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has a becoming amount of respect for
his birthplace's industry, so he has
selected to bear him and his party
to Etah, Greenland, one of those
stout wooden Newfoundland craft
which are almost uncrushable in the
most menacing ice packs.
The name of the vessel is still with
held, as are the names Of all MEM
bers Of the party except Capt. Bart
lett himself. The vessel, however is
1875 feet long, thirty feet Of beam
and draws fifteen feet Of water. She
Is equipped with a 250-horse power
oil engine, but will rely mainly on
her sails. She will be- rugged as a
three-masted schooner. 1t is prob
able h will leave New York about
May 81.
The vessels will carry in her hold
folded up large airplane, possibly
of the type known as seaplanes, and
several smaller planes. In addition
she will be fitted with all the latest
and best scientific Instruments and
will become, on her arrival at Etah, a
floating laboratory.
At Etah. which will be reached in
from ten to thirty days after setting
sail from New York, depending on
ice conditions, the smaller airpianes
will wing their way north $50 miles
across Ellesmere Land to Cape Co
lumbia. where a cache Of gasoline
and supplies will be made. Then as
the weather moderates the ship itself
will be used to dredge the Polar seas
tor the submarine flora and fauna OF
Skilled ~meterologists will study the
air currents with the aid of small
balloons and airplanes that travel
hundreds of miles a day where in
former years dog sledges crawled
miles.-The Sun, New York.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28

Sunday-often drives there with his
family in his automobile. His children
go to school. He makes his living by
cultivating the soil. He is as good a
farmer as his white neiehbors-
sometimes a better one. Government
agricultural experts visit him period
ically! They teach him the latest scien-
THO methods of cultivating the land.
Many Indians arc agronomists &, the
nlgnest cultural sense. The new GEN
Grafton is keen to learn and progress
ana become the equal of the white
MAJ In every way.
THE richness of Canadian soil has
had much to do with changing the In
dians. They have seen their white
neighbors taking fortunes out Of the
ground with a pillow and it has en-
couraged them to do likewise. Some
OF n Indians raise Forty and fffty
bushels of wheat on their farms and
have snug bank accounts. II canada
was no such a wonderful agriculture
al country, training the Indians info
the. ways Of civilization might have
been more &fffIcult.'
The commissioner said there was NO
foundation for the common belief hat
the Indians were gradually dying out.
Tho indian population Of Canada mr.
Sbeen ~tncreasfng for the last ten years
Better living conditions, education
end mSdtcaI attention are Accountable
for this. There are 100000 Indians in
indiana In western Canada
put under cultivation 100000 acres of
!an0 last year. They produced 100000
Dusneis q wheat All the Indian re-
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There are. OF course. limits to the conditions under
which! experiments may be- made No matter what the
purpose. no matter what the anticipated. result, civiliza-
ton cannot accept. even with qualified and conditional
approval. the doctrine Of government by a class, for the
benefit of q class. with its inevitable corollary Of Unjust
ice, oppression and violence. That is unthinkable. But
the message Of the peace conference to the Russian fac
tons. as 1t has Heen reported in the dispatches, involves
no approval Of the doctrines professed by any Of them.
The peace conference has sent a message to each Of the
bodies exercising the powers Of government in the vast
territory which was once the Russian empire substan-
TALLY amounting to this:
I'VE address you as the body which exercises
authority in your district We do SO without inqulr1ng
how that authority was obtained. or what policies it has
meet to, lay plans for the permanent, just and orderly
government of Russia. In order that we may deal with
you we require the immediate restoration of order IN
all barriers which now obstruct the relief Of suffering,
the calling Of elections on a representative basis. 4hd the
taking Of proper measures for the payment of debts"
This message is addressed impartially to all the RUS
sian governing factions. including, the Belsheviki In
Moscow. The principles laid down are entirely contrary
to those of the Bolshevki. But the acceptance of those
principles, and, the carrying Of them out, by the only
body in old Russia which even makes a pretence Of ex-
ercising the functions of government will be a repudia-
ton by that organization Of the principles of Bolshevsm
and an acceptance of the principles of orderly govern
ment. And orderly government is what we are after.
The plan of the conference must be regarded as an ex.
pertinent with a very complicated situation. 1t is easy
to find imperfections in it. 1t is not quite so easy 20 sug-
gest a better plan.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
THE MATTER OF NAMES

! Among the bills introduced in the house at Bismarck
is one providing for the changing Of the name of the
capital city of the state from Bismarck to Roosevelt. The
author Of the bill has evidently not perused the constitu-
ton with sufficient care, otherwise he would have found
that among the purposes for which the legislature may
not enact special laws is that of changing the names of
. persons and places. That seems to place the changing
of the name of a city in this manner beyond the power
Of the legislature.
, This whole matter Of names is a peculiar one. The
names of places, like the names of persons, seem just to
happen. And yet, in the beginning, each has been Sc
lected with some elaboration, even though no rule may
have been followed. In these days and in this country,
family names are usually inherited, the wife taking the
husbands surname, and the children taking the surname
OF their parents. But there are many variations from
this rule, especially among our foreign born. Among
these it is found occasionally that three full brothers have
three different surnaues, one having taken the surname
used by his father, another the first name of the father.
with a "son" attached, and another the name of the Eu-
ropean estate upon which the family lived. Yet all these
names are legal and proper.
Names of places are often given by chance, although
at some time they are usually adopted in a formal way,
as in the adoption Of the articles of incorporation OF a
village. county or other division. Railroad people and
postofice authorities take a hand in the naming of places,
and sometimes they fail to agree, and the railroad sta
ton will go by one name and the postodhce by another.
There seems to be no reason why, if it were consid-
cred worth while, the legislature could not provide for
the naming Of all new places by a commission created
for that purpose. Perhaps a commission could undertake
a revision of all existing names Of places. But until the
constitution is changed the legislature cannot change
the name Of any particular place. Legislation on the sub
ject, il undertaken, must be general.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
A GAME OF %HIDE.AND-SEEK

1t is often possible, while not agreeing with the opin-
ions expressed by another, to admire the frankness with
which those opinions are stated, and. because Of that
frankness. to assume that the opinions are honestly enter
tanned. But respect dwtndles and disappears when opin-
ion is expressed by inunendo, and when the effort is made
to conceal business and political connections for'purposes
of revenue.
An interesting light is shed on a situation Of this
character by the publication in this paper recently of
facts relating to the organization of the Grand Forks
American taken from the official records at Bismarck,
together with other facts which have developed locally.
In the prospectus the American was described as a
Nonpartisan paper, a description which was later
changed, the title 1.-The Peoples Paper" being substituted.
Advertising and subscription solicitors in Grand Forks
have assured prospective customers that the American
no way related to MI. Townley or his Socialist organiza-
ton.
Yet the records at Bismarck show that William
Lemke, attorney for the Nonpartisan league, and Mr..
Townley's trusted lieutenant, was one of the organizers
of the company formed to publish the American. During
the period Of organization H. E. Castor, for some time
editor Of the Fargo Courier News, avowedly a Townley
paper, and since then manager Of the publicity work of
the st. Paul league Office, was constantly at work shap-
and at one time, during the illness of another member
Of the force, Mr.. CASTOR came to Grand Forks and took
personal charge of the, editorial department.
The Grand Forks American is one Of the Townley
group Of papers. The fact that it's representatives are in
the habit Of denying this fact. indicates that the paper
has very little respect for its own standing and character
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
By Airplane Over the Pole

Cape Columbia, the point from
winch Peary made his dash to the
pole in 1909, will be the base for the
exploration of the vast territory to the
westward. From Cape Columbia he
will make a flight in a huge airplane
across the Polar sea to Siberia. 1t is
known that coal, mica and many min
erals are abundant in some Of the ex-
plored portions of the north, so it is
within the bounds. of probability that
this region, If it is above water, may
be rich in valuable minerals.
The great mineral wealth of Alas.
ka is widely known. AS the uncx
plored portion of the Arctic is north
OF Alaska n Canada. those foster
ing the Bartlett expedition believe
1t logical to assume that minerals
however, is not a search for mineral
wealth, but merely to dispel the ig-
noranc of man concerning an area
of the globe greater than the United
States east Of the Mississippi.
The exact character of the airplanes
which will be used in exploration has
not yet been determined, but as many
experts in airplane construction are
members of the Aero club and deeply
interested in the project, the planes
selected will undoubtedly be unique
of their kind.
The exploration of the Polar basin
by airplane has been a topic of dis
cussion and argument at the club for
two years and much valuable data
has been uncovered.
For a mar who has followed the
sea and fought the north since his
first trip with Admiral Peary. In
1897, Captain Bartlett is surprisingly
up to the minute. To him airplanes
are not "new-fangled contrapations''
Of extremely doubtful value. but ma
chimes of the greatest POSSIBLE Use
%fulncss. Despite his weather-worn
face. scored by the winds of the Arc
ticc circle. he appears to be a man
in his early thirties, although by cal
endar count he is 43. His opinions
and view of life. too, seem those of a
much younger man.
"The airplane is the big thing of
the present age" he says, confidently.
There are machines in Europe Of
which we are just beginning to get
an inkling, and they are going to be
big things mighty soon. Long-dis-
lance records have been made over
there which are about the most as
tonishins things of the war;
In addition to the former follow
ers of his fortunes Captain Bartlett
will ship on the schooner several avia-
tors-possibly army and navy men
who have shown their courage, skill
and endurance on the other side.
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1919

Nc fash from the rusting guns;
No rifle lights the plain;
No clotted crimson river runs
From Flanders'to Lorraine; F
The white year dawns above the
hosts
Beyond the last red fare,
Save for ten million drifting ghosts.
Who neither know nor care.
How still across the fold,
Where lately through u broken
The mighty thunder rolled;
Where through our restless. shaken
We heard the big shells sing,
Or saw at dawn the long line leap .
To take its final fling!
Can it be that at last the rod
Has brought its final lash?
Where no more out the bloody sod
A bayonet shall flash?
Or a some white dawn know at
The final charge is through,
With flames of war forever past
Where life and love are due? q
Can it be down the world we may
Wake up at last to know
The soft, white dawn or some lost
day .-.
We dreamed Of long ago?
Where with the ghostly shadows
blown
Beyond the last grim fight,
Soft arms ono more shall hold their
Across the silent night?
Today no storm1ng vanguard leaps
TO leave its share of slain:
At dawn no rolling thunder sweeps
From Flanders. to Lorraine;
Thet white year breaks against the
sky
Beyond the last red flare,
Save where ten million ghosts drift
by
who neither know nor care.
Lieut.. Grantland Rice, Third Army,
A. T., r. -, ..,
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This is the way Captain Bartlett
sums IN his nrOiect.

! This is the way Captain Bartlett
sums up his project:
I'VE have three important missions
to- accomplish. The first is to fly
across the top of the world from
Cape Columbia on the American side
to Cape Chelyuskin on the Siberian
side; the second, to conduct extensive
make a map of the floors of the basin
and collect the flora and fauna of the
ocean bottom; and. third. to send up
sounding balloons and explore the up
per air Of the Polar regions.
y; you see" the captain con-
cludes, I'VE intend to do it thorough
~; submarine. surface and aerial ex-
%ploration. There are more than L.
10000 square miles of territory in
north Of Canada. and Alaska, which
still remains to be explored. 1t is
possible we shall. find land there, for
Admiral Peary on his trip to the
Pole did not traverse this territory.
He found >no land from Cape Column
bia to the Pole. but further westward
there might be a continent, for all we
know"
The exploration by airplane of
more than 1000, 900 u a miles of
territory never before seen by a
white man, and incidentally a visit to
the North Pole, is the daring project
of Capt. Bartlett, who was the COM
mander of Admiral Peary's ship. or
his last voyage, and for years a wan
derer within the Arctic Circle.
Were the plan the product Of the
mind of just man, even OF such
a man as Capt. Bartlett, the world
would dismiss it with a few caustic
comments about the danger of read
ing too much of Verne, Poe and
| Wells. But back of Capt. Bartlett,
not only Theoretically; but financially,
and at the risk of their regulations.
stand such men as Rear Admiral
Robert f. Peary, the first man to
reAch the pole. Alan R. Hawley.
president of the Aero club Of Ameri-
ca; Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske,
Rear Admiral William N. Little. John
Hays Hammond, Jr., and other menu
bers of the special committee of the
Aero Club Of America, who have an
nounced their belief in the success
of such a plan and their willingness
to finance the expedition. The cost
will be borne by the Aero club and
possibly by geographical and other
scientific organizations interested in
revealing the hitherto unsolved
mysteries of the North.
Capt. Bartlett. a Newfoundland
man. although a citizen of the Unit
ed States since 1911, and at present
an ofice Of the United States navy,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
JUST FOLKS
TOO LATE.
BY Edgar A. Guest

TOO LATE.
Roses I send the bier Of my dead
Red roses and white;
Each blossom a symbol of, prayers I
have said
For the soul taken hight,
But always I sigh as gaze on them.
there,
THAT I sent them too late.
In .yadn is the love that my roses de-
clare
NY friend couldn't wait.
Oh, would that my dead could my
roses translate
/. At the gate of the tomb!
And find in them deeds for which
he couldn't wait
In each petal and bloom.
Here are love that's unspoken and
praises unsaid,
That I bring to his door,
And thoughts he'd have treasured
out now he lies dead
And needs them no more.
So I gaze at the calm and the peace
on his face
Through eyes misty and dim
And pray that the angels Of mercy
and grace
Shall deal gently with him.
And I vow to go forth where
living are brave
And never more wait,
Withholding the love and the cheer
that men crave s4
Until it's too late.
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serves are S~elf-suporting.
W thousand Indians enlisted in
n Canadian army. went overseas and
upneid their old war path traditions
IN the war against the Hun.
OUR RESOURCEFUL LANGUAGE.
The Writer, Boston: In arguing
tha h English language is the most
suitable for common world use, Prof.
Raleigh of Oxford points out that in
no other language can the same
thing be said in SO many different
ways and he illustrates the point as
follows:
Thus you a Begin or Commence
or initiate an undertaking with Bold.
ness Or Courage Or Resolution. If
you are a Workman or Laborer or
operator, you can Ask or Request or
solicit your employer to Yield or
Grant or Concede an increase in the
Earnings or Wages or Remuneration
which fall to the lot of your Fellow
or Companion or Associate. Your
employer is perhaps Old or Veteran
or superannuated, which may Hinder
or Delay or Retard the success Of
your application. But il Fortell or
Prophesy OF Predict that the war will.
Y an End o Close or Termina-
ton that shall not only be Speedy or
Rapid or Accelerated but also Great
or Grand pr Magnificent, you may
perhaps Stir or Move or<Actuatc him
to have Ruth OF Pity or Compassion
on your Mate or Colleague or Col
laborator."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
Ebert And Sck1eidet1ann Possible
Candidates For German Presidencu

Early reports Of Germany's first
liberty election" indicate that the
present Observation-Disclosures govern
has been victorious. obtaining
the election of most Of its representa-
t'ves to the new national assembly
which will set up the permanent form
OF government. The victory is a tri-
umph over the .Sparticide or radical
element. The Ebert-Scheidemann
faction has proposed a constitution
calling for state representation in
the governing of Germany much
like the United States system. The
plan is to elect a president for a term
OF ten years. Because of their VIC
tory Ebert and Scheidemann loom up
as two possible candidates for the Of
flee.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
ALWAYS 1T.

Atlanta Chronicle: Booth Tarkine-
ton tells of an old negro who appear
ed as a witness before one. Of our
committee. In the course of his ex-
animation these questions we're nut to
the man:
What is your name?"
Calhoun Clay, sah." u /
can you sign your name?"
"Sah?"
I II ask if o can write your name"
We'll, no sab. All nebber. writes
ma name. All dictates it, sab"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
WANT FARM LOANS IN HAWAII

Honolulu. T: H.. Jan. 1o-(By Mail)
having prepared for submission to the
territorial legislature, which meets
next month. a resolution memorializ-
ing congress to extend the operation
OF the farm loan act to Hawaii. Mr.
Lewis believes favorable action Womb
greatly facilitate the homesteading of
Hawaii's public lands. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
DEALING WITH RUSSIA

The policy agreed upon at Paris, whereby it was
decided TO call for a truce throughout Russia and to in
nts to 4 special conference representatives of all the
acting governments in the various sections Of the coun-
Try must be submitted to the pragmatic test, to be de-
clared right II 1t works.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
CHARTERS SHIP FOR sHRINERs.
WANT ONE ORGANIZATION.

Mexico City, Jan. 2S.-The Feder-
alton Of Union Workers, the most
powerful labor organization In the
republic, has appointed q COMMITTEES
to take UP with other workers or
CARNATIONS throughout the republic
the question OF uniting all the labor
organizations of Mexico into one con-
federation. The leaders in this move,
ment were delegates to- tho recent
PaR-American labor conference held
In Laredo, Texas
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
YEAR 1919 A WRITER'S


The year 1919 marks the centenary
anniversary of several leading Ameri-
can writers. In the period when New
England vas the intellectual center of
the country, and when the national
literary development was at its high
water mark. these writer's had as con
t~emporaries such authors as Poe.
Whittier. Emerson, Longfellow and
Hawthorne. "
Following is a list of some Of these
eminent authors:
James Russell Lowell was born on
Mass. He was a poet, e~ssayist. critic
and humorist; first editor OF the At
lantic Monthly, co-editor of the North
American, and United States minister
to Spain and Great Britain.
Julia Ward Howe was born in New
York city May 81, 1918, and was the
author of prose and poetical works.
including the Battle Hymn of the
Republic She also was a philanthropy
list. /abolitionist. and leader in prison
reform and woman suffrage.
Walt Whitman was born al West
Hills. L. L., or May 81, 1919, and was
a poet, essayist, journalist n icono-
clast.
Poet" Of Longfellow's Tales of a
Wayside 1nn,", was born September 3,
1919, in Boston; Mass.
Susan Warner, author of The Wide
Wide World" said to be the most sue
cessful work of fiction by an Ameri-
can author next to Uncle Toms
CABIN was born in New York city
on>July II, 1919.
Charles Anderson Dana, founder
and editor Of the New York Sun and
assistant secretary of wal was born
lin Hinsdale, N. H, August 8, 1919.
Cyrus w. Field, founder Of the ca
BILE which Joined the .old world and
the new, was born on November 80,
1919, at S~tockbridge, Mass.
Josiah Gilbert Holland. first editor
Of S%cribner's Magazine and associate
editor Of the Springfield Republican,.
was born in Belchertown. Mass, July
"a. 1919.
Samuel L%ongfellow. brother Of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whose
biography he wrote. was born in
Portland, Me-, June 10, 1919.
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BURNED PART OF sHn.

Honolulu. T. H, Jan. 10-(By Mail)
When the little steamer Kestrel, from
Tanning island to Honolulu, ran out
of fuel oil $40 miles south Of Hawaii
recently. her engineers, working with
the limited materials found on the
ship, converted her furnaces 10 the
wood could be burned. All articles Of
wood on the vessel. doors, spare spars,
planks and frame work were cut up
and used and then the firement< went
to the cargo Of copra for fuel. burn
ing $4,000 worth of that valuable
product Of the cocoanut before reach
ing Honolulu. The Kestrel arrived
eleven days overdue.
CHARTERS SHIP FOR SHRINERs.
Honolulu, T. H.. Jan. 9.-.IBy Mail)
james McCandless, imperial high
priest of the Mystic Shrine, and who,
in the ordinary course Of events, will
Lbe elected imperial potentate at the
conclave in San Francisco in 1922. il
planning to lead an excursion Of
shriners to Honolulu for a visit after
the c%onclave. Mr.. McCandless, one Of
Hawaii's wealthiest men, has an
nounced that he will charter q steam-
err to bring the official Shrine Divan
to Hawaii that year.