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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-27

Meeting is Postponed-The High
scnooi Parent-Teachers' association
for tomorrow evening to discuss the
subject of a gardens, has been
postponed until March s because the
majority Of the members intend. to be
present at the food lectures which will
pc delivered in the, city hall tomorrow
might.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-27

Accepted for Navy-word was re-
ceived by the local draft board today
to h effect that Melvin Agotness Of
this county had been accepted for
service in the nav.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-27

Visiting ut "U"-Attorncy A.. e.
sheets Of Lakota and Robert Lowe
OF kenmare are visiting old friends
Ct the university and the Phi Delta
Theta house. -. 80
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in the world, because Of
the heavy inroads of war
upon the industry. that
American breeders of
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-17
WHY SUGAR
CONSERVATION
!. IS NECESSARY

Many people are honestly suspicious
about the sugar shortage in this coun-
try and are asking why if there was
enough before the war, there is not
Ienough now. They a that none
Of it is used in the making of mu-
nitions. They understand that large
supplies are being sent to the Allies
in Europe, but that they figure is only
a shifting Of the distribution. A bet
ter understanding Of the facts may
help in building up the spirit of con-
s~ervation and. saving among the
American people.
In the first place before the war
about one-third Of the total amount
of sugar in the entire world was pro-
duced inside the lines of soldiers which
now circle the Central Powers. Eng
land bought practically all her sugar
from Germany. With that source Of
supply cut off the British nation turn
to other sources, principally to Cuba
and Porto Rico. What Cuba sold to
England reduced the amount that
could be- sold to America and incon-
sequence a good portion Of what might
be termed reserve stock s were ex-
hausted, forcing all the nations to de-
pend almost entirely upon the annual
crop for the supply. a1a
France produced a considerable
quantity of sugar beets before the war
but, much of her producing territory
and factories fell into the hands Of
the Germans and the supply was lost
to France. That loss reduced the av-
aliable supply in France and made it
necessary to provide for her wants
from other sources: She had been.
largely able before to supply them
from the. products Of the sugar beet
lands now held by the Germans Thus
has come the conditions which make.
it necessary for the United States to:
supply allFof England and most Of.
France with sugar, with two-thirds Of
the peace times supply Of the world,
with which to do II. ~
The control of the seas by the al
lies has made it possible for the Unit
ed States TO procure ahipenentsi .of;
sugar from the philippines andixronn::
Hawaii ID that shout afteen pounds'
PER capita for thesspepple az the ns4i6ni
have beensnaade. available from sa61eae
productive sources. The nation pro.
cured by the sugar agreement with,
THE British apthpritiessSwhieh had %;
Itions on all the sugar Of Cuba, an
amount equal to forty pounds per cap
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tia which was to be supplied the U.
s., from the Cuban and Porto Rican
sources. This with what has been
obtained for the Western Pacific sup
plies makes about fifty pounds per
capita rs the American supply. This
is a little more than twenty-five lbs,
per capita below the normal con-
sumption and wastage in this country.
There is a considerable quantity of
reserve sugar in the PHILIPPINES and in
Hawaii at this time, but lack of boats
makes it impossible to, get that sur
plus into America, much less into
France and England where it is so
badly needed. These are some Of the
conditions which make imperative the
need of conserving as we'll as saving
every ounce of sugar possible. 1t is
why the patriot drinks his coffee un-
sweetened while the traitor dips a
half dozen s%poonsfull into his cup if
he can get his hands on the sugar.
bowl.
There are some collateral conditions
which have added to the seriousness of
the situation. The honey crop So far
this year is small and this substitute
is reduced in quantity. The scarcity
of labor has cut into the production
of both sugar cane and sugar beets in
the United States, Sc that these two
sources are not increased and are
hardly up to the normal.
The Central powers might have ship
ped out a surplus Of sugar through
the neutral countries if they had pro-
duced it. But in both Germany and
Austria the sugar beets have been
used in the raw state for food, SO that
the enemy country has not been av-
ailable as a source through which
some of the nations, like Spain and
Holland and the Scandinavian nations
might have been supplied and thus
have lessened the drain on the world
supply outside.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Matter of the Estate of

In the Matter of the Estate of
Albert Leonard Soberg, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned H. C. Hansen, Administra-
tor of the Estate of Albert Leonard
Soberg, late of the Village of Churchs
Ferry in the county of Ramsey and
State Of North Dakota, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons having
claims against, said deceased, to ex-
hibit them with the necessary vouch-
ers, within four months after the first
publication Of this notice, to said Ad-
ministrator at The First National
Bank in the Village of Churchs Ferry
in said Ramsey county,, or with the
Judge of the County Court at Devils
Lake, in said Ramsey County.
Dated June 14th,1A D. 1913.
81 10, II. C. HANSEN,
Administrator.
FLYNN & TRAYNOR, %
Attorneys for Administrator,
Use" Devils Lake, N. d.
First publication on the 26th day of
June, A. q. 1918 @H %264-tf
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

Notice is Hereby Given, That that
certain mortgage, executed and deliv-
cred by Minnie Flummerfelt and Syl-
vester P. Flumerfelt, wife. and hus-
band, mortgagors, to Devils Lake
Building & Loan Association a corpor-
alton Of Devils Lake, N. D., Mortga-
gee dated the 18th day of October. A
D. nineteen hundred and sixteen and
filed for record in the office of the
Register of Deeds of the County Of
Ramsey, and State of North Dakota,
on the goth day Of October A. D. 1916
and recorded in Book 43 Of Mortgages.
at page 116, will be foreclosed by a
sale of the premises in such Mortgage
and hereinafter described, at the front
door of the Court house IN the City of
Devils Lake, in the County of Ramsey
and State of North Dakota, at the
hour of two o'clock p. M, on the 9th
day of July, 1918, to satisfy the
amount due upon said Mortgage on
the day of sale.
The premises described in said Mort
lgage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same, are those certain premises
situated in the County of Ramsey, and
State of North Dakota, and described
as follows, to-wit: Lots twenty-three
(23) and twenty-four (24) of block
thirty (30) of the city of Devils Lake
according to the plat thereof on file
and Of record in the office of the Reg
lister of deeds of Ramsey county, n.
D.
Default having been made in the
terms and conditions of the said mort
gage, by the failure of the mortgagors
to pay installments thereon from July
1917 to June 1918 inclusive, mortga-
gee elects to and hereby declares the
full amount of said mortgage due and
payable at this time and there will
therefore be due on said mortgage on
the day of sale the sum Of $2145..
80 besides the costs and expenses OF
sale and the attorney fees as allowed
by law.
Dated June 18th, 1918.
DEVILS LAKE BUILDING & LOAN
ASSOCIATION. Mortgagee.
FLYNN G. TRAYNOR,
Attorneys for Mortgagee
Devils Lake, N. D.
26-6t
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Matter Of the Estate Of George
W. Rasmussen, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the UNDER
signed Minnie r.. Rasmussen, Admins
tratrix of the Estate Of George w. Ras-
mussen late of the township of Norris
in the county Of Ramsey, and state Of
Nortl. Dakota, deceased, to the creditors
of, and all persons having claims
against, said deceased, to exhibit. them
with the necessary vouches,- within six
months after the first publication Of
this notice, to said Administrative at the
office of Rollo F. Hunt, her attorney, in
the Locke Block in the city Of Devils
Lake in said Ramsey County.
Dated April 20, A. D. 1915.
MINNIE E. RASMUSSEN.
Administrators.
First publication on the LIST day Of
May A. D. 1913.
Rollo F. Hunt. Attorney for Admins
tratrlx' Devils Lake, N. D. fist.
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tries have been compelled to draft
all the available horses to help
save their lands from complete des.
truction.
Industry Destroyed.
In Belgium, the home Of the Bel
gian horse, the horse business has
been wiped out completely. All of
these noted horses have been
pressed into military service by the
Germans, or shipped back, to Ger
many. The Percheron horse in
dustry in France will not recover
for years, and it will be necessary
for France to import Peroheron
horses from other countries to
build up the local business. Great
Britain, the home of the Clydesdale.
Shire, and Suffolk horses, has been
drained dry Of its surplus stock by
military necessity. It is u golden
neutrality-suspicious..
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-17
CUTTING SWEET CLOVER

If a second crop of sweet clover is to
be secured the first crop must be cut
rather high. 1t was found at the N.
D., Experiment station that when cut
IL to IA inches high a good second
crop came on. If cut lower than that
the second crop was small.
The buds from which the second
crop comes are produced in the angle
between the branches and the tsem.
When the plant is cut below the lower
branches, the buds are all cut SO that
there is nothing to start a second crop
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-17

STATE OFNORTH DAKOTA, IS.
County Of Ramsey.
IN DISTRICT COURT
Second Judicial District.
Mammie Ellen Elliott, Plaintiff.
VS..
Frienda Elliott, Defendant.
SUMMONS.
The State of North Dakota to the
ahoves named defendant:
You are hereby sum1nonded to an
swer the complaint in this action, and
OF serve a copy Of your answer upon
the subscribers within thirty days af-
ter the service Of this summons upon
you, exclusive Of the day of service,
and in case of your failure to appear
or answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated this 18th day of May, A. D.
1918.
CUTHBERT & SMYTHE,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Business and Postofice Address:
Devils Lake, N. D.
To the above named defendant:
You will please take notice that the
summons and complaint in the above
entitled action was filed in the Office
Of the Clerk of the District Court at
the Court House, in the city Of, Devils
Lake, County of Ramsey, and State Of
North Dakota, on the 25th day Of May,
A. D. 1918.
@TYTTYD-1~ n PNrRVYNnYY-
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Business and postofice address:
Devils Lake, N. D.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-17

Why be worried about pimples,
blackheads and superfuous hair when
you can have them removed at the
Marinello shop. All work guaranteed.
MRS. I. GLERUM,
Marinello Shop End floor
(19-tf) Glerum Blick.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-17

Not "our bit" b the call, but on,
best and our all.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-17

Picture framing is our speciality
GAbertson, Devils Lake, N. d.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-17

Food wasted is food lost and NJ
money can replace it
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-17

American VI
draft horses have q wonderful OPP
portpnite to dominate the business
in the future. It is for this reason
that so much emphasis is being
given the draft horse show at the
North Dakota State Fair, Fargo.
July Is to 20.
The horse industry in the noted
horse producing countries OF Eu'
rope is demoralized. In many in.
stances so many horses have been
pressed into military service that
nearly all the farm work must be
done by manual labor. Invading
armies have requisitioned all the
horses found. while invaded coun'
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-23
M'KERCHER PROTECTS RED-LICHT LADY
HOW MKERCHER TRIED TO HANG The EDITOR

ningly broached to him. He never saw the woman
until p. M, February 4, the night of the fire.
works. He never saw her after that night. Any
money she may have secured in Duluth came from
McKercher his agents. 49, --.--
Morrison had the right q citizen and a
publisher, to witness any proof of McKerchers
gross immortality, when such proof was offered
freely and without COST
McKercher saw Margaret Langdon the day
before Morrison first her. McKercher took
her away from the police station in his at
about a.. M, Saturday morning, January 5. He
saw her after that date. When he testified to
the contrary, at the trial. he perjured his guilty
soul.
After his arrest Morrison's steps were logged
by McKercher's human hounds. His office was
entered and dictaphone installed so that sneak
ing spy could hear conversations in said office.
McKercher also boasted that he would ''get" Nor
rison and even intimated that the quicker the ed
itor got out of town the better it would be for
him. Morrison still is in the city.
If the people like that kind of a chief of po-
lice they should raise his salary. If they do not
like it, they should storm the city hall and let
their voices be heard with effect.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-23

wet man, recently told the Rip
saw that there are 50 blind pigs
and redlight joints in the area be-
tween Tower and Grand avenues
and Third and Seventh streets.
Prof. King publicly announced
last winter that the night school
in the Fourth ward had to be
abandoned because Of the sinful,
unlawful, disorderly conditions in
that section Of the city. It now
is stated that some Of the small
business folk down there are COM
planning about conditions. They
reside there with their families
and their wives and daughters are
beginning to strenously protest.
Even good business and easy dol
lars fail to settle the nausea that
distresses their moral stomachs.
The dry people are not conin-
ing their arguments to the moral
side of the booze business. They
are pushing forward the patriotic
side. They point out the scarcity
Of labor, living places and the need
for economy, conservation and in-
creased production. They show
that business locations and resi-
dences now are occupied by nom
producers and even leeches on the
body polite, which might more
profitably and patriotically be
occupied by workers, producers
and those loyal to good morals
and decency, as we'll as the flag.
Money grabbers, in questionable
or dispensable pursuits should,
the dry folks maintain, step aside
for patriotic and Industrious fab
ricators of things very helpful in
winning this terrible war.
The women of Superior and
Douglas county are wide awake
and propose to take strong
hand in banishing Old John Bar
leycorn. Thinking women feel
that winning the war efforts have
fallen unduly on their tender
shoulders. Most of the self-de-
malls have been asked of them.
They now demand that mere man
practice self-denial, especially in
matters Of booze, tobacco or even
redlight opportunities. A city
given over to Old John Barley
corn, redlight ladies, panderers,
gamblers, blind-piggers and recup-
Grating crooks is considered in
consistent with self-denial, econ
omy, conservation and real pat
riotism.
Already most of, if not all, the
women's clubs in Superior have
petitioned the board of control to
close the saloons for the duration
of the war. The reply Of the
board is problematical. The chair
man is wet man. The board is
supposed to be about evenly di-
vided between wet and dry lnea.
1t is barely possible that some wet
man may put patriotism above
pelf and thus give the dry side -
majority.
Wives, mothers and daughters
will be very prominent IN the COM
ing campaign.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-23
A HOT CAMPAIGN FOR SUPERIOR
Past Record for
% Mayoralty-Dry Folk
Petitions Against Old John Bareycom.

wet opponents to overlook a stunt
of that kind. 1t was pulled off
last spring with good effect.
Mayor Konkel assumes to lead
the wet folks, although some re-
sent his leadership. He uses a
flux Of words to tell about the
blessings of saloons in Superior
and declares chat regulation has
been brought down to science
under his mind and hand. He
also points to the prosperity in
Superior and maintains that it is
due to himself, as mayor, and the
regulated saloon.
The dry folks are pleased to adj
NIT that Superior is prosperous +;
that labor is in demand; that
there are few vacant business
houses and that decent residence
places are at a premium. But
they ascribe this prosperity to
the general condition of the times ;
the activity in the ship yards, the
Ajax plant, the doubling Of the
capacity Of the G.. N. R. shops,
greatly increased activity in rail
road transportation, including
coal, ore and grain shipments.
They point out that the additions
to the shipbuilding plants, the
increase in the G.. N. R. shops and
the Ajax plant all started when
Superior was dry and cannot be
credited to the return Of Old John
Barleycorn.
Mayor Konkel confines all his
arguments to the dollar sense.
He puts the dollar above mu-
nicipal decency, manhood and
womanhood and the moral well
fare Of this generation and that
to come. There is not one word
in his argument that appeals to
the wives and mothers or to those
who put purity, principle and
patriotism above policy and pelf.
In the last eight months, Su-
perior has attained the proud dis
tinction Of being the third wick
eldest city in America. The town
reeks with beer and booze. Red
light folks fairly overflow their
ordinary habitat. Gamblers, al
though recently fined $500 Or one
year in Jail, again are plying their
shifty trade. Panderers infest
the streets and public places.
Even. crooks lay up in Superior,
where they can indulge their sim
full desires, even if they do not ply
their unlawful vocations.
Sixty saloons do not afford am
pie floor space for moral and
physical wallowing. Despite may
or Konkel's claims as to strict
regulation, there any number of
blind pigs. 1t is charged that one
noted blind piggery has been pay
ing protection money in the sum
Of $500 a month but that strenuous
efforts are being made to get that
sum reduced, competition being
so strong that the owner Of the
place cannot make a satisfactory
profit.
A prominent Superior citizen, q
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-23

The public knows how chief of police Robert
d. McKercher threw John l.. Morrison, editor oil
the Rp-saw, into Jail and then prosecuted him for
alleged conspiracy against the public morals aeg-
ing that he secured one Margaret Langdon to get
the Big Chief in a position that would prove his
gross immortality and unfitness for his office.
Morrison was released on his own recogniZance
and then stood trial on the charge. The jury was
unable to agree after celebrating nineteen hours.
1t is believed that the vote really was eight to
four in favor of the defendant. 1t is not proper
to publish the argument of those who refused to
clear the accused nor to explain their probable
motives.
Finally, the bluff played out. Monday,
February II, the snarling Samuelson voluntarily
dismissed the case for all time He and the Big
Chief did not dare to go to trial again. Had they
done so, they would have been blown SO high that
they never would have come down.
Failure of the prosecution to produce Mar
garet Langdon at the trial was proof of a bold
frameup against Morrison. Dismissal of the case
was abject acknowledgment of said frameup.
Morrison wishes to inform the public that he
did not bring Margaret Langdon to Duluth He
unfavorable to such plan when it was cum
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-23

The outlook is very bright for
a maximum of political excitement
in Superior between now and mu-
nicipal election day, which falls
on the first Tuesday in April.
Mayor Konkel has announced
that he will run for another term,
standing fatty On his record: IT
is expected that he will be op-
posed by state senator Fred A.
Baxter.
The dry folks met Wednesday
evening, February 13, and decided
to once more wrestle with the
vets to make Superior dry. A
preliminary organization was ef-
fected and the circulation Of dry
petitions started.
AS these lines are written,
mayor Konkel has taken no action
on the petitions asking for vote
on the proposed change in form
Of city government. If he fails
to certify those petitions as being
sufficient and neglects to call an
election, a recall will be started
against commissioners O'Hare
and Tomlinson.
Jockeying for position and steps
to align their foes already have
been taken by the vets and the
drys. At their preliminary meet
ing, the dry folks elected W. r.
Foley chairman and R. B. Arnold
secretary. A meeting for perma-
nent organization was set for
Wednesday, February 20.
1t is stated that a sufficient
petition for calling a vote on the
wet or dry question requires but
544 names. It is planned to cir
culate the dry petitions until they
bear a much larger number of
names, it being felt that size of
the petition and ease with which
signers are secured will be an sex-
cellent indication of the chances
for success at the polls.
It is stated that Duluth bartend-
ers soon will be laid off by Su-
perior liquor dealers and their
places filled with citizens of Wis
eonsin who, by an extremely short
residence, will become qualified
to vote at the spring election.
This plan, alone, might decide rhe
issue. Last July, a large number
of Duluth bartenders were given
employment in Superior saloons,
becase men were needed and be-
cause they were expected to pull
trade from Duluth, owing to per
sonal acquaintance and popular
ity on the cliff side of the bay.
1t may be that the wages Of these
men will be continued and their
services used in electioneering on
the streets but the outlook is that
most Of them soon will take off
their aprons and at least temper.
arily step out from behind the
bars.
The Wisconsin election laws
make it extremely easy to colonize
city for election purposes and
the dry folks do not expect their