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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
that a large new addition is having to

that a large new addition is having to
be erected this summer.
Cayalier:-Oyer 40, people were
in attendance at the celebration held,
here for returned soldiers, sailors and
marines. The program Included a
parade in which over 400 war veterans
took part.
Bismarck.-With nearly $4,000 auto
license tags now distributed to vehicle
owners for the current year, the regis
tration department has disbursed DIP
ward Of $450,000 to the SO counties Of
the state for road use.
Mandan.-A proposal is being con-
sidered whereby the five cities Of Bis
marck, Mandan, jamestown, Valley
City and Dickinson may unite for the
employment of Il full-time health Off
j Ger who will divide his services be-
+; tween the five points.
Fargo.-The supreme court of the
state has been asked by Henry Amer
land, Il local business man, to set aside
the operation of the workmen's COM
pensation law. The application is in
the nature of injunction proceedings
designed to test the validity of the law.
Grand Forlls.-Wool rover of
Grand Forks county used cooperative
marketing methods for their this sea-
sons clip, with the result that a price
of 52 cents per pound was secured.
The establishment of a local wool
market is regarded as of the highest
value to producers.
Fort IaCes.-Elaborate plans are pc
ing made for the entertainment of
General Hugh L.. Scott, who. it is said,
will be a visitor here at an early date.
General Scott was stationed here many
years ago, and it was at this point
that he was married to the daughter
of Major Merrill of the Seventh
Cavalry Of Indian fighting fame. The
general will be a guest Of Colonel Jas.
H MCLAUGHLIN while here.
Grand torks.-I.uth Erickson, err
ratio mystery woman" who lis
believed to have been responsible for
many acts of apparently wanton mis-
chief in this city and East Grand
Forks, ha confessed responsibility for
Is. recent fires. Other persons are i'm
plicated in her testimony before the
insanity board, but the woman refuses
to- divulge their names.
Valley City.-Roland Palmer, alias
Harry Palmer, and Frank Bushman,
alias Frank Cushman, have been ar
rested here charged with having COM
mitted a robbery at Pettibone Lodge,
near Detroit, Mimi, a short time ago.
An automobile and other stolen prop
erty was recovered from them, and
they have been taken to Minnesota to
stand trial for the crime.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07

Bismarck.-The state railway com
mission has promulgated a notice of
lower freight rates to be required on
shipments of live stock within the
| state.
Fargo.--New presidential post mas
tiers are to besnamed after competitive
examinations for five points in this
state: Agricultural College, Ray,
Wimbledon, Elgin, and Buxton.
Leith.-The Grant county fair will
be held here September "a to %, with
substantial increases in the prizes
offered for exhibits as compared with
last year. An unusually good live
stock display is expected.
Carson.-Grant county commission
ers are preparing to proceed with the
erection of a court house here, in ac-
cordance with the terms of a resolu-
ton by which $4,000 has been appro-
priated for that purpose.
Bismarck.-An aero circus put on by
four government DeHaviland planes
may be secured for a performance here
about the middle of August, through
OC1llS lLGC11DlCu NV COll-
@ressman George M. Young.
Fargo.-The local Trades and Labor
assembly is planning a monster parade
for Labor day this year.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Ward coun-
ty held a meeting here to fix a sched-
ule of threshing rates for the season.
Grano.-William D. Stafford, aged sc,
postmaster here and a veteran of the
Civil war, passed away after a brief
illness.
neutrality-suspicious. amounting
to $4,000 will be installed within a
short time in the equipment Of the tele-
phone company here.
Langdon.-The most successful! fair
ever held in Cavalier county was clos
ed here last week, With a total attend
ance of 10000 people.
Cooperstown.-A large number of
horses were cremated in Il fire which
destroyed the barn on the Leininger
farm in Kingsley township near here.
Grand Forks.-A weeks campaign
has been put on by local Lutherans for
the purpose of raising $4,000 for i'm
mediate needs of the new Bible school.
Fargo.-An extensive exhibit of war
relics, including field pieces of many
sizes, is being shown at various North
Dakota points in the interests of army
recruiting.
Medina.-Stutsman county haylands
are being leased by farmers and
ranchmen from the western part of
the state who will put up hay here
and ship it home.
Bowbells.-Local high school attend
ance has SO far exceeded the build
ing %capacitv. provided for that
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
FACTS ABOUT THE
FL|CKERTA|L STATE

Bismarck fourth 'flying circus
is to be staged here in support of
aerial recruiting plans.
Fargo.-The annual meeting of the
North Dakota Pharmaceutical associa-
ton will be held here August J-6.
Braddock.-Little Geneva Magrune
of this city is dead as a result of
accidental burns received on July 10Th.
Linton.-A fourth-class p~ostoffice has
been established at Kertzman in this
county, with John w. Scott as post
master.
Fargo.-LOcal bank clearings for the
month of July show an increase of
nearly 40 per cent over the correspond
ing month of 1918.
Schafer.-C. II. Erickson, former as
sistant attorney general here, has been
appointed American vice-consul at
Christiania, Norway.
Bismarck.-North Dakota clothiers
are making preparations to attend
their annual convention here in large
numbers on August IL. and -.
Wahpeton.-Prof. G. A. Bricker of
~foy1acuse, N. L., HdS Deen erected neaQ
of the state science school, succeeding
Fred w. Smith. who resigned.
Mandan.-putting state publicity
upon a business basis will. be n of
the topics for discussion at the state
press meeting to be held here August
q and 9, it is announced.
..Fargo.--The Equity Cooperative
Exchange has announced that it has
$4,000 dividends to be divided among
patrons of certain Of it's local elevator
enterprises in the state.
Fargo.-D. c. Tufts, whose death
was recently announced from the west
}is said to have been the second rura
school teacher employed within tn
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07

of this city has received from the war
department a citation and the award
of the distinguished service cross for
extraordinary heroism displayed when
he and a comrade traversed a distance
of 100 meters, swept by shell and ma
chine .gun fire, and carried a wounded
man back to the American lines.
Hebron.-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krauth
and their son John, former residents
here, have recently returned to this
country, after having been detained
three years in Germany, where they
went during the early part of the war.
Upon their arrival in the United States
they learned that they are virtually
penniless, owing to the fact that their
property in this section had been con-
fscated under the provisions of the
alien enemy act.
Wahpeton.--At a recent drainage
conference held in this city by COM
m%issioners of North Dakota, South
Dakota and Minnesota counties inter-
ested in the proposed dam to control
the flood waters of Lake Traverse, it
was ascertained that many North Da-
kota commissioners felt unable to ar
range for their proportionate share of
the expense. Officials from South Da-
kota and Minnesota, it is said. are
ready to proceed with the work, but in
North Dakota the absence of a law
spreading the cost beyond Immediate
ly adjoining counties appears to handi-
cap the undertaking, while the North
Dakota drainage commission has only
advisory powers and very limited
funds.
Williston.-Local Knights of Colum.
bus recently initiated a class OF rs new
members. T.
Mayville.-Demand for teachers in
this state is causing a distinct upward
tendency to the average wages paid
during the past year or two, accord,
ing to statistics compiled as regards
school engagements of Mayville Nor.
NAL graduates. For the class of 1911
the average salary for grade teach
ers the following season was $67 6
month. The class of 1918 secured az
average of $72 a month, and the pres
ent years class has been: engaged a
an average of $S2 a month.
Bismarck.-The new state board of
equalization created under an act
passed by the last legislature will be.
gin it's annual meeting in this city on
the first Tuesday in August.
Fargo.-Threatened danger of black
rust in various sections in the eastern
part Of the state is now believed tc
have been averted by the favorable
weather conditions of the past week
Fargo.-Rainy weather drove in
doors the work Of serving the immens.
barbecue which had been prepared
for visiting Shrine members her,
last week. Representatives of tn,
order were present from all points O
n compass, and the ceremonial il
said to have been the most elaborat,
and largely attended of any ever hell
at this point.
Fargo.-Mrs. Elizabeth Darroy
O'Neill, a well-known suffrage worke
and daughter Of the late Mrs. Il. NJ
barrow, a North Dakota pioneer Il
this cause, is likely to be named b,
Governor Frazier, it is said, as one O
three members of the board Of admin
~istration, which will take over tn
control Of the states educationa
charitable and penal institutions afte
July &c.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27
TIN COW" FOR FRENCH BABIES

Washington n.-Over in the Aisne
SGmme and Ardennes districts OF
France, there are thousands and thou
sands Of babies who will grow up ir
the belief that milk grows in little til
ans, for in those districts the babies
go out to lunch daily with their moth
ers, and are fed by the big "tin cow"
which the Red Cross maintains there
It is virtually impossible to obtair
fresh milk there, for this area with
stood two invasions and two retreats
ry the Germans, and there are no cows
for them.
In this emergency the Red Cross not
only promptly shipped in three ear
loads Of condensed milk. but agreed to
furnish an adequate supply of con.
densed milk for these districts during
the next six months With LaOn and
ST. Quentin as the distributing cen
tres. LEGAL French committees supply
from twenty to thirty ruined villages,
each with more than it's share of un-
dernourished infants. The mothers
bring their babies to milk station,
where they are daily fed, weighed and
given medical attention if required.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

bonds for such purposes when so au-
thori1ed at an election to be held in
the said district.
Section l. BE it ordained by the
Parish School Board of the parish of
Natchitoehes, in lawful session con-
vened, that an election shall be, and is
hereby called to be held in the said
School District No. 5, in the parish of
Natchitoches, Louisiana, on the % day
OF December 1919 at which election the
majority Of the property taxpayers of
the said district, in number and amount,
eligible to vote and voting shall deter
mine the proposition to incur debt and
issue bonds of the said School District
No. S, Natchitoches parish, Louisiana,
to the amount of Thirty thousand dol
lars $3.50. .000 0W, to run for period of
Is Years. bearing interest at the rate
OF five percent per annum, payable
semi-annually, the funds thus derived
to be used FOR the purpose of erecting
and equipping a shcool building in
School District No. 5, NatchitOches
Parish, Louisiana.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc.. that the ballot boxes, necessary
blanks and other necessary parapher-
MALTA shall be provided by the Secre-
tary Of the Parish School Board, and
he shall cause to be printed for use in
said election, in the following form,
tp-xpit.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27
School Board Proceedings


The Natchitoches Parish Schoo
Board met called session Wednesday
Nov. 18th with the following members
present:
Edgar Levy, President, C. C. Hatta
way. w. M. Jackson, j. F. Hawthorn,
b. Martin, Sam Friedman, CopelIar.
Absent: Pullin, Sellers, Barron.
Resolution by Nj. Hawthorn, second
ed by Mr.. Hathaway:
That special School District No. A of
Natchitoches parish be established and
described as follows: All of I Z range
9aad sections II, and IS, and 10, 20
and 80. Township z, Range s.
Yeas: Levy, Jackson, Hathaway,
Hawthorn, Martin, Friedman.
Nays: None.
Ard the resolution was carried.
Resolution by Mr.. Hathaway, second
ed by Mr.. Hawthorn:
That Thanksgiving Day be given as
a holiday and that the week beginning
December 2lst ending December 2Sth
be given as Christmas holidays with
pay. Carried
Resolution by nr. Jackson, seconded
by Mr.. Hawthorn:
That as many Of the board members
as desire with Mr.. Hopper, Supervisor,
and Mr.. Hudson. Sup. be appointed as
representatives from this parish to at
tend the conference of superintendent
and board members in New Orleans
december 18th, 10th and 10th, anl that
all expenses be paid. Carried
.sesolution by Mr.. Hathaway, second
ed hy Mr.. Friedman:
~ it resolved by the Natchiteches
Parish School Board in legal and regu-
Il. Srlsioa convened that Edgac Levy,
P.s lent Of this board, and L. Z. Hud-
s~.. Supt. of iUhlic Education Of the
~. IA of Natchit,,ches be and hereby
a.. (. c:zed 10 enler i,i,u ;.ii OIL, gas ans.
sis II tease in ard lo section is, I
10 = 6; section l6, 4 Is. Q; section
lsr ), L z; and seci:on l5. Tt. 1T
~ ,Ltch.toches parish. Is. .or, AID oa
behalf Of tie Aatchitoches, Parish
School Board.
Be II further resolved that they are
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

Mote. e.-Comissioners may fill blanks
on face of ticket, but voter must sign
On back of the ticket.)
Section 8. Be it further ordained.
ETC.. that the commissioners and clerks
of election at said election shall serve
without compensation, and the said cleo
ton shall be held at the following poll
ing places or precincts: Marthavilie.
The following three commissioners and
clerks of election are appointed to each
respective polling places: B. 7. Lock,
J. M. Campbell, E. H. Veal, j. ~.
Ingram.
Section 4. Be it further ordained.
ETC., that notice of this election con-
tanning the proposition herein submit
ted to the voters shall be prepared and
signed by the President and Secretary
OF the Parish School Board and shall
be published in the Official journal by'
four weekly Insertions, the date of he
first Insertion to be as many as thirty
days before the date of the election.
The said notice shall further rccite
that on Tuesday, the & day of January,
1920, the first day following such a &C.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27
CARDINAL MERCER PHASES THE
FED CROSS.

j Washington, d. C.-"ConsumptiOn-
3 worse and more serious than Bo]
4 shevism, because it is underminn,
j the state by weakening ou: peo
j ple-is among US like a plague" de
Jared Cardinal MERCER, Primate o.
Belgium, and spiritual hero Of the war
III statement made at National Rec
Cross headquarters here. The Card
inal had called at the Red Cross head
Iu2Tters to thank that organization
IN parson for what the Red Coss had
ione for stricken Belgium.
Two American agencies were ospe
cialiy singled out for enthusiastic
/ praise by His Emminence for what
( they had done in Belgium-Hr. Hcoy.
| eT's Committee for the Relief Of Bel,
GUM, and the American Red Cross.
| Ills Eminence also spoke cordially OF
! the work now being done in Brussels
! by the unit under the direction of the
| National Catholic War Council
Your American Red Cross is mag
| EificCnt,' said Cardinal Mercier, "aud
the extent Of its work and it's mem
bership is simply marvellous l am told
that your Red Cross has over twenty
million members. OF course aithout
sunpcrt ts9fA ,hr whole American peo
pie 1t would have been obviously i'm
possible to accomplish the wo Ierful
cd Il
war. Such national inspiration should
be captured and held for the benefit of
society. 1t is extraordinary what can
be accomplished where free ,.euple I,
al unite and work fogu ,n.r for their F,
common g9l4 and ior the good Of s.-
,,4anstE.
"r u''t1e' and little children OF
-..,l are utterly worn out from the
long strain" continued Cardinal Mer
cier, discussing the four years of oc
cupati0n of Belgium by the Germans.
They must rest and play as much az
possible, for a while, if the next gen |
GRAFTON is to be equal to the tasks that
await it,
1T was hardest Of all to watch the |!
little children so without milk, espe.
ciaiiy the babies. For four years I saw
them with my own eyes grow wan |
and thin for lack of milk to make |
them strong and healthy. It was hard |
so hard, to know that l was helpless |
to aid them.
"Consuption, tuberculosis, is anon. |
us like a plague. 1t is a danger far |
more serious than Bolshevism, because
it is undermining the state by weak
ening our people and reducing the pro
duction of necessary goods. We need
machinery in Belgium for our fac. |
tories, in order to make our people
aAd.a ato.aresuma.. induS.l
try. / now also say that we need
health among Our workers and their
families even more. We are already
beginning a national health work for
the mothers and Young babies of Bel.
sium, and are esta blishing kind .!
centre in the larger cities and towns
where mothers and their babies caa
receive advice end attention, and Their
welfare be promoted in every possible
way"
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

During the past two years Red Cross
Canteents in all CT the principal cities
have supplied food to all men aboard
troop trains. The following figures,
which are for the New Orleans Can.
teen only, show the extent of the work
done: 2S,S1o meaIt were served at the
Canteen; 1854 meals were served at
railroad stations, and 1,4A6 special
meals were prepared for sick and
wounded men, the total being C7,905
meals.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

The large sum of s126,SS9.10 has
been spent by the Red Cross in help
ing families of service men in Ala
bama Mississippi and Louisiana. This
help has been extended through the
Home Service Stations of the local
chapters. In this division 155 $50 fam.
lilies have been aided For the different
states the figures are as follows: Ala
bams, 56,354 families, s37,664.25; Lou,
isiaua. 63,164 families. s69,451.24; and
Mississippi 35,642 families, $19,77352
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

The First Aid Department of the
Gulf Division American Red Cross has
had very active summer. Over $500
people studied first aid in classes cor
Quoted throughout the states of Ala
bama, Louisiana and Mississipp:
About 5000 teachers received first aid
instruction in Summer Normals, and
this instruction will be passed on to
the students of over 500 High Schools
In the Division.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

hereby authorized to enter into such
lease for cash bonus Of rental of not
less than So per acre for the first twelve
months with the stipulation therein
that in the event Of failure on the part
of the lessee or lessees to begin opera
tions for drilling of we'll or wells up
on the land INCLUDED in each lease with
in twelve months from the execution
of each lease contract that the same
shall terminate, the lessee or lessees to
be given the right of preventing such
forfeitures by paying in advance for
renewals Of not less than 81 per year
on each acre so leased. TIE entire period
Of each lease contract to be for not
longer than 5 years from date of exc
cution. Each lease contract to reserve
to the Natchitoches Parish School
Board royalty Of not less than eighth
of all oil saved and produced from said
land.
Be it further resolved that each and
every leased contract SO entered into
by said parties under this resolution or
to contain the usual and necessary
stipulations in all contracts of this
kind. Carried.
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering special election in School
District No s, Natchitoches Parish,
Louisiana, for the purpose of submit
ting to the qualified electors Of the said
school district the question of bond
issue of thirty thousand dollars $780,
000.o0l, the proceeds Of said issue to
be used to erect and equip school au-
ditorium in said school district.
Whereas, it is necessary and desir-
able that funds be raised for the pur-
pose of erecting and equipping school
building in School District No. 5, Nat
chitoches Parish, Louisiana; and,
Whereas, it is the voluntaryzwill cf
this body to call the election herein
sitter provided for; and,
Whereas, Article 81 of the Consti. /
tuticn of 1858 and 1913, and Act 255 OF |
the Legislature of 1910, as amended by |
act 2l8 of 1912, declares the Parish
School Board OF the parish of Natchi-
tocsses to be the governing authority
thfough which the said school district
may incur debt and issue negotiable
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

Proposition to incur
debt and issue bonds of
School District No. 5, in
the, Parish of lSatchi-
toehes, louisiana, to the
amount OF s30,0O.00 to
run for q feriad of Is
years, bearing interest
at the rate Of iire per
cent per alann payable
semi-annaaIly, for the
purpose Of erecting and
eqaipping q saaooi build
ing IN ) llool District
No. 5. iaagi ii OF Nat
chiloches, Louisiana.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

Notice To Voters To vote in favor Of
the proposition submitted on this bal
lot, place (X) in the square after the
word yes, and to vote against it,
place similar mark after the word
"No".
Back. of Ballot)
School District No. 5.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27

Parish of Natchitoches
Ward 5 Precinct Marthaville
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-27
FORM OF BALLOT
Special Election in School District
No. 5 Of the Parish of Natchi-

NO. . OF the Parish OF Natchl-
toches, Louisiana.
To be held December @, 1919 in ac-
cordance with resolution passed by
the Natchitoches Parish School Board,
November 10, 1919.
BALLOT
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0Continued on Third page)
Arizona republican., 1919-04-23

dering that the wireless sent by the soldier be not delivered. Whether the second message was too late or not, the sergeant did not learn.
 Sergeant Champagne described the death of Griffin of Hayden in a tank. He had been transferred to that branch of the service not long before. The tank was pierced by German shell.
 The number of tanks destroyed, said Sergeant Champagne, was much great CT than was generally understood. At first they could be destroyed only by guns of heavy caliber which. however, could not readily be brought against them. But the Germans developed an other weapon, a very long gun which fired a steel shell, the exact shape of a rifle cartridge, but about three inches in diameter. That would penetrate all most any tank introducing destruction with it.
 T would not" said Eergeant Cham pagne, 'take a million dollars for my experience; but I would not take an- other such experience for a billion"
Arizona republican., 1919-04-23
Give It Time

The difficulties which intending trans Atlantic avstors are encountering. the delays account of unfavorabIe weather the failure the first at tempt by an accident apt shake faith in the belief that crossing of the Atlantic will prove anything more than that such feat is possible under conditions which are not always present and cannot be counted upon
 But when we come to think how far we have gone in aviation in short time will be heartened. There are middle-aged who will remember that it was not believed that the machine could be of any practical Even the most thusiastic aviators could foresee years ago tc what the airpane would revolutionize fare The great development the plane within the last four years was made necessary and it was ac- complished-but only for purposes Long flights contemplated because they unnecessary. The development was along only needed lines.
 Now we are to have a development for purposes of peace and we have doubt judging from the past that it will be accomplished: that will be found to combat successfully the conditions that have held up Wood and Hawker within the last week. Human ingenuity will find the weak inadequate spots of he machines
 Surely there cannot be much. doubt of the com pete of the airplane the ha>a right entertain regarding the future the steamboat or the locomotive.