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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-26
THE AIRCRAFT REPORT

The report Of the senate committee on aircraft pro-
duct1on Is marked by a good deal more moderation than
characterizes many congressional committee REPORTS Tn
ransement the report does not deal with questions of
personal responsibility involving possible crinIinalny,
That phase Of the subject Is now under Investigation nv
the department Of Justice, and the Investigation is in the
capable hands Of Hon. Charles E. Hughes. That phase
OF the matter is. therefore. very properly LETT to the de-
partnent Of justice. where it belongs.
For the rest. the findings Of the committee are. as
has been generally understood. that there has been much
waste and considerable inefaciency.
Perhaps the most important features Of the report
ire the conclusions which it presents that most Of the
troubles can be traced to lack of centralized control. and
sress itself. Most people will be willing to accep, both
these conclusions without further Investigation. In fact.
those conclusions had been reached quite generally al.
ready.
Congress has beshrred itself, and has enacted leg1s-
htion which makes it possible for the administrative
which this is done the president and his aides will now
be responsible: and there is every reason to believe t.at
they are properly impressed with the importance Of the
work.
The aircraft situation has been greatly improved.
we nave not reached perfection, and, as in this depart
stant progress the work Of change and readjustment. it
will undoubtedly be necessary IS make allowance for
some defects as we move along.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-26

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-26
National Wheeze Board
It's Function win be TO Furnish
Amusement for Our
fgEM ~ coYasoL.%%e a

=. HEF- .-fa IE-F- EELFAsSNt
The governmenteof the United states'
ls taxing cnarge o.. SO many l .,,, nem
Inc public utilities that IL Will speI-
haps,,~ no surprise tnat " rs
to venture upon t SUPERVISION OF
humor: This, according TO q govern.
ment bulletin, is to be accomplished,
with no ruthless and heavy hand, u
only incidentally, as an accessory OF
ne soldiers leasu n foreign nelas'
The government Is, calling for jokes
,wheezes. funny stories. n n we'll
pianneo iiterary nignts !naL may IN.
departments commission on training
camp activlties, WIN tne generai Rur,
npmor. -
Seven citizens who are supposed to
know. a joke when they see it are to
form a Joke commission. and accept
or reject the offerings. The wheezes
that pass the board will be sent to
France to Italy, and to the men Of
the army and navy wherever they may
be. 1T should not be a difficult task:
humor is the natural atmosphere Of
America. We r close enough to
things as they are to look through
super1cialities and most Americans see
the humorous side of life wherever
they may be. !
But there is no hard and fast rule
for the CONSTRUCTION nf a wheeze The
must inst Ant theno +hr,,
the mill and pat tha ,aoai Geo. Ear
instance. here are three wheazes COM
piled at ndo froms non,,1ar oni-
|umn: II.
No. 1.-want al. Howe ,,+oa
for bride with hi,ii+-in feat,,ras 800
room for +n,a oh;,s.a. e aee anu
WV SAA4AHiCAS pIC1SI O4tC
with furnace.
No. 2:-"What has become Of the
o. f. Adams apple with q four-inch
plunge?"
No. 3.-"My friend went fishing
The fish were elusive and Grady re-
turned empty-handed and grouchy.
Did you,' said I, get any fish p # did,
said Grady. T caught three bass and
four tripe.' I write to inquire. "Uhat
is a tripe?"
The even members of the commits
sion, being average persons. If thew
happen to have dined we'll When +hey
read the wheezes, perhans six ~ then,
will wheeze and the seventh will an
peal sad and pensive. and
when he remembers the man rs once
knew who had an old-fashioned
Adams apple. the seventh Comn,;s-
sioner will wheeze a little. II the
jokes show h4 in the middle nf the
afternoon, about half Of the con,mise
sioners will wheezeI and tho others will
look at the clock and raach Nfon ~
IVA
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-26

A Red Gross drive will be launch-
ed for the Minot chapter on Thurs
day and will continue for three days.
The, monthly pledges made during
the drive last spring will be COM
pleted September l, and the new
drive will be for continuing these
pledges and If possible add more to
fund.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-26
MUST CULTIVATE A N

Salt Lake City. Utah, Aug. "a
U~ncultivated land, in this city must
not continue to be such, according to
the city war gardenrcommittee, which
has just reached a decision that .re-
lentless pressure will be brought to
bear on wner of such land who fail
to either plant it to produce or allow
someone else to do so. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that the acreage of war
gardens in Salt Lake City this year is
more than double that of last year
the committee. asserts there are more
than 1000 acres within the city limits
which could be made to produce
bountifully.
The greater part of this land is
owned by non-residents, the commit
tees statistics show; while some of it
is owned by residents who declare
they have no time to cultivate it. All
are to be appealed to to cultivate the
Yand, or requested to let someone else
till it free Of charge, to produce a
crop of some sort Even more drastic
action is proposed if necessary, but it
is not thought that there will be any
direct refusals for the use of vacant,
tillable land. 1
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-26

Frank Klingenstein,1 10 years of
age, was struck by lightning at his
home at Youngstown during last
weeks big electrical storm and in
stantly killed. The young man, with
the evenings chores when the bolt
struck. His brothers were both bad
ly burned, but not seriously injured.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-26

Postmaster Oseth Of Oslo, who is in.
charge, Of the local labor bureau, has
placed about 100 men. on farms in
that vicinity. * :.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
Limitation of Claims.

At Court of Probate holden at New Britain, within and for the Dis trict of Berlin in the County of Hart ford and State of Connecticut, on the 10th day of June, A. D., 1918.
 Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, Esd, Judge.
 On motion of Eugene J. Porter. of said New Britain, as Administrator on the Estate of Emeric Kalinovchan. late of New Britain, within said dis trict deceased.
 This Court doth decree that six months be allowed and limited for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the Administrator and directs that pub lie notice be given of this order by ad- vertising in a newspaper published in said New Britain, and having a cir culation in said district, and by post ing a copy thereof on the public sign post in said Town of New Britain, nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt.
 Certified from Record,
 MORTIMER H. CAMP,
 Clerk.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
KODAK DEPARTMENT
 (Main Floor) Developing Free

Any size, roll of film will be developed free of charge when prints are ordered. 24-hour service.
 If you, are not quite sure about getting the best results from your camera, come in and ask our camera man what the trouble is. He will know. Don't wait until you have wasted roll or so of films, but come at once.
 Our Eastman Kodaks are priced lower than in other stores, a fact that will interest prospective buyers.
 The newest models. at that.
 Fresh films always.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

FURNISHED ROOMS and board. Call at 333 Arch St. Gentlemen pre-
 ferred. 6-8-3dx
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

Have you lost a sum of money? Glasses, Pins and Rings are found in surprising quantities and turned in at the Herald. Your money will surely remain in the finders hands if he does net know who lost it.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

FOR SALE-F'our 34x4A Goodyd
 tires. Cheap of taken at once. C5 42 Center street. 6-8J
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
IN THE NEW STORE
 SHOES FOR MEN Are a Very Important Feature

n import
  directly  in when eitwiuo in fr and 
  of
 
  of makes n SHOES s the +sreetor from the
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

LARGE FRONT ROOM, with bath, for two gentlemen Or man and wife;
 with board. 86 Lake St. 5-24-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

FOR SALE-Ford touring car. C| between 6 and ' p. m. 'Pho|
 645-12. 6-8-)
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-One Alec truck. Apu National Spring Bed Go. 6-Sl\
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

FOR SALE-Five rooms of furniture sold by the piece or all to one per- son. Big bargain. All new stuff, 131 Hartford avenue, first floor
 6-10-3dx
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

WANTED-A young man in local manufacturing office, one having had experience in scheduling work through the factory preferred. Elk cellent opportunity for advance ment. Apply in own handwriting.
 Address F. o. Box 1921. 5-25-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-1915 Indian twin motor cycle. Run $500 miles. A bargain.
 I2. r. Dyer, Berlin, Conn, Phone 641-14 6-10-3dx
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

WANTED--A young man of good character and with some experi- ence in cost work to help office manager; answer in own writing, giving age, experience and pay ex- pected. Address P. o. Box 6S, PIainville. 5-11-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

FOR SALE-Platform, wagon, one single express wagon, one double harness, one single harness. Apply
 Al Hartford avenue. 6-10-6dX
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

FURNISHED ROOM to rent, S3
 Maple street 6-8-3dx
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
HEIP WANTED-MALE.

WANTED-Yo oung man to do cost
 work in local factory. Box 13, Her
 aid. 6-5-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

WANTED-Freight handlers and crossing tenders by N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. AppIy at freight office,
 Whiting St. 4-6-tt
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

WANTED-Compete girl for gen. eral housework. 39 Grove Hill.
 6-10-6d
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
Buying War Savings Stamps Teaches the Value of Money

American meantw nckle to Amenca ndisnot o o
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

WANTED-Maid for general house.
 work, Mrs. J. B. Thomson. 10 For rest street. 6-1O-3d
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10

TO RENT-Second floor tenement of four rooms, all modern improve
 ments. Inquire F. Levine, 22 Hurl-
 burt street. 6-8-3dx
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
TO RENI-.

TWO FURNISHED APARTMENTS or two and four rooms for light
 Housekeeping at 56 Maple street,
 opposite Pearl street. 6-6-tf
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
GREAT BRITAIN PUTTING HER DOGS IN KHAKI

n ONDON, May 1s. "Give your
big dogs to your country" is the
latest official appeal to Brit
ish patriots. The British War Office
requires "a large supply" of coolies,
lurchers, sheep-dogs, retrievcrs, Air.
dales, mastiffs,. Newfoundlands and
other breeds of large dogs to be
trained for service at the front.
When the dogs get Unto khaki" the
active and fast running kinds will be
used as messengers and the others as
watchers along the British battle line
in France.
As everybody who has followed the
was news knows. the "dogs Of war"
used by the British and French armies
have proved invaluable. particularly
as messengers. In making their ap-
peal to the public for more of these
four-footed soldiers to be educated at
the War Dogs Training School, some
where in England, the military au-
thcrities permit some of the more re-
cent and striking performances of the
CANNES that are now being employed
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

Another dog, Trick, collie, on the
same occasion, did the distance in a
quarter of an hour. Trick is pretty,
tri-colored collie, with white breast.
These war dogs have not only to go
through rifle and machine-gun fire, as
we'll as she'll fire. but have to find
their way through the maze Of craters
and broken wire which covers the
fighting area. They rarely go wrong.
This is no doubt due to the training
which they receive at the War Dogs
Training School. Their education is
most thorough. 1t is done without a
whip-there is not single whip in
the school-aRd the greatest care has
to be taken that they shall not receive
shock at the beginning.
They are first accustomed to hearing
rife fired. and the firing is gradually
brought closer, until they will "stand
easy" while squad of men fire i'm
mediately over their heads. They are
introduced in turn to bombs and guns
Of all sizes, up to the great 15-inch
They ara taken through smoke and
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

sion in Flanders, and covered two and
half miles in a quarter of an hour
under heavy shellfre. While in the
trenches Little Jim gave first notice of
German gas attack. He was at once
released, and arrived at his destination
three quarters of an hour before a
message which was sent by "wire."
1t is recorded of sheep-dog, named
Tweed, that he "has never made a
single mistake" and that day or night
he is "as sure as a clock"
Sam. a liver-colored lurcher, about
a year old, was taken to new brigade
headquarters the day before a British
attack was made over ground which
Sam had never traversed. He had
only the afternoon and the night to
learn to know the headquarters, but
next day, after going forward with the
attacking troops, he returned to the
new headquarters with a message,
covering two and a half miles over
difficult country in eighteen minutes,
Sam is aid to put his whole soul into
his work.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

by the British army to be told of for
the first time.
The messenger dogs are used in
place of men, and are called to work
over the fighting zone, where men as
messengers would be in constant dan
ger from enemy fire. Their value
lies, not merely in saving the lives of
men, but ins carrying messages much
more swiftly than men could do over
the same ground. and with less risk
of the loss of the message by the
death or injury of the messenger.
A dog can creep or run in almost
complete safety where man would be
hit, and the lives Of many men in the
firing line may be saved by a message
carried by dog to point two or
three miles behind.
In one instance last year, where the
Germans launched an attack. messages
of great Importance were carried by
dogs, which had to swim across a
stretch of water to reach the head
quarters with which it was necessary
to communicate, On another occasion,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

i'll which the Black Watch was con-
cerned. cream colored 7lurcher; known
as Creamy, carried a map showing
new line which had been established,
as we'll as an important message, and
carried it in twenty-five minutes, where
a man would have taken three hours
if he had got through
Creamy was under heavy shellfire
during his journey, but came through
unhurt, as most of the messenger dogs
usually do. The percentage of dogs
lost is small. and after years work
Creamy is still "doing his bit"
Occasionally there is a loss to be re-
corded. Some time ago. one of the dog
messengers reached his headquarters
with the lower part of his jaw shat
tered. He delivered his packet. but
was so severely wounded that he had
to be destroyed. In similar circum-
stances man would no doubt have
won his medal, or the Victoria Cross.
Another hero-Little Jim, a cross
bred retriever-is reported to have
rendered excellent service" He car
ried important dispatches on ono occa-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

through water, through barbed wire en-
tanglements and every imaginable kind
OF obstruction. Like good soldiers, they
become used to anything. and 90
through anything at the end of their
course without turning a hair.
They learn jumping and swimming
ana thoroughly enjoy cross-country
races, IN which they have to leap
hurdles, crawl through wire, or Jump
or swim dykes. No dog is sent to the
lront unless it is able to carry mes
sage TOR three miles, and some have
gone gone hye-mile runs before going to
france. One dog at the front is re-
corded as having carried a message
eight miles in minute over the hour.
Another has done FIVE miles in half an
hour, and third, three miles and
hree-quarters in twenty minutes. Of
one dog messenger it was reported that
he could be "sent anywhere within a
redius of four miles," AS a rule, the
trained dog can cover about mile and
quarter in five minutes.
10 make a good messenger q dog
must be sensible" and a good Jumper.
Dogs of breeds smaller than mentioned
are of no use. One of the strong points
Of the dog as messenger is that neither
darkness nor fog stops him. Once
properly trained the dog can be trusted
to find his way "home" so long as he
- able to move.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

risdiction over the Yukon and the
sparsely populated Northwest ter
ritories. The total area patrolled
amounted to nearly two million
square miles, with a population of
nine hundred thousand. In other
words, there was one Mounted Po-
liceman to every 2,400 square miles
and to every 1,400 people. Yet the
land they policed was one of the best
policed and law-abiding sections of
the world. Crime statistics were
low. The "bad man." that ogre of
those sections Of the United States
corresponding in longitude, charac-
teristics and population to Western
Canada, was unknown. The Indian,
once the terror of the settler, was
quiet and becoming civilized.
Before he was accepted, recruit
was required to ride we'll. During
his probation, he learned the entire
management of horses, stable duties,
and the groundwork of veterinary
science. Among the things he had
to learn because he had to know
them were cooking, shooting, the
criminal code, the Indian, customs,
fisheries, railway, land and other
laws, federal and provincial, court
procedure, map-sketching, first aid,
and travelling by compass, stars and
watch.
His daily round developed ver-
satility. First and foremost he was
policeman-not soldier, despite
his military uniform and discipline,
but a member of the civil service.
He patrolled the country, making a
regular house-to-hou visitation on
the prairies between certain definite
points. In a case Of distress, he was
responsible for carrying provisions
or for taking quick measures to cope
with disease. To the new settler
he was a well-spring of invaluable
information. He would have to or.
ganize the countryside to fight a
prairie fire if he encountered one
or to fight it himself if reinforce.
ments were unavailable. He might
be put on the trail of horse-thief
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Duties More Social
Than Military \

To innumerable government de-
partments he rendered service. The
mounted police were called upon to
furnish escort for the payment of
treaty money to the Indians. Upon
them devolved some of the quaran-
tine work of the department of agri-
culture. They saw that the game
laws were obeyed, and rounded up
sportsmen without licenses or viola
tors of the closed season. In the
absence Of the proper agents, they
collected timber dues and guarded
timber limits. They patrolled the
Border continuously to prevent
smuggling. They protected fisheries.
When on patrol in new section,
they were required to furnish topo-
graphical and scientific reports. By
arrangement with the postoffice,
| they carried the mails into the far
north on regular dog-sled schedule.
4AACy Cu1 IlCO III "1CpO1 Co upOll CIOpS.
Unassuming themselves, they were
tactily expected to cut wide swathe
as social fgure-and they general
ly did,
And all this for one dollar day!
The force was organized in 1873
and, consisting Of 159 men, was es-
tablished at Fort Garry, since the
city Of Winnipeg. This number
: proving insufficient, a new division
was raised and dispatched from
( Toronto in June, 1875, travelling by
train to Fargo, N. D.-for there
were no railways in Canada, west OF
the Great Lakes, in those days
From Fargo they made the rest o1
their journey on horseback, two hun
dred strong; and as a preliminary
they made circle through the wes
to look the ground over.
1t was an inspiring sight, tha
first ride of the Northwest MOUNTED
Police. 1t symbolized what was thel
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Troop of Northwest Mounted Police at Inspection
At nghtLone outpost of authority Far Northwest.

France suffered for so long from
similar imputations, but it's members
in a month or two's service became
paragons of virtue and prodigies of
valor.
Brave and upright they certainly
we're; but there was never room for
the waster, the weak, or the in
competent. They were picked, reso-
lutte young men, largely employed"
as one commissioner wrote, "in in
dependence duty far from the i'm
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Importing Law
Not Child's Work

To stabilize their authority, the
government had given permission
for the mounted police to be raised,
disciplined and conducted on a mill
tary basis. From the very first, the
distinctive color Of their uniform
was red. There was a reason for
this. The Indians, after many en-
counters with the United States mill
tary, had gotten great hatred of
blue. There is one case in the
mounted police records of a police
man narrowly escaping death at the
hands of Indians, because his red
tunic was covered by blue great
coat.
The expeditionary train was from
four to five miles long. Not the
least important thing was that in the
rear followed a number of cattle
and moving and other agricultural
machines. Nearly two thousand
miles were traversed in this expedi-
ton, in over four months en- the trail
During the journey, detachments
were left to establish posts at num-
ber of points. These latter increased
until at the time of their drafting,
the force controlled twelve districts
with nearly two hundred posts. The
furthest flung detachment was at
Herschell Island, on the shores of the
Arctic Ocean, $500 miles from head
quarters, and at Fullerton, on the
northwest shore of Hudson's Bay.
The importation of law was not
very popular among a large num-
ber of the early inhabitants of the
northwest. Not only among the
Indians, who were disaffected by the
imminent extinction of the buffalo
lay the necessity for strong justice
the few whites were, with fewer ex-
ceptions, of a wild and unrestrained
type. Whiskey smuggling and whis-
key selling to the Indians were
among the first things to demand
attention.
But the success which the mounted
police achieved in it's administration
in the space of only four years may
be gathered from the utterance of {
big chief when the Indians came to
gether to discuss a proposed treaty
"The police have protected us as thu
feathers of the bird protect it from
the frosts of winter" said Chie1
Crowfot of the Blackfeet. II will
sing"
A somewhat piquant aspect is lent
to this in the fast that the preced
ing summer a historic character
in the person of the redoubtabls
Sitting Bull, fled into Canada after
the massacre of General Clusters
army. The old Sioux endeavored tt
rally the Canadian Indians in sym
pathetic war. He managed to create
> some disturbance-nearly six thou
sand of his own braves were with hin
to overawe their red hosts-but h.
found it impossible to inflame tn
Canadian Indians against the red
coated riders of the plains. Sittin,
Bull remained an unwelcome cues
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

mediate control of their superiors,
with important duties to perform
and high standard of conduct ex-
pected by the public" The would
be recruit was warned that the medi-
cal examination was very strict and
searching. and that a certificate of
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

exemplary character (italicized) was
indispensable.
Here are the facts: Comprising
about 800 officers and men, the
force, in addition to policing the COM
paratively well-settled provinces of
Alberta and Saskatchewan, had ju-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

not SO platitudinously called the his
toric westward march of civiliza-
ton, for the Canadian west was in
those days almost unknown, kind
Of come-and -fnd-me land inhabit-
ed only by Indians, half-breeds, and
few degenerate white men. I'm
explored" was written over most of
it. Even so shrewd a judge as the
great Disraeli, of England, charac-
terized it as "illimitable wilderness"
True, the Hudson's Bay Company
was there, trading groceries and
firearms with the Indians in ex-
change for furs, but that famous
Company of Merchant Adventures
of England" founded by Charles II
with a blanket charter in 1910, were
ubiquitous.