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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-01-30
CAPITAL RENTALS ARE HIGH
Sum Paid by President Washington
for Residence Would Not Be Con-
sidered E~Stravagant To-day.

Rentals of $4,000 to $4,000 a year
are not remarkable. There are hun.
dreds of apartments in this city which
rent for more, Il great deal more, and
it is likely that the new constructions
in the best apartment-hOuse sections
contain no suites as cheap as $1,000.
When New York was the capital of
the nation and Washington the chief
executive there We're few who paid as
high as $1,000 a year for homes. Rec
ords show that George Washington
paid $1,000 a year for the use of the
McComb mansion on Broadway while
president Of the United States. As
first citizen of the country it was al.
lowable that he should pay so high
rental, but only the president paid
anything like that amount. He got a
good deal more for his money than
the man who pays $4,000 for an apart.
ment today.
The McComb house was one Of the
finest homes in the capital. It was
built by the best architect in the
colonies and great care and no small
amount Of money were spent in the
construction Of the house, which was
large and had many splendid rooms.
It had beautifully laid out grounds
and from q business standpoint was
ideal because it was only a short dis
lance from Federal hall ut the north.
east orner Of Wall and Nassau
streets, now the ~subtreasury. Wash.
ington extended himself when he paid
this rental, although one Of the rich.
est men in the colonies.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-01-30
GOODBYE BACKACHE, KIDNEY
AND BLADDER TROUBLES

For centuries all over the world
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil has at
forded relief in thousands upon thou
sands Of of lame back, lunbago,
sciatica, rheumatism, gallstones, grav-
ell and all other affections of the kid
neys, liver, stomach, bladder and al
lied organs. 1t acts quickly. 1t does
the work. 1t cleanses your kidneys
and purifes the blood. 1t makes a
new man, a new woman, of you. 1t
frequently wards off attacks of the
dread and fatal diseases of the kid
neys. 1t often completely cures the
distressing diseases Of the organs Of
the body allied with the bladder and
kidneys. Bloody or cloudy urine, sed-
iment, Of %"brickdust" indicate an un-
healthy condition.
Do not delay a minute If your back
aches or you are sore across the loins
or have difficulty when urinating. 60
70 your druggist at once and get .
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yardstick to ascertain the exact place
Of cutting.
Why Germany Should Pay.

VI CUll1uS.
Why Germany Should Pay.
Think Of what it would mean should
the Boche go through any one Of our
own agricultural states and commit
the same terrible depredations. Would
we not say that he should pay? And
can we afford to say anything less for
the farmer Of France than we would
say for the farmer Of America? No,
the American ideals of today, the
ideals which the stricken peoples Of
Europe are striving to make their
ideals, demand justice for all wherever
and whoever they may be, and Amer
lea can do no less than demand the
same %reparation for the French farm
er that she would demand for the
American farmer under such circum-
stances.
There is nothing living today o.
those Somme fields. There is nothing
but stumps and the battered and torn
remains of what We're once prosperous
towns and cities. These and the
graves of almost countless thousands
Of soldier dead-some of them Ameri-
can soldier dead-are all that is left
to indicate that man yer passed that
way; all that is left to indicate that
this great valley was ever more than
the desert it now appears.
Boche Must Pay and Pay.
Along the edge !, the Somme valley
runs what Is left of the Hindenburg
line, designed with all the cunning Of
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-01-30
GERMANY MUST RAY'
Cruel Marauders Destroyed Fer
tile Farms and Fruit Trees.
MANY VILLAGES WIPED OUT
StImps Of Orchards and Graves Of
Thousands Of Soldier Dead All That
Remain Of Once FIourishing
Somme FieIds
BY WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.

Can the American reader imagine
transforming the fertile fields and
prosperous villages and towns and
cities in states like New York, Ohio,
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wisconsin,
Texas, or any other Of the rich agri-
cultural states of the Union into an
uninhabited desert?
That is what the Boche did to the
Somme country of France. Before
the war this section Of France was
looked opon as one Of the most pro
ductive sections Of the world. 1t was
covered, with fertile farms, splendid
fruit orchards, thriving villages and
towns and prosperous little cities
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-01-30

box Of imported GOLD MEDAL Haar.
lem Oil Capsules. They are pleasant
and easy to take. Each capsule con.
tains about one dose Of five drops.
Take them just like you would any
pill. Take a small swallow of water
if you wan to. They dissolve in tho
stomach, and the kidneys soak up the
oil like a sponge does water. They
thoroughly cleanse and wash out the
bladder and kidneys and throw off the
inflammation which is the cause Of
the trouble. They will quickly relieve
those stiffened joints, that backache.
rheumatism. lumbago. sciatica, gall.
stones, gravel. "brickdust," etc. They
are an effective remedy for all dis
eases Of the bladder, kidney, liver.
stomach and allied organs. f, Your
druggist will cheerfully refund your
money If you are not satisfied after a
few days use. Accept only the pure.
original GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL
Capsules. None other genuine.-Adv.
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Superior Waterproof Paper.

A superior waterproof paper, trans.
parent end impervious to fat, may be
prepared by saturating good paper
with a liquid prepared by d~issolving
shellac ut q moderate heat In a satu.
rated solution of borax. Such q mix.
ture may be colored by the addition
Of various aniline dyes.
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Soma Trenches.
M@GM
w.

"She is having her voice trained"
II suppose that is to enable her to go
Over the top notes."
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RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add l or. Bay
Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound,
and " or. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for MAX
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound 1t will gradually darkcn
streakcd, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp. is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
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To Have a Clear Sweet Skin.

Touch pimples, redness, r%ouglness
or itching, if any, with Cuticura Oint-
ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each.-Adv.
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Sure Proof.

'"The fellow who is visiting your
girl is a coming man."
"He must be. He's not a going one
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Among its cities and towns were
Aniens, Albert, Peronnc, Namel, st.
Quentin, Roye, and many, many 9th
crs that are today but heaps Of debris,
but which will figure prominently in
the history Of the great war.
This beautiful valley was interlaced
with magnificent roadways, and each
roadway lined with wonderful trees,
many of them centuries old. Along
these roadways stood hundreds of
farm villages, each village housing
from one hundred to five hundred hap
py, c%ontented, thrifty people, who
titled the soil of their fertile acres and
gathered the fruit of their orchards as
their forefathers had done for many
generations.
Upon the farms of this valley all of
France depended for much Of it's food
stutfs, for its bread, it's meat, it's fruit,
and year after year these fertile acres
and these thrifty, industrious people
had met the expectations of France in
the matter Of food production.
And then came the Boche with his
dreams of conquest and Of loot, and
for four years this valley of the
Somme was a battle-ground, with mil
lions of men struggling backward and
forward across it, those on the n
side seeking the selfish purpose Of
world domination and destruction and
those opposed seeking the preserva-
ton of freedom and liberty and world
civilization.
No Evidence of Many Villages.
The American people, and especially
those of the rich agricultural states Of
the North or South, of the East or
West, can look about them at their
own happy and prosperous commune
ties and easily picture in their minds
the Somme section Of France before
the war. But it is impossible to pic
ture that same section as it is today.
1t is impossible to put into words the
terrible devastation that has been
wrought because Of the ambitions and
lust of a selfish people.
Every one of the two or three hun
dreds of thriving farm villages are
gone, the great majority Of them gone
so completely as to leave no evidence
that they ever existed the material Of
which they were constructed carried
away tnat it might be used in the con-
struction of the Notifications of the
famous Hindenburg line behind which
the invaders sought refuge; its cities
completely demolished, their magnii-
cent churches and c%athedrals, the
work of the master builders Of centu-
ries ago, ground to powdered stone;
the wonderful trees lining the road
ways torn to splinters; the people Of
the valley homeless and scattered to
the four winds.
Like many thousands of Americans,
I had failed to believe possible all Of
the things we had been told were the
work Of the Boche. I had read with
considerable reservation the descrip-
ton OF the destroyed orchards where
the fruit trees were said to have been
deliberately cut down. But as I rode
for miles and miles and miles ove the
Somme valley I could not fail to be-
liqve what my eyes saw, and there
were the stumps of what had nee
been orchard after orchard from which
France had reaped her harvest of
fruit. Each stump was cut square
with a saw, and each stump Of almost
exactly the same height, Us though the
depredator had measured each with q
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-01-30

1t is said that liquor improves with
age, but some men don't care to wait.
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Or. J. H. RINDLAU5 (speclalist).
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Fargo, N. D.
Figuring the Finances.

Easily Accomplished.
Rich Bachelof-"My only ambition
is to die poor" Married Friend-"And
have you picked out the girl yeti"
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Seek Colombia Mart

behind them. The Call chamber OF
commerce. on the west const. has re-
ceived notice from the United States
food administration OF n projected WIS.,
II by commission of business men
from here. The Americans are pre-
pared to negotiate n new system Of
business credits to meet the needs OF
Colombian men.
This will be the beginning of a new
era in trade with South American
countries. it is said. for the chief COM
plants OF the Latin-Americnns against
the methods of the United States con-
Germs has been on credits and packing.
The ministry Of agriculture and COM
merce has issued orders to give every
assistance to the Americans in the
handling of their samples by remitting
custom duties, and special trains will
be put at their disposal to visit vari-
GUS sections Of the Interior. The party
will stop at the port Of Buena Ventura,
where extensive improvements are be-
ing made on plans submitted by Amer
lean engineers.
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80 much to stop your marriage With
mademoiselle that he Is ready to stoop
to assassination and kidnapingr'
Because he IL himself in love with
her." said.
The captain clenched his nsts. "God
Forbid" he murmured. They say
his wife died of broken heart. All.
monsieur, swear to me that this shall
never come about, that mademoiselle
become his wife. Swear It to me.
mon anil
swore 1t, and we shook hands.
Five minutes later we had cast on,
and the Sainte-vierge steamed slowly
through the drift ice that packed the
gulf. There were no lights upon the
Claire, and I surmised that the con-
spirators were keeping quietly hidden
In expectation Of Jacqueline's arrival.
though how Dubois had outwitted
them I could not at the time surmise.
Then l sought my cabin and fell
asleep, dreaming Of Jacqueline.
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Turn Rotterdam
Into Army Base

stores that look like one of the cor
ners of FOrty-secOnd and Broadway.
Walking along past those stores one
sees popular brands Of American to-
bacco and cigarettes; American phOno-
graphs, American sewing machines,
American chewing gum; one stops in
front of big music store and sees
displayed in the windows all the more
or less late American songs and "jazz"
and rag" music.
There are dozens Of American auto
mobiles on the pretty drives and
American motorcycles "put-put" by
do in America.
Favorite "Ham and" to Order.
In a little cafe or restaurant the
soldier orders the great American
favorite-ham and eggs-from wait
er who speaks good English and who
will probably tell of the cities in
America where he has worked. and
the "guldeens" will be rung up on an
American cash register and In half
the places an American typewriter
will be found near the register. Rot
teriam has Its Great White Way"
just like old New York. In the
cabarets are mighty clever entertain
ers and girls who can rag" just as
well as some Of the girls back home.
The Dutch wax merry In much
more repressed and dlgnified way
than do the French and In Rotter-
dam cafe one does not have to run a
gantlet of alluring sirens as one does
In Paris.
A Rotterdam cafe or saloon is a
clean, orderly. always neat and trim
room that is generally quiet. Back
of the bar the rOsy-cheeked frau or
fraulein works and pays no heed to
the men who come In. And the men
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Dutch City Looks Like New York
Since Americans En-
tered Area.
AMERICAN GOODS on SALE
10 Now Supply Depot for United
states Army Of Occupation In
0srmany-Turned Into Bus
Ting New World Port
By corr. DAVID RAMzEUR.

Un the Chicago Post.)
Rotterdam, Holland Rotterdam.
supply depot for the American army
of occupation In Germany, Is THE
New York of the A. X. f."
At Maashaveen. the left mouth Of
the Rhine, on the outskirts Of ROtter-
dam, American soldiers erected their
barracks and Mt wharf near by
American soldiers and sailors unload
the supplies for the American army OF
occupation in Germany. Squat tug
boats, with their little Dutch house
hold aboard, pun up and down the
Rhine towing the long, narrow barges
built for the canals Of this little
country. with their loads Of supplies
for the Yanks who are keeping the
watch on the Rhine. And down the
Rhine come some Of the lucky dough-
boys whose time has expired and who
are starting for Goods country"
Rotterdam Now Busting Port.
In every direction In Rotterdam are
signs Of a busy. bustling new world
port. Huge derricks and travelling
cranes, big grain elevators. long
strings Of concrete and cast-iron
docks and wharves, networks Of
tracks and here and there a shipyard
resounding with the clatter Of machin-
cry and the "rat-tat-tat" OF riveters
The shops are a wonder and a de-
light. They are marvels of cleanli-
ness md trim. neat. attractive tidi-
ness. The grocery stores are as
scrupulously clean and orderly as a
big operating room in an American
hospital md one has to look twice to
discover whether grocery store Is
indeed a grocery or first-class drug
store.
But the thing above all that makes
us call Rotterdam the New York of
the A. E. F. is the fact that wherever
one wulks In the uptown districts one
sees American articles for sale and
American apparatus and machinery in
use. For instance. walk down Hoog-
STRAIT (Which, by the way Is not Hog
street, but High street,. 1t is the
Broadway of the New York Of the
A. E. F. On 1t are tobacco and cigar
shops that would put to shame the big
jewelry stores of many American
cities; confectionery stores that are a
little bit of fairyland; bakeries and
groceries that fairly glisten with
nickel, brass and glass; clothing
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East Adopts English

veyed the Greek mainland. Cretan
soil is somewhat exhausted by CEN
turtles of cultivation without replace
ment of soil food. but with an abun-
dant source of water supply In the
mountains and availible fertilizer 1t
is believed much of 1t will respond to
proper treatment.
American farming machinery and
up-to-date methods are needed. and
arrangements have been made to sys-
tematically educate the farmers Of
Greece and Its largest island so that
they can increase their yield Of crops.
Maj. G. G. Hopkins of the Illinois
agricultural department, and Lieut..
C. ]. Bouyoucos, native Greek
educated in America and former in
structor at Michigan Agricultural
College, are in charge Of the agri-
cultural survey Of Greece and Crete.
About five thousand refugees from
Asia Minor are sheltered and fed on
the Island Of Crete. These are dis
tzibuted in the large towns Of Can
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Government to fake
Census of Game Birds

Washington, d. C.-TO gather
up-to-date and reliable infOrma-
ton on the present condition OF
game birds and animals In the
Western States, as compared
with previous years. the United
States department of agricul-
ture, through Its bureau of bio
logical survey. has sent blanks
to thousands OF hunters. and has
asked that they be filled out
with as complete and definite
Information as possible.
Recently 1000 Of these blanks
were sent to a selected list OF
hunters in all counties of Wash
ington state. The Information
which will be obtained from the
renlies. together with that sup
piled by the field representa-
tives OF the bureau. will give
reliable Information on the game
bird md animal population Of
that stnte.
The bureau hns already is
sued reports regarding main
mails and birds. including the
game species. Of Wyoming, New
Mexico and Colorado. 1nfOrmn-
ton for reports is now being
collected In the states of Mon
tnna, Arizona. Wisconsin and
Washington.
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dia. Retimno and Canea, and in the
small towns Of the interior. Ameri-
can Red Cross representatives have
visited these refugees as well as the
civilian and military hospitals on the
Island of Crete. in addition to investi-
eating the conditions of the Greek
soldiery returned from German prison
camps and the townspeOple of the
island.
The greatest needs of the inhabi-
tants of the island are an Institution
for the treatment Of tuberculosis, med
lcines and medical supplies. blankets
and staple foods.
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A NIGHT STRUGGLE.

Paul Hewlett, lettering At night
in Madison square. New York. u
approached By An Eskimo dog. He
follows the dog to . gambling house
and meets the animals mistress
coming out with . large amount OF
money. She 10 beautiful and in dis
tres and he follows her. After
protecting hsr from two assailants
be takes her IN charge. and puts
hsr in his own rooms for the rest
Of the night. He returns . little
later to md . murdered man in
his rooms and JacQueline daxod.
with her memory gone. He decides
to protect Jacquelins. gets rid Of
the body and prepares to take her
70 0uebeo In . search for her
homo. SIMON Laroux. searching for
JacQueline for some unfriendly pur-
pose, finds thsm. but Hewlett
svadss him Hewlett calls the girl
his Hstsr. In Quebec ~ learns that
she u the daughter Of . recluse
in the wilds. Charles Duchaine.
Psro Antoine tells Hewlett JAG
Queline b married and tries to take
her away. Hewlett engages pas
sage on . boat to st. Boniface-
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who serve the customers look like
church going bank tellers. The larger
saloons in Rotterdam are restaurants.
cnfes, saloons, billiard rooms md
clubrooms combined. To II come the
men with their wives and children.
The little ones eat the tasty pastry
and sip sirup; the wives drink beer
or tea md eat cake and gossip, and
the men play billiards or cards. write
letters or gather round the huge tiled
stoves to tnlk politics.
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CHAPTER VII.
Captain Dubois.

Clangi Cang!
Il sounded AZ though some titanic
blacksmith were pounding on mighty
anvil to a devils chorus Of laughter.
And was bound to the steel. and each
blow awakened hideous echoes which
went rssounding through my brain for
ever.
Cangi Clangi
Istrovs to free myself. knew that
II was q dream from which I must
awaken, for the fate Of the whole
world depended on my awakening
from the bonds Of sleep.
1t would be 20 easy to sink down
into deeper slumber. where even the
Changing Of the anvil beneath those
hammer strokes would NO longer be
heard: but AGAINST this was the I'M
pefative need TO savs-not the weird
now. but
The name was ~ sweet ~ honey
upcu my lips. II was something worth
living for. It was-JacQueline!
That Observation-Disclosures
JacQuelinei
I ~ epns rack 70 my rooms and
~ . 10 uDea tAs 1eoe. JacqusHns
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Elementary Schools of Near East
Make Study Compulsory
Soon VIII DispIaee French a. the
Language Of Diplomacy
and Business.

Island of Crete.-The English Ian
guage promises soon to displace French
MS the language of business and diplo-
macy.
All through the Near East the Ang-
lo-American influence has resulted In
thousands of elementary schools insti-
tuting English as compulsory lam
ruage. Even in the Mediterranean Isle,
the home of Premier Venizelos, instruc-
lion In the English language has been
arranged for.
American scientific agriculturalists
IRE now completing a survey Of the
soil possibilities Of Crete in the same
Thorough fashion in which they ~
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American Business Men Invading
Southern Republic.
Hope to Open Up Country That Has
Been Long Closed to Our
Trade.

washington.-AdvIces from BogOta
say American business men are in
yading Colombia for commercial
campaign and are confident the pend
ing Colombian treaty will be ratified
by the United States.
By the proposed treaty Colombia Is
to be recompensed for the loss OF Pan
ANA. The Colombian people felt hos
tility toward the United States for the
part 1t played. and for n long period
the Colombian field was particularly
closed to American business. With
the end of the European war, Euro
pean business men swarmed to Colon
bia.
American business men were not far