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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25
THE GERMAN INDEMNITIES

Baron Won Haddenhausen, former German minister
to Argentine, declares in an interview published in a
Buenos Aires paper that the indemnites provided for In
the peace treaty will never be collected because they are
30 ridiculously high that the League Of Nations will
eventually annul' or reduce them. "
Compared with the ability OF the German people
to pay, the payments for which provision is made in the
treaty are undoubtedly high. But compared with the In
juries which Germany has wantonly inflicted on other
nations, they are ridiculousy low. One need not be in
the confidence of the men who constituted the peace con-
ference to know that the payments were not fixed at a
still higher rate only because they knew that it would
quite just and legitimate to be met.
The provisions with reference to the payment Of in
IDENTITIES or reparations were purposely made elastic.
The Germans, by signing the treaty, have agreed that
the amounts to be paid in a good many cases shall be
fixed later by commissions for which provision Is made.
The fixing of these sums is therefore left entirely to the
Allies. And the treaty forecasts the possibility that at
some time in the future further payments may be waived.
or the amounts may be reduced.
1t would seem that the polite course for Germany
tc follow just now would be that of fulfilling scrupulous-
~ every engagement which she has undertaken. The
more quickly Germany can convince the world of her
good faith the more quickly she may expect a tightening
of the burdens which have been placed on her. Thus
far her course has not been such as to inspire confidence
peace has actually been consunmated, those In charge
of her affairs have shown a disposition to comply Just as
little with the spirit Of the treaty as possible.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25
XIII
What Tony Built.

By a caprice Of chance. 1t was that
day Mastersons came; almost at the
hour when Adriance. tired and exul-
tant, wa rearing a structure Of good
dreams as he ate his cheap food at the
counter Of the lunch-cart under the
shadow of the huge electric sign bear
ing his name.
Morning had arrived at noon, when
Elsie was called to her front door ny
Eones favored years ago, that snap
with a pulled handle. Down at the
end of the straight path she heard
laughter and the high pitched voices
of women above the soft roll of an
automobiles motor. Surprised. she
opened the door.
Before her, on the high. absurd little
porch. a man in motoring furs stood
and steadied himself by grasping the
snow-powdered railing. Confronted
by a woman. he lifted his cap. and a
sunbeam piercing the old roof cleaned
across his close-clipped auburn curls.
II was told at the little shop that
a chauffeur lived here" he explained,
pleasantly enough. The glare of the
sun on snow dazzled his first vision.
Our compressed air system Is Out of
order, and my man forgot to put in
a handpump. la
His voice trailed away into silence.
He had seen her face.
Elsie @, he doubted. "Elsie?"
She smiled at him with her serene
composure. although deep color swept
e her face with the startled move-
mont Of her blood.
MRS. Adriance." she corrected.
will you not come in? I am sorry
Mr.. Adrianee is lot at home"
He crossed the threshold mechan-
ically. his gaze not leaving her.
Il did not believe it," he exclaimed,
under his breath. "Nthought Lucille
lied"
"Mr. Masterson!"
He shook his head in depreciation
Of ohense. continuing his scrutiny OF
her. He had the appearance of a man
fevere6 by drink or illness; his ewes
were bright behind a surface glaze,
his face was haggard, yet flushed. His
features. always of a nnenGss almost
suggesting e~ffeminacy, had sharpened
to an extreme delicacy that promised
little for health or endurance.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25
MORAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS

s There to q difference, OF course. between moral md
legais obligations Sometimes one IL morally required to
40 more than the statute commands. Occasionally 1t
may be 8 moral duty to violate the. existing statutes
Washington and hiy associates felt themselves justified
I'M taking up arms against the existing government. At
the same time Washington and those who stood With him
made q very ciear that they considered such ! course
s5usttfied only when the case was extreme, and when
seysry other meanS o. redress had been tried and found
s3nsnscacious. There was nothing Of the Bolshevik or the
s1s1sN W. about them. IS
e hass the backing OF no recognized supreme authority.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25
sxnorsrs.

Tony .Adriance. a young millionaire,
meets on a bench IN q park a young GIT,
evidently in poor circumstances, who
sirssdy entansisd Wi, With Lucille Master
son. a married woman. who Ia planning
to obtain a divorce from her husband
IN order to marry him. His better na.
ture revolts from the situation out ne
tsee no alternative to carrying
Adriance makes q determined effort to
break with Mrs. Masterson. After
PAINFUL interview with her he's enters the
MAeterson nursery by mistake. He nnds
snere the girl who has so attracted him.
Mastersons' little son.
Tony decides that the only way OF
settans out OF the intolerabie situation
IN which he has placed himself is to get
put OF town for a year or so, IN which
t1me ne hopes to recover his balance.
she understands the truth concerning
his break with Mrs. Masterson.
IRONY asks Elsie to marry him feeling
mat 1T is his best chance Of happiness.
AFTER some thought she consents. and
the Two are married.
sades. and move in. Anthony suddenly
discovers that he loves his wife.
Inc next morning Andy gets a Job
drivfng a truck in his " fathers fac
They continue to live happily for SOW
Then one day when driving his motor
truck down Fifth avenue Anthony again
meets Mrs. Masterson.
Elsie Is soon to become . mother.
Tony, realizing that he should be
extra eforts in his work, and Is temper
arily. placed In charge of sending out
the trucks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25
THE SUGAR SHORTAGE

The shortage in, the supply of sugar available to pri.
vate consumers has been declared by those who ought to
know to be more q matter Of transportation than any
thing else. The actual supply is said to be ample for all
needs. The difficulty has been INJECTING at the supply
and making the necessary distribution.
The United States is a large importer Of sugar. Our
production, both OF the cane sugar in the south and Of beet
sugar in the west is large, but our consumption Is still
larger, and we import large quantities OF cane sugar from
the West Indies, especially from Cuba. Various inhu-
encas have combined to make railroad train movements
Irregular and uncertain. but the greatest factor of all has
been the labor troubles along the seaboard which have
prevented tho usual arrival Of sugar in large cargo lots.
Domestic refinerias have thus been deprived of a large
part OF their supply OF raw material, and the supply car
liad BY reoil g-ocera ali over the country to meet current
moods was speedily exhausted. - .
in spite OF tie activity of federal and state agents
thus far there have not been brought to light enough
cases in which boarding and profteerlng were even sus-
pected to affect the general situation appreciably. Here
and there it has been reported that there has been found
an occasional carload Of sugar which was being held OF
the market in anticipation of higher prices. Where the
evidence seemed adequate legal proceedings have properly
been instituted against the persons charged with extor-
ton. But If all the sugar thus said to have been boarded
were gathered up and distributed it probably would not
increase the supply enough to sweeten the coffee of the
United States for one breakfast.
1t is essential that cases Of extortion should be pun
ished wherever they are found, but that will go only a
little way toward supplying more sugar. The main. trou-
BILE seems to be that just at this time. with the beet sugar
crop not yet on the market, it has not been possible to
have ships enough plying between our ports and the West
Indies to bring in raw sugar enough to keep our consum-
es going. ..r
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25
LOOSE FINANCE

The argument Of State Auditor Kositzky that the
state cannot borrow money legally from the Bank OF
North Dakota, any more than from any other person
or institution, without complying with the bonding and
other provisions of the constitution, seems to be un.
answerable. -A
The state auditor declares that the general fund of
the state is practically exhausted, and that the bills which
must be met, without any provision having been made to
The socialist papers in the same breath declare that there
is no shortage, and that the shortage will be taken care
Of by the Bank of North Dakota.
The question Of whether or not there is a shortage
Is capable of accurate determination. It is a question
of fact and a matter Of accounting. But the proposal
that If there is a shortage it shall be met by loans made
by the Bank Of North Dakota looks like pretty loose
financing. The money which Is in the hands Of the Bank
of North Dakota does not belong to the bank. 1t has
practically no, funds Of ito own. 1t is the custodian Of
certain funds belonging to tho educational institutions,
the counties, and so forth. That money will presently be
required by its owners, and it must be on hand when they
need it. 1t cannot be loaned offhand and indefinitely.
If the loans are made to carry the state over, when
and by whom will repayment be made? By the leeis-
lature, naturally. The legislature has the sole power
to appropriate money. But suppose the legislature shouId
take the position that the money represented by the short.
age has been spent without authority in excess of the
appropriations made, and should fatty refuse to make
the appropriations necessary to meet this demand. Who
would be left holding the bag? Would it be the state
officials who had exceeded their authority, or the bank
which has loaned out money that did not belong to IL ana
which it cannot get back-or the counties. school. and
cities of the state?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25
BETWEEN THE MILLSTONES
Two utterances of late throw some lieht

Two uttefanCeS OF late throw some light on middle
class problems. The war department announces that
since the armistice 1000 officers Of the regular army
have resigned their commissions to go into civil life.
1t is true that a considerable number of designations is
normally to be expected at the close Of any war: the
of the designations, no doubt come from among those
who found regular commissions at our entrance into the
war. But, when all deductions are made, the fact re-
mains that an alarminsly large proportion Of the best
trained men in the army are going into civil life. Many
Of them state the reason frankly. They are no longer
able to live on their army pay in the manner which they
owe it to themselves as men to live-and to the nation,
az officers. II the country were again to face a critical
danger it would have to meet it with a service that IL
weakened in the precise point where it should be strong
est-weakencd In Its resources Of professionally trained
and experienced soldiers.
The other utterance is from President Lowell Of
Harvard, who was speaking In behalf Of q fund to raise
the pay Of college professors. The cry is identical with
that which comes from the army. what a professor
wants is not a fortune. but enough OF live comfortably
in the scale Of like in which a professor ought to, live. he
wants to educate his children as he was educated himself.
and he wants to provide for his old age" Universities
are the most enduring institutions the world has founded.
outlastinE d,nasties and Kingdoms; and the reason is
that they "contrtbute to tho higest In civilization" con-
tribute Something that Is. eternal.' II America is to be
equal to the great task which has been thrust upon her
by the war, it must BE- BY intellectual and spiritual lead
ership as we'll as BY its material resources. concretely,
the question is whether out leadership is to be like that
OF Carthage in the ancient world. which persisted and
left behind mo idea Of value, no enduring institution,
or whether. like Greece, we shall add to tho common
heritage Of the mind, or, like Rome, to the heritage Of
law and instttutionH
These are only two Of the losses from which. the
nation would suffer Il it, middle class were really ground
to pulp-the loss Of defensive strength In war. and the
loss Of intellectual aad spiritual leadership at ali times.
Really. It u something respectable TO belong to the middle
class. At least, e should be.--New York Times.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25

certainly. even now? p tried g locs
around her, forttfying ner sp y, tnsir
united life. After all, Masterson
knew "Tony''; he knew nothing OF the
mar Anthony was.
She wal able to meet her yisitore
elsnce with her usual calm. when he
nut the message he had written into
her hand.
"Tell him to come" he prseseu:
''Have you forgotten 9 ana weIS
to o for loving Holly. Did you
know I had lost Holly"
She paled. the baby face rising be-
fore her. -.
Continued in tomorrows
Evening Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25

hybrid political nature Of ths depart
Ement.
The debartnaent ~ overseas trade Il
2 comparanyely new project o. the
.sxpyeTninent having been created specf.
ncally ~ provide neutral ground on
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25

Herald Want Ads Bring ResuIta.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-25

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The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11
~L.,..n.cd.d- Elephants.

Not many people are aware that ele-
phnnts are right-handed" and cleft
handed" in using their tusks. and that
an examination OF the tusks of any
particular elephant will reveals the
class to which the elephant belongs.
An elephant uses only one tusk most
Of the time 1t Is digging for salt earth.
uprOoting trees or tearing up roots.
says a contributor to nm English maya
zine. When Its working tusk becomes
badly broken II turns TO the other, just
us man who Inns injured his right
hand takes to his left. The tusk must
be very severely damaged before It will
give up using It In preference to the
other.
The working tusk becomes worn and
smooth toward the end-so much
worn. In fact, That II Is often apprc-
ciably shorter than the other, and
frequently the tip has been broken on.
After that has happened the Jagged
edge becomes gradually worn smooth.
and In the course Of years pointed
again. but the working tusk is always
blunter than the other.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11

built n pavilion for free movies, and
made new bid for night snles. Bob
gritted his teeth and gr,idgIngly ar
ranged to be on hand three nights
n week.
And on the remaining four nights
Helen slowly discovered new cloud
on their horizon OF happiness.
+. "He seems dlstrnh." she cOnnded
unhappily to her mother. IL don't
believe he loves me any more"
"Why?" asked her mother. sagely
cOnccnling smile.
''ie doesn't tell me 30 any more"
poutcd Helen. "He wouldn't even I'D
nit my dress was pretty. When
asked him he just grunted md told
me not to be silly. IL believe he's
got nnother-girl."
Maybe he's run out of endearIng
words" suggested that wise old lady.
"Or maybe he's looking around little
now that he's making money. But
guess he's getting tired and jaded.
Wait n while and Sec"
So Helen waited. but as time drew
on matters seemed to he getting worse
Even his presents grew fewer md his
manner more reserved. until Helen
could stnnd II no longer. There must
he another girl. she decided. The
question arose. should she nsk him
about III Nonsense. she unused, what
would be the use? He'd deny It. She'd
have him wntched-that was It. And
then she shuddered. Whnt! let amy.
body know how much she cared?
Never But realizing her need Of an
ally she consulted her best friend
Doris Clayton. md Doris drew her IA.
ther Into the plan. Sure, Mr. Clayton
would help her. He Ind nm idea. he
admitted. but. It would take nerve.
Helen assured him she had plenty Of
TINT. And so they got their heads to-
gether.
At 2:3O the following afternoon a
party Of three waited for Marley
Heights bus Mt the end OF the Eighth
avenue line. Opposite them II huge
sign eighty feet high blazed forth In
golden letters the tremendous oppOr-
tunity Mt Marley Heights. with Its
wide streets. modern sewerage and Its
bound-to-rise values.
"Ugh!" shuddercd one Of the party.
slender young woman In heavy wild.
ow's weeds. ~ hnte to look At II.
Sup-snppose he finds me outf"
"lie won't. my dear" Doris rens-
sused her, "if you'll let me do the talk.
ing. He doesn't know me nor dad.
md besides daddy will whit In the Of.
ice. He knows Mr.. Bartwell Intimate
iy-he's the manager"
Almost Immediately m ornate llmou.
sine. labeled In smart grny lettering,
Direct 10 Marley Heights" drew Into
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11
JUDGE WAS ON RIGHT TRACK
New Highlander q Pioneer In Scheme
Of Conserving Water for Use
In Summer Months.

Present-day interest In the develop
ment OF water power has recalled u
modest. old-fashiOned episode In the
history of New England when. some
time in the fOrties, Judge Nathan CrOs-
by drove round Lake Winnepesaukee
In his carriage and made rough calcu-
lations OF the effect upon |oca, nsri-
cultural land II the lake level were
raised few feet. Out Of that car
riage ride grew plum by which Lakes
Winnepesnukee. Squam. Newfound
and others hive since been used MS
storage basins. conserving winter for
the summer months. and thus becOm-
Ing modest pioneers Of the more i'm
pressive plants for winter utilization
that will doubtless be a feature of the
United Suites In the not distant fu-
ture. Judge Crosby, however. may
have had no more Idea Of the trans
mission OF winter power In the form
Of electricity thnn his buggy Ind Of
becoming an uutomObile.-Christinn
Science Monitor.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11
Presidential Succession.

Members OF the cabinet are In line
to the succession, II they can comply
with the Constitutional requirements.
which provide TINT: mo person ex-
cept natural born citizen. or a cItl-
zen Of the United States Mt the time
Of the adoption Of this Constitution.
shnll be eligible to the office Of pres
ident." What is called the presiden-
tini act. passed In 1880. provides for
the succession to the presidency by
cabinet officers In the following order:
Secretary Of state, secretary Of the
treasury. secretary Of war. secretary OF
the navy. secretary Of the Interior. sec.
retnry Of agriculture, secretary Of
commerce. secretary Of lnbor. A per
son not born In this country may he
member of the presidents cabinet.
hut he Is not eligible to the presidency,
being barred by the Constitutional pro-
vision quoted above.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11
SERVES A USEFUL PURPOSE
Writer Comments EntertaininoIy Of
What He Calls "This Me OF
Nine"

First. It's very Individual. this Me Of
mine. 1t cuts. 1t walks. 1t plays. II
works, and 1t sleeps. Also. II plans una
thinks and dreams and loves.
This Me OF mine gets lonely. too.
even In the midst of work. 1t looks
around Itself and marvels at time and
space and things. and grows into
warm ecstatic mood at the feel Of life
and all Its tasks.
I like this Me Of mine, because It Is
understandable. Good and bad. both.
But honestly abreast. For true things
ure passing by at every hour Of every
day.
talk to this Me Of mine. And II
talks to me. And the world Of action
all around stirs the blood In this Me Of
mine. For 1t Is wnkeful and alert.
+ run errands for this Me Of mine.
l risk, l work, I sorrow, I symputhize
for this Me of mine.
This inside one, this outside one, this
everywhere one-thIs Me Of mIne-it's
all that may keep and call my own.
But shall stick. with loyal pride, and
gladly strive to mike better, to WELD
stronger. the brain. the heart and the
soul of this Me of mine.
So that to serve may prove tho end
OF all that there Is to this Me Of mine.
From Good Housekeeping.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11
ForseastIna eterms.

BY means Of what Is believed to he
q new scientific discovery, It 10 claimed
that weather forecasts may be made
with reasonable accuracy two weeks
In advance.
Az q result. Of research. conducted
by n former chief Of the weather bu-
reau and q representative Of the
Smithsonian institution, II has been
found thnt there are rifts In the up
per clouds Of the solar atmosphere
which cause n variation In the amount
Of heat radiated to the earth. II 10
said the Investigators have dIscov.
cred the period Of time between the
passage Of n heat rift In the solar at
mosphere and the appearance Of re-
sulting storms on the earth.
II has been found that at times
these heat riffs persist for several
months and that they have produced
corresponding disturbances here.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11
The Land
Game
i,
3, ARcHEY CAMERON NEW
tCopyrIght. 1919. by the Mcclure News
per syndicats.)

Bob Wakefield loved to bring flashes
Of delight Into Helen Glbson's fine
brown eyes with frequent presents OF
flowers md candy, and he wasn't
averse to letting the world know that
nothing on earth mattered as much to
him as the smiles Of her pretty oval
face and the kisses from her laughing
red lips. And she felt happily sure Of
him until the Marley Heights Land
company came into Its gorgeous being
With some trepIdatlon. thoughtful
of the responsibilities Of his approach
ing marriage, Bob left a well-pnyIng
position 10 tnke up his duties as head
salesman for that company. The lure
Of the letters he received was too
much for him to withstand.
"A most brilliant opportunity for a
wide-awake hustler" read the written
entlcements. 1--WE will spend thou
sands on advertising, free bus>> rides.
brass-band concerts and refreshments
to bring prospective customers out to
look mt Marley Heights. the coming
Utopia. The sales will be phenomenal.
All you will have TO do Is to sign up
the buyers"
Bob bit, and to be fair, for the first
two weeks prospects looked wonder
fully rosy. He did make money. more
than he had ever made before, and
modest plans already made for his
marriage were gradually reshnped for
IN affair more becoming to his more
prosperous circumstances. But there
were two flies In his ointment. The
company installed twelve powerful
senrchlIghts over their development,
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11

The crazy. damned hobo" the en-.
ginetr Of No. 10 sputtered to the group
which gathered about the pilot. "SuI.
eide; suicide. that's what II IL. Jumped
right out Of the bushes there and
threw himself under the wheels. Heard
ME whistle. didn't you? But he was
bound to kill himself.
Thought he might he crazy and l
gave her sand and reversed her; but
he was under the wheels a. soon a.
saw him. Suicide; suicide
dove right under the wheels
and ri get raked for killing him
Killing hint IIordi"
A man = Bender - blood spa ttered
and winded. hurst through the group
and chung. painting. 10 the engineer.
THANK God y stopped. Thirty.two',
al ever the track round the curve and
what stopped ysf Ran oveI
MANI Lordi It's he aax,
hobo We swung on bout here.
Lucky r. you he got on the nSAt o
way and r. N, too-tAe POOR
crazy hobo"
But the engineer Of No. 10 was kneel
Ing and lingering gently the rough
cloth Of the sleeve Of the maa lyins
under the pilot.
"Poor. crazy hobo" he murmuret
very softly. "poor. crazy hobo.s
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-11
Candle Auction.

The candle has been used for many
purposes. In the seventeenth century
a candle auction wns the. regular
method Of selling wares mt the mart
Of the Fast India company custom
which In still In vogue In various parts
Of the country, notably at Tntworth.
near Chard, in Somerset. where the
letting Of land Is annually conducted
by this novel method. The thirty or
forty people having rights In the land
assemble and bid, and It Is knocked
down" TO the last bidder MS the inch
Of candle fiickers out. In three sue
cessive years the candle burned for
ash, q md 30h minutes.-LOndon
Times.