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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-27
MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 27. 1919
NEWSPAPER MONOPOLY

The bill prescribing the manner in which official pa
pers shall be selected is, in purpose and effect, a bill for
the establishment of a complete newspaper monopoly in
the state of North Dakota. AS such it is in line with
the entire Townley policy, which is to boss and dictate.
and when he cannot do this, to destroy.
Reports of the proceedings of municipal bodies, in
vi.ations for bids, notification Of assessments for speciai
ter are now required to be published in one or more news
papers which comply with legal requirements as to age.
circulation. and so forth. For the purposes of the COM
munities wherein they are published these papers are
"onhcial." They are selected by city councils, county
boards and other boards and commissions whose an
nouncements they are to publish. 1t is the purpose of the
Socialist bill to take this power Of selection away from
the local boards, and to have official papers named by a
central authority, which. of course, in the present COM
plexion Of the state government, will be dictated by Mr..
Townley through lieutenants chosen for that purpose.
There is another branch of official publication which
is handled in a different manner. This has to do with
the publication Of legal notices, such as notices of mort
gage foreclosure, notices relating to the settlement Of
estates and, in general. notices relating to the Inaugural
ton Of legal proceedings of any kind. The law requires
that due publicity shall be given to such notices by pub
lication in papers of legal standing. Beyond that those
responsible for the giving Of the notices are at liberty to
select their own medium. just as the grocer is at liberty
to select the paper in which his announcement shall ap-
pear.
The pending bill will put a stop to all that. 1t will
provide for the selection Of one paper in a county in
which all legal notices shall appear. The person who
gives notice, and who is required to pay for so doing, is
to have nothing to say as to the paper in which his an
nouncement shall appear. The paper named as the Off
ell legal paper may have no circulation whtever in tho
locality where those persons live who are specially inter-
ested in a given legal announcement. That makes no
difference. 1t is desired that the newspaper business of
the state shall pass into the control of the Socialists, and
all other interests must stand aside.
A good many Of the publishers of the state are pro-
testing against this utterly unwarranted Interference with
their business. We fear that their protests will do no
good. The Socialists are in the saddle, and they are
bound to ride. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-27
How England Impresses y. S. Writer;
Interviewer Interviewed In London

V. V. McNitt, president Of the Gen.
trail Press association, New York,
now touring this country and France
with President Wilson, in an inter-
view with a Daily News corre-
spondent last evening, said the recep-
ton which had been accorded to
President Wilson had been a great
surprise to those who had accom-
panied him.
I'VE had no idea when we came
over here" he said, that the situa-
ton would develop as it has done. A
large part of the American press OPP
posed the presidents visit to Europe.
I could w make up my mind why
such opposition was created, but the
chief argument was that in their
opinion the president could be more
effective by staying at home and let
ting his sentiments be known through
his representatives at the peace con-
ference.
"since we have been here and have
seen what has happened 1t is evident
that nothing under heaven could
have brought the peoples of the two
countries together closely than
the presidents visit.
U. S View of Englishmen.
Neither the Americans nor the
English have in the past had any real
conception of one another's ideals and
general outlook on international ques-
tions. The English have been dis
posed to look upon us as a different
race, inclined to exaggerate, and to
be somewhat bombastic. We, on the
other hand, have looked upon You as
reticent, conservative, and, in some
cases, with suspicion.
II think the presidents visit has
swept these p%rejudices and sus-
picions aside and brought the ma
tons into a much closer union of
mind one with the other. We may
live 5000 miles apart, but we are
just one people after all. Although
the. American press has. through it's
representatives in this country-each
holding different views of the recep-
ton you have accorded our president
sent their messages to their papers,
I cannot tell what impression they
have made upon u people; but I
think that we shall find at the peace
conference that both nations have
been working towards a single ideal.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-27

ance and control OF any rerson In
the least qualified in the law"
The general said that during the
war The department. had been COM
Eelled TO set aside many sentences
sross and preJudic.als error1 Of
Tn my JUDGMENT" he said. .the
systeni y deficient In it, general lack
Ct esa supervision and c0utrol from.
INC pTslirlinAry inyestiSationf ~ the
aaieseH offense until the execUtlon OF
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-27
MUCH LIQUOR ooNF1sCArED.

Detroit, Mich. Jan. 27.-Since the
state constabulary took up the work
of enforcing Michigan's prohibition
laws at the Ohio border, it is estimat-
ed that close to 1000, 900 worth of
liquor, based on the price command
ed for it in Michigan, has been con-
flscated.
Wicked sporting rifles and revoa$$
vers of ~45-calibre are playing a part
in enforcement of prohibition at the
border. Scores Of attempts to carry
c%ontraband liquor into the state in
automobiles and on freight trains
have been brought up short by these
weapons in the hands Of members Of
the state constabulary.
The troopers are posted at various
points along the network Of roads
that lead into Michigan from the
south. They frequently appear in the
dead of the night before an automo-
bile threading its way along the
rough country highways. To escape
or prevent search is impossible. Some
would-be smugglers who have at
tempted to- speed by were halted
when the rear tires of their machines
were ripped open with bullets.
tions have discouraged the practice
Of bringing whiskey across the line on
electric cars and passenger trains.
Now troopers r called upon to stop
freight trains and look for riders of
the "blind baggage The smugglers,
it is declared, are moved to take des-
perate chances by profits offered.
Michigan became dry nearly a year
ago.
Although there have been pitched
battles and considerable u play be-
tween the troopers and smugglers.
fatalities have been comparatively
small. One smuggler who had a
sawed-off shotgun when taken from.a
train, declared that gunfights amoAlSy
the whiskey runners themselves are
not infrequent. The theory Of the
authorities in most cases is that the
intoxicated smugglers have been
%quarreling again.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-27
(By Victor McNaueht.)

London, Jan. 1S.-(Special Core
spondence. )-Without a doubt the
greatest issue of the present confer
ences n negotiations has to do with
the future relations of the United
States and Great Britain. What shall
be the attitude of each to the other?
If they stand together, the, peace and
security Of the world seem assured.
If they do not choose to agree on
vital matters. such as the freedom Of
the seas, a league of nations. and re-
duction Of ornaments. the govern
ments and peoples of the two coun-
tries will remain friends without
question, but the security Of world
peace will be my many degrees less
certain.
Sir John Foster Fraser, a British
journalist who has lectured much in
the United States, and who knows our
country about as we'll as he knows his
own. has given me what may be re-
garded as the typical British. view
point on matters affecting the two
countries. My talk with him ran
through two or three hours, and my
quotations from his remarks, while
perhaps not given verbatim and in the
exact order Of ~utterance, will repre-
sent his views fairly.
Sir John Foster Fraser's Views.
What do you think will be the at
titude, of theaAllied statesmen toward
President Wilson when they come to
actual grips?" was one question.
g think" replied Sir John, 'that
Messrs. Lloyd George and Clemenceau
and Orlando will tell Mr.. Wilson
what they, az representatives Of the
Allies, have already agreed upon as
the plans and, principles that are best
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-27
THE BRITISH. VIEWPOINT
more than once that the United States

more than once that the United States
was only associated with the Allies in
making war on Germany. You entered
the war because Germany insulted
your national pride. President Wilson
has been very careful to keep your
nation in an Independent position. We
do not blame him for that, but such
is the fact. The United States is free
to do anything it likes in the matter
OF concluding peace. If it does not
like the kind of peace the Allies want,
1T can make peace on its own account.
That seems a bold way Of putting It,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-27

No man is a hopeless fool who can
keep his ignorance concealed. +
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19
STAMP CONVERSION
IS NOW AUTHORIZED
Treasury Department Offers Through
Banks and Post Offices Savings
Certificates In Large Denom-
nations.

Richmond. va.-The War Loan Or
ganization OF the Fifth Federal Re-
serve District has been advised that
hereafter War Savings Stamps may
be converted into Treasury Savings
Certificates OF 500 and $1,000 denom-
nations according TO a new plan OF the
United States Treasury Department
to afford greater convenience to hold.
ers and purchasers OF War Savings
and Thrift Stamps.
The development OF the savings idea
10 one that has been urged for some
time in order to attract larger invest
ments The holder OF a sufficient
number OF Thrift Stamps may now ex.
change them for IS War Savings
Stamp and In turn the holder OF
twenty OF the IS War Savings Stamps
may convert them into 500 Savings
Certificate, or the holder OF two hun.
bred OF the S. stamps may In turn
turn them in for $1,000 Saving Ger
tincats.
Conversion may be made at all first
and second class postoifices and at al
Incorporated banks and trust com
panies that have qualified as agents OF
the second class. The Treasury Saw.
ings Certificate will be issued In reg
istered form and will bear the name
OF the owners They will yield four
per cent compounded quarterly as do
the War Savings Stamps The limit
Of the individual investment for the
1919 series OF stamps still remains at
81 900.
The new Treasury Savings Certin.
Gates should prove particularly at.
tractve for the investment OF the
Iunas Oh IraternaI societies, razor un.
ions and other civic, social and reli.
gious organizations because the inter
est 10 added to the principal automat.
icslly each quarter. the entire amount
being payable at maturity
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19
HOW FAMILY INCOME
MAY Be DISTRIBUTED
Every Homo should Have Own Per
soral Household Budget N II
10 to be Successful.

Every household is a corporation
with certain definite obligations and
a more or less certain income. and il
should, therefore, have a definite bud
get,
No general budget can be 30 framed
az TO NJ the needs OF every family
Families differ. even when Identical in
size, number, sex and general situa
ton, but no family can thrive and pro
gress without sound and sane financ
ing. without arrangement OF reas
enable financial margin; without reg
ular saving and investments such as
are offered by Thrift and War Savings
Stamps and only intelligent ADLER.
ance to an intelligent budget can be
trusted. under ordinary circumstances,
to bring about the desired results.
Methods Of appropriation. however.
differ; a method which proves FEAST
BILE in given family would be worse
than useless In another; but certain
cardinal principles may be safely laid
down.
The amount OF possible savings
should be set apart definitely. and
/ gidly adhered to- Other allowances
may be variable or they may be held
within hard and fast limits. One plan
after another may be tried, il liked,
until the best one suited is found
All things considered, the most cas-
lily efficient budget usually is that
which allows a certain share Of the
income for each budget head listed,
holds rigdly within the items Of ap
preparation, and wisely applies any
balance or surplus to the savings OF
recreation account
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19
WHAT REAL THRIFT
WILL ACCOMPLISH
succsssful Men Began BY Saving
Their Money A. q Matter OF
Fixed Habit

Abraham Lincoln was q notable e.
smplaY OF the value OF thrift Of time.
We can picture him trudging forty
miles to borrow = grammar We can
see him prone before the pine fire at
night after q hard days work log.
cutting. reading and rereading the
statutes Of indiana, the only book he
owned. or learning TO write and figure
with Q piece OF charcoal on the back OF
. wooden shovel. al he had no paper
o. ink
Another example n what boy can
DO who does not waste time Is that OF
. Milwaukee mo, Ssls Anton Chris
Jensen. recently appointed by the
United States government through
Secretary q ths Navy Daniels, on the
inventors stan Of TIE new United
States Naval Board. which includes
the greatest inventive minds in the
nation.
Born in Denmark. Nels Christen.
sens school days ended at IA years.
After that he worked in machine
shop days and attended a technical
school in the evenings. From his
savings he betrayed the expense Of a
course at tho Copenhagen Technique
Institute. from which he was gradual
Cd at 81. Previous to that he attain.
national prominence as an engineer,
having designed. when 10 years old.
the Danish lighthouse at Hanstholms
one OF the largest In the world.
During the three years he spent On
an English steamer engaged in Med
ityrranean trade he learned enough
English TO secure position with an
English manufacturing concern. Since
coming 10 the United States ne mas In
vsnted many compressed airbrake
starters for railroads. aeroplanss and
Are engines that have brought him
worldwide fame.
Thomas Edison began to save b.
fore he began to invent. The success
full magazine editor. Edward Box,
started saving on q salary Of 90 cents
. week. Grover Clevelands wages
for his frst year Of work totaled $50.
Garfield could not have become pres.
ident had he not saved early In life.
Horace Greeley and Cooper founded
their careers On saving,
Ex-Governor Ferris Of Michigan.
now q college president, lifelong ad
vocate OF thrift, tells OF his own thrift
" trimming: I'm my youth " ! bad a
TOY, I made H. and made II not to
suit myself alone but II had to suit
my father a. we'll His examination
Of ny work and his insistence that
should put the best there was In me
even into my toys put into my back
. spine and sufficient lime to last Q
lifetime"
Thrift was the keynote Of success in
the life Of the late James J Hill. He
was one Of the country's most con
ststsnt opponents Of thrift, one Of the
greatest examplars OF what this vir
tue combined with energy and high
purpose. can do. He preached always
that the man who cannot save money
will be failure; that though he may
have education. talent and ability
without thrifty habits he cannot sue
coed.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19

The hen that lays an egg day Is
q gold mine for her owner Take
lesson from the hen! Lay up for
your future by investing regularly in
War Savings Stamps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19

The cornerstone Of tomorrow's sue
cess 10 founded upon today's thrift
Any postman can lay the cornerstone
for you with War Savings Stamps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19

Some one 10 saving what you spend
sooiishiy. Who IL tepositing your dol
lar,f Invest them in W. g. 5. and
ave them for yourself.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19
II Ought To.

Patience-"She says she makes her
piano talk" PatrIce-"No such thing.
If 1t could talk 1t would say shut up.
I'll bet you"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19
Mature Ambition.

After a man has passed fifty, he
would rather have good stomach than
the shoulders Of O Gotch.--Houstor
Post
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19
Best Of Al.

It Is good to be rich, Il Is gratifying
to be popular, but 1t is better han
gold or popularity to have hos, VI
good friends
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-19
Can Be Cur. I.

Mean thinking is habit with some
of US and 1t can be cured just as any
other bad habit can. Good time to be-
gin, about now.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-10-23

OIDiNANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN ROAD BIS.
f.ICr NO. TWENTY-NINE (29) OF
Titi PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES, LA.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-14
TROUBLE MAKERS AND cENTENAR1Es.

If we are to observe centenarleS at all, ana IL
lis pleasant and humanizing avocation, we
ought to do it without squabbling over doctrin-
aire questions that nobody can settle. Here
we are with Walt Whitman's centenary just
passed and the aftermath instead of being bet
ter appreciation of the true influence OF this
apostle of democracy seems to be a deluge OF
discussions about ''What is poetrya' and about
I'' Was Whitman poet?" This is a pity. No
one has ever settled the question of what is
poetry and yet we have great poetry. No one
of the critics who has written learnedly OF Walt
Whitman 5 status as a writer has so proved has
case that the verdict has been universally &C
lcepted. The free verse; people claim Whit
man as the pioneer of their cult Poor Walt Is
gone beyond the power to defend himself from
being made sponsor for the vagaries OF cublst
verse. Perhaps he would have accepted this
responsibility for there was spirit Of innova-
ton in the sturdy apostle of freedom from con-
ventions that might have run to untried courses.
But Whitman wrote with intention as poet.
His poems have been accepted by the public as
poetry This is enough. He reused interest;
he set people to thinking about new facts and
promulgated new theories in application OF old
principles; and he wrote some verse OF noble
poetic caliber. If the discussions now begin
ming set people to reading Whitman, they may
do some good. But by intention they are futile
and inappropriate
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-14
I charge thee, fling away ADMISSION; by that
sin fell the angels. Shakespeare.
COST OF FARM PRODUCTION.

Secretary of Agriculture Houston announces
that the office of farm management at Wash
ington is actually planning to develop and make
more effective its activities relating to cost OF
producing agricultural products. 1t will not
have to exert itself strenuously, however, to
outdistance it's former record in production cost
Investigations.
The business side of farming has in the past
received little attention from the federal depart
ment of agriculture, its chief aim apparently
having been to increase production without re-
gard to profit or loss.
If the office of farm management goes at this
investigation in an intelligent practical bust
ness way, calling into its conferences actual
farmers instead of college professors, labor agl-
tators and social uplift promoters it ought to
be able to secure some highly useful data which
win aid the farmer in attaining greater eff
cheney IN his farming operations and also en-
Tighten the public as to the real market value
IL tho various farm products
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-14
HUN DYES LET IN.

New York Evening Telegram: In
his message to congress President
Wilson says:
Among the industries to which
special consideration should be given
is that of the manufacture OF dye
stuffs and related chemicals. Our
complete dependence upon German
supplies before the war made the
interruption of trade a cause of ex-
ceptional economic disturbance"
The importance Of this dye matter
will, we think, appeal to all Amert
cans.
We have been told time and again
from Official circles that experiments
made during the war had resulted in
rendering US independent OF Ger
many for dyes.
Singularly enough, the day before
Mr.. Wilson's message was received
calling attention to the Importance
OF our manufacture of dysteuffs and
related products the war trade board
announced in statement outlining
the policy declared by congress con-
corning the enforcement OF the
trading with the enemy act by the
board. that the importatfons or Ger
man dyes win be prohibited except
TO the extent that they are needed
in the United States, and that to de-
termine the extent German dyes are
needed he war trade board has ap
pointed an advisory committee com
posed of eight members, four repro
senting dye producers and four con-
sumerS.
It's the thin end of the wedge to
restore the German dye trust here.
Our little infant industry which,
according to government reports,
was making such fine Roadway is to
be stifled.
II there ever were any engaged in
dye manufacturing here they should
be heard from.
Despite cur democracy we are sc
enamored of trust control we lose
sight of the rights of self-determina,
ton OF smaller industries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-14
THE DEATH OF GRAMMAR.

Spokane Spokesman: English as
commonly written today certainly
seems to have lost the purity and
strength that it had a century ago,
Then such masters of the language
as Goblet, Coleridge, DeQuincey or
Hazlitt' were Journalists as well as
poets or essayists, and their leading
articles lost nothing of effect on the
public from being literature.
The arrival OF the age of steam,
electricity and cheap postage was
followed by a change, not for the
better in the popular style of speak
ing and writing. Say what you have
to say as briefly and quickly as pos
sible and don't bother about fineness
of expression" became the general
rule and practice. The new millions
of readers demanded that their read.
ing be expressed in the language OF
everyday speech. The obligation of
COMPRISING conclusions about i'm.
portant matters into one thousand
words, or fewer, Is death. in the
end, to style. The literary form ia.
vored is in touch with the turn-up
trousers fashion of wearing ones
clothing. It is free and easy and
crammed with linguistic atrocities.
Plural subjects are polygamously
welded to singular verbs, and Lind
ley Murray turns in his grave on
account Of the death of grammar.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-14
Tho Way To succass.

Christian Herald IF you never do
more than you are paid for, you will
Eever get paid for more than You do. =
A good motto that! 1t is the motto
which the girls OF a trade training
school in Boston have adopted as the
principle which will guide them in
their work.
1t might we'll be the motto of every
man and woman who tolls. And who
OF us do not? Who is there to whom
1t does not apply2
The man who gives less than he re-
ceives will be left behind in the race
Of life. 1t is the fit who survive.
The real failures are the men and
women who have deceived themselves
into thinking that they can succeed
without being worthy Of success. They