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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-13
RAMSEY COUNTY I
FAMILY NOW HAS
FIVE GENERATIONS,

starkweatl,er, N. D., oct. 49,
The birth of a little son to Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Mikkelson OF this
vicinity makes the fifth living
generation in the family. The
child has q grandmother, a great
grandmother, and a grcat-great
grandfather all living i'm this sec-
ton of the state.
AN effort ts being made to get q
group picture Of the fvc genera
lions.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-13
Eastern Star To Be
Started At Alexande,

Alexander, N. D., Oct. 13.-An
Eastern Star lodge will be, instituted
here on Saturday Of this week. w.
L. stockwell OF Fargo, grand patron
OF the order, will be present. The
work will be put on by the Williston
lodge.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-13

A man at Lisbon was SO greedy. that
he attempted to keep another mans
pigs when they wandered on to his
farm: Had the pigs been real social
able with those of their kind they
would have protested against leaving
that fellow.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-13

The auctioneers for the occasion
are Mr.. Hull Of Iowa and FrankaMys
land Of Devils Lake. Prices are IL
pected to range high.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-13

Fred Van Camp. candidate for the
Senate from Pembina county, is salts
ned that the present Nonpartisan
League leadership is a menace"
Townley being an aviator may be able
stO qualify as an ace" but where in
ssuch leadership does Van Camp find
the "men' part of it?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-13
TO the man who is worried
about the cost Of clothing

The cost Of clothing is in the materials
and in the labor.
The labor costs practically the same to
all clothing manufacturers.
The cloth in a suit of clothes will
average 3b yards.
To make cheaper clothes n must
either use less labor-do fewer things
that ought to be done-or use cheaper
materials.
To reduce the labor cost by reducing
hand tailoring damages fit, finish and
durability. To reduce the cost Of mate
rails (on1y 3b yards to a suit) must mean
WITH THE VARIED GRADES OF CLOTHING FLooDIr
ALFRED DECKER & COIN. Makers
Chicago Ney
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-13

a big loss Of quality if any noticeable
reduction is made.
Society Brand Clothes are designed
and tailored for men who have the good
clothes habit; for men who want up.to.
the>minute styles always in goodtaste and
SO well made up they will stay that way.
They. have never been cheap clothes.
.Theysare not cheap clothes now.
They are not to be compared with
cheap clothes.
The man who buys Society Brand
Clothes need not worry about style.
tailoring or quality Of the Atwood fabric.
HE MARKET. LOOK FOR THELABEL AS YOUR GUIDE
SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES. Limited. 10. c.a.d.
,rk Montreal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
NO "GLOATING' OVER GRAHAM
VERDICT.

The Randolph Herald and News sizes
up well the sentiment of the Vermont
newspapers regarding the Graham case
when it says:
"To the credit of the newspapers
that strongly urged the trial of former
Governor Graham be it said that they
show no undue disposition to gloat over
the verdict. All they appear to have
wanted was that the proceeding should
take its natural course and not be
shelved for any reason whatsoever.
To our way of thinking, there was
not at any time desire on the part OF
the newspapers Of Vermont, taken as a
whole or as individuals, to prosecute or
hound ex-Gov. Graham Almost with
out exception, perhaps wholly without
exception, the newspapers OF the state
felt kindly disposed to Mr.. Graham and
they regretted it exceedingly that the
situation should have arisen which
would seem to demand that fidelity on
their part to the public and the public's
interests should insist that fair trial
of the cause be held, Notwithstanding
the friendly feeling toward MIR. Graham
and notwithstanding the prominence OF
the person involved. Indeed, it was one
of the hardest things on the part Of the
newspapers to insist that this case
should be treated in nowise different
from the other cases of similar nature.
That was not persecution by the news,
papers of Vermont against eXGoy.
Graham, nor was it an attempt at
"crucifxion," as someone has declared
that attitude to be. The proof that 1T
was not persecution or attempted cru
cihxion" is now revealed through the
attitude of the newspapers not to
"eloat" over the verdict, as the Ran
dolph contemporary points out. In
stead Of "gloating." the newspapers are
one and all extremely sorry for the
position in which ex .Gov. Graham finds
himself, yet they feel that nothing but
trial under due process Of the law
would have met the requirements OF
the situation, unique as that situation
was in Vermont annals.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
The Danes win in Schleswig.

BY an overwhelming majority, the
Inhabitants Of the first zone Of the
province Of Schleswig have elected TO
cast their lot in future with the king
dom of Denmark. The outcome OF the
voting was from the beginning fore
gone conclusion; the only question was
in regard to the size Of the majority.
The voting showed 1923 votes in Ia
vor Of union with Denmark and %
OS7 in favor Of a continuance of the
German rule. The decisive nature OF
the vote for Denmark surprised, indeed,
close observers. Even the Danes had
not expected 80 thoroughgoiug a We
tory, for German propaganda had been
insistent and skillful, especially IN such
centers OF population a Hadersleben'
The German authorities were especially
eager 70 win good showing IN the
plebiscite in the first zone, on account
Of the favorable reaction such a show
inr might have in the voting 90 take
place in the second zone on March ~.
The contest in the second zone, where
the voting will be carried out by com
mune-. should be somewhat closer than
that showed by the results IN northern
Schleswig. Despite the undoubted Dan
ish character OF the population, Ger
man colonization in the second zone
has been thoroughly done. That colo
nization has not changed the iunda-
mental Danish complexion 81 the area
but II has succeeded in giving 2 Ger
man flavor 10 the customs and The in-
stitutions u the district The long
decade Of Hohenzollern occupation has
dome much 70 Cermanize the district
The German language has. IN many
Danish families. almost supplantcd the
original Danish tongue. Local and mn
picipal administration has followed
] German models ever since the serfnaH
I seizure 81 Sehleswtg. more than hali
century ago. The German hopes q
wn tie vote 81 TIE second zone have
thereby been greatly increased. 70 81.
- fha undsuhtel suo0ss- 81 German
colonization Is ths fart fhst many Ger.
mans. wf-fiuu - escape the chaos End
ura---a-rfv 81 Efa under q rerp.ut .1n.
arv Germany. ull vote f1r unien uith
Dauuark. union whifh b certain "a
bring reasonable quiet and security
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17

The chances are, therefore, that the
Danes will carry the plebiscites in the
second zone in Schleswig, though Ger
many will make desperate efforts to
turn in its favor the results OF the cleo
ton on March la.
The Schleswig plebiscite is the first
of the plebiscites provided for by the
treaty of Versailles. 1t will serve as a
model for future plebiscites in Silersia
the Saar basin, and Tershen. Consid-
cred as practical lesson in popular
self government, these plebisctes are
invaluable. As never before, the in
habitants of this frontier province be-
tween Germany and Denmark have ex-
ercised the power of determining their
political future. The question at is
sue profoundly affected the daily life OF
every citizen of Schleswig. Practical
ly the entire voting population went
to the polls in the plebiscite in the first
zone. Both the Danes and the Ger
mans carried on an active political
campaign. But order was maintained
by the British and French troops; and
the vote was fair and free. The re-
suits of that vote, therefore, indicate
very closely the actual will Of the in
habitants.
The Schleswig plebiseite, indeed, fur
nishes an example to all Europe how
infinitely more satisfactory are results
achieved by the ballot than those
brought about by the sword or by revo.
lution.-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
German Deviltry at Lens.

When the Germans complain OF the
they have to endure--ot lack
OF food. dearth of money, scarcity OF
raw materials for the revival of indus
try, and inability to comply with war
PREPARATION requirements-we may be
apt 10 feel compassion and wish 10
make conditions. easier for them, even
though the story has too much OF a
whine in it. But then there springs up
some remembrance of what they did
or there comes before us some account
of the conditions that still exist IN
places where destruction was their de
light, and then the pity departs, as we
see that they suffer no more than they
deserve for the suffering they Injected.
The German army ran riot with wan
ton and malicious mischief, intended as
far as possible to make northern France
and portions of Belgium sterile and un-
Quite apart from the nor
rible outrages on men, women and emil
dren. there was enough in the system
attic telling of fruit trees, wrecking OF
coal mines, bombardment OF cathedrals
and churches, burning Of town halls ana
libraries, and seizure of factory ma
|ehinery and demolition of the factories
enough and more than enough TO
make us see that Germany should be
required to pay the uttermost farthing
that Justice demands
While Germany is saying that It can
not do this and cannot do that, some
of the consequences of what it did at
lens are told in report of the efforts
that are being made to repair the
wrecked coal mines. For ID months all
that the staff of engineers and large
force of workmen could do has been
done, vet there is no hope Of getting
out a single ton of coal before 1921,
and the task of merely pumping out
the lower workings is not likely to be
accomplished sooner than 1923 or 1924.
All the present year win be needed TO
clear the workings OF the debris with
which the Germans choked them. One
of the great difficulties in the repair
of the great difficulties is the repair OF
the tubing, German engineers having
deliberately blown holes in it at all
heights from a depth Of $3.50 yards 70
the surface These holes have to be
discovered and filled as the water IS
gradually lowered by pumping. So i'm
mense is the task OF reconstruction at
Lens that nobody there expects the city
and its mines to be restored to any
thing like their former state before
1923 or 1920. We cannot but think Of
facts such as these, and the yndictive-
ness which was the cause when Ger
many complains Of hard conditions and
easier terms are suggested. Boston
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
When Is a Cabinet Meeting?

Mr.. Taft takes pains to say that he
would mot call them cabinet meet
ings." OF course, like everybody else
he approves of the "informal confer
ences'' of the cabinets members dur
ING the presidents illness. The ques-
ton is, evidently, when is cabinet
meeting not cabinet meeting In one
of his letters to Mr.. Lansing, the pres.
ident refers to them as the so-caiied
cabinet meetings" If here is sub
stantial legal point involved, it must
turn on the question whether a meet
ing of cabinet members in the cabinet
chamber of the White House, called by
and presided over by the ranking mem
Der, without any specific authorization
by the president, would be regarded by
the courts as a cabinet meeting or an
informal conference of cabinet mem
bers. If they were informal confer
ences. the president knew all about
them and approved them; if they were
cabinet meetings, he must refuse to
recognize them. The president himself
blundered seriously. however, in giving
the subject the slightest publicity. His
title to office was in no real danger
Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
A Tale of Two Sieges.

Major General Townsend, the defend
er of kut eel. Amara, in answering ms
critics, who claim that he showed q
lack OF initiative and Of resolution in
not attempting to fight his way out IN
April, 1915, replies that he reirained
from doing so because he had positive
orders from Sir John Nixon, comman'
der.in.ehief in Mesopotamia, not e
attempt such an adventure. General
Townsend defended the town on the
Tigris, in which he was besieged for
l4y DAYS, with consummate skill and
courageous determination. OF his per
sonal valor there is no question, and
the hardships that he endured during
the FIVE months of the siege were met
with an unhagging cheerfulness The
weather was insuferahly hot, cholera
abounded and stocks of food were dan
gerouslv near the famine line. Never.
the less. the fact remains that his sur
render of more than 1900 men, with
all their arms and equipment, was O
disaster to British arms, and formed
the largest capture made by an enemy
Of Britain for more than a century and
a half. The sortie may have been des
perate, and would doubtless have en-
tailed heavy loss of life, but Zeebruggc
was a desperate adventure, and India
has been the scene Of more than one
forlorn hope for British arms
Twenty years ago, a heliogram blink
ing in the African sun carried mes
sage from a commander in chief to the
head of besieged garrison. After the
first battle OF Colenso General Sir Red
yers Butler flashed this message to Sll
George White in Ladysmith u tried
Colenso yesterday and failed. The en-
envy is too strong for my force. ] sug
rest YOU fire away as much ammuni'
ton as you can and make the best
terms YOU can with the enemy"
Quick as a rife shot the answer came
back from that intrepid defender, the
late Sir George White:
II will not think of making terms
until am forced to. Things may
look brighter. The loss Of $4,000 men
would be a heavy blow for England
We must not think of it yet.
To-day the British people through
out the empire are raising funds 70
erect a monument to Sir George White
For thus spoke England. Montreal
Star
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
THE SNOW SNAKE ABROAD!
Now the Reptile Is Reported from Min
nesota-Akin to the Ice Worm.

The snow snake has renowned its
association with the pink elephant.
The wires from the north woods
ceased their singing of the reds long
enough to announce that the serpent or
the drift, that feeds on snowshoe rab-
bits to the exclusion of all other diet,
has reappeared. And the geological de-
scription of the snake, now that prohi-
bition has made the testimony of eye
witnesses trustworthy, has been clipped
from the nature fake series and pasted
to a reputable place in the volume OF
fauna of Minnesota.
"Rather a rare reptile" State Fores-
ter W. T. Cox explained, unable to sup
press a deep sense of satisfaction at
being one of the first to make o careful
study of the strange creature. 1T was
seen, however, in 1897 and again in
1915, but in those days, OF course, men
weren't so generally believed.
"The snow snake seems to be giant
cousin of the Alaskan ice worm, con-
tinued Mr.. Cox. at burrows in the
snow somewhat as the worm burrows
in the ice, but in other respects IT 10
quite different. 1t speeds along like a
big corkscrew and when it is on the
trail of q rabbit it resembles a minia-
ture rotary snow tunneling through
drifts. Its tail is tipped with a TUT
of white fur that moves along steadily
few inches above the snow, twirling
around smoothly while the whole body
of the snake reyolyes.
Snowy white except for its pale
blue eyes. the snow snake lives mainly
ON snowshoe rabbits. giving little at
tention to colored objects. 1t VIII
watch a white man intently, as | know
but is blind to Indians"
Fondness for white rabbit, the for
ester said, may be natures reason for
tipping the snakes tail with fur. The
| fur works an economy in rabbit, how
ever. for when the rabbits snowshoes
the furry pedal appendages, become
heavy with caked snow the tail OF the
snake also becomes clogged and weight.
ed. By this remarkable compensation
the rabbit has running chance tor
life, even though its speed is reduced.
Attempts to photograph the snake
have failed, Mr. Cox said, when asked
| to substantiate his story with pic
ture. because the cameras eye is un.
able to discern the snake from the
snow.-St Paul Pioneer Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
CURRENT COMMENT
Burlington's Tax Rate.

The people of Burlington voted down
the proposition to bond the city for
$250000' to build memorial building
by large majority. This was no re-
Election on the returned soldiers but 1t
was felt that the city was in no finan'
cial condition just now to undertake,
such q burden. With so large increased
public expenses and practically all the
departments running behind it seemed
to be poor policy to saddle onto the
city any more taxes, What the new "
tax rate will be is not known but ii
Burlington is to have enough money to
keep its departments going it looks like
a $3.50 or SO tax rate for 1920. The
object of the building was admitted TO
be a worthy one but the city could not
afford it at this time is the general
opinion. Burlington Clipper.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
A VERMONT MAN OF GREAT
WORTH.

The late William J. VanPatten of
Burlington was a person who was al
ways a little ahead of current thought.
or at least fully abreast Of t. He was
constantly on the alert to do things
for the benefit of his fellow men; he
was more often thinking Of their vel
fare than he was of his own The re-
suit Of that thought was that be was a
leader in the various movements in his
home city, in the state and even in the
nation which tended to the development
Of the greatest good for the greatest
number. For several decades he was a
leader in Burlington and he was even in
later years referred to as that city 5
first citizen, even though he had dropped
out Of public life to a considerable de-
gree Among some Of the more nearly
local institutions which bore the i'm
print Of his influence might be men
toned the A. n C. A, the Carnegie
Fletcher library. the Howard Relief.
the Mary Fletcher hospital the Blue
Triangle house. the Ethan Allen park,
Burlington paid fire department and
seTy many other features and phases
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17

of Burlington's life and activity. What
ever was allied with the best and high.
est things found Mr.. VanPatten aligned
with it. So with the affairs OF the
state and with national organizations
like the Y. M. C. A. and the Christian
Endeayor society. His prominence In
those two organizations is proven by
the fact that he held the presidency OF
each national society some years ago,
But though he was busy with some of
the larger affairs, he was never too
busy or preoccupied to refuse to do the
kindly little acts which will cause him
to be remembered with pleasure for a
long time. Mr.. VanPatten was a whole
souled, earnest, very capable individual
the kind which make deep impress.
His passing brings feeling Of regret
to the people OF the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
GUIDED ONLY BY ANIMoSITY."
That Is Way an Italian Journal Char
acterizes Wilson.

Rome, Monday, Feb. l6.-Comment-
ing on Mr.. Wilson's action regarding
the Adriatic question, the Giornale
d'Italia SAYS: His intervention was
couched in such an ungenial form as
to arouse the suspicion it was suggest
ed only by his invincible aversion to-
ward Italy He must have convinced
even his compatriots that he is guided
only by animosity. Therefore, the al
lies have reacted energetically against
his attitude, which is offensive also to
their dignity, as the compromise pro
posals sent to Belgrade were framed
chiefly by Premier Lloyd George. Mr..
Wilson, who purposely was not repre-
sented at the discussion Of the eompro-
mise. has no right to veto his applica-
tion.'
The Corriere D'Italia contends Pres
ident Wilson should have expressed his
opinion Of the solution of the Adriatic
question when it was discussed, in
stead Of when It was about to be ex-
ecuted, while the Idea National says:
Secretary Lansing's resignation
proves Mr.. Wilson's opinion is not the
opinion Of the United States.
"Italy's Calvary is TO be prolonged
by the will Of one man who is debating
the laws Of Europe" says Italia, a
newspaper printed in the French Ian
guage
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17
A Shortage of Labor

Ii seemed that when Rastus and Sam
died they took different routes; 50
when the latter got to heaven he called
Rastus on the phone. "Rastus,7 he said,
"how yo' like il down thar 2"
oh boyl Dis here am some place,
replied Rastus. "All we has ter do is
to wear red suit wild horns, an ebery
now an den shovel some coal ON de
fire. We don't work no more dan two
hours out OBJ de p down here But tell
me, sam, how is it with YOU up yon-
dahy
''A[ah goodness, We has TO git up
al To- O'Clock in the mawnin' an gath
an in d. stahr; den We has 70 haul in
de moon and hang out de sun. Den We
has ter roll de clouds aroun all day
long
but sam. how come i Y has ter
work 50 hard
sWen. to tell de- truf. Rastus. ives
kin O. short on help up here. FORBES
Magazine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17

The death from exhaustion OF
young man who attempted to walk on
snowshoes to the summit OF Mount
Monadnock in New Hampshire is
warning that mountain climbing IN
winter time is performance which
should not be attempted except by
those who are in reasonably good train
ing for the exertion and, even then
only with due preparations as to cloth
ing and provisions for an enforced stay
by reason of loss of direction The
performance which the young man and
d companion started-withOut over
coats, hats or gloves, even though the
weather was mild at the outset-was
most unwise to say the least. No one
should attempt the ascent of any one
of Vermont's numerous mountain
peaks so poorly prepared for a turn in
the weather as these young men were
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-17

1t Is indeed serious situation when
n Vermont town of the size of Middle
bury finds itself in midFebruary with
out a pound of coal in the hands of the
dealers and under conditions of heavy
snow which make railroading fraught
with considerable difficulty. However
some of the neighboring cities and
towns on the west side of the state
may be expected TO tide Middlebury
over the present emergency by shipping
in limited amount of their own sup
plies.