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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-28
March %. April s. is1S5
HoF1oE TO C1NDrxo8S,
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)
County Of Grand Forks

County IN of COUNTY S5sHs r sourr:
In the Matter Of the Estate Of John n
Weber. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by Dora Weber
administrator Of the estate Of John n
Weber, deceased, to the creditors Of, and
all persons having claims against sai6
deceased. to present them, with the nee.
eseary vouchers. to the said Dora Weber
months after the first publication Of thfl
notice.
Dated March 9Th, A. D. 1918.
DORA WEBER,
Administration Of the Estate Of John
N. Weber, Deceased.
5O'CONNOR 4 JOHNSON,
Attorneys for Administrative.
First publication March !. 1918.
~ MAR. 7.14-21-2S) r
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-28

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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
THE SHEEP INDUSTRY

For the purpose of getting at the real conditions which surround the sheep raising industry in this country and to stimulate interest in the bus fness a committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce has been conducting an investigation and the conclusion it has arrived at is that the sheep industry in the United States must either adjust itself to the changed economic conditions of this day or continue the decline which has been it's portion in years past.
 All sections of the country have felt the effects of the decline. The east has experienced tremendous losses because there were greater ad- Tantages in the west. and now the decline has struck on in the west be- cause ot the growth of dry farming and the reduction Of the grazing range. Without considering the DOS abilities which still exist in all sec iions this decline has been allowed to continue so that in the last IS years the number of sheep in the country decreased from 80 per capita to .4e per capita According to the needs of the country for mutton and wool the movement should have been in the other direction.
 To stop this decline in the produc- ton of sheep the committee recom- mends the use Of sheep grazing of the agriculturaily worthless and chear cut-over timberiands of the north northwest and south, the more gen. eral and systematic raising of sheer on farms. where sheep raising has been hitherto neglected because ot frontier competition, and the contin. ued use of the great ranges of tht west to their full capacity.
 The committee is unquestionabl, justified in the belief that it can br done if the proper amount of though and study is given to it. The eas xtflf has great opportunities in thi direction. Not few are realizing it for tfe tendency even in New Eng land is to the raising of more sheel and the securing of legislation whicl win eliminate the dog menace. Ther Is no telling how much New Englani has suffered because of the dogs. fs considerable. In 1913 it is claime' that the states of the Mississippi los 1oo. 900 sheep which were killed b dogs If the needed increase in in 1nrcst in sheep husbandry Is mani Sesled ,On the farms of the east thi pr0hlsm2 ought to sbe quickly. adjusted
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all very heavy explosives. He kept this bombardment up till about quarter of twelve, I should say then he left his trenches and came toward us in mass.
 "As the boches came along l killed one myself. All our chaps were very busy laying 'em out.
 "Unluckily, when their creeping bar rage got right on top of us we had to keep down, and we couldn't see what their game was. Fritz managed to slip through gap on the left of our com pany.
 1.-TWO machine-gu crews in advance of the main body got through the gap right in our rear. They nipped through very quick and smart, and planted their guns in a shell-hole in no time, and intended no doubt to wipe us off the map. But our boys spotted their game.
 There were only about twenty three of us and the Huns with their machinery guns were about 30 yards distant at our backs. Yes, he thought he'd got us beat, but we had some thing up our sleeve yet. As quick as lightning our chaps threw a nice little dose of Mills bombs at 'em-and that was the end of them. The whole lot were done in!
 we lnSU lOOk6u IO see W06E TS-es5 happening in front of our trenches I saw they were coming full tilt at us The outnumbered us, I should say, by 10 to l. But we got busy with our machine guns and rifles, and did great 1 execution, cutting lines in .'eH. When they spotted what had hap pened to those machine-gun crews they saw their chance was up. They | turned right about and ran, and they did run, too! You see, they weren't more than 15 yards away when they | turned, and I don't think a single ont
 of them got back to their lines again
 They were all killed or wounded
 Most of them were brave lot of men
 No squealing or hands-up business They were tremendous big fellows
 about the biggest men I have eve seen. Just about this time I go
 wounded, and I must say I was bi
 sorry, because I was just having thu
 finest days shooting I'd had since 1 left home"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
YET IMOGENE WAS RIGHT

or that Imogene will decide that it is not economical to have garden-but nothing ever does happen
 This year 1 tried to wish the job on to the furnace man. 1 pointed out that he was a deserving furnace man and had been short of work all winter, necessitating numerous money advan- ces on our part and that he would be pleased to assume the task. But Imogene said no. With the onrush of spring cleaning the furnace man now had so many jobs that prosperity had gone to his head, as frequently hap pens. Unless it was job particular ly to his liking he scorned work now adays. In fact, he had refused scrub bing our front porch on the ground that scrubbing was an insult to a man who had been recently asked. to paint a garage, thank youi Anyway, should be ashamed of myself for l baking at helping the government! Yes, sir, that's the way Imogene put it! She had the whole United States batch of officials in Washington sitting up till 3 a. m breathlessly ] waiting for wire from Chicago stat 1 ing that we had started our garden We got a little lettuce, one onion and a radish from the plot last year, the sparrows and the bugs taking the rest as a fair division of spoils Never 1 theless, Imogene regards it of vas value in the food campaign. She is perfectly merciless. When I am deeI l in my novel she thrusts seed catalo- 1 gues into the midst of the troubles o1 Hilgarde and Geoffrey-and wher 1 your mind is filled with the sorrow! of lovely. willowv young creature like Hilgarde, who has natural col or and does not have to pencil he
 brows, how in thunderation can yol | consider the relative merits of pur
 pie striped turnips as against rutab
 ages?
 What boots it that chard grow faster than spinach only the grass
 hoppers eat it alive, if Godfrey is ol the point of plunging over a cliff be
 cause the villain has prevented hi
 breakes from working? How do 1 know whether"
 "Hm" said the Woodlawn man. 'Di
 it ever occur to you to go out an
 yank up that parsnip, root an
 branch?"
 T think she's had policema
 guarding it since the day >of discov
 cry" grumbled the Hyde Park mar '"Gee! It's me for the mud and tn : spade, all right. News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

Next month the annual city election will take place and this is the year when the choice of a mayor is to be included in the contest In view of the fact that Mayor Brown will not be a candidate for reelection it will mean that regardless of which party is successful Norwich will have a new mayor. There has been much accom- pliEhed for the benefit of the city by the present administration. A policy in behalf of improved streets and bet ter sidewalks has resulted in perma- nent betterments which are bound to be of lasting value to Norwich. These with the other good things which have been accomplished are not going 10 be overlooked by the community in selecting those who will direct the business of the city during the next year, or in choosing the head of the city government for the next two years
 The coming election is an important one. as in fact all elections are. The aim should be Co place in office those whom 1t is believed will make the best city fathers.
 For the approval of the voters the republicans in a caucus which was marked by unanimous action and complete harmony have selected a ticket which will doubtless get the careful consideration of the voters. Al its head has been placed a man who is well known for his long residence here and his good record and along with him have been named men who will unquestionably have the conf dence of their fellow citizens. They are conscientious citizens whose pur- pose will be. if elected, to give the city the high type of business admin. istration which is needed and which ought to be demanded and severa have already demonstrated their de. termination in this direction durins Their term in office. Their future service along with that of their fel- low members on the ticket rests witt the republican and the non partisan voters of the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
UP TO OLD TRICKS,

Regardless of all the protests which have been made to Berlin by the Spanish government the torpedoing of Spanish ships by German submarines continues. The latest victim is the steamship Luisa, the captain of which has reported that his vessel was sunk in broad daylight when the Spanish flag was flying so that the comman- der of the underwater boat. could not help seeing 1t.
 It is a we'll known fact of course that Germany does not intend to curb the ruthlessness of the subma- rine warfare one iota more than it is forced to. Spain has called Ger many's attention to the fact that it is a neutral nation and that its rights on the high seas should be respected and that its property and the lives of it's subjects are getting no more con- sideration than they would if they were belligerents.
 Spain is in the same position that this nation was while maintaining neutrality. Its predicament is no different than that of Norway, nearly 1000 ships of which country have been sent to the bottom and several hun dred of it's people have been killed or drowned as the result. It is in fact suffering the same as did Argentina and other South American nations whose rights as neutrals received no respect and where the privileges ex- tended to German representatives were taken advantage of to the detri- ment of those countries. It is much the same sort of situation as pre- vails in Holland and Denmark and in Russia.
 Germany is determined to respect no nation which is not its ally If it can not force nations to do it's bid ding through regular diplomatic chan nels and by propaganda it is going to do it by forces and just as long az they tolerate such treatment it is simply encouraging a continuance. Germany has endeavored with more or less success to force Spain to take 1 an unfriendly attitude to the allies. Il has succeeded in checking trade be- tween Spain and this country and ths l holding up of goods destined for Gen eral Pershing's army from Spain. How long it can continue to violate tht neutral rights of Spain without caus
 ing more than protest to be sent tt
 Berlin remains to be seen. but it cer. tainly cannot continue much longei if Spain is going to maintain its sell
 respect.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10

''Why the gloom?' inquired the Woodlawn man with considerable in- terest.
 The gentleman from Hyde Park sighed. My brow is furrowed" he explained because my home life is not happy. l am a miserable ISln. There is no living in the house Gyith Imogene these days without the con- stant exercise of Christian forbear- ance to a degree which is beyond me. She-she strolled out into the back yard one of these recent warm days and--and discovered some last years parsnips beginning to grow!"
 "The catastrophe" said the Wood lawn man, fails to move mel"
 You always were callous," his friend told him. Since she discover ed that parsnip we have had no peace. First ! had to go out in the back yard to look at the parsnip and thereby ruin shine, because the ground was still soggy. l had no interest what ever in the parsnip, because it is a vegetable do not eat. Moreover, par snips are not eatable when they start up in the spring after a winter in the ground.
 "But all this had no effect on my wife" continued the gentleman from Hyde Park. She regardede the silly
 thing with great delight. She said
 now she really felt that spring had | come-and we must get busy. I have always noticed that when a wife uses | the term we it means him In this l case it meant that I was to make ar 1 assault on the garden tools. Ther | when had wrenched them forth from their merited repose and looked like g cross between a coal heaver and $ 1 bolshevik was to go out and, standing ankle deep in the mire, upheave mo- ther earth.
 q invariably catch cold in my heat
 and grime up my hands, so that fol weeks my clients regard me as a ma1
 unalterablv opposed to soap and water So to ward off this program I tried tt convince Imogene, not exactly that sht really was not seeing parsnip grow l ing, but that it was too early for gar i dening. always try that, hoping tha
 something will happen-maybe m. brother, who has a western ranch ant never visits me in the spring, vii come to see us and be delighted t spade up the garden or that the doc
 tor will tell me my back won't stant
 it or that we shall be left million
 dollars and go away for the summe
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
A VALUABLE hELP.

While improved results are to be anticipated in other directions in the way of shipbuilding it is impossible to overlook what is being accomplish ed in the construction of wooden ves- sells. Opinions have differed greatly as to the advisability of putting forth great efforts in behalf of wooden ships but when it is announced that five such cargo carriers are to be launched this week from one section of the country where this sort of construction is being carried on and where it is assured that there will be three more put into the water within the next ten days and possibly a doubling of this weeks number be- fore the end of the month it cannot fail to be appreciated that something is being gained by the activity in the wooden ship yards.
 It is entirely probable. as has been contended so often. that the wooden ships will not give the service that steel ships will, that they will not be available for service in the war zone because they will not have the speed that is required to keep out of the way of the submarines, but it is at the same time apparent that we are In need of each and every kind of a vessel that we can get. The trans- portatior needs are such that these vessels can be put into immediate service and render great assistance cn routes outside of the submarine zones, thus leaving the steel ships and the speedier ones for the more important service.
 The demand has been for ships, ships and more ships and it is per- i fectly evident that the attention which
 Is being given to the construction of wooden ships is contributing mate rially to the need, for while the out put referred to concerns only one To- 1 cality where this work is being done others are making good progress and l will steadily contribute to improving conditions. By the building and utili-
 zation of wooden vessels we are get ting the benefit of resources which ! would otherwise be neglected. 1 In the meantime with as good and better results being obtained in tht | building of steel ships production
 ought to measure up very soon to the possibilities and needs of this great nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
TODAY TOMORROW

Der 55,oOO people. asks if 1t is not too high? Is it?
 The disloyal include not only those who openly or secretly hope or plot for the success of enemy arms, or work for dissension among the all lies, but some theoretical Americans who are for selfish reasons not doing what they can and should for the nation in it's need.
 They will be found to be quite as numerous as the pro Germans who are under so much suspicion and a census would probably show enough of both to justify Gov. Holcomb's assertion.
 The condition is not peculiar to Connecticut, either, and the Spring field Republican would have nc trouble in finding signs of it any where in Massachusetts.-Wa Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
OTHER VIEW POINTS

This sudden and premature high temperature in May sets everybody to thinking and talking about the weather. And some to writing. It is such a pleasant, friendly, harmless subject. It is good of the war to hold off and give the weather a chance, and us chance to change the subject. The heat brings some things to mind, that would otherwise have been de- ferred. There is the dust and the need of oill or water There is the blowing papegs and scattered litter, the noisome backyard, the stinkins garbage can. There are nicer things too-the spring hat, the new gown the summer furs, and the girl. to whom in the spring fancy turns. Oh we'll Waterbury American.
 Gov. Holcomb has estimated the number of disloyal people in Con- necticut as per cent. of the popula- tion, and the Springfield Republican pointing out that this would num-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10

The secret of pro- German organiza- tion in Italy has achieved a master piece of cunning in it's labors to un- dermine the morale of the nation. .So- called "occulist circles have been formed by enemy agents in the larg-
 est Italian towns. which influential people of the district are induced to
 join.
 The German agents who organize these reunions receive secret inforna- ton of coming enemy moves and daily spell the news out by table-rapping in the guise of a spirit message.
 When events few days later confirm the apparent prophecy, confidence in the supposed occult agencies is natur- ally increased, and the German in- struments use this to spread by the same means alarming reports about the weakness and defects of the al- lies, the alleged faithfulness of Eng land, and the inevitable triumph of Germany in the war.
 The recent bombardment of Naples ! by a Zeppelin was foretold in this way at sham seance, where the bomb | ing of large Italian maritime town
 was prophesied by "inspired'' agencies 1 some days before it occurred.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
STORIES OF THE WAR
A Sniper By Trade.

A sniper By Trade.
 Correspondence of The Associated Press):
 q am a sniper by trade and it was a day of joy to me-" said Private Lang ford in relating his experiences in the great German offensive on the Somme. Langford who was member of a battalion at Mailly, is now in a hos pital recovering from a wound.
 ''We arrived on the Somme on the morning of March 26," he continued. AS we went up toward our position, Fritz was smelling us pretty hard, putting over some very big stuff. As soon as we got into the trenches we spotted the Germans 500 or 700 yards away on a ridge. During the night our flying men didn't allow those Huns any sleep but kept peppering them with heavy bombs.
 About ten o'clock the next morning they started one of the most terrific, deadliest barrages I have ever seen. It was fierce, and I have had seventeen months of strafng. No gas shells but
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10

my health so can do all my work and I am so grateful that I am recommend ing it to my friends. "-- Mrs. D. M. ALTERS, R. R. 4, Oregon, III.
 Onlywomen who have suffered the tor lures of such troubles and have dragged along from day to day can realize the relief which this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters.
 Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters condition should profit by her reccn- mendation, and if there gre any com plications write Lydia D. Pinkham's Medicine Co. ,. Lynn, Mass, for advice. The result of their 40 years experience is at your service,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10

Once upon a time MT. Carnegie wished to cross a mountain in Penn sylvania. but lacked a, guide A hefty looking lad, a grocer's errand boy, of fered to pilot him for dollar. The ironmaster rendered half the sum- The boy held out for the full price and Mir. Carnegie yielded Mot that the job was worth it, but because I had to get to the other side of the noun tain. and Charles M. Schwab was the one to take me there" Now the allies have to get to the other side of a shipbuilding mountain. and the san,t Charles Schwab is to do the guidng but this time without quibble as to price.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES

general rule in France that to translate a word into the "Chink" di- alect, it is only necessary to end up with ''a-la." A war time variation of the double ''e" ending which formed the comic relief of pidgeon English in days gone by.
 The total of German losses mounts colossally, but as Mir. Bonar Law re- marked in the house last week. an autocracy does not care! a democracy does. Wellington said the same in his day. He could conceive nothing great CT than Napoleon at the head of a French army. But Napoleon had ore prodigious advantage-he had no re- sponsibility, he could do as he pleas ed. No man ever lost more armies than he did; I could not risk a man. knew that if ever I lost 500 men with out the dearest necessity, I should be brought upon my knees to the bar of the House of Commons" The kaiser has Napoleon's advantage" today. A direct descendant of the founder of Harvard university is among the list of fallen officers. Lieutenant Lio- nel de Jersey Harvard, of the Grena. dier Guards, was at St. Olave's Gram mar school, and then, most appropri- ately, went to Harvard university tc take his degree. Returning when wal came, he joined the army, fought al 1 Ypres and elsewhere. His brother ] fell at Langemarck last year, and now comes the news that gallant Lione 1 Harvard has been killed, age 24-Lon. don Chronicle.
 l Germany's seizure of the Belgian l church organ pipes and bells is la,
 nented by M. Emilio Cammaerts, tht
 famous Belgian poet, in q letter tt 1 the "Spectator." It must be admitted
 he writes, that they kept the strok, for the fast.
 The church was the> last refuge 0 patriotism. Tunes utter no words The familiar singing of the bells ant
 the playing of the National Anthem on the organ were the last comfor
 left to the people, their last breatl Of freedom, the only voice througl
 which the country's soul could stil defy the enemy.
 It must be stifed, and the pipes an, bells will be sent to Essen, perhaps t
 be converted into one of those long
 range guns which are bombardinj Paris.
 For centuries they rang, on ever
 occasion, in the hours of danger an tragedy in hours of joy, for so man } mournings, for so many feasts, tha they seemed to carry in the resonan bronze the very heart of generations
 They must be thrown today in Ger manys melting-pot, and their golde song which fioated over the peacefJ meadows of Flanders and in the COG , and shady streets of quiet towns wi fbecome the rough bark of the guns. , Smoke as camouflaqe for Ton , Berthas' and German infantry attack , is but copy of an older device. Scot
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10

XdI11C L1OQO1C WAAAS4 pulled me down un- til I could not put my foot to the floor and could scarcely do my work, and as l live on a small farm and raise six hundred chickens every year it made it very hard for me.
 "I saw the Com pound advertised in our paper, and tried ls+ IT. hos rootnro6
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10

Particular care is being taken to see that ukrainia fulffls its obligations to Germany, but Germany's obliga- tions to the Ukraine do not of course amount to anything.