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Arizona republican., 1918-03-15
COSMOPOLITAN CAMP FUNSTON
 MEN PATRIOTIC

Douglas A. Humphreys who at one time when he was the young fellow in charge at the Arlington dam was we'll known to the Phoenix duck shooters, and who later engaged in farming with his brother at the lower crossing on the Agua Fria, where his mother re- sides, wrote recently from Camp Fun ston to a friend here who had been asking him how the men of alien na- tionality were really taking it. Private Humphreys at the end of his epistle apologies for this dull letter" but no reader of his letter will feel the apology was necessary. Here is what he writes:
 ''I got your letter today and am sure glad to hear from you, you see It IS very dull here in camp and we sure like to get letters from old Arizona.
 T am in good health, but have just completed course of innoculations for spinal meningitis. l took three hypos. The first one did not hurt me; the second nearly killed me. so they diluted the third shot and it did not hurt much. The second shot is bad and one of our captains was pretty sick over it. But the treatment is not compulsory and if one wishes to take it he does so at his own risk. I con- slider it worth the risk, as a person is supposed to be immune for from nine 10 fifteen years; don't have to worry now nor have cultures taken in case of trouble; and can't imagine a more horrible death than that from spinal meningitis.
 According to my observations, there is no difference between the different nationalities as far as making good soldiers is concerned. Most of the men here are native born; and. as you know, a man born here in America is an American no matter what his father was-English, German, Pole, Jew, Chinaman. Italian, Spaniard, Mexican, Norwegian. Swede or Russian. came across one Irishman' (probably it was his grandfather who came to America). ]. who is always growing because he hates to see the United States take sides with England. Then there are a couple of Serbs who can't understand why they should have to fight for the United States when they were born in Serbia. But they are glad of the chance to get at Germany just the same.
 'We have in our battery a China man born in the United States. and he is proud to be in the army. He says Uncle Sam is his uncle too. We have two Spaniards. two Greeks, an Aus trian and two Germans who can hardly speak English and five or six MeXicans. The Austrian and the Germans work as hard and study as hard as any of us. They all say that the United States is their country. The men from the central empires say that if they had stayed at home they would have had to fight anyway, and that instead of being treated like men they would have been kicked and cuffed around like dogs. They say that they would have been paid hardly anything; if dis abled they would have been left to a life of near starvation. On the other hand in the American army they are treated with respect for their feelings they are paid well; and in the event of their being killed or disabled their families are provided for or they are pensioned. And after the war, in time
Arizona republican., 1918-03-15

dications in the possession of the war trade board show that Germany is employing the submarine menace to prevent neighbor neutrals receiving any food or favors at rne hadns of the United States and it's associates in the war and to coerce these neutrals through starvation into political and economic dependence upon Germany quite as much as to strike at the com- munications of it's opponents-Ger- mats ostensible aim in proclaiming the ruthless submarine campaign.
 Further indications tend to show that the submarines are being used along similar dog the manager lines to destroy neutral shipping without re- gard to its employment in order to weaken, prospective neutral competi- tors after the war and to drag down neutral tonnage as far as possible to- ward a position of equality Cor infer iority) with the German mercantile marine, which has lost between 40 and 50 per cent of it's ocean tonnage, so that the neutral trader may be equally as badly off as his German rival for tonnage in the after the war race for commerce.
 No Other interpretation
 t'No other interpretation can be placed, for example upon the repeated instances of destruction of neutral Danish ships on voyages between Ice land and the Danish mother country entirely outside of the war zone nor upon the multitudinous mistakes whereby Dutch and other neutral ships clinging to the precarious narrow way left open through the prohibited zone are todpedoed outside the zone by | U-boat commanders whose word that the vessels were within the zone is later accepted unquestioned by the German prize courts.
 Prominent ship owners in Scandi- navian countries have stated their be- lief that many sinkings were inspired only by the intention to get rid of neutral tonnage so as to increase the relative value of German shipping available at the end of the war. Exam nations of the captains of torpedoed ships before the marine courts in these countries bear out this belief the tes- timony repeatedly showing that vessels were attacked far outside the zone.
 Shows Fangs Over Food
 "The intent of the Germans to pre- | NCht ilcutio ItCelNInS 1000 ana SUD- plies under relief agreements conclud ed with the United States is illustrated l by the German veto placed upon the temporary modus Nivendi with Hol- land, providing for the provisioning of that country Two food ships loaded with supplies for the Netherlands along with Il Belgian relief ships have been waiting in American ports fo1 weeks unable to sail because of the refusal of Germany to permit an equivalent amount of tonnage leaving Dutch harbors, the obvious plan of the German authorities bemg to gather all Dutch ships into home harbors and then prevent any of them sailing by threats to torpedo any vessel leaving Holland waters. To relieve the food situation in Holland the war trade board has finally authorized the trans. shipment of the food in question from the two Dutch steamers to the Holland lines Nieue Amsterdam, which is sail. ing shortly.
 The present campaign of threats
Arizona republican., 1918-03-15
HOW THE RUSSIANS
 ARE LOOKING AT US
(COllier'S)

(COlller SD
 He took some postcards from his inside pocket. They were photographs of naked bodies. riddled with bullets linen shot at Everett, Wash, year or so ago. Each picture was labeled Died for Free Speech with the name and date. I asked just what that trouble was about. and who did the shooting-police, militia or special constables.
 American bandits," he answered and whether he could not explain in his imperfect English or did not care to, he merely repeated when I asked again, "Yes, American bandits." The reason I couldn't take pictures of the garden was because I represented a capitalistic paper" ''They take photo graphs and write things under them to make it bad for us,'' he said.
 A young man with a rifle joined us as we approached the gate-a clean
Arizona republican., 1918-03-15

cut. capable looking boy, who had had a good job in the Ford motor car factory. He had been getting s7 day. as I remember it-"You don't suppose I'd have given that up if didn't think this revolution was the biggest thing in the world." he said. He had worked in Sweden and other countries and seen a good deal of the fight for labor-"but never anything like this!" he said.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-15

and intimidation against the Scandi- navian neutrals now carried on in the semi official North German Gazette and other organs of the German press is obviously intended to frighten the agreements which benefit the neutrals quite as much as the United States and its associates.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-15

blown to pieces to be destroyed. We'll get there all right
 T have taken too much of your time already with this dull letter. Remem- Der what l said about Arizona news and answer soon.'
Arizona republican., 1918-03-15
MELBA IS COMMANDER

LONDON, March 15.-Madame Mel ba the opera singer, is made a dame commander of the Order of the British Empire in the colonial honor list pub lished today
Arizona republican., 1918-03-15
"A 1RJS 2 GEWzvG c
Madame Phillipe Barbier.

Madame Phpe Barber wife of Lieutenant Barber of the Belgian legation in Washington enjoys the distinction of being the only at the legation So that she the hostess of all the gaions social presiding at bachelors the legation well those and herself
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29

Miss Urena Frank took dinner At
Mr.. J. w. Chamberlain's Sunday
Mr.. Jack Pankowski was . caller
at Mr.. Earl Smiths Saturday even.
ing. .,
Miss Lucy Sheppard has been work.
inp for Mrs. Earl Smith since Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Keltner and
Miss Goldia spent Sunday at Mis-
souri, Ridge.
Mr.. O. A. Myer and family, Mrs.
Edith Kratzer were callers 1T Mr..
Lee Stutsman's. .
Mr.. Earl Smith found his horse
Monday which he had been looking
for in the spring and was unable to
find. ro
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lands and fam
lily and Miss Ruth Myer were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l. NJ. Kauff-
man and family.
Misses Frona and Lucy Sheppard,
Messers Jack Pankowski and Huh
Sheppard were callers at Mr.. J. w.
Chamberlain's Sunday afternoon.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
BONETRAILL
By 4 Stafr Correspondent

Bryan Kaetzel is helping NJ. r.
Ryner harvest this week. CO.,,
Walter Koepke and Oscar wilson
motored to Williston Monday.
Selma and Doris Quamme were
Bonetraill visitors last Saturday:
Mrs. Mabel Hunt and Miss Elsie
Ryner visited at the Lawrence Smltn
home Sunday. =.
Misses Nellie and Clara Ledell lett
for Minot Monday for a few days
visit with friends there.
Mrs. Mabel Hunt returned to ner
home last Thursday after spending
a week at Norman Johnson's.
Kenneth and Isabel Nelson lett
Sunday for Scobey, Montana: where
they will visit with friends for few
days.
Several from this vicinity attend
ed the dance at Simon Egge's last
Saturday night and all reported a
splendid time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson left for their
home in Minnesota Monday after
spending few days with their daugh-
ter Mrs. Henry Anderson.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
SPRING COULEE
BY a Staff Correspondent

Rev. Hitchcock will preach next
Sunday at 2 P. M.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Foster spent last
Sunday at the L. C. Williams nome.
Mr.. Frank link who has beer sick
of late is on his job again gathering
up the grain.
Farmers that sowed rye and har-
vested this year were fortunate in
going so. 1t has been harvested with
the least expense and the most of it
is secure in their grainaries.
The farmers generally are up
against it, no hay to cut, straw is
black and rotting-a most serious
problem confronts US. AS we know
day by day winter is approaching
our greatest apprehension is our cat
tie we wish to keep.
The worst storm-a colud burst
mingled with hail passed over this
vicinity last Wednesday p. M. Since
this vicinity was settled-grain still
standing was half shelled out and
some pieces completely. The ground
strewn with shelled grain looks bad
enough on top of poor crop at that
is discouraging to say the least.
The oat crop so poor-farmers will
be obliged to feed rye as a substitute
and are already feeding it. It is far
cheaper than oats at the present
prices.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
MISSOURI RIDGE
BY q STAN Correspondent

Mrs. James Ramey in busy making
sour kraut this week.
Quite q large crowd attended the
Red Cross picnic at Gromatka's grove
Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Keltner and daugh-
ter ate dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. ;.
NJ. Clark Sunday. ~
Miss Anna Guthrie was in Willis
ton Monday doing some shopping
She was ably assisted by Wit Ramey.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Shook and son
Willard and daughters Misses Esther
and Helen called at H. C. Blanken-
ships Sunday afternoon.
Rev. w. w. Keltner preached a
very interesting sermon to large
crowd at the school house Sunday.
He will preach here again in two
weeks.
Mrs. H. C. Blankenship has just
received letter from her youngest
sister Miss Jane Guthrie saying she
is in Washington, D. c., doing clerical
work for the government.
Grandpa and grandma Wagenman
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Wagenman
of Pherin township attended church
here Sunday and spent the afternoon
at the A. C. Wagenman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Blankenship
gave surprise party on Miss Anna
Guthrie Saturday evening. About
twenty of the young folks came. The
evening was spent in an enjoyable
way.
Miss Anna Guthrie who has been
spending a few weeks at Fargo and
Willow City arrived here last week
for a few days visit with her sister
Mrs. H. C. Blankenship. She has en-
listed in the Red Cross as a nurse
for foreign service. She will leave
the last of this week for Kalispell,
Montana, where she will be engaged
in school work until she is called to
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
TO BURN OR SPREAD

This is the time of year when straw
stacks go up in smoke-$5O.OO worth
of fertility touched off with match
called getting a straw pile out of the
way.
Straw comes out of the soil. Un-
less it is returned in one form or an
other, the soil is poorer by just that
much after every crop.
We think of manure as enriching
the SOIL But straw will do the same.
Straw contains even more plant food
than manure.
Even greater than it's plant food
value is the fact that it is good
mulch, helping to hold moisture and
also preventing soil blowing. Farm
ers are learning that thin covering
of straw will stop drifting.
Perhaps the best way of applying
straw to the soil is as top dressing.
But farmers have been slow to take
up with this on account of the diff
cultry of spreading. Spreading with
a fork is impracticable. Until lately,
machines for doing the work have
been few.
But inventors and manufacturers
are turning their attention to this
problem, and they are producing
spreaders which distribute the straw
as evenly as manure can be applied
by a good manure spreader. Some
manure spreaders are being equipped
with attachments for handling straw.
The waste of straw must stop.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
MARM0N
BY . stan Correspondent

The Red Cross will meet at A. o.
Johnson's Sunday, September LIST.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Wright a daughter about two weeks
ago. y -
August 21st we had a hail storm
which ruined all the crops in this To-
cality.
Mr.. Dan Helms was injured by a
runaway last Thursday and is not
able to work.
The Freeman school will begin on
September 3rd. with Miss Hazel
Green as teacher.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
EPPING
BY a Staff Correspondent

Ole Rude returned to Epping Mon
day.
Mabel Jacobson is assisting at the
post Office.
Miss Goodrin Sorem visited in Ep,
ping Monday. -
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Levitt visited
at Ray Friday.
Bill Haney and Mrs. Scott autoed
to Williston Saturday.
Miss Barbara Hanson visited Sat-
urday at the O. A. Bella home.
Mrs. Laura Levitt was passen-
ger to Williston Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schroeder and chill
dren autoed to Williston Wednesday.
Mrs. Schroeder and children re-
turned Monday evening from Nor
wich. ....
Mr.. Sam Ellingson has lately in
stalled furnace in the First State
Bank. =.
Mrs. Harry Gimberling and son
Murel visited at Ray between trains
,, Monday.
Mrs. Carp left Saturday for Minot
for an extended visit with relatives
at that place. 49,. .~..
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Haney and son
Herbert visited at the Ginther home
| at Spring Brook Sunday.
Mr.. Robert Bell arrived Monday
| evening for a short visit at the Levitt
home before going to camp.
Mr.. Hans Olson arrived from Me-
Intosh Sunday evening. He will as
sist Mr.. A. Bella at the shop. d
Mary Alexander returned Satur-
day from Williston where she has
been visiting for the past week.
Mrs. Schroeder, Lester, and Kath-
crime left Wednesday for Norwich
to visit with relatives several days.
Miss Lily Ellingson returned Sun-
day from Watford City where she
has been visiting the past week with
her sister Mabel.
Mrs. Pardon and daughter and
son arrived Saturday evening from
Crookston, Minn., for several days
visit at the Wang home.
Mr.. Borgemann from Ohio who has
been visiting at the Young home for
several days returned to Berthold to
look after his crop before returning
to his home. r.. >..-.-...-. .. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shields returned from
Miles City Wednesday for short
visit at their daughters home, Mrs.
Evans, before returning to their own
home in Indiana.
! Mrs. Blegen returned to Epping
after several weeks visit in the coun-
try to finish packing preparatory to
moving to Williston for the school
year where Chester will attend school.
Mrs. Wm Haney entertained Mrs
Harry Gimberling, Mrs. Beachler,
Mrs. Mcconnell, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs.
Swenson, Mrs. Ginther, Mrs. S.
Haney, Mrs. Spencer, Miss Clark, Miss
Ginther, Mr.. Beachler, Mr.. Mcconnell
and Mr.. Swenson at Red Cross tea
Tuesday.
Mrs. King. and children left Sat-
urday for their new home at Minot.
Mr.. King having gone several weeks
ago to get suitable location for a
shop at that place. Mrs. Kings place
in the central Office is being filled
by Myrtle Jacobson. ..... ,a
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Rogers and son
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
EDEN VALLEY
BY a Staff Correspondent

Marion Joyce spent Sunday at Mr..
Marshes.
The ladies aid met with Mrs. James
Sheppard Thursday.
Mr.. 0. A. Myers has traded his
Overland car for Hup,
The vicinity has been visited by a
number of rains the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Marsh were
Sunday guests of Mr.. Earl Smith.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29

from still another form Of cleaning.
They dug back into the straw pile,
where the grain had settled from the
blower, and winnowed out the kernels
by tossing the straw over blanket.
From a straw pile representing about
a half days threshing they got about
so bushels of grain.
It seems quite likely that the
thrifty practice of saving all our
grain crop by raking the fields, look
ing after broken or dropped bundles
and cleaning up after the thresher
will be one of the benefits realized
from the world war and the food
emergency.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29

Lester, Mr.. and Mrs. Crasson and
son Wayne arrived Saturday evening
from Terre Haute, Indiana, for sew
eral weeks visit at the Kilgore home.
They are making the trip by auto
having left Indiana in May and stop
ping to visit with many relatives
and friends along the way.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29

Continued on page 81
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29

The three fields reported in the fol-
lowing table are in Barnes county
and the report is given by the man
who was engaged to rake after the
bundle wagons.
Field No. 2. 25 acres. Estimated
cost of raking and threshing, $500.
Yield from raking, Is bushels, worth
$4,000.
Field No. 3. 100 acres. Estimated
cost Of raking and threshing, $500.
Yield, 40 bushels, worth $500 to
$4,000.
Field No. 4. 100 acres. Estimated
cost of raking and threshing, $4,000.
Yield, 72 bushels, worth $4,000.
The same man states that on 9TH
er fields the profits resulting from
the cleaning were from three to four
and one-half times the cost of the
same, but lacking accurate figures he
does not give any further report.
One farm woman, with the help of
two children, realized neat sum
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
CORRESPONDENCE

some training school to prepare Tor
her over seas duty.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
DOES CLEANING PAY?
BY Ora A, Clement

Farmers who are questioning wheth-
er the grain saved is going to pay
for the time and man labor required
to gather all the scattered bundles,
rake the shock rows, and clean up
after the thresher, as they are being
asked to do, may be interested in
the following figures compiled in
North Dakota last year. The own
ers of these fields were all men who
had derided the idea of cleaning their
fields, but having been persuaded to
make a trial they are quite certain
that hereafter they will not allow
that particular leak to rob them of
their profits.
Field No. 1 is in Nelson county
and the report is made by the owner,
as follows:
12 hours raking, at so per hrs 800
Is hours loading, 2 men and
team ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S.OO
Threshing go. go. .... ............. 700
S 22.OO
Receipts
IS bushels of grain at $2O3
per bushel 80. 49,. ................$131.95 .95
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-02
.M' 'ADOO ANNOUNCES THIRD LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE FOR APRIL s
Amount, Interest Rate and Other Features Are Not Yet Decided Upon,
 Says Secretary

j $ r Washington, March Ion April 6 the first anniversary of the United States entry into the war, the third liberty loan will open. There will be a campaign of three or four weeks.
 Tn announcing the date tonight Sec retary McAdoo said the amount of the lean, the interest rate and other fea- lures. suos, as convertibility of bonds of previous issues. maturity and terms of payment, are yet to be determined, and that new legislation will be nec- essary before plans can be completed.
 The fact that the amount of tho loan is dependent on further legisla- tion indicates that 1t will be for more than $3,600,000,000, the remainder of authorized but unissued bonds, and tho fact that certificates of indebted ness now being sold in anticipation of the loan bear Az per cent affords some indication of the interest rate
 How large the loan shall be de- bends largely, however, on the fate of the pending war finance bill carrying an appropriation of a half billion dol lars. and action on the railroad bill with it's appropriation of similar amount.
 Although MT. McAdoo made no spe- cific announcement, it is now taken for granted in official circles that there will be but one more loan before June 30. the end of the fiscal year.
 The statement concerning the date of the campaign was made at this time, Secretary McAdoo explained, to give every community time to prepare Tor the big bond sale, and he strong ly advocated popular demonstrations of patriotism on the day of the open ing of the loan and the second year of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-02
FRANCIS LEAVES CAPITAL

yologda, Russia, Thursday, February 2S.-(By the Associated Press) --The American and Japanese ambassadors arr rived here today on n special tran. Ther trip was an uneventful one.
 The Chinese and Siamese ministers. the Brazilian charge d'affaires and the also arrived here. The ambassadors are remaining in yologda pending develop ments.
 Another train which left Petrograd with portions of the embassies staffs has arrived at viatka. $50 miles east of vologda.
 According to adviccs received here to- day by Ambassador Francis from the Smony institute at Petrograd peace has not been signed between the bolshevik government and the Germans up to late hour this afternoon Although the Ger mans are still advancing eastward, the official advices say, they are now being resisted by the Russians and are making much slower progress.
 The bolsheviki government at Petro- grad reports there is greater enthusiasm at Petrograd for defense of the capital and in recruiting.
 The Russian peace delegates are going to Brest- -Litovsk. According to a report made by M. Zinovieff, one of the chief members of the new peace delegation. made to the Petrograd council of work mems and soldiers delegates last night, the general situation must be considered extremely grave. as the Germans are try ing to take as much territory as pos. sibe before signing peace treaty.
 Robert C.. Tredwell the American con- sul at Petrograd. who arrived at Vologda with the ambassadorial party, is opening a consulate here.
 The Amercan Red cross representa- tives who, came here are headed by Col. Raymond Robins of Chicago.
 Washington. March 1.-The committee on public information today announced official advices from it's Representative in Petrqgrad that Ambassador Francis and his staff. the American consulate. the military mission. and the Red Cross representatives all left Petrograd for} yologda on the night of February 27 FRENCH AND BRITISH LEAVE London. March .l.~1he Brittph ana Frsnch exabanies haNa le4t rstrezns
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