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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-05-14

Why go abroad seeking adventure when there is wild
erness In your back yard waiting to be reclaimed?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
SOW Fl, AK

In an interview this morning Gen.
eral Peake gave US some data con-
corning available linseed for 1921
which shows the necessity of and
probable profit in North Dakota's SOW
ing fax in large quantities this spring.
General Peake's remarks follow:
"In 1920 Argentina exported to-
tai of Al 100000 bushels of linseed of
which 21,600,000 came into United
States ports. The final estimates on
Argentine exportable surplus for 1921
range from 26,5O0,000 bushels Of fax
as given by the United States Consul
General to the figures Of Bloomhal's
(London) Argentine agent 28,Q00,00O
bushels. Of this surplus over 12,O00,-
900 bushels has been shipped leaving
not to exceed 100000 bushels still
to come. ...a -sa,...,.-
In 1920 Indian raised large crop
of linseed and supplied Europe with
about 25,O00,O0O bushels. This years
crop in India is badly damaged by
prolonged draught and her flaxseed
export will be greatly reduced.
Russia is not to be reckoned with
as an exporter for either this year or
last. &E
American stocks Of seed are large
but oil is cheap, and is steady going
into consumption in spite Of dull bus.
mess times 50 that October first should
see very active demand for new crop
flax and price which would pay a
good profit on the crop"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
A NEW MEAL TICKET

With a New York office managed
by such captain Of finance as Spur
geon Odell;
With Chicago office in charge Of
a Mr.. Walter Morrison; .
With those wizards of finance, Carl
Thompson and William Lemke tour
ing the country and holding "mass
meetings" attended by "crowds" Of
200 and 300 nightly;
And with full page advertisements
in Chicago newspapers;
The administration should be able to
peddle enough North Dakota bonds to
pay expenses of the campaign.
Here is a new meal ticket for "the
boys.' The pickings have been pref
ty scant among the farmers of North
Dakota for the last lear, but almost
anybody ought to be able to get out
and sell enough North Dakota state
bonds to pay his salary and expenses.
Mr.. Cathro announces that $4,000
worth of bonds were sold on the first
day of the campaign. It would be in
teresting to know what it cost the
state to sell them. Probably anything
received for the bonds over and above
the cost of selling them is viewed as
"velvet" or ''profts" by the admins
tration.-Forum.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
rs WEEKLY TmEsREConu VALLEY CRY. noKrh oANo1

day can be observed. If it is posi-
BILE take trip back to the old home,
spend a few days visiting with moth
er and dad, or if this is impossible,
write long interesting letter. It
will fill the purpose next best to going
home for a visit, or still perhaps as
good, send her a suitable present Of
some kind. It will gladden. her heart
to receive a token of some kind from
her son or daughter, aSld dad will be
just as proud of it, but his day will
come later. If there are church SER
vices in your vicinity, attend them
and in every way show your patriot
ism to your closest kin. Display as
much love and patriotism toward her
as you did during the war toward your
country and flag. y
Remember that it was her who suf-
fered to bring you into the world. It
was her who nursed you from child
hood and was largely instrumental in
making you what you are today. Her
fears, her love and everything were
yours. .r.
Mothers Day is for you to do what
small bit you can for her. By all
means do it, and when she is no more
you can feel that you have done your
bit toward making one Of the best
pals boy or girl ever had happy. 81
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
OUTRAGEOUS!

One can Smile lluulScHGly az CIc
ardor and simple faith Of those non
partisan league members who are
sending in their cream checks and
hard earned pennies to the various
"slush funds" of the league; and there
is something admirable in the spirit.
however misguided, of those who pro-
pose to let their children go barefoot
ed and themselves suffer privations
for the great cause. But when officers
of the league through their official
mouthpieces call upon the members
to do these things. it is nauseating.
Here is the Fargo Courier-News
begging the league members to sell
their Liberty bonds at big discount,
and even to borrow the reserves on
their life insurance policies-so that
the editor of the "only farmer owned
and controlled newspaper in the Unit
ed States" may be sure of his pay
check every Saturday night. The
chances are about 100 to l that, this
same editor hasn't dollar at stake in
North Dakota, and that he has never
donated the price of cigarette to the
cause of the farmers.
In the meantime the $3.50, 600 Vic
tory Campaign Fund" is growing by
leaps and bounds. On Wednesday of
this week, after months intensive
drive, it was somewhat in the neigh
borhood of six thousand dollars. That
leaves only $144,000 to dribble in to
complete the fund.
And this reminds us that we haven't
seen any list of donations to the
Lemke or "Victory" fund which con-
tanned blessed one of the names of
the "higherups" in the league organi-
cations. We have read of old soldiers
who donated five dollars month out
of their meagre pension money; OF
women who sold butter and eggs at
debated prices and turned the pro-
ceeds over to the league; of children
who sold their pet pig or pony and
gave the money to defeat the horrific
I. V. AS. But on none of these hon
or rolls have we seen the name of
Frazier or Lemke or Poindexter or
Olsness or Totten or Leiderbach or
Townley or Hastings or Box or Bow
man of Kuhn. These birds preach de-.
votion to the cause; but let the rank
and file do the devotioning.
In the old days candidates for state
office paid their personal campaign
expenses and dug up ten per cent OF
their biennial salary in advance to
cover general campaign expenses.
Nothing like that in these "New
Day" times. It was only few months
ago that Governor Frazier stated pub
licly in LaMoure that every cent Of.
his campaign expenses were betrayed
bv the Organization" He said he
couldn't afford to pay them; and as he
receives a salary of only $4,000
year, together with rent-free exc
cutive mansion and various other per-;
quisites, of course he is right.
1t is pretty soft for the league lead
ers-and will be as long as the cream
checks and the egg and pension money
hold out. - LaMoure Chronicle.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28

A farm writer recently put forth
some argument in regard to the eight
hour day for women and showed very
conclusively that it was not practical
for women on the farm on account of
the nature Of their work. Statistics
show that large percentage of farm
er's wives have to do their work with
out the aid of modern conveniences,
but the indoor work of most farmers
wives is but half the battle as evil
denced by figures here given. Thirty
six per cent of the farm wives help
with the milking. Fifty-six per cent
take most of the care of the garden.
Eighty-one per cent care for the
chickens. Twenty per cent help
with the live stock. Twenty-four per
cent help in the field an average of
ST. weeks during the year. Taking
these figures and the one previously
given out for consideration, we can
readily see that we cannot make an
eight hour day for the farmers wife,
because just SO long as the numerous
and varied tasks are to be done she
will do them. 1t is true that the farm
er's wife is a busy person but the
town woman who does her own work,
keep her house in order, does the cook
ing, the mending, ironing and many
of them doing their own dressmak-
ing and sewing, they, too, have very
little time to spare even though many
of them have modern conveniences
An eight hour day is not known in
many households so far as the wife is
concerned and most women put in
long hours by the time they have
washed the supper dishes and put the
house back in order, and by the time
bed time rolls around the average
housewife on the farm or in the town
home has put in long day. Modern
conveniences help much, but it takes
someone to run the modern conven-
fences. If you have Hoover clean
err to clean your rugs it takes some
body to handle that convenience-some
time gone. If you have Simplex
ironer it takes a woman's time to
handle that machine, and so it goes
all day long. The ones that get the
benefit of the eight hour day are those
men and Women who work eight hours
and then quit-the housewife cannot
do that.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
THE STORY OF CORN

| The following story was written re-
Gently by one Of the pupils of the
Training School, Edward Riedman.
When Hiawatha was chief Of the
| Indians, he used to take long walks
and visit people that lived far away.
! One day when he was going to visit
his friends, he saw a little man with
red plume on his hat. The little man
asked Hiawatha to wrestle with him:
but Hiawatha said he was so much
larger that it would not be fair. Red
Plume said, IF you win out in a
| wrestle with me, it will bring great
gift to your people," Hiawatha said
he would wrestle, but that he would
not hurt him willingly.
They started to wrestle and wrestled
| all morning and all afternoon and at
| sunset the little man played out and
fell to the ground. Hiawatha cried.
II have thrown you, have thrown
YOU" He looked down at the little
man, and all he could see was corn
cob. 81 The corn cob said, "This is my
gift to your people. Plant me by the
| water and come back next fall"
! When Hiawatha came back he saw
| field of corn and that is the story of
how the Indians got corn.
The different kinds of corn are sweet
corn, yellow corn, Indian corn or
maize, field corn, pop corn, and broom
corn. Illinois and Oklahoma raise
the broom corn, and 1900 brooms are
made from one ton of tassels. ,
The most important corn states are
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio, Nebras-
ka, Missouri, and Kansas.
When the Pilgrims came over to this
country the Indians showed them how
to plant and grow corn. They show
ed the Pilgrims how to put fish in each
hill of corn to fertilize it.
You plant corn in hills in moist:
rich soil. After it is planted, the sun
and rain help it to grow. Two little
arms come up. One goes down into
the earth to get food for the plant
and the other goes up and forms the
stalk. On the top Of the stalk is the
, tassel which has grains of pollen in
it. When the wind blows, the pollen
grams fall onto the silk tubes. Every
day they get bigger and they grow
close together This is the cob of
corn. When the corn is ripe it is cut
and shocked. Then it is taken to the
mills, where the husks are torn off:
Then the corn is shelled and cooked
and canned.
Corn is used for food for people
such as hominy, syrup, corn-fakes:
canned corn. It is put in silos and
fed to animals. The stalks also are
fed to animals. Corn stalks are used
to thatch roofs, the husks are used
for mattresses,and pipes are made
from the cobs. The stalks, husks and
pith are used in making paper. The
cobs are used for fuel in some states.
Starch for clothes is made from corn.
The pith is used between the steel
plates Of steamships. If cannon
hits ship, the pith swells up when
it gets wet, and files up the hole, so
the ship will not leak.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28

sistant librarian from 1915 to 1918.
She went from the Normal School to
a position in ST. Paul as one Of the
Librarians Of the city. She is now at
Zephyrhills, Florida.
Jennie B. McGregor, A. B., was a
member Of the Department Of Eng
fish from 1906 to 1918. She is now a
teacher in the Union High School, Of
Whittier, California.
Miss Margaret G. Burns, critic in
the Training Shcool from 1910 to 1918,
is now Primary Supervisor in the city
schools Of Jacksonville, Florida. Her
address is 55 East Third st. During
1918-1919 Miss Burns did the same
kind of work in Hazleton, Pennsyl-
vania.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
TOWNLEL TOPICS

Said Bishop Lemke to Mr.. L,
We've MIXED 'em dry, as dry can be.
Said Mr.. Townley to Bishop L.,
I really think we've both done we'll.
So now that things have come our way
Let's let the farmers have their say.
They've stuck four years, and paid
their dues,
So let them have the Courier-News;
It hasn't paid for quite while
They'll come across; Well l should
smile.
The store paid US a million bones
And how easy came the loans;
We gladly made the store coop:
And now they've done double flop.
Well. Willyum, all in all, I think
We've put the darn state on the blink,
And you and l have done pretty we'll,
Let North Dakota 90 to Il.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
PLUMB's LEAF FROM LENINE

In it's ultimate purpose and effects
the Plumb Plan communism of the
United States is replica Of the Len
inc bolshevism of Russia. Lenint
started out with the theory that there
is no such thing as right Of property
and that his administration had &
right to confscate anything that Their
existed or should subsequently be pro
duced, devoting the confscated prop
erty to any use that met his pleasure
He took over the management of al
sorts of industries and enterprises
deposing the man who had built then
up and were supposed to be the own
ers, and placed in charge men without
training, ability or experience. The
result was what everybody Of sense
expected-the industries were poorly
conducted and people refused to go OF
producing when there was assurance
that the fruits of their toll would be
seized by the communistic leader.
The Plum Plan leaders do not pro
pose to confiscate the railroads-what
they propose is that the United States
government shall borrow money
enough on it's bonds to buy the rail:
roads from the present owners anc
turn them over to the railroad en-
ployes to manage. It is not the prop.
erty of the railroad companies they
would confscate, but the property OF
those who would ultimately be called
upon to pay the government bonds.
We have had demonstration Of the
failure of government operation In
point of both economy and efficiency
Communistic operation, or proletarlar
operation, or whatever name you may
be pleased to call the irresponsible
management under the Plumb plan
would be infinitely worse in both cost
and quality of service. The properties
would be operated at great cost to all
the rest Of the people Of the country
and would be ruined in value. The
people would pay good money in the
form of taxes for property which they
would later be compelled to rehabili-
tate just as the industries of Russia
must be rebuilt.
Communistic ownership of the rail-
roads with government responsibility
for deficits would be followed-lnust
be followed-by similar purchase and
control and operation Of the coal and
iron mines, the packing houses, the
steel mills, and every other sort of
large undertaking, leaving only the
agricultural producers as the bearers
Of the colossal burden thus tied upon
their backs. And the agricultural
classes would refuse to bear the bur.
den in America just as they have re-
fused to bear it in Russia.
Lenine has been compelled to &C.
knowledge his inability to make people
produce when he refuses to recognize
the right of property. The agitators
in the United States who are working
for the adoption of Bolshevik ideas in
this country may we'll profit by the
Lenine experience. It will save them
time and money, for the people OF
America will no more experiment
along that line. The country went far
enough during the past chit years to
enough during the past eight years to
continuation of the same general
trend.-Billings MONTY Gazette.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28

pay for the period of time he
shall have been constructively on
duty. !,
Each Agricultural Assistant shall
be attended by a helper whose
duties shall be subject exclusive
ly to the determination OF the
A. A.
Controversies over the manner
in which work shall be performed
or involving Interpretation of
the rules, shall be referred to the
walking delegate of the A. A. A.
A. whose decision shall be final.
pending which decision, the farm
owner shall recognize the con-
tention of the Agricultural As
sistant.-LaMoure Chronicle.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
DEMOCRACY
ISENDANCERED

A most inspirational and mastery
address was delivered before the
chapel assembly last Saturday by Rev
William Gardner of New York City
"a national executive in the educational
department of the Episcopal church.
Is He emphasized the point that we
need to think more than we do about
the essential thing that makes Amer
lea great, namely, religion .
The Episcopal church has about
5000 teachers working among $780,
900 boys and girls. They maintain
boarding schools with an aggregate
of 1900 to 5000 teachers and have
about 10000 young men and women
in the colleges. e.
The real subject of the address was
"Disasters to Democracy" One of
these disasters is the sweeping disre-
gard for law. We put laws on our
statute books but do not expect them
to be enforced. In North Dakota it is
illegal to sell cigarettes under certain
restrictions but no one has any trouble
getting them. We have national pro-
hibition but there is bootlegging go
ing on constantly. The moral stand
ard of the people is not up to the
standard of the laws we are placing
on our records.
Another disaster is our partisan
politics. We are not united in ou1
views and do not work tremendously
together.
Our educational situation is in a
turmoil We do not know whether we
want cultural or vocational education.
We are quite sure we want both.
There has been much serious con-
temptation on the problem of how to
overcome the chaotic condition in
which we are living. There is no
better safeguard to the development
Of the life of people than religion.
We do not all have to believe in the
same creed. If you are a Roman
Catholic be the best Roman Catholic
you know how to be; if you are a
Jew be faithful to the religion Of the
Jews, and if you are Methodist, Bap-
fist, Presbyterian, or one of some
other Protestant belief, be faithful and
true to your belief. What the world
needs today more than anything else
is the honest, earnest expression OF
a mans religious life.
Approximately half Of our public
school children are entirely outside Of
religious influence. We must begin
to think more in our education of max
ing life rather than piling up money.
Today there is too much Of the spirit:
81 want what want when l want it;
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28

and why? Because / want it." This
spirit is breaking up our democracy
today.
The two most important classes of
social servants are the preachers and
teachers. To us as students and pros
pective teachers there is big call to
march out from our preparation with
the feeling that we have the biggest
contribution to make in the preser-
walton of our democracy.
The speaker is man of rather COM
manding personality, has strong
speaking voice. and understands the
fundamentals of the art of platform
speaking. His talk pleased the stu
dent body C. R. S.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
FORMER FACULTY
MEMBERS WHERE?

] Miss Pauline K. Rieth, A. NJ, who
! taught some Of the common branches
here in 1912, is at Mt. Vernon. Wash
ington, where she writes that she is
I "enjoying the mild climate and re-
/ covering from a left side paralysis"
She sends greetings to V. C. N. S.
Mrs. C. A. Hulbush, formerly Vera
VIM, B. S., who assisted in the De-
partment of Home Economics from
1918 to 1915, is living at 1928 Clean
der St., Chico, California.
Miss Eula J. Miller, who was cri-
tic in the Training School from 1910
! to 1913, is principal of the Junior High
, School in the State Normal School at
, Mankato, MINI. She has been a grad
uate student in Teachers College
Columbia University.
Mr.. Clarence Henry, B. S., assistant
in the Department of Agriculture
from 1910 to 1914, went from here to
Indiana where he worked for some
time in the extension division of Pur-
due University. He writes that ne is
a "real dirt farmer, Hebron, Ohio
Member Executive Committee, Ohio
State Farm Bureau Federation"
Mrs. Ernest Stevens, who was Maud
B. Rice when she taught at V. c. N.
as assistant in the Department of Ply
steal Education during 19O9-1911, is
still making her home at Van Tassell:
Wyoming.
The address of Mrs. KAefine B.
Macdonald, A. NJ, who taught COM
mon branches during 1910-1916 in the
Rural Department, is Lock Box 81,
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts,.
J.P. w. Brouse, Phi. D., taught ply
sizes, chemistry, and biology in this in
stitution from 1902 to 1904. He is
now superintendent of the city school
system in Irvine, Kentucky. We quote
from his letter: 81 am organizing the
new city schools of this city, now
about 1000 population. It is one OF
the oil towns and all have some mon
ey. Equiping along most recent
lines"
Arland D. Weeks, A. M, who taught
English from 1902 to 1907 is the Dean
of the School of Education in the
Agricultural College at Fargo: He
has held this position for number of
years. Mr.. Weeks is the author of a
number of volumes on assorted topics
|kof an educational trend.
E. Claire Dinwiddie, B. S., now Mrs.
Delbert R. Ashby taught physical ed
ucation from 1911 to 1912, one year.
Her present home is 2O15 fremont
Ave-, Davenport, Iowa.
Frank P. Bachman, Phi. D., taught
history and civics during the year
189S-1899. During 1899-1900 he was
Supervisor of the Training School. He
is member Of the General Educa-
ton Board with headquarters in New
York City. His address or home is
20 Melrose Place, >Montclair, New
Jersey.
Mrs. Bachman was Miss Jessie G.
Harris, Phi. B.. She taught in the De-
partment of English for six years
from 1894 to 1900.
Mrs. Leon Fournie who will best be
remembered by her friends about the
Normal School perhaps as Miss Mar
guerite Carmichael was assistant IL
brarian for two years. from 1913 to
1915. Her present address is 51O5
Xerxes Ave., South, Minneapolis.
Bertha A. Newlander, A. B., taught
in the English Department one year,
1913-1914. She is Mrs. P. H. Judd
and her home is Traynor, Saskatche-
wan. Canada. a. ~
Miss Anna L, Gates, A. B., was as
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
FARM HANDS TO ORGANIZE

North Dakota farmers will get an
other slant on the benefits of organl'
cation when the "Amalgamated Asso
citation of Agricultural Assistangts'
perfect their union and ct it into &C
ton. Inspired by the wonderful sue
cess of railroad workers in promoting
their interests through organization
the farm hands of the country propose
to go and do likewise. The program
of the A. A. A. A. includes the follow.
ing principles and rules:
/. A basic eight-hour day.
2. Time and half for over time.
3. Double pay for Sunday work o,
work on holidays.
4. Only members of the A. A. A. A
in good standing shall be en-
ployed. w.
5. Employers shall deduct dues from
wages and pay the same to the
local branch of the A. A. A. A. +
6. The work of an Agricultural AS
sistant shall be limited strictly to
ordinary care Of crop, livestock
etc. &e
Z. For any work other than that OF
ordinary care to crop and live
stock, an Agricultural Assistant
shall be paid the compensation
that would be due specialist.
For instance, for repairing a
pump, an A. A. shall be paid the
wages of a plumber; for giving
medicine to an animal, he shall
be paid the compensation of a
veterinary; for mending machin-
cry, he shall be paid the COM
pensation of blacksmith.
8. In no case shall an Agricultural
Assistant be permitted to per-
form work other than ordinary
care of crops and livestock if q
specialist can be secured, and, if
work be so performed, the A. A.
shall be entitled to receive not
only the compensation of a
specialist but also the cost the
farm owner would be required to
bear in securing the aid of a
specialist if one were available.
9. Breakfast shall not be served
more than 80 minutes before the
beginning of the eight hour work
day, and the Agricultural Assist
and shall not be called earlier
than Is minutes before time for
breakfast. Violation Of this rule
shall entitle the A. Al. to double