Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21
Nubs of Ne,us
By BRIGGS.

Mandan business men have pledged
$500 towards the organization Of a
new band.
Even the comfort Of nominating
one congressman has been denied
Townley in the Minnesota primaries
North Dakota home guards are
still being disbanded rather than !
come under Governor Frazier's regu-
lations. :
Mira. Mary Tschida Is dead at Man
q as the result Of burns received
when she poured gasoline in q stove.
thinking 1t was kerosene.
The Edinburgh Telephone COM
pany and the Home Improvement
company have built a toll line be-
tween Hensel and Mountain.
The annual convention. Of the North
Dakota Abstinence league will be held
in Minot, Friday. Saturday and Sun
day. Several prominent speakers ere
listed for addresses.
Twenty-eight Minnesota members
the Townley league repudiated the
organization and reaffirmed their 10y F,
atty in a signed statement in the
Mimi, Enterprise.
Ten French war orphans have been
adopted by jamestown citizens
the last few weeks. Sunday i
schools and other organizations are
raising money to further tho Work. 1,
The Sons Of judas is-tho charac-
terization Of pro-Germans, socialists.
disloyalists and anti-American agita-
tors by the Mtnot Messenger. That's
hard on Judas, says the st. Paul Dis
patch.
\ Tuesday evening, the Minot Town
Criers' club held its annual social
meeting and entertained many Of the
VISITING tractor men George Won
ers and dwelt on the growth and Inn
portance of the tractor business in
North Dakota.
Four young men were arrested the
other day for breaking into school
houses south Of Stanley, tearing all
acts Of depreciation. One Of the boys,
only Is years old, was discharged,
and the others are held for their ap-
pearance at the next term Of district
court.
Townley's failure and his effort to
beat honest creditors by bankruptcy.
as we'll as Brinton's career, gives rea.
son to suspect that their advice on
how to run our store business, banks, y
ETC.. and the business Of our state is
apt to be a little lop-sided.-Steele
County Tribune.
At the Sons of Norway picnic at
MayYille Sunday there were about ten
tiers. and they were practically all on
farmers cars. too. The political sem
timent in Trail county has changed
considerable the last few months, it is
said, aAthough the same number OF
Townley windjammers are still in evil
dence.
One Of the most sensational In
cddenta Of the John Steen campaign
publican rally, when j. F. Sullivan.
attorney for the Des Moines Insur-
ancc Company, who has been = m.
long Democrat, voluntarily took tina
platform and publicly cleared John
Steen Of every faint Of Office hree.
ua4a3a1Gy OF In C~O00oCt1ODS
with the interest case money.
II the people Of this state are. salts
fled to let self-appointed and sself-del. !.
egated leaders dictate our laws. all
our honorable representatives and all
U noble senators are entirely super.
fluous and unnecessary: We might
Just "a well eliminate them entirely,
the Thousands Of dollars spent every
two years for the legislature ID On;
ttrely thrown away. Why not send
proxies to aToWnley. and let ToWnley.
Le Sueur, Bowen, Brinton and LAmp.
ke handle n?-Mountrail County Pro-
.moter.
The women Of North Dakot& can
90 their part IN electtng thu state
Loyalty Ticket on June 28TbyA koinR
to the polls and casting their ballot
for Miss Minnie Nelson, who u q
candidate Tor state superintendent OF
public instruction. Every woman
should make her ballot count for Miso
Nielson. The candidate needs no TN
PRODUCTION to the womsn OF North
Dakota. She is capable. she viii
brtns brains to tho office she will be
q credit to the people OF the state.
The women, with the help Of the
men. q place her at the head OF the i,
states schools. Will they do Il, or
viii they forget TO vote we believe
that they will exercise their right of ,
franchise and RfvA Miha NinlCon 80