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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-03
.Ji11tou Coon and His Friends
The Adventures of the Little People OF \
the Great Forest
The Little People Have a Town
Meeting.

Well, I wish you could have at
tended the ToVn-meeting. when the
committee to investigate Giant Bear.
reported. You remember that the
Committee which watched the con.
duct of Giant Bear, was made up OF
Teddy Postum, Chatterbox, the Red
Squirrel. and Jim Grow? All the lit
tie people were on hand at the Town
meeting. GULLY Porcupine was chair
nan of the town meeting; and he
called on Teddy Possum, the Chair
man of the Committee, to report.
And Teddy Postum shot up a big Oak
tree, and twisted his rope-like tail
around the lower limb. and began his
speech.
Teddy Postum can speake better
when he hangs down head-first, from
a limb OF a tree; for. in some way,
out Of his open mouth! Mr.. Chair
man. began Teddy Postum, in his
u~pside-down speech. Giant Bear is a
Broken Idol. He is a miserable cow
ard. For Farmer Jones's wife met
him IN The old Iogeing-road; and all
she did was, to open her paraso1 in
Giant Bears face and say 'Booh,'
and Giant Bear showed his black
heels. and fed in terror"
That's true shouted Chatterbox,
the Red Squirrel, why l could fight
Giant Bear myself with one hand
tied behind my back Why, he hasn't
the sand of a Isl years grasshop-
per-" And everybody shouted in
laughter at Red Squirrels spunk. and
at his funny GESTURES, when he spoke.
(For you remembW that Red SPUR
rel makes many funny GESTURES when
he speaks. He jerks his taft at each
word to make every word seem very
important when he speaksD I Then
Jim Grow few. up on an old dead
stump; and he made a stump-speech
that made the Little People cheer.
Jim Crow, you remember. has a very
funny voice. His voice is- hoarse and
cracked, as if he always had a bad
cold. And az he had on his jet-black
suit, he looked very solemn, in fact
more Solemn than an Owl.
Jim Crow, coughed and remarked.
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men. Mr.. Bear is a, Big Buffer. He is
awfully big and powerful. He Is
truly a Giant in size and strength.
But he is as timid al a woodmouse.
Why, Farmer Jones' wife's Boob and
her Parasol. scared Giant Bear so
terribly that he actually turned black
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-03
INTEREST TO WOMEN

Mr.. and Mrs. N. G. Benner have
as their house guests Rev. f. E. r,
Miller and Mrs. Miller of Elgin. ILL.,,
who arrived here yesterday. Rev. Mr..
Miller formerly was pastor of the
First Baptist church here. and both
4he and Mrs. Miller have many friends
here who are interested in seeing
them again.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon Mrs.
Benner will be at home informally
between 8 and 5 o'clock in honor of
Mrs. Miller. No further invitations
will be issued, n all friends of Mrs.
Miller are invited u call and meet
el '''S ''Ase Y X
DR.. and Mrs. H. j. Friesen are en-
PERTAINING Miss Nellie Lucas, a Bap-
fist mission worker, who is here at
tending the Victory drive conference
in session at the Baptist church. Miss
Lucas spent more than six years in
school work at Burma. India. and
just now is a member of a Victory
drive team, working to stimulate in
tereSt in the laynnen's share OF the
big drive for Baptist mission work.
Miss Lucas will go to Fargo tonor-
row.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Robertson and
their son, of Rolette. n. D., who have
been visiting at the home of Mr.. Rob-
ertson's parents, DR.. and Mrs. L. z.
Robertson of University Place, expect
to leave tomorrow morning for Crys-
tai, n. D. There they will be guests
OF Mrs. Robertson's sister, Mrs. Nc
Arthur.
Miss Esther Duschek, formerly an
instructor in the Central school in this
city, spent the week end here as the
guest of Miss Hazel 'Upnlan. She re-
turned last evening to Fargo. where
she will resume her duties as pri-
mary teacher in the Fargo public
schools.
Mrs. o. S. Hanson returned last
night from Minneapolis, where she
has been visiting for a few days. Miss
Charlotte Hanson who accompanied
her home to Minneapolis. is expected
tc return home this evening.
x * X
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Harding enter
tanned at their home Sunday evening
pearl Myersl, and her mother, Mrs.
Mary z. Myers. The evening was
very informal and was devoted to
music II games.
The women'sS Relief Corps will,
meet tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon
in the work rooms at the Rec Cross
headquarters. A good attendance of
members is desired, in order that the
allotment of work may be completed.
* * *
Mrs. Tom Kerrick and Miss Clare
skugsberg of Bemidji. Mimi, arrived
here Saturday and are guests Of Miss
Anne Werner, 11S Lincoln street.
x X +
Miss Mabel Westacott: who is teach
ing at Forest River, spent the week.
end here at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Westacott.
X X x
The Monday Bridge club is meeting
this afternoon at the home of Mrs.
W. s. Woolsey.
X X X
Miss Mayme Westacott has been i'll
with influenza at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Westa-
colt, for the past week.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. L. n. Trepanier. who
have made their home in this city
for a number Of years, left today for
Warren, Mimi, where they expect to
establish their residence.
Mrs. F. L. Payne is planning to
leave for st. Paul on Wednesday to
spend several days there.
X X X
Miss Grace johnson of Gilby spent
the week enc here with her sister.
Miss Irene Johnson, a student at the
university.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Cox Of Great
Falls, Montana, are visiting in town
for a few days.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-03

Miss Agnes Hassell is in Crookston
to spend a week as the guest Of Miss
Helen Fismer.
X X X
Mrs. Julius Bacon is entertaining
the Neighborhood Bridge club this
afternoon.
X 4 X q
Nh. Hamilton Mason is i'll OF tom
s;litis at her home.
Mrs. H. ]. Knudsoh has gone to
Chicago and New York on a business
and pleasure trip. =
The Guild of St. Paul's church will
hold q surprise box social and dance
on Wednesday night at the Guild hall.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-03
~ Campaign
Continues Today
The Blue Tragic campaign for the-ll

The Blue Triagle campaign for the
~ !. w. G. A. Is being continued today,
and because of the shortage of solic-
ssitors, the committees in charge an
nounced today that it might not be
possible to close up the campaign for
q few days The house-to-house can
vaas took place in a number OF the
city districts yesterday, being contin-
4 ued from Friday Inc Saturday, and
from all sides came reports of a most
genetous response from the people
of the city.
Residents Of some of the districts
which have not been covered, and
which ma not be covered for several
days, may show their interest n CO.
operation in the campaign by sending
in their subscriptions to the Y. w. q.
A. It has been difficult forNbusy wonl-
en- to take the time from their regu-
lar duties for this campaign work.
I For that reason it has been irnpos-
sible so far to cover all of the ter
ritory. This is every PERSONS cam
paign, however, and the committees
in charge feel that the people who
arc not reached personally, mag as
sisa: by ser ding their contributions in.
NO definite 'nports have been given
up to this time, as 10 the amounts
that have been collected, but indi-
CATION are that the city will meet
it's ul'ota nicely. Many of the sub
SCElDIl II dTc accompanies " AZ
quests for memberships, which means
that on g object of the campaign-that
of stNnA ulating interest in the Y. w.
C., A. an d it's works being realized.
The m a;'ority Of the membership re-
quested are of the regular and sus-
tanning u, ISIS. ,n
A guest. fec of twenty-five cents
will BE CHI, rged for non-members at
tending the February program of the
Thursday NJ lsical club next Thursday
afternoon. In these columns on Sun
day morning the fee was mistakenly"
given at a lara 'er figure. The program
inely distinctiN 2 n and all members
and their frien DIS are invited to at
tend.
Mrs. Wheeler smith Of Ardoch, who
has beer visitiSnA' here at the home
of her son and dauehber, MI: ana
Mrs. Wheeler Smith of North Fourth
street, has returned to her home Mrs.
william Grew, who spent the week
end at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith. returned ito Ardoch this
morning.
Mrs. f. r. Bridg eman will enter
tain twenty guests at a
party on Wednesday afternoon in
honor OF her mother. Airs. C. Jeroni-
mus Of Duluth. MINI.
* =: X
The local Red Cross headquarters
has announced that there, is a quantity
of yarn on hand which cannot be
used now by the Red Gro SIS. This yarn
will be sold at cost to per;.oms wishing
to buy it.
* X X
Mrs. Ole Nygord, 112' Chestnut
street, veceived a telegram! yesterday
from her son, Oscar Nygord,, stating
that he anded' yesterday in .Hoboken,
N. j., aEd will be stationed at Camp
Mills, N. y, for a time.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-03

tie daughters. Elizabeth and Mar
garet, returned this morning from st.
Paul, where they had spent the week.
end. Mrs. Witherstine's mother, Mrs.
A. r. Dalem, who has been visiting
here, left last Friday en- route for
her daughters went with her as far
as st. Paul. At Joliet, Mrs. Delem
will visit her daughter, Mrs. Daniel
limerick, and then III expects to go
on to Macon, Ca, to spend several
months with her son, Robert E. Da-
lem.
Mrs. Witherstine today received a
letter from her brother, First Lieu
tenant E. w. Dalem, who is now
with the army of occupation in Ger
many. Lieutenant Dalem wrote that
though they were moving about a
great deal, the men of the American
forces were comfortably quartered
at all times and were being we'll cared
for.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. Hume Bacon ar
rived this morning from Akron, Ohio,
to visit their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred c.. Bacon, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bulge. Mr.. Bacon. who is in the
service of the government, is sta
tioNed at Akron with the Bureau OF
! Aircraft Production, and has been
granted a fifteen days ~furlough. Mrs.
Bacon formerly was Miss Ada Bulge
and this is the first visit that she and
Mr.. Bacon have made here since their
marriage last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Anderson Of 701
Walnut street received a telegram
yesterday from their son., Clarence
Anderson, saying hat he had just
landed in Hoboken, n. j. Mr.. Ander>
son left here with the machine gun
company September, 1917. He ar
rived at port on the transport Con
necticut" and will be stationed at
Camp Merritt, N. j.. for a time.
X X x
The regular gymnasium classes
Swedish gymnastic and aesthetic dane
ing-will meet this evening at the Y.
w. c. A. The advanced and beginners
French classes also will meet at the
Y. W. c. A., tonight.
* I. X
Mrs. L. P. Colburn and her little
daughter, Grace; left yesterday at
noon for Denver. Colo. DR.. Colborn
expects to join them for a few weeks
later in the winter.
* x X
Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Gordon Of Flax
vile, Montana, are among the out of
town people here today.
K X ):
Ensign Robert Argyle Chamberlain,
who has been here for a week with
Mrs. Chamberlain elizabeth Nason)
expects to leave tomorrow for New
York.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-03
RED CROSS PLANS
RECREATION FOR
WOUNDED SOLDIERS

To improve the spirit and morale
Of our wounded and sick fighting men
by providing such diversion and train
ing as will contribute to their re-
covery. and to keep the able bodied
personnel caring for them in a cheer
ful frame of mind are the objects of
a cooperative plan adopted by the
the American army n the American
Red Cross. These r~ecreational ac-
~tivities will be conducted in the forty
reconstruction hospitals now being
operated i'll the United States. y
h worthwhileness of a work q
this kind under expert direction is Of
fcially recognized by the surgeon
general, who has directed command
ing officers to expedite its construction
by all means possible. Existing facili-
ties will be utilized wherever advis-
able. but a co-ordinated plan on q
national scale has been worked out.
This plan will follow the intent of an
order of the secretary of war, dated
August 81, 1918, under which the
American Red Cross heads all other
volunteer organizations engaged in
various kinds of morale, educational
and r%ecreational activities in and
about hospitals and camps. But the
Red Cross activity in turn will be
SopS. NlSSO SSLS1 dllS ny tAC u4ASSSOA
of the department Of education, df-
vision of physical reconstruction, Of
the surgeon generals Office. The Red
Cross will be primarily responsible for
social recreation.- furnishing equip
ment and trained personnel for that
purpose, while the surgeon generals
Office will look primarily to physical
education, and consider both as the
case demands.
In certain particulars the general
program outlined jointly by the sur
geon generals office and the Red
Cross has been in operation in many
Of the reconstruction hospitals since
the first sick or wounded fighting men
arrived from overseas. But the need
of intensifying and energizing the
work with a view to promoting objec-
tive thinking in the minds of the rap
idly shifting hospital population
$4,000 wounded are returning weekly,
and 10000 eventually must be cared
for here-is more than apparent. The
state of mind of the patient n the
spirit of the personnel Immediately in
contact with him are considered of
vital Importance in facilitating the
patients recovery.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-03
SWISS WILL NOT ATTEND

SWISS WILL NOT ATTEND.
Berne, Sunday, Feb. 2.-Swiss So
cialists today decided by a vote of
23S to 1T not to attend the interna-
tional conference being held here.
The vote was followed by the resigna-
ton of Gustave Muller. leader of the
party, who declared that non-partici-
patton by Swiss Socialists was a bad
political mistake.
Douglas Island news., 1919-04-18
PLAY BALL

Ina very few days Douglas fircmen will .irculatc among the citizens of the Island lskmg them to buy tickets for baseball dance that will occur on May 9th at the Natatorim. There will be some folks who will perhaps refuse to buy a ticket. It may be they can not afford to buy and it may be they are so cvcrlastingly tightfsted they hate to let go of dollar For the first nam ed we have a whole lot of sympathy, but for the other class we have only this to say: Don't hang around the ball grounds when game is going on or foul tip might get you.
 The money that is made at this dance, if there is any made, will go directly to- wards the purchase of supplies to be used in playing the great American game. The bows are willing to do everything in their power to amusc and entertain you this summer. but just small sum of money is needed to start the ball rolling.
 This is your chance to encourage legiti- mate. clean amateur sport of the home grown variety, and when the season opens vou can watch the games with the satis- faction of knowing that you are stock holder i'm the Douglas Club, which will be the wimcr-of the Gastmcau Channel cham piouship this season.
Douglas Island news., 1919-04-18
PETS AND PARADISE

The following description of an island fox farm near Seward is taken from the Gateway
 Fox Island stands out of thc lower bay liko a giant figure 8; the arms arc mountains and between them, two calm. deep-wotercd covcs look toward the west. The northern one of these. smooth-shored and round as the crescent moon, is Northwest Harbor. Liberty and Freedom are wild flowcrG there and grow along Che pebbly beach; and there, year year in. year out, lives Olson amid his flock.
 There's picture of rural felicity. Blue foxes. thick furred and fat, de- lighting i'm captivity, romp in play ful sport about their keeper or de- your eagerly the nourishing and tasty products of his kitchen. Or tho tender aged pups lap with relish the rich milk of their foster mothers, Che imported goats; for goats there are-Swlss milch goats of whose fine produce are made pure cream cry butter and the true Fox Island cheese: Angora goats from the mountains of Thibct whose trailing fleece. white and fine and curly as angels hair. is spun and woven into thc garments of their shepherd. Nothing could be truer testimony to .he mcrring wisdom of dumb beasts than the devotion of these faithful creatures to their master
 And SO one finds among the living beings of Fox Island a peace that is rare In the modern war wrocked world Of our.
 And in the mouths of summer! There in the midst of the little fer l tle plain Of Northwest Cove lies Sunny Lake, warm and placid; and into its deep waters plungcs every day at the rising of the sun the sturdy, aged shepherd, while the flock gambols in fearsome wonder on the marge.
 Know, people of the buster world, that there is on that wild island in Resurrection bay Co be found thru winter and summer, the peace and plenty Of a true Northern Paradise and a host Co welcome you with as warm and kind a heart as ever boat.
Douglas Island news., 1919-04-18
THEY CALL ME PRIVATE, BUT

In the army they call me a private.
 It is mlsuomer There is noth- ing private about me.
 l have been examined by 5O phys lcians and they haven't missed a blcmish
 ! have told my previous ocupatIon and my salary. ! have confessed Co being unmarried and having no chill iren. | have nothing in my past that is not revealed. ! sleep in a room with 5O men. eat with $50 men and wash my kit in thc same ran. tnke my bath with che same company. wear a suit Of the same material and cut as five million others,
 I have to tell where ! go when ! take a walk and even then ! never zee any one but soldiers privatcs like myself
 have to tell a physician whom ] kiss a pretty girl. never havo a moment to myself
 PRIVATE!
 Whatthehcll9 Exchange.
Douglas Island news., 1919-04-18
THE LAST ONE

Carter Glass. the Secretary of the Treasury. has said that this, the Fifth, or Victory. Liberty Loau will be the last great popular loan to be floated among the peo- pIe of America.
 This loan drive opens on April 2l and closes ou May 10th. The quota for Doug las Island has been placed at $2SSOO. The terms of the loan are so attractive that a bond of this issue becomes household nee ssity-not luxury.
 This is the loan to bring the boys back home and straighten out the ledger for Uncle Sam-to pay up all the war debts and to heal the wounded and educate the .ipplcs to a new vocation.
 Application blanks will be obtainable it the First National Bank next Monday ,nd it would look nice if the quota for Douglas Island was subscribed right quick 0 get it out of the way.
Douglas Island news., 1919-04-18
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATORS
 SALE OF REAL ESTATE

In Che United States Commissioners
 Court for Douglas Island Pre-
 cinct. Territory of Alaska, Di-
 vision No. 1.
 m the Matter of the Estate Of
 Victor von Arx, deceased
 Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance Of an odror of sale made and entered by tho above entitled ,ourt on the 14th day of April. 1919. in the matter of the estate or Victor von Arx. deceased, the un- iersigned. administrator Of said cs- tate, will sell at public auction. subject Co the confirmation of said sourt. all the right title and in- .erest of said estate in and to the following described real estate. sit- uated i'm the City of Douglas. Doug las Island Precinct, Territory Of AL aska, to-wit:
 Cabin No. 213, Cabin No. 21O, Cabin No. POS. Cabin No. 137, Cab in No. t33. Cabin No.5O, Cabin No. 70. Cabin No. SO. Cabin No. S7. Cabin No. 92, Cabin No. %, Cabin No. i2O. Cabin No. 116, Cabin No. I15. Cabin No. 113, and the posses sory right of said estate Of, in and Co the ground upon which said cab lns are situated; said sale will be made on the 19th day of May 1919. at the hour of two o'clock D. m, ot the front door Of the court room Of the above entities court, at the Hem son building on Front Street in Che City of Douglas, Alaska; terms Of sale. partly for cash and partly for credit, as the administrator may elect; sale for credit shall be as fol- lows: promiasory notes of pur- chaser for purchase money, with mortgage upon property to secure the same.
 Dated this 14th day of April, 1919.
 JOHN FEUsI.
 Administrator of the estate of Vie tor Von Arx, Deceased.
 Date Of first publication, April IS, 1919.
 Date Of last publication May lG, 1919.
Douglas Island news., 1919-04-18
CIIAS. A. SULZER

It is with the most sincere regret that the editors of Alaska have been called upon to chronicle the death of Charles A. Sulzer, who passed away this week in the prime of life.
 For seventeen years Mir. Sulzcr has lived among us in the mining camp which bore his name. Coming to Alaska as a young man. he decided to make the Terri torv his home and his energies were devot- cd to building mp not only the mine which he was developing but Alaska as whole
 Even Mr. Sulzcr's bittcrcSt political en- cmic, liked the man. even if they disagreed with him politically and not one of them could doubt his sincerity.
 Hc lived and worked for years among luis men at his copper mine before he was called for larger services for the Territory ud thc greatest tribute that could be paid to him as a man and am employer of labor was the attitude of those who worked for him. The voting precinct of Sulzcr was aI- ways counted 100 per cent loyal to Charles \. SuIzcr
 Uc was called away in the midst of his activities and the people of the Territory in 4cucrcl mourn the loss of am Alaskan and sincere worker for the interests of his chosen home.
Douglas Island news., 1919-04-18
INVESTIGATE WONDER

On the Admiral Farragut that passed through Gastinoau Channel there was Q party Of scientist on their way to Che ncighborhood Of Mount Katmai. in western Alaska.
 The party was headed by Prof Robert Griggs, Of Ohio State Uni versity and a party of scientists rep rcscnting the National Geographical Society. The party will investigate the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, which is i'm that neighborhood. This valley has boon visited before and a splcudld article on it contributed C. the National Geographic Society some time ago. The valley ig filled with thousands of miniature vol eanic crators bclching forth smoke. These little crutcrs act as safety valves for the volcano itself and sci- cntlsts state there will be no further ,ruptions there for thousands Of years
 This valley and the crater Of Mount Katmai are now rcckoncd as the wonders of the world, as tho crater is the largest known to exist md Che Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes has nothing to compare with it. With such a notable body of scientists Investigating these things, there Is no doubt but that some i'm tcrcsting articles will be in the press upon their return from the in- vcstigation.