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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

against his visitor. and he had been
prepared to send him to another shop
besides. not every day could he talk
to the greatest man in the West.
IF you can play. there it is he
said after slight pause, and handed
the fiddle over.
1t was true that Jethro Fave loved
the fiddle. lie had played it in many
lands. Twice. in order to get inside
the palace of monarch for purpose
once in Berlin and once in London
he had played the second violin in a
Tzigany orchestra. He turned the fid
die slowly round. looking at it with
mechanical iutentncss. Through the
passion of emotion the sure sense of
the musician was burning. His fingers
Smoothed the oval brown breast of the
instrument with affection. His eyes
found JOY in the color of the wood.
which had all the graded. merging tints
of autumn leaves.
ut is old-and strange he said.
his eyes going from Berry to lngolby
and back again with veiled look, as
though he had drawn down blinds be-
fore his inmost thoughts. 1T was not
made by professional.
1T was made in the cotton fields by
a slave" observed old Berry sharply,
yet with content which overrode an
tipathy to his visitor.
Jethro put the fiddle to his chin and
drew the bow twice or thrice Swccpingly
across the strings. Such sound had
never come from Berry's violin before.
1t was the touch of a born musician.
who certainly had skill. hut who had
infinitely more of musical passion.
Made by slave in the cotton
fields - Jethro said with vciled look
and as though he was thinking of
something else: '.Dordi. Id like to
meet a slave like that.
At the Romany exclamation Ingolby
swept the man with searching look
He had heard the Romany wife of
Ruliff Zaphe use the word many years
ago when he and Charley Long Wis
tied the big white house on the hill
Was the man n Romany. and. if So
what was he doing here? Had it any
thing to do with Gabriel Druse and his
daughter? But no-what was there
strange in the man being Romany ant
playing the fiddle? Here and there II
the West. during the last two years. h
had seen what he took to be Roman!
faces. He had looked to see the effec
of the strangers remark on old Berry
81 was a slave and | was like that
My father made that fiddle in th'
: cotton fields of Georgia" the aged bar
Der said.
In the pause Ingolby said to Jethr'
Fave, play something, won't you
I've got business here with Mr.. Berry
but five minutes of good music won
matter. We'd like to hear him play
wouldn't we, Berry,"
1 The old man nodded assent. There
l plenty of music in the thing" he said
? "and lot could come out in five min
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
THE PROBLEM OF THE NEW
RESTAURANT
A Check on Undue Optimism

LIVERY day either Bruno Duke, Bet
~ terly or visited "The Golden
Hour" restaurant and talked over the
problem of the day.
"Lafayette' ice cream and Golden
Hour" apple pie were increasing in
popularity so much that requests for
both to be delivered at homes were
frequently made.
Both Miss Elan and Miss Howarth
were prepared to start home delivery
business until Duke urged against it.
Said he:
"You are running a restaurant and
are paying a good rent for good loca =
tion-a rent you would not be justified
in paying for a bake shop
''Bake shop" Miss Howarth ex-
claimed Indignantly.
Eyes, that's what it would be, so far
as home delivery business is con-
cerned. Besides, if people buy your
speciality and have it delivered, you lose
all the rest of the dinner or lunch
order. No, strongly urge you not to
consider for minute any home de-
livery business-for the time being, at
any rate. If people want your delight
fully unusual dishes, let them come here
for them
In spite of all our efforts to get n
worthwhile patronage after 3 o'clock,
we had but poor success. A few thin
men came regularly, night after night,
in the hope of putting on weight. Also,
half dozen fat men turned up every
evening in the hope Of having a meal
that would relieve them of some Of their
"excess baggage
At Dukes suggestion, all the thin
men were invited to sit together at a
round table which would be reserved fol
them, and he suggested that they form
"thin mans club
The idea pleased them immensely and
the group, which began with FIVE, quick
ly' grew to eleven.
The same idea was tried with the fat
men, but only six sat together every
evening.
Mabel, the good -natured Irish cook
got really interested in what she called
the "Barnum and Bailey freaks" ant
would sometimes come to the service
door and look at them enjoying thu
results of her work.
"Sure now an phwat great thini
1t would be If wan could only mix 'em
up. They could divvy up an come ou,
handsome men-they could, now. Lool
at them fat 'uns; sure they look like
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

"Don't you feel well, Mr.. Duh
"Yes-es," he drawled abstraA
"but I'm worrying about this bust
we aren't getting ahead"
What" we all exclaimed in N
degrees of CONSERVATION.
"I've been going over the accdu;
it is, as feared at first, that II
are not enough to carry the expeiI
the place-we have to do one
things, either get the lunch n
to pay more, or get patrons for
hours of the day. I know, Petes
said as he saw me about to
"about the fat mems club all
thin mems club but all that is /
incidental. We don't get and hid
dinner patrons.
II don't think we can hold the
patrons if we charge more monl
lunches, so we must find some n
getting regular patrons for other
1t is absolutely essential to do /
we are to make The Golden
restaurant really profitable.
The rest of that meeting was
serious than any we had had fol.
time-even Betterly was sober sid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
VIII Eat Out Of Your Hal

The chickadee will eat out 0I
hand IL you show him that you
something good to eat and he
already pretty well satisfied, for|
sociable, fearless and responsiI
tie fellow. Another thing is that
whistle to the chickadee he wi
variably respond, which is mor1
can be said of most other BIRDS 1
chickadee braves the winter col
remains even when the snow md
hard for him to find much food
top and back of his head Is JED
and there is big black spot also
throat, while the rest of the \
shaded from white to gray and I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
DREAMLANDA ADHE.NTUIR Dadl|
X 49,. "THE SINGING STRANGER"

''But there's another way of en-,
cried Billy. "Do you see that BIZ
placer" He turned to the a
father birds. ely to the top
roof and scream down the chimne'
ordered. Scream as IL you WI
trouble and beg your mates and
ones to come to you at once"
The father birds obeyed inSl
Come quickly, mates and little
they screamed. "Come up the chirl
At once there was com
among the mother birds and babiel
voices coming from the chimney dill
out the song of the mysterious stH
and, as if freed from charij
mother birds and youngsters dart
the fireplace and up througl
chimney to the free air.
The whistling bird song d
stranger ceased at once. He ran
chimney and looked up, but ths
were already rushing to the SAT
the woods. Then the stranger
open the door. His eyes fell
Peggy, and he stretched out his
toward her-stretched them out a
pleading.
Little daughter J" he mui
softly in a speaking voice that n
sweet as his bird song. Little n
ter, you have heard my call and
come to me-" And from his lipd
again the ripping melody, tend}
coaxing. As Peggy heard it and
into the strangers pleading,
eyes, she felt herself drawn towad
Hold back !" warned Billy BV
grasping her by the arm. HE Isl
ing his spell on you instead Of \
birds"
(TomorroD oilL be told h0&
mysterious SfrUuUcr SppkS to I'll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
> WOMAN MAKES MILLIONS

married, which gave her freedom
kind. Every minute of her tims
spent in studying the American
ing system and all sorts Of II
business methods. When her hi
realized he was dying he sent Il
and told her he was a bankrupt.
Without a word the little JaI
wife went out and Strengthened
affairs bit. In a few days 81
turned to his bedside and said:
Don't worry any more. d
made some transactions that will
us an annual income of $50, ,OO0|
you can pay your creditors. "
The shock killed her husban|
marked her entrance into the wd
finance.
She developed her husbands b1
on modern American banking "a
the first in the history of Japan
this. Nine. Hirooka developed
mines, and was farsighted emo,
forecast industries, becoming init
in cotton and silk manufactories
ways, shipping and insurance.
In the last few years of her II
turned her entire business over
son in law and Travelled up and
the coasts preaching Christianity,
the Bible she found the only r
that gave woman an equal chanc
men.
How long will it take to emar
the women Of, Japan?" some one
her.
And her answer was, Fifty
and I shan't live to see it. "-Ney
Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

out of surprised and indignant girls,
who caught Bill and divested him of his
colorful wig and mustache and between
laughter and scolding nearly deafened
the boys.
= ."As you were, girls" Bert at last
called out, cheerfully. "Bill and / are
going to double your contribution"
Later, after gazing a moment in ST.
lence at Nan, he said, softly: You
wouldn't stand to have the babies
abused, would you? You little spit
fire. But, oh! like you, Man."
The next complete novelette--Lem' s
Plans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
Sacrifice

Little brothers may De depende}
to tell the news. The Smith 4
Pioneer tells of a little chap wi
burdened his soul in school the
day with the statement that his
was wearing a new diamond rim
1t was a good one, too, becau|
beau sold a mule TO get it'll
City Star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

(PeggV and Billy are attracted to
the tooods BY strange bird song.
When they 90 nith the father birds
TO find the stranger they come upon
a huthidden cottage. The strange
sfong lures the mother and baby birds
into the mysterious cottage, and the
door closes behind them.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
THE WORLD FOR SALE
tcopyrisht 1a1O, by Harper & Bros.)
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Fleda Drusc. daughter of Gabriel
Druse, of gypsy blood, shoots in
canoe the Carlton rapids on the
Sagalac river where it flows between
the towns of Manitou and Lebanon
in the Canadian Northwest. She is
rescued from the whirlpools below by
Max lngolby, manager of great in
tcrests. who has come to Lebanon to
unite the two towns and make them
the center of commerce in the western
north. On the shore she is insuted
by Felix Marchand, Il powerful but
disrcputable character of Mantou.
Ingolby attacks Mnrchand, who vows
revenge. Fleda is claimed by one
Jcthro Fave as his wife, under a
gypsy custom which united them in
marriage when they were children.
Flcda rejects him. MarChand stirs
up feud between the two towns in
order to foil lngolby's ambitions.
strike is to be called, lngolby's new
bridge is to be blown up and he, him
self. thrown into the river.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
JAIL BREAKING
WAS v PLANNED
BY FAKE HERO
VIM Davis, Who Posed as
Marine Veteran, Attempt
ed Jail Delivery.

George Miller, alias William Davis,
who gained considerable %notoriety
locally when his wild tales of his own
alleged heroism with the Marines
overseas were proven false, was the
ring leader in plots to break Jail at
the Great Lakes Naval Training sta
ton, according to c.. P. O. Roy Stew
EMS of Brtnsmade who was recently
discharged from that station.
Stevens told of the plan formulated
and promoted by Davis among pris'
oners in the Great Lakes prison to
knock the turnkey on the head and
escape" when in the city last even.
ing on his way home to Brinsmade,
Chief Petty Officer Stevens was chief
clerk in the Provost Marshal's Office
at the navy station and sc came in
direct touch with the facts in the
case.
The well laid plans engineered by
Davis were tipped Il to navy Of
fcers by a trusty in the prison and
the escape was prevented. Davis will,
not have the further charge Of at
tempting to break Jail placed against
him.
Davis had toured the country foi
several weeks before his visit here
wearing the uniform of the marines
and displaying several medals fol
bravery. He obtained considerable
money from various Red Cross chap
tiers and civilians. 1t was proven dur.
ing his visit here that the man was q
fake and had stolen medals and dis.
charge and uniform from the Brook.
lyn naval hospital.
When being taken to the Great
Lakes prison by navy recruiting Of.
.fcer T. Anderson of Grand Forks
Davis made a bold attempt to escape
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
MEET TONIGHT
UPON HOUSING
All Public Spirited Citizens
! Are Urged to Attend
Session.

& -. +.- .I.. = y -. e. rg=r Ia. NaE.HE
All->citizens who, have the good of
Grand Forks at heart are urged to
attend the meeting for the discussion
Of the housing problem which is
scheduled to be held ats o'clock to-
night at the Commercial. club.
At that time two phases Of the sit
uation will be considered: First, the
supplying, of 200. rooms for students
at the state university, and second,
the permanent Improvement Of the
housing situation in Grand Forks.
To obtain the rooms needed BY the
students it will be necessary for resi-
dents Of Grand Forks to open their
homes to a. greater extent than. eye.
before, and the urgent necessity Of
this will be made plain at tonight,s
meeting.
In regard to the erection Of more
residence structures in Grand Forks.
the question will be Thoroughly
threshed out at the meeting, and it
is probable that some arrangements
will be made for the carrying on OF 4
vigorous building campaign in the
city.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
Lone COAL CAR
ARRIVED TODAY
FROM THE LAKE
Dealers Expect Shipments
Any Day Now That the
Strike is Settled.

The nrst carload Of hard coal re-
ceived In Grand Forks since the dock
workers strike commenced August 9,
arrived here this morning. The stove
va in the car will be used to fill or
ders filed several weeks ago.. No other
coal has been received from the head
Of the lakes. but shipments are ex-
pected to arrive any day now, accord
ing to dealers.
With the settlement of the dock
workers strike at the lakes, 1t Is ex-
pected that shipments will arrive
soon and il they come regularly there
will be little trouble experienced this
winter here, according to fuel dealers.
Whether Or not the orders filed In
August car be filled at the price
quoted at that time Is not known def
nitely as yet. but dealers do not ex-
pect the price to be materially ad-
vanced. With the dock workers re-
ceiving a considerable increase In pay
it is likely that the price of Goa will
be somewhat higher. The carload of
stove Goa that arrived this morning
cost rs cents a ton more than the
price quoted prior to the strike.
Buy Immediately.
At a meeting of the special Com
mercial club coal committee and coal
oodlCio, n0IO yeSleT Udy AFTERNOON, IL
was decided to r residents to pur-
chase their coal as soon as possible
and to be as saving of 1t as possible
as It is likely hat the supply received
here will o be suficient to supply
the demand this winter.
Orders should be placed imn,edi-
ately and they will be filled as soon az
material shipments arrive from Du.
luth. 9
Some 1000 men took part in the
strike on the Duluth-Superior coal
docks. demanding an increase of 80
cents an hour. In the settlement an
increase Of II cents an hour was
agreed upon. together with stipulated
holidays. The contract between en-
ployers and employees will be valid
until March, 1920. when a new con-
tract Is to be drawn up.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
Ancient Order OF
Rags And Tatters
May Organize Here

Old demon H. c. L. will receive
a solar plexus blow If the contemplat-
ed Rags and Tatters' club become
a reality. Membership in the ancient
order Of rags and tatters would be
open to all Grand Forks residents.
All members must pledge themselves
to wear old clothing that generally
would be discarded.
The official badge of the proposed
order will be a conspicuous patch.
No limit will be placed on the num-
Der of badges any one member may
wear. The high sign Of the order
will e the gingerly lingering Of an
other possible location for q badge
The password will be "darn."aa
The only degrees of the order at.
tainable will be those Of: Tatters
Threadbare and Rags.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
VALUATION OF
POWER PLANT
GIVEN BOOST
State Board Follows Sug.
gestion of Grand Forks
City Officials.

Assessed valuation of the electricity
and gas plants of the Red River Pow
er Co. in Grand Forks has been in
creased from $76,83O to $74S,443 by
the state board of equalization &C
cording to unofficial reports received
from Bismarck today.
This action by the board is in line
with suggestions made by City Auditor
w. H. Alexander and City Assessor
Robert Green, Jr., at the time Of their
recent conference with the state board
as to assessed valuations in Grand
Forks.
Discrepancies Pointed Out.
At that time the Grand Forks Off
Gals called the attention of Governor
Frazier, and the state board Of equali-
cation to the fact that there was a
large discrepancy between the state
ment of the valuation of the COM
pany's property filed with the state
railway and warehouse commission at
the time of the hearing on increased
rates in Grand Forks, and the. state
ment submitted to the city assessor on
the valuation for taxation purposes,
and suggested that the board take
what action it might think proper.
The action reported to have been
taken by the board has apparently
followed this recommendation.
Valuation Raised.
The statement of property valuation
turned in by the company to the city
assessor shows a valuation on the
electric plant Of $4,000, and on the
gas plant of $29,230. AS equalized by
the state board the assessed valuation
of the electric plant is $472,O 79, and
that of the gas plant $276,364.
AS to what action was taken on the
valuation of $20,100 placed by thu
company on its machinery, boilers
etc., no word was received.
Similar boosts are reported to 'hav.
been made in the valuation of thu
plants at Fargo, Minot, Bismarck
Mandan and other cities of the state
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
TO GO
TO FOR
REMINGTON co.

M. M. Merrill who has been Grand
Forks agent OF the. Remington
Typewriter company since 1911 will
September 20 TOR Seattle. wash,
where he will have charge of the
Office for the Remington company.
MT. Merrill has been in the employ
of the Remington company for the
last fourteen years. Last year he
stood nineteenth in the sales force of
the company for the entire nation,
and his transfer to, the Seattle, office
is in the nature. of a promotion.
For the last four years. Mr.. Merrill
has been captain of the Arab Patrol
OF KEN Temple, A. A. o. M. M. S.,
and during the war he was captain of
the Grand Forks Home guard.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
'Profit Tippers" One Reason
For High Cost of Living is
VieW of Chief Price PrOber
Merchants as a General Rule
Not Profteering, Says F.
c.. Himber, Chairman of
Fair Price Committee
New List for Grand Forks
Expected Wednesday.

AS a general rule there is little
p~rotteering being done in North Da-
kota, according to F. c.. Himber, state
chairman of the price investigation
committee. who is in Grand Forks to-
day comforting with the local COM
mittee..
The committee held "a meeting at
the Commercial club Monday night to
take up the question of a new fair
price list for Grand Forks. This list
is being prepared, and will probably
be made public Wednesday.
In connection with the work of the
committee the following statement
was given out today by MIR. Himber
and Mrs. R.. A. Sprague:.
THE impression has gotten out
among both the consumers and re-
tailers that. the fair price committee
has done all in its power to reduce
the cost of living. We wish to correct
this impression, as the committee has
just started its work.
Expect Legal Power.
'"The committee cannot lower the
wholesale costs but it can compel the
retailers to sell at a fair margin of
profit. Information has been received
from the department of justice that
additional legislation is contemplated
by congress which will assist the COM
mittee by giving it more legal power
to enforce prices deemed fair.
Just as DON as legal power is OBJ
tanned all cases of profiteering will be
prosecuted, and this legal power will
also apply to present p%rofiteers.
This committee goes to a great
deal OF trouble in getting these prices
and it is up to the consumers to make
a careful study of them. thus becom-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
Biggest Hunting,
Year in History
OF County, Report

Hunting is more popular this sea
son with Grand Forks county sports
men than ever before, judging from
the large number of hunting parties
that have left the city for their favor.
lite hunting grounds and the number
of licenses issued at thu court house
Eight hundred licenses had been
Issued on the opening Of the season
today and this is about hundred
more than have w been issued al
this time in any other year.
1t ia estimated that fully one-third
more hunting parties have left Grand
Forks for the opening Of the season
than In any other year.
The main shooting this year will be
for ducks as the Law prohibits the use
of dogs in hunting prairie chickens
Many sportsmen are taking theil
dogs with them on the trips with the
explanation that they will be used to
retrieve ducks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
CONSTITUTIONS DAY
TO BE OBSERVED BY
SCHOOL

Children Of st. Michaers parochia1
school will observe Constitution day,
which is being generally celebrated
throughout this country on Wednes-
day, September II, and tomorrow at
building, according to an announce
ment made{todAy. ai'ss
Attorney P, A, McClernan will: give
the principal address Of the after
noon. and has chosen for hi general
subject, the United States constitution
A program of appropriate readings
and selections. will be given by ths
students, and the school chorus will
furnish several attractive muacal
numbers. The program will CLOSE
With he singing of the national
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
KIDS ARE BACK
FROM THEF FARMS
Mrs. Agnes Rex Says They
Benefited By Summer
in Country.

Practically all of the Grand Forks
children placed on farms through the
efforts OF Mrs. Agnes Rex, city SUI
perintendent of the city poor. have
now returned and are attending the
schools of the city, Mrs. Rex said to-
day.
In one or two cases where the con-
dition of the youngsters seems to
render it advisable, they will remain
on the farms during the winter
months.
Mrs. Rex states that the children
appear to have benefited greatly by
their stay in the country, and that
next rear it is probable that efforts
will be made to give a larger numbep
the benefit of a summer on the farm.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
Program Complete
For Constitution
i DaysO bseruances

With arrangements for exercises in
the city schools at . a. m., Wednes-
day morning, plans are complete for
the Constitution Day observance in
Grand Forks. w. A. Mcintyre will
deliver an address to school students
Wednesday morning.
The program tomorrow will COM
mence at s o'clock sharp In the aud
itorium Of the city hall Is Governor
Lynn j. Frazier one of the speakers
will have to return to Bismarck on
the 1920 train.
The complete list of four-minute
speakers for theaters this evening
follows:
Royal, Harry schwam; Foto Play.
Tudor Owen; Strand. H. E. Willis;
Metropolitan, G.. S. Strandvold; Or
pheum, v. P. Squires.
The Wednesday evening program
follows:
Invocation-Rev. j. Watson.
Background of the Constitution
Samuel Torgerson.
Address-Gov. Lynn ]. Frazier.
Address-Iver A. Acker of Hills
boro.
America-Audience lead by Prof.
Enyeart.
The high school band will play a
number of selections in front of the
city hall before the program.