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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
ELIMINATING PROFITS

Many people are attracted by the
idea that if the government takes
over some form of production, pri-
vate profit is saved, and the people
get the benefit.
II the government can produce or
distribute anything cheaper than a
private individual or corporation can
very few people would offer objec-
tion to letting the government do it.
The people have believed that if the
government took over production, it
would cost more to the people. There
is little satisfaction in taking away
profits from the individual, if that
individual, after taking his profits,
can still sell to the public cheaper
than the government can.
The socialists, to prove their point,
will have to be one of the two things.
1.-They might take some state,
city or government, and run it for a
time on their principal of elimination
of profit, and see if they could pro-
vide the mass Of the people with any
more of the benefits of life. If they
can do that, their movement will
spread and in time may cover the
earth. But although thousands of
these experiments have been tried in
the history of mankind, never yet
has one of them achieved a success.
2.-Or they might persuade some
city or state or the government to
take some public utility and run it.
If they could run it for less money
than private ca apital, it would lead to
still further experiment along that
line. But so far the movements in
that direction have not been so
strikingly successful that there is
any strong public desire to extend
the idea widely.
The socialists should give their
practical demonstrations of the bene-
fits of their idea, instead of asking
the world to destroy it's entire eco
nomic system and 60 into these ex-
! periments on a wholesale scale with
their eyes shut.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05

w. A. Anderson, Secretary of the
Industrial Commission of the State
Of North Dakota is authority for the
statement that the Bank of North
Dakota has been obliged to borrow
a million dollars Of a Chicago Bank
at seven percent interest. This is the
f1rst> time in the history of the State
of North Dakota that any admins
tration has been compelled to borrow
such an enormous sum of money as
this, except for permanent improve
ments. Just why a bank which has
received more than thirty five mil
lions of public funds during the past
year. and which at the present time
has more than twelve million dollars
cash on hand and in other banks,
should need to borrow million dol
lars, is one of the myteries which
surround this institution, perhaps
solved by auditor Kozitsky's year old
report that the state treasury was
fat broke.
In addition to borrowing this mil.
lion there has been transferred q
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
COUNTY DADS
Make Levy

A total of $65,00O was levied to be
spent on roads and bridges in this
county during the coming year, by the
board Of county commissioners at
their meeting here last week. $780,
0O0of this sum is levied to meet an
equal amount provided by the federal
and state governments, and will be
spent on the construction of the state
highway through the county. This
is the second year this levy has been
made. The following are tn levies
as made for the different funds:
General fund. $4,000
Co. Road. ............... 10000
Co. Emergency. .......... 5000
Care of insane. e......... 1000
One-half mill for Co. school and
school poll.
Representing the Steele County
Chapter of the Red Cross, DR.. Glass
cock appeared before the board ask
ing that the county cooperate with
the Red Cross in the employment of
county nurse for Steele county.
The matter was discussed at some
length, but action was postponed un-
til the next meeting.
Petitions were presented asking
the board to appoint noxious weed
commissioners in each district. AS
the petitions lacked the proper numb
er of signatures, thev were rejected.
There were 224 signers while the
law requires 264 in this county be-
fore the commissioners have power to
appoint.
The board adjourned Friday until
Tuesday, August 3.
Steele County Farmers Press
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05

North Dakota does not have a law
which will disqualify candidates
seeking nomination who may deliber-
ately malign their opponent, such as
in the contest case brought by Con-
gresham Vols atead, 1defeated inde-
pendent against Rev. Kvale, Nonpar-
tisan Lacquer, and which resulted in
the court order disqualifying Kvale.
However, North Dakota does not
have libel law. Lieut.. Frank
Streeter of Linton, recent indepen-
dent republican candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, is now out of the
political race. Throughout the last
few week. - the recent primary
campaign, 80 que speakers insinuat-
ed and cam. out with yelled charges
against the moral record of the EN-
mons County newspaper man
It is understood that action is
pending both civil and criminal for
slander and libel.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
HOW To CONTROL PLANT LICE

Almost every kind of plant is
troubled with plant lice according to
A. F. Yeager of North Dakota Agri-
cultural College. He states that they
are small green, brown or black in
sects having soft bodies. They are
commonly found at the tips of the
young shoots, and cause wrinkling
and stunting of the leaf. Since they
are sucking insect they cannot be
poisoned. It is necessary either to
remove the pests entirely which can
be done by knocking them off with
a strong jet of water from the hose,
or to apply some matrial which will
kill the insects by touching their soft
bodies. Washing, dipping or thor
oughly spraying infested plants with
solution of tobacco extract is the
most effective remedy. This may be
prepared by sleeping tobacco leaves
or stems in warm water. 1t. may
also be purchased at drug stores as
black leaf forty, or 40 percent nico-
tine sulphate, in which case these
materials must be diluted with 500
to 1000 parts of water before using.
II tobacco extract Is not procurable
a strong saop solution is good. Any
hard soap may be used at the rate
of IL pound to 1 q lion of water.
Remember that no insect will be
killed which is not touched and if a
very few escape they will soon cover
the plants again. For this reason 1t
is very important that thorough
Job be done.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
HAPPENINGS
AT BISMARCK

The fusion of all the political ele-
ments opposed to the Townley rule
in the state promises to keep Town
ley and his Socialist crew exceeding
ly busy from now until November.
Democrats and Republicans alike
have agreed to forget national poll
tics and partisan bias, and work for
the defeat of Townleyism. There
will be no campaigns made for either
Harding or Cox in North Dakota by
party organizations, and there will
be no party contests over Senators or
Representatives, but every energy
wfal be directed toward the redemp-
tion of the state from political mis-
rule.
While the ticket is headed by J.
F. T. O'Conner it is made up of Dem
ocrats and Republicans of about
equal number, and the probabilities
are that before the ticket is finally
adjusted that there will be more
Republicans than Democrats.
O'Conner is already on the stump
and will devote all of his time from
now until November to the fight. Or
g9nizations are being perfected and
the promises for victory are great.
For the first time since the League
was organized in North Dakota there
hon ~
League candidate did not get a
majority of all the votes. O'Conner
and LANCER had $500 more votes
than Frazier, and with the change
which is gradually taking place in
the League, with all the anti-Town-
ley forces united, there is every rea-
son to believe that the fusion ticket
headed by O'Conner can be put over.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
POTATO GROWERS ASSOCIATION

Potato Growers Associations are
being organized in many of the North
Dakota counties. w. R. Porter Of
the North Dakota Agricultural Col
lege is assisting the County Agents
in this organization. These local po-
tato growers associations will market
their potatoes through the State Ex-
change. The potato growers in
Michigan have handled their pota-
toes in this way two years. In 1918
they secured 18 cents more per BUSH
ell and in 1919 sc cents more than
they would have secured without tho
organization.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05

An election contest to place the
name of Jack Williams, state adju-
tant of the American Legion, on the
railroad commissioner ticket will be
launched in a few days with the Sher-
idan County election returns as the
main basis of contention.
G. w. Mcdonnell, league candi-
date for railroad commissioner, who
while in the legislature fathered a
bill for the increase of railroad COM
missioners' pay from $4,000 to
$4,000 year, was chairman of the
committee which reported out for
passage his own bill and who later
worked for the passage of the bill in
the house, is clearly disqualified to
hold the office under the constitution
(COntinued on last Dage)
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
LET'S COOL OFF
POLITICS AND FRIENDSHIPS

organization is a citizen of the state,
that the large majority of them are
farmers, that the officers and direc-
tors are very largely farmers. Re-
member that it is an organization
that is democratically controlled,
delegates are elected by counties to
state meetings where all officers are
elected and where all policies and
platforms are adopted. For example
at the last state wide delegate meet
ing at which 900 were present over
700 of them were farmers. However,
it is not class political organiza-
ton, it welcomes men from every
business as members and listens to
their counsel. Surely a body of
citizens of this type propose to do
nothing to the injury of our state.
No sane person thinks that the
rank and file of the League want to
do anything to the injury of the
state. However, the adoption of a
wrong political policy or measure
will be none the. less injurious even
If adopted by sincere men. The
wrong principal of the League sys-
tenn lies in the fact that it is a class
political organization, and, the dan
ger of it's political control is in the
type of leadership that is in the sad
die. Few people realize what a
power can be exerted in any society
or organization by small minority
closely organized. I'M, the labor
unions this is seen, and in fact in
nearly every organization of this
type the rank and file have to be or
their guard at all times or the radi.
cal element will hold the reins.
We are not discussing issues in
this article, but rather trying to pre-
vail upon our readers to forget the
prejudices that have been stirred up
forget all the pet names that have
been used, "Reds," "Bolshevists,
etc., on the one hand, and big Biz,
Enemies of the farmer" etc. on the
other hand let's study the measure.
before us, the type of men up for Of
flee, and quit voting for a man jus
because he has certain tag tied tt
him. We have had serious attach
of political fever, in fact it almos
seems that we have been "out of oul
head" at times, let's cool down ant
not let any political quack doctors
fill us up on this kind of medicine
they have been dispensing for the
past several years, for, if we dom
look out it may "kill' instead ol
"cure." At any rate let's concede
that whether right or wrong oul
neighbors are entitled to their opin
ion, and above all not allow differ
ence in political beliefs to mar ou1
friendships.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05

Why is it that there is different
atmosphere in our state politics these
days than in former years. We all
remember that years ago neighbors
would differ in political belief, one
would be democrat and another a
republican, and yet there would be
no i'll feeling between them. The
brand of politics that has been wish
ed upon North Dakota during the
past few years seems to be like our
noxious weeds, once it gets into the
system it's mighty hard to eradicate.
The reason must lie in the fact that
prior to the organization of the
League, and, afterwards for a long
time, there was preached the gospel
of class antagonisn, that large
element of people had evil designs
upon the farmer, both in business
and in politics. The field was so
we'll sown with these weeds of sus-
picion, Chased largely upon exagera-
tion and much misrepresentation
but with sprinkling of truth upon
which to hitch their stories, that a
large element of the farmers were
ready to accept anything that prom
ised to remedy their wrongs, and
when We get to believe a certain
thing, true or untrue, it becomes
real to us. The result has been that
in many instances neighbors have
become estranged because they dis
agreed over the wisdom of the
League program and methods. Men
have stated that they paid dues
although not believing in it, because
lit seemed that a person couldn't
neighbor in his locality unless he
was a member" In the campaign
for membership, reports have come
in where farmers were practically
told that if they expected them tc
neighbor, they must line up. Width.
er are we drifting in our ''land OF
the free?" Now what is the real diff.
ference in the issues and the organi
cations active in our state at this
time? Over the original so-calleG
League Program, much of which
was originated before the League
was thought of, which contemplated
rural credits, state hail insurance
and terminal elevators, there is little
difference of opinion, except in the
methods to be used in the expert
pental stages and in the amount tc
! be expended. The violent difference
comes over things that can by ne
stretch of the imagination be called
League measures, but rather are
graft in spite bills, of various de-
grees of viciousness.
Don't throw fit, Mr.. Farmer, a,
the mention of I. V. A., just stop ant
figure out that every member of tina
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
TWO SPOTS

Not much has been heard of the
tramp nuisance since work became
so abundant.
The town that provides lawn ten
mis-, dances, and ball teams to keen
it's young people interested, does not
have to lecture them much on the
dangers of city life.
Some men who can't afford to put
running water into their country
homes, later spend large amounts IN
doctors and nurses bill for their
overworked wives.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
CORRECTION

In last weeks announcement of
the winners in the Stock Judging
Contest two names were reversed,
that of Allen Briggs, Cass County
and Herbert Warner of Sargent
County. Herbert Warner of Sargent
County made the team. Allen Briggs
of Cass County had the highest score
but was not eligible, not being a
member of a boys club.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05

Northwest Livestock Breeders AS
sociation to use part of the brick
sales pavilion for storing the wool
to be sent in by the different local
wool growers associations. The wool
will be stored, graded and offered
for sale direct to the mill buyers. II
further information is desired, write
to Mr.. J. w. Haw, Agricultural Col
lege, North Dakota. He is Secretary
of the State Wool Growers Associa.
tion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
OUR ROADS

The roads of the United States,
says an expert, are the worst in any
civilized country.
The farmers have often been re-
preached for failing to secure on
their land the same high acreage
yields obtained on the fine farms of
Europe. But you can't cultivate
land intensively, when people spend
so much time dragging small loads
of produce through mudholes and
sand. If the city people want to in
crease country produce, they should
contribute liberately for better roads
in the rural districts of Hope.
We are all going to the Krazy
Karnival at Hope on August 14th.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
TO POOL WOOL AT FARGO

The North Dakota Wool Growers
Association has arranged with the
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05

CONTINUED on last page)
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-02-19
Child Labor Day Observed
By Parent Teacher.

The following interesting pro
gram was rendered Wednesday
afternoon at the school auditor
um:
Song. 'America" Members
| of Association.
Scripture Reading Rev. A. K.
Gibbins.
"A Child's Plea" John Hamp
ton Vernon.
Fiano Solo Willard johnson.
Playlette, Shadow and Sun.
shine"
Irregular Attendant. Ruth
Young.
Hockey Boy, Jack Smith
Home ShirKer, Kate Young.
Tardy Boy, Victor NcDearman.
News Be- Be-, John Irwin -Gist
Factory Girl, Lucille Gist.
Drone. Fowler Young.
Regular Attenant, Ebert Glib
bons.
Honest Boy. Edgar Reeves.
Home Worker. Georgia Whita.
ker.
PnnctuaI Boy, Fred Tardy.
Ambitious Boy, Ernest Hes.
taDd,
Ambitious Girl Louise Settle
Busy Bee. Zuia smith.
Song, Hymn TO the Flag"
Ada McDearmsn. Mary Fergu-
son Gaines, Francis Wooten,
Rosamond Lynch, Floy Johnson,
Celia Crawford Morgan, Aline
Brooks, Mayme Gibson.
Address. Boys who leave
school at Fourteen. Jobs they
hold now"
Vocal Duet-Johnnie Gibson
and Harry Page.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-02-19

The hope of the town, county.
state and nation is in its young
people and hence they are deserv-
ing of special care. They should
be educated in head, heart and
hand. We have sometimes met
men who were we'll educated in
one line but were perfectly ignor-
ant of the common every day
affairs of life. An eminent pro-
fessor at one of our eastern un.
iversities of whom it was said
that If he should die and go TO
purgatory and had given him the
three unknown quantities he
would have worked his way out.
had no conception of the ordinary
things in daily life. His wife
was q practical woman and once
planted beans in the garden and
when the Professor found them
coming up he thought that for
once nature had forgotten and
that they were coming up wrong
end foremost and deliberately
pulled them up and reversed
ends. What the eminent pro.
fessor knew of gardening is en-
inently true of what the mass of
men know outside of their call
ing. Such an education is not
what we need to give the young
people on whom the future of
our country rests. but rather a
we'll rounded and complete edu.
cation of mind and heart and
hand. We say hand for the
hand must join the mind in the
endeavor to perform the tasks
that now present themselves 10
us every day. It is we'll not to
try and make a lack of all
trades" Of the boy or of the girl
and yet we would have them
know something outside their
own calling. If a doctor. We
would like for them to know
more than anatomy or the mater
lin medica or if a lawyer we
lshouh not be satisfied if they
only knew Blackstone and juris.
prudence. such an education is
too narrow and no one fhould be
satisfied with such knowledge
hut rather there should be a
knowledge of other matters that
they in some sense be fitted to
combat the many problems Of
| life as it is today.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-02-19
The Story Of Johann Sebastian Bach,
Written BY Ruth Quarles.

Johann Sebastian Bach was
born al Eisenach, Germany, on
the 21st Of March, 1886. His
father was a musician, Johann
was left as an orphan at the ase
of ten. His brother Christepb
cared for him and gave hun
lessons on the clsrichord, Chris
toph refused to allow him to use
a certain music book, He con-
trived to get it. He set to work
copying it from beginning to
end. He was months at the task,
but he succeeded, His brother,
however, discovered Sebastian
studying the copy and took 1t
away from him.
After his brothers death,
Johann Sebastian went to Lune-
bugh and became singer 10 the
church of st. Michael. In l7O3
he was court musician at Wiemar
From this time Johann Sebastian
was a noted organist and COM
poser.
In the last year of his life ne
became blind and died in 1850 at
the age of sixty.fye.
He took his first position when
he wac seventeen.
He used to walk long distances
to hear famous organists. Of
whom one was named Buxte-
nude.
For his little son Friedman he
wrote a book of Little Preludes.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-02-19
High Sugar Prices Are Caus'
ed By COP. Partisaaship.

I ~ N~N~e@NE5 NNa@g - ~ 6eeS r. ~
ent high sugar prices are one o.
the fruits of the partisan strif,
stirred up here early last yea
when the Republicans took con
troll of the special session Of
Congress.
Along in August. after the
partisans had shouted all summer
about the over exercise of gov.
ernment control. the question Of
continuing the Sugar Equaliza-
ton Board another year and buy.
ing the Cuban sugar crop came
up. At that time there was at
least one member of the Board
itself who thought it was time
for the Government to get out of
the market, and the sentiment
among the majority in Congress
seemed to urge such a course.
In October with world mar
kets still unsettled the Sugar
Board urged Congress to contin.
ue it's existence until Dec. 81,
1920, and to authorize it to pur-
chase the coming Cuban crop.
But Congress still seems ia. favor
getting out OF the market and
there was no action. In Decem-
ber the Acknowledgement. who
had taken over the food situation
announced that the Board would
cease to function after Dee. 81,
1919
This meant that uotwithstand-
ing an actual existing sugar
shortage there would be no mar
ket control. Realizing what its
failure to act was bringing on,
Congress got busy at the last
minute and on Dec. 20 the Sugar
Board was contin-
ued for another six months.
BY this time, however. the
Central Cuban agency had gone
out of existence and control of
the market could not be secured
one agency as before,
but the market must be chased
down wherever Cuban purchases
were possible. Meanwhile the
allied nations that controlled the
Cuban markat last year and un-
bound themselves from their al.
lance and were already in the
field as Americas competitors.
Besides, in renewing the life of
the board, Congress had failed
to provide it anew with its for.
mer powers of equalization and
distribution.
In face Of the new situation
the board will continue to make
available purchases. Congress
acted 80 late that 1t is now i'm
possible for the Government
agencies to secure control or the
Cuban supply by purchasing OPP
without 'skyrocketing"
prices. And since it is going out
Of business in July it would not
be economical to purchase the
entire cron.
Had America bought a control
or the entire crop in October or
November prices would have
been somewhat stabilized by this
time. As it is. however, prices
are considerably above normal.
February quotations are slightly
lower and March prices show
further receding. with the fore
cast that the sugar furry may
end with the coming of Spring.
and return all over the world
to more nearly normal condi-
tons.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-02-19
JACKSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Notes Of Interest from the Various Departments.
THIRD & fOURfH csADS

FH1RB & FouRfH 0ADE
Honor Roll
Third Grade.
George Smith,
Cordell Smith,
Joe West.
William Colonel Anderson,
Leon Anderson,
James Montgomery.
Ray Tardy.
Evelyn Young,
Grady Roberts,
Willie West.
Zella Smith,
Ben Jackson.
Fourth Grade.
Durward StaiTard,
Marlin Sparkman.
Jack Smith,
Victor McDearman,
Settle Huff,
Floy Johnson,
Frances Wooten.
Ruth Young,
Cordell Hestand.
! find the best method III Sc
curing good results in class work
md excellent department, is to
keep a record Of the puplSs daily
grades and require them 70 come
up to a ,crtain standard. They
viii work to that point and be
anxiously waiting and watching
for their names in the Sentinel.
Otha Smith.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-02-19


Honor Roll. week ending Feb
l3:
John l.. Young,
Jack Young,
Raggio Terry,
Irona Smith,
Roy McCawley.
Bill Wooten,
John Hampton Vernon.
Bessie Huff,
Will Grundy Quarles.
Garland Anderson,
Buster Poston.
Sallie Keene Gist,
Anna Clay Raines,
Anna Lee Smith,
Celia Crawford Morgan.
We were so glad to have tn
following visitors last Friday
Mrs. Virgil Brooks, Mrs. W. B
Terry, Mrs. L. W. Wooten, Mrs