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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-02
SUNDAY SCHOOLS MEET.
Annual Convention Of Association al
Mckenzie Sunday August d.

Bismarck. N. d. Aug. 2.-The an
nual convention of the Burleigh
county School association will be
heIo at mckenzie on Sunday, August
=; Inc sessions will continuB
throughout the day. and delegates
are requested to bring their lunch
and come prepared to stay. -.
The speakers will include the Hon,
Q. L. Young, Rev. C. F. Strutz. Rev,
F. H. Flowers, Miss Glenn Bruce.
Miss Carrie Haugen, J. F. Wildfang,
V. M. Craven, Frank MilholIan. Mrs,
Walter Zimmerman, Ernest Steiber.
n. j.. Johnson and other Burleieh
county workers, while Miss Bertha
Palmer Of Fargo will attend on be-
half Of the state association.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
CHARITY WELL WORTH WHILE
How Tennessee Community Built
House and Presented II to Poor
but Deserving Widow.

You are all familiar with the story
OF "the house that Jack built" But |
wish to tell you of house that neigh
bors built In a small town in the South.
says a writer in Christian Herald.
1t was obvious to this community
that If certain family only had a
home, they could be self-supporting
While, as 1t was. every cent they earned
went for rent.
Two kind, practical men took the
matter up and evolved plan whereby
such home could be made by small
contributions, no burden being placed
on any one. Personal calls were be-
gun, and help solicited, consisting of
money. material or labor. So hearty
was the response that within q month
lot was purchased, then three-room
house with two porches was erected,
outhouses for cow and chickens were
built, garden fenced, and a well
bored. with windlass set up. Good ma
terial was used-concrete foundation,
and brick fiue and chimney. The lot
had been set In fruit trees when
bought, so there was a ready-made or
chard. And when the painter was
through with the buildings an insur-
ance agent gave a three-year policy in
case of fire. Every bit of the labor
was voluntary work.
The most eager helpers, however,
were the men who went in wagons to
move the family home. The matter
had been kept secret from them, and
you can imagine their surprise and joy.
They were little black-eyed widow
and three children, whom misfortune
had pursued relentlessly for many sad
months. In their new home they were
very happy, and this made it all i'm
mensely worth while.
Now this didn't happen just before
Thanksgiving or Christmas, but during
the blazing hot days of midsummer,
when "sunny" Tennessee was burn
ing reality.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
RAISING FOXES IN ALASKA
Animals Are Bred There for Their
Fur, and the Industry Is Re-
munerative One.

There are ten or twelve fox farms
In Alaska. One Of them, situated in
the Tanana valley, mile and q half
from Fairbanks, consists of ten acres
or cleared land, the greater part Of
which Is covered with pens I'm which
the animals live. From distance the
fox farm looks like a huge chicken
yard, with walls of woven wire and
hencoops of various sizes inside. Each
pen is 90 feet long, 8 feet wide and
about 10 feet high. The wire is tough
steel and Is sunk about four feet in
the ground and is then bent so that ii
runs inward underground for about
two feet to prevent the foxes from dig
glng out. AT the top the wire has an
overhang of two feet to prevent the
captives from climbing over. Each
pen has kennel made of boards, like
a dog kennel, the entrance to which is
chute or a wooden pipe a foot
square. Only one pair of foxes live in
each pen. They are very timid and
have to be handled carefully. Most of
the fox farmers will not allow strang
ers to enter their property for fear
they will brighten the animals. The
foxes are fed with salmon, moose
meat, horse meat, rabbits, carrots and
turnips. A common feed is rice and
rabbits cooked together in a stew.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30

voice. and whispers Look
sef'-interfere with the dominie's
stressed by the probably
heads
shoulders of
displace
Washington crowded
training
the
a of whic
together.
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Saints at Earthly Courts.

They tell tale of two great saints
at court, one Dominican, one a Fran.
ciscan. The king of France had the
honor to entertain the angel of the
schools at dinner, once upon a time.
Never word spake he, nor morsel ate.
His eyes we're fixed on the opposite
wall, while his mind followed out a
train of thought to it's conclusion; then
followed mighty thump on the table,
and an exclamation: snow that Is
conclusive against the Manichaeans 7"
st. Bonaventura sat at such a ban
quet' gazing intently upon the queen.
The king said: "Good Brother Bona
ventura, what thinkest thou?" To
whom the Franciscan said: "Ah. sire. ]
think. II the beauty of an earthly mon.
arch be so great, what must be the
beauty of the Queen of Heaven"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30

The old Congressional Globe was
merged and name changed In 1873 to
the congressional Record, which is is.
sued daily during the sessions of con.
gress. Each member of both houses
or congress is supplied with a certain
number of the daily issues, and it is
also furnished to subscribers for IS
curing the long session of congress and
IL during the short session. The su-
perintendent Of documents, United
States government printing Office
washington, Is authorized to sell pub
Tic documents at cost, and on applica-
ton that official will furnish, free of
charge, price lists showing, under top
zeal headings, the publications avail
able for sale.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
Praying and DoinQ.

Lord Palmerston-"Pam" as he was
ahectionately termed by his friends
was one of the shrewdest statesmen
that ever lived. When petitioned by
the Scotch clergy to appoint day for
Tasting and prayer. so that threat
ened epidemic of cholera might be
averted, he replied:
Clean your streets. keep your homes
clean, promote cleanliness and health
among the poor. see that they are
pientifully supplied with good food
and clothing, and employ right sani-
tary measures generally. and you will
have no occasion to fast and pray, nor
VIII the Lord hear your prayer while
these his preventors remain unheeded"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
INTERESTING ITEMS

Crops OF corn are being burned In
Argentina because OF lack OF ships
I'm which To export the cereal.
Losses from fire In the United
States increased over S40.000.0OO last
year. due TO war conditions and the
speeding up of industries.
The anthracite coal strike OF 1902
began May - and ended October p.
The employees involved numbered
about 1880. The estimated total
loss was SO, $4,000.
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just ongratuang himself
national n appearance.
Just chance" thought the commanding
to from by
and
a
the
worked 1t. But here is the 1t
they had determined that much the
They hoped freight o Washington
When
be
instructed
told
Then they hoped another freight back t
No wonder the Yanks to
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30

Building trades returns from 35 Ca
madam cities for recent month indi-
cate that employment decreased more
than AZ per cent, as compared with
the previous month. and over 40 per
cent. as compared with the same month
In 1917.
The royal borough of Kensington,
England, now maintains three COM
munal kitchens. which serve excellent
meals for Il cents. The menu Is !:
Soup. 2 cents; fishcakes. cents; half
portions Of potatoes and cabbage,
cents; corn -four mold, 1 cents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30

the foot of the telephone poles, out
ward and on both sides, conceal the
road. To an observer on foot or In
the air at a thousand feet the hill
looks deserted-an almost treeless
plain with no distinguishing feature
save neglected old path. Yet that
hillside harbors six dugouts, several
observation and listening posts, men,
cannon, machine guns, and net
work Of telephone wires.
Beyond Yonkers there are trench
sections with mo Mans Land" and
It's barbed wire entanglements and dug
outs. The trenches are dug so deep
that the heads of the men do not show
above the surface, and the sod re-
moved to dig them Is replaced. The
openings of the dugouts of the
trenches are not, as is sometimes sup
posed. far behind the trenches. They
are In the trenches with the entrance
on the enemy side. Bombs may fall
In the mouth Of the dugout, but sell
dom inside
The obvious Is sometimes as good
as the invisible" Lieutenant Towle
said recently. For instance, the fa.
nous dummy fleet the British used.
Another camouflage to which the Ger
mans were dupes was q red cannon,
scantily camoufaged, placed by the
British at the summit of n hill. The
cannon was visible to every German
scout flying over 1t, but 1t seemed so
obviously a fake that not single
enemy bomb was dropped on 1t. Yet
1t held Its position for long time,
and at night poured it's stream of fire
into the enemy.
1.-The same idea is carried out by
the American camoufleurs, who model
dummy men and guns for decoys. The
enemy air scout sees q partly camou-
tagged cannon or machine gun with its
men bending over 1t at work and the
smoke pouring from its nozzle inter
mittently. He cannot see, completely
hidden from view, real cannon whose
men are firing n deadly volley from
under cover, and whose ammunition
comes TO them through tunnels.
"Such experiments are being made
by the military camoufleurs at Yonk-
erS. There are other tricks TO be
learned. for they also do their own
painting of army equipment before u.s.
ing II. Although an ambulance or
army truck may not be entirely TWIST
bic on account of the various back
grounds 1t must pass, 1t can be mot
tied into very poor target. In mo-
ton Ii will appear as q blur caused by
heat rays, for IL is notified in the col
ors whose values constitute colors
which the suns rays would make"
Natural camoufIage Discarded.
At first natural camouflage was
used almost entirely. A clump of
trees and brush hid a whole machine
gun company, a group of rocks harbor-
ed listening post, and q deserted mill
might hold a regiment. But the enemy
has learned that even the trees and
stones hear" and natural camou-
flaged refuge Is never safe wholly
from air attack now. The most inno-
cent seeming object is nevertheless
an object" and therefore target for
the scout. whereas a perfectly smooth
with no distinguishing marks,
may be almost entirely undermined.
and yet not arouse suspicion.
Lieutenant Towle's men learn CAM
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30

charge and the navy yard band pro-
vides the music. Clergymen from all
denominations make addresses, while
the congregation, drawn from every
state and all ages and conditions OF
war workers, constitutes the choir.
These outdoor services offer many
amusing incidents. Prayerful posture
with Bonded head disappears when
the birdmen cut capers in the sky di-
rectly over the preacher. The drone
of the hinlane browns the minister's
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
Pottery the Oldest Art.

POTTERY is the oldest, the longest and
most widely diffused of all human arts.
its history, If recorded, would be as
ola as the history of man; its record
eu history begins with the building of
,he tower of Babel. The Oldest pot
terry known is Egyptian. but every neo-
iae' civilized or barbarian, has prac.
uced the art In one or another form
All study In every department of art
oesins at period lot long after the
Mosaic deluge. but pottery 10 the
earliest Of all forms Of art
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we river.
"Wha does he mean? wonder looking
The his arm al
mobile
Then dawns that the
stand attention. while the
oncem
a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30

stopped in Union station, had the
train go through to Laurel, and there
rest.
1t was an all-day wait, too. The
boys felt pretty much cut up about
being deprived of the opportunity Of
seeing their folks, but, of course, they
said nothing.
They just did something. Nobody
can get ahead of American soldiers
not even the commanding officer
The major or colonel. or whatever
ara1y hn II no.
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bands like ove % goodm
would
He's too set on his own good times himself
Bet he's fast all - "
But he flyer
fat n
half
lessness with the docilty of
We are all right women dear. and argeb but
When we stop criuzing nothing
about this world will be wearing
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
How the "Boys" 0utwitted the Commanding Officer

TROOP train stopped Laurel Nd morning not long On
~
fearing that his would
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
Women Passengers Had Misjudged the Fat Man

r HE sudden with
wheels slipped
tor and followed suit
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Women Being Trained.

American women camoufeurs are
being trained according to the same
method as the men, under the Wom-
ems League for National Service and
under Lieutenant Towle. Discussing
their work, he said:
There isn't any reason why the
women shouldn't do as well as the
men rs camoufleurs-tha is, In max
fng the materials behind the lines. It
isn't heavy work, but 1t demands In
genious workers, skilled In Details
Tryon Hall, the old G. X. G. Billings
place on Washington Heights, bought
by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to be
given, ultimately, to the city for a
park, Is the spot chosen for the prac-
teal experimental work by the wom-
en-. Hither they go with Lieutenant
Towle to try out their camoufiage suits
and be photographed, wearing them, In
different positions, to see that they
blend with different colors of the land
scape and would be invisible to the
enemy not only on the firing line but
on the plates of the enemy photog-
rapher
This is the most serious work That
has been undertaken under the au-
spices of the National League for
WOman's Service. The members of
the camouflage corps, of whom there
are about 40. confidently expect TO
cross the water TO assist In the camou-
fiage work at which English and
French women are already busy.
They will not be accepted by the
government us regular workers and
enlisted for the service until they have
completed their training and shown
that they have made good, but the fact
that Lieutenant Towle is on leave In
order TO instruct them is sufficient
proof that their work will be consid-
cred.
No Age Limit for Women.
There is no age limit, up or down,
for women Joining the corps, but each
member must have had some practical
technical training before she Joins.
This keeps from the corps very young
girls. The members are young women
who are self-supporting. They are
artists, architects, metal workers
wood carvers, photographers, etc. It is
an exceptionally versatile and respon-
sible group. They take a three
months course under Lieutenant
Towle.
Each member Of the class makes
and develops her own camoufiage suit.
according to her own ideas, with the
foundation of instruction that she has
received. Suits as they have been con-
structed by the girls so far are In Oh
piece, like divers suit, with q hood
covering the head A human face
shows white In the distance and the
corps is experimenting with wells as
face coverings.
Earth brown is the usual foundation
coior' and upon this 90 yellows.
green's. grays. and splashes of black.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
Ride on Drawspan Recommended as Novel Thrill

you have taken rides aipanes tanks bleshps
choochoos but
Inert a have missed mild thrill TIerts
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outage from the defensive and often
siye points of view-how to advance
under cover and how to defend them
selves Under cover. They have invent
ed scouting and camoufleurs' sharp
shooters suits which, when worn by
the soldier, make him appear like bit
of the landscape. as boulder, log. a
stump, or a part of the foliage Of
traa
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30

Out VI the WINDOW on the trouble side.
Only one passenger kept his place.
He was fat man with two chins and
the symptoms of a third. He Just sat
there and smiled complacently as IL
the only thought he had In this world
was Of the good breakfast he had
eaten and the good dinner that was
TO come.
You will have your thoughts And
III you are woman you are bound
to put them In words, which accounts
for one market-basket lady saying to
I'D like IN have on oyar, ao1ox 49,.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30
Outdoor Church Services Popular at Capital

UJAsHINGToN churchgoing doors AL
w
held last Sunday
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ECENT orders of the gov
eminent to the engineering
department of the United
States army to stop en-
listing men as camoufieurs
In q special camouf1age d.
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span OF the highway bridge. He is
the senior operator and vessels which
have to wait for the draw have to
wait on Tillert. He doesn't keep
them waiting very long.
There Is q tremendous foot,
great grinding and the draw begins to
operate. You are standing talking to
the captain, when you feel the iron
bar against which you were easily
leaning begin to revolve. 1t revolves
calmly, pleasantly, brushing you aside,
as it were. But when you feel 1t re-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-12
II ALY'S "SUBS" HIT
TWO OF AUSTRIA
BIG BATTLESR|PS
One Torpedoed Twice, the Other
Once; Both Underseas Craft in
Daring Raid Escape.
PURSUER ALSO CRIPPLED
ny Associated Press to Every Evening

By Associated Press 10 Every Evening
ROME, june i.
Two Italian torpedoboats attacked
boldly two Austrian warshIps and ten
destroyers near the Damation coast on
Monday Two torpedoes were sent into
one battleship and one into the other.
An official statement issued by the
Italian Admiralty today follows:
At dawn on Monday, near the Dali
nation Islands two small Italian torpedo
boats under command Of Commander
Rizzo LUG De Mllazzo attacked an
Austrian naval division consisting Of two
large battleships OF the Viribus nitis
class, escorted by ten destrovers our
units. having boldly broken through the
line OF destroyers. hit the leading battle
ship with two torpedoes and the other
with one and returned 70 their base IN
scathed. One Of the destroyers which
pursued them was damaged seriously.
BattIeships of the Eiribus Units type
are four in number and are the largest n
the Austrian navy. They dispIace 10000
tons and carry | 900 men each,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-12
TROLLEY FARE
FIGHT SHIFTED
TO DOVER TODAY
Counsel for Litigants' Makes New
Move in Proposed
Suit.
PLANS NOT REVEALED

The fight which the Voters Non
Partisan League and the Central Labor
Union arc waging against the increase IN
trolley fare here 10 seven cents today
shifted TO Dover
Shortly before noon Robert G. Hartman,
counsel for those two organizations,
started by motor to Dover, but beyond
admitting that he was going there with
the expectation Of comforting with Chief
Justice James Pennewill, he would not
comment on his mission
II was on a similar visit, last Saturday,
that Mr. Harman first presented his case
10 the chief justice, who ordered a special
session Of the Superior Court to hear the
petition and take such action as might he
proper.
As this court session is fixed for June
"a and the new fare rate went into effect
last Monday the organizations arrayed
against the increase have been seeking
some way to have il nullified until such
time as the court can pass upon the merits
of the complaint
Injunction proceedings in the Court Of
Chancery were considered and several
conferences were held in that behalf, at
the conclusion of which it was announced
that the whole matter was put over until
Thursday
While this was explained il was in
ferred that there might be new turn in
the matter before the Superior Court.
which might result in the petition filed in
the Court Of Chancery being withdrawn,
and this thought was linked with Mr..
Harman's visit 70 Dover today
That Wilmington is not alone in the
fare boost category Is evidenced by a dis
patch from Shenandoah, Pa. today,
which stated that the Schyulkill Electric
Railway Co, operating in the northern
part OF Schuylkl county, had posted
notices increasing the fare from to
cents per zone, effective July 10
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-12
HUN SUBMARINES
CAUSE SHORTAGE IN
SUGAR SUPPLIES
Dealers Cannot Sell More Than
Two Pounds to City
Housewives.
IN EFFECT AT ONCE

The raid Of the German U-boats on
American shipping made itself felt very
pertlnently today. when kilograms were
sent from Washington ID. &, to all Food
Administ rators, directing that the amount
of sugar sold by dealers to housewives for
household use, should be reduced. The
steamship Carolina and other steamships
carrying several million pounds of sugar
were sunk off the Atlantic coast last week
by submarines and this loss added to the
present demand for sugar Gamers and
housewives for preserving purposes led
to this order by the Food Administration.
Up to this time and since the relief OF
the shortage existing last winter, dealers
have been permitted to sell i've pounds
10 city housewives for household use, and
ten pounds for farmers wives. This
amount has now been cut to pounds for
city housewives and ) pounds for farmers
wives. Housewives however desiring su-
gar for canning purposes may obtain what
thev need provided they sign certificate
and agree to return all unused sugar
obtained for preserving and which was
not used for that object
The regulation goes INTO effect immedl-
ately
The Delaware Food Administration has
issued certificates for the following allot-
ments Of sugar to be delivered to july /:
Non-essential dealers or manufacturers
104, 100 pounds; essential dealers, other
than Gamers, 205, $50 pounds; new busi-
ness 1900; Gamers 1921 ,342 pounds
total Of 3, 339 $50 pounds.
The Food Administrator urged dealers
to file with him certificates and data
showing the amount of sugar they had
on hand and what would be needed before
July l. Despite this request some have
failed TO do this and as result may find
themselves without sugar before July /,