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The Huttig news., 1918-01-05
Compulsory School law Explained

Early in the school term several patrons inquired regarding their liability to prosecution for occasion al absence of their children from school under the. compulsory school law took the matter up win the state superintendent, J. L. Bond.
 First letter.
 In reply to your inquiry l will say that the law contemplates that when a child enters school such child shall attend school regularly. though an occasional absence should possibly not be considered further than to have proper ex- cuses rendered for such absence. The plan that is being followed is. at the end of the month the month ly reports of teachers will show the names of certain children who have not attended the required three-fourths time, then the names of such parents should be reported to the county examiner, who in turn reports such names to the prosecuting attorney, and to this office
 Second letter:
 In reply to yours with reference to the compulsory school attend ance law, beg to say that this law could not be construed to mean that parent should be given the five days notice every time he keeps his children out of school. It is sufficient to give any parent one notice of the provisions of the law with reference to school at tendance. If afterwards it is evi- dent that children are not attend ing school in good faith, the name of the parent or guardian of such children should be included in the monthly report to the school board and to the county examiner
 In the future l shall be guided by above letters and include in my re- ports all parents whose children have been absent more than one- fourth of the total time since they entered school.
 Parents intending to keep their children home to help with the work this spring should see that their children come every day now.
 A. J. Dowis.
The Huttig news., 1918-01-05
Income Tax Nan Coming.

In a communication received by this paper, Collector of Internal Revenue, Jack Walker, announces that a federal income tax officer will be sent to this county on Feb 18, and will be here until Feb. %. He will have his offze h the court house building in Fl Dorado. and will be there every day ready and wiling to help persons subject to the income tax make out their re- turns without any cost to them for his services.
 How many income lax payers will there be in Unioa countg9 f you can guess how many married persons living with wife or husband will have net incomes of $2,oOO or over and how many unmarried per sons will have net incomes Of $l,ooO or over this year. then you know The collector of internal revenue estimates that there will be 1924 taxpayers in this county.
 Returns of income for the year 1917 must be made on forms pro Vded for the purpose before march l, 1918. Because a gooi many people don't understand the law and won't know how to make out their returns, the government is sending in this expert to do t for them. But the duty is on the tax payer to make himself known to the government. If he doesn't make return as required before March 1, he may have to pay a penalty ranging from $20 to s ,OOo, pay fine or go to iail. So f you don't want to take chances
 
 on going to jail, you had better call on the income tax man. If you are not sure about being subject to the tax, better ask him and make sure. Whether you see the income tax man or not, you must make your return if subject to tax.
 Of course, persons resident in other counties may, if they want to, come and see the income tax man who will be at Fl Dorado
 The collector suggests that ev- erybody start figuring up his in- come and expenses now So as to be ready with the figures when the expert arrives. Expenses. how ever. don't mean family expenses, money used to pay off the principle of debt, new machinery, build ings or anything like that They mean what you spend in making your money interest, taxes paid. hired help, amount paid for goods sold, seed, stock bought for feed ing, rent (except for your dwell ing) etc. Income includes about every dollar you get.
The Huttig news., 1918-01-05

are, consequently, most profitable Such hens should be marked now and their eggs used for setting next spring.
The Huttig news., 1918-01-05
For Sale at a Bargain.

One large sideboard, one square dining table and six dining chairs. Apply at the News office.
The Huttig news., 1918-01-05
iOg German Ships Repaired.

Sailing under American names in the service of the United States are lo9 German ships damaged by
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

The month Of February is especi.
ally rich in birthdays Of eminent
Americans, prominent among
whom are Washington, Lincoln,
Longfellow and Lowell. The strik-
ing thing about wi these is their
sterling worth as nem. In cele-
brating their birthdays this year
why not arouse new interest by
more attention to character and
less to the familiar facts of bio
graphy and aahivementsJ The
great thing is not merely that
Washington led the patriots
through hardship and war to vic
tory-not merely that Longfellow
was the sweetest singer that Am
erica has ever had-not merely
that Lowell contributed so largely
to the best in American literature.
both poetry and prose-not mere
ly that Lincoln was president dur
ing the most critical period of our
history, and that he did so much
to stamp out the curse of slavery /;
we do well to honor their memory
for these deeds, but the worthy
thing is the life and character back
of these outward events that made
such achievements possible.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
WHEN WAR WILL END

Absolute knowledge have l none,
but my aunt S washer woman S sis
ter $ son, heard policeman on his
beat. say to laborer in the street,
that had letter just last week,
written in the finest Greek, from
a Chinese in coolie Timbuctoo, who
said that the niggers in Cuba knew
of a colored man in a Texas tow4l
who got it straight from circus
clown, that a man in Klondike
heard the news from a gang of
South American Jews about some
body in Borneo who had heard &
man who claimed to know of j
swell society female fake whose
mother-in-law will undertake 70
prove that her husband's sister
neice has stated In . printed piec.
that she has a son who has a
friend who knows when the Wal
is going to end.-Ex.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
ARE YOU WITH US.

Be an outspoken, able-bodied.
square-toed American. Don't be
a doubter, a shuffler or q Stacker.
Be for the flag and the Presi-
dent and the army and the navy
and the country. Be active and
positive and militant.
Don't waste your time talking
about 'swhat might have been"
Nail as lies all stories intended to
palsy effort or divide patriotism.
Don't blither about the horrors
Of war and the folly of bloodshed.
That 5 what the Kaiser should have
though about before he started it {:
leave it to him now for his night
mare.
Realize that this is a life and
death proposition. Are you with
us or against uss Are you going
forward or are you retreating? If
YOU are going forward, let it b
full tilt, and manfully. Don t
merely do your "bit"- do your
best. Say to the enemy as Mac
Duff said to Macbeth: 81 have no
words! My voice is in my sword.
thou bloodier william than terms
can give the QUIT"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
THE DANGER OF THE DEEP

We have read with considerable
interest speech delivered in the
House Of Commons October 20.
1917, by Lloyd George in review
Of England s efforts in the war.
One statement is of particular
interest to Americans at a time
when We are engaged in sending
q million men across the sea.
Canada and Auttralia, from as
great a distance, have thus far
sent 100000 men to France. Dur.
ing the course of the war En-.
land has transported 100000
men back and forth across the
seas, counting the return of troops
from France and their going
across again and again.
And the total loss Of men in
this enormous trans-ocean move.
ment has been only 3,5OO-or less
than one-thirtieth of one per cent.
How many Americans will
drown at sea in the process of
sending a million men to France {?
Not over 500, if we are as fort
innate as the British. But the av-
erage distance being greater and
the danger from submarines much
increased, it would not be surpris-
ing II we lost one-tenth of one per
cent, or 1000 men. So far as the
public is informed, We have al.
ready landed 1000 men in France
with trife loss.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14


So far the Administration has
not placed farm implements in the
list Of preferential merchandise
and if this is not due the prices on
this line Of goods are liable to go
even higher than at present. Farm
ers should consider this possibili
ty and lay in all implements that
will be needed for the next sea
sons campaign. Remember the
pressure is not yet removed. An
other years strenuous work is be-
fore us, if no more, and we should
all profit by both the successes ami
the failure of the past year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

R. c. Wendell, the income tax
inspector, is busy at the court
house this week, explaining the
workings Of the tax to residents of
Richland county. He will be here
until Saturday night. Farmers
having little difficulty in making
their returns, if they remember
the produce etc., that they sold in
1917, the year for which the pre-
sent returns are to be made. Real
estate men have the greatest DIFF.
ficulty in figuring out their in
comes for making income tax re-
turns. They sometimes purchase
a peice of land and trade it three
or four times before they get their
money out of it and consequently
are at a loss to know just what
their income was during 1917.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

A profitable employment for
the girls is the making of handy
little scrap books of jokes, cartoons
and short articles of local inter
est to be sent to brothers, sweet
hearts and friends in the camps
and at the front. Make them as
local in tone as possible and they
will be much appreciated by the
boys. No need to aim at perman'
ency. as the boys will probably no,
be able to preserve them after they
have enjoyed their contents.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
Z" THE GOLDEN HOURS"

No negligence is more excusablc
than that Of the teacher who wastes
the .golden hours" of his pupils.
If he has no capacity for
teaching and no growth in the
work, his incompetence is his
crime. He ought to stop pretend
ing to tetch and 60 to digging in
the streets.
With toe children of the ricl,
and fluent, wasted time at school
is not so grievous a loss. Their
school days stretch over a longer
period of years, and what they lose
IN the common school they make up
for in the college.
But, consider the case of the
poorer and middle classes. These
boys and girls 60 to school but a
brief period. The school should
furnish them with knowledge that
will help them to live; knowledge
OF course, that will make them
good men and women; but also
knowledge that will be seryicable
in earning a living; that will aid
them in making their way through
life; practical everyday educa.
ton employed to the betterment of
their condition.
A useful common school train.
ing of this nature, is not to be un.
der-rated or pooh-poohed by any
old country saws or angelic shrues.
A good fundamental instruction
in reading, writing and arithmetic,
at least, ought to be the birth-ripht
of very boy and girl. The common
school that cannot furnish this
education has no reason for exist
ence, and the teacher who turn.
out pupils half-instructed il
arithmetic, can not take shelter be
hind the catechism from the re
probation he or she richly dc
serves.
Bright or dull, apt or inatten
tie Few children are too "stupid' ,
t. receive an education of tn,
+ mental nature we have il
view by the time they have reach
ed their fourteenth year. Beyon.
that age it is not wisdom to ex
tend work of common school edu
cation. The great majority o
bows and girls cannot afford to 2
to school after that age. Course
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
SEVERELY BURNED

Walcott, N. D., Feb. 3d.
ing q short absence Of the rest z
the family from the house, -
Saturday, little Luella Larson, t.
youngest child of Mr.. and Nm.
Hans Larson was quite severely
burned about the hands and faae.
The little tot had procured sus>
matches and had gone up stai4
where they were ignited, setttt1
fire to her clothing and burnh.
the child as above stated. Prom
attention was given and the hi !
one is doing as we'll - could =
expected .A
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Nobody had a chance to com.
plain over the high cost of pork in
Wahpeton last Saturday. As far
as the local markets were concern
ed there was ''no such animal. "
all because the state food admin
istration notified the local butch
ers that no pork. or pork products
could not be sold on Saturdays
from now on until further notice.
The order also prohibits the sale
of red meats. that is all meat
products. on Tuesdays.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
GEORGE ]. STABER
WINS A BRIDE

Wyndmere, N. D.. Feb. 49,
ITO The Times.)-Tie by the
holy bonds Of matrimony. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Joseph Staber return
ed home Thursday evening.
They had journeyed to Mime.
apolis, Friday evening. Jan. 25.
(as Mr.. Geo. j. Staber and Miss
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Bessie Ledella sampson) to visi,
at Georges home and with other
friends and prepare for the mar.
riage day, which was Wednesday,
January 30, and on the evening
of this day at 500 p. NJ, the nupt-
ial knot was tied. Previous to the
marriage a parcel shower was given
in their honor at the home of the
groom's mother and from this
shower the contracting parties re-
ceived numerous gifts.
Both bride and groom are resi-
dents Of Wyndmere, being neigh.
bors for many years. The bride,
who is very popular, is the second
eldest daughter of. Mr.. and. MIRA
Sam Sampson, residing northwest
Of town. The groom is a prosper.
Gus and sterling young farmer sit.
uated in the same territory.
A reception was given Sunday
afternoon, in honor Of the "new.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Funny how fate always gets the
wrong man in the right place, Or
the right man in the wrong place,
or both, or vice versa, or some
other darned kind of a mix-up.
But what We wanted to say was
that We have a man in our town
who could have had the war fought
to finish and the Kaiser whipped
to a FRAGILE if he had only been
consulted. We know it, because
he says so.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

The weather for the most part
the past week has been ideal and
as near like spring as was posi-
BILE to be. Even the boys were
playing marbles on. Dakota Avenue
and other streets Of Wahpeton
and about all that was lacking to
make spring complete was the re.
port Of the first robin having been
seen.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
CLUB OUTLINE PRESENTED

The Richland county delegation
who attended the state federation
of women s clubs at Fargo, return
ed home last Saturday. The SEES.
sion was largely taken up with
the presentation by the variou.
state chairmen of outlines of work
proposed for the coming club year.
These outlines will be taken by the
vice-presidents back to their dis
tricts, to be worked out in the in.
dividual clubs. The stsCfe fedora
ton committees take up such work
as art, civics, conservation, educa-
ton, home economics, industrial
and social conditions, landmarks,
legislation, tension, music, charity
and public health.
An important feature of the fed
GRAFTON board meeting Wednesday
was the naming of the program
committee for the state federation
meeting that it to be held at Grand
Forks next October. The exact
dates for that meeting are not
yet set. Mrs. John B.. Cooley.
Grand Forks, was made chairman,
with Mrs. Grant Hager. Grafton,
and Mrs. F. L. Conklin, Bismarck,
as the other members.
The next general federation
biennial will be held at Hot
Springs, Ark. April 29-May 9.
North Dakota delegates to that,
aside from Mrs. II. G. Wick, Cava-
lier, president, include all of the
eight vice presidents: Miss Min
ME Nelson, Valley City. a men,
Der of the national federation
council; and Miss Helen Bascom,
Wimbledon, general federation
secretary. 1t is hoped to be able
to run a SPECIAL train for the DEL
egation to Hot Springs from North
Dakota.
Six new clubs were received in
to the state federation at the meet
ing in Fargo. They are the Study
Lovers club, Rolla; the Klum Civ
ic club; the Woman's club, Mad
dock, the Fortnightly club, La
Moure; the Underwood Woman 3
club; and the Woman 8 club, Will
liston.
At the board sessions last week
programs were made out for the
district meetings, with the recon-
mendation that there be a uniform
ity of purpose this year, and that
of the itineraries of the speakers.
These eighth district meetings will
be held in May, the meeting Of
the Fourth district, in which Wah.
peton is situated, being scheduled
some time late in that month. The
Fourth district session will prob
ably be held at Hope.
Report was made that $733.9O
has been collected of tho fund for
the 81 900 Liberty bond which the
state federation decided to buy at
the meeting last fall. The matter
of raising the rest of the fund is
left in the hands Of the vice presi-
dents.
The attendance at the board and
council meeting was unusually
large with only one of the vice
presidents being absent, being
Mrs. E. c. Carney, Williston, Of
the Third district.
Aside from Mrs. NJ. A. Hildreth,
state recording secretary, and Mrs.
II. L. Bolley, Fourth district vice
president, local club women who
have a place on the federation
board are Mrs. R. NJ. Pollock. as
chairman Of state press committee,
and Mrs. J. H. Shepperd. Every
county in the state has club chair
man. and these are represented
on the board by Mrs. Shepperd as
state chairman.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Bearing in mind the brief term
that the majority of boys and girls
can spend in the school-room, and
the very great Importance a
thorough common school training
will have for them in after life.
We can form some adequate con-
ception Of how truthfully their
school-life may be termed the
"golden hours Of youth. - We can
judge how grievous an abuse Of
the teachers trust it is to waste or
squander these golden hours,
either because the teacher is not
impressed with the necessity of
imparting a thorough knowledge
of the fundamental branches. or
because the attention and labor of
the pupil is diverted and dissipated
in "ologies" and "ometries," in
fustian show and flimsy exhibition.
The teaching of the school is
faulty. The children are being
regarded as being made for the
school, not the school for the
children. There is backwardness.
shiftliness and intolerance to.
ward criticism, and, as result,
the boys and girls must 60 forth
in short time to make their way
through life, are cheated of their
opportunities and handicapped
through life by the poor school and
the poor teaching.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Never was a greater lie than
the old saw that "advice is cheap"
It's dear at any price. Had a
friend once who undertook to fol-
low all the advice given him. Poor
devil, he's in the bug-house now.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Knitting is proving a godsenl
to the idle hands of the country.
Now if we could find some equal
ly profitable employment for the
idle tongues We would be going
some.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

If it is true. as stated, that Am
erica pays fourteen times as
much for each soldier as the enemy
the boys have man-size jobs
to measure up to the pattern cut
for them. But they'll do it.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
Of study for common schools
should be adapted in years and

of study for common schools
should be adapted in years and
branches to the needs and de-
mands of the majority of the
children, and here it is that many
of the public school courses are
glaringly deficient.
After the fourteenth year, the
boy must furnish himself with
another kind of knowledge in the
way of trade, a business, or a
special dextcrity. The common
school lays the groundwork for
this ensuing education School
men have arranged things SO that
the public school course turns ont
school teachers and nothing more,
and this is because they do not
keep in view the practical educa.
ton that ensues.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Local banks, county Offices, and
the postofice was closed Tuesday
in observance of the anniversary
Of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

To overcome the rat pest in the
trenches at the front, cats by the
carloads are being shipped to the
soldiers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

The Knight of Columbus will
create and operate a school for in
structing its young men in arts Of
war and personal preparedness.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

At Cedar Rapids. Iowa. last
month. the British government
paid $500 for heavy draft horses
and $3.50 for teams.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

The South is realizing that un-
less they raise their own food
crops they face a serious prob1en.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

The banks have increased their
Z. S. securities holdings in one
year over $345, 100000.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Alien actors in this country
must pay to the United States two
per cent of their salaries.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Country banks are buying FREE
ly of commercial paper.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

North Dakota is to have Sill:
miles Of hard surfaced roads.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Steel mills are refusing many
commercial orders.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

American merchant ship produc
ton in 1917 was 901.22 tons.
against nearly double the 1916 pro-
duction.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

lyweds, at the home Of the 6rid,s.
parents. Many Of the relAtivn
and friends of the nuptials pr.
took of the splendid repast.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

There is an automobile to every
eight persons in Iowa.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

There are now four United
States banks in the Dominican Re.
public.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

The government Is to take owe
the binder Irvine output.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Higher demurage charges
helping to unload cars.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14

Unlisted men in Australia arc
to be taxed ten per cent extra.