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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
Many Queer Answers
Received To Request
By Captain Billing,

San Francisco, March S.-Several
queer answers were received by Cap
tain H. c., Billings, U. 8. A., San
Francisco, in answer to a circular
letter he sent recently to- California
men who fought in the world war
asking them to send him names OF
ten eligible friends who had not app
Piled for the Victory medals issued
to former soldiers. -.
Some OF, the replies read:
Dear Sir:-I got too Of the boys
to right there names and address on
here but most all the boys say MOTH
ing dooing on the meadell stun. They
all want mor bonas. Medels don't
by them enything but that bonus biz
they will have to waite and see what
Congrass says"
"Sir:-Yours reed: contents noted.
l presented my army discharge at the
Oakland recruiting station for the
victory medal and I don't believe there
is any War Dept order u compell-
ing me or any one else 10 give you
anne OF ten men who not reed. their
medals anyway l am not going to do
same, 8 o after my rendering about
TWO years service in the army, and
hunting up ten other men like myself
you may keep mine"
Gentlemen, Dear Sirs:-Did not
get my victory medal. They gave
them all out here when 1 was under
quarantine here for smallpox on Nov.
18th when Armistice Day was cele-
brated here. I am we'll and sound
now and oked. (The family had it)
Hoping this will be o. X. Will await
the medal. I nev had it "a light.
How much do they pay enlisted men
in tho Soryino ~nvo
Dear Sir:-I have try to ask few of
the return soldier boy Of my acquaint-
ance. and all have already put in their
application or sign a petition similar
to this. So it is impossible for me
to comply with your request. I will
have to be here for = good while az
my wife last Monday had given birth
to baby boy and for me |. IL my duty
to be with her all the time I possible
can and it will be rather Q long time
while before I could go out and hunt
you will accept my excuse for not
coplying with your request I remain
respectfully yours"
"Gentlemen:-I am enclosing my
discharge in order that I may receive
my Victory Medal II you will take
a look at it you will realize That it
would be useless to take it 10 any re-
crultinS ONCE o they would be UNI
able to read it. 30 I am sending it to
you as if necessary you have the sev-
ice records to refer to and perhaps.
by so doing, decipher it sufficiently
to find out that I am entitled to a
Victory Medal. The printed lettering
in places is my own and is as dis
charge should read.
at is not necessary to send my dis
charge back; throw it in the waste
basket or fire. as I would be ashamed
to show it to anyone. It sure is a
bird of a thing to get IS a reward for
sixteen months spent in France. How
rye I would like to have a Victory
Medal. as although I am ashamed of
my discharge I am not ashamed OF
my Service."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
BIG SUlPN
RECEIPTS OF !.
OlWONHOTlH['[
Eating House Proprietors
Complain Because Of
Noticeable Drop.

London, Feb. 14.-ProprletorS OF
fashionable West End hotels and res
taurants are bewailing the slump in
their receipts which they declare has
taken place.
1--WE have the same number OF peo-
ne dining each night" said the man
ager of one Of the best known restau-
eonts, but our receipts are SO per
cent below those of a year ago. The
dtfference,' he added, lis chieay a
matter Of wines. During the war. and
before the war. it was customary for
d small party here to have a magnum
Of champagne. Now they are satisfied
with a bottle of Chablis or some other
wine which costs much less than
champagne"
Apart from the greater expense"
said a famous bon vivant, lit U be
admitted that dining out is not as
pleasant as it used to be. The restau-
rants where there used to be refine
ment and charm, not only in the sur
roundings but in the people themselves
have been invaded by a new type Of
diner.
'The conversation and behavior Of
these new clients have rather vulgar
Zed some of the best restaurants and
the old f~requenters prefer to dine at
homo or at their clubs. Two nights ago
1 saw a man in what used to he one
of the most fashionable and refined of
London restaurants dining with his
%servette tucked all around his collar.
That sort Of thing rather spells the
charm of dining out for patrons Of the
old SCHOOL,
LAS far as the best brands of cham
payne are concerned the sale is dead"
said the head of a large firm of wine
merchants in Pail Mall. we are SELL
ing very little champagne to our pri-
vate customers who are instead drink
ing port, sherry, Marsha n claret.
People cannot afford champagne.
They could when 1t could be had at
from eight to nine shillings a bottle,
but what with increased taxes and
high prices generally. they naturally
fight shy of paying from 16 to 20 shil-
lings for a bottle of champagne, which
is now demanded Of them"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
DEATH TAKES
LAST JAYHAWKER
Was Last Member Of Intrep.
ID Party Which Made Jour
neyi to Gold Fields.

San Francisco. March s.-Lorenxo
LOW stephens, 80. last OF the Jay
hawkersl an intrepid, party recruited
in Illinois in 1184s for the overland
Journey to the California gold fields,
died In Oakland. Cal, February IL.
Tragic, bitter s%uferinss borne by
the Jayhawkers in crossing Death
valley were recalled by the death of
Stephense The experiences OF the
party closely paralleled those of the
1amous Inflated Bonner party. ~ of
whom starved. froze and died In the
SHOWS Of Placer County. California. in
the winter OF 1864.
The Jayhawkers. without chart or
guide. amazed the daring men of their
period by forcing their way across
Death Valley by sheer pluck and per-
severence. -Four Of them died of
thirst. starvation and exhaustion in
their three months struggle. across
earth baked SC hard that the feet of
their oxen made no imprint. amid
rocks that tore their feet and forced
ing sands that sucked down their feet
and scorched their bodies.
There were thirty-one young and
vigorous men in the original Jay
hawkers' party. driving slow footed
oxen to covered wagons, they started
from Galesburg. Illinois. April 5, 1S49
to scoop tabled riches from The grass
roots.
In the late summer their ~ponderous
oxen drew the creaking wagons into
Salt Lake City, Utah. There they were
called upon to make a momentous de-
cisfon as they were told the regular
mountain route to San Francisco
would lie beneath twenty feet Of Sier-
"a Nevada snow before they could
reach the passes. They were warned.
too. .of the awful fate that had be-
fallen the Bonner party, and were
told to wait in Salt Lake three or four
months. when the trail would be
cleared.
Impatient. they sought an a~lterna-
tive and joining with other argonauts.
107 wagons started in the late fall for
Los Angeles under guidance of John
Hunt. who contracted to take them
ever the old Spanish trail through San
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03

HIS BEST INVESTMENT !
SAYS MANUFACTURER

dyspepsia and my health broke down.
l was going sdown hill pretty fast add
got so weak<I could only put in half
a. day at my business. having to rest
up every afternoon. ! lost weight
rapidly and was in a truly alarming .
condition. I tried everything l head
of, but not until I took Tanlac ID
1 get any relief. =
zone of the biggest and happit
surprises of my life was the way tn
medicine took hold Of me and toni
up my stomach, Buying Tanlac v, y
the best investment 1 eve made.ilE
eat better. sleep better and wor
better than 1 have in many years.
rank Tanlac far above any medicine
l ever heard Of" \
Tanlaic is sold in Grand Forks bv'
Voids Drug Store. and by the leading
druggists in every town. BY E. K,
Largaard, Whynot, r. F. D., Reynolds.
and Orr Mere. Co.. Orr.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
SENDS OUT REPRESENTATIVES.

FyLLINAS WI NIX xk1AOEN No
Picking. Jan. 3o.-(Mail:)-Dr. Sun
Yat-sen has dispatched secretaries to
Toxic, Washington, London and Paris
to work for recognition by the powers
of his newly established "extraordi-
nary" government in the south OF
China. according to the Asiatic News
agency's Canton correspondent.
The threat to make Canton 4 free
port has been abandoned, says the
dispatch.
The same agency reports that Lin
Sheng. speaker Of the senate. and Chu
Fu-chen, vice chairman Of the house
Of representatives. have arrived in
Canton from Shanghai and are en-
gagged in an effort to re-convoke the
old parliament for the purpose Of
electing DR.. Sun Yat-sen provisional
president. after which a ~''constitu-
tional government, with Tang Shaggy
or DR.. Wu-Ting-fang a premier. -
proposed.
At the same time, the dispatch con-
tinues, the Cantonese refuse to pay
their land taxes for the tenth. elev-
enth and twelfth years Of the re-
public. in advance, as required. and
the proposed government is at a loss
for funds with which to proceed.
Herald Want Ads Bring RA4ultaL
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
CALLS FOR
.CONFlSCAT1ON OF
GOLD AND SILVER

Honolulu. March 3.-The Bolshevik
government at Chita has issued a
proclamation confiscating all gold and
silver in the possession OF the inhabi-
tants, according to a special Toxic
cablegram received today by Nippu
Jill. Japanese language newspaper
here.
No person is allowed to hold more
than % rubles and the army has been
employed in enforcing the proclama-
ton, the cable said. Nearly all the
shops in Chita have closed. it added.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
Was Going Down
Hill Fast Before He Got
Tanlac But He Is Now In
Best OF Health He States.

1t is indeed doubtful if-there is a
better known or more highly respect
ed man in Huron. S. Oak. than Will
liam c. Gagnon. the Velvet Ice Cream
manufacturer whose plant is the big
gest of its kind in Huron, A few days
ago at his factory. 700 East Second
St. he related ar interesting expert
ence with Tanlac as follows:
About three years ago I began
to have attacks of acute indigestion
which finally was followed by chronic
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
Wilson Appointed To
Joint Committee Place

Washington, March 3.-William B.
Wilson, the retiring secretary of la
Dor, was appointed today by President
Wilson as a member of the interna-
tionaI joint committee to succeed o.
Gardiner of Maine, whose resignation
has been received by the president.
1t was announced at the White House
that Mr.. Wilson had accepted the post.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
DENY DECLARING WAR.

Washington, March 3.-Formal de-
NAL was made today by DR.. S. 7.
Grouitch, minister of the kingdom Of
the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes, that
the Montenegrins had declared a holy
war on Serbia as was recently report
ed in dispatches from Lopdon or that
fighting was going or in Montenegro
against Servian troops as had been re-
ported from Aviona.
It am authorized to say hat there
is no truth in either Of these reports
he said.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
ADVERTISEMENT.
ADVERTISEMENT
EASE THOSE TIRED
ACHING MUSCLES
Outdoor and Indoor Workers, Subject
to Exposure or Heavy Toll, Find
Relief in S!oan's Linimcnt,

ZEN at work all day, standing on
your feet, lifting heavy weights?
And now you're all tired out.
Never mind, if you are wise you
have a bottle of Sloan's on the shelf,
at home or in the shop. Put a, little
on. without rubbing. and quickly
comes grateful warmth and relief.
GOOD for rheumatic pains, neuralgia.
sciatica. lunlbago and the host of ex-
torral pains that are all the time COM
ing. Helps break up colds, too!
It's comforting to keep it handy.
Three sizes-35c, roc. s1.4O.
S1Oaf;S
L1nimentGsia9
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
DISCOVERS new
WIRELESS GUIDE
TO GOVERN SHIPS

Liverpool, March 3.-Discovery OF
a new wireless invention by which
ships may be guided during dense
fogs, was announced here tonight by
William Marcopi, at the annual Brit
ish Shipmasters' dinner. This inven-
ton. he said, is based on a principle
by which electric waves may be d.
rected in any definite direction like
flashes from a lighthouse. He de-
clared these waves would taxi the
place of leading lights in thick wealth
er, and would prevent collisions Of
vessels during fogs.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03

with compassion and a few days s,sn ,a. ST
, thew were sladdened by the sign lro' Il.
the .est a, san Buena Ventura
fornta. -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03

The elimination Of Enhu Root -
a cabinet. member does not mean
his services will not be sought
by President-elect Harding when
Harding enters the White House.
Washington diplomats believe that
Harding will select the former sec
rotary of war and state to participate
in the formulation Of the American
plan for promoting a society OF ma
tons. It Is believed that Root win
be h man selected by Harding tofg6
abroad to present his views to Euro
pean diplomats.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
EVENING EDITION.

az had not changed since his sdeclan
on the ~subjectaat st. Louis last
Decernber. Then he said:
II realize that men may disagree
respecting a federal Judge being also
i baseball commissioner. The con-
provides a way to get rid OF
a judicial officer, that is by impreach-
But this Is q very cumbersome
nrocess and it does not accord. with
nv idea at all for q federal Judge "
avail himself Of this shield.s
eff either house of congress should
Mass a resolution, hostile to my pres
ant situation my resignation would ims
mediately go to- Washington"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03

A new roof, like a new bon
net, greatly enhances the charm
Of what lies under it. A Nelson
Roof is a roof Of lasting beauty.
There is a Nelson Roof for
every type Of building. Your
lumber dealer will be glad to 60
over your roofing problems
with you and show you how
Nelson Roofs meet every re-
quirement Write US for sam
pies and the illustrated booklet,
The Proof Of a Roof contain
ing an interesting story Of roof.
ing progress.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03

The work of a farmers wife Y il
shown by statistics to be worth 5000
ner year. If .Brigham Young had but
known that fact he could have gone
farming and soon cornered the finan-
ces of the worlds
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03

"Killed ELL. on Bismarck Wat4-
works,"-G. f. Herald. Rather Ia
public place for a murder, wouldn'tit
seem?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-03
TO RE>ROOF

IT'S a comfortable feeling
during these days of blustery
weather to know that your
roof will Withstand the bauering
Of the elements. The fercea.
March gale cannot tear loose a
Nelson Roof If your roof is
laky and the shingles are loose,
the time TO re~roof is now before
any damage is done. IL YOU
wait, il may mean heavy repair
bills not only GA the roof but
inside where water may have
crepr through and stained up
the ceilings.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-01-15

northwest" contained the states OF
Ohio. Illinois, Indiana. Michigan, Wis
consin and part of Minnesota. The
Daughters of American Revolution
have marked Fort Massac with q mon
ument to Clark.
Rebuilt again in 1704 by orders o.
President George Washington, the fort
was. garrisoned with United States
troops until 1914. Within this period,
in June, 1906, annals Of the Illinois
Historical society show, aaron Burr
planned his southern expedition. Here
with Gen. James Wilkinson, Blenner-
hasset, Powers, Sebastian, and Spanish,
French and Creole women, he plotted
to dismember the American Union"
Here were laid the plans, which, Il
successful, would have founded an
empire in the Southwest. Of which the
ambitious and disappointed Burr
would have been ruler.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-01-15

The government States the worlds business;
it is likewise worlds worst managed business.
governmental agencies handling en-
cheering architectural pubcwok functions all OF related KIND
There good all these agencies should not be
in one hht the useless done
away There twen governmental agencies engaged IN sur
veying mapping there separate and distinct gen
@ engaged pubcbudng operations there sixteen agencies
build roads, there nineteen engaged hydraulic con-
strucon there sixteen doing work rivers there are ten engaged
pubcand funcns fifteen doing chemical Investigation
pubok operaons there twenty-five doing en-
cheering and research
For instance Of interest state that while the government
issuing coooos and vast quantities OF PRINT
paper in publications. 1900 countown news
papers suspended three months because they could not
print paper
The departments have their present condition tor
years both political parties Every man familiar with the st
nation impressed with the urgent need OF reorganization
very certain that the elimination OF Implications and over
tapping the departments will result IN the saving OF
year There is no reason why it should not be done.
every the OF the strife and turmoil that
this country and of the unrest oconed by the hg cost Of
the m should be put
efficient and economical basis
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-01-15
WHY Motorist Is Resigned to Cork Legs

KANSAS CITY.-Herman A. Ben
n nett, So, grocery and notion store
proprietor at 174O Lapeyrouse street,
whose legs were amputated at the
hips several weeks ago, bought $500
automobile. Bennett, alone in the
machine, vas returning home from
DoAaldsonville and crossed the Missis-
sippi from Algiers on the ferryboat A.
II. Halliday. When the boat was tied
up at the Canal street landing ne
threw on power to run onto the wharf.
He had forgotten that he had slipped
the gears into reverse and the next
instant the car was speeding back
ward tearing through the boats guard
rail- and plunging into 100 feet Of icy
water.
A full minute passed. Then there
came a shout as the watchers saw
Benefits head on the surface a short
distance down stream from the ferry.
A mighty heave by Capt. Roberts sent
d life preserver within the struggling
mans reach. and to this he chung until
reached by . yawl manned by the
ferry crew.
Thoroughly chilled and exhausted,
but smiling, Bennett was assisted to
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-01-15
Ohio River Threatens Fort Massacre

q PRINGFIELD, ILL.-Changing its
y course where first 1t touches ILL.,
nois, the Ohio river is threatening to
rob the commonwealth Of one Of its
most historic landmarks, the site and
earthworks of Fort Massac, near Me-
tropolis in Massac county. State ar
chitect Edgar Martin has ordered an
18-foot retainer wall. Twenty feet
above the reach Of spring freshets and
so feet above the low-water mark, the
remains Of Fort Massac are gradually
being undermined.
Fort. Massac is the second Oldest for
tification in the state. It was success
sively occupied by Spanish, English
and Americans. Tradition has it that
De Soto, the Spaniard, first built it
In 1924. However, 1t did not get Its
name, a corruption Of Fort Massacre"
until French occupation in ITO. when
the Indians by trickery succeeded In
slaughtering all It's occupants.
Rebuilt in 1757, It remained French
until 1765, when the British took it.
The British lost 1t in TIT to George
Rogers Clark, who entered the north
west at this spot In his "nlinois cam
paign." The result Of this victorious
campaign by Clark was to FIX the west
ern boundary Of the United States at
the Mississippi instead Of the Allegha-
MES in the treaty with Great Britain
and to pave the way for the American
march across the continent. This
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-01-15
What's the Matter With Runyon for 1924?

board, positions which he will continue
to hold. In addition he will be called
upon to represent his party in thirty
assembly standing committees, nine
teen joint legislative committees. and
a number Of special committees.
It is little premature, perhaps, to
discuss a candidate for the presidency
on the Democratic ticket In 1924, but
there can be no harm in calling atten-
ton to the availability Of New. Jer.
sey's favorite Democratic son.
He is in a position to build up for
himself fairly strong party machine.
BY custom. II not by law, the minority
leader at Trenton is entitled to patron
age and perquisites in the nature Of
patronage. He designates certain
house retainers, Is entitled to special
Office and clerical assistance in his
work. He is favored Of fortune. Ev-
erybody will watch the course OF the
Warren county statesman with interest
when he assemblies himself and or
ganizes for action in January.
New Jersey had candidate for the
nomination in 1912. In 1915, and again
in 1920.
What's the matter with Runyon in
19247
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-01-15
What Some Ladies Did to Dad Guy

repeated the performance at the neA.
empty apartment When MI.
finished with the seventh floor anu ~
scended to the sixth, he looked nne
walking Christmas tree. MIS-.
liam Gurvivit and Mrs. M. l.. nanA'
tenants on that floor, were exchangink
morning tidbits. Mrs. Gurvivi1 VIM
saw him first, screamed:
"Help! There's colored burglar
"Shut up" admonished Mr.. WattS'
cor I'll kill you. I'm a Dao guy
and" ;.
He didn't finish. Mrs. Gurvivit nau
yanked off her high-heeled slippers al"
was beating a tattoo upon MS neau'
Mrs. Kahn was accompanying her WIZ
hatpin and feather duster. Ahe'
continued to scream.
Doors popped open. and feminine To
Inducements arrived armed with nat
irons, hammers, flower pots, piano
stools, skillets' hammers, gold nsn
aauariums, vacuum cleaners, and othe1
utensils ornamental, but useful.
Some kind person telephOned the
town hall police and Detective Sergts.
Rohrhas and Gill arrived with patroi
Of bluecoats and coaxed away score
of embattled feminine tenants.
After excavating, they encountered
the once brisk person Of Mr.. Watts.
His eyes were hidden by two generous
bumps, three teeth were missing, ne
had & cauliflower ear and some dainty
foot had stepped on his nose.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-01-15

rHICAGO.-James Andrew Jackson
y Watts stepped briskiy from the
taxtcab that had conveyed him to the
ornate entrance of the eight story
Edgewater apartments. 81 Eastwood
terrace, tipped couple Of dust notes
from the cuff of his ochre fall topper,
and said to the polite If perplexed
chauffeur:
"Tn return in q minute, sub. You
all may wait"
With which Mr.. Watts slung his stick
In the crotch of his left elbow, en-
tered, and assured the dashing young
Cerberus:
II am James Andrew Jackson Watts
Of the wet wash and dry cleaners.
have a client on the next floor"
Mr.. Watts climbed up to the eighth
floor. He rang the bell Of the first
apartment. Nobody answered. Mr.
Watts produced a bunch Of keys ant
entered. A few minutes later he
| emerged with a sealskin coat. HI
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-01-15

Years ago. when nightcaps universally one ever had
% either in the the chest Iagrppe unknown nhu
enza had never hard Of
On the and literature OF the past well up to the
Eighteenth century that rich and and old
mon and women all wore nghtcap Toward the end Of the Eighteenth
century the nighp began du and in less than 100
II has practically disappeared
On the other hand need Of protection for the head during the
NIGHT has increased protecting shell bone the Uranium getting
thinner to make for the larger brain
Investigation proves that cold in the head the setting
,6or an attack Further investigation shows that an
vhemk majority Of cold during the night wn'ie
~ i A bed AS preventive against the Spanish 1du there not
better frecaution than wearing wooden nighteap