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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
WilGston Auto Show
Is Widely Advertised;
Stock Sale To Be Held

Wilhston, N. D., Feb. 24.-The Will
iiston Auto show, to be held here dur
Ing the first three days Of March,, has
. extensively advertised in sixteen
newspapers outside of williston and
posters have been sent out to be put
! conspicuous places over a large
territory in this state and in eastern
Montana Requests have come in
from auto dealers as far away a.
Fargo and Grand Forks for space in
show, but local dealers are put
ting on such elaborate displays that
AL space was taken early.
Aside from the main features Of the
show there will be a booth where
relics brought home by the boys who
fought in France. will be shown: a
vaudeville troupe from Chicago will
be present during the entire three
days and George Pavey Of Ray has
g engaged to sing at intervals dur
ing the show. 20
A large pure bred stock sale viii be
held on the same dates and it is ex-
pccted thai this will attract buyers
from all parts Of this state and
SQlC90 6t2300. lE~ #- 3. - IL -.EE sf.r.'.t
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
TO SEMI MANY, FARMs.

Fairmont, MIMI. Feb. 24.-March
/. or Settlement Day as it is known
to farm land dealers, will mark the
transfer Of probably 200 Martin
county farms to new owners, az a re-
suit Of the land boom Of last fall,
when prices scared to record levels.
Certain neighborhoods, 1t is said, will
have a new list Of residents this fall.
-Four clerks are at work in the Office
of Register Of Deeds H. G. Sydow
making out abstracts In preparation
for, the transfers. Banks have been
swamped with applications for loans
to make final payments on the farms,
which wer bought according to the
usual custom OF $1,000 down.
The same condition is said to be
true in practically all southern Min
gnesota counties, which had such q
demand for land in the fall Of 1919
that farms frequently changed hands
fpur and hve times in q week. each
time at an advance Of probably SIS
an acre.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
W1LLISTON A
TO BE ~REORGANIZED

Williston. N. D., Feb. 24.-At a
mass meeting held at the court
hous here steps were taken for the
reorganization Of Company E, the
national guard unit for Williston.
Captain e. w. Jeffrey explained
the advantages Of such an organiza-
ton chiefly from the standpoint of
benefits received from military drill,
while Herbert Metzger, commander
OF the American Legion here, gave
an enthusiastic talk. Following the
talks committees were appointed to
secure signers. An effort will be
made to. enlist squads in neighbor-
ing towns. It is thought that there
will be but little difficulty in securing
the requisite number OF enlistments.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
Columbus Reporter
Has Changed Hand,

Columbus. N. D., Feb. 24.-The
Columbus Reporter has changed
hands, the business being taken over
by Koeppen & Mahoney, publishers
Of the Flaxton Times. and the first
issue under the new management
appeared last week. The paper from
now. OF is to be printed ut Flaxton,
but a man will remain at Columbus
to look after the interests of the
business. The editors announce that
they e~xpectsto operate the paper on
. strictly Independent basis, so far
as politics Is concerned.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
Declamatory Contest
To Be Held At Stephen

Crookston, Feb. 24.-The district
declamatory contest for the northern
division of the Ninth Minnesota dis
trfct will be held at Stephen March
3 This contest was originally sohed-
J for the Red River Valley show
held here recently but was cancelled
on account Of the influenza situation.
The winner at Stephen will repre-
sent this section in an inter-district
contest to be held at Crookston
March Is.
The local high school plans to send
two contestants to the Stephen meet
and Lee Griffin and Marie Mercil
have been chosen. It is announced
that the winner Of the contest March
10 will represent this section of the
state at the state league meeting to
be held It MINNEAPOLIS in Anril.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
Northwestern NeUs.
FIRST SETTLER ON
SLOPE WAS BURIED
AT MANDAN TODAY

Mandan. N. D., Feb. 24.-Tho
funeral Of John MdDonald, aged.
81. who died Sunday night, WA
held. in Mandan today. Mr.. Nc,
Donald had the distinction OF
being the ArsJMhite man to e.
tabltsh his home in North Da-
kOta west OF the Missouri river,
coming to this territory in 1879,
from Farfbault, Mimi, where no
had resided ten years. He "a.
tablished his Homestead, four
miles from Mandan, In 1879, and
1t was the first Homestead on
record west Of the Missouri.
Charles Mcdonald, warden u
tho state penitentfary, IL q SON.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
CROOKSTON MAN
BOUND OVER ON
MURDER CHARGE

Crookston, Mimi. FEB. 24.-Ar-
thur Pearson charged Jointly with
his wife for the murder of a new
born infant said to have been born to
MRS. Pearson, was today given a pre-
liminary hearing in municipal court.
He waived examination and was
bound over under a bond Of $15,-
900. Pearson is still in Jail but it
was said bail would be furnished
The body Of the new born infant
was found several days ago on a shed
adjoining the Commercial hotel. 1t
was alleged the child belonged to
Mrs Pearson and she and her hus-
band were charged with murder fol-
lowing a coroners inquest. Mrs.
Pearson Is still in a local hospital
will be given a hearing soon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
Mass Meeting Insure.
Creamery For Scobey

Scobey. Mont Feb IA general
mass meeting of the business men
and farmers was called here last
week for the purpose of %arousing en-
thusiasm. in creamery for scobey.
Among the men to speak were Coun-
ty Agent E. w. Anderson Of Plenty
wood; VIII. .Fluhr, state dairy and
o. "A. Jones, prominent creamery
man from Julian.
The meeting was enthusiastic
, throughout, and a stock selling cam
-=:gn will begin al once, while 1t il
likely that the actual work Of CON
tructing the building will begin
arly in the spring.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
Bowbells Hotel Coe,
To New Managemen,

Bowbel1s;, N. d.. Neb. 24.-rhe Ho-
tel Richardson has passed into the
hands. of G. w. Stubblefield and Leo
Jacobson. who have leased the bust
ness from o. o. Heriem, the present
owner. Mr.. and Mrs. Heriem, who
have been operating the hotel the
past two months, have returned to
their homes at Greenbush, MINI.
When h new proprietors took
over the business, they reopened the
dining room which has been closed
since last summer.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
Noonan TO Have New
$4,000 School House

Noonan. N. b. Feb. 2f.-At . spe-i
ciai election held IN this city iast
Tuesday II was decided to bond the
OF erecting q new school building.
The proposition carried by i vote Of
IS to -. It b the intention OF the
school board to rush the construction
OF the new building as much as pos-
stble 30 that It may be ready for use
by the beginning Of the term next
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
American Legion |.
.. Organized Al Flaxton

Flaxton, N. D., Feb. 24.-The or.
g~anization of a post of the American
Legion has been completed at Flax.
ton, which will be known as the S. NJ
Foote post No. 1s1. The following Of
ficers have been elected:
Post Commander, Lester E.. Keep
pen.
Vice Post Commander. Allen Madi.
son.
Post Adjutant, George kellogg.
Post Historian, Nestor Bottom.
Post Finance Officer, Milo Merrill
Sergeant at Arms. George Straw.
bridge. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
for oil in tho Peace River distris'

south of Pouce Coupe.
We Darcy Exploration company IS
a British concern, in which the inn
pcl4al government holds Sc per cent
of the common stock. It was through
this company that the government de-
veloped the Anglo-Persdan oil fields.
1t was stated. sat
Eight months age application vas
made to the provincial government
for the exclusive right to prospect for
oil in an area sixty miles square in The
Peace River district. so
This offer was rejected by the MIN
lister OF lands
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24

coyery," which he bad prescribed many. years for the stemaeh, iva
and blood. Both these medicines met with instant success, and darine
the past half century have sold in greater quantities than INV othes
proPrietafry medicines. Neither Of Dr. Pieroes medicines esatains
alcohol and both are herbal extracts Of native medicinal nle.1e
For the past Fifty years ~fortyeght million bottles have bess used
6y the American public, and thsy are today tho standard to.ia
liquid form, and sold BY ever. druggst IN the land. A vial package
can be obtained by sending 10 cents to DR.. Pierce's Invalid Hotel
in Buffalo, N. Y. Write Dr.. Pierce's If you want free con6dantiai
medical advice, or . free booklet on any chronic disease,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
TO SEARCH roR orr.

Vancouver, B. c., Feb. z4.-An ef-
fort Is to be made by the Vancouver
board of trade to induce the pro-
vincial government to grant the ap-
plscation of the Darcy Exploration
company for a concession ia prospect
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
FORMER n. J.

Newark, N. J., Feb. 24.-Franklin
Murphy, former governor Of New
Jersey, b dead at Palm Beach. Fla.
according TO , telegram received
here today BY his son, Franklin Muir
ply. Jr. He was "a years old.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24
ADVERTISEMENT.
ADVERTISEMENT. .ADVERTIsEHENr
The Fitch Anniversary
ADVERTISEMENT

Just fifty years ago this winter Dr.. Pierre gave to tie world his
amous "Favcrite Prescription for the distressing weaknesses and
COMPLAINTS Of women. For many years be had been N tie active
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24

ptacsioe q meo1cane and his
speciality WAS the diseases of
women. Later he desired to
Gve this to tho public, and
hs receiveda Trademark psoteo-
ton from the United States
patent Office for this mediane
which j. m herbal, "temper-
ance" prescription with an the
ingredients printed ON tho bottle
wrapper. In his every day psac-
tice in the early days he also
used a tonic and Alternative for
the blood, which vas 70. univer-.
sally beneficial that be detar-
mined to place this medicine in.
the drug stores Of the United
States, where it could Be readily
procured; by the public. This he
called his "Golden MAd;AaI Dis
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-24

Herald Want Ads Bring Results
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-12

"A - ~
outfit consists Of one pair of wooden stockings
pair of boots and little overcoat. This meal
day, and these boots stockings and little coats
be supplied only If giVs Mem If we do not, the
slaughter of the innocents by cold and starvation will
be appalling
Among the more than two million men and wom-
who will read this page there not onethere
not be a single one-hose heart will not respond glad
ly and eagerly the challenge of this great need We
asked you with to cooperate with Mr. Hoover in
raising teny-three million dollars feed and clothe
these children and save them from death this winter
1t can be done. 1t shall be done! THE. LITERARY
DIGEST knows its readers and the deep earnestness
the quick sympathy the greahearted generosity they
always show when any real human need calls to them
You have been called upon in vain We count
ing you now with great confidence. We know,
Also how truly you represent the American spirit,
which beats in the hearts of hundred and three mil
lions more in this big land Of plenty spirit which leaps
ready every such CALL and is weary in weldo
ing. We not hermit nation, isolated from the
world when suffering and want cry out to us from any
where under the A great, beautiful, and heart
sustaining hope supports these stricken people-Aer-
ica omU come to their relief. For in the far places
of the earth, where famine stalks name and one
alone is synonymous with rescue and hope-and that
name is America.
The small individual unit of ten dollars will pro-
vide the and boots and stockings and one meal
day for child this winter. We urge our readers
urge eUery one whose eyes these words
to give quickly many of these units as possible to
buy for Themselves that precious and priceless
thing. the lite Of little chiida many of them as
they can, and every will be shining star in an
eternal crown. 1t was the Divine Love Of little chill
dreh, who to earth little child and who reigns
the King of Glory, who said ''Inasmuch as ye
have done unto of the least of these We have done
it unto Me" He does not forget, fail to reward.
So deeply do we ourselves feel the urgency of this
great need knowing all the facts that should feel
heavy burden of guilt if did not go beyond any
thing have felt possible heretofore in order to save
these innocent children from suffering and DEATH
Therefore, THE LITERARY DIGEST will start this
fund with the of $4,000 to feed and clothe TWEEN
tyhve hundred little boys and girls this winter What
inspiration it will be to all Of us-what an inspra-
tionand exampeto many thousands who may be uncer-
tain how much to gvef in the very first week there
shall be great shower of checks for S 900 for
$4,000, for $4,000, well as deluge of smaller
amounts to send the fund rolling on toward the neces-
sary twentythree millions Let all see again what
the father heart is like in this great rich land of Amer
lea. Let us have again a wondrous revelation of the
heart of American motherhood. Let us have great
outpourng of love and hepfulness in the name of Him
who said, Feed my Iambs!'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-12
The Slaughter of the Innocents

VI VAN
expense of only three-eghts of per cent with
remuneration to the American directors Now he asks
all to help the children who in imminent
danger of starvation this coming winter.
There they are in the midst of wrecked homes.
and farms, and factories; cities crowded with
of refugees without sustaining food for children,
through the destruction of live stock seeds for planting
materials tools, and machinery gone; great
with everything burned looted smashed; vast
employment for workers.; no means of subsistence;
land of economic ruin, of mutilated life, and lingering
death; and in the midst of it all-the little children.
In long lines they are waiting at the American
they be turned awaya There no happy, healthy
faces in those long nes-not You have rags
and barefooted Children but many little boys
and girls literally drest in atters Soon will be very
cold and for those bare little feet and legs and
there is nothing at home to put
Hollow faces and shrunken bodies are so common
that their real condition does not become evident until
we inquire closely, and then find that of
them from to five years back in their growth.
Children of eight years old have reached the normal
size of two and half They just learning to stand
alone. Others almost old yet stand their
feet Their arms and legs and spines and chests are
twisted and warped The flesh and skin shriveed
their bones. 1t is suprizing that life still exist
there Ii they can have food they will gradually regain
their health and strength but with of them
question of never Starvation and tuberculosis
will not wait.
In Poland alone million FIVE hundred thousand
such children be cared for. In Latva and Eshon
la the people living mostly diet made from po
tato-Aour oat-hour, and sawdust In Czecho-Slovaka
in Hungary, in Austria and in other countries of
trail and southeastern Europe, two millions more in
dire need of food and who stops ask regarding creed
race nationality when little child is starvng2
Children just children the world over and the great
American heart is big enough to for them all.
But the appeal now is not for ALL The three and
half millions of children immediate danger of star
vaon if this organization fails, who have food at
once only fraction of the total number. The hum
cry children of those destitute countries have been ex
amned by competent physicians and only those whose
wasted little bodies reduced the minimum weight
and whose endurance of hunger has reached the end
which merges into actual starvation admitted to the
American kitchens and given one meal day. 1t is
hard to away thousands of hungry boys and girls
to hear them ask, peadingly, DO weigh too much?
Am not thin enoug h2" Cant come any rnore?"
But this restricting Of food to the extreme is COM
pulsory, because there isn't enough for all.
And these neediest ones can not reach the kitch-
ems through the cold winds and the snow barefooted
and in the pitful rags which form only partial
ing for their bodies. They must have Clothes Each
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-12
PesdentEct Harding, in GreatHearted Response Sets

hgMsrm
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Address,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-12

The Slaug
% A.: X :: 49,: {. =; :;
:ss az. s sfs s si, :. y. " r.. Their
"o~ will be exhausted in January
II. mus. :' nd 81. 81 !, s : .
this winter e.nno. continue without help
nc. i l.: : :;s s 70: d: S Id. A :.: and America
'Twentyrss million de.,: mu.. ,: raise; I'd cnsss D.
f.. Relief Belgium the 't sss; # nss SoSv
From letter to III. Literary Digest
In immediate response the folIoWiug editorial
pas published in The Literary Digest OF Oct SOtn:
EINsn IL E :s.I .ss GH ri he..s cAM.
" ago. to all mankind his mere coming
seemed to interfere with the material inter
of few people Of that period notably King erod
who promptly decided to dispose of this interloPer
and sent forth his soldiers with orders to say all the
children of two years old and under hus was con-
summated the most atrocious crime against innocent
childhood committed up to that time. 1t has come
down through all the ages in song and story and
painters have pictured it marvellous canvases
Today passing in review, we look out through
WINDOWS
happy land are three and half millions of helpless
children the innocent victims Of the greatest that
has ever afflicted humanity. 1t matters not, gaze
in the direction of these children that eyes must
stretch across three thousand miles of ocean, still
see them and we still can hear them, if wish do
so and not help hearing the tragic appeal in
their voices and seeing their tiny stretched out to
u.s. and their searching eyes looking into souls
they say, Help us, perish. And if we fail to
listen this great call of three and half millions of
Gods helpless chldren if close eyes and to
this great demand of duty shall be just guilty of
the slaughter of the innocents Herod, nearly
two thousand years ago.
In these lands, swept by death and filled with trag-
edies too deep for tears, of human suffering is
being written greater perhaps than for all ages gone by
The mind grows numb and the heart sick from
recital of tales of such tragedy it is difficult
believe the twentieth century could hold.
And so, when we received letter from MIR.
Hoover telling that America must not allow death
in the form of hunger and cold these $780,
900 helpless children soul stirred and the hot
blood surged up in heart. We felt it our i'm
peratve duty to all the power God has given
aid this nobe-hearted American continuing the work
of saving human lives which he has devoted unspar-
ingy and at great personal sacrifice his tremendous
ergy and administrative genius during the past six
years, in which time he and his American colleagues
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
O. O. LOMEN HONORED.
Elected President N. Z. Iowa Horti-
cultural Society. Also Buys Fine
Spraying Machine. So

o. o. Lomen, the well known
horticulturalist of this county, was
elected president of the Northeast
ern Iowa horticultural Society at
the annual meeting of the society
held in Cedar Falls recently.
Mr.. Lomen recently attended the
Midwest Fruit Exposition at
Council Bluffs and while there pur-
chased Dust Orchard Power Spray
er of the Niagara Sprayer Co., of
Rochester, N. Y. One of the mach
ines was on exhibition, at the con-
vention. These dust sprayers are Civ
ing good satisfaction in the fruit
sections of New York and the east,
where hundreds are in use, but SO
far only one of its kind is in use in
Iowa. They simplify the work of
spraying materially and reduces the
time and cost of labor fully fifty per
cent in comparison with liquid
spraying. Aa community sprayer
a dust sprayer could do the work of
Several liquid machines on account
of, its simplicity and effectiveness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
Fine Memorial Services.

The Elk memorial services held by
DEBORAH lodge of Elks No. 443 at
the Elks home in this city were
largely attended, last Sunday. They
were very impressive, and one of the
finest memorials the Elks have ever
held in years. A quartette composed
of Mrs. H. F. Barthell, Messrs B.
H. Adams and D. H. Hill and Mrs.
John Mccall, with Miss Katherine
Hustvedt at the piano rendered sew
eral appropriate selections, and the
lodge officers conducted their servic-
es. The memorial address was de-
livered by Hon. Sherman T. Mears,
an attorney of Waterloo. He is an
excellent speaker and delivered a
very fine memorial, which was listen
ed to most attentively.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES.
John o. Ness Passed Away Last
Night at Home of Son p. J.
Ness


Last night at S:15 o'clock, Mr..
John o. Ness, one of the we'll known
pioneers of this county passed away
at the home of his son, P. j. Ness.
He had been i'll for about three
weeks, death being due to the in
firmities of old age. -. $685. -.
The deceased was born in Ness,
Hallingdahl, Norway, June "a, 1888,
For many years he was a deputy
sheriff in his native country, and in
the year 1871, with his wife and son
left Norway for fAmerica, coming
direct to Winneshiek county, and set
ting in Highland township, where
he farmed until nine years ago
when he retired and came to De-
corah to live. The wife and mother
passed away in February 1913. Since
then the deceased made his home
with his children, and for some time
past has made his home with his son,
P. ]. Ness.
Twelve children were born to the
union, eight of whom survive. They
are o. J. Ness, DEBORAH, Mrs. P. M.
Dolan, Colorado Springs, Colo, Soren
Ness, Highlandville, Mrs. Emil
Klingbeil, Superior, Wis, P. ]. Ness,
DEBORAH, Mrs. Ebert Berntsen, Super
Tor, Olaf Ness, Denver, Colo, Simon
Ness, DEBORAH. Two brothers,. Chris
and Tideman, of Hatton, N. D. and
one sister Mrs. Elias Ottesen,s, of
Devils Lake, N. d. also survive. Mr..
Ness was a man who lived a clean
and honorable life here, and he was
a man of strong character and
honorable in all his dealings with
his fellowmen, and was much
thought of by all his friends. The
sympathy of all is extended to the
children in their loss. or -~~a ,a
The funeral services will be helt
Friday afternoon at 1870 from the
home of his son P. j.. Ness, and a
200 o'clock from the F. N. E. L
church. Rev. /. B. Torrison will of
ficiate and interment will be in, tn,
Norwegian cemetery.