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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11
A Service Flag
For Cavalier Co.
Appropriate Dedication Will
Make Big Patriotic Event
All Over County

The following resolution was adopt
ed by the unanimous vote of the Board
of County Commissioners of Cavalier
county, North Dakota:
RESOLUTION
Whereas, great many of the young
men from Cavalier county are now in
ne service of the Army and Navy of
the United States aud have shown in
so entering service spirit of patriot
ism and loyalty worthy of recognition
and emulation by those of US who have
to stay at home.
And Whereas, the great sacri flee
they have made deserves that a per-
manent record be made of their SER
vice and kept in the archives of the
county
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Resolved By
the Board of County Commissioners of
Cavalier county that an appropriate
roster he made of all those who have
entered service in the Army and Navy
of the United States in this great
worlds war, and filed in the archives
ofthe county.
And Be 1t Further Resolved, That
a service flag with a star for each
man in Cavalier county who has en-
tered the service, or who will enter.
the service be purchased, for dis
play at the court house, said flag tc
be of sufficient ground and size tc
add a star for every man who will be
called in the future,
And Be 1t Further Resolved, Thai
when said flag has been purchased al
appropriate service be held at Langdo1
for the dedication of said service flag
wherein all the citizens of the county
may participate
And Be 1t Further Resolved, Tha
an executive committee consisting O.
G. Crimson, States Alto -ney, Ole j,
Eide, County Auditor and R. B
Lailg, County Commissioner, be ant
the same is hereby appointed to bu,
said service flag, to arrange for sait
roster and for said dedicatory service
and that said committee be giver
power to call upon citizens over the
.. county for sub committees and assist
ance in carr1ing out these resolutions
and that said committee be instructed
to give due notice to the citizens Of
tho on,1ntv of tho time nf said dedi
catory service.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11
0SNlRR0lC('KK B! !01lC('KK SCHOOL p!lpnS lis
ARE ALL DOING THEIR BIT

On Thursday, March 28th, at the
close of two weeks war savings
drive, the pupils of the Osnabrock
public school had bought and sold
$418. 72 worth of Thrift and War
Savings stamps. A beautiful silk
flag, given by the principal for the
department standing highest, was won
by the high school. The latter un-
animously voted. however, to turn
their trophy over to fifth and sixth
grades who although not standing as
high, had done better work in Sc.
curing members. The pupils of the
Osnabrock school are intensely pa
triotic They were one of the first
in the state to organize Junior
Auxiliary of the American Red Cross,
having their entire enrolment of $50
pupils as paid up members on Dec.
10, 1917, or fully two months before
the Junior Auxiliary was organized in
Cavalier county. For several months
the pupils have been saving and bring
ing pledged amounts for wa- relief
for children. The Osnabrock school
children have thus for several months
been feeding from 4 to 5 Belgian
children. At present the pupils are
making plans for wholesale gopher
poisoning and are determined to poi
son every gopher in Alma township.
The estimated Joss in North Dakota
from gophers and ground squirrels is
ST., 900, 600 annually. The pupils hope
that they will thus be t'doing a big
bit" in insuring stronger food SUP
ply for the next harvest and in this
way help win the war.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11
new POSTAL REGULATIONS
FOR BOYS OVER IN FRANCE

Since the first of the month the
Langdon postffice has received official
notice. that the post office department
at Washington has been obliged to
place rigid restrictions on mailing of
parcels to American Expeditionary
Forces in Europe, due to the very
congested condition existing in the
mails.
An order from A. S. Burleson, post
master general. states that on and af-
ter April 1st 1913, parcels for men,
bers and individuals connected with
the American Expdeitionary Forces
in Europe shall not be accepted for
mailing or dispatched unless they con-
tain such articles only as are being
sent at the written request of the ad
dressee, approved by his regimental
off Ger or higher commanding officer,
or an executive officer of the organi.
zation with which he is' connected.
1t will be necessary for all persons
lHdltlng packages or parcels TO men
in the service in Europe to present
the addresses written reques signed
by the officer in charge or other duly
commissioned person. The request
must accompany the package. Par
cells containing articles not requested
by the addreee can not be accepted
by the post office department. The
same rnle applies to express or freight
companies with reference to accepting
shipments.
The postoffice Department. believes
that this action is promoted by mill
tary necessity and that the public
will cheerfully acquiesce in it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11
OLD PEOPLES KIDNEYS
Many Elderly langdon Residents Suffer from
Some form of Kidney Trouble.

When past middle age there fire.
quently comes noticeable weaken.
ing of the organs of the body and
resulting danger of quick decline. 1t
is quite necessary to give prompt help
to any part first showing signs of
wear. Healthy kidneys are neces
sary to a hale old age. Weak kid
neys often brinG constant backache,
lame back, stitches and twinges of
pain, annoying urinary troubles and
the greater danger of dropsy or
Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills
are gratefully recommended by very
1any aged people. Read what a
Langdon resident says:
Mrs. George Skinner, N. Fourth
St., W, says: ''Some years ago 1
used Doan's Kidney Pills and 1 will
always remember the help they gave
me. | had suffered with attacks of
backache and my kidneys annoyed me
by acting irregularly. After that had
gone on for awhile. l began having
rheumatic pains like sciatica. The best
remedy could find for that trouble
was, s,Doan's Kidney Pills. Doan's gave
me excellent results in every way
Price so cents at all dea lers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Skinner had. Foster. Miiburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11
SEALED TENDERS WANTED.

Sealed bids will be received by the
school board of Mt. Carmel, up to
Monday, April 29th 1918, for the
election of a one-room school on the
site of what is known as the Boesl
school. Plans and specifications can
be seen, at the Office of the county
superintendent or upon application to
the board. The right is reserved by
the board to reject any or all bids.
The party to whom contract is let
will furnish all material and labor,
excepting the foundation. The board
will meet at 2 p. m. with the clerk.
BY Order of the Board:
Louis Schneider, Clerk.
36-39 N. Perius, President.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11

Mrs. Tollen, wife of the mana.
ger of the Langdon Farmers Elevator
Co.. left on Mondays passenger for a
visit during most of the summer at
the former home of the family in
Sioux City. Iowa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11

Look on the label of your paper
If you find that you are behind come
in and pay up.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11

Miss Verna Robertson was visitor
from her home at Wales with several
friends in the vicinity of Langdon for
few days of last week.
Banker T. L. Ti)lisch and wife
have spent part of the winter in
California returned during the week
to their home at Osnabrock.
The Mona settlement has a new
phone line that connects with Osna.
brock. :,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11
Busy Junior Red Cross Workers

The work taken up by the mem
bers of the Jnuior R ed Cross is being
p ushed with the same enthusiasm
that marked the "Drive On Berlin
for funds few weeks ago.
The plan of having each pupil de.
vote one hour each Friday afternoon
20 Red Cross work has not been fea-
sible. This system is carried out in
the first six grades. but the pupils in
the junior-senior high school are
meeting at different times during the
week for work. The pupils of the
first four grades are making gun
wipes, and the number has reached
the tens of thousands. The fifth, sixth
and seventh grades are making scrap
books and knitting. In these grades
more enthusiasm is shown for the
knitting than any other work.
Mrs. Sylvester and Mrs. Mahon
have volunteered to assist in this
work. There are at present one hun
dred knitters; Vivian Colligan
age nine being the first to finish a
sock with Allie Trennum, age thir.
teen second and Archie Docksteade:
age eleven third. A big rally is be-
ing planned for the knitters and
mothers in the near future. This will
be held in the gymnasium. Much OF
the success of this knitting work is
due Mrs. Sylvester, who is donating
more than half of her time to this
work. In the high school relief gar
ments are being made under the super
vision of Mrs. Crimson, Mrs. Allison
and Miss Prinyer. Three large classe.
are making surgical dressings and a
present more than a thousand have
been made. Parents are invited tt
visit these classes at any time and tn,
help of any that will supervise il
earnestly solicited
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11
GRAIN MARKET

rrected Every Thursday Forenoon
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

all politicians in Germany as we'll as through
those interested in trade and commerce."
Yet, he is sure that Germany's business
men did their full part in creating the
conditions out Of which the war originated
In fact
"The men who shape industrial policy have
left no stone unturned to stimulate con-
sciousness of the growing power Of Germany
and to strengthen the hands of the class that
directs imperial policy. One of the curious
paradoxes in the internal economy of Ger
many to-day is that situation has been
created which has brought Junkers and COM
mercial magnates into close cooperation The
former refcr to the latter contemptuously
as Schletbdrone (factory kings), and yet
they are united in their enthusiastic support
of imperialism. What the university profess
sors have been for the pure intellectuals, cap
tains Of industry have been for the middle
class and the masses. Their joint influence
has tended to infect the nation with rest
less impulse, accompanied by strange fatal
ism, to shape things anew at whatever cost,
materially and spirituality"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

"'We are fighting for Germansm' was the
burden OF the cry to which l listened in
Berlin in the great summer days of August,
1914. listened attentively, for it confirmed
opinions already formed as to why Germany
was the central figure in those European
crises which succeeded one aoother with dra-
matte suddenness for q decade. On the
strength of the qualities inherent in this
DeMtschtam, Germans base q claim to 'or-
ganize' Europe, though up to the present
they have not been able to 'organize' Alsace-
Lorraine" b."
Germanism was a thing that existed
long before 1914, and it is mistake to
assume that its ambitions are due to an
artificial stimulus. It's real nature must
be studied among the broad masses of the
people. "Amid the turbulent unrest of in
ternational politics, in the critical period
Of 1909-1916," this writer declares, II read
all sections of the German press, ap-
preached men of all political parties, in
tellectuals, average members of the middle
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

class trading community, and even the
proletariat, to see if l could probe the
sense of imperialism in the German mind.
| could not avoid the conclusion that Ger
mans of all classes and parties were actu-
ated by ambitions which could be satisfied
only at the expense of other powers"
1t was not Germany's economic develop
ment alone that effected the radical moral
change which some writer's see III the
transformation of the country from an
agricultural to an industrial community;
hut it has had an unmistakable influence
on the growth of German imperialism"
And in a later passage Mr.. McLaren
writes:
81 dissent altogether from the view that
this war is due solely to clash, antici-
patcd clash Of economic interests. But time
after time before the war noted how any
approach to British imperial unity, and espe-
cially to agreement on preferential trade
rolicy, sent a shiyer of apprehension through
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
~ ECENTLY The Review printed set
II of questions and answers prepared

n of questions and answers prepared
by Lenine, which exhaustively set
Sorth the philosophic, social and economic
platform upon which Bolshevikism is
reared and by means of which it operates.
Arthur Ransome, a special correspondent
in Russia, has supplied his paper, "The
London Daily News" with the following
contribution to the growing literature on
the same timely subject:
"IEa most important thing to be rcmem-
tered in estimating the present situation in
Russia Is that 'Bolshevikism' is a tendency
quite independent Of the personality and doc
times of the Bolshevik leaders. When during
the last few months in Petrogradlwe observed
to each other that more and more people
were turning Boshevik, we meant not that
they were embracing the principles of Social
ism as expounded by Lenine, but simply that
they were coming nearer to active and open
hostility to the government.
Strictly speaking, Bolshevik is member
Of the majority party at a conference of Rus
san Socialists held some years before the
war. The majority as opposed to the minority
ct that meeting were in favor of an extremist
policy. They Marxist Socialists who
preach class warfare. They have always been
en- extremely well-organized party, ruled al
most automatically by their leader, Lerine,
Their attitude toward the war has been
dictated by their steady opposition to war
in general This attitude has nc. been die
tated by pro-Germanism.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

bles of the same character. Public opinion
accused the Allied governments of having
provoked these disorders with their money;
it was said that England and France paid the
Republican, Socialist and Liberal leaders of
all sorts to foment revolution and overthrow
the monarchy. This was the opinion of the
Germanophile majority.
"The Spanish government knows full we'll
who fomented these disorders; it is also
aware that the German submarines take on
supplies along the coast of Spain and in the
Bslearic and Canary Islands, that vessels
from Spanish ports help in every way pos
sible the aforementioned, submarines. But
how is this to be avoided? The government
has not the means Of effectively policing its
coasts.
'In the meantime the situation of the
Spaniards becomes worse. The cost Of fac:-
stuffs rises; there is lack Of <0~l, Ecarth
Of wheat. Wages, sa/ tAe employers, cannot
be raised; there are not enough workmen.
Postmen first, and later. the municipal
guards have formed their Councils of De-
fence, initiating the officers; but the gov
eminent laughs at them, because they do not
threaten with rifles and cannon, and the fear
Of losing their employment keeps them from
taking more decisive steps.
"If, as some prophesy, revolution should
come soon and create the Spanish republic,
then the prophecy may be completed by add
ing that with the fall of the monarchy
there will begin period of anarchy which
may even bring foreign intervention In
Spain it is not q question of making revo-
luton or effecting change OF regime which
will bring about betterment of conditions
such as rightly worry and disgust Spanards;
it is a question Of the evolution Of the peo-
pic toward a higher plane of education BY
virtue of which there may arise majority
of citizens who can cooperate in public life
"A majority which, unfortunately, does not
exist to-day"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
A State of Being FED Up"

"Thus, they repudiated all Socialists. of
credits, because they believe that for the
proletariat questions of frontiers have no
interest, and that wars, whether victorious
or unsuccessful, are of advantage only to the
capitalist classes and to those directly
parasitic upon them. In their view the work
ing classes of all countries form one nation,
the capitalist classes form another, and the
struggle between these two is of more i'm
1ortancc to humanity than any other conflict
whatever Thus, with regard to the Stock
holm conference, far from showing pro-
Germanism. they alone Of Russian Social
lists took precisely the same view as the
British government, which can hardly be
supposed to favor Germany. Lenine reso-
ll.tely refused to allow his followers to go
to the conference the ground that the
German majority party was to be repre-
scnted there, and that Schedemann and his
friends, by voting for the German war credits
had proved themselves mere agents allies
Of the German government, and. therefore,
from the Bolshevik standpoint, renegades and
enemies of the proletariat
"Nobody will be so idiotic as to pretend
that the huge uneducated populations of Pet
rograd and Moscow are killing each other in
the streets on account of these theories
"Then again the Bolshevks stand for the
proletariat as against the bourgeosie. In
Russia, generally speaking, there no
bourgeois. The very words bourgeois and
proletariat are taken from the industrial
countries. But Russia is not an industrial
country. Russia Is n vast agricultural ocean
srarsely dotted with industrial islands, The
application Of Bolshevik doctrine to the land
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

question is viewed with horror BY all who
are themselves proprietors. This is the ex.
planation of the attitude of the Cossacks
who own much land, and are. therefore, anti
Eolshevk, while the industrial towns in their
midst and on their borders, like Rostov and
Tsaritsn, have been Bolshevik stroneholds
from the first.
1.-The actual Bolshevik doctrines, even if
they we're understood, could be acceptable
only to the proletariat in the large indus
trial centres. The actual Bolshevik leaders
personally repugnant to large sections
Of the population. Why, then. has Bolshevikism
spread among industrials and non -industrials
alike? Because the Bolshevks have had the
advantages Of being in opposition, of being
opposed to compromise, and Of being able to
reiterate that compromise brought neither
food peace to a hungry and war-weary
people, This was very we'll illustrated by the
disorders of July, when the Bolsheviks came
cut with their demand, All power to the
Soviet and with armored and puzzled
soldiery did actually control Petrograd for
two days as they control it to-day
"Bolshevikism in Russia is state of mind.
It is state Of being fed up in this case
with starvation and other material discom-
forts. Hence the success of the Bolshevik
leaders when they made their final bid for
power. Their success was not due to their
views but to their discomfort. They were
the dscontented party, and, therefore, won
the support or the neutrality of the great
rasses who. without bothering their heads
about Karl Marx or the International, we're
willing to think we'll of anybody who prom
ised them anything different from the un-
tearable present. Tho Bolsheviks will event
ually fail, because they will be unable to
Keep their promises, and because, lust as in
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
W. ould the Spanish Soldier Be
w Willing to Fight Germany2

The Spanish army is openly Germano-
'a!e Some think that the army sentiments
.s not Of such intensity as to make it lose
y sense Of military discipline and cause it,
~exampe, to refuse to fight against the
''fal Powers. Recently an event of the
safest seriousness has proved that the
aly Is determined to impose its will upon
% government rather than to obey it, An
NssNzation Of officers has been formed,
"aed the Council of Defence, including off,
''s .ss from the rank of second lieutenant to
.m %s' Oh colonel, confined originally to the ar
~ anefy and cavalry, but spreading later to
.'nment. alarmed by the attitude of these
CSounes, ordered the captain general of
~ sa'alonia TO dissolve the council of the in
,;"y ..n'fy When the heads Of this organiza-
,,'' ,.a refused to obey, the captain general, fol
s."g instructions from Madrid, had the
.svnei president arrested. Thereupon q
.s""'ct OF the most serious kind broke out;
I Ie subordinate officers and colonels of all
~ 'eelments told the captain general that
,s, ' would proceed to free the arrested men
IL 'as the latter were Immediately set at
=, :. This incident caused the downfall
,ns we <, ministry of the Marquis of Alhucemas,
.os. 'ae triumphant military men saw their
~"anoers freed and proved that the gov
aessed.
nv IS said publicly that the crown is slip
sss s IRON the head Of the King, though the
anarchists ,s. are confident that the army will
4" y support the throne. The officers OF
nv: councils Of Defence have adopted an
s.s. sS.suous form for expressing their senti-
s.ss t"ss on this point, so that. according to the
,s ,'pfetation made of it, they will ne will
,bon'a ~ support the throne-or a republic
,lo.a l.lo this De the form of government
1SSen sT oy the Spaniards.
.,s o"ard the middle of last August the
h ts' "s ior the space of four days, succeeded
s;,nskahizing WY general strike, which myself
,ts,.as ,trsased IN Barcelona. This strike was not
A.;u Ased by workmen to assert the right. of
10 sa:e :class; on the contrary, its object was
viz ~ite Its efforts to those Of all Spaniards
,eo,. ues're remedy for the political and
% 'a'c oS,;a liis under which they suffer, and
ion 'aHe tho government to give it's atten-
IAN W " tho interests Of the country rather
~r,s :" 'ne personnel Of of1icialdom.
H. sAs conflict lasted four days In BARGE
MT. IN Madrid, Valencia, BYlboa and
4 xaoar maar especially, and also in other towns
3e OF less Importance. there were trou-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

July, the difference in kind between their
discomfort and that of the people will become
apparent.
''But, though the Bolsheviks will fail, Bol-
shevjkism will persist as long as there are no
means for putting flesh on skeletons and
turning hunger into a patriotic citizen. In
England we bear no burden that can be COM
pared with that Of the Russian in Moscow or
Petrograd, where many food prices have risen
700 per cent and more. In England, 1t seem.
to me, food is given away. Moreover, patriot
ism In Russia before the revolution was diS-
tcult for people who had nothing in particu-
lar to be patriotic about. It has not had
time to grow since
"These are the conditions that produce
Bolshevikism, and make it certain that what
ever government may form in the chaos it
will be for some time yet no more than the
crusting over Of the lava in a volcanic crater"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
The Only Way to Civilize
Germany

WHAT Gilbert K. Chesterton would do
w with Germany he puts thus in his
paper, "The New Witness:
my point presupposes such a defeat Of
the German power as would permit de-
struction of what is called the German En-
pire. And this applies not merely TO an en-
pire in tho sense of On autocracy. but even
more to an empire in the sense Of unity. l
would make Germany what the German
phrase would make Italy: geographical
expression. would not hesitate to reduce
it again to the chaos of towns and tribes,
and to use the power Of the victors, for the
present, to forbid its reconciliation. Then,
indeed, do think there would be a chance
OF southern influences slowly making Ger
many civilized"