that the ma
tions, having reached the apex of
the notwithstanding arrived
where Greece was-where Rome
was-wcalth and luxuary able to go
no farther-deliberately set them
selves to annihilatc one another
and to destroy the acceltions OF
the centuries? AS matters are, who
can say they may not be for the
third time on the down grade,
headed for another cycle Of what
we call 1.-THE Dark Ages?''
Surely the future looks black
enough, yet it holds hope, a single
hope. One, and one power only,
can arrest the descent and save us.
That is the Christian religion. De-
mocracy is but a side issue. The
paramount issue, underlying the
issue of democracy, is the religion
Of Christ, and Him crucifed; the
bedrock Of civilization; the source
and resource of all that is worth
having in the world that is, that
gives promise in the world to come,
not as an abstraction: not as a
huddle of sects and fractions. but
as mighty force and principle of
being. The Word Of God. deliver
cd by the gentle Nazarene upon the
hillsides Of Judea. sanctified by
the Cross of Calvary. has survived
every assault. 1t is now arrayed
upon land and sea to meet the
deadliest of all assaults, Satan
turned loose for one last final stlug.
gle.
The kaiser boldly threw down
the gauge of battle-infdcl Ger
many against the believing world
kultur'' against Christianity
the Gospel of Hate against the
Gospel of Love. Thus is he Satan
personified-" Myself and God"
merely his way of proclaiming it
for his ''God" is Beelsebug. the
angel Of destruction, his creed the
devil S own. his aim and end hell
OH earth. Never did Crusader lift
battle ak in holier war against the
Saracen than is waged by our sol
diers of the cross against the Ger
man. The issues are indeed ident-
ical.
If the world is to be saved from
Observation-Disclosures no less than
spiritual destruction-it will be
saved alone by the Christian reli.
gion. That eliminated leaves the
earth to eternal war. For fifty
years Germany has been organizing
and laboring to supplant it with
"kultur, the genius Of ;nfdelity.
Her college professors have been
obsessed with it. In acclaiming
"Myself and Col" the kaiser has
put The i'npari;,: seal upon it. When
car armies ha". run it to its lair
when they have crushed it-naught
will have been gained unless the
glorious banner of the cross is
hoist. even as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, and the
msled masses of Germany are babe
to gather about it and beneath it as
sadly as they collect the debris of
their ruin for the reconstruction of
the fatherland.
Let every American soldier
swear this day that he will link
him and his with the Christ child
the Light of Love-that suffered
under Pontius Plate, was crlsified
dead and buried, that descended
into hell, that the third day arose
from the dead and assembled into
heaven. and sitteth on the right
hand of God, the Ether, Almigh-
ty!-Louisville Courier journal.
--O-
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17

When it comes to booming o
city: the degree Of success in the
finals is certain to be determined
bv the size and Importance of the
circumstantial facts which the
boomers can use for capital. Well,
Wahpeton has the circumstantial
facts.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17

The Globe Gazette was designat.
ed the official paper of the county
last week. But We wish our large
army OF readers to realize that the
Times will furnish all the county
news fresh and hot from the limo
type. While the task is large, we
wish to meet the demands of our
patrons. There will be absolutely
no omission of any of the county;s
news from our columns.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17

Wahpeton schools rank with the
best in the state. That is because
OF the efficiency Of the teachers en-
ployed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17

The average Wahpeton citizen
wherever he goes is a booster for
Wahpeton, and that is the kind If
boosting that counts.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17
Wa.hpteon

Wahpteon wants substantial
growth. 1t wants none of the
mushroom kind.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17

A Boston woman wants a hus.
band who will not live too long. We
suggest that she marry an avia.
tor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17

A great chase after farm lands
has already commenced in Rich
land county. A neighbor hao Il
farm to rent, but rented it to one of
the first ones that called for it.
Since then ii different man would
come every day or two, Indicating
mat the renters are hunting fol.
the land owners. instead of th,,
other way. The renter who has a
few hundred dollars had much be:-
ter put it into eighty or even forty
acres OF land. and do it as soon as
possible, or he will soon learn that
Rlchland county land is increas
ing faster than his pile of wealth.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-01-17

Richland county is still a terri.
tory OF vast opportunities for eoo.1
farmers.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
w. p. to Start Sunday

The last train on the MOO. had
hardly left the yard limits at Reno
a few days ago before a Western
Pacific road gang started tearing up
the narrow gauge tracks and stand
ard gauge tracks have now been laid
into the yards. 1t will require 80
or more days to put the yards into
condition to car for regular trains
and in the meantime a mixed train
will run from Reno to Reno junction
connect with trains on the West
ern Pacific main line. 1t is planned
to start this service Sunday morn
ing. Early in the spring a through
standard passenger train will be
put on for service between Reno and
the coast.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
BIG BAND OF
SHEEP STOLEN
THIEVES SHIP EIGHTEEN HUN
DRIED HEAD THROUGH
WINNEMUCCA

Eighteen hundred head OF
thoroughbred ewes, stolen from the
range in Malheur county, Ore, were
shipped from Winnemucca to south
Omaha, Neb., on the 18th of this
month and sold last Friday by Gay
Robinson & Co., a well-known COM
mission house. Though the sheep
were stolen over a month ago, the
loss was not discovered until a rev
days ago, after they had been SOLO
at South Omaha.
The sheep we're owned by w. H.
Cess, manager of a big stock ranch
neal Nampa, Idaho. The band OF
ewes were being wintered in NAL
heur county and were in charge OF
Frank Pratt, camp tender, and a
herder named Bowen. They were
trailed across the country, presum-
ably by Pratt and Bowen, n de-
livered here to a man giving the
name of G.. w. Allen, who register
ed from Denver, Colo, He gave
it out here that he had bought the
sheep in southern Oregon near Wild
Horse and there was no reason to
suspect that they had been stolen.
Allen shipped the sheep on Jan 10,
via the Southern Pacific, In seven
double-deck cars, billing them to
Chicago, but they were unloaded at
South Omaha and sold. Allen went
with the shipment, as did one of the
men who brought them here. The
other man, who remained here with
the pack outfit three mules and a
gray horse, has disappeared and SO
far no trace has been found of him
or the outfit. Allen and the other
man are also at large, but every
effort Is being made by eastern de-
tectives to capture them and it Is
believed they will be caught.
The exact amount received for
the stolen sheep is not known, but
was hardly less than $4,000, as
the market price of the ewes would
be around $40 per head.
In boldness and magnitude this
theft of livestock has probably
never been exceeded in the western
country.-Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
Arrested for killing Pest

A Midas, Elko county, cow, al
legged to have been the pest of the
town because it was permitted to
run at large and break into the
yards and gardens of the town by
it's owner, George Myers, recently
was killed and the carcass buried.
1t is said that a sigh of relief went
up from the whole community. but
A. o. Complain and Theodore Cassie
later we're arrested and charged with
having killed the cow. Complain is
a prominent mining man of the Mi
das district and Cassie has been
working for him. In view Of the Pc
culiar features it Is said the trial of
the case will have many interesting
features.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
MORE MEMBERS ADDED
BY RED CROSS CHAPTER

Secretary Zoebel has reported the
following new members of the Gold
field chapter of the Red Cross:
Previously reported .......-1161
ANNUAL MEMBERS:
Alice Painter
Marion Barker
Lavilla Moss
Violet MERCER
Ed Mulcoy
Philip Peterson
Charles Richardson. Hornsilver
Mrs. Maud Richardson, Hornsil-
YER.
Mrs. I. M. Barker.
MAGAZINE MEMBER:
Ira E. Dempsey. Box 1921, Gold
field.
Present membership ,-....-.1171
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
QUICKSILVER OUTPUT
OF U. s. SHOWS GROWTH

The domestic output of quick
silver in 1917, according to statis-
tics compiled by H. d. McCaskey
in the absence of F. L. Ransome, of
the United States Geological Sur
vey, Department of the Interior,
was 36,351 TASKS of rs pounds
each, valued at the average quoted
market price at San Francisco
S106.12 per flask at about 3d.
$4,000. The output was there
fore the greatest in quantity since
1883 and the greatest in value since
1875. The production in 1916 was
29,932 TASKS, so that the increase
in 1917 was SAB TASKS.
The productive states we're Cali
fornia, Texas, Nevada, Oregon and
Arizona.
The production of Nevada de-
creased from 219S TASKS in 1916
to GIG TASKS in 1917, the decrease
having been due in part to loss of
the Goldbanks plant by fire and in
part to decreased production from
the lone district. Properties near
Nina made notable increases, es-
recially the Red Devils or Farm
ham and Drew properties. Pros
pecting was active in Nevada in
1917.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
Coal Prices Again Cut

Acting on advice of the Lyon u
ty fuel committee, the state fuel ad-
ministrator has announced a reduc-
ton in coal prices for Yerington and
Lyon county, to become effective
Jan. IL. The present price at Yer
ington is SIC a ton and the price
will now be $14.50 and nut coal
1880 Wyoming lump coal will be
reduced to $14.15 per ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
UNIVERSITY TO AID
MANGANESE QUEST
MINING SCHOOL TO FURTHER
SEARCH FOR VALUABLE
MINERAL

Through the Mackay school Of
mines at the university the govern
ment is endeavoring to locate all
possible sources Of manganese in
this state.
In this report Director F. G.. Lin
coin of the mining school had the
following to say:
The government desires infor-
nation regarding manganese depos-
it's in this state and to help in this
work the Mackay school of mines
proposes to conduct an investiga-
ton of all possible sources of man
ganees in Nevada and collect all
available data regarding its occur
renee in the state. The information
desired is the size of the deposit,
grade of ore and location regarding
railroad shipping points.
1.-The metallurgy department of
the school will make tests and as
says free of charge on any ores from
ILLS SLdlt anu NIL diOO OhoOoNOh ~
put possible shippers in touch with
buyers of such ore. The value of
manganese ores at present is about
$35 per ton for 40 per cent mangan-
csc with less than IL per cent silica
and the value rises with higher
grade ores to a maximum of about
$50. AS most of the manganese ores
are black or dark brown in color
any extensive deposits of such ores
should be examined. For mineral
tests single piece specimens are suf-
~ficient, but where assays and analy-
ses are desired average samples Of
two pounds in weight should be
sent.
1.-THE following description is
given of the more important man
ganese minerals:
"Braunite Is a brownish black to
steel gray mineral with a sub-metal-
lie luster and brownish black streak
and is quite hard, but brittle.
"Pyrolusite, sometimes called OK
ide of manganese, contains 63.2 per
cent manganese when pure, is soft
and will usually rub off on the fin
gers, black in color and streak, dull
to metallic luster.
"Manganite contains 62.4 per cent
manganese when pure and generally
occurs in short prismatic crystals; it
has a submetallic luster as a massive
black mineral, dull to metallic luster,
iron black to dark gray color and is
quite hard.
Nevada has been able to supply
some manganese ore and 1t is known
occur in many parts of the
state."-Reno Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
BOSS DECLARES THREE
PER CENT DIVIDEND

The most important proceeding
at the Boss Gold Mining company's
meeting, Saturday, was the declar-
ing of a 8 per cent dividend which
will be payable February 10 to
stockholders of record of the first.
The outlook for the coming year is
bright. Another new vein of cop
per, which appears to go Deep has
been opened up in the upper tun-
mel.
The same directors were re-elect-
ed, the only change being that H.
h. Riddall Is now secretary as well
as general manager. The other
officers are Pres, S. E. Yount;
Nice-Pres., j. F. Kent; Treas, Fred
>. Hale, Jr., and additional direc-
tor, O.. j.. Fisk.-Goodsprings Ga
Zette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
Check Artist Busy

An alleged bad check passer CIV
ing his name as c.. F. Hefner and
who is supposed to have arrived in
Tonopah only a few days ago, did
a thriving business there during a
brief stay. How many merchants
we're induced to part with cash in
lieu of a piece of paper supposed to
have been issued by the White Caps
Mining company of Manhattan is
not known, but at least eight have
reported their cases to the police.
Hefner is supposed to have stolen
a check book from the office of the
White Caps company. His descrip-
ton has been sent to adjoining towns
in the hope hat he may be appre-
hended.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
Accident at McGill

James Heaney, for the past four
years employed at the McGill concen-
traitor, was killed a few days ago in
a fall from a runaway. 1t is believed
the accident would have been avoid
ed had there been guard rails on the
runway. He is survived by his wife,
one child and an aged father, all
living in Ireland. and three broth
ers in McGill.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
Livestock Increases

The total assessed valuation of
Nevada livestock, as shown by the
tax rolls of the various counties, Is
s2O,145,2 21, exceeding the 1916 to-
tai by $1,000, 600, 900, caused almost
entirely by market value increases,
as there was only a slight increase
in the number assessed. In 1917
livestock provided 1927 per cent of
the total valuation of all property
in the state as again Sc per cent
in 1916. A table prepared by the
state a commission, in enumerat-
ing the various kinds of stock, says,
Jacks, jennies and burros, 500, and
places a valuation of $6202 on them.
If they were all brought together
in one place and said "Hee haw" at
the same time they would make
quite a noise.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
Power strengthening Plant

A power sheep-shearing plant will
be erected at the Minoletti ranch,
nine miles north of Eureka. Ma
chinery has already been ordered
and buildings and corrals will be
erected in time to shear sheep with
power in the spring. Six machines
are to be erected to shear an aver
age of 1900 sheep daily. 1t is esti-
mated the plant will cost $4,000.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09

enough to allow Work to be resumed
in the face of the cross-cut, with NO
interference from the other work
ings, 1t is expected that it will again
be showing weekly footage that vii
average up we'll with those RECORD
in the past.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
Medal For Depot

The Sparks freight and passen-
ger depot has received a gold medal
from the Southern Pacific for eff
cheney. During 1917 not a single
complaint was made regarding the
depot. which handles practically all
OF the cattle shipments from the
state.