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Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
MIL TOMS PIONEER BANK
To REORGAuIzE IN 1921

The State Bank of Milton is
understood as having temporarily
withdrawn from business, having
closed its doors for banking pur-
poses on Tuesday afternoon. The
financial soundness of the. bank is
unaffected, but it finds itself at the
present time unable to realize on
outstanding loans to cover its cash
reserve, owing to the slow market
ing of the crop. 1t is stated that
Banker Prom, who is at the hoad of
the bank, has plans practically COM
pleted for its reorganization and the
opening up for business is likely to
be but matter of few days, The
State Bank of Milton is one of the
oldest financial institutions in the
county and the examination of the
banks books show its condition of
business to be good in every detail.
excepting that its cash reserve did
not quite reach up to the require
ments of the state banking law at
the time of its examination this
week.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Clubwomen Respond to Appeal

The Langdon Womans Club in pur-
suance of it's usual custom at Christ.
mas time, is preparing to make a
shipment to the Florence Crittendon
Home at Bismarck of a box OF ar
ticles badly needed in that institu.
tion. They have in the past week
received an urgent appeal from the
home and che articles most needed
are blankets, sheets, pillow slips and
other articles of bedding; they will
also be thankful for aprons, handker-
chiefs, lace, woollen gloves and other
articles for the girls; for the infants
taken into the home there is a con
stantly growing need for diapers,
quilted pads, small pillow cases bed
bedding, etc. anything that is suit,
able will be thankfully received and
promptly forwarded if left with eli
ther Miss Prinyer or Mrs. Barker
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Community Xmas at Milton

Milton has planned to have a com
munity observance of Christmas and
its festivities. feature will be
large brilliantly lighted Christmas
tree in the center of the main street
of the town The Christmas eve pro-
gram in Plains Hall as well as the
the decorations and Santa Claus all
are in the hands of committees who
have the community spirit. All the
churches, schools and societies are
unit on the community Christmas
idea and the festivities will make
the season happy one for young and
old alike. Funds are forthcoming to
make the idea of community
Christmas happy realization to the
townspeople of Milton.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Play Game Here New Years

LaDgdon's basket ball team will
play its first home game during the
approaching holiday season vacation,
New Years eve, Friday, December
.3lst. being the date set for the COM
ing to Langdon Of the team that rep
resents the high school at Michigan.
1t is a time when the home team can
look for an encouraging support from
the spectators and the boys will be
right there to make winning score
of their first home game. Be at the
Gym New Years eve and boost for the
lineup of the L. H.. S.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Commercial Club
Elects Officers
Will Widen Its Scope of Use
In All Municipal Affairs
For Next Year

On Tuesday evening of this week
Langdon's commercial club had its
annual business meeting and election
of officers for the new year. The
meeting was held in the club room
at the Auditorium. Topics such as
the Mid Winter Fair and the admit
tance of women to associate mem.
bership. There was also quite an ex-
baustive resume Of what had been
done in the way of growth and de.
velopment in Langdon within the
past twelve month and the extent to
which the commercial club has been
identified in putting these projects
over successfully. 1t was a good re.
port. both from the standpoint of bu-
siness and citizenship. All routine
business having been disposed Of
general get together good time lunch
and smoker was indulged in by all
present. The officers who will have
in hand the affairs of the commercial
club during the year 1921 follow:
President-Fred Thompson,
| Vice President-John A. Crawford
Sec'y.Treas. R. B. Pollock
| Board of Direcrors-J, w, Mahon,
R. 7. Burk, Dan Baldwin and JAS.
H, Balm.
On Wednesday, evening of next
week the Langdon commercial club
will have it's annual supper, to be
served at the Brunswick Cafe by
Caterer j, M. Wyrens, the hour be-
ing seven O'Clock. The representation
of the clubs membership present at
this gathering is sure to be large and
there is to be a general discussion of
plans for new business for the Ina
coming year.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Legion Post Meets Tonight

Tonight the Langdon post of the
American Legion have meeting of
called to be held at the
club room in the Auditorium for the
purpose of perfecting the formation
their basket ball team and the per-
fecting the details of plans for their
annual legion bali one the holiday
seaon event TO occur on Monday even
ing the 29th inst. 'Tis planned to
make this gathering of ex-service
men from all over the county,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
CAMPAIGN SLUSH FUND is
WAY DOWN IN The RED

1t begins to look as though the
high cost of politics will have to
take tumble along with the high
cost of the prices of living. Since
the election Of last fall the papers
that come to US from over the state
show that the national republican
committee, the state I, V. A. COM
mittee and also the county organiza-
tions of tbs aforesaid hybrid abbre-
-political-nondescript are each
and all making urgent appeals in or.
der to wipe out deficit that they
are now ready and willing enough to
admit does exist in their campaign
expenditure in putting over winning
fight that after all was only a little
better than draw and only entered
into half heartedly by the people at
the best. The slush fund for greasing
the skids in the election campaign of
last fall was as the reader will re-
call of such proportions as to scandal.
ize the voters of any old party and
finally became such brazen display
of corruption as to demand the in,
vestigation and censure of the United
States senate. Here in the state the
county and precinct organizations
were carefully combed over and hand
picked in the making of an assess.
ment, while something more akin to
the third degree was meted out to
both the job holder and the candidate
for a job. And now that it is all
over, except the closing of the books,
the [. V. A. discovers itself to be
in the red to the extent of over
$13, 600 and asks those who were
with 'em in the fight to come across
with post election assessment of
a dollars head. The plight of the
republican national committee, is the
same, except that the figures of their
deficit mounts into the millions in
stead of few paltry thousands. Auc
yet these same past masters Of cor
rupt politi cs have the supreme nerve
to sit in judgment on the the way i,
which the nonpartisan league ha
been successful in financing its cam
J paigns up to the present time,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Langd0n HAS Man
On All Star Team
Robertson Has State Record
On University Lineup
AS Quarter Back

Art Robertson, of Langdon, was
one of the fifteen men of the unlver-
sity football squad to be awarded
uniformed sweater bearing the U.
N. D. lettering by the athletic board
He was also named as one the six of
the varsity players selected for place
on the all star state collegiate eleven
OF course Langdon as a community 10
to some extent sharing in this reflect.
ed glory that Art has earned for the
old home town.
Robertson held down the quarter
back job during the entire season for
Coach Davis, and nver once did he
fail him. Robby'' is as broad as he
is tall and hard man to stop. His
head works incessantly and he
chooses his plays with unerring ac-
curacy, Only once during the entire
feason was the game stopped on his
account and that was in the game at
Valparaiso. Robertson is described
by the eastern sport writer's as the
great general of the wheat belt
region
Robby" Robertson, varsity quar-
terback was directly responsible for
North Dakota's 6 to 3 victory. In the
second quarter OF the game Robert
son successfully negotiated drop
kick from the 38-ysrd line. In the
third period Nc CAN. S. D. half,
made field goal 4ram the 25.yasd
line tieing the scor North Dakota
came back strong il safe fourth period
and rushed the ball to South Dakota s
3O-yard line. Robertson again dropped
back, the line held perfectly and
Robby sent the oval directly
through the center of the posts for
the winning counter Of the game.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Legion Boys Want Quarters

Adjutant G, M. Messing of Lang
don Post No. 98. of the American
Legion has sent cut an urgent appeal
to men of the local post, asking that
special effort be made TO attend the
meeting called for this evening at
eight o'clock. The approaching legion
dance on the 29th. the organizing of
a basket ball team and the establish
ing of permanent quarters for the
Langdon post are matters on which it
is desired to take action at this time.
1t is an important business meeting
and if you are member of the post
! make it your business to be at
this meeting.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Levang Says He
Was Miquoted
Says |. v. A. Papers Have
With Intent Misquoted
His Talk Here

Christ Levang, a Walsh county far
mer, speaking at Deyils Lake for the
Nonpartisan League gave the lie to-
the Fargo Forum story of Friday
when it declared that according to
Levapg. GA, G. Townley is due to
pass out of the picture 80 far as
the Nonpartisan League in North
Dakota is concerned" Levang de.
clared the Forum misquoted him
when it printed that statement, and
that what he did say was s'the
farmers will take hold and run their
own organization through an execu-
tive committee, and A. c. Townley
will still remain it's national presi-
dent. Townley will not pass out of
the picture in North Dakota he
said, The speaker here to discuss
conditions in general governing the
Nonpartisan League. was met by a
representative gathering of farmer
forces from all sections of the south.
ern part of the county, A resolution
was unanimously approved indorsing
the plan of an active executive COM
mittee elected by the farmers them.
selves to govern and direct the
Nonpartisan League. Before the
meeting closed, farmers came for
ward to redeem checks issued for
payment of membership fees and sent
back to League headquarters during
the past year or more and which il
was cited were refused payment by
hanks even though the makers hat
funds in the bank sufficient TO cove
| the drafts. Postdated checks were
taken up and new membership fee
received, indicating continued
| growing tendency to strengthen th
! farmer-labor movement in thi
region. A report, Of the meeting
hs8:i this week at Edmore and Aakot
according to Mr.. Levang. indicate
| a feeling of intensified strength tina
is developing as an afterseffect o
the recent election.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
lu Bad Auto Upset Friday Night

Friday night coming in to Lang
don from MAZDA Charles Folker and
Stanley Walker had an auto upset,
which came near pinning them under
the car as it turned turtle. several
miles north of Langdon on a narrow
and badly graded piece of road The
boys would have been in sorry plight
excepting for the fact that they had
Jim Mirehouse along as passenger
in the hind seat, and who was able
to jump clear when The car started to
turn over, and relegse them from
their precarious position. Folker was
driving at the time and they were re-
turning to town after installing a
heating plant at MAZDA.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
We're Still In The Banana Bel

We're Still In The Banana Belt
It is only few weeks ago that
the expressed wish could be heard on
all sides that the fine weather which
ushered in the early winter would
remain with US until after Thanks
giving. Well it did, And now every
one is praying to have the time limit
extended until after the holidays, and
so far it looks as though the petition
might be granted The weather so
far this winter is Of the variety that
you can't beat anywhere. no matter
whether you go to Los Angeles, Cali
fornia or the Rio Grande Valley in
Southern Texas. What ever the
sample may be like that Old Boreas
may have in store for us with the in.
coming of the new year is now the
problem, but from then on until
spring won't seem so long with the
shortening dark days gone and the
lengthening daylight and spells Of
sunshine here to help scatter the
gloom of long winter.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Cavalier County's Quota $500

Cavalier county's quota for the
sale of Red Cross Christmas seals is
given as being $500. A fifth of this
has been apportioned to Langdan and
other towns over the county with
the prospect of Cavalier county large
ly oversubscribing its quota.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Eight Thousand Dollars Cash

Cou nty Treasurer Jerry Kelland
reported the cash receipts of his
office on Monday as aggregating up.
wards of So, 900 being the tribute of
those delinquent in paying their
taxes-the last call before the sale
that was held Tuesday,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16
Langdon Quint Play Mayville

Langdon plays it's first game of
basket ball for the season at May
Vile tomorrow. Friday evening. The
team which Coach Rude takes along
with him is composed of Jol Nilae,
Harold Mausten, William 81 ssison,
Charles Ramage, Joseph Kelt and
Eugene Row The party incisdes a
number of substitute plays Tae
playing line up is one of the hsst
that Langdon has sent into the state
high school tournaments in years.
The Opie Studio will be open On
Sundays and on holidays by appoint.
meut for those wishing photographs
made before Christmas.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-16

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
That all book accounts must be
settled on or before Saturday, Janu-
ary lst, 1921.
Schulke. Bradley Company.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
The Wise Course

Now that the war is over, In my
Judgment, wise Allied policy lies in
the direction of taking from Ger
many only that which is essential to
Allied recuperation and essential be-
cause of German devastation. Lock-
ing up or hanging the men guilty Of
the hldeous crimes which were COM
mitted in Belgium, in France and
on the high seas will not contrib
ute one measure to this recupera-
ton, bat will actually contribute to
postponing it, both by leading the
Germans to decline to make pay
ments and to cherish new convc'
tions of Allied crimes and criminal
purposes.
But if the other view prevail
then it is time the Allies decided TO
show the same obstinacy in the per-
formance of duty which they con-
tinue to reveal in the discussion o.
it. Stupid or wise, the policy of pur-
suing the war criminals is supreme
stupidity if the pursuit is to be oy
ultimatums alone, each ultimatum
couched in more vigorous ana
hatred-breeding language and sol.'
lowed by a more humiliating anu
contempt-exciting surrender.
Copyright, 1890, Mcclure Ne1s-
paper Symdicats)
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

much Of this incoherence of policy
already. AS far back as the time
Of the Scapa Flow controversy the
Allies solemnly demanded certain
reparations from the Germans,
reparations for the sinking of the
warcraft. The demands were not
wisely made; there was no real ques-
tion Of the right Of the Allies to
demand reparation, but the demand
was excessive. not with regard to
the value Of the property destroyed
but with respect to Germany's re-
sources for meeting the demand and
at the same time carrying on her
national life.
For the disproportion between the
things demanded and the German
capacity for payment the British
were mainly responsible, for the
demand upon Holland for the Kaiser
the Germans seem to be equally re-
sponsible, while the insistence upon
the "war criminals" is French cir
cumstance. But the evil in the
acapa Flow episode lay in the fact
that the Allies asked too much, were
met with refusal by the Germans
and presently agreed to accept much
less than they had asked. The re-
suit was, first, to convict themselves
in the German mind of unjust de-
mands, and, second, to disclose them
selves as lacking the courage or the
power to enforce these unjust de-
mands.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Reused the Dutcl,

In the matter of the Kaiser an
other demand was made, to Holland,
to be sure, but with the same result
a total failure this time. To the
German mind the demand was un-
just; the tone of the Allied press
reused the Dutch to protest and de-
nunclation, all Of which, reproduced
IN Germany, served to confirm Ger
man charges. Once more the Al.
lies stand disclosed to the German
as pursuing a morally evil course
up TO the point where it REQUIRES
force to apply it, and then lacking
the will to exert the force. In 9
word, morally evil, physically weak.
this is the judgment of the German
"ill it be other than intensified
"hen our demand for the war Grim
mails, pressed against the German
government, is repulsed and we ac-
cept the repulse?
Allied interest demands three
things: The payment by GERMANY
OF huge sums essential to the re-
habllltation of France and Belgium
the avoidance of any course which
shall, while bringing no benefit TO
the Allies, so accentuate German
bitterness as to make inevitable a
new development of German hatred
Tor Germany's neighbors and a new
national cult of war and revenge. II
may be that the greatest circum-
spection in the world will not pre-
vent this development, but, at
least the Allies have every reason
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
A Puzzle in Finance

nNE way Of summing up the
tragedy. into which five years of
war has precipitated Europe is to
point to the European exchange.
But, this being complex world,
even that tragedy has it's funny side
funny, that is, for those not i'm
concerned The comedy
of the exchange situation is brought
out by an article in "The London
Daily News" by G. G. Desmond,
who has spent considerable time in
Germany and on the Continent in
general as the papers correspond
ent. He says:
"Never did the world show such an
odd variety Of rates of exchange or
such another odd series of prices, the
combined result of which is to make
1t very hard to say where the cost of
living is higher and where lower.
"In Belgium the English sovereign
exchanges for SO francs (very nearly
40 in France). Take lunch on the
train In Belgium and it costs you 10
francs, plus an excellent half bottle
of Bordeaux, for only $50 francs Is
that cheap or dear? It is about one
third Of an English pound-6s. Sd.
Proceeding to Denmark you get,
I suppose. Is kronen for e1. I don't
know exactly. got 13 kronen for
100 German marks when 140 marks
were worth 81. You get a fair lunch
for about 8 kronen, which makes 1t
considerably dearer than either Bel
gium or England.
Taking our one pound note, now,
70 Germany. we exchange 1t at the
frontier for $50 marks-more, if we
find an honest money changer. At
the Adion, one of the best hotels in
Berlin, the lunch, without drink, Is
20 marks-soup, hsh. meat, sweet.
AS this amounts to only one-ninth Of
el, or little over 2s., it appears to
be the cheapest meal in Europe
for an Englishmsn. The bill, how
ever, gathers before presentation .
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
rned, a fortunate episode;

cerned, fortunate episode; 1t
would lift him out of his defeat, out
Of his misery and his almost con-
temptible twaddle; it would make
martyr out Of the man now charge
able with having lost the best chance
Of victory any soldier ever had and
having brought to ruin the strongest
nation which this planet has yet
seen in state of utter collapse.
And in dignifying Ludendorff AL
lied justice would glorify the Ger
man army, the German militarist. in
the eyes of the German people, who
now see something Of the failure
and will feel the burden Of the
failure materially and morally for
decades to come. Is the attainment
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Cermany's Mental State

we have, too, to reckon with the
Germans mental actions, however
perversely incorrect. He believes
that the Treaty of Versailles is q
vlctor's peace made for the express
purpose of destroying Germany.
He has been taught, he once be-
lleved, he still at least suspects
that the war was caused by the ZEAL
ousy OF the British, who saw Ger
many's commercial expansion with
the eyes of a rival; by the desire
OF the French for revenge. He sees
the Kaiser and his government as
weak and futile, because they per-
mltted themselves to be drawn into
TINS war at an unhappy moment
and against impossible odds. He
may suspect his government of hav-
ing been easily deceived, readily led
to war, which explains a measure
of his wrath with the Kaiser and the
old gang" But if he has less re.
spect for his own rulers than before.
ne has no more for the morals of
the leaders of his conquerors.
He sees himself actually beaten
IN the field, which undermines his
confidence in his military leaders,
whom he carried on his back with
Incredible labor and at enormous
cost for many years, because they
told him that they were invincible
and he was helpless without them
but 1t does not fortify his faith in
the higher moral purposes of his
foes. He does not love his enemies
nor trust them because he no longer
reverences his Kaiser or believes in
his Hindenburg.
AS to the Allied discussion of
atrocities" he either does not be-
lieve the charges or he dismisses
them as minor Incidents as con-
trasted with the crime which was
the Allied blockade. He NAV no
longer feel convinced that German
officers and soldiers were innocent
of all offending, but this does not
in one slight degree diminish his
resentment and moral INDIGNATION
over what he considers to have been
the far more indefensive and enor-
nous Allied sins against civilization.
Having been beaten, he finds him
self faced with hard terms. He
did not expect easy terms, although
he permitted himself to be deceived
INTO the notion that in some wav
president Wilson and his fourteen
points would save him from what
would otherwise be a terrible reck-
oning. He thinks he made barpa;n
OF this sort with the President when
ne signed an armistice on the basis
OF the fourteen points. The view
Will hardly stand analysis, but that
it is believed by millions of Germans
all travellers in Germany now de-
clare with equal emphasis.
Back to Old Views
Finally having signed at Yer
sailleS whgt he corco;vas =.
treaty Of Molence, and his view finds
supporters In certain quarters in
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Of exact justice at this price worth
while? This is the question.
Question of Policy

But there is far more important
question of policy involved. If it
be conceded that the demands made
on the German government for the
German officers and civilians who
have during the war offended
against the laws Of nations and OF
humanity are not only just, but that
the making Of them is duty, what
must be the effect Of making the de-
mands only to have them refused
and, thereafter. seeing ourselves
compelled to accept the refusal?
There has been altogether too
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Means German Anarchy

And there is something that goes
almost deeper. We are not going
to get the Kaiser, we are not going
to get Hindenburg and Ludendorff
and kluck, because any government
in Germany which agrees to sur
render them and undertakes to arrest
them and deliver them to Marshal
Foch could not live an hour. Since
no German government will sur
render them, neither the British nor
the French nor the American pub
lie will tolerate another war, how
ever certainly victorious, to gain
possession Of these distinguished
culprits. Yet this Is what will be
required, an invasion of Germany,
a march to Berlin, with the moral
certainty that, however futile Ger
nan resistance, the consequences
will be the collapse Of such order