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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
orders for
Grain Cars are
RecciUed Here

In regulating the distribution of
cars for shipping grain, b commits
sion on car service Of the interstate
commerce commission has issued new
orders. according to ]. H. Griffin. traf-
fc freight agent for the Great North
ern here. The order becomes e1ec-
tive at once and according to Mr..
Grimm, will aid greatly in regulating a
uniform distribution between shippers
of the cars available for grain loaded
at various stations.
Under the new orders, each shipper
Of grain will advise the carriers agent
each Saturday Of the total quantity
of grain on hand, ready for rail ship
ments. The ratio of the quantity as
reported by each shipper to the total
quantity reported by all shippers will
be the percentage basis for the distri-
button of available cars atethe named
station during the following week for
grain loading.
Only the number Of ears which can
be loaded promptly will be furnished,
under the new order. the term
promptly" meaning in this case that
the cars must be loaded and billing
day, II the cars are available in the
morning not later than 10 o'clock.
Shipments Begin.
This order is Of interest 1t this time
as the shipment of the 1920 crop has
just commenced or a large scale. a
cording to Great Northern officials.
At the present time the demand fol
cars is greater than the railroads car
meet but the situation is not acute and
it is thought that the shortage of carr
will lot be severe in this part of the
country. The grain is moving rapidly
the greater part toward the head Of
the lakes. IN
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
DIVISION
OPENED MONDAY
Opening Attendance Ind.
Gates Record Breaking
Membership For Year.

The boys division of the =. Nj. G.
A. was opened yesterday afternoon
Tor the winter season. Al large num-
Ter 9of boys were on hand for the
opening and to take advantage Of the
various privileges that the association
to offer the youngsters.
Several new members were signed
up during the course Of the after
room and j. B. Crary, general secre-
itary OF the organization, predicted
this morning That the membership OF
the boys division this year would far
exceed any in the history Of the
Grand Forks 'Y.'
Gym. to Open.
Work on the re-decorating and re-
modelling of the gymnasium has been
completed and the classes will com
mence for the winter months next
Monday afternoon.
The apparatus has been complete
ly overhauled and the entire equip
ment has been put in the first class
lcondition for the coming season, C,
p. link. physical director, said to-
day. s,.r.
The mems classes as well as the
boys will start next week and q rec
ord-breakinR attendance Is expected
in the gym. this VI
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
COUNCIL Will
MEET TONIGHT
WAYS and Means Committee
Completing Appropriation
Bill This Afternoon.

The ways and means committee of
the city council held another impor-
tar1t meeting this afternoon to COM
plete preparation of the annual APP
preparations ordinance for final action
at the council meeting tonight. The
annual salary ordinance also will be
completed to-day. @
The committee has experienced
some difficulty in definitely fixing the
various items in the appropriations
ordinance. The demands Of the various
departments for improvements, addi.
tional equipment and increase in sal
aries are so great hat the committee
is having difficulty to meet all de-
mands and still keep within the limi.
tation in levy. e.
The fire department has asked fol
an aerial truck and for a, chemica,
truck for use at small fires. The street
department is badly in need Of addi.
tional equipment to carry on the road
work that will be demanded during
the year.
Aside from passing the appropria-
tion ordinance, the council will name
the judges for the special election
September 25.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
Navy Recruiting
Station Reopened
In The City Today

G. Creswell and T. r. Ashly, u. S.
NJ, arrived in Grand Forks this
ing office in Room 304 Postofice
building. Is M
The station will remain open until
further notice Mr.. Creswell, who is
In charge of the recruiting party.
stated. -.
Special inducements are o being
given I'd men enlisting in the navy
cruits are being given their choice OF
being sent to the east or west coast.
and the prospect of 9 winter in Cali
fornia is proving attractive to many.
Congress has recently passed bills
providing for increases in pay, and
other legislation Of advantage to men
in the navy. The age limit for re-
crutts has been lowered to IL years.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14

Grand opera with the same prin-
cipals. chorus. orchestra, scenery and
costumes that may be e at the
Metropolitan opera in New York, will
be brought t6tthe auditorium here on
Friday night by the Scott Opera
company, under the general direction
of Antonio Scott.
which will sing MADAME Butterfly
and in addition to theaworldl famed
baritone. there will be Orville Har-
rold, whose name Is among those at
the top OF the list Of tenors in this
country and Madame Florence
Easton. q leading soprano OF, the Met
ropolitan company.
These people. with q full cast from
the Metropolitan opera, will sing al
believably reasonable when the mag
niicence OF the production Is taken
into account. i 5ga9R
The Scott Grand opera company
Of more than 100 people travels in q
special train OF 20 cars, and In 1T
transcontinental tour this fall will visit
no other city as small as Grand Forks,
With the equipment and carrying the
company that he does, Antonio Scott
could hardly afford to present MS
company in cities no larger than this
but through a special arrangement
Mrs. W.. F. Gushing has secured5Nthe
company for an engagement here and
1T Fargo. The Scott company viii
give performances at Duluth or
Thursday and will arrive here oh Fri.
day afternoon. going to Fargo the
following day. Only the two stop,
will be made between Duluth and
Great Falls, Mont. From the latter
place the company will go to. Spokane
Seattle and down to California fol
some engagements in the larger cities
The out Of town patronage for
Madame Butterfly has been un-
usually heavy and out Of town reser
vations still are being made. The
seats are on sale at the Poppler Piano
company, and though the demand has
been heavy. there are still some good
seats left at prices ranging from 81. 2t
to $3.50. 3s-f
The performance on Friday nigh,
will begin ats o'clock and persons are
asked to be in their seats promptly
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14

EtEFsFlNHE 4t4fNfrtlE 1870 LeArHFu NN1.rtF
AZ. q. Townley will continue his ca
.reer ass high flyer. I
At least reports from Minneapolis
are to the effect that the big boss OF
the Nonpartisan league has recently
in which he will pursue his airy
flights as Official. herald of the New
Day In the northwest.
The planes only cost $4,000 each,
and what's a mere triiellike $4,000
tic Mr.. Townley as long as the farm
|ers are willing to be shaken down for
the money?
To be sure Mr.. Townley is under
stood to have bought two or. three
planes previous to his latest9phrchase,
but saving the country Is an expen-
sive process and II it can bedone for
a. pi11ine $4,000 or $4,000 no one
Ought to object. least oft.all the farm
ers who are digging up the cash Tor
Mr.. Townley's toys.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
RED CROSS TO GIVE
SUBSCRIPTION REFUND

Subscribers to the Red Cross maya
zine, which will suspend publication
with the October issue, may apply to
the office of the publication at 11O7
Broadway, N. Y, for money due on
remaining numbers Of the magazine,
for whi-:@they have paid. Notice to
this effect has been received by j. b.
Wineman, chairman of the home
service section Of the Red Cross.
With the October issue of the mag
azine. coupons will be enclosed. and
by filling these out, and returning
them to the office of the publication,
the refund will be received, it is stat
ed. Persons who do not receive the
October issue and those subscribers
who have v received copies of
the magazine, also may write if they
wish a refund, the information re-
ceived by Mr.. Wineman shows.
The publication is being discontin-
ued because of the rising cost of pub
fishing. it is said, and those in. charge
consider that it would be unwise to
raise the subscription price in order
to cover the expense attached to get
tine the m a0oviAo ~,,< aI-I-sa 81 E. n
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
SHORTAGE" OF
TRAINED HELP

Big Firms draw heavily o Da-
kota Business College, Fargo, N.
~. for capable office help. In spite
of large cnrollments, a student
shortage isnow threatened. 1000
d. B. C. pupils will be needed to
meet demands next term.
Every Fargo bank and all whole
sale houses but one employ D. B.
g. graduates. M. Rynning is the
!98th with Standard Oil Co. Ber-
dina Oldoren is the 5th for Delco
Light Products c..
Follow the Successful" Join
the 1000-New-Pnpil Club now.
Write F. L. Watkins, Pres, sos
Front ST., Fargo, n. D.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
POTATO CROP IN
COUNTY is NOW
BEING HANDLED

Potatoes are being picked through
out the county at the present time, d.
B. Norris, county agent. said this
morning. Mr.. Morris has been out at
a lumber of points in the county dur
ing the last few days and he reports
that the potato crop in the county. ia
generally ready for handling at this
time.
Calls for potato pickers are coming
in to the employment office. run in
connection with the farm bureau. but
there is no lack of help for this work.
it is said. A number of potato pick
ers were sent out this morning by the
employment Office. i
The potato crop in the county is
very Light this year, Mr.. Morris as
serts.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
N. P. Will aid
IN NORTHWEST
Creates Department of I'm
migration and Industry Lo-
cal Officials Informed.

local officials of the Northern Pa
cific railroad today received notice
of the creation of a new department
OF immigration and industry through
which the railroad organization plans
to cooperate with federal aid and
state authorities, agricultural colleges,
farm bureau organizations, county
agents. farmers clubs and other
agencies in promoting enterprises for
development of the northwest
E. F. Benson, now commissioner of
agriculture of the state of
Washington. is to be man
ager of the new department. He
now is in Shanghai, China, and his
acceptance of the post was cabyAd to
President j. NJ. Hannaford Of \the
Northern Pacific yesterday. Mr.. Ben
son formerly was in railroad work.
and is an authority on agriculture and
irrigation.
The announcement received here by
railroad officials says that the war
department of immigration and in
dustry has been organized with a view
to aiding in development of natural
resources in the territory served by
the Northern Pacific railroad. Its
purpose will be to give special atten-
ton to agriculture, not with the in
tention of initiating any new activi-
ties, but rather to assist and to CO.
operate with existing agencies such
as state agriculture college, county
farm agents and various activities of
the federal government. 1t also says
that there are many things which
county farm agents or state agricul-
tural colleges cannot undertake singly,
but which can be accomplished by
joint effort. The railroad. being rep
resentative of all interests, can co
operate in practically every develop
ment project that will tend to i'm
prove the northwest.
Associated with the manager of
the department will be an agricultural
agent, an immigration agent and an
industrial agent.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
MANAGER HELD
CONFERENCE HERE

Truman Pierson. general manager
of the Mississippi River Scenic High
way association. held a conference to-
ton and other officials of the Grand
Forks Commercial club, regarding
the extension Of the highway from
Bemidji. MIMI, via Crookston and
Grand Forks, to Winnipeg, Man.
Nothing definite was completed at
the meeting, but it is planned to
hold another gathering when Mr..
Pierson returns to this city after q
probably will be held next week.
1t was originally planned to have
the highway extended from New
Orleans, La, to Bemidji, MINI.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14
New Manager For
Automobile Owners
Tire Corporation

AL. Berger, formerly OF Sioux City,
Iowa, hasgarrived In Grand Forks, and
taken up the duties OF manager OF the
Automobile Owners Tire Corporation
establishment on Kittson avenue In
this city.
M. Berger has been engaged M the
for several years, and was formerly
connected with the Federal Rubber
ss5S
He succeeds w. r.. Bowker, who Re.
Gently left for st. Paul.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-14

MElks at Fargo have selected a site
for a new home. Wide doors are
NECESSARY on account of the branching
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03
by the roadside. q do not

em to be absolutely true to life IS it was then. But it was my childhood home Let your work be a type. Do with them as you like. Somehow I feel sure you can make exactly wfat I want"
 "Thank you, Mr. Graves. shall not disappoint you" And she was gone before he realized that. he did not know her name or place of residence.
 The next month was interminably long. There was no word from his artist, nor could he learn one thing about her. Mrs. Bowers, though be- sieged with inquiries, refused an an swer.
 At last, one day. another gray en. velope came in the mail and the hands that opened it trembled in their eager ness. Another card was in it, this time of a little girl of fourteen with big brown eyes and waving hair. With throb he recognized her as the little playmate of his early days who had always been with him in the orchard.
 Just beneath the picture was writ ten, Gall at II Grey terrace"
 Exactly thirty minutes later Andrew Graves was ringing the bell at II Grey terrace. No one was in the room where he was shown to wait, but, hung against one wall were half a dozen daintily executed sketches of his old farm home, clear and true as the hand of mortal could make
 Hungrily he gazed at them, and then turned to find the artist at his side Without word he took her in his arms and kissed her. She made no effort to release herself.
 'Maris, I know you now! My little girl sweetheart! My sweetheart for everi Will you come to me when the apple blossoms are here againT
 And she said that she would.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03

break. A word to the wise is enough. When you are building or repairing house you. do not pile up materla. such as bricks, mortar, timber anu slates, and attempt to build theE ln where they are wanted. The resus would be chaos. That is what nay pens when bodybuilding materlai s crowded unthinkingly into your lene ment of clay" To begin with hapl1u' al overeating, instead or slsins strength, lowers vitality by damplns down the flame of life, as small hls in grate is smothered by putting oa an excess of fuel. It wears out u' digestive system, producing dyspelss and all it's manifold train of palniu and facilitating symptoms.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03
TRADED COATS FOR DIAMOND
South African Millionaire Tells of Good Bargain He Made in First
 Business Deal.

An amusing story is told in connec- tion with the early days of Sir J. B. Robinson, the South African million aire, who has been figuring prominent ly in the London law courts.
 He was crossing the Vaal river in 1869, looking for diamonds. He asked the natives if they had seen any "pret- ty stones" and at last he found man who had a diamond. It was a small stone, and the prospector offered $50 for it, but the man refused to sell it. He increased his offer to $60, but still the man refused.
 "What will you take fcr it?" he was asked.
 "Twenty goats" was the firm reply :: nothing less"
 T sent off to the nearest farm" says Sir J. B. Robinson in telling the story, "and bought twenty goats for S37. 50, and so got possession of my first dia- mond."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03
Phrasinq of BIackbirds.

Before "the time of the singing u birds" is over-and the nightlngale ? beginning already to "jug-iug ra'le than to launch, Tennyson's "hqua note'-some musician ought to dO lu' Ter justice to the blackbird. n
 He is the most intelligible or an birds-that is, he has intervals aA' IN. those of our human muslc' n' phrases may be, and have been p'' down on our five-lined music papel',
 There is a West Sussex biaeApa. who sang all last May the first n's notes of "The Campbells Are Comlns' and he is at it again, in the same s''| den, this year. :,
 Other blackbirds have composss v prettier phrases, but all sound equa- jolly aHd sweet in their trolling '--l'' don Chronicle.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03
Wonderful Love Story

A great love story is the greatest story in the world. But was there ever such a story as that of Mime Hanssa and Balzac? Balzac and Mme Hanska corresponded seventeen years before their lips met, before they mar ried. The genius fell in love with her through her letters to him. She was the wife of a Polish nobleman and enormously rich. From her first note to him Balzac was in a frenzy of love
 His letters to her are literature Ral. zac loved; madame was prudent She had rank he had debts and the divine lire. They met once in Swit7er,ana in 1883. Husband Hanska died pa1
 zac charged upon St. Petershrro where Hanska was living. But for seven years madame fell back haforo the blaze of Balzac's love. Al Iost she consented to marriage Two months after marriage Balzac d,ee
 Madame outliyed him thirty-two vears
 Exchange. 0"i ''
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03

eUurIne as to get down at that hour and then te fooled He looked his mail over again, but with the same result
 The morning was full of trouble for all the force of employees. Nothing suited. and Tommy, the office boy dropped his jaunty bearing whenever he carried a card to his employer.
 The tenth caller had been turned away despite the urgency of his CT rand. Tommy once more entered the sanctum. Graves looked up angrily.
 "Didn't tell you" he began, but suddenly stopped as his eyes noted the gray envelope the boy carried. Where did you get that?" he demanded.
 Lady outside, sir, sent it in."
 "A lady! Send her in at once"
 He opened the envelope the boy handed him. The same face was on the card it enclosed, but somehow the expression was almost triumphant.
 As he studied 1t the caller entered, and he started to his feet. He stared, but justifiably, for there was the lady of the cards, and the scent of apple blossoms was filling the room. She was tall and slender and wore gown of silvery gray. There was a touch of pink about it that matched the bloom of her cheeks.
 You have come" he said simply. q felt that you must"
 Then the advertisement was sue cessful?" A momentary gleam of mirth sparkled in the brown eyes.
 'The advertisement? Oh, the gray envelopes-the cards? What do they mean? But be seated, please. I am rude" He was plainly bewildered.
 T am an artist, MT. Graves. have attempted to see you before, but you were never at leisure, so 1 adopted the card method of getting you ac- quainted with my work. I hoped might secure an interview that way"
 You are wonderfully clever" he said slowly, in undlsguised admiration. You have gained your purpose. shall be glad to give you commis- sion."
 The lady in gray said nothing, but her smile took him back to the days of his boyhood
 T want some landscapes, not in oil. hut in your charming water colors. want them to cmbody certain things" And in s~ftpnod voice he described his old home the ample orchard and
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03
THE LADY OF THE CARDS
By FLORA A. MONTY

T (@ 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
 A look of quickening interest bright ened the middle-aged face of Andrew Graves as long gray envelope slipped from the pile of letters through which he vas glanclng.
 He tore it open eagerly and drew out a card on which was . water-color sketch of woman's head. The faint est odor eff apple blossoms clung to the interesting trifle.
 Graves studied 1t intently. It was the fifth he had received that week. Be ginning Monday morning, one had ar rived each day in the first pile of mail brought to his desk. When the first one came he had been but slightly con- cerned. The second made him curious, and the third had aroused deep de- sire to learn their source. The face appealed to him, rousing vaguely some dormant and disconnected memories of his youth.
 Opening a drawer in his desk, he took out the ones he had received earlier in the week. Spreading the cards in row, he made them the ob- jects of his most attentive considera- ton. The same face was sketched on all, but each represented different expression and pose. No word of any kind accompanied them.
 He settled back in his chair and sat in quiet thought for some moments. The perfume rising to him recalled the
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03

early days of his boyhood, the hap piest of which were spent in the old orchard at springtime, when the trees were laden with the fragrant pink and white blossoms. And always the lady of the cards seemed to be with him, romping with the group of children who were his companions.
 His usually disciplined mind revolt ed from its training many times throughout the day, and the hour of closing found him boring over the mys- terious pictures once again.
 He finally glanced toward the win dow and the evidence of coming twi- light swept away his dreams and re minded him of things to be done be- fore he could keep dinner engage ment that night He reluctantly arose, replaced the cards in the envelopes and laid them carefully away in the drawer, then hurriedly left the office.
 Throughout the evening he had sense of disappointment. It was as if covery and had been suddenly drawn back
 Before he left his hostess said: 'I had hoped to have you meet an artist this evening, Mir. Graves. She is an unusually clever woman. At the last moment she was detained"
 Andrew Graves frowned.
 Perhaps l am fortunate, Mrs. Bow CTS. Really, since my new home is in process of building, I've been pestered at all times of the day and night by artists who want to do the decorations for that American room of mine. I've taken to refusing to see any of them. I'll look up my own" and he turned abruptly away.
 As his car was speeding homeward there flashed into his mind an idea, preposterous, perhaps, but insistent. It connected the cards in the gray en- velopes with the artist who had failed 10 appear. He leaned forward, half yielding to an impulse to go back and demand her name from Mrs. Bowers. Then he decided to go on home, secret ly ashamed of himself for allowing his head to be turned by pretty picture.
 But the idea remained and kept first place in his thoughts, with the result that Saturday morning found him at his desk a full hour earlier than he had been for years. lmpatiently he ran over his letters. No gray en- velope was ihere' 9e w"s chagr,i' L. To have gone so far cut of lii,' nsa:,s
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03
Proud Moment.

What became of that promoter from the East who was going to put Chig- 'gersville on the map"
 "He kept his promise, all right" said Uncle Hiram Witherbee.
 How
 Half dozen detectives trailed him here and when he was arrested the Chggcrsville dafe line appeared in every newspaper in the country."-- Birmingham Ago Herald.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-03-03
Habit of Overeatinc

me hablt of overeating, at first a pleasant one, once formed gro,rs 'il' like all habits if is dlaicult ta