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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11
A COMMUNITY CLUB

That country town Of about 1000
population could gather 1000 people
to the annual meeting of its club,
would once have been regarded as
the fantastic dream of some vision
ary. Yet that was just what hap
pened ;he ether ady u Tolgaroxi:,
Kansas at the annual meeting 0f
the Co1DnL:,ity Clun of that place.
as deserted in a recent issue OF the
Kansas Llty Times
This club home was built as COM
munity club house for the village
and the surrounding farm country
1t was the plan of Mrs. Cora Bullard,
a prominent woman's club worker,
who conceived the idea of rural
club for the benefit of the entire COM
munity.
1t is meeting place where men
and women and young people gather
to discuss and organize for all forms
of community work. It's annual
meeting has become a big event for
many miles around. The governor
of the state makes it his custom to
be present on these occasitcs, and
other prominent speakers are heard.
Such club center can promote
recreations that will keep the young
folks interested in country life. 1t
can form the meeting ground where
all kinds of community projects will
be discussed. When such discussion
takes place, it usually results in or
ganization and getting things done.
Such center can be made the place
of hearing fine addresses and con-
certs, for bringing the best talent
and best brains in modern life with
in reach of a rural community.
Automobiles make such a center
possible where it would not have
been five years ago. Country people
can drive in from many miles around,
and get benefit from such an organi-
zation and help support it. There
should be such meeting place in
Hope to promote all forms OF COM
munity life and activity in this
neighborhood, and to bring this town
and the outlying country into close
touch with the best thought Of
American life.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11
RED CROSS SEAL CAMPAIGN

The Red Cross Seal campaign is
going on all over the U. S., as we'll
as in N. D., and interesting reports
are coming in to headquarters.
Edward Flynn, mayor of Devils
Lake, is chairman of the Red Cross
Xmas Seal Campaign in this city and
he writes as follows: Mrs. j. E.
Stevens, the field worker, is here
this afternoon talking Red Cross
seals to teachers and pupils at the
Opera House. They seem to be very
enthusiastic and We hope to make
our quota on Saturday, Dec. 9Th,
when they will carry on an intensive
campaign. Last night we gave a
vaudeville entertainment here for
the Actors Memorial Fund and Mrs.
Stevens gave a short talk before an
audience of 1851 people,"
Fargo telegraphed that they had
$2294.O0 on the seal campaign and
that they were still waiting for re-
turns from churches, lodges, colleg-
es and hospitals. They expect to
reach the $4,000. 90, mark, more than
doubling any previous quota. Bis
marck has gone way over the top by
raising $1006.0O. These two towns
are now in keen competition to see
which shall have the largest per
capita quota. Bismarck is now in
the lead, DR.. Fannie Dunn Quain,
Chairman, while Mrs. Angela Boleyn
thinks her town is the winner.
Bergen, McHenry County, has
raised the largest per capita quota
in the state, THIRTY-ONE CENTS
PER CAPITA. This is fine record,
all the more so when you consider
how poor the crops 'were in this
county. AS a result, this town is to
have Health Week with examina-
tion of the pupils during the day and
lectures to parents during the eve
nings by the new director, DR.. Ida
M. Alexander, while there will be
special programs by the pupils un-
der the direction of Miss Lillian
Parmenter, local chairman and prin-
cipal Of the Bergen school.
Mr.. Frank j. Roble of Towner is
county chairman and his thorough
and efficient methods will insure this
county being one of the "top-notoh.
ers' as we'll as having the 'Banner,'
town to his credit. This means
more than health work for this coun.
ty, for the Red Cross Seals come
back to you in health, knowledge
and health service.
Invest" your dollars in Red Cross
Seals.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

o, no, don't hurry about buying
your Christmas gifts. Just before
the holiday there are always plenty
Of left-overs that other people have
rejected.
No contempt OF court is reported
from the Connecticut city where two
boys were sentenced by the Judge to
be soundly spanked.
Many people of Hope feel that
there are too many open forums and
not enough work benches in this
country.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

In answer to the above letter we
wish to state that the columns Of
the Pioneer, outside of the adver-
tising and editorial columns, belong
to our readers and are and always
have been open for the discussion
of any matter or question of public
interest or benefit. The Pioneer is
in reality your paper. 1t is pub
lished for your benefit and incident
ally tosmake living for the manage
ment. (The latter proposition is
somewhat trying since the Brinton
printing law cut thousand dollars
a year off our mooney
If you have any matter that you
desire to discuss publicly, send it in.
If you have questions that you want
answered, send them in. If you do
not agree with some statement
made, write a reply and send it in.
Our advertising columns are. also
open for political advertising re-
gardless Of politics or party at our
regular advertising rates. Use them
whenever you see fit.
we ask you to observe the following
necessary rules:
1. Write with pen and ink on
one side of paper only.
2. Limit communication to 800
words if possible, do not exceed
500 words.
3. Do not send clippings from
other papers.
4. Avoid personal abuse.
S. SIGN YOUR NAME. It will
not be published if you request
that it be omitted, but your
communication will receive no
consideration if you fail to sign
it. A person who makes state
ments to which he is ashamed
to sign his name does not de-
serve consideration.
s. Have your communication
reach us on or before Tuesday
of each week. We will devote
full share Of space to this op-
en- forum. Make it a live one.
L. j. BOWEN, Editor.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11
A COMMUNICATION TO
the PIONEER EDITOR
The Hope Pioneer,
L. j. Bowen, Editor.

Friend Lue:
Should like to ask you a few ques-
tions in regards to the Nonpartisan
League, or as you publish it, Town
leyism, or I. w. w. as most of the
l. V. A. calls us. Your paper preach
es; don't be a knocker-boost your
town. Now why wouldn't that work
for the state as we'll? Did Townley
do all the voting in the state of
North Dakota, or did the people?
This state has always been run by a
gang, but is now run for and by the
people.
Some time ago you published an
editorial saying the Nonpartisans
hadn't done anything, only had a
dinky mill at, Drake. Now if it
hadn't been for all the knocking the
l. ". A. has done to the state we
could have accomplished a great deal
more. don't believe in finding
fault with anybody, or their paper,
run where there is as many Town
leys as I. v. A., you should publish
both sides even though you didn't
believe in the Nonpartisan platform.
And you no doubt know that Town
ley is not the whole League, and
when you knock him you knock all
that voted for him; he carried 100
to 1 against him. Now if you will
publish a question box, where the
reader has his say, will continue to
take your paper and will write few
questions now and then for the I. v.
A. to answer. And if you won't do
that, stop my paper at once. I
don't ask you to publish this, as it
would be hitting your paper too
hard, but will say if you won't pub
, lish both sides l will have this pub
lished in paper that will take both
sides, although it's not NJ P. paper.
Hoping you think this over and let
me hear by phone or mail, l remain
as ever,
Your friend,
CHAS. r. FISHER,
Hope, N. Oak.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

Neil C. Mcdonald, disgruntled
loser to a woman, and who has been
backed up by nearly every way poss-
ible by the board of administration,
received a terrific jolt from the Sem
ate on Saturday when S. B. % was
reported out so changed that it was
not the original bill. The measure
introduced would have stripped Miss
Nelson of the last vestage of power
In amending the measure the SEN
ate simply indulged in some harm
less camouflage which did not affect
the final result.
The senate affairs committee elm
mated from S. B. % a provision
which would have deducted from the
amount of state aid apportioned to
the state consolidated schools 1.-The
amount necessary for expenses Of
administration, including amount
necessary for printing, pupils ex-
aminations, clerical and travelling
expenses" which would have pro-
vided more funds for Director Gen.
eral Mcdonald.
The state affairs committee also
leaves with Miss Nelson the duty Of
certifying to the state auditor the
several amounts to be paid to con-
solidated schools by the state treas
urer on warrant of the state auditor,
a privilege which in the original Mad
Donald bill % was transferred to
Charles Liessman, secretary of the
state board of administration. There
is also cut out of the original bill
the provision that "all schools shall
as far as possible be inspected and
examined by inspectors, supervisors
and directors appointed by the board
of administration, and all schools
shall be duH recommended for class
ification " an officer appointed by
the board"
Further there is eliminated the
requirement in the original bill that
on Or before July Is each year ap-
plicants for state aid and lists of
eighth grade and high school grad
yates shall be filed with the board
and that on or before October Is of
each year lists of all teachers and
school officers and such other lists
or reports as may be required by the
board shall be filed.
| There is also cut out of the fur
ther provision that in order to pro-
imote the consolidation and stan
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11
WOMEN IN THE COM.
ING ELECTION

The national suffrage amendment
may be ratified in time to permit
women everywhere to vote in the
next presidential election. Even if
not, women now vote in so many
states that they will constitute a
big factor.
Many observers feel that President
Wilson was elected in 1916 by the
action of women voters, who more
than the men were impressed by the
"He kept US out Of war" issue. Yet
in spite of that feeling, entertained
by many Republicans, Republican
Congress passed the federal suffrage
amendment. Its ratification will be
accomplished by Republican legisla-
lures. The Democratic South will
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11
BROADLAWN

Miss Florence Bugbee spent the
week end in Fargo.
J. L. Jones and two youngest chill
dren have gone to Illinois for the
winter.
Grandma Wyborney and grandson
Sylvester, returned from Iowa last
Friday.
Mrs. Harmon Augustine returned
last Friday after spending six weeks
with her folks at LaBelle, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Leven-
good and family of Hope, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Brace of Broadlawn
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harmon Augustine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Smith and fam
lily spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
E. w. Brace.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11
$500 per year, s Cts. per copy
generally turn down the amendment.

generally turn down the amendment.
A broad and tolerant spirit was
shown when the Republican party
cast it's voice to admit women to full
suffrage, although feeling that it was
small group of women holding the
balance Of power who turned down
the Republican cause in 1916. But
the Republican party has good. rea-
son for looking with confidence to
the verdict of American women.
Even II some of them were misled
by an issue so unsound and soon to
be falsified as the one named above,
most men voters have had their own
experiences of trusting to illusory
promises.
The Republican party has always
stood for the protection of the home
from debasing influences. 1t has
stood for prosperity that will place
home life on secure economic basis.
1t stands for that degree of prepared
ness that will make this nation re-
spected, SO that it will not hake to
fight wars with bullying nations to
maintain its rights. On these and
other issues the Republican party
can expect loyal support from mill
ions of new women voters, and may
fairly hope to get more than it's share
of the ballots.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11
WOMAN's CLUB PROGRAM

Thursday, December 18th.
Leader-Mrs. Philip.
Influence of the War on Music
Mrs. X. w. Haviland.
Ancient Christmas Carols - Mrs
Ray.
George Frederick Handel - Mrs
Jefferson.
The Oratorio - Messiah" - Mrs
Watson.
Selections-Mrs. Schwalje.
Poem-Mrs. c. S. MOores.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

Get ready for the holidays and for
the new years work by taking the
best care Of your eyes. II you have
eye trouble or headaches you are ne
glecting yourself. DR.. Littig, o. D.,
will be in Hope Friday. Dec. 18th.
See him and see better.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

Brinton's newspapers must re-
ceive every single cent of legal
printing business whether it be from
state, county or private concerns,
was the opinion of the state legis-
lature handed down this week.
The legislature, or rather the Nom
partisan league secret caucus killed
off every bill for an amendment Of
the newspaper grab act. Amend
ments to the present law were intro
duced in the form of bills by Rep
resentative ]. A. Harris of Mercer
county, which If they had been
passed would have left with the
Brinton string of kept newspapers
all official printing, but would have
permitted the publication of pro-
bate and other private legal work
in the paper published nearest the
residence of the parties interested
in the case.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

for a re-appeal of the anti-injunc-
tion law which at present protects
the I. w. w. from police interfer-
ence when urging harvest hands to
quit work or otherwise stopping the
wheels of progress or industry. The
legislature again endorsed the red
and black flags of anarchy and revo-
luton by refusing to pass bill MAX
ing them illegal in North Dakota.
The soldiers bonus law was a.
mended to allow man to make ap-
plication for his money OF be used for
medical. or surgical expense or for
investment in a trade or business,
in addition to the use of invest
ment In a farm, building a farm
home or getting an education. Pri-
ority of claim payments was also ar
ranged for.
The ban on cigarettes, Sunday
theatre, Sunday baseball, and legal
ized boxing was continued.
The bill creating the Office of state
sheriff also places in the hands of
the governor state constabulary,
and dovetails in perfectly with the
statute allowing the governor to
seize properties and to call on all
males between the ages of 18 and
As for military duty
The noxious weed law creates the
position of township inspector at IS
a day and ten cents per mile travelled
and is believed to be one of the
greatest organization measures ever
conceived.
The ratification of women's suff-
rage was passed with hardly a dis
sent and this state has registered
its vote.
One surprise of the session has
been the absence of any prohibition
legislation, the solons evidently con-
sidering that the government has
now taken the matter we'll in hand.
Last but not least in importance
is the measure which gives the gov
ernor the power to investigate the
officials and their offices who have
been fighting the leagues socialistic
propaganda. The broad scope of this
is revolutionary. The investigating
committee which will probably be
named after the close of the session,
will first of all dig up publicity stuff
power to call any person, seize any
private records or books and impose
a severe penalty for refusal to testi-
fy.
Perhaps the greatest surprise of
the entire session came late Monday
afternoon when the league failed to
carry the repeal of the law which
created the state license department.
This department operated in connec-
tion and under the supervision of the
attorney genaral's office, has control
and jurisdiction over the pool halls,
theatres, taxi-cab stands, soft drink
fountains and other places of recre-
alton and amusement and is headed
by Earle H. Tostevin, State Inspec-
tor
THE measure is necessary for the
enforcement of law" said Arnold of
Golden Valley county, when his
name, the first on the house roll was
called, Therefore l vote no." He
was the first of the solid leaguers to
bolt, and was followed by about ten
more. The ballot stood 81 for re-
peal, 81 against, and eight absent
and not voting. 1t requires 81, or a
majority of all members elected to
carry or repeal measure and the
speaker declared the repeal lost.
The taking of this department
away from the attorney general was
another measure aimed to cripple
the efficiency of his Office. It was
the first split of any kind noticeable
in the league ranks.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

dardizatin of schools it shall be the
duty Of the board to cause to be pre-
pared and published bulletins and
other printed material concerning
these and similar matters; and it
shall also be the duty of inspectors,
supervisors and directors appointed
by the board to attend and discuss
these topics and similar ones at
teachers and school officers meet
ings, the time and place of such
meetings to be filed with the board
at least ten days previous to the con-
vening of the same by those calling
the meeting"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
( At the STATE CAPITAL

Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 11.-C. E.
Stangaland will be allowed to resign
from his position as special reviewer
of the libraries of the public insri-
tutions of the state, was the deci-
sion reported to have been arrived
at late Monday afternoon by the
members oc the 0oa d Of admnnis-
tration
Stangaland will be whitewashed
and will not be fired for having pur-
chased the books on free love, anar-
chy, bolshevism, socialism, etc., but
will be let out for his ''indiscretion'
in placing these books, not on the
reference shelves, but in the travel
ing section of the state library. The
report had not been made to the
investigating committee late Mon
day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

Give the boy a hand sled for
Christmas. King & Smith have a
fine assortment.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-19
MEAT |! |! CAUSE OF i.
KIDNEY TROUBLE ]
Take a glass Of Salts If your Back
hurts or Bladder bothers-Meat
" forms uric acid ? r I,

If you must have your meat every
day, eat it, but flush your kidneys with
salts occasionally, says a noted au-
thority who tells us that meat forms
uric acid which almost paralyzes the
kidneys in their efforts to expel it from
the blood. They become sluggish and
weaken, then you suffer with a dull
misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back Or sick headache,
dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue
is coated and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the
channels often get sore and irritated,
obliging you to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
To neutraliZe these irritating acids.
to cleanse the kidneys and flush off the
body's urinous waste get four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here;
flake tablespoonful in a glass of wa
| ter before breakfast for few days and
your kidneys will then act fine This
famous salts Us made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice. combined with
lithia, and has been used for genera
tons to flush and stimulate sluggish
kidneys, also to neutralize the acids in
urine, so it no longer irritates, thus
lending bladder, weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
ljure, and makes a delightful efferyes-
cent Whitewater drink. Adv
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-19
WAR RISK INSURANCE

The following memorandum was Is
sued by the bureau Of war risk insur
ance in order to counterfeit the ten.
dency to drop government insurance
because benefciaries have failed to
receive insurance certificates. 1t is
important that home service sections
take effective steps to Immediately
counterfeit any such tendency.
'Some soldiers and sailors are drop
ping their war risk insurance because
the relatives they named as benefciar'
les have failed to receive insurance
certificates from Washington. Such
action is entirely unwarranted and
detrimental to the best interests of
the fighting men and their loved ones.
| Because of delay in receiving IN
surance certificates, many soldiers be-
Ilieve that they are paying for insur-
ance protection which they are not re-
lceiving. This is incorrect. Govern
lment insurance is effective regardless
of the receipt Of the insurance certiti-
cate provided proper application has
been made and premiums are being
ipaid. The certificate is not part of the
contract of insurance. 1t is merely
evidence that the contract exists.
"The bureau of war risk insurance
of the treasury department is mailing
insurance certificates as rapidly as
possible. To date more than two and
one-half million certificates have been
sent forward and the daily output is
constantly Increasing.
"The bureau of war risk insurance
now has on it's books more than thir-
ty-fve billion dollars Of insurance, and
is receiving approximately one billion
dollars of new insurance every week.
at is unnecessary to write to Wash
ington asking for your certificate. 1t
will come in due course. You do not
need the certificate to prove that you
have taken out insurance or to prove
that you are the beneficiary named by
a soldier or sailor. III
Every officer and man in the mill
tary and naval service of the nation
has the privilege and opportunity of
buying up to $4,000 of Uncle Sans
insurance This insurance is protec-
ton for him and for those that are
dear to him-both for the present and
for the future. s ~ ~ --.... -
IF you are the relative of man
with the colors it is your duty to see
that he avaiks himself of this govern
ment protection and that when he has
obtained it, he holds on to 1t.
Don't drop Uncle SANS inusrance.
2 q -'''.s 3. - r~,s's tfsi' ~ G. Gillin,
Director, Dept. Of Civilian Relief"
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ARiON ITEMS
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Mrs o. w. Nelson and son, Donald,
were Omaha visitors Tuesday.
Jacob Schiller. who was stricken
with paralysis last week, was taken to
his home at Breda last Saturday. His
daughter, Miss L. Shuler, went with
him.
M. F. Baker, of Scranton, visited his
son, Foster Baker, over Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Blackman and
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Butler drove to
Dow City Tuesday evening to attend
a meeting of the card club at the home
of VIM. Fishel. ay -
John Eggers shipped cattle to Oma-
ha Monday evening: -- "a
Miss Elsie Petersen was a Dunlap
visitor Sunday.
Mrs. H. L. Wood, of Charter Oak,
visited with Miss Hird Monday.
The Arion circle enjoyed a very
pleasant meeting at the home of Mrs,
F. Kepford Thursday afternoon in
spite Of the storm Mrs. Kepford and
Mrs. Baker served a fine supper, the
receipts for which added nice sum
to the church fund. .
DR.. Verne TalcottEis now at his home
in Omaha from overseas where he
spent several months in the advanced
AREA.
The committee of entertainment for
the next fair report that the best pro-
gram ever presented here has been
Secured for next fall Singers and
high class vaudeville will furnish good
ENTERTAINMENT. ''TT aHs' ''"
Mrs. Foster Kepford gave 500
party last Thursday evening. A num-
Der Of guests enjoyed a pleasant eve
ming and the delicious supper.
Geo. Reynolds had sale of house.
hold goods Saturday Mr.. Reynolds
expects to move to Fl. Dodge and run
an. oil wagon. asE s.
Rev. Iona Brosius has been quite i'll
lately but is much improved now
Supt. F. N. lOlry was down to visit
the Arion schools Monday.
Loren Butler and Wilvy Mullen
have returned from the course at
Ames which they found very instruct
i've. They came around by Des Moines
where they made short visit.