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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-10-04

There has sbsssa wonderful progress
made By the allied armies il tho weat
since our last report ofs u week ago.
Tho Germans are rstsesting from Bal.
gium and France . fast - II ID cafe for
them to 40 so and protsc their demora-
lied armiss For tho last month tho
army 81 The centlal powers has besn Oh
the defensive They have evacuated
their strong ssysrywhsre they have
/ beer pressed. The retirement from
{ Belsinm will put an end % their snb-
marine warfare On the western coast of
Europe IA - pett ain extent.
Tho most aigniif ficant news from the
Western front is that the Germans are
retiring 90 81 svide front north and south
Sof tho ~ aBassesI csnal. This sectio
theirslins hes just north of Lens be-
tween TINT TOW !. NOV id allied posass-
non ssnd s rmsnt ntieres The retroersle
inoye I'M n the loeiss,. outcomss 81 tho
6dvans "a tie Britishs Bslgi fotces
ES,sast plse and alpng the sLys valley.
\ That, MI thaS extension of the allied
lines Is nb3rssi has had the eiect 80
Iaoane ths L.enl.A Arment ntieres front Il,
/ Stlis point g ! salient, A which ths
sGsrmAns viii Ind themsslve trapped
s6s var lIil, n tss 81. Mihiels salientsbyI
mslicans unlsss they best q
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-10-04


slAtiRg into; the pockets Of both produc-
Ssfa I'd consumers benefits derived By
the Nation. He has shut OF spscula-
tom produced q free market and
sement OF all grades Of wheat cut
] sexptnDes and induced q normal flow Of
WhAat n natural directions, and ef.
feeted q thousand other economics.
E;5s ~ e Food Administration Grain Cor
posation. which supervises the sale, or
ttsaA buys every bushel Of wheat pro.
ducea n the Nation In it's progress
ffuutS country elevator to foreign buy.
< - 9r domestic consumers, marks q
new step toward national efficiency.
HoWsin four short months It has been
donsais told In the following episodes
EwheFein two bushels Of wheat Travelled
u market. j.
81 0ns flne fan afternoon, Col. Bill
Jenkins. who farms somewhere in Mis-.
souri loaded his wheat into wagon
ana drove along the black road that
leo aeross the prairie to town. When
he reached the cooperative elevator
of which he was a stockholder, he
pulled up on tie scales, checked his
grosls weights carefully, and began TO
unload The manager came out and
askedl
"a hen you want to sell this wheat1'
7 dunno" he answered. zone
lines about as good as another
these days IT won't weigh any moro
later, she added, with dry smile.
Wheat shrinks lot,n admitted the
manager. II hear the Government
wants as much wheat as 1t can get
Just now-underEtand the Allies do
eat y terrible lot Of 1t since the war"
What's wheat to-day7" asked Col.
Jenkins, getting interested.
Nell, let me see" parleyed the
manager. II guess this wheat'd be a
good No. 2 under the new grades"
Grades7 What about grades? That
Food Administration seems to mix into
mighty nigh everything from rabbits
~ axie4grease.
Hold on, Colonel" said the eleva-
tor man, good-naturedly. 'sThe Food
Admit inisatration is not to blame. Con-
9gress passed the act and told the De-
partnient Of Agriculture to Ak the
ggadaA They became effective last
July. sent out letter on it."
well, ] guess you better sell for
the best you can,' said the farmer.
y am needed at home" And he drove
away.
~ 4 sAaxs. A.s.-S1.Aa <>z.,ss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-10-04

luton In grain market
Ing was taking place. Uncle Sam
had stArted on this remarkable ex.
periment3 he was going to see wheth-
er wheat could be marketed minus
rake.oll to the spectators. This
neceskitated complete control by the
Goyarnnnapt Of storage facilities, trans.
potta and distributiye agencies,
and marketing machinery Tor
wghs rye
b6dy was troubled; most Of
all acials of the Food Adminis-
trati gain Corporation who had
sundert IA, without salary, and at the
ssacrfhce AZ their personal connection
with rain trade, to whip into
shap6 forces that would drive for.
ward Big business machine for
smarkettpE American wheat a single
control ma sa $50. 0.OO0, 900 nonpront-
ma king rolp poration TO do the work. 5s.
ss bissy1pFk . u necessary arm of the
Food rntpist Hon. allowing the
Government 10 do business quickly
and rel faps. Its stock u held
:ln tlall 10 lrssident Of the Unit
|sd StAts or TIC time of the war It
thu rate or purchase
p6rt available aof the
go 0O4O ulheie of wheat and the
e0D arplul of rye grown in.
III lob - To- find q
lnaS, lyely bulbel, irreapectiyei
Iot 4 ssa. 4 I'm IT. patron
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-10-04

\
Mrs. Joseph Ladonceur who with hsll
family lives in the Tyner district, had
the misfortune to lose her home, with ii
its contents last week. She had Jus,
made . fire in the stove and had Rons
out TO- milk the cows when one Of hel
daughters came down stairs and founc
the whole interior Of the house il
flames. The young lady had hardly
time to make her exit dressed only il
her night clothes. Nothing was saved
from the building. The loss is serious
one to the family. The origin Of The
fire is unknown. ..zf.
w. j. Louden q pioneer Of Neche
township, passed away ON Monday, Sap
tember End, 1918. In the death 81 M
Louden. PembinAs county has iosl
another Of it's early pioneers, man who
had done much to make the early his.
tory Of the county. William John Low.
den was born IA Belfast. Ireland, Oct,
l1th, .l844, and vas nearing his 74lh
birthday at the time Of his death. He
came to Canada with hiss parents and
settled IN Prescott. Ontario. /. On Sep.
tember 25th, 1868, he was united in
marriage to Miss Annie Vance. Thlr.
teen children were born to this union,
two Of whom died in childhood. There
remains: Alexander Of Meyronne. Sask.;
Mrs. James Noe Of Glasston, N. d.;
Mrs. 9. Carey, Of Victoria, B. c.; Mrs.
Henry Stephenson, Of Meyronne, sssk.;
William j, of Minneapolis; Mrs. s. 3.
Dawson, OF Tacoma. Wis; Mrs. Lionel
Falconer, Of Winnipeg; Arthur F. D., 81
Lowell, Ariz.; Herbert and Harrison, 81
Bathgate. The deceased came to North
Dakota il 1879. locating ii Pembina
county. Hehad held many important
positions Of trust in the county. He
helped tosorganize school district. .29in
Neche township, Was clerk Of township
board and also served ID county drain-
age board and was instiga tor il organis.
ing Pembina County Mutual Fire In
snrance Go. Rev. Beardsley Of Neche
preached the funeral sermon and the
Masonic lodge conducted the services.
. 80
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-10-04
J NsW Order n the Grain World.

Of this
kind might have taken
place In almost every
town In the great grain
! 4 belt Of the Nation aft
er August 10; for revo-
ts51,,x@nr - ns
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28

Gil with extraordinary powers
and to work in cooperation with
the president, why not find these
men and welcome all the strength
that they may bring to the coun-
try at this critical time? Is it
moi fair to suppose that in the two
great parties there may be found
at least three men who are sur
passingly stronger than any three
men in the present cabinet?
The most discouraging feature
Of this situation, as we see it, is
the reluctance OF the president
to admit errors on the part Of his
administration, his resentment
against criticism and his apparent
determination to make this war
an affair Of the Democratic party
so far as it's conduct is concerned.
We think that he is quite wrong
in his belief that the people Of
this country have adamantinc
confidence in his administration
and will willingly go on nncom-
plainingly or childlike in any di-
rection that he may lead.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
Corvallis Churches.

Editor Missoulian; In Tho Daily
MiSSoulian of January % there APP
reared an article headed "Chmchos
Unite for Federation" Then stating
that corvallis Professionals represent
ing four denominations" etc. formed
said fcdcration."
AS the pastor OF the Methodist
church, | wish to say that we as Il
church had nothing to do with said
Federation" and will continue our
regular services Sunday morning and
evening with Sunday school and mid
week prayer meeting. One might get
the impression from said article that
there had been no regular services in
Corvallis. when the fact Is we have
held regular services at the Methodist
church for almost IS months, and the
Christian church had had a regular
pastor Rev. J.. Hulser. for n few
months and has regular services.
Signed, REV. L. T. FI.ANERY,
Pastor of the Methodist Church. Cor
Wallis, Montana.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
Keeping Up Telephone
Service During Battle

Keeping up communication during "a
bombardment is most difficult and
dangerous task. Sometimes the lines
are broken in several places by she'll
fire. Instantly that communication is
broken linemen are dispatched to mend
ously from both ends. following along
the line until they discover the break
and mend 1t,
To move out across field where
death is falling like leaves in an au-
tumn forest requires the finest kind
of pluck, but the signalers never seem
to fail.
"Hearn, the wires are down" eX-
claims the officer who has been for
a minute fruitlcssly lingering the tele-
graph key.
every good, sir answers the faith
| full Hearn, and Immediately leaves the
protection of the deep dug-out and
| begins to run along the trench, with
shells crumping in every direction
| Some time passes. Hearn does not re-
| turn and the communication is not
| re- established.
Mitchell, | guess Hearn has gone
down: you carry on his place" is the
next order.
VERY good, sir" answers Mitchell,
and without question goes out into the
storm of bursting shrapnel.
Sometimes one lineman after another
| is dispatched. and all fail to return.
| Put at all costs communication must
| be re- established. There are no Drawer
men in the war than the artillery sig
nalcrs, and none who make a greater
sacrifice in the path of duty. During
three months in the SOmme last fall
our battery had its signaiers COM
rletely wiped out three times in sue
cession. 1t got SO that l never ex-
pected to meet one of the old timers
after the second or third trip.
where is Mac" one would inquire,
missing an old face. "Oh, he went west
| last week" would be the answer.
When we are attacking, the forward
| observing officer goes over the top
| just like the rest. He generally goes
with the second wave. which also in
! ciudes the colonel and headquarters
staff of the battalion. Once out in
| No Mans Land. the F. o. O. and his
sienalers make for. pre-arranged
point in the enemy's line which is to
serve as the new advanced o. =.
| As the artillery party crosses No
Mans Land, a field telephone is car
ried with them and q wire is run out
connecting them with the guns. If
the first +. Q. Q. goes down, word
comes back to the reserve officers
waiting in front line dugouts, and n
second steps forth to fill the place of
him who has fallen. Sometimes be-
fore the attack is over the third or
fourth may be called out to fill the
gap.-Arthur Hunt Chute in Harper's
Magazine for January.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
CLOTHES AND THOUGHT.

One of the things which be-
comes more obvious as the war
progresses is that the wearing Of
a certain set style of uniform UNI
doubleday causes the wearers to
think along the same lines. Under
the influence of military disci-
pine and like apparel the men
of vast army gradually merge
their personalities into what
might be called a great, mass
personality, in which ali think
and act alike, or at least along
similar lines. Only those of the
most active type of intellect rise
above the mass thought of the
rank and file, and these men soon
are singled out to lead their fell
lows as officers.
One of the chief reasons why
these men come to think in SINH
lar lines is the similarity of their
attire, as well as the similarity of
their activities.
Think over the men you know
who have been, for instance, po-
liccmen in a large city for long
period. All policemen think
along the same lines. TO them,
every good act has a motive per-
sonal to its docr. He lives in an
atmosphere of suspicion. No
story, however plausible or in
line with the conditions prevail
ing, moves him to release any
person whom he has arrested
"Tcll it to the Judge" says he,
and forthwith he drags his vic
tim to the lookup.
So, with fireman, a mail car
rier. a railroad conductor or
trainman, yes, even clergymen,
think along similar lines. regard
less of their creed or church. And
those who don't think like their
colleagues, either go to the top
of their profession or TO the bot
tom rapidly.
There are both advantages and
disadvantages to This condition OF
mind. 1t is a good thing to have
concerted action, for instance, by
an army in battle. The men must
think alike and act together to
win the victory. But it is a bar
generally speaking, to initiative
and tends to put the persons af-
fectcd in a rut from which most
of them never are able To eXtrl-
cate themselves.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
THE PATRIOT


And is it true we only play at war
Are we alone to shun the presence
dread?
No. Death has entered at one dark
cncd door,
And there, III ruined France, boy lies
No longer can We dream or shut our
eyes:
No longer pirate of Peace without Il
scar.
There Is the earnest of our sacrifice:
There. where the men our Manhood
honors are.
And did he die in vain? Shall we. who
keep
The fires at home, inert lie. safe and
warm.
uncaring while our Dead, INTENDED
sleep,
And while our living battle through
the storm
OF Hell: Shall Treason lift its Shiny
head,
Tncrushed? Shall S!oth and Folly
rule the Day?
Shall promised deeds but mock our
slaughtered dead?
4 hundred million voices answer,
"Nay!!"
One Land, one Flag, one people-all
the Past
Forgot. save that which bids us match
its deeds:
One Heart. one Soul, one Family at
last
Our Sons are dying, and Nation
bleeds
One purpose while q man is left to die,
A woman left to work. to weep, to
dread:
Because we know that God still reigns
| on high:
Because in ruined France a boy lies
| dead
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
Americans Under Fire
By Albert Payson Terhune :
The Battles for MatamOras.

in
a 0 their
The United states which had belonged Mexico
the Texas border
This the early of
found the
aHng point and there in force Taylor calmly decided to
Maamoas He had
a OF ANDY
Tays first build just the Rio rande from
Mexican Taylor withdraw Ts
OF
away ana as 500" a" bo Brown was nu and e marched back
THE MAN WHO supplies,
WOULDN'T he he was
met by scouts who brought him direful tdngs- The
moment Taors the Mexican batteries
had begun heavy onrm'nt Fort Brown The forts commander had
been Killed and the garrison fighting for its very life against desperate
% had crossed the river with 600" regulars and now between him
situation seemed hopeless The fort expected
out long Nor presumably could Ta,los less mtmn cut their
m back upon rn Isabel and defending that base ssoinst the advancing
I'm go through Fort Brown or stay in shoes" csa shoes"
forward until they halted by savo of artillery from Maxan
from the thick ch"ppaa attacked them
Tayors fought back the overwhelming
ntinuedh
FOES ATTACKS
FUTILE who had taken 'front.'
artillery crowned a line Of hills, ~"
attacked infantry charged
They back their opponens after bloody fight
hors'men rode up the hiSope unchecked by the artillery They
down the Mexican rteen at their and seized the battery
ssahse att nto Ssp r on " the ~ wake ana scattered the
Mexico to
Fort Brown All the fight knocked
to peaceable possession of the city
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
Nothing Very Modest
About Turkey Sultan

The sultan of Turkey hasn't a bad
opinion of himself. This is proved by
the titles under which he is mentioned
in recent army order to his troops in
Mesopotamia. According 10 London
Bits. here is the way it began:
The Finest Pearl of the Age and the
Esteemed Center of the Universe, at
whose grand portals stand the camels
of justice and mercy, and to whom the
eyes of kings and peoples in the west
have been drawn. The rulers there find
ing an example of political prowess
and the classes a model of mercy and
kindness: our Lord and Master the
Sultan of the two Shores and the High
King of the two Seas, the Crown of
the Ages and the Pride of all Coun-
tries, the greatest of all khalifs. the
Shadow of God on Earth. the success
sor OF the Apostle. of the Lord of the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
WHEN TO CHANGE.

There is a simple method OF
testing the efficiency of Mr.. Will
sons cabinet for war duty. Sup
pose that the president had been
elected after the beginning of the
war. Is it not most unreasonable
to think that with q war upon us,
he would have appointed to his
cabinet the men who arc now
serving? In forming a new cab
met, would he have chosen Baker
aud some others We think not.
Confronted with the great taS X OF
winning the war, the president
would have thrown obligation to
party leaders to the winds and
would have scraped this country
from end to end to find the very
best men to summon to his aid. II
the task of winning this war is
as herCulean as some people at
Washington think, then most Ger
tainly we would expect the presI-
dent to direct the country's
strongest efforts toward winning
the war.
II that is a fair test, why should
not President Wilson make such
changes now to strengthen the
administrations No reason at all,
ii the president i not obscssed
with the notion that no improve
ment could be made upon the wal
work that is being done.
As Mr.. Wilson's intellect is OF
an exceptionally fine order, We
are loath to believe that he is
blind to things that other people
see. The country had no right
TO expect that the preparation:
for a war suddenly thrust upoI
us would be made without diff,
cultics, mistakes and blunders
That is the history of all wars
fNNe are not saying that the ad
Illustration should be harshl!
cised for not doing all tina
~ have been done. We arr
king that the president re
I'm responsibility thos'
" zen guilty of repeating
nnthors Ab0ut hin
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
Home!
Stories Of Canadians Who
Returned From War.

Goth Battalion, Canadian infantry.

10Th Battalion, Canadian infantry.
September Is. 1916. will probably al
ways be known as tank Day." When
the tanks first got in line for action
We called them "Alligators." We did
not know them as tanks-never had
heard of tanks. Only a few OF US
knew that they had arrived. and we
were not allowed to speak Of them at
all.
One night a few Of us were in on
it," went to look them over and talked
with the men who had come over
with them. They were pretty well
cyeened-camouflage They always
travel in pairs. male and female; the
former carries light field guns and
the latter machine guns.
About in the morning Of Septem-
Der Is, 1916. we heard these things
rumbling across our trenches. Word
passed along the trench in awed
whispers-''There go the Alligators."
When the Germans heard these things
snorting and putting they rained shells
on our trenches. Several hours later.
after we had taken the enemy trench
and started to build it up, these things
ambled back home and unfortunately
knocked down part of our trench,
The "Alligators' were not appreciated
just then, but since that time we have
used them very effectively.
One day a friend of mine. an officer.
ordered Kelly to report at the brigade
headquarters for tank duty. Kelly
thought it was some ''cushy" Job re.
carding supply Of water. etc Later
my friend met him. and asked him
what he had to do. Kelly said, .You
know what them there alligators are?
That there alligator business looks
10 me like a suicide job"
He heard later that Kelly had been
told to follow a tank: to walk close
behind it. In little while the door
on the side opened and an officer
stepped out and told Kelly to run 90
in front and pull a wounded man out
of the way Of the tank. Kelly looked
the ground over and said: mo.
ride inside-I ride inside or I 90
home" 80 s-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1918.
CONCERNING JUDGES.

Not long ago James J. Henahan,
a banker Of Cleveland, Ohio, with
high social and business connec-
tons, was convicted Of embezzle-
ment. He was tried in the fed
eral court Of Judge John NJ. Kill
lets Of the northern district OF
Ohio. After conviction, Judge
Killets suspended sentence dur
ing good behavior. The supreme
court Of the United States decided
that Judge killets, by the sns-
pension of sentence, usurped the
pardoning power Of the presi-
dent. Judge Killcts, however, re-
fuses to rearrcst Hcnahan, re-
quired under the decision OF the
supreme court.
AS result Of this proceeding,
the Judge has been summoned to
appear before the supreme court
for contempt and will be prose-
cuted by the attorney general of
the United States.
This proceeding is unusual,
but the interesting feature is that
if Judge Killcts is found guilty OF
contempt, the supreme court will
be unable to vacate his office.
That could only be done by inn
parchment by the house and trial
in the senate.
The instances of impeachment
of United States judges are so
rare that there have been hardly
more than half dozen cases in
the entire history of our country.
The case in hand sets us to
wondering whether there are not
too many restrictions about the
federal judiciary, and whether it
would not be wise to make the
removal of a federal Judge a
much easier matter. The theory
Of life tenure for judges of this
class is good in respect that they
should not be subject to removal
for political reasons. On the other
hand. as has been often noted, a
man elevated to q federal bench
for life often becomes unfair
when he would be otherwise, il
he knew he would be subject TO
removal by far easier method
than that Of impeachment before
the bar Of congress. Some OF
these judges are as autocratc IN
their powers as the junkers, and
wholly defiant in their cognl-
zance of public opinion, which Is
something that must be re-
gardcd in the Interpretation OF
the laws affecting the public wei
fare. 1t is not difficult for Judge
to find authorities on which to
frame an opinion which is guided
by his prejudiccs.
Next to intrinsic honesty, we
regard what is known as the Ju-
dicial temperament as the high
est qualification for a judge. we
think that when judges tenn
permanent changes so that it is nc
longer judicial, he should be re-
moved from office.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
FOES ATTACKS
FUTILE.

proceeds from the Holy Majesty's good
Intentions
1t is evident that the modesty of the
Finest Pear, of the Age" forbade him
giving the full list Of his array of titles
but this mighty potentatef can also
claim to be the Incarnation of Mo-
manned" the 'Dispeller OF all Evil
and the. Divine of Divines."
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
FROM THE
MISS0ULIAN FAMILY

The Muscular invites letters
from its readers on all topics OF
interest. Tho signatures and ad-
dresses Of correspondents should
be sent a. evidence Of good faith,
though anonymous signatures may
be sent for the letters ~ printed,
IL desired. All communications
should be limited TO 400 words and
addressed to the editor.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
EXPLAINED.

Wife, dreamed last night, dear,
that l was in a box party at the the
ater''
Hub-"oh. That explains why you
were talking so loud in your Sleep
Boston Evening Transcript.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-28
TOOK A FALL OUT OF HIM,

Was it muscular rheumatism that
attacked your
Il should say it was muscular. 1t
threw me on my back and kept me
from getting up for th."-Boston
Evening Transcript