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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-01-09

VI MOtiOn lnc I5Odr0 d0JOuTnSu unlli
Monday November nth. 1915
Board In session.
All members present.
iting the accounts of the various offices
and ~canvassing the returns OF the Gem
eral Election.
On motion the Board adjourned until
Tuesday November 18th. 1918.
Board in session.
All members present. %S8
The day consumed by the board aud
iting the accounts Of the various offices
and canvassing the returns OF the Gem
On motion the board adjourned until
nine o'clock. a. N.
Wednesday November 18th 1918.
Board in session.
All members present.
The day Consumed by the board aud
iting the accounts or the various offices,
canvassing the returns of the General
Election and adjusting the collection of
the seed and feed accounts with the
On motion the board adjourned until
nine TSnnsda ~ n; 18th 1918
Board in session.
All members present.
4he day consumed by the board aud
itirlg the accounts of the various offices
and ~canvassing the returns of the Gem
eral Election.
On motion the board adjourned until
nine OClOCk a. m. e. .T.&EHN4@ EH " ~
Friday November 18th 1918.
Board in session. a
All members present.
Adding ON ~littees reports for the
quarter ending September Both. 1918,
were received and approved as follows:
Sheriff;
P Pefi,o ool1acte Ssrs5sn.7 pronsr,v $685.
which amount have been turned into
the. county treasury, receipts exhib-
tied. -#@ ""2
~ o. r. Finstad.
+ .@. Committee.
Superintendent Of Schools;
This amount has been turned into the
county treasury.
8. r. Finstad,
~. Committee.
Clerk of the District Court;
Fees collected .35
This amount has been turned into the
8 81 r. F FGili
Committee.
Register of Deeds; ~
This amount has beer turned into the
county treasury.
3 !. E. E: F HH!1
Committee.
County Judge; "a
Which amount has been turned into the
county treasury. -
8: R. Finstad,
Committee.
Offices of Treasurer and Auditor for
the quarter ending June 3Oth, 1913.
Debts
Balance March 81, 1913 -.:s-$24S, S2S.d6
Collections month April 1913 53,0l2.Sl
Collection month May 1913. l9,9o0.Sa
Collections month June 1873 7,943.19
Total ----- s2a'1ss.2S
Disbursements April 1918 -------- 61,9aa.3
Disbursements May 1913 ----.--- lo2,5S2.5z
Disbursements June 1919 5000. ~ a1' SSS
Total s2s,1S3:2s
Geo. sidener,
p. E. Nelson.
Committee.
Offices of Treasurer and Auditor for
the quarter ending September 81, 1913.
Debts
Balance June 30th. 1918 .---$lO4.9a6.ia
Collections July 1913 --- e'15d.eoo
Collections August 1918 .----- 5,4O9.52
Collections September 1918 800 19,715.2S
Total Credit.
Disbursements July 1913 1905 22,3aa.aa
Disbursements August 1915 ---- 2O,923.28
Disbursements Sept. 1918 - l2,UUa.vS
Balance Sept. 1918 79,9SO.54
Total 1876, 232.38
J. p. Holl,
O. r. Finstad,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-01-09

EL@ag fIEANEE&&@SM
'Alfa1fa-Robert Foster. Souris Int.
8 VI1A0
Raymond Goheen, Russell.
Second prize
Fourth District
Corn-Lynn Rintaul, WesthOpe
I Vim. Hatton, Antler, Sec
ond prize.
Fifth District
Corn-Leonard Brady, Lansford
LIST. prize ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Ole j. Hangar, Moha1l Sec
prize
Alfalfa--Philip Halverson, Mohall
Third prize ..--.-...
Carl Gilseth, Mohall, LIST.
prize
James McHaney, West
hope. Second prize .----..
County Grand Prize,
Corn-Wilfred Foster Souris-..
Alfalfa-Robert Foster, ..Souris.--
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-01-09

4 Coslrt Houssmonths July,
Aug1l1t,N Sept. 41f0 Oct. 1918....IS =
N. ~. Sheet y Iron Works.. cul-
n. N; sheet 4 IRON Works. cuI-
N. ". sheet 4 Iron works. Gull {
walker Brothers. Supplies For.
county Offices, July, August
and September 1915 -.-. IS.
Fl. =. Layne. mileage and liy-
cry. quarter ending Sept. 30th
John ~ a. Mclean, Mileage and
and livery, August. Sept. and
John "A. Mclean, mileage and
and livery delivering g. 3. TN,
John a. Mclean, postage. no y
John Al. Mclean, Money paid to
to Mrs. Emde for board and
care, ward Of Juvenile Count,
and ribbons for selected men. 8:
Ed. White, road work month Of
C. A. White, road work for the
month Of August 1918, 5th. 3
Com. Dist. q
J. L Parr. Road work month Of
August 1913 5th Com. Dist.-
Bounty on wolves and coyotes
"a Z IN IAA0i H#fsS@S
Henry Hanson
Ernest DecroW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
John Norwood
e. s. McGhan ..-.----..-
Lords burg Twp. Relief County
Poor reports 1. 2, and
JOS. LaChance ---.--..-----.- 81.
Cordelia Twp, relief County
poor, Report No. 2. Jos. Beal- y
Roland TWP Relief County
poor, Report No 16 Geo. Ken
nedy =
City of Willow . City. Relief
County poor. Reports 8. 9, and
10, Herb King, Mrs. Cameron
and Mrs. Cote - To-
City Of Antler, Relief County
poor, Poor report No. s, Mrs.
Hutchins Observation-Disclosures 80
Wheaton Twp. Relief County
4 poor, Reports A and 5 Mrs.
Shuman and Mrs. Mortenson.. q
Antler Twp. Relief County poor
Reports 2 and 3 Mrs. Lund-
quist II,
nrizes awarded Corn And Alfal1
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-24

January 9Th. All members and the
clerk present.
A delegation of both Oswego and
Fraser appeared before the Board
protesting against proposed county
division. The matter of drawing up
proper petitions were referred to
County Attorney C. D. Borton. AT
- o'clock noon, Board took a recess
until 2 o'clock p. m. of even date.
PETER A. WEST,
Attest: Chairman
C. w. Kampfer, Clerk.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-24

Forrest Foust, nursing, bet.
hospital $3.50
Transfer Co., drayage
and freight 31.7e
E. L. Wharton, electric sup
plies for court house .....-. 4.4s
Mrs. Ida Downs, laundry work,
bet. hospital PIG:
Goldie Anderson, laundry
maid, Detention hospital ...... $50
Sam Haugland, witness fees
and mileage 1.6'
Grossman Motor Co., auto hire
for county commissioners -. $40
Mt. States Tel. & Tel Co.,
Phone rentals 800
Grossman Motor Co., auto hire
for sheriff 1000
H. H. Seeley, Deputy Sheriff
expenses oo.A
Catherine Alling, nurse, De-
tention hospital .-.---. ZIG
Mrs. Ida Downs, housekeeper,
Detention hospital ...... 45.C
Elizabeth Beavers, Supt. Of De-
tention hospital .."~..~.- 1000
The Fair Store, supplies for
Detention hospital ...-- Az
Elizabeth Beavers, supplies for
Detention hospital ...-.-- 81
NJ. E. Stebbins, postage ......- 81
Andrew Risa, j. P. witness and
mileage 81
C. w. Powell, office expenses Al.
w. w. Wolfe, provisions for
Detention hospital ..--.-~ %.
Cora White, j. P. witness and
mileage 8.
Otto Mela, J. P. juror ....--- l.
William A. White, ]. P. wit
ness and mileage ...,.-... 3.
James Ray, J. P. juror .~.--- I.
Walter Irgens, j. P. juror 49,. l.
C. O. Lund, J. P. juror -~---. l.
E. f. Hoffman, j. P. juror -. l.
C. l.. Coy, J. P. juror /
Axel Mattson, j. P. witness
and mileage 8
West Side Grocery Co., pro-
visions for Detention hospit-
Frank MCPHERSON, expenses
: special deputy sheriff -... q
e H. j. Laundre, salary special
deputy sheriff ....-. "A
: C. w. Powell, board of prison.
I erS oo
e Burroughs Adding Machine
Co., adding machine --....". 7OO
S Markle Transfer Co., fuel for
county buildings .-.-~-. l52
Oscar S. Cutting, phone calls
=. and rentals
Robert S. Spencer, postage,
=, election returns --.--. !
II B. F. Adams, fuel for county
y attorneys office ..-.~.
Frank Tooke, publications -
e H. Horwitz, J. P. juror ..~~"
DR.. ]. C. Simpkins, insanity
examinations OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES q
IS DR.. A.. N. Smith, insanity x
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-24
C%0MNlSSl0NERS
PROCEEDINGS

present.
On motion, Peter A West vas elect
ed chairman for the ensuing two years.
On motion Mrs. C. L. Nichols is
allowed $4,000 (Thirty Dol
lars) in credit at the Lewis MEDIUM
Co.
The following bonds of county Off
GERS were allowed:
C. w. Kampfer, Clerk and
Recorder 900. 90
Horace O. Gamas, County
Assessor 100000
William H. Mann, County
Surveyor 100000
Carl D. Borton, County At
torney 100000
C. w. Powell, County Sher-
tiff Il, 10000
Henry G. Wolking, County
Auditor 100000
Henry G. Wolking, County
Auditor 100000
Nellie Johonnott, County
Superintendent of Schools 100000
Charles E. Peterson, Coun-
ty Coroner 100000
Oscar S. Cutting, Clerk of
District Court 10,0OO.OO
Charles F. Turner, County
Treasurer 100000
Charles F. Turner, County
Treasurer Is, 900. 90
Farmers State Bank of OPP
helm 10000 90
Harry Beverly, Justice of the Peace,
Glasgow township.
G. w. Rapp, Justice of the Peace,
Glasgow township.
Oscar P. Roop, Public Administra.
tor.
w. A. Baynham, Constable, Glas-
gov township.
On motion, Fred Williamson is here.
by appointed %janitor of the court
house for the ensuing year at the sal.
airy of One Hundred ($10O. O0) Dollars
per month.
At 5 o'clock p. m. Board adjourned
until 10 o'clock a. m. January 7th
1919.
} PETER A. WEST,
} Attest: Chairman.
C. w. Kampfer, Clerk.
At 10 o'clock a. m. January 18th
1919, Board Of County Commission
ers of Valley County, Montana. re
sumed pursuant to adjournment O
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-24

Appointment of Dora Shultz as
clerk in Clerk and Recorders office
approved, $4,000.
Appointment of Lola Barnhardt as
clerk in Clerk and Recorders office
approved, $4,000.
Appointment of Frank Mcpherson
as Deputy Sheriff, Nashua, approx
ed, $500.
Appointment of Mrs. M. A. Cutting
as Deputy Clerk of the District Court
approved, $4,000.
Appointment of H. H. Beebe as
Deputy Sheriff at Opheim-V. c..
Mont, approved.
Appointment of B. H. Cottrell as
Deputy County Assessor, approved,
$125.OO.
Appointment Of John J.. Gritz as
Deputy County Assessor, approved,
$125.0O.
Appointment of Mrs. B. O. Phillips
as clerk in County Assessors office,
approved, $4,000.
Appointment of Margaret E. Nc
Govern as clerk in County Auditors
office, approved, $4,000.
Appointment of Lillian Hoey as
stenographer in County Attorneys Of
flee approved, $4,000.
Appointment Of Marguerite STRAIT
ton as clerk, Supt. of Schools, approx
ed, $4,000.
Appointment of @. P. McClammy as
Special Deputy Sheriff without salar.
approved.
At IL o'clock noon, Board adjourn
ed until 2 o'clock p. m. OF even date
PETER A. WEST,
;, Attest: Chairman
C. w. Kampfer, Clerk.
At 2 o'clock p. m. January 9Th, 1918
Board of County Commissioners, Val
LEY County, Montana, resumed, a
members of the Board and clerk pres
J ent.
Moved by Carl Anderson, seconde
r by Peter West, that Henry Wolkin
be appointed purchasing agent for tn
ensuing term. Ayes: Carl Anderson
3 Peter West. No: C.. H. Pippin.
: Carried: Henry J. Wolking is here
by appointed purchasing agent for th
ensuing term, for the purchasing
minor office supplies, fixtures, typ
writer's, machinery, lumber, tools ne
s included, without an order from u
}, Board of County Commissioners.
On motion the Vollack family
k hereby allowed thirty ($30.oo) Dolla:
per month for maintenance until III
Their orders, at j. L. Truscott's' on a
k count of destitute.
On motion, clerk is hereby instru
ted to draw warrant of $75.oO 1av
$ F. Mcpherson for salary as Depu
e Sheriff for month of December III
On motion the following bills we
8 audited and allowed:
e w. B. Shoemaker, office ex-
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-24

At 2 o'clock p. m. Board of County
Commissioners of Valley County,
Montana, resumed, all members and
clerk present.
Petition to improve road at the Ad-
am LEM bridge presented by J. l. Lee
bert taken under advisement.
On information of Guernsey New
ton Co., bonding company of Spokane,
Wash, bond of Oscar P. Roop is here
by cancelled and clerk is hereby in
structed to so inform Mr.. O. P. Roop.
On motion, clerk is hereby instruc-
ed to return bond of o. P. Roop to
underwater.
At 5 o'clock p. m. Board of County
Commissioners adjourned until 1C
o'clock a. M, January 9Th, 1919.
PETER A. WEST,
Attest: Chairman
c. w. Kampfer, Clerk.
At 10 o'clock a. m. January 9Th
1919, Board of County Commissioners
of Valley County, Montana, resumed
pursuant to adjournment of Januar!
9TH, 1919, at 5 o'clock p. M, all mem
bers and clerk present.
Appointment of Jack Teal as under
sheriff at the salary Of $4,000 pc
month, approved.
Appointment of H. H. Seeley, a
Deputy Sheriff, approved at $3.50
per month.
Appointment of Ethel E. Kampfe
as Deputy Clerk and Recorder approx
ed, $125.0O.
Appointment of ]. F. Hoffman a
Deputy Clerk and Recorder, approx
ed, $125.00.
Appointment of j. A.. Dorr as Dep
uty Clerk and Recorder, approved
$125.00.
/ Appointment of John O. Hauge a
clerk in Clerk and Recorders office
5 approved, $4,000.
Appointment of VIM. Boyles as cler
| in Clerk and Recorders office approx
, ed, $4,000.
Appointment of Mrs. C. w. Calr
as clerk in Clerk and Recorders Of
flee approved, $4,000.
Appointment Of Ethel Powell a
clerk in Clerk and Recorders offic
J, approved, $4,000.
Appointment Of Grace Cutting 9
: clerk in Clerk and Recorders offit
approved, $4,000.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-24

Board took a recess until 2 p. m. of
even date.
At 2 o'clock p. m. the Board con-
vened, Peter A. West, Carl ]. Ander-
son, Calvin H. Pippin and Clerk c. w.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-24

At 10 o'clock a. m. January It'll,
1919, Board Of County Commission
ers of Valley County, Montana. re-
sumed pursuant to adjournment OF
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-24

All Mems apiece Wool and Fleece-lined UNDER
wear 1910 -
One Lot Mems Heavy Al-Wool Hose, Csc grade, 4
One Lot Mems Leather Lined Mittens.
3 Lots Mems Flannel Shirts
One Lot Mems and Boys Medium Weight Winter Z
Caps; regular price 75c, now
Ono lot Dress shirts .25
One Lot Soft Shirts, collars attached -------2
Ono of Mems Trousers 80 13
ono 7 ut Mems Sweater Coats SO l.:
Ono Iot Mems R;hless Overal]s Is
Duck Hunting Coats (waterproof) ~.---:--25
All broken lines in hats, including odd Stetsons, all Nut
light color hats, boys hats and crushers ---33 1-3
About IL Mems and Young Mems Overcoats -----~22
About Ok Povs' SHIFTS and Mackinaws ..2 5
A few Mems Suits, broken lots and sizes, from our
high grade stock Oft
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
Crazy s~ianature..

look on strife as out of place: il
Is absurd and a disgrace, and sane
men seldom need it; but I would like
to climb the frame of. that galoot who
signs his name so no one else can read
it. think all men while dwelling here
Mould hand u smiles and words of
cheer, and sing and dance and fiddle.
but l would like t use n club upon
n maple headed dub whose sigma
lures II riddle. Asaransient guests we
tread our path and every sign of spite
and wrath we ought to check and
muzzle: but I'd be glad if l might slay
n drooling idiotic jay whose sigma
lures a puzzle. This sort of fellow
has his gall; I hate his fancy, swirling
scrawl, ! simply can't abide it: won
der why a human gink will fill his
fountain pen with ink. and then get
up and ride 1t? Oh. does he think he'll
mak a hit by throwing photographic
fit with asinine endeavor? And does
he think that folks will say. .I3eshrew
u.s.. this gymnastic Jay must be abb
surdly clever?" My time is worth two
n q day; l need 1t al to earn my
pay. and l rear up and grumble, and
take a shotgun from the floor when
l U up against the bore whose SIZE
natures u tumble.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
Wa. He Shakespeare. Son.
From the BOSTON po,t.


William Davenant, poet and dramatist.
was born at the Crown Inn. oxford. Eng
land. OH March 3 90, 1905. His father was
the wealthy owner OF the inn, and as
shakespeare always stopped at this house.
When passing through the town, and be-
cause of a rumored admiration for the
hostess. a scandal sprang UP which said
that shakespeare was the boys father.
ihls legend Devanant himself encouraged
but 1t has been cast aside BY later his.
toria,ls.
D~avenant turned to the stage. more bc-
cause he needed money than for love. of
things dramatic. But a play of his pl.ased
the town SO he became a playwright. He
managed to get a friend at court and was
asked to supply words for the masa,,es
aHd dramas the queen and her ladies'
amused themselves by presenting. He
grew famous and prosperous until he
,n.Nen IN politics and nearly lost his head
literally. He started with a colony to yir-
glnia' but his vessel was captured by the
enemy and he was brought back TO En-
1t Is believed he owed ono of bis
f1lHhS escapes from death to the inter
of his great friend. tho poet Milton
tie turned again to the theater-bnt
Puritan law forbade theaters. So he ,n.rnl
.uce'i the word opera" and gave ner-
lorn'ances that astonished London. He
mace the theaters places OF luxury. He
WAS the first to put a woman ON tho
s.ase to play a, wonlan's part-men u.e,,s
the only actors before that.
ne. was buried in Westminster.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
snrsshies Hits the Marx.
lffts.M kil+ rr:caco HeraId

vFsNH NINF @1sN-ASU F5fE 1IU
Nsisi,n General P-rxhiisx WAS on his way
4snsa ris Messeaif border in his private
scas. 10 Washington TO receive l.is orders
for Jfsassse. saae train passed through La
siM'.ss',, Mo- AZ midnight. None knew he
sNls ri The depot but Jordan Parks. the
sscssyg s<5stff. ~ whom the general used to
tisf9w ssccaes when he was n youngs.er.
Gsscuat Pefsh!ng had his train stopped
Cor isaar an hour while he sat on a bag
t.s%F srSek AID talked with Uncle lord.
Mex day CGcie lord made this report:
s<s*s1s. Mr.. Joeu. he done set there
EasA&Fs 10 me fob half q hour and wotldn,t
aset uf raise the alarm, nolow. He ast all
s'tsvSt tis~ folks he used To know. an. when
Ase got on his car agar he picked up a
xoe8 - big as nal, thumb an when his
gar rallied out he let that rock nv ut mo
rs 3tkc he uscd to. Done hit me, too-jes'
lss:H he used TOT
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17

Non of the Victory presidents has
a spicier story to relate than has Mrs.
w. 70. Rarl;ley, of Lincoln. president OF
the Nebraska association. The Me-
br'sKa victory really belongs to 1917.
since that was the year when the state
'eSlSlatufe granted presidential and
municipal suffrage to wonen But the
antlS began Il blockade, the chief Of
fensi.e OF which was IL petition for q
referendum vote. The petition stayed
in the courts until January "a. 1919.
When so many fraudulent. forged and
discreditable signatures were found
among the circulators of the petition
that 1t was permanently sheived by
court decision and the women were
r~e-established in their right Of suffrage.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
DUST.

DUST.
Listen, The dust at our feet whispers and
breathes.
II speaks in q voiceless air that Is deli
cate. but august.
Hurry, 1t says. for the wave that rushes
and seethes
VIII spend itself on the rocks and. crum-
hle with you in the dust.
] turn from the earth to your eyes: they
arc bright as before.
Your ears can hear nothing grave. That
Is merciful and just.
Thank God that you are not hurdcned
with knowledge and useless lore.
You can dance through q world that sur
renders TO murder. to squalor and
lust.
Thank God tina your eyes are screened
from the day that I see
When your laugh is "a bony erimace and
the gold-in your hair is rust.
When your floWery hand, with ,ts five
white petals. will be
\ sensitive flower turned yellow that
witaers and droops in the DUST
And we shall he lying apart. hui compass
sionate winds will blow.
MiiiEltng our little scparateness. "A hand
ful OF and distrust.
And the years will come thundcringly by.
triumPhantly as they go.
To creep hack broken and join ,,s. with
the night, In the frail7 dust.
Louis u~ntermeyer. in Century.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
Pyle Mrs. e. sMx and Miss KMhMmm ney s0m"- eoH: Mrs n L

81. Louis. Mo, March 2S.--One group
OF women hold a unique position ut the
jubilee convention of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association
20 being held in ST. Louis. 1t is COM
posed OF Victory presidents. leaders of
those state associations whose tri-
umpn make this the most successful
OF all the 80 years of the national as
ISOLATION.
First are The presidents of the three
states where women received full en-
reimbursement last November. Mrs.
John l.. Pyle. of Huron. led the South
Dakota women through the winning
campaign as well az the trying defeats
OF n g preceding years. Mrs. Pyle is
known through her state not. alone for
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
Income Tax Ia. Teeth.
From the Duluth ua..,.

From the Duluth Herald
anybody. who may be teinpted To Chan,
Uncle Sam out of any Of his due nn,Ias
me income tax should reflect upon what
happened to Seymour l.. Rau. a brok"r
OF New York. Mr.. Rau ducked his In.
,u.'e TAX which should have been slse. q.
l.ls case came before a federal court
and this is what the federal co,,r u"" ~.
dered Mr.. Rau to do: o"'e or
evaded tax. VI MS
second. to pay two fines OF $50 each.
n third. to go to Jail for 30 DAYS
beware the income tax. 1t has teeth,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17

her suffrage activities. but also for her
work for the. Presbyterian churcl, and
It's educational institutions.
Mrs. Percy j. Farrell. OF Detroit, be-
came president after the Michigan
campaign had been started. That was
the third campaign in the suffrage his
tory of Michigan and in il men and
womeh worked on joint official COM
mlttees as they have worked together
in no other state. =
The chairman of the Oklahoma state
suffrage committee. Miss Katherine
Pierce, of Oklahoma City, is the young.
est state chairman in the national as
ISOLATION. She is a successful business
woman and II political worker Of I'M
usual ability.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
'Penrose oodoes the Issue.

froln the New York World
TO the worlds suggestion tina the sem
ators who are opposed to the League OF
alton and who are demanding a refer
endum on the issue should resign and an
peal to the people of their respective
states for a vote of confidence. senator
Penrose. OF Pennsylvania. makes this re-
ply:
1t seems to me the logical PROPOSE
.iom would he for President Wilson to
resign and test tho sentiment of the
American people on the 50 called
1t: This would give him an opportu-
mind I'm n way which he has not 40 FAR
clearly done.
" that were possible under our form Of
government. the World would wholly an
prove OF Senator Penrose's suggestion.
and we have no doubt that the president
hirnsetf would enthusiastically adopt that
Hut It is not possible, a. Senator
p~eEf0se we'll knows.
No pre%kfdenttal referendum can be held
Under constitution OF the United
States. II the president resigns, the yicc
president become president. There can
he no appeal to the people. a presidential
election o take place only once IN four
years, no matter what happens.
8 no such Obetxcle lies In the pathway
resign It any time for ANY reason and can.
Immediately lbccpme .se.y.soilates to sac-
cee4s t~hhshs9issess.s ~ ocnkiinx and Tlstt
an nltsr their Quarrel with preS1dent Gar.
ueU OVER the appointments ofa0 ccl;ector
oe the port 0f New Yoek. nrthermorH
4 then new political eyetss1 Of direce
1~orsinAttQ1s andlltrset esections. ! aena-
t0y Who r46ikns md aDpsais 10 hia cor.
ssitasats - ahe shope6t 81. 3 SounsA ~
Ansadulms one u tn party pFinn ~ ~
- = ~ S,assS
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
Moral shrewdne.,.

From the London Observer.
PRESIDENT Wilson attitude Ia mi, n,
moral shrewdness. If he is to give some
.. me allies what they most want
reace-the allies must give him VIII .su
most wants-the league and the m,;n
articles In its covenant" %"
Much mischief and futility would h., va
neen saved had it been plainly ieaiizsd
months by the allies. that either En-
rope must so through witt, the tinted
; n.a'es INTO a new plan for a better order
whole world or the United STATE. viii
wash its hands of Europe. Ana MAT
you'd mean return. sooner or tier ~
German hegemony on the conti.ent: