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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15

in his city as 1.-The greatest preacher
Grand Forks has ever known
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15

What we need now is to clean this
country Of the filth of graft and greed.
petty and big, Of worship of fine
houses and big lands, and high office
and grand social function. What Is
this we are worshiping but a vain
repetition of what decayed nations
fell down and 'worshipped just before
their light went out.
"And the home is in decay. 1t is
so menaced by divorce. intemperance
and greed for gain. the frivolities Of
high life. industrialism. compelling,
herding, that makes nome life inn
possible, and long hours which forbid
acouaintanceship between father and
child; insufficient income. the hurry
and drive of modern life, race suicide,
! vice, loose views concerning the mar
riage relation, plays and literature
which advocates free love. atheistic
| socialism. and the ~abdication Of the
. parent that the question has been
raised. Will the home s%urvive?'
Thine will be made for the home
even IL lodges, politics, clubs, business
and social functions have to suffer
and the vision Of the true Christian
home, together with the forces 1t sets
tree. Will yet prove the savior of 30
ciety.
1.-The humiliation Of the home 1.
the suicide of the race"
DR.. Thompson and his family. while
in Grand Forks. will be the guests o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Porte.
He has been characterized by 6
member of his former congregation
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15

dominant trend OF thought It the
present time which is to eliminate un-
niece >sary duplication of service in
volving ! increased expenditure. The
plan really follows the suggestion of
VI. s. Whitman, chairman of our
city's telephone committee, made in
a letter OF March 9. in pursuance Of
which the representatives Of both
com anies met in consultation here
last Tuesday.
Grand Forks in n. W. Field.
The city Of Grand Forks Will nat
urally be situated in the field of the
Northwestern Telephone company.
under the distribution made by the
Minnesota railroad commissioners.
and it will now depend upon the
wishes of our people here whether or
not we eliminate duplication of tele-
phone service in this city. Our laws
vest h regulation of telephone serv-
ice in the railroad commissioners ex-
actly as in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
n there is no doubt that a single
service system with adequate state
regulation is the best and gives the
most satisfactory results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15

%tribution' Of gas tractors in the east
half of North Dakota and northwest
ern Minnesota.
Mr.. Miller and Mr.. Stearns are we'll
known North Dakota automobile dis
tributors, having been engaged in this
Lake is an old threshing machine
man. and is widely known through
out this section.
Mr.. Miller. the promoter of this
corporation, has studied the tractor
situation YER carefully. and believes
the distribution of tractors in this ter
ritory is going to be on a large scale
and u big factor in speeding lup the
production of all grains. Having
Tractor company of Waterloo. Iowa,
who manufacture the Plow-Man trac-
tor. a 1890 three bottom. selling at
$1.495 and 1890 four bottom, selling
at s1,795, both -four cyclinder trac-
tors. He has made connections with
a company which is able to produce
these tractors in quantities..
Overland distributors in Kansas,
Nebraska. Iowa. Illinois have beer
The past season with wonderful sell.
ing results and records of per-
Torrance in the hands of owners for
economy which are phenomenal.
Mr.. Miller has received word from
practically every Overland dealer. OF
which there are more than n hun.
drcd in this territory n many 9th.
ers, hat they will take on the agency
for this tractor. With this organiza,
ton back Of the new company a. large
number of tractors will be marketed
and the future Of the company is as.
sured.
Mr.. Miller is president and man.
ager Of this new corporation in addi'
ton to heing treasurer and manager
of the Grand Forks Overland com
pany. which he assumed last April
and has Demonstrated his ability a.
an organizer and producer of bust.
ness in having sold during the pas
year over one thousand Overland car:
of all models.
This new concern is going to add
very materially to the business inter
rets of Grand Forks. and will NEAR
the circulation of a lot of money ir
this territory that has heretofore gone
elsewhere. This in addition to swha'
is o being expended by the Crane
Forks Overland COMPANY amounting
to in the neighborhood of $4,000 an
nuallv.
A bright future for this new con.
FERN is predicted. as Mr.. Miller ant
his associates are known as men o
initiative and ability to secure tn,
business.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
MR.. AND MRS. CODE VISIT
North Dakota Pioneers Here On Way
from Canada to California.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Code. pioneer
residents of Walsh county, are in the
city. having arrived from Hampden
where they have beer visiting re!a-
tives for the past few weeks.
MIR. Code, as many will remember,
is of the old timers of the state.
and played an important part in the
politics of Walsh county for many
years. At n time he was consider
ed one Of the best posted men on mu-
nicipal law in the state. Mr.. Code
has held public Offices in Walsh and
Ramsey counties and Saskatchewan
since the year 1881. he has been on
his farm in Saskatchewan for the last
few years, in fact. up to the time of
his selling it last fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Code will visit their
many friends at various points before
moving to California. where they will
make their future home.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
W. COMPANY
! MAY Be ALONE
!. IN THIS CITY
Plans Outlined in Minnesota
May Affect Telephone
Situation Here.

n The city of Grand Forks will nat
'lrally lie in the Northwestern Tele-
phone company's territory under the
distribution made by the Minnesota
Roard of railroad commissioners, ac-
aording to City Attorney Geo. A.
Bangs who was interviewed today con-
corning the most recent plans of the
commission in the neighboring state.
The Associated Press dispatches
this morning carried the news that the
railroad commissioners of Minnesota
lave been successful in their move
nlent looking toward the elimination
uf duplication of telephone service.
and that the Tri-State company will
withdraw from Minneapolis and the
northern part of Minnesota leaving
that field to the Northwestern com
panSs
Onsthe other hand, the Northwest
ern company will Withdrew f"N"> 81.
POULAND, the southern part of Mime
sofa in which feld-the Iri-Stale cunu-
p1ny will operate alone.
Indicates. Way Of tho Future.
When the attention of Mr.. Bangs
was called to this announcement. he
sa.d.
This plan is in harmony with the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
MERRY ELKS TO GATHER
Plenty OF Interesting Doings Schcd-
ulcl for Tomorrow Eve.

The Grand Forks lodge. No. 255.
homecoming celebration at their hall
on Saturday evening. The business
meeting will open long enough to ad-
journ." according to the program.
Then. there will be something. do
ing all the time as eats. music, ora
tory, moving pictures trio from the
Grand theater and Lilac Hedge song
stars. This meeting promises to full
fill the dream of every Elk. to quote
Secretary Brownie. hurry. home
Bill. She'll be a real carnival of JOY
"a glittering, glorious. spectacle of
mirth and merriment."
J. G.. Fisk will preside at the festi-
val and +. v. Kent, W. II. Abraham
sen, Eddie Johnson and b. n. Abra-
hansen will compose the entertain
ment committee.
The Elks of this city have eighteen
me on their Honor Roll who have
enlisted in their country's service.
HcwitScn in Trcnclrc~-Sarah Hew-
itsen. Az Hill avenue, has received
''r' Frnm her nephew. Private S. J.
Hewitser, Fourth company. NJ. e.
tl.n,ta ion. l. r&t Brigade. that he and
his friend. George Rourke, nave each
taken their turn in the trenches and
90 far have Jared very we'll. Worl
has also been received from her
brother, Private Percy Hewitsen of
Jefferson barracks. hat he is still on
duty in the hospital and finds his
work quite agreeable. 1t is pleasant,
ne said. to serve under such Il fine
body of officers.
spoke ut Grafton-Dr. F.. r. Rob-
crteon OF Wesley college spoke at
Grafton last night at a meeting held
under the direction of G.. H. Quig!ey,
-rper:ntendent of the NJ. F.. church
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
REV. THOMPSON
WILL COME TO .
GRAND FORKS
Former Pastor of First M. E.
Church on His Way to
Vancouver, Wash.

Rev. A. H. Thompson, D.: D., who
resigned his ~pastorate about a year
ago at the First NJ. E. church of
this city on his way to Vancouver,
WASH. where he will asum charge
IF the First NJ. E.. church,
Rev. Thompson. since leaving the
city, has been pastor of st. Paul's NJ.
E. church at Wilmington. Del.
Vancouver is about IL miles from
Portland, Ore.
Last Sunday night Mr.. Thompson
delivered an address in the First NJ.
F.. church at Wilmington. taking n
his topic 1.-THE Home AS the Grown
he pictured the humiliation Of the
home by the suicide of the race.
He said, in part;
Mother. home and heaven are the
three sweetest words in human
speech. h
KaiserisInn' Mcnaces Homo.
1.-THE home is our dearest institu-
| ton. Man will fight for il first. Even
the pacifist will, II worth the name OF
man. And as kaiserism menaces the
home. az witnessed by the outragex
upon women, children and old men
in Belgium. it behooves every red.
blooded man to tight for 1t.
"All problems run back to this
family; all Institutions take their root
in 1t. The family is the one funda-
mental institution founded for thu
propagation of the race.
The family wa the irst univer.
sity. the original church, and - the
chief character factory.
WHAT'S society? It ID not aniArm,
controiledf by pressure, but a body o.
individuals working together for tn
common good. No nan can live fOl
himself and be q desirable member o.
i society. II such preponderate. Il
every man IL for himself. then socict,
ceases to exist.
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
BIG TRACTOR
COMPANY FOR ;
GRAND FORKS
$3.50, 600 Concern Will Have
Main Offices in This
City.

p. w. Miller of Grand Forks, n.
D.. and his associates. L. c. Stearns
Of 'Minot. N. D., and l.. H. Lake Of
Grand Forks. have organized what
will be known as the Grand Forks
Tractor company. Articles of incor-
poration ha|e already been filed and
a charter issued. This company is
Incorporated for $25O,0Oo, and the
main offices Of the company will be
located. at Grand Forks for the dis
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
Townley Bankruptcy
Hearing On March 20
Hearing will Be Held at Bismarck
Before Referee O'Hare-Townley
will Not Be Called.

Fargo. n. d., March 15.-Tt was
announced today that the next hear
ing in the bankruptcy case Of A. G..
Townley, president Of the National
Nonpartisan league, probably will be
held in Bismarck March 90, before
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

de Of their affair and these regular boys Some night
tell you what!
Mr. A Barley president of the Barley Motor Company
personal inspiration reputed activity
distributors Sales Company
and Sobotka making them all by
their live tactics.
extension parcel post system along
by the House of Representatives the salary bill
Contained the bill provision authorizing the
eral conduct operating truck
ing foodsufs and other essential articles
The resignation OF T. Hodgkns general manager
Sudebaker Corporation South Bend Ind became effective April
The Fruhau Trailer Company Detroit appointed o. L.
Blanchard district charge OF Southern Middle
territory.
Quartermase Corps has announced completion OF the first of
hcle will begin Like the Liberty truck the motorcycle
features of all standard machines
Many truckmen strongly in favor OF bring
about the loading of all with merchandise when
being delivered by roads dealers and distributors
America.
w. L. Agnew, formerly advertising of
Motor Company has been placed charge of the wholesale
ment of Liberty Savannah
ST. Clair Couzens sales of the Ompian Motors
Pontiac Mich has appointed Vane, of San Francisco
Western district manager for the Olympian line
The National motou show regarding which there has been
much discussion covering period of several
tain to become a reality.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

concerting migration OF young farm
folks TO the cities. They rebeIiee
against the limitation Of farm life.
This condition has largely changed.
The young folks now go TO town
freely; their radius Of activity has ex-
tended from five TO fifty miles or
more, and as result they are content
and fully satisfied with the privileges
afforded through motor car use.
The farmer has become a better
buyer. He now knows all standard
goods; his buying habits have been
entirely changed through contact with
merchants In all surrounding towns
He locates the best market and deals
accordingly. All this. has brought
him added wealth and the merchants
themselves profit by his enlarged
buying power.
The seIf-centered farmer, hemmed
in by the limitations Of distance, be-
comes careless OF his personal effects.
His buildings are allowed TO depre-
ciate; he is satisfied with a fair re-
turn Of crops. Through contact with
other men made possible by the auto
mobile his vision broadens, he is in
spired to raise better crops, his build
ings are kept up to the best Of his
ability and he becomes a leader in the
community.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
By n. CLrFFoRD BRokAw.

OF course since II 10 your own horn
you have a right to do anything you
want to do with it-except make q
nuisance Of yourself to others-and
you can toot 1t to your hearts con-
tent when OF In some wilderness; but
if you desire to live in peace and
harmony with your neighbors and
with you fellow travellers in this vale
of tears you will have a care when
you toot your toots.
Soon after the coming of the
bicycle it became apparent that some
means of signalling its approach must
be found. Now singularly enough in
! the light of present day understand
| ing the bicycle bell or horn was not
to warn people to get out of the way.
1t was to warn folks that you were
looking out for them and that unless
! they stepped suddenly in your path
they might feel assured that you
would not run into them. Everybody
understood that the pedestrian had
! first right TO the road. Bicycle riders
practiced strenuously the ways TO
avoid the man atoot-most of them.
With. the coming of the automobile
the use Of horns was continued, early
| electrics and some others using a
bell. They were the continuance of
the bicycle warning, and when the
automobile was popularizing itself it
| was understood that the bell or horn
was merely to prevent others from
| walking into danger. The autoist saw
to 1t, SO far as he could, that the
man, woman or child went safe.
Came another generation and the
universal use OF the automobile for
pleasure, business and transportation
purposes. and all OF a sudden people
began to talk about the rights of the
autoist. and the horn began to order
folks to get out of the way or get run
over. There is not the slightest doubt
In the mind of the writer that the
present attitude of autoists in general
is due to the mistaken notion that
they have rights In the roadway part
OF the street and the pedestrians
rights are confined to the sidewalks
| anu CIOb8LlB "dlhss auOE liIiS
notion was bred by the police regula-
ton of traffic which sought to protect
the pedestrian by herding him of the
road to the sidewalks and permitting
him at intervals 10 cross the road.
AS a rule it is easier on ones temper
and safer in the long run to let the
fellow who wants all the road have
it; therefore when you hear a speed
iend coming. his presence an
nounced by, a vociferous footing of
the horn and perhaps punctuated by
shouting or oaths, draw to one side
and slow up. 1t costs little either in
time or effort and IL 1t happens to be
q load OF drunken. irresponsible
loafers you will be safe. At the same
time IL you have influences with the
police and other officials call their at
tention to persons who thus disregard
others and see that they are fined and
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

The resignation of R. T. Hodgkins general sales
Sudcbaker Corporation South Bend Ind became effective
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Have a Care Where You
loot Your Noisy Horn
Blow Your Own if You Want to, Discreetly
but Heed the Warning Others Blow to
You, Says Mr. Brokaw.

their licenses taken. The meekness
advised by letting them have their
own way Is but that you may
survive to do a piece Of good work
for the country at large by bringing
before the law those who violate all
principles of courtesy and rules Of
the road.
Blow your own horn il you want
to. but blow it discreetly; let others
blow too. and heed the warning lest
you come to grief with them.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Liberty Motor Car Men
Learned from British

In the building Of the Liberty
motor car a lesson was taken
from the experience of the Brit
ish naval experts.
Before actual construction be-
gins on any British naval vessel
a perfect model Of the ship Is
made OF paraffine wax. With this
miniature before them the naval
experts are able to observe its
finished appearance in detail,
check up its construction and
make any improvements or
changes which might be suggest
ed. 1t is such forethought and
exacting carefulness as this
which are responsible for the
wonderful efficiency Of the worlds
largest navy.
Knowing the remarkable re-
suits OF such thoroughness, q per-
feet wax model OF the Liberty
/. Six was also made before the
' building of the first Liberty car
was ever undertaken. Every de-
tail Of its construction was then
subjected to the rigid inspection
OF the designers.
The slope of the seats was OBJ
served and adjusted so as to af-
ford the maximum of comfort for
the car occupants. The steering
post was set at just the proper
angle Body measurements were
computed with scrupulous care.
The position Of the clutch pedal,
brake pedal and gear shift and
brake levers was determined with
eXactiEg precision.
Tie exterior appearance Of the
car vas also given the closest
consideration. The effect was such
that it established an altogether
new trend In body design which
has been repeatedly modelled after
by other manufacturers
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

Motor Company may be conceived by
the fact that to produce 10000 cars
it will require: More than 10000 tons
Of steel for cars; 19s.oooooo square
feet OF material for tops: $500, 900 each
of wheels and tires; 4,5oo, 900 lamps;
Ii, ,ss4. .414 feet Of vanadium steel shaft
ing and axles; ASS, 900 square feet Of
glass for windshields; 109, ,4S4, ,4O4 feet
Of copper tubing for radiators; 1880, =
900 pounds Of steel for magnetos: 30,-
SS miles OF wire for magnetos: 1886 =
6s3 square feet of galvanized metal for
gas tanks. 69.s59.S .S51 square feet of
sheet metal for tenders and guards;
1874, ,3S2 feet of tubular radius rods;
156,54s freight cars full loaded, besides
about D,6s4,I4 pounds Of materials
In less than car lots, to bring in the
materials and carry Ford cars to
dealers throughout the country.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Overland War Trucks
Run 81 Miles a Day

Motor trucks for war use IN over
land drives from the factory where
manufactured 10 seaport have been
averaging sixty-seyen miles per day
Tor distances up TO 600 miles ana
higher. yet railroad freight cars In the
same zone Of country have only been
averaging about twenty-one miles
per day. Both OF these figures repre-
sent winter possibilities, although the
motor truck performance was IN the
midst Of exceptional snow. whereas
the railroad car situation represented
the average for the month Of Novern-
Der I'm what Is known as the eastern
roalroading district.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
LIFE CHANGES
WITH AUTO'SCOMING
Trip from Village to Field No
Longer a Handicap.
n. ID. LEARY, Jr.
Maxwell Distributor.


Few people, even the residents of
rural communities themselves, realize
the vast changes which have taken
place in farm life and in farm prog
ress during the last few years. yet
the whole scheme OF living which
formerly prevailed has been revised
and vastly improved by the coming
Of the automobile.
The trip to and from the nearby
village is no longer a task to be
dreaded; wife or child now drive the
car seeking urgent machinery repairs
or needed help. while the men con-
tinue work in the field. This one fact
Is responsible for many thousands Of
bushels Of grain saved for the allies
last year.
A few years ago there was a dis
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
MOTOR CLUB In CHINA.

The North China Motor Club has
recently been formed, and has a
membership Of over seventy in
Tientsin, while a branch is being
formed at Peking. The club is open
not only to Europeans but also to
Chinese motorists. There are three or
four hundred motor cars in and about
Peking.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Computing Machine Built for
Business.

To reduce the arithmetical work and
accompanying errors with which lum-
Der dealers contend when filling orders.
a special calculating machine has been
brought forth and is described in an
illustrated article in the March Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine. 1t simpli
fies the computation OF board footage
by making the tally mans duties sim
liar 10 those of an addingmachine
operator.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

The Fruehauf Trailer Company, Detroit has appoi
Blanchard district charge OF Southern and Mid
ter
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
FORD CAR FIGURES
that ASToNISH
Little Car Invades ''Larsenem" in
Material and Making.

The following figures will give some
idea Of the magnitude Of the Ford
Motor Company. People have be-
come so accustomed to big things
about the Ford Plant that everything
70 taken a. q matter Of course. A
miracle manufacturing is common
place-"ah In q days work.
The real largeness OF the Ford