The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-03-20
l :. II s. n ]. /. coal [ /.
Ignite Wins Recognition Denied.
Tor Many Years.
Carl. &. 2. saksr, Federal FUEL ~
Nlnlstrator. Shows How Llsnlss
savsd Suffering and Hslpsl
Win the War.

ally come 50 spontaneously and 10
enthusiastically and with such unan.
Unity as In the case OF ignite" said
Capt. l. r. Baker, FEDERAL Fuel Al:
ministrator for North Dakota, In dis,
Icussing the sudden leap into popu.
laytty. Of the Flickertail fuel.
we have, had people right hare In
central North Dakota. near the heart
of the coal fields. who nave used no
other fuel for gears and years and
who would use no other. who YET.
when away from home. have found
enjoyment In poking fun at ligntts.
and, because II vas . strange fuel.
to our friends IN the Red River val
Icy, those who have occasion to ) Q
3ourn there have made It . point TO
mako II more strange by exaggerat.
ing lignite's pet p%ecnliarities.
s"lt fs quite another story today
Ignite has just saved North Dakota.
from q bitter winter beside which,
the deprivations the east has suE.
fered would have been as nothing.
IL would have been almost tmpossi.
bic with conditions such as they
,were "a have supplied AL Of NORTH
Dakota WITT, eastern dock coal: West.
ern Wyoming and Montana coals
were hard to get and the prices were
.sxorbitant:z That North Dakota did
not suffer and that It did not pay
double prices for every ton of coal
It used, a due entirely TO Ignite.
And all at once we ind q fast,
awakening appreciation for this
coal. The North Dakota State Coun.
Gil OF Defense meets and adopts res
olutions endorsing tha use Of Ignite
n North Dakota as . patriotic duty
and memoializinE congress to fur.
thsr the development OF the ignite
Industry. The North Dakota lsgisla.
fare. in. special session, adopts STINT
Jar resolutions. watch are given wida
Publicity In the state press and are
forwarded to our representatives Ct
Washington Secretary of the Inter.
Tor Lane obtains n appropriation OF
100000 for the exploitation Of this
treat natural resource. Congressman
Norton interests himself in procur.
inE further appropriations. Newspa-
pers throughout North Dakota begin
commenting upon Ignite and advis:
Inn Its use. The Twin Cities. in the
,Heatless Monday belt. turn their
ayes DakotaWard, and the st. Paul
and Minneapolis newspapers in edi-
torials and news stories urge IN in.
y~estigation Of the possibilities Of
fsred by North Dakota Ignite fields.
Finally comes the greatest and
best endorsement OF oil In the spleR
did. stirring, patriotic resolutions
adopted by the greatest loyalty rally
Ayer held. In North D~akota--the
Council OF Defense war conference
which convened in Bismarck the last
days Of February. Again ID there
urged upon the people Of North Da.
kota the patriotic duty OF burning
ignite coal, not only from the sci.
6sh motive that In 80 doing they ara
Contributing greatly to the develop.
mont and enhanced prosperity Of
our state, but with the greater and
more patriotic motive Of doing our
very best to help u country to win
this war by releasing for cOnsump'
ton in the eastern munitions works
and In the stoke-holds of the ships
which are carrying our soldiers and
their supplies and munitions across
the Atlantic and millions of tons Of
eastern coal which We have demand
ed in other years. AS was pointed
out by men Of national renown who
spoke at this conference, all, the
wheat we can raise all the soldiers
We can train, all the guns. and am
munition we can manufacture will
be worth less than nothing to US Il
We r denied the ships 10 trans
port them to- France. Not only
must we nave coal for the ships
bunkers. but We must have coal Il
produce power for the manufacture
OF these ships-hundreds and thous
ands of them we must have II w
are to replace the worlds shipping
destroyed by the German U-Boat
campaign and supply the surplus
tonnage watch this great emergency
den.nGk
Amsterdam.-Ten thousand substi
tute food articles have been INTRODUCED
into Germany since the war, accordlni
to a statement made In the Berlil
newspapers by Professor Juckenacl
q prominent German food expert.
He mentions as the most striking e1
amples Of successful substitution tn
following /: Artificial butter, eggs, sala,
oil, honey, milk, coffee, tea, sugar. t.
bacco, fsh. sausage, cheese and caviar
Some OF the substitutes are direct
harmful, but others are 50 good tha
they will ouuive the wal and becom
regular articles of consumption, b
asserts.