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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-29

Now Starr had just heard that her
fathers vessel would be at the dock
in a trif1e over an hour and her heart
was light and happy. Somehow all
her misgivings seemed to flee away
now that he was corning. She few
from one room to another like a wild
bird, trilling snatches of song, and
looking prettier than ever. %
Jaw, the wee sweet bairnie :" muir
INJURED the old Scotch nurse. If only
her man will be guide to her
There was some special bit of
STAIRS attire for the evening that had
not arrived She was in a twitter of
expectancy about it, to be ure 1t
pleased her, and when she heard the
bell she rushed to the head of the
if 1t had come, when the servant
opened the door to Lizzie and her
baby. r.
One second more and the door
would have closed hopelessly on poor
Lizzie, for no erva in that house
would have thought of admitting such
a creature to the presence of their
lady a few hours before her wedding;
but Starr, poised halfway on the
landing, called, What. is it Graves.
son.e one to see me?" @
But she's not the sort o eperson
Miss Starr" protested Graves with
the door only open. a crack. now.
Never mind, Gravles. 11'IIff see he1
for a minute. I can't deny anyone on
my wedding day you know. and fa.
Their almost safely here. Show hei
into the little reception. room" She
smiled a ravishing smile on the de.
voted Graves, SO with many qualms
Of conscience and myisgivings las tc
what the mistress would say II she
found out, Graves ushered Lizzie and
her baby to the room indicated and
Starr futtered down to see her. Sc
it was, Starts own doings, that Lizzie
came into her presence on that event
full afternoon.
"Oh, what a sweet baby" exclaim.
ed Starr eagerly, F"is he yours?" Liz
zie's fierce eyes softened.
"Sit down and tell me who. you. are
Wait, I'll have some ga brought for
you. You look tired. And won't you
let me give that sweet baby a little
white shawl of mine. I'm to be mar.
ried tonight and I'd like to give him
a wedding present" she laughed
gaily, and Morton was sent for the
shawl and another servant for the
tea. while Starr amused herself BY
making the. baby crow at her.
Continued in tomorrow
; Evenings Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-29

To the Editor ~
Conditions are made. better, by the
. s.udy9of how other speoplerao things
and by experience. This applies to
making farm 1oansxas we'll as to the
regular ZINES Of business
South Dakota leads the other states
in supplying money alta low rate of
interest and for a long time to actual
farmers, to those who in good faith.
intend to become farmers, and to res
idents Of the state swhosoWn and man
age arms.
During the past twenty years the
local banks, and these during the past
Farm Loan board, have not been able
to meet the demands-for money with
which to carry on the development in.
agriculture. With the need SO APPEAR
ent the state constitution was changed
so. as to allow the state to loan money
| to the farmers direct. This is@now be-.
ing done at from 5hT to $50 and IS
stated above for along period-thirty.
years If the loan may be desired for,
so long a time.
Besides the reasonable rate, and the.
long time, the law has other good fea-
lures, some of which are:
No red tape. II the papers can be
gotten out from the county records a
loan; may be secured in twenty-four
hours.
The loans are as a rule made
! through local banks for which a very
nominal fee only is charged.
The same amount is paid on the
loan each year-thei interest and a,
light payment on the principal, ~
No speculator car borrow M on.
land. a$ 9
There are no foreclosures, since the
state protects the interests9of the bor-
rover by finding q purchaser able to
assume the loan. when for any rea-
son, the original borrower is unable
to do SO.
A larger amount may be borrowed
than through other sources.
Thus far more than $30.00osoD0
have been loaned to the farmers Of
the state, though the law has been In
operation only three years. Those in
charge OF the work estimate that h
Naturally there Is a limit to the INT
crease in the volume OF money loaned
for the old loans are reduced year by
year, and this money will meet the dee
mands of further new loans. The law,
as it,now stands Is strictly q South Da--
1 kota idea 1t came about In this man
ner. Several years 6 q commission
was sent to Europe to study the. farm
Joan systems there and the result was
fthef federal farm loan Law. The Eu-
ropean system was Americanized. IN.
der the leadership Of Peter Norbeck..
the governor Of South Dakota, to
whom the most Of the credit belongs
for the success OF the the
federal law was South D~ak6taized"
The law Is very simple and adecid-t
led advantage to the farmers both An
making loans and An the saving Of IN
The state requires 4 clear title. and
the frst mortgage o N the tract Of land
on which the money lis loaned. The
farmer may borrow a sum equal to
seventy per cent Of the conservative
valuation OF the land. !.
personal properly but on q smaller
Eper cent.
The law commends. Itself to any.
state. IS
Signed: John MeissnAr. Agri. Dept,
Eas Grand Forks high school.
r%A4rF5H = ~ GlEfEhsH pLT1r9Gt4G kME5- rNS.EY $50
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-29
ALL is, NOT LOST.

One of the officers Of the Won.en's
N~on-partisan league-not related to
Mr.. Townley's-hss been pondering
over the results Of the recent election
from the standpoint of the woman
voter Us she understands it. AS a re-.
suit of her Investigations she is pro-
foundry depressed. She had hoped
that the enfranchisement Of women
would work important reforms in
public life. She had expected that
the wenen of the country, moral, sin
cere and courageous, would consti-
tute themselves q separate body
which should WELD the balance of
power as between LISTING parties and
factions; n which should determine
h result of our political contests
in the interest Of the higher and bet
ter things. Instead of his she finds
that the wome Of the country have
divided on the same lines on which
the men divided, have Joined the
same political parties. have yielded
to counsels Of ignorance, and vanity,
and seif-interest-in short, that the
women have acted just about like the
men, Therefore she is depressed, and
she car see scarcely a ray of light
for the future.
Let h lady cheer UP. It isn't half
as bad as she thinks 1t is. It is true
that ONE have done just about as
h says. In other words. women
have shown themselves to be just the
human beings that they are, and not
creatures OF another race, either
shove or below tie general level Of
humanity.
Entertaining the expectations
which she did, and which many 9TH
ers entertained. her disappointment
= natural But her expectations
we're Unreasonable and Impossible.
Andsthere has never been the slight
eat reason to suppose that the WON
4 vote as such, would accomplish
any sNonderful things In pubic life.
That 4, II va q foreEone conclusion
4 that Ar most cases the women of the
country and the men at the country
would vote about alike, and that ID
the sestSns pafties, ana factions, end
Eroups " m sorts. woman ana men
would b sS1ound IN approximately
SOUS proportdons.
Tk4 intsusnest 81 wonasr.s enfran.
ehisenssnf Mn rs found. not III III
Srou3lltSE II Momen into separate
sdstGr1HinS 1ssia1 NJ THAR ON.
53dvz$ sar1 saiax 90 Il ha1y6t ksx n.
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NO USE FOR WEALTH

A young man IN the east, having
just attained his majority, is entitled
to $1,000, 600. this being his share of
the estate left by his father, a wealthy
manufacturer. The young man seems
to have married early, as he has a
wife and little daughter. He has mott
fled the custodians of his fathers es-
tate that he does not intend to &C
cept the million. or any part II it,
but that he will continue to earn his
living as a mechanic, In which occu-
patton he has been engaged for some
time.
In announcing his decision the
youth states his reasons, which are,
in su bstance, that he does not believe
that some should have great wealth
while others have none that he has
not earned this money, and therefore
has no right to 1t; that the money
would be, put to better use if dis
trdbuted to the poor; and that he
does not wish to Assume the respon-
sihility Of managing such an estate.
1t is. quite evident that the boy
has been reading about Socialism, and
has become impressed by some of its
doctrines. 1t is evident, too, that his
conscience and his generous impulses
have led him to make the personal
application of Socialist doctrines
which so many professional pro-
Observation-Disclosures neglect to make.
The average advocate Of The equal
division Of the good things Of life is
convinced that the proposed readjust-
ment would increase his own comfort
by providing him with more Of the
things which he desires with smaller
effort on his own part. The young
man who Turns his back on a million
is certainly not in that class.
It does not seem to have occurred
to him. however, that in rejecting q
fortune he. has no assurance that his
act will be of benefit to anyone. The
wealth which he refuses exists in
some tangible form. Barring The de.
liberate destructiveness and the bust.
ness incompetence which are Sc
strinkingly characteristic Of Socialistic
activities, this property will continue
to exist. Somebody Will have it. II
may be possessed by some one less
altruistic than the youth who refuses
it. :
Assuming the boy to be mentally
normal, and there is no evidence tc
the contrary, there has evidently been
something wrong with his training
He has lacked. guidance. He has been
surrounded by wealth whose advan.
taees he enjoyed, but whose respon.
sibilities he was not taught to under.
stand. He has no conception Of the
properties Of wealth, Of how it i.
created and accumulated. and Of
what elements enter into its dktribu.
ton. He, has been permitted to COY.
ern himself by his own emotions and
to follow dangerous leadership. Had
he learned to apply his excellent
moral qualities to the real things O.
life he could have made that millior
dollars a great constructive force ii
human welfare, no: by distributing Il
in donations, but by ). t~intaining 9
business which would have contri.
buted directly to the permanent vel
fare of = thousand families, and
which he could have passed on unim.
paired to his own successors whit
would continue that work.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-29
CHAPTER XXI.

a .# ..-. H|-.a. -
It was Lizzie, with her baby in her
arms; the girl he had defended in the
alley, and whose face he had last
lying white and unconscious in
h moonlight, looking ghastly
enough with the dark hair flung back
against the harsh pillow of stone.
The face was white now, but soft
ened with the beauty Of motherhood.
The bold, handsome features had
somehow taken on a touch of gentle-
ness, though there glowed and burn
ed in her dark eyes a fever OF pas
stons and unrest.
She stood still for a moment look
ing at Michael after she had closed
the door,sand was holding the baby
close as IL fearing there nzight be
take it from her.
AS Michael watched her. fascinated;
gut to the heart by the dumb suffer-
ing In her eyes, he was reminded Of
one Of the exquisite Madonnas he had
seen, in an exhibition mot long ago.
The draperies had been dainty and
cloud-like and the face refined and
wonderful in it's beauty, but there had
been the same 'sorrowful. mother
anguish in the eyes. It passed through
his mind that this girl and he were
kin because of a mutual torture. His
face softened. and he felt q great pity
for her swelling in his heart.
His eyes, wandered to the little. up
turned face OF the baby wrapped close
in the shabby shawl against its
mothers breast. It was q very bean
tiful little aeeping face, with q look
sdll 1ofsathe spirit world from which 1T
had but recently come. There was
something almost unearthly in its
|lovenneas, appealing even in its sleep
with it's innocent baby curves and
outlines. "A little stranger soul, whose
|untr1ed feet had wandered into un-
welcome quarters where SORROWS and
temptations were sos thickly strewn
that II could not hone to escape. them.
What had the baby come for? TO
la4ke one more Of the swarming mass
E0f sinful wretches who. crowded the
alley? Would those cherub lips half
parted now in seraphic smile live
Ito pour forth blasphemous curses Al
he had heard; even very small chill
drsn inaetha, alIey? Would that tiny
eeaes1hens hand.. resting 30 trustingly
4SGfnst thess6oarse cloth OF its sn1oth-
seriss ratment looking like q rosebud
, gone astray. live to break open safes
land take their contentsa. Would the
llOvely little soft round body whose
tender curves siowed-pitifuiY be.
lneaths the thin old shawl, S8row up to
tlte IN the gutter some day? The
problem Of the people had never
come to Michael 70 forctbly, 20 terri
ibiy asstn that moment before Ltsaie
Bs ~ asresi issysrr &c asksa.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-29

You know I my eyeglassesc
when ! sleep, 30 ! 9 see some 81 the
things I dream about.
Wish ! had some old fash4onad
sauce for cottage pudding 10 / cnuld
squeese the good stuff out Of 1t.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-29
sxnoPs1s

Having saved the life Of the baby
daughter, of Delaven E%ndicott. q million
charge Of by Endicott who end him to
a boarding school, and later to college.
The boy finally graduates. and returns
to New York, falling holelessly in love
with Starr Endicott. whose ike he had
saved as a baby now grown into a beau
tfful girl, but conscious Of his humble
birth. which the girls mother makes
she finally leaves on q trip to Eu-
rope. .Endicott, however. ts deeply at
tached to the young man and continues
While studying III a law office Michael
to do what is possible to aid the
former newsboys who were his friends
these are rapidly becoming criminals.
With this idea in view he gets possess
sion. Of an old farm near New York, and
the city: This proyes successful to 9
his former friends, but one of them.
Buck" he has 50 far failed to get in
Endicott sends for him and tries to
make arrangements to further the young
mans future.
and wounded. Michael goes to see him.
He finds buck in prison, but is unable
to do much for him. and goes back to
New York to continue his work there.
Starr returns from Europe. She
meets Milky n invites him to call.
He does not call much as he would
like to-. owing to her mothers bit
terness against him. Starr is angered
at him for not coming to see her and
cuts him. out Ientirely:
tive to Starr, il caught trifmg with a
girl of the slums and is warned by
Milky to keep away from the girl. He
tries to warn Starr as to Carters true
character but is told to mind his own
business. s5
To get even Carter tries to blacken
Michael's. character to Starr. and then
tries to shoot him. He; escapes
Starr becomes engaged to Carter, and
accuses Michael Of trying to blackmail
him.
Michael determines to try to prevent
the marriage through STAIRS father who
is in Europe, but the latter is to reach
home barely in time for the ceremony.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-26

splintering glass. And In another
moment Buster was hurrying away
across the clover field.
When he was stung by the worker
he had seized, Busters twin had
dropped the honey box. And it had
fallen squarely upon a rock and
broken. MS
If Buster had not been in such
haste to escape he would have heard
still another shout. For the news
spread like wildfire among the work
ers--the news that an army Of boys
tempered relation of Busters known
as Peppery Polly darted at Johnnie
had attacked them. And Terrible
Green and buried her sting deep in
the back of that young gentleman's
sunbrowned neck.
AS for the Carpenter, everybody
quite forgot about him. Johnnie and
the twins were too busy putting mud
poultices on their wounds, to ease
their aches and pains, to think of the
prisoner they had left on the farm
house porch. 1t was not until the
next day that Johnnie Green remem-
bered his new pet. And when he
went to see him then the honey box
was empty. The Carpenter had cut a
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-26
The Conycntion of 1912

When the historic democratic na
tional convention of 1912 met in Bal.
timore on June 25, Bryan (althoush
not himself n candidate) was still the
stormy petrol of party affairs.
The national comm.:tee designated
Judge Alton b. Parker of New York
rs temporary chairman--against Mr..
Bryan's protest that Judge la ker
was not sufficiently ''progressiye"--
taking this action by vote of 81 for
Parker, to 20 for Ollie James of Ken
lucky, and for Senator o'Gorman
of New York. Mr.. Bryan promptly
carried the fight to the floor of the
convention. where he was defeated
by vote OF 57s to 5i0. In this pre-
liminary lineup. delegates favorable
to the nomination of Governor Wool
row Wilson of New Jersey threw their
support solidly to Mr.. Bryan and the
coalition ultimately determined con-
vention destiny.
Senator James Of Kentueiy-one of
Mr. Bryan's closest friends-became
permanent chairman OF the convea-
Ion and Senator Kern OF Indiana.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-26
Deputy Sheriff
Steals March On
Friends In Salem

Friends of o, ID. Bower. present
first deputy In Sheriff Needham's of
flee and Marion county's sole nominee
for sheriff at the November election
have been enjoying quiet laugh at
their own expense.
Saturday July 3, Dputy Bower took
a two days vacation and journey to
Portland, where he was quietly mar
ried to Mrs. Grace Driscol of Salem.
Through some freak circumstance, the
item escaped the notice of Salem news
hounds and MIR. and Mrs. Bower re-
turned to this city without the raucous
reception that would certainly have
been their portion had the many
friends had an inkling of the nupsraf
venture upon which the couple had
embarked.
MIR. Bower has been a Marion coun-
ty resident for over 40 years and nus
been regarded as n confirmed bache-
lor by his many friends, thereby occa-
sioning complete surprise by his de-
parture from single blessedness" Mr..
and Mrs Bower plan to establish soon
their residence at Mr.. Bowers home
on North 21st street.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-26
SILENCE THE HYMN OF HATE

On his way home from negotiating the peace treaty at
Versailles President Wilson uttered the following words which
that his clear vision foresaw the shadow that falling
his life and the bitter disappointment in store for the
world:
its
to
body
but
What see-with wrong-s
OF disappointment.
1t would that President Wilson's work is virtually
done that he is longer factor in politics. that of
the respect due his position should be shown by his political
opponents and that the froco political attacks
him should For almost year he has been fighting
for life stricken and helpless bed of throughout
his Illness his enemies have chaned the hymn of
treated him with unexamped brutatyyet he has borne his
suffering without complaint.
Mr. Wilson is casualty of the great He lost his health
in fighting the battle for enduring peace He the
great figures of the world Candidate Harding boasng his
own nedlocry sneerngly terms, superma but lonely
tragic figure and of decency demands given fair
play during the remainder of his term chief magistrate
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-26
LOVE and MARRIED LIFE
BY the Noted Author
DAH McGLONE GIBSON

mo, L too, expected to do some
shopping this afternoon, and as
| thought you would be too tired tc
want to use hte motor, told Charles
that he could take me to the stores
and then make some calls"
Elizabeth did not rise from her
seat I knew that she expected me
to say that probably I would not have
10 use the motor after all. However
l disappointed her, for Just then
CHARLES came out from taking Miss
Parker in with the baby and 1 said
to him calmly, Charles, | wish YOU
would stay in front Of the hotel until
am sure that shall not want you
any more this afternoon. Good-by
Elizabeth. If Alice calls UP YOU can
tell her where l am. Give my regards
to Nine. Gordan. You are sure that
you don't want Charles to call you
a taxiP"
Elizabeth Moreland Just looked at
me and said nothing as she got out
of the car.
l walked into the lobby with NV
head high, 1t was first blood for me
in this battle which I had determined
to wage for my own. I would use all
of Elizabeth Moreland's tactics that
she had been using with me. I would
put her in the wrong with John, I
knew that l had done so in this mat
ter Of the hotel, for with woman's in
tuition | knew in the telegram which
John had sent her, he had told her
that was coming home and that
she had better fix the rooms for me.
He had not dared tell me that she
was already in my rooms and he had
not only got himself but her in a
mixup.
He Had Run Away
He probably had received a tele-
gram from her that morning in
which she had told him she could not
get out of my rooms, and he hadE
rushed on to tell her that she must.
She had made him think she could
it with me. but he, man like
ana scenting a battle between twoI
women, had run away.
/ couldn't help but admire herI
courage in meeting me at the station
with all this on her mind, but I felt
sure that because had given in to |
her so often for fear of bringing John
into scandal, she thought she could
depend upon me again to take the
same course.
l would have given a good deal to |
Know just when John intended to
come back. but I would not have
asked her for the world. walked in
TO my $40 suite smiling. I had met
the enemy and she was mine.
Tomorrow-Flirting with John
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Green stared at him in astonishhlehe
and-it must be confessed-Wlth
some disappointment, too.
Now, Johnnie knew good many
things about the field and forest foik
in Pleasant Valley. He knew that
the CARPENTER Cor Whitefaces, as
Johnnie called him) couldn't sting
anybody. But he had always sup
posed that all bumblebees stung
fiercelv. And that was where he
was mistaken. 1t was true that BUS
ter's mother, the Queen, could sung
when she wanted to. And all those
hot-tempered workers who lived with
her had stings just as hot as their
tempers. But Buster and his prothers
(for he had brothers) were not armed
with such weapons.
Naturally, the other twin was now
more eager than ever to capture
bunlblebee of his own. Ana since
Johnnie did not want to disappolnt
guest he soon suggested that they go
over to the clover patch.
'There's a lot of bumblebees over
there, always" said Johnnie Green
hopefully.
So Buster had free ride to the
clover field; for his twin insisted on
taking his new pet right along with
him.
Besides, I may want to eaten
some more like him." he explained.
Looking out through the glass SIDES
of his prison, which his captor held
tightly in one hand, Buster Bumble-
bee saw many of his mothers work
ers lowering about the clover-tops,
gathering nectar for the honey-comp
at home.
The twins saw the workers, too.
They were delighted. And so was
Johnnie Green.
"Take all the bumblebees you
want!" said Johnnie. MY father
won't care"
Both twins grabbed at the same
time. They both shrieked at the
same time, too--for each of them
felt sharp pain, as if a red-hot
needle had been run into his finger.
And Buster Bumblebee felt himself
falling. Then followed crash OF