Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-02
EVENTS OF A WEEK.

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The census report Just published
presents some interesting figures on
the population of the United states.
with tabulations on this phase OF
the subject nearly complete 1t IS
found that the population Of contin-
entail United States is a little over
1ob 900, 900, an increase of about Is
per cent in the ter. year period. In
the state tabulations 1t is shown that
North Dakota has a population OF
S45,730, an increase of a little bet
ter than IL per cent in the ten years.
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The conviction that there has been
In progress a marked massing of
population in the larger cities is
borne out by the census figures. or
the entire population "a per cent is
found in cities of 10000 or oyer. The
growth OF these cities has been seven
and one-half times the growth of the
remainder of the country, which is
classed as rural. City growth as
above has been rs per The
growth in the strictly farm territory
was but 3.2. per cent. For several de-
cades the drift of population to the
cities has been noticeable, but in the
last. ten year period this movement
was greatly accelerated. Without
question one of the greatest factors
In bringing this about has been the
disturbing influence Of the war,
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Industrial life OF the cities seem ex-
ceptionally attractive, and which
gathered up all sorts and conditions
OF young men from the highways and
hedges, and returned them by way
Of the large cities, where many of
them remained.
The presidential campaign has pre-
sented no unusual features. Senator
Harding has made a short campaign
trip through West Virginia, and to
the coast and has met several large
delegations. at his home at Marion.
Tn the numerous addresses which he
has delivered he has studiously
avoided the personalities in which his
antagonist revels. In addition to the
League of Nations, Ito which he de-
votes attention in every speech. he
has discussed problems Of domestic
government in the light of the under
standing which his experience in the
senate has given him, and his address,
es on these varied topics nave DEM
onstrated his. grasp of. the subjects
touched, and the business-like atti-
tude of the speaker toward them.
Governor Cox has reached the up
per Mississippi valley on his way
back from the Pacific coast. He con
tinues to make his campaign one of
personalities, but within the past few
days there seems to have peer a
change in one particular. The
speeches are as personal as ever, but
the subject of Republican campaign
funds has occupied a much less prom
i1ent position. It is entirely prob
able that MI. Cox has beer warned
BY his campaign managers to put the
soft pedal on this strain. If such
t*hffiing has not been given, the man
ayers have been strangely lerelict,
1t required no very acute intelli-
Eenee or close observation to UNDER
stand that this sort Of campaign talk
Vas costing the party votes every day.
Twice in this campaign has a train
A%carryihg Senator Harding suffered
serious mishap, and once Governor
goxs special suffered a partial wreck.
Ntseither candidate was injured, but it
was only by rare good fortune that
gAhy sOhe of the accidents did not re-
fatally. These incidents remind
one % how greatly. in spite of all that
" can do. our lives are moulded for
us a defective rail- or d loose spike
might easily force the ~recasting of an
entire campaign. determine the Sc
lAetiOTi Of a presidents.of the tinted
stafess and exert Al eeiftf6llsiE infu-
a eIdce On h destinies Of nations.
81 coming week viii be the week
4 VI ~ Sopening 6f the worlds series OF
gbAseBAll games. Never In the history
q the game did he seAson close amid
4 Stich decentralization as exists today.
@hy tsk~sconfessibns OF several OF their
huf6S41 eight members OF the CHi4
ssxAE6xh White 0 have been implicated
NHsfafHsthrowing Of last years series
s%tsgs E~.issinrati, % TIA irbuted promise
S94ksateut $4,000 to each 0f ths blAS-
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