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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23
Hometown
TO SOLVE CIVIC PROBLEMS
Illinois Towns Are Taking Hold of the
Community Movement With Much
Enthusiasm.

Illinois is inaugurating the COM
munity movement with enthusiasm,
and many cities, townships and neigh
borhoods n adopting the idea.
Prof. r. e. Hieronymus, commu-
nifty director of the University Of H.
linois, in reviewing the progress Of
the movement, said:
Community improvement and the
development of the community spirit
are problems to many municipal gov
ernments of America. The answer
can come only from the community it.
self and not from outsiders.
GLOW many churches q town of 400
may have; the ending Of long-drawn-
out school fights, and making commu-
mites attractive enough for young peo-
pie to remain, are samples of the work
that confronts all municipalities from
the smallest to the largest.
"There are many ramifications Of
the community movement. For in
stance, one town has launched a COM
munity center which gives the people
- S"AAAAAAA6 pun oAu 6yAAAooAuAAs
among other attractions. Another Is
planning a $15O,O00 community build
Ing. A new form Of community activ-
lily will commence shortly in four cit
les, when ten persons from each city
will unite in making 'intercommunity
vfsitations' to each other city.
"a meeting will be called and the
visitors will explain how their city
handles health, recreation, amusement,
and other community subjects, and
tell of the success or failure of all
projects along such lines.
methods of other cities will be in
vestigated and ideas secured which
may be adopted by neighboring places.
There is a vast field for the community
work and all progressive cities will
take up the movement in one or more
phases"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23

to ugly severity but generally n Of
the most substantial buildings. Then
comes the post Office, with its bi-lin-
quail notices; for, since the Boer war
and the settlement of the Union, the
Dutch and English languages are now
given an equal position ever in dis
tricts which are essentially English.
Finally, there is the town hall. Every
dorp aspires to q town hall, even
though it be built of wood and iron.
1t may have to serve as a market hall,
or even for a picture show at times.
The visitors general impression is
that life is quiet and p%eaceable, no one
seems to hurry, every one appears /,
have time to tarry and talk. Business
often takes a second place in a store
until the small social amenities ha,e
been exchanged. 1t is usual to apply
the term sleepy" to all dorps; the
gentle accusation may be true after
n hurry of Durham or johannesburg,
and certainly would be just if thinking
in terms of New York. Life is happy,
the air is warm, the simple necessa-
ries are easily obtained, and, provided
that one is not possessed by the fiery
ambition of the hustling type, peace
and calm may easily compensate for
the lack of some of the veneer of mod
ern civilization which, after all, is so
thin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23

track, looked wistfully at the troop
trains as they sped through, wondering
If there was any way In which she
could make a long trip more pleasant
for the men. But the trains went
through so fast she almost despaired
until she finally hit upon a scheme that
works to perfection. She got a long
pole, and to it she fastens bundles Of
magazines and lunches, and as the
trains whiz past she stands on the
station platform and reaches her gifts
to the men as they lean from the car
windows.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23

OOIDORP is very like every
- other South African up-c0un-
u try town, it stands lonely on
- tho rold Drohoblu snnoo %
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23
SHOULD KEEP UP GOOD WORK
Eastern Official Points Out Advisable
Ity Of Extension of the War Gar
den Movement.

"Any summary of the accomplish
ments Of the United States during the
past year must include the war gar
dens, for I feel that what is true here
In Massachusetts is equally true
throughout the United States" said
Reginald W. Bird, chairman Of the war
garden committee Of the Massachusetts
committee on public safety, to a rep
re%sentative of Christian Science Mon
ltor. !
"It would be difficult" said Mr..
Bird, Ito measure the success Of
these little plots which have flour
ished so p%rofusely and produced so
lavishly in millions of back yards,
front lawns, city parks and even rub
bish heaps. We cannot even make a
comparison with last year except in
q general way, for in 1917 every N
was urged to plant something, some
where, while this year there was
more coordination and system in the
work. We do know that thou
sands Of small gardens produced a suf-
ficient amount of vegetables both for
quick consumption and for storage to
reduce greatly the demand for food
stuffs from outside the state, besides
cutting down the desire for meat. Just
what is the saving in freight car trans
portation can only be estimated, but
it certainly was considerable.
"Yet, while the war garden this year
has been an acknowledged success, we
are quite sure that we can go much
farther next year, in fact, I believe
that we have only begun in this work
Of making Massachusetts and New
England self-sustaining so far as prod
uce is concerned"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23
His War Observations.

The war is considerably Of a mys-
terry to him because he is able to read
little, but that does not prevent his
wishing to discuss it with those about
him, as he did the other day in a group
Of men who were standing on a street
corner in Muncie, talking Of war de-
velopments. Finally it came his turn
to contribute to the conversation and
he said:
ut don't hardly seem to me like
them Huns is DOM as we'll as the Ger
mans did fer a while. But wait till
we git our merchant marine a-goin' an
we'll blow the devil out , all of EN-"
indianapolis News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23
Peculiar Marriage Ceremony.

"The most curious marriage I ever
heard of occurred while I was travel
ing in Russia" said George Selden Of
San Francisco. 'The bride, by with
drawing herself almost entirely
from the world, obtained q consider
able reputation for sanctity. She was
married to a man who had lived the
life Of a recluse for.many years. The
couple had never seen each other be-
fore the ceremony and they appeared
blindfolded before the priest who a
ried them. After the ceremony they
separated, and I don't know whether
they ever met again." :
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23
Runs Her Own canteen.

Mrs. Scott Lee, an aged negro wom'
an, is happy because she has found a
way at last to cheer the soldiers on
their way as they pass through here en-
route from camp to coast for overseas
service, according to an A%shtabula dis
patch to. the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-23
Parafin Oil.

This is the oily product which is
given off in large quantity in the de-
structive distillation Of bituminous
shale. 1t includes kerosene and some
lubricating oils. .saMs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
HITS BOLSHEVISM.

Senator Roy Wilcox spoke to a
great body of soldiers who were en-
tertained at the Milwaukee auditor
ium last Thursday night The sena-
tor praised the men for their part in
the war and was loudly cheered
when he said the legislature was try
ing to effect more substantial recog-
milton for their services than mere
handshakes.
"The great work you did across the
water and special work done at home
was all due to cooperation said
Senator Wilcox. "You now take your
places in your communities and I
want you to show that same spirit
you showed in the service. We don't
want any Bolshevism in America. We
won't have it in America. The Unit
ed States of America is going to be
ruled by Americans"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Notice for Administration and Notice
to Creditors.

State of Wisconsin, County Court,
Grant County-In Probate.
In Re Estate Of Burdette Leroy
Weber, Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given, That at the
Special Term of said court to be held
at said Court House on the End Tues
day of September, A. D. 1919, there
will be heard, considered and adjust
ed, all claims agains5 said Burdette
Leroy Weber, Deceased;
And Notice is Hereby Further Civ
en-, That ali such claims for examin-
alton and allowance must be present.
ed to said county court at the Court
House in the City of Lancaster, in
said county and state. on or before
the 18th day of August, A. D. 1919 or
be barred.
Dated April 18th, 1919.
By the Court,
E. B. GOODSELL,
Judge.
Meyer G Orchard, Attorneys. 9c3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07

Fifty-sfx Jews have been killed in
a progrom at Pinsk, according to an
announcement from the central Office
of the London Zionist association.
which received its information from
the organizations Copenhagen bureau.
Twenty-Five red flags were torn bv
the police from the hands of Socialists
holding May day parade at Montreal.
Each of the marchers wore red bow
on his coat, while red armlets were
worn by the marshals
Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested in
London for attempting to force en-
trance into the house of commons and
later into the home of Premier LLOYD
George, in the course of a MAY Day''
celebration.
An Athens dispatch says procla-
nation has been issued in the Dode-
canese by which it is declared that
the islands have become united with
Greece. Italy has laid claims to these
islands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Mirror History.

In the early part of the sixteenth
century mirrors first became articles
Of household furniture and decoration.
Previous to that time-from the
twelfth to the end of the fifteenth CEN
tury-pocket mirrors or small hand
mirrors, carried at the girdle, were
adjuncts to ladies' toilettes. The
pocket mirrors consisted of small cir
cular plaques of polished metal fixed
in shallow circular box covered with
lid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Foreign

A report that the bolsheviki had
captured Chenkursk and decapitated
60 American prisoners with axes was
declared by both the British war of
fee and American headquarters in
London to be untrue.
Josephus Daniels, American secre.
Eric Geddes, minister without port
folio and former first lord of the adj
miralty, at luncheon at London.
. 4
King Ferdinand of Roumania has
entered Budapest, Hungary, at the
head of his army, it is reported at
Basic.
A London dispatch says the Russian
soviet government has sent an ultima
tum to Roumania demanding the evac-
uatiOn OF BeSSarabia. A wireless dis
patch from Moscow says that the ROu-
manians are given 48 hours to reply.
Admiral Kolchak's army, driving the
bolsheviki before it southwest of
Sterlitamak, has advanced almost
ninety miles, according to a dispatch
from Omsk dated April "a.
A Paris dispatch says the naval
terms to be embodied in the peace
treaty with Germany, which finally
have been completed, do not provide
for the sinking of the larger German
warshipS.
The monetary loss in Mondays great
fire at Yokohama is estimated at 49,
100000 yen, or approximately $7,470,-
900 under the prewar rate of exchange.
Thousands of people are homeless.
A San Juan Del Sur dispatch says
revolutionary Costa Rican exiles de-
feated a force Of Costa Rican frontier
guards on the Rio Frio, near the
southeastern shore of Lake Nicaragua.
The frontier guards fed. 1t is re-
ported here that other revolutionists
have begun an attack along the border
between Costa RIGA and Panama.
A Helsingfors dispatch says bolshe-
vik axmen decapitated 60 American
soldiers at the capture of Shenkurst
in surprise attack made possible by
the work of spies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07

One Sunday two lovers went to
church. When the collection was
being taken up the young man ex-
plored his pocket, and finding nothing,
whispered to his sweetheart:
Il haven't cent. 1 changed my
pants"
Meanwhile the girl had been search
ing her bag, and, finding nothing,
blushed a rosy red, and said:
''I'm in the same predicament.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07

Post office authorities at New York
have located SO bombs sent from New
York to prominent men. Three were
traced Thursday. Two of them were
for United States Senators Overman
and Smoot.
Frank Holewinski, thirty-five, a
messenger for the Dime Savings bank
at Toledo, o., was held up and robbed
of satchel containing $4,000 by two
unmasked bandits, who escaped.
Lieut.. L. E. Lankey, twenty-five
year-old aviator from Carlstrom field,
Arcadia, Fla, was burned to death
when his machine burst into flames
and fell. His home was at Bay City,
Mich.
The senate at Springfield, H.,
passed, 20 to II. the Anti-Saloon
league law enforcement bill, called a
search and seizure measure, to enforce
anti-saloon laws in dry territory.
An armistice has brought hostilities
in the Linton Qnd.) telephone strike to
a close. Eight companies of militia
that have been on strike duty will be
demobilized. Girl operators of the
New Home Telephone company, who
struck for higher wages, shorter hours
and recognition of their union, agreed
to return to work for one week, pend
ing arbitration of their demands.
Post Office inspectors at New York
city reported the discovery there of
II internal machines put into the
mail, addressed to prominent men, in
Guiding many public officials.
Mayor Smith of Omaha forbade the
holding of an advertised meeting of
Socialists and I. w. w. Thursday
night, at which an international la
Dor day. program was to be given.
Farmers and grain elevator men are
urged by the department of agricul-
ture at Washington to make every pos
SlUlO pIONISlOA Lux L46 safe SIOEdR0
and handling of the prospective huge
wheat crop.
Rioting followed the celebration by
the New York Call, the Socialist daily
newspaper, of it's occupation of new
offices on Fourth avenue and the dis
play outside of what some soldiers
called ''bolshevist posters" The riot
ing was conducted by some 200 SOL
diers, sailors and marines.
Announcement was made at Kansas
City of the organization of the South
western Grain Dealers league the
membership of which is to be drawn
from Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas. Colorado and Nebraska.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Domestic

A. G. Townley, president of the Ma
tional Nonpartisan league, and Joseph
Gilbert, league organizer, must
stand trial in Jackson county on
charges of disloyalty, the state SUI
preme court at st. Paul, Mimi, ruled.
The New York police and the de-
partment of justice, with the co-opera-
ton of the post Office inspectors, have
begun a general roundup of all an
archists and labor agitators with Grim
inal records.
The United States cruiser Des
Moines, the first ship to fire a salute
at Plymouth, England, since the be-
ginning Of the war, sailed Saturday
for Harwith and thence will proceed
for Archangel.
In the last 80 years 1924 persons
were put to death by mobs, according
to report made public at New York
by the National Association for Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
Mrs. Rosqa Joseph, wealthy member
of a New York firm of linen importers,
was robbed at Los Angeles, Cal, of
linens valued at $4,000 and an auto
mobile.
~
An unidentifi-Nman was killed by a
detectives bullet, IL policemen were
shot or badly beaten and about 100
persons wounded, many seriously, in
general rioting which brought a dra-
matte finale to a Socialist May day
demonstration of 10000 reds at Cleve-
land, O.
Chicago's "Red May day" celebra-
ton closed with rioting in which one
policeman was injured and sixteen
men and one woman were arrested.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
. Time for Sadness.

a .-ay n.lh sadness! She often raps
It E.y door. and while try not to be
"uGe, ! always pretend to be very
,usy Just a Light word O. recognition
" way O common polteness! Then
Ugh If YOU can, an do it quickly, lad,
n she Will pass On.-EXchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Everybody LAUGH!

The girl who laughs because she is
sunny-hearted, and finds things to en-
JOY as she goes along, adds enjoyment
to others as they go along. There is
something in smile that calls out
smile, and spontaneous laughter is
the most catching thing in the world.
No one who hears a joyous laugh is
likely to scowl in response.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Washington

President Wilson cabled Tumulty at
Washington that in his opinion the Ia
Dor program adopted as part of the
treaty of peace CONSTITUTES one of the
most important achievements of the
new day in which the interests of la
Dor are to be Systematically and intel
ligently safeguarded and promoted"
American cable lines taken over by
the government in November were re-
stored to private ownership and Oper-
alton at midnight Friday night by di-
rection of President Wilson.
Shortage of men is about to cause
the navy department at Washington
to place the famous battleship Ore
gon out of commission.
Rechecking of army records resulted
during the past week in addition of
476 names to the list OF major casual
ties, the war department at Washing
ton announces, bringing the total TO
1890 killed in action, died of wounds
and disease and died from other
causes. The number of prisoners YVES
reduced to 4,7S6 as a result of correc-
lions, and the missing in action re-
duced to 4,293.
A Washington dispatch says two Of
ficers and fourteen men of the crew
of the naval tug Gypsum Queen were
drowned when that vessel struck a
rock and sank near Armen Light, off
the coast of France, on April %, while
returning to Brest after assisting a
fleet of mine sweepers iii distress.
Official advices reaching Washing
ton through a neutral source said that
the bolshevik leaders Lenine and
Trotzky were seeking a refuge outside
Russia, fearing a possible overthrow
of the soviet government.
The breaking up Of the great Amer
lean army passed the halfway mark
the war department at Washington an
nounced on April "a, when the total
discharges reached 1,S36,SS3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Who Founded Jsrusalena

Origin and early history are obscure.
1t was identified by Josephus with
Salem, city whose king some thirty
five centuries ago was Malchisedech .
Cnaldean. The city did not pass COM
pletely to possession of the Jews until
the time of David
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Counting in Argentina.

If an engaged man in the Argentine
republic dallies beyond a reasonable
time in leading his fiancee to the altar
he is heavily fined, and if resident OF
the republic should fail to marry he is
taxed until he reaches the age of
eighty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07

Armour and Company occupy in
the world of human needs and
the manner in which they full
fill their function.
We are putting our case
sQuarely up to all parties who
are interested-to producer,
merchant, consumer and labor
and that each may realize
how our obligations to him
must combine with our respon-
sibilities to the other involved,
we let all know the entire story
as we tell it to the rest. We
tell consumers what we say to
the producers-producers what
we say to consumers.
When all is said, however,
the size of any business deal
ing comparatively in staples
must remain the best evidence
of it's economic soundness. If
our methods were not sound,
Armour and Company could not
have attained size in proper
ton to national needs.
Bearing this thought in
mind, you will readily appre-
ciate that your own self-inter-
est and your right to fullest
value for your money both
urge that you always ask your
dealer for Armour Products.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
WORLDS EVENTS
IN SHORT FORM
BEST OF THE NEWS BOILED
DOWN TO LIMIT.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Notes Covering Most Important Hap.
penings of the World Compiled
In Briefest and Most Succinct
Form for Quick Consumption.
Peace Notes

President Wilson announced at Paris
the treaty of peace would be handed
to the German delegates at Versailles
Monday. He added that he hoped to
return to America about June L.
*
Newspaper reports crediting Saliva
tore Burzilai, member of the Italian
peace delegation who left Paris with
Premier Orlando, with saying that he
cid not intend to return to Paris, are
denied in a statement issued from the
Italian delegation at Paris.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
Personal

James K. Lynch, head Of the Sar
Francisco federal reserve bank, dieC
at San Francisco.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07

Possibly we are partially to
blame for the lack of under
standing which exists in re-
gard to our business. In the
past, knowing that attacks
upon us have been based on
tissues of half-truths, adroitly
handled innuendo and misin-
formation, we may have for
gotten that the public were not
in full possession of the true
facts.
Armour and Company have
always courted proper inquiry
into methods and operations.
And, in the past few years, be-
cause of so many ex-parte hear
ings, we have voluntarily put
our case before the public.
Through publication advertis-
ing, we have met the mislead-
ing headlines through which
people get impressions, head
lines frequently controverted
by the text matter under them.
Confident that fair-minded
people will respond to COM
plete knowledge, we seek bet
ter understanding with them.
Through newspapers, booklets,
moving pictures of our process
es and other similar methods,
we are explaining the place
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-07
What the Public
Should Know About the
Packing Industry

THE business of collecting, preparing and distributing
foods relates to the daily life Of all that it has
close personal interest for everybody Sensation seek
ers have long realized this and capitalized on it. An
attack the packers could always be relied upon either
to draw notice to its nstgator divert too close in
vestigation of some other question.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-29
NATIVES ENTERTAIN
 WHITES OF NENANA

The so-called native dance, which took place at Union hall on Satur- day night. proved to be a very sue cessful socia ! affair, with more whites in attendance than usually turn out for the regular Saturday night dances. The natives were very much in the minority, partly due to the fact that rival native dance was held elsewhere; but the few who were there enjoyed the dance fully as much as did their white sisters and brothers
 Among the whites attending were many prominent citizens of the town and their wives-and some without their wives-and all report a very enjoyable time, with good music. good floor. and a variety of partners to choose from.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-29
COONEY HOTEL WILL
 ENTERTAIN VISITORS

Arrangements are being made for the formal openinc of the Cocney hote, this week. for the accommoda- ton and entertainment of tfe many visitors who are expected in town on Wednesday afternoon from Fair banks. The plans include a public reception in the new hotel lobby on Thursday, on which occasion Mrs. Cooney will be assisted by a num- Der of the ladies of the town.
 The hotel has been greatly en- larged and the new lobby. which is rapidly nearing completion, will be one of the largest and most a-- tractive in the North.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-29

Morris.