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German DriUe
Injuries Crops

London-Serious loss resulting
from the great battle in France is the
ruin of great areas Of land behind the
old British lines. which were under
cultivation by the army. The British
and French food production depart
menrs were carrying out on a large
scale a scheme for growing vege-
tables behind the lines Tor the use
OF the soldiers.
Ths last official figure Of the land
cultivated In this way in the zone
OF the British army was $4,000 acres,
although in recent months the figure
has been much increased. A great
deal of new work had been done Ia
the neighborhood of Peronne, and at
Ham, Epety and near Chauny. All
this land had been ploughed with
American tractor ploughs and a great
deal OF Ii planted with potatoes.
Another work which has been lost
ID that begun by the QualgerH to suo-
cor the victims of the war in the
territories won back from the Ger
mans year ago. The Quakers had
81 large farm near Ham which was
their general headquarters, from
which they were sending out auto
mobile tractors 70 plough land. were
helping the returned peasants to rec
store their market gardens, and were
providing them with goats 10 replaces
the cattle taken away by the enemy.
This work will probably have 10 ha
abandoned until the war ends
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/ the state engage in the insurance
business and make it obligatory on
the citizens to patronize this new in
surance company; elevators and
mills do not pay just price for
wheat, ergo let the state run eleVa-
tors and mills; every other kind Of
business can be, and sometimes is,
exploited in the interest of capital
ISM ergo let the state, the counties
and cities enter all kinds Of bust
ness except one which would be det-
rimental to the wonderful thing
which is the palladium Of the state
Of North Dakota. and the paragon Of
individual, social and political wis
dom and perfection, namely prohi-
bition Of manufacturing, buying.
selling and giving away Of any and
all kinds Of Intoxicating drink.
Let the state try. banking, hail.
fire and life insurance, buying and
selling cattle, hDrses., sheep, goats
and hogs, wheat. rye and barley,
let the state run mills and elevators,
become wool and cotton weaver,
a manufacturer Of shoes and boots
OF saddles and harnesses. Of socks
and stockings and silk hosiery, Of
hats and caps and bonnets. let the
state run an esta blishment OF pick
ling cauliflower, onions and beans, Of
canning peaches and pears, plun1s
and tomatoes, let the state run q
store in competition with Montgom-
cry Ward company. let the state
build hotels and run them so as to
put in shade the Mckenzie OF Bis
marck. let the state manufacture and
sell medicine for the babies and stock
food for the calves, let the state en-
gage in any kind and every kind Of
business, but let the state OF North
Dakota beware OF brewing beer and
distilling whiskey, making hard CT
der or preparing eggnog or toddy.
away anything that may have the
smell or taste Of liquor; for this is,
and must remain, forbidden by the
Constitution Of the commonwealth
Of North Dakota, and for this high
moral standard our fathers have
fought, not to the shedding Of blood
but to the shedding Of much ink and
to the sacrificing OF much wind, in
side and outside of our capitol.
"If you think that am guilty OF
eEaggeratiOn, please, read once more
the platform Of the Nonpartisan
league.
Sidney Smith says: 'ETrors to be
dangerous must have a great deal
Of truth mingled with them; 1t is
only from this alliance that they can
obtain an extensive circulation; from
pure extravaganza and genuine false
hood the world never has sustained
and never can sustain any mischief
UnduestionabIy there is lots Of
truth In the Nonpartlsan leaguer's
assertion that something must be
done to protect the farmers from acts
OF injustice, caused by moneyed
men. But are the remedies proposed
by the Ieaguers sure and good2 Let
them ponder the foIlowin:
1.-THE state Is not an individual
that can run the different kinds 81
business which they want to en-
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grad. She was then organizing her
famous Women's Battalion Of Death,
and she was having her troubles.
The Bolsheviki, then being led in
secret by the men who later led them
openly, had heard with dismay of
Botchkareva's audacious plan Of
forming an army unit Of women
who should shame deserving men in
to going back to the front. They
feared, as we'll they might. that her
plan would be successful. They did
everything in their power to inter-
fere with her recruiting, and they
tried hard to breed discomfort and
characterization in her ranks.
Woman Spy Thrown Out.
When I first made the acquaint-
ance Of the Women's Battalion Of
Death and it's commander the Boil
shevilt leaders had succeeded in
planting, one of their spies in the
regiment. This was a red-haired
girl from Cronstadt, and in the short
time she remained she stirred up a
rebellion that seriously threatened
the existence Of the corps. By some
means, which I never understood,
the identity Of the spy became
known and she was thrown out Of
the barracks. Indeed but for the
firmness Of Botchkareva those fierce
young Amazons might have done the
spy violence.
k Botchkareva insisted on allowing
the woman to go away unscratched,
rightly judging that any other course
would bring discredit on the bat
talon. She has not invariably been
as discreet as that in her judgments.
The red-haired girl from Cron-
stadt worked up the rebellion by
telling the women soldiers that
Botchkareva was a tyrant and a
bully, and they, being unused to
military discipline were ready TO
believe it. There is no doubt that
the Nachalnik, or commander, as she
was called, was autocratio and die
tatorial, and sometimes she was en-
tirely unreasonable.
H. Had a QUick Temper.
BotchkareVa is fond Of describing
herself as unfeminine, but she GER
tainly possesses many Of the weak
nesses usually called feminine. She
has a. quick temper and quick re-
pentance after the temper. l have
seen her discipline one Of her SOL
diers in a heat Of passion, and almost
before the singing rebuke was out
Of her mouth, threw her arms
around the culprit and kiss her. Per
haps that kind of attempter is Rus
sian. It is feminine the world over.
After order was restored in the
battalion and Botchkareva had
leisure to be communicative with me.
she told me many stories Of her life
in the army, and how she came to
organize her women's regiment. She
Joined the army in 1915, after her
husband fell In battle, and the re-
mote village in which she lived had
been reduced to extreme misery.
The men gone, poverty overwhelmed
the families left behind. fTypkus
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Maria BotchkareUa, Leader of Soldiers;
Tells Her Viz)id Story0f RussiaS Failure

2 charged across barbed wire entan-
clements in a certain engagement,
| only to be driven back, again and
again by a whitening machine gun
fire. Some of the men fell in among
the wires, where they hung sus-
| pended, as she said, like potatoes. -
1t was horrible to have to run on.
leaving them SCANNING and entreat-
| ing aid.
PIeads With Officer.
Back in the trenches, and after
the worst OF the battle was over, she
| went to her commanding officer and
begged to be allowed to carry her
| first aid kit out to these wounded
ease their agonies. He refused, tell
ing her that she had done enough
and that what she proposed was GER
tain death, The men would be
brought in, but they would have to
wait until nightfall before attempt
ing the rescue.
II meant to obey" said Botch-
kareva- but the thought of them,
out there in their pains, was too
much for me to bear" So she crawled
| out across that dreadful no mans
land to her wounded comrades. The
Germans saw her, but they held
their fire until she attempted to lift
wounded man off the cruel wires
that held him. Then a sharpshooter
put a bullet through the mans head.
She turned her attention to another
man and he was shot. They were
near enough to the German line for
that to happen easily.
Botchkareva was obliged finally
to give up her ministrations. She
Ia fnTVY IN ahnIy hOYn 70 %Oy
night. It was very cold and by the
time the friendly dark arrived she
was too numb to get on her feet.
The gtretcher- bearers who came
after the wounded carried her back
to the lines.
In Hospital From Wounds.
Seriously wounded by flying shrap-
mel, Botchkareva was still in the
hospital when the revolution broke.
She was in sympathy with the revo-
luton, but she was mortified by its
effect on the army. Before she got
back to her regiment the whole army
was in a ferment Of revolt German
propaganda and its false promise of
world peace If the Russians would
lay down their arms, had done its
deadly work-that and KercnslSy's
utopian dream Of an army in which
all A6LIltAS "SE0 lSNSlSu 54u LIOILA
which all discipline was withdrawn.
Not until after she had exhausted
every effort to rally her own regi-
ment and make the men see the
criminal folly Of numbering their Of
Ulcers and deserving, did the idea
occur to Botchkareva Of forming q
women's Battalion Of Death. All
through the demora1ized Russian
army these battalions were being
formed by the sane minority Of SOL
diers who wanted to spare their
country the shame of q surrender to
Germany's Shiny diplomacy. A man
who Joined a battalion of death SIM
ply sewed a red and black cloth
arrowhead on the sleeve Of his
blouse, the insignia testifying that
the wearer had vowed to fight to the
death for holy Russia and the al
lies.
KerensIey Not Interested.
Botchkareva gained the consent Of
Kerensky, then minister Of war, but
he never took much interest in the
women's battalion. or in any OF the
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came In and killed many, and to
Botchkareva the bitter reflection
came that war is harder on women
than it Is on men.
They give men guns to fight
death with" she said to me, "but
women simply sit and wait for
death"
She made up her mind that she
would die, If die she must, fighting
for Russia. She is almost unletter-
ed, but she managed to write a let
ter to the car, naive document, in
which she set forth her claim to a
mans chance to fight death with a
gun in her hand. She asked to be
allowed to enlist in mems regiment
then encamped near her village.
Permission 20 Enlist.
OF course the car never saw the
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trust to the state. The state needs
men as it's agents and employees to
run the business. Who can give any
guarantee that these men viii be
strictly honest. Nobody. Can these
employees Of the state be closely
watched so that any act Of neglect
or dishonesty be quickly detected and
punished? It Is absolutely possible,
but not probable. The proofs we
have in the fact that our public
buildings, be they erected by the
United States or by our own state
or by county or city, cost usually
more than they would If they were
erected by private owners. The
complaint that Uncle Sam and the
states and counties are rather ex-
travagant spenderB Of money has
for many decades been only too true.
1t has always been taken lightly
enough upon the excuse that the
country is rich enough. The Nom
partisan Ieaguers tell US that they
themselves are better and more con-
Bcientious business managers; they
give us their word, but that is all.
Should the plans Of the Nonpart-
tsan league be carried out, money
viii be needed by the bushel, not
only hundreds OF thousands but mill
lions and tens Of millions. They
know this hence their initiative Pc
titton, mentioned In chapter 8. Have
they any assurance that their in
yestments by the state in mills, ele-
vators, packing plants. etc. will all
ways bring safe return? Absolute
ly none. They take the risk of sad
ding upon the state immense debts.
Have they or any other party a right
to do this? Absolutely not.
Whose money do they want the
state to invest? The states money.
But whose money is the states mon
ey? 1t is mostly money that once
belonged to individual citizens and
has. been collected by the state. In
the form Of taxes. Has the state the
right to raise the burden OF taxation
for the sake Of all kinds OF specula-
dons? Absolutely not.
Are there no other and safer plans
and means to secure justice to the
farmer and the Iaboring man than
the plans OF the Nonpartisan league?
Most certainly there are and we win
lay them before the reader, plans
and means which have stood the test
OF centuries.
Taxes, Just and Unjust.
81 lay, before the reader some prin-
cipIes which have been acknowledged
by the Christian states for many
hundreds Of years, though they often
sinned against them.
Each individual person has from
God Himself through the natural
law received the right to own prop
erty, be 1t real estate or cllattal.
Whosoever is In possession OF such
property must be considered It's
righffuI and lawful possessor until
proofs have been made that ne is
not The right TO ones property
must be respected by every person,
Individual or moral, hence also by
the state.
THE first purpose Of the state is
to maintain justice. The state Is
founded upon justice. and by justice
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| letter, but the official to whom 1t
was referred must have had heart,
and also an imagination. At all
events permission came from the
war ministry that Maria Botch-
kareEa was to be allowed to enlist,
and she did.
She served almost continuously
from the summer or autumn Of 1915
until after the revolution of Febru-
airy, 1917. It was February. In the
Russian calendar, which is two
weeks behind that Of the western
world. Her only absences were
those intervals spent in hospitals re-
covering from wounds.
Maria Botchkareva fought like a
man, but like woman, too. One
terrible experience she described to
me revealed this. Her regiment had
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BOtChKareVa as well as her SOL
diers were clad in khaki uniforms,
father shabby, and about half the
girls wore, instead Of army boots,
the women's shoes in which they had
enlisted. These women received
their boots only a day or two before
they went into battle.
A Remarkable Woman.
That day in Petrograd Maria
Botchkareva was much thinner and
browner than she appeared yester-
day, but she was a gallant figure as
she walked forward9 proudly yet
modestly, to receive from the mill
tary governor of Petrograd her Of
ficer's sword and belt. was glad
yesterday that through all the ter
rible vicissitudes Of the Russian up
heaval her star has never been al
lowed to disappear, glad that the
friends of our unhappy ally have
found means Of sending her to plead
their cause. 1t is a truly remarkable
woman who has come to America.
Maria Botchkareva has had a
career as wildly romantic and Inn
probable as any women in history.
In fact, her career is matched in
history only by Joan Of Arc and by
that eighteenth century Spanish nun
Of whom De Quincy wrote so well.
and who, like Maria Botchkareva,
had distinguished military career.
Lieut. Col. Botchkareva never
claimed to be the heaven inspired
saint, nor has she ever shown her
self the military strafegist that
Jeanne d'Arc was. She did not, like
the Spanish nun, get into the army
in the disguise of a man, nor did
she fight as the Spanish woman did,
because she loved adventure. Like
the Maid Of Orleans, Botchkareva
made no attempt to disguise her sex
She simply claimed the right to
fight for her country side by side
with men.
Decorated For Bravery.
She did fight and she fought we'll.
She wears on her breast medals and
crosses representing the five degrees
Of the Order Of st. George, the
highest military decoration that can
be bestowed on any Russian soldier.
The wearers of the cross Of St.
George, which Is the ultimate deco
ration after the first four degrees
have been won, have their names en-
graved in gold letters on the white
marble walls of the Hall Of St.
George in the Kremlin palace, Mos
COW.
The name Of Maria Botchkareva
probably has not yet been written in
st. Georges Hall, because after the
world war began formalitieS like
that were neglected IN Russia as
elsewhere. But when Russia gets
back to sanity and order, after some
stable form of government has been
established there, what Botchkareva
did and what she attempted to do
when ruin threatened the revolution,
will certainly not be forgotten.
The first time saw Maria Botch-
kareva. was in June, 1917, In Petro-
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Suite Characteristic. 'The -Four
Winds ................ Trlnkaus
(a) Boreas, A Northern Idylle.
(b) Sirocco, A Southern Serenade.
(c) ,Erirus, An Eastern Dance.
(d) Zephyr, A western Episode.
.-- Orchestra.
Valse Boheme, from the Suite, Git
annSlla s.....sss..ss LAcoLne
Orchestra.
"Our Alma Mater" Words by Prof.
Minard, Music by DIR. Putnam. "a
new musical setting just COM
Treble Cleb Club, Audience and cr-
chestra.
CIass~ Day Exercises, Monday, June
10, The Little Country Theatre, -
4 O'clock P. M. ". +
Program.
Music-The Little Country Theatre
Presidents Address-Alfred soren.
sen. ia
Class Hfstory-Nnnnie sorensen.
Presentation Of Hatchet-John de
Jong.
Acceptance by Junior class.
Music-The Little Country Thea
tire Orchestra.
Class Poem-Dorothy Price.
Glass Prophecy-Olive Berg.
Glass Song-Mardan Johnson,
Maize Gilmore.
cIass Officers.
President ......... Alfred Sorensen
Vice president. .. Harold Rasmussen
Secretary ......... .Genevieve Kelly
Treasurer Lew Bird
CJsss GoIoFs
Purple and White. 4
Investigate All, Keep the Best.
President's Reception.
College library eight to ten
o'clock. Senior Swing Out-Alumni
Ball College armory- nine to twelve
o'clock. Pipe Of Peace ceremony
campus midnight.
Commencement Exorcioes, Tuesday,
June II, College Armory, 10
O'clock.
Program.
Music ...........s.....s, Selected
Prayer,
9slc Nrobtii I: vo;,ti, selsc'ea
........ Charles Zueblin, Boston
:
Presentation Of Graduates Edwin r.
Laid, President North Dakota
Agricultural College, Fargo,
North Dakota
Presentation OF Diplomas j.
Frazier, governor OF North Dakota.
Music ....,,.. sSeIecCed
Commencement t Luncheon Ceres
Hall, Twelve O'clock.
Alumni Business Meeting The Lit
tie Country Theatre O'clock.
Glass Reunions.
Candidate For Degree Bachelor Of
Sciencas
School OF Agriculture.
Lew Wallace Bird, Fargo, N. D.:
John Rudolph Joseph de Jung, Am-
sterdam, Holland; George Charles
Mayoue, Tower City, N. D.; Albert
Sherman Severson, Hettinger, NJ. d.;
Alfred Noble Sorensen, Webster, N.
D.
School Of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
Chemistry
Richard Roberts Lewis, Moorhead,
Mimi; Ole Anker Nelson, Fort RAN
som, N. D.; Harold Dahl Rassmus-
sen, Crookston, MINI.
Pharmaey-TWo Year Course
Arthur Julius Anderson Park Fiv-
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(sy ,RHETA cHILDE DoRR.)

When saw Maria Boehkareva in beautifully furnished hot9
pinned blouse expensive boots feet the gold
another picture of her flashing into mind.
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The Rt. Rev. Vincent Wehrle, bish-
op Of the Bismarck diocese Of the
Catholic church, has issued re-
markable pamphlet on 1.-THE Present
Political Situation of the State of
North Dakota" in which he sets
forth the menace to the state In the
Socialist doctrines preached by the
Nonparttsan league leaders, and to
which those leaders, by resolution,
have committed the league. b.
TT may seem strange that a bishop
should write on the political situa-
ton of the state in which he is locat-
ed; but there are sometimes politi-
cal conditions more or less in oppo-
sition to the natural laws; and when
such conditions exist or threaten to
come into existence, 1t becomes the
strict duty of the bishop to instruct
his people," says Bishop Wehrle, in
introducing his subject.
This Is the reason why I write
this pamphlet; it is intended first for
! my own diocese; but I hope that
! other fellow citizens will not take
amiss the words Of one who for fully
80 years has continually worked in
helping to build up the common
| wealt of the state OF North Dakota. .
| The Forum presents a portion OF
Bishop Wehrles treatise OF the So
cialist menace. particularly as 1t af-
fects the farmers OF the state.
"Au the changes in the political
management Of the state, planned
by the Nonpartisan league, are
founded upon the endeavor to coun-
/ teract the avarice of what they caTl
the capitalists.
''Their line OF reasoning is about
| this: Railroads have charged exor-
| bitant rates for freight and passen-
ger service; ergo the government
must take possession OF them; bank
ers have charged too high interests
and commission, ergo the state must
enter the banking business; the rate
of hail insurance Is too high, ergo let
...a-e-s-e ~~---~e-~-a~~~~~~O~~
er. N. D.: Carl w. Ealingson, Rleyn-
ODDS. N. D.; Allen Mccain, Fargo, N.
ID; Phillip r. Nelson, Fergus Falls,
Mimi; Francis James Robinson
iDonnybrook, N. D.
School Of EduotioHb
Eugene Whttenan Ross, Fargo,
n. b.
School Of Engineering.
William Park Tarbell, Fargo, N. D.
School Of Home Economies.
Olive Pearl Berg, Gardner, N. d.;
Maize Elvlra Gilmore, Fargo N. d.;
Anna Marie Kellogg, Monango, N.
d.; Dorothy Agnes Price, Langdon,
N. D.; Edna Dixon Sherman, Fargo,
N. d.; Minnie Clara Sorenson, Web
ster, N. ID.
General Science.
Marian Amanda Johnson, Fargo,
NJ. D.; Genevieve Claire Kelly, Fargo,
Fargo, N. ID.
Master Of Science.
Arthur Floyd schlicting, Fargo,
N. ~
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ontInllea oIl &C -.
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J. w. Pawn,
Shf & Ex-Omcio Tax Col
NOTICE

To mortgage creditors of the Parish
of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana, in
conformity with Section SO of Act IS Of
1883 as the law asin such cases provid-
ed. notice is given to all parties holding
mortgages on real estate located in the
parish of Natchitoches, and state of
Louisiana, which taxes for the year 1917
have not been paid, that / will begin
the sale of same at the Court House on
Saturday, 18th of June 1918, at l.
o'clock am, and that anumber of piece
of property so delinquent are being now
advertised with the laws preparatory to
such sales. The attention of of mortage
creditors is especially called to this ad-
vertisement and they are warned to take
such steps prior to the sale as will be
necessary to protect their rights.
j. w. Payne,
Shf & Ex-Offico Tax Collector:
Parish of Natchitcches.
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TO ALL NATCHITOCHES
PARISH INSPECTORS

Last month. there was quite bit
os delay and confusion due to the ia
ct that some inspectors failed to ren
der their daily dipping reports. also
their monthly reports on time, and
in the futureit is respectfully re-
quesfe thatdaily dipping reportsbe
forwarded twice week Wednesday
and Saturdays,
The monthly reports should be
keep up daily, SO that they can be
mailed on the last day of the month
so as to reach this Office not later th
an the End of the month.
Very respectfully.
O. E Fills,
US. Government Inspector
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R 8. and movables, taxes to date Sin
dollars and seventy five cents, cost o1
advertisement to be added.
Austin Robertson, ward 7 No q
Lot at end of Pine and 9Th st in Proven
cal, taxes to date 2.10, cost of adver-
tisement to be added.
A robertson, ward 7, No2S
acres, south west corner Of section
q t ci, lot to II inclusive blk 81,
lots four, FIVE, six in blk % and moya-
bles, taxes to date 1870, cost Of adver-
tisement is be added
Mrs Robertson, ward 7. No 20
Fifty acres, ne IA of ne IA and ne Ia
of Sc Ia of ne IA sec % 7R8, taxes
to date five dollars, fifty cents, cost OF
advertisement to be added
leo acres, Sc IA of sw IA sec %, eH
of NV ii and NV Id of NV IA sec rs T
7R9, taxes to date fourteen dollars
and fifty cents, cost of advertisement
to be added
A J Mathews, ward seven, number
20 acres, WI Of sw IA of NV Id
sec 18 7R9, taxes to date two dol
lars, fifteen cents, cost of advertise
ment to be added.