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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
RYE IS Being
HARVESTED
Crop Conditions in Red Riv.
er Valley and 80 to 100
Miles West Ideal.

Rye harvesting operations are un-
der way in virtually all sections Of
North Dakota; oat harvesting has
commenced in isolated instances in
the Red river valley, and under the
pressure Of hot weather during the
past week, other grain crops are rip
ening rapidly, according to reports
receiNed from all sections of the state,
and of the Red river valley in North
Dakota and Minnesota.
From the Red river to a line about
80 or 100 miles west of the river, the
crop conditions are ideal, and a ire
mendous crop will be harvested. In
the balance 81 North Dakota, the crop
is spotted. but the yields will be larg.
er than expected two weeks ago, the
general rainfall that covered the state
last week having been Of material
benefit.
Travellers who have covered the
Red river valley declare the district
never had a better looking crop. The
| yields Of wheat bid fair to be record
rain it required, and when it is con-
sidered that the Red river valley EN-.
braces a territory from 1875 to Isl
miles wide, and over $50 miles long ir
the United States, in addition to its
vast tracts in Manitoba, it is quite evi,
dent that a vast territory is richly
blessed.
Winter rye being harvested in the
district just bordering on the Rec
river valley bids fair to make a splen'
did showing. according to the presen
prospects. The heads have filed wei
with a plump kernel.
" , There7,hasf been no rain in the stat
for a week,aand If present condition
continue another, week or ten days
wheat harvesting operations will b
under way on or shortly after Angus
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
T0WNLEYITES
ARE
WALSHCOUNIY
Regular Republicans Take
Control From Townley-
ties in Convention.

Grafton, N. D., July 1s.-The Town
ley crowd, ov%erconfdent and over
bearing, met with defeat at the or
g%anization meeting of the Republican
party here last Wednesday. The
| committeeman from the various pre-
cincts Of Walsh county had met to or
ganize and to elect a chairman, secre-
tary and executive committee for the
Republican party for the next two
years. The Nonpartisan crowd met
up, every one Of them, in response to
urgent letters sent out to every n of
them from the Townley headquarters
at Fargo.
Two years ago NJ fight was made.
and the regular Republicans allowed
the Nonpartisans, to elect T. j. Nelson
as chairman together with the rest Of
the committee. This time the regular
Republicans had made up their minds
that they were not going to allow the
Socialists to capture the organization
without a fight, and they were willing
to die fighting. Four Of the real Re-
! publican committeeman, elected, fail
the beginning, but they had enough
anyway.
Peder. L. Hjelmstad. on behalf Of
the Townley crowd, nominated Z. ].
n Nelson for chairman and George w.
Young Of Park River for secretary,
while Mr.. Gray Of Grafton placed in
nomination for chairman, A. McCon-
Vile Of Grafton city and A. Huseby OF
Adams for secretary, which nomina-
tions were seconded by EZ Smith
Petersen, whose speech aroused the
ire OF the Nonpartisans to an 'alarming
degree, Upon q vote taken A. McCon-
Vile was elected chairman by q vote
of ~ to 23 for Mr.. Nelson; the vote
on secretary was the same. Az
executive committee John Miller OF
Minto,,' ]. q. Gray Of Grafton, Henry
Bates Of Park River, Christ Levang so1
Adams and Peder Hjelmstad Of Ed
more were elected.
The Bobheviki crowd will have
nothing to say about the affairs of the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20

washington, July 14.-Resumption
OF .lightle1 nights inauguratsd last
winter to rave fuel, VIII become Of
fective next Wednesday. 4 W. an
nouncsd tonight by the fuel admits
tration. All outdoor illumination ex-
cept necessary street lighting win be
discontinued after that date on Nom
day, Tuesday. "Wednesday and Thurs-
day Of each week in the New England
states, New York. Pennsylvania. New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and the
District Of Columbia, ana on Monday
and Tuesday Of each week in the re-
tmainder Of the, United States.
The regulations under which tho
eighties nights will be carried out
are the same as those put into force
by the fuel administration last winter
except the nights designated. Street
lighting will be reduced to that neces-
sary for public safety. ROOF gardens
and outdoor restaurants and motion
picture theatres are not affected BY
the order.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENT
MORATORIUM
Council Of Defense Much
Discussed Moratorium Act
Made Public.

Bismarck. N. D.. July 2o.-A full
copy Of the council of defense's much
discussed agricultural implement
moratorium act was made public to-
day in the form of the following COM
plete set Of resolutions:
BE it resolved by the North Da-
kota Council of Defense in general
session assembled at the state capi-
tol in Bismarck, North Dakota, as
follows:
Whereas, it is vitality essential
that every effort be directed toward
the production Of food and the con-
serving Of the same for the purpose
of aiding and assisting our nation in
every way possible, and
Whereas, every protection OF this
state should be thrown around the
instrumentalities necessary to secure
and insure the largest crop produc-
ton and the harvesting Of such crop
during the period Of the war. and
Whereas. every protection Of this
state should be utilized to assist in
to its highest point, therefore, it r
herewith
Resolved and ordered, that nc
proceedings by action, advertisement
or otherwise shall be instituted, haC
or taken in this state for the fore
closure of a chattel mortgage or 9TH
ser fien~upon farm machinery, farm
horses or other personal property
owned or used by any person owning
renting or having possession Of lan6
whereon there are crops to be seeded
harvested or threshed. which persona
property Is necessary or needed II
seeding, harvesting or threshing saic
crops; nor shall any foreclosure of
chattel mortgage or other lien be in
stituted, had or taken upon livestock
of any kind which is commonly USED
for food, until such time as said live
stock shall be in good, marketable
condition, and under no circumstance
shall any chattel mortage or otne
lien lay upon livestock or other per
sonal property above described, b
day Of March, 1913, unless the person
SO holding such lien shall first maxi
application to a court of proper juris
diction, and unless found upon
hearing had under such application
before such court, upon notice t
mortgagor, the court shall order tina
it be necessary and equitable upol
the facts submitted hat the fore
closure of such chattel mortgage o
other lien be had.
"It is herewith further ordered tina
any action taken contrary to the pro
vision Of this order shall be deeme'
invalid and illegal and that the sam
does serve to hinder and impair tn
government war agencies now devot
ed and engaged in securing the great
est. food production possible"
The act, like all other legislatio
passed by the council of defens'
beafs an emergency clause giving
immediate effect.
Just what effect the wi
have upon the states credit is sti
slightly uncertain, though a grea
many banks Of the state are alread
being notified by outside investor
that they must replace their chatte
mortgage security with other securi
ty.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
W|SHEK CASE
MAY co. THE
JURY TODAY
German Achievements II
America" Quoted Exten-
sively During Trial. .

Bismarck, N. D.. July 2o.-That the
Anglo-Saxon is less free from racial
prejudice than the cosmopolitan Ger
man. which fact is considered strange
because the two peoples spring from
the same general root, and that the
love of the immigrant for his mother
country is not irreconctlable to love
for his adopted country; that the love
love for the bride, and that statesmen
cannot be expected to change n
heart Of the immigrant to the point Of
Graduating his love for his mother
land, are some Of the conclusions.
with the original phraseology. quoted
from German Achievements n
Amerca," a book which John H.
wishek is charged with having dis
tributed in Mcintosh county, and
prosecution Of Wishek to be n
manifestation Of his alleged pro-Ger-
manism.
f. The book recites that tho sympa-
thies of the first and second and even
the third generation go out to the land
Of their ancestors: that German dis
loyalty charges in America are an in
suit emanating from English and
French press agents; that the Ger
mans resent the fact that the Amert-
a press should have opened its
columns to such calumnies.|
The book extols the virtues and the
loyalty and the patriotism of the
German immigrant in America. 1t
eulogises Won Steuben of Revolution
airy fame and the 100000 Germans
who rallied around the flag of Abra-
ham Lincoln in 1861" while many
English, always fearful of Democ-
racy, claimed their rights as aliens to
secure exemption from service.
One declaration read with special
stress by counsel for the defense,
which contends that the book, pub
ltshed in 1916, before America enter
ed the war, is not un-American or dis
loyal, states:
1.-The Germans (of America) r for
America against England: they are
are for America against the world"
Contending counsel took turns in
selecting excerpts from the book
which were read to the jury. while
the court followed the progress of
the tale from a third volume. Coun-
sci on each side appeared to find
much in the book that satisfied his
contentious. 1t is charged that John
H. Wishek was receiver for a large
humble OF these volumes which were
distributed in Mcintosh county, etc
better citizens" said Mr.. Wishek'f
l~aw-partner, I. r. Mackoff, himself a
Russian-Jewish emigrant, born in
Moscow Is years ago; now an Ameri.
can citizen, exempt from the draft FOL
physical defects.
The wishek case. whose, trial ha,
now occupied eleven days. probabl!
will go to the jury some time this aft
ernoon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
Northwestern NelUS
we are well of, and land is

now we are well OF, and our land is
worth $3.50 an acre and better. I
wanted to give my boys the benefit of
my experience by starting them right
here, and I had planned to spend
$4,000 in improving this place and
making It an ideal stock ranch. This
would have been done a year ago but
for the fact that one Of my sons be-
came i'll and couldn't make the change
at the time.
A.. Through with State.
"NowiI have only a small patch
left for grazing while the rest of my
place is a weed patch. If there was
any sense or reason to it I wouldn't
care, but they have simply taken the
best pieces Of grazing land in the
state without %benefiting a soul. I
am through with North Dakota. I
will not invest another cent in any
state which stands for such laws. I
can make a good living in Iowa and
live under a reasonable and demo-
cratic form Of government. Just be-
fore I came out here I marketed
four carloads Of cattle that brought
me SIC, 900. My boys would have had
an opportunity to do as well in North
Dakota, but after this experience ]
don't want any member of my family
to have anything to do with the
State.n -s e-, 80
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
WALSH COUNTY
FARMERS SET
WAGE SCALE
Farmers Met at Park River
Friday and Discussed
Standard Wage Scale.

Park River, N. D., July 2o.-At a
meeting Of over 800 farmers and
threshermen of Walsh county yester-
day the question Of wages for the sea-
son was considered at length. Much
discussion was INDUCED in but general
agreement was finally contaminated.
A number Of resolutions were unani-
mously adopted as embodying the pre-
vailing opinions.
established on q uniform scale in con
formity with that of other counties of
this territory which is as follows:
Haying, $3.50 per day; harvest. $3.50,
and threshing, $3.50 per day, with IL
hours to be the minimum days work.
The farm bureau committee APP
pointed by the board of directors was
given authority to adjust the above
scale in harmony with other counties
providing such an adjustment becomes
necessary.
The meeting disapproved Of thresh-
ing on Sundays during this season.
The states attorney was requested
to instruct the various police officials
regarding the resolution passed by the
council Of defense that labor be re-
quired to work at least ,48 hours pei
week during the present emergency.
1t was also resolved that the fol.
lowing suggestions be adopted b,
threshers for this season:
Use a canvas under the feeder Al
least 1916 feet in size, use tight bot.
tom racks, wait until grain is DIR,
enough to be properly threshed, be-
fore starting the machine, do MOI
crowd the machine, but keep it fec
evenly, clean up well around the ma
chine following each setting, provid,
as much machinery as noSsihIa IN or
der to economize labor.
Following the adoption Of the abov,
resolutions it was agreed that the wag
es for man and team when hired Is
crew should be at the rate of So pc
day, with the understanding tina
$3.50 of this amount is for the ma,
Of the crew.
The meeting was presided over b,
Floyd Hathaway. county agent, o
Walsh county. Rex e. Willard, count,
agent of Grand Forks county wa
present and explained the action tax
en- in the other counties that hav
adopted the wage scale.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
INVESTOR HAS
LANDS TAKEN BY
DEFENSE BOARD
owa Man Thoroughly Dis
gusted With North Dako-
to Under Townley.

Bismarck, N. d., July 20.-Coming
> Burleigh county with a roll of
1 1000 which he intended to invest
4 converting a section and a half
( land which he owns south Of
lenoken into a model stock farm, ".
X. Haynes, prosperous Tama, Iowa,
armer, is returning home in disgust,
18th his roll intact, after finding that
ne North Dakota council of defense,
e states, had parcelled out his ranch
mong neighboring farmers.
II received no notice Of any kind
:om the council Of defense or any
Their source" said Mr.. Haynes yes
erday. when / drove out to my
lace yesterday and found a whole
ection of my fine grazing land plowed
p l couldn't. believe my eyes. Some
ne has confused his location I said
D myself, thinking that a netghbor
.ad plowed my land by mistake. I
Don found, however, that there was
o mistake about it, and, the men who
:ad seized my property, with consent
f the state council of defense were
ute insolent about it. I was in
ormed that not only would the one
ection be cropped, but that my neigh
ors were going to cut the hay from
he land which had not been plowed.
was advised that I had nothing to
ay about 1t.
Had Offer of Lease.
1.-THE very day I left home. L re-
eived a letter from Randall Ross
Boyd Of Menoken stating that he and
iulius Dorman Of Bismarck and Ed
oueppler of Menoken wanted to lease
quarter each for haying at $35 the
,uarter. I had tried leasing my land
or haying purposes in other, years
nd had never been able to collect the
entail. I come from a section Of the
ountry where they have learned that
.ou can't take stuff away from the
and year after year, without impair
ng its fertility, and, as I intended to
un cattle and sheep on this tract,
yasn't, anxious to have the hay cut
rom it. l was willing that my
seighbors use it as a range for their
i've stock, as they have been doing
or years. Immediately after getting
dr. Boyd's letter, I, left for Bismarck
nd you can imagine my surprise
When I found that these gentlemen
lad everything already fixed UP with
he council of defense, had part OF
ny land in flax and had parcelled the
lay on the remainder out among
themselves without any respect to my
lights.
1.-The flax ON the section that IL
,roken will not make a bushel to the
ere. I have always known the lant
vas no good for wheat. but that i
vas ideal for grazing. I have farmet
Iowa for fifty years. We tried rails
ng wheat there for years until W,
ound we couldn't make it go. Their
re turned to cattle and sheep, ant
III 1913 ..aN. = =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
lnfantile Paralysis
Rampant AT Stanton

Stanton, N. D., July 20.-With at
least one case established as infantile
paralysis, and with several children in
this district i'll with a malady that
nitely determine, Health officers are
taking vigorous steps to prevent the
possible spread of baby paralysis.
A child, hat Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. B.
Loewen, residing near Hazen, is dead
Of the disease, that being the only
fatality to date.
AS a means of combating the dis
ease, health authorities haVe-forbidden
public meetip gs, including church
services. etc.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
Stutsman c.. Better
Farming Agent Resigns

jamestown, N. D., July 2o.--The
resignation Of J. w. McNary. Stuts-
Eates the second vacancy In the position
to- occur within the last four monthA.
InEthe early spring. Al. Borchert.
who was the dean Of the county agri-
cultural experts In this state, resigned
his position here to take up similar
work al Rochester, Mimi, Mr.. Nc
tN4ry then assuming the charge OF the
Ioounty work here He has now been
induced, by 4ssnbstAntial increase In
fnAlary, 70 80 TO Faribanlt. MINI. The
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
Stutsman Threshers
Meeting AT Jamestown

jamestown, N. D.. July 20.-A
meeting Of owners and operators of
.threshing outfits will be held here to-
day. the purpose of the meeting being
to discuss ways and mean of meet
ing the difficulties incident to .operat-
ing the rigs this year. A representa-
tive of the U. S. grain corporation will
address the meeting and the matters
Of wages. labor saving, and the sav-
ing Of grain will, be discussed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
Fund Being Subscribed
For Flood Control Survey

Fargo, N. D.. July 2o.-Because the
Cass county commissioners declined to
make an appropriation to prosecute. a
survey of portions of the Red riveS
valley as a preliminary step to flood
control, a popular subscription has
been placed under way in the county.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
1t Was A Great Fight,
Saws Wounded Man

s%piritwood. N. D., July LIT was
a great fight Was wounded about
g. minutes after going over the top.
It does seem that I should have been
entitled to at least a days fight"
writes Charles LaBrash of Spiritwood,
from a French hospital.
LaBrash was wounded at ,3eilleul
wood early in June, and is recovering
satisfactorily.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
Valley City Lieutenant
Made Major In France

Valley City. N. D., July 1s.-John
Valley city as second lieutenant in
Co X, Second North Dakota Infantry,
has risen to the rank Of major for
his services in France, according to
word received by his father, Hugh
Mcdonald.
Major Mcdonald is engaged in spe-
cial railroad transportation in france,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
SOLDIERS WIFE DIES,

watford City, N. D., July 19.-Mrs.
John s.. Kinds, accidentally shot sew
eral months ago, passed away at her
home near here yesterday. Her hus-
band is in France, departing with the
Second North Dakota regiment.
Mrs. Kinds was shot in the back
by u small caliber rifle.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-20
HELP WANTED

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Send for booklet. International Core
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. bricklay-
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gHsd pay f 9selify So AT HONE lnt In snihRn
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ELEcTR1c1TY:-Railway men-elec-
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Observation-Disclosures wanted
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Observation-Disclosures men-elec-
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-11
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

TIL, Board OF County Commis-
sioncrS OF Carter County, Oklaho-
ma, will rec eve sealed bids until
2:3' O'Clock =. NJ, March y, 1918,
on remodeling and repairing the
following bridges:
Approach to Anadarko Creek
Bridge, between Sections II and 2S,
Township 5 South, Range 2 East.
II #. | Beam, Mile 2, Sec. IL,
State Highway.
2? It. | Beam, Mile 5, Sec. II,
State Highway.
II #. | Beam, Mile A. Sec. II,
Sta,e Highway.
/, #. I Beam, Mile 4, Sec. II,
State Highway.
20 it, | Beam, Mile 6, Sec. II,
State Highway.
80 #. ! Beam, Mile 8, Sec. II,
State Highway.
Information on above on file in
County Clerks office.
BIDS on this work will be opened
ot the above time and date, and
work awarded to the lowest and
best BIDDER.
G.. w. YOUNG,
Chairman, Board of County Com
m,sSiOlers.
Attest:
CLARENCE HARRIS
County Clerk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-11
MUSIC FOR SOLDIERS
SUFFERING FROM SHOCK

Washington, March ll.-Mrs.
LA Maud Ilsen, former superintend'
ent of the military in6rmary at Ham
iIton, Ontario, has been appointed
song leader, whose duty it will be
to supply music in hospitals where
American soldiers who have been
returned from Europe suffering
from shell shock are treated The
appointment was made by Raymond
i. Fosdyck, chairman OF the com
mission on training camp activities
of the war and navy departments,
An experiment TO determine the
value OF music in hospitals is being
conducted at Fort MclIenry Hos
pital near Baltimore, Nd, and if it
proves successful, will be eNtenIcd
to include other military hospitals