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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
DR.. HOWARD B. o

It has become a trite saying that peace no less
than war has its heroes; but unlike most trite say
ings this one happens to have the advantage of be-
ing founded on facts.
A new example of this has been afforded in the
death of DR.. Howard B. Cross, which was an
nounced Tuesday i'll a news dispatch from Vera
Cruz, Mexico. DR.. Cross had gone to Vera Cruz to
study yellow fever. lie fell a victim to the very dis
ease which he was studying.
DR.. Cross was one of the great army of scien-
titic men who daily without flourish Of trumpets, or
hope OF pecuniary reward, risk their lives for the
good of the human race.
AS far as the average man in the street" is con-
cerned. his death will attract scarcely passing no.
tice. There is nothing very picturesque about dying
OF yellow fever, and it doesn't appeal to the magma
ton like a death on the battle field during the exal-
tation of war. ~
Yet DR.. Cross gave his life just as bravely as
any soldier and in just as noble a cause as any war
which was ever fought. Greater Love than this
hath no man, that he lay down his life for his
friends, says the Book of Books, and so DR.. Cross
has laid down his life.
i. There will be others to uplift the torch which
has dropped from his hand, and perhaps some day
the world will honor these quiet unknown martyrs
of science as they justly deserve to be honored.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
TRUE TO FORM.

Joseph M. Coldwell one Of the radicals recently
released from the federal penitentiary for obstruct-
ing the war, declared at convention Of the Work
ers' Party" he wanted the enemy to know that he
didn't thank them a bit" for his release. Probably
no one expected him to. 1t would be extremely sur
prising if Mr.. Coldwell or any Of his ilk thanked any
ordinary, respectable citizen for anything. si
From what we can gather about Mr.. Coldwell,
and the gathering at which he expressed the laud-
able sentiments referred to above both typical of
their kind. Down with the government, down with
the constitution and down with anything and any
body who doesn't happen to agree with u.s., was
their watchwerd, and Mr.. Coldwell was undoubted-
ly in the company in which he belonged.
One OF the humorous features about the whole
outfit, however, that while they spend their time
yelling Down with the constitution, yet when
anyone takes a notion to give them a taste of their
own medicine they are the first to roar that their
constitutional rights are being violated. 's
No one else's constitutional rights amount to a
whoop in Hades, but theirs are sacrosanct. So Mr..
Coldwell is merely running true to form when he
to- attack the men who released him.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
CHINESE POLITICS.

While the foreign relations Of China have at
tracted considerable attention at the conferences in
Washington the internal affairs of that nation ap-
pear to remain in a hopelessly tangled condition.
There are at the present time two complete
governments functioning in the territory formerly
occupied by the Celestial empire, North China and
South China, with a sort of debatable No Mans
Land between the two. 1t is the northern govern
.nent which is officially recognized by the foreign
powers, but as a matter of fact neither administra-
ton appears to have much power except on paper
even in the provinces over which it nominally holds
sway.
Practically every province is under the control
of a local governor who levies taxes, and does pref
ty much as he pleases and who in most cases main
tains a choice crew of bandits as his standing
army It is said that in China today there arg at
least a million of these half bandit, half mercenary
soldiers, for whose pay the people are b%eggared.
Apparently there is a very decided need for dis
armament in China if the people are to survive, but
Just: how this is to be brought about unless some
administration strong enough to unite the entire
nation and bring the semi-independent states into
line is developed is difficult to see at the present
time.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28

\ court, whether it be the supreme tribunal of
the United States, or the office of a police magis-
trate is or should be the dwelling place of calm de-
llberate justice unswayed by prejudice passion, or
popularity.
Tuesday sfternoon in Grand Forks a crowd of
spectators who packed a court room for the prelim
mary hearing of a man accused of a serious crime,
behaved like a crowd of rooters at /. football game,
cheering their favorite attorneys when they made
what seemed to be a telling point, and in general
acting as though the whole affair were some form
of entertainment staged for their amusement.
Finally the presiding magistrate put an end to
the disturbance by threatening to have the court
room cleared by the sheriff and as a result order was
restored. 1t was high time, and as a matter of fact,
such an attitude should have been taken far earlier
in the proceedings.
Whether the persons who staged the disturb
ance believed that by such actions they could inau-
ence the decision Of the court or whether the whole
affair was simply due to thoughtlessness and lack
OF any sense of what is proper in a court room mat
tiers little. The fact remains that it was a most
improper proceeding, and showed a woeful lack of
appreciation of the, fundamental principles on which,
a court is established on the part Of those who par
%ticipated.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF MAIN STREET.?

Is It a true picture Of life in .
small town in the northwest?
Are tho people 1t describes real
people7
Tho Herald wants TO know what
It's readers think of Sinclair Lewis
story and Is going to otter so in
prizes to find ont.
HOW TO WIN A PRIZE
Read the story q tt appears
from, day to day i'm the Evening
Herald. When the last installment
appears write q letter to the 'Main
Street Editor" Grand Forks Her
aid, telling whether or not yoia
think the story gives O. true pic
ture OF life In Gopher FrairLe''
and just why you have formed the
opinions you express.
To the writer who gives the bce4
reason for Whatever opinion he or
she has formed, we will give .
prize of $40. For the second best
letter we will give . prize of g.
and for the next seven best letters
prizes Of 81 each.
No letter ahonld be more than
ESQ words in length.
The story is such that you can
begin 1t any time, and get good
idea Of the picture It paints.
: Here's a chance to win a little
spending money just for writing q
short letter.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
8YHopaYa

Carol Milford. after finishing college,
spending a year In Chicago, inc three
years as a librarian in St. Paul, marries
Or. Will kennicott. of Gopher Prairie.
Through college, n her years in the
library she has been ambitious to live
in q smaller community. where she
might be an influence for culture. She
finds Gopher Prairie the usual small
town, with its/people very much salts
fed. and she realizes before long that
they are not approving Of her. Any
movement for "uplift" work which she
inaugurates, invariably fail. Vida Sher-
win, village school teacher, tells Carol
she is a dreamer, and not practical.
:. 4 son is born to Carol. and for three
or four years she devotes all Of her
time caring for him. War is declared.
and Vida and Raymie Wutherspoon,
town hero, and song-bird are married.
He goes into service.
Carol retains her friendship for BeA
S%orenson, a Norwegian housemaid whom
she had in her home for some time. Bea
marries Miles Bj~ornstam;.a village char
acter. When Bea and her son Olaf are
stricken with typhoid, Carol nurses
them. Both die.
Erik valborg, a dapper tailor. whom
The village christens Elizabeth" comes
to Gopher Prairie. He interests Carol.
So does a young school teacher. Fern
Mullins,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28

her back into doubling. For all his
ardent reading, and his ardent life,
was he anything but a smau-town
youth bred on ON illiberal farm and in
cheap tailor shops? He had rough
hands. She had been attracted only
by hands that were fine and shave,
like those Rf her father. Delicate
hands and rd6olute purpose. But this
boy-powerful scanned hands and
flabby will.
Its not appealing weakness like
mate the Gopher Prairies. Only
Does that mea anything? Or am I
echoing Vida? The world has always
let Strong statesmen and soldiers
the men with strong yoices-take con-
troll, and what have the laundering
boobies done? What is strength?
This classifying Of people! 1 sup
pose tailors differ az much as bur
glars or kings
turned on me. OF course he didn't
mean anything, but I mustn't let him
be SO personal.
Amazing impertinence!
But he didn't les to be.
His hands are firm. I wonder If
sculptors don't have thidk hands. toe?
"Of course II there really is any
thing I can do to help the boy
Thought despise these people who
III.
She wasn't altogether pleased, the
week after, when Erik was independ-
ent and. without asking for her in
s%piration. planned the tennis tourna-
nent. It proved that he had learned
to play in Minneapolis; that. next to
Juanita Haydock, he had the best
yerve In town. Tennis raj well spok-
en- OF in Gopher Prairie and almost
courts: belonging to Harry Hay
dock, one to the cottages at the lake.
and one, a rough field on the out
skirts. laid out by defuncts tennis as
ISOLATION. ~ .atf.
lErik had been Been in flanneassand
an initiation panama hat. playing on
the abandoned court with Willis
Woodford, the clerk in Stowbody.s
bank. Suddenly he was going about
proposing the reorganization Of the
tennis association, and writing names
in a fIfteen-cent notebook bought
for the purpose at Dyer's. When he
came to Carol he was SO excited over
being an organizer that he did not
stop to talk OF himself and Aubrey
Beardsley for more than fen minutes.
He begged. "Will you get soma Of the
folks to come int" and she nodded
agreeab1y.
He proposed an informal exhibition
match to advertise the association: he
suggested that Caror and himself, the
Haydocks, the Woodfords, and the
billions play doubles, and that the as-
ISOLATION be formed from the gather
ed enthusiasts. He had asked Harry
Haydock to be tentative president.
Harry, he reported. had promised,
"All right. You bet But you 20
ahead and arrange things, and I'll o.
K EN- Erik planned that the
match should be held saturday after
noon, on the old public court at the
edge Of town. He was happy In be.
Ing, f6r the first time. part Of Gopher
through the week Carol heard now
select an attendance there WAS 10 be.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
WHAT WE BROUGHT.

. . .'"#.. ~. 81 N-E- H.g
We brought nothing into the world,
they declare.
But l hold that that statements UNI
true.
We brought nothing with us to spend
o. to wear
And hunger Vas all that W knew,
But somehow or other it oft seem to
That all OF us brought, when Ne
came,
Tie men and the women that some.
And the seeds OF our worth and our
fame. $3.50,
We brought what God gave us-two
hands and two eyes
And a mind that could learn right
and wrong,
The power to be kindly and gentle
Some brought here the glad gilt Of
song,
some brought with them smiles that
should light UP the way
For the w~earyNand sad and dis
tressed, ase
Some came here with courage to serve
day by day.
Some came here with love for the
best.
Some came to the world bringing
laughter and mirtt,
Some brought with them patience
and skill.
No one empty -handed came down to
the earth
And I'm sure that none . viii.
Some brought wtth.them kindness and
courage and cheer,
Some came With good deeds to be
wrought;
No babe W came from the Infinite
here, s
But something OF. splendo he
brought.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
CHATTER ~xxIx-oonttnuod.

he looked at her reVerently. she
could hear him saying, I've always
wanted to know a oma who would
talk to me like that"
Her hearing was faulty. He was
saying nothing of the sort. : He was
saying:
why aren" you happy with your
husband pr 5.y 49, +
"I-you-' ~
He doesn't care for the blessed in
nocent' part of you, does he!"
Erik. you mustn't- 4
First YOU tell me to go and be free,
and then you say that l mustn't"
Il know. But o mustn't
You must be more im~personal!!"
He glowered at her like q downy
young owl. She wasn't sure but she
thought that he muttered, I'm
damned if I will" She considered
with wholesome fear the perils of
meddling with other peoples desun-
les, and said timidly, Hadn't we bet
ter start now?"
He unused. You're younger than I
am. Your lips are for songs about
rivers in the morning and lakes at twi-
light. I don't see how anybody could
ever hurt you. Yes. We
He trudsed beside her. his eyes
averted. Hugh experimentally took
his thumb. He looked down at the
baby seriously. He burst out, "Al
right. I'll do it. I'll stay here one
year. Save. Not spend so much
money on clothes. And then I'll go
East, to art-school. Work on the side
tailor shop, dress1naker's. I'll learn
what I'm good for: designing clothes.
stage-settings, illustrating, or selling
collars to fat men. All settled" He
roarAH hnr ,,rCpotNn- Z a.. .#-
Can you stand it here in town for
a year?"
Please! 1 mean: Don't the people
here think you're an odd bird? (They
do me I assure you'd"
II don't know. l never notice
much. Oh, they do kid me about not
being in the army-especially the old
warehouses;, the old men that aren't
going themselves. And this Bogart
boy. And Mr.. Hicks's son-he's a
horrible brat But probably he's H.
censed to say he thinks about his faith.
err 'irrd r,"nfH $50
Hes beastly!" I
Tney were IN town. They pa1Bed
Aunt Bessie's house. Aunt Bessie and
Mrs. Bogart were at the window. and
Carol saw that they were. staring sc
intently that they answered her wave
only with the sdfFly raised hands OF
a~utomatons. In the next block Mrs
DR.. Westlake was gaping from hel
porch. Carol said with an embarrass-
ed quayer:
II want to run and see Mrs. West
lake. I'll say good-by here"
She avoided his yes.
Mrs Westlake was afable. Caro-
felt that she was expected to explain;
and while she was mentally asserting
that she'd be hanged II. she'd explain
she vas explaini 81:
Hugh captured that Valborg boy
up the track. They became such
good friends. And / talked to him
for a while. I'd heard he wa eccen-
trio. but really, / found him quite in.
telligent, Crude, but no reads-reads
almost the way Or. Westlake does
That's fine. Why does he stick
here in town? What's this I hear
about his being interested in Myrtle
Cass?"
Il, don't know. Is he? I'm SURE
he isn't He said he was quite lone.
"! Besides, Myrtle Is babe n
arms"
Twenty.one II she's = day!.
well Is the doctor going to do
any hunting this fall?'
J The need OF explaining Erik dragged
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28

The IL Sueur Herald passes ont the
alarming informRtionsthat Dillrnarl OF
the Blue Earth Post. has been swat
|tinR j, Ham Lewis on 4he bean.
.DoesnY DIiimsns know that right un-
dNr.the Lewis. bear - q h~lyy swat OF
highly explosive whtskers3
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
PROHIBITION AND REsPEcTAB1L1TY.

Opponents of the prohibition laws have fire.
auently declared that the chief result. Of their pass
age has been to make drinking respectable. This Of
course is an exaggeration but there is a germ of
truth in il, and it is largely to this fact that we owe
the frequent and persistent violations of these laws
which prevail at the present time.
II must be admitted that to a large proportion
of the people Of this country conviction for viola
ton Of the prohibition law does not carry with it the
same stigma which is attached to conviction for
most other ofenses. Il seems to be regarded in
somewhat the same light as conviction for auto
speeding.
AS long as this attitude Of mind persists en-
forcement Of the prohibition laws will continue to
be difficult. II the time ever comes when conyic-
ton for the violation Of these laws will carry with
it the same stigma as conviction for theft, for ex-
amplc, then the battle for law enforcement will be
as good as won.
II is noticeable that there has been u falling Of.
il the mail robbery business since marines were
placed on guard III the mail cars. III seems to be
anothef case of THE marines have landed and have
4hseasitaat;0a yeii ia banAs
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28
THE ROAD PROBLEM.

The problem of good roads is receiving general
attention throughout the United States with the re-
suit that there is coming about a general improve
1nent in highways. Much Of this is being brought
about through the efforts Of associations organized
to promote the interests of some great trunk high
way.
While the Improvement of these trunk high
ways, of great value to tourists and long distance
shippers going steadily forward however, it is vital
that we in North Dakota should not neglect the i'm
provernent of the local branch roads, which lead into
the trunk highways or to the towns and cities of the
state.
1t is on these little branch roads that the vast
majority OF the farmers OF the state must haul their
products to market, and if they are not kept in at
least fair condition the farmer will not be able to
even reach the much improved trunk highway.
Let, us improve the trunk highways by all
means, but at the same time let us give some atten-
ton to the branch roads, A good trunk highway,
with good feeders is of far more value in this state
atleast, than a super-excellent trunk highway, and
feeder roads which are frequently impossible.
H. G: Wells has suggested that as the United
States has invited European. diplomats and journal
be only courteous for the United States to remit the
war debts owed by the European nations. OF
course we are glad to have Mr.. Wells with us but
that seems rather a steep price to pay for the pleas
ure OF his company.
The most surprising thing about the Debs af-
fair is that the Socialist leader didn't insist that
President Harding should come to see him il he
wanted an interview instead Of receiving Mr.. Debs
at the White House.
Secret service men are 0 }attend the New Years
eve festivities in Philadelphia restaurants. Prob
ably they would have had a more enjoyable evening
# their coming hadn't been announced in advance.
The average man understands the naval ratio
questions now being debated at the conference in
Washington just about as well as he did Einstein's
theory Of relatively.
The submarine wrecked a good many mighty
promising ships during the recent war. Let's hope
il doesn't wreck the ship Of peace now being pushed
TO completion in Washington.
The Japs appear TO be getting ready to reduce
their naval manner ten rear adrnirals are report
ed as having been transferred from active service
to ths uaitinp list
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28

The average man understands the naval ratio
questions now being debated at the conference in
Washington just about as well as he did Einstein's
theory Of relatively. 55
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28

The submarine wrecked a good many mighty
promising ships during the recent war. Let's hope
it doesn't wreck the ship Of peace now being pushed
to completion in Washington.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28

The Japs appear to be getting ready to reduce
their naval armament, ten rear adrnirals are report
cd as having been transferred from active service
to the WAITING list
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28

Secret service men are to attend the New Year.
eve festivities in Philadelphia restaurants. Prob
ably they would have had a more enjoyable evening
# their coming hadn't been announced in advance.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-28

The most surprising thing about the Debs az
fair is that the Socialist leader didn't insist that
President Harding should come to see him if he
wanted an interview instead Of receiving Mr.. Debs
at the White House.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-03-03
"CRUCIFIx FISH" ODD CURIO
veaIed on Dried Skeleton of West
Indian Product.

Joseph Reichenbach Of so Henry
street, has curiosity in the way Of
fish which throughout the West In
dian country is known as the "crucif1x
fish," and is regarded with mixture
Of reverential awe by the natives, who
throw specimens caught in their nets
back into the sea and cross them
selves when they come on the skull of
one.
The dried skeleton of this fish shows
plainly On the under side of the skull
the figure of a man on a crucifix with
q halo about his head. On the other
side Of the skull is figure Of monk
with a cowl bending before an altar.
Mr.. Reichenbach prizes the speci-
men very highly. He keeps it in a
little wooden box like a coffin. For
merly he was barber in the Hotel Of
st. George, and one day John L. Sui
Ivan, the famous pugilist, happened
in and Joe showed him a specimen Of
the odd fish. Sullivan was deeply i'm
pressed, and expressed a wish to have
one like it, SO Joe made him a gift
Of a duplicate of the fish.
There are other peculiarities about
this fish skeleton which Joe has. When
it is lifted up and shifted there is
rafting in the skull like dice rolling.
Those are what are known as the "air
bones."-Brooklyn Eagle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-03-03

partment, which had charge of the
distribution of the state bonus.
When Mr.. Duane sailed for France
with the TwentysiXth division, he was
a private; when he returned to Ameri-
Ca after participation in almost every
major offensive of the war, he was the
captain in command of the company
with which he went overseas as q
private. He had also served as bat
TALON commander for a time during
the Argonne-Meuse drive.
Mr.. Duane has been a retail sales
man in Massachusetts and New York,
a member of the theatrical profession
and assistant manager for an electric
and gas company. During his career
as a state official, he was in charge Of
the disbursement of $20,00O,OOO in
gratuities to veterans of the war.
AS member of the state welfare
and post activities and state executive
committees of the Massachusetts de-
partment of the Legion, Mr.. Duane
was instrumental in blocking the pro-
posed transfer of eX-Service mental
patients to the old State Insane asylum
at Worcester, Mass, and In the eS-
Establishment of a permanent staff of
teachers in the various Public Health
fService hospitals.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-03-03
Determining Poisonous Vapors.

In it's efforts to determine the ex-
tent to which the vapors of fires are
actively poisonous, the United States
bureau Of mines has sought vacuum
bottle samples of air from different
places in burning buildings in % cit
les. Certain indications have been re-
ported from the contents Of such bot
ties as have been returned. Most
dreaded at fires is carbon monoxide,
but only one sample Of air from above
ground showed this gas, the quantity
in that case being too small to harm
when breathed short time. The air
and smoke in cellars, however, con-
tain considerably more. The ventila-
ton giving good combustion apparent
ly disposes Of any carbon monOxide
produced, but there may be some ac-
emulation in close places where ven
tilatiOn is poor. Air charged with
dense smoke was quite free from poi
sonous gas, the effect of such air be-
ing mechanical irritation from breath
ing the smoke; and the most poison
Gus air found was a sample contain
ing little smoke that was taken from
a poorly ventilated space among cases
in basement.