Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-13
Nubs of NeWs
BY BRIGGS

AVO4OS VI xV0VNS
Lieutenant Kennedy wanner, for
mer football star and jamestown col
lege graduate of the 1917 class, has
just zone overseas. 5tefs ~
Here is a good one from the Town
leyized Tofner\ Press: "A Nonparti-
san league organizer teaches. talks
and practices more of the pure doc
trine of Christ in one.month than the
average preacher does in a year"
Farmer Governor L. B. Hanna, in
a letter from Paris, advises that he
has seen a number of North Dakota
boys I'm France and that all Of them
are doing fine. II am very proud of
our men," a y the ex-governor.
George F. Wilkinson of williston,
formerly second lieutenant, has been
promoted to first lieutenant. He is
attached to Company L, 163d depot
brigade, Camp Dodge. He enlisted
Immediately after war was declared.
Ben Mooney, member OF Company
A, Bismarck, and well, known in that
part of the country as leader Of
MONEYS orchestra. has returned to
this country after being disabled in
the battle. of C%antignys where he lost
an arm. = H@ :
Within a radius Of ten miles of
Jamestown many volunteer corps Of
workers are each night aiding the
farmers of the James River valley in
caring for their fast ripening grain.
There has been a good response for
workers and they. all receive the 'usu-
al hourly wages for their services.
Provided newspapermen. we're all
alike and there were enough game.
~wardenships to go around, the, league
candidates on the Republican ticket
would meet with no opposition from
the newspapers this fall, says the
Antler American. But hope is not
yet crushed; therefore let us rejoice.
Tex Thompson. who has figured in
the police records Of Mandan and
Morton county a number Of times in
the past five or six years, is in the
rested at S%elfridge. Sioux county, by
a United States marshal OF charge of
im~personating a federal officer.
The Nonpartisan league will most
likely prove a good thing for some Of
us. says the Inkster Enterprise. II the
organization holds together long
enough, the farms in the state will be
taken over We could never UNDER
stand why some people should own
all the land while the rest Of us have
none. Let the good work go on.
The name OF A. c. Townley will
appear among the list OF registrants
under the provision that men up to
as must register A. g. ought to make
a good fighter 1t the front. He has
been the means Of Installing more
hate in the hearts Of the people OF
the northwest against their fellow
men during the past two years than
la whole regiment Of soldiers could
The jamestown Commercial club
has gone into the employment agency
business. Eighteen young women.
most 3of whom live in the city, have
been placed in positions through. the
|instrumehtality of the club. II. is not
the policy to find employment for
of, the association may be put in
touch with candidates who are 6u Of
work or who are completing business
or other school courses.
Traitor to farmers shows his
hand" Isl the way the Townleyized
mckenzie County Farmer heads an
attack on Rev. S. R.Maxwell, who ia
contributing some very Interesting
articles In n OF the Twin City pa
pers on the inner workings Of tho,
league. and tells how Boss Townley*
controls every branch Of IT. In the
same issue Of the Farmer, on-Sthe
editorial page,Sis another article head
ed: Wake up. Democracy" Some
consistency.
Judges in Tennessee have refused
to punish persons accused Of WORKING
Ion farms on Sunday, but have COM
mended them for SO doing. This was
reportedfto the Department OF Agricul-.
lures recent farm labor conference In
Birmingham Ala Not long ago the
rural churches of Indiana. In. con-
ference at Purdue University. took the
position that 1t Is quite right and
proper to do farmHworksso on Sunday IL
that Sunday work IL necessary to pros
duce food crops to help whip Ger.
many.
There were no irregularities IN tha
primary election In Steel COUNT IN
Jupe whom Finley and Hope we're
dominated as contestants In aaspirited
fight for the location Of the county
seat, now at SherbrQoke;;9 Judge a. II
Cole held In district court "wednesday,
IN everything demurrer to prevent
the matter being put to8A .vota3in the
eenera1 election t1lits fag. Il case
viii be 4 70 the supreme court. II
49, announced this afternoon.