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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
R AFF1LIATIoN.

Political conditions were far from ideal in the
days before the attempt was made to regularize and
|legalize party organizations, but there was at least
the advantage that people were able to choose their
own political associates, and were not required to
accept as fellow p~artisans all who chose to present
themselves. A&
Party organizations were then volunteer affairs,
self-governing and self-regulating. The state scarce
ly recognized their existence, and it made no effort
to prescribe rules by which they should be governed,
nor did it prescribe conditions of membership. A
man voted in a Republican or a Democratic caucus
if the other participants in the caucus were willing
to accept him as a member of their party, and not
merely because he declared himself such. If he felt
|aggrieved by the decision he was at liberty to appeal
to the county or state convention, or to the appropri-
ate party committee. The case was tried by people
who were themselves members of the party affected,
and whose interest might be supposed to lie in main
tanning a strong party organization, composed of
members whose opinions, at least on main principles,
were in harmony.
The state has stepped in and enacted. laws on
the subject which require from the individual only
the declaration that he is a member of a particular
party, and when that declaration is made the individ-
ual has full right to participate in all the proceedings
of that party, even though he repudiates every prin-
'ciple for which the party stands. t ri
There were abuses under the old plan. Caucuses
were sometimes packed with members of one fac
ton. and by means of skillful manipulation the min
ority was sometimes able to read out of the party
Vo'eis VINO were really enttleo 10 membership, and
who might be more numerous than their .oppon-
.ents. Things of that sort were actually done. But
when due allowance is made for all the tricks that
were p~racticed,, the fact remains that the party or
ganization Of those days represented more of po-
~litical honesty than does the party organization
under the free and easy conditions Of membership
which are now prescribed in our state laws.
Under the old conditions there would have been
no hindrance to the organization of a Nonpartisan
league, but it would have operated, as it should have
done, logically, as a separate political party. and not
as a faction operating within both parties, and an
tagonistic to both. The process of sorting and seq
has subscribed to the principles of the Nonpartisan
league had attempted to participate in a Republican
as is now presented by Lynn J. Frazier parading
himself before the public as a political candidate
bearing a Republican label.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
WHICH IS CORRECT DOCTRINE?

In the Fourth of July address delivered by
President Harding at his home town, Marion. Ohio,
the president said:
A free american has the right of labor
without any others leave. 1t would be no less
an abridge1nent to deny men to bargain collec-
lively. *"* y Liberty is gone in America
when any man is denied by anybody the right to :
work and live by that work, it does not matter
who denies.
That is a fairly definite statement of a principle
which most people would suppose was so we'll I'M
derstood and so universally accepted as to need nc
enunciation whatever. But it seems that there are
those who do not subscribe to that doctrine. In a
bulletin posted by strikers at Goodland, Kansas, on
July 25, this statement is made: @
enough to hang him with. A strike breaker is
or Democratic caucus or convention he would have
been challenged as being committed to doctrines
contrary to the known principles>of the party, and
whatever his subsequent activities might have been,
he would have been compelled to refrain, from inter
ference in the affairs of a political party with which
he was out OF harmony, and in which he had no
proper place. That would have been fair and lust
to all, and it would have prevented such a spectacle
We.the shop crafts, are on strike in a Just
cause. Lend usyour cooperation. No man has
a right to break a strike as long as there is a pool
deep enough to drown him in or a rope strong
a traitor to his God, his country, his family,
himself and his class. 4
The first Of these declarations sets forth the
principle that every man has a right to work in such
employment as he can obtain and finds satisfactory,
without obstruction or interference from any other
person. The second is a flat denial of that principle,
and a direct threat of violence against all persons
who dare to choose for themselves what occupation
they will accept. : There is here a direct conflict in
Fundamentally. Between these two views there is no
such thing'as compromise. They are irreconcilable
One is right and the other is wrong. Which is
right, and which is wrong?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
ROAD WORK.

1t is announced from Bismarck that more edu-
%cational work must be done before twill be deemed
advisable by the directors of the Good Roads asso-
citation to push the complete system of road legisla-
ton for which tentative plans were formulated some
time ago. 1t is quite true that road Improvement
is very largely a matter of education, and it may be
that some delay is advisable in pressing the various
items of legislation which have been contemplated.
1t may be a case of less haste, more speed.
There can be no doubt that the state needs a
comprehensive and intelligently planned system 81
road construction and maintenance. 1t seems equal
ly clear that we can never have such a system until
the work is centralized in some manner which will
place authority and responsibility in some official
or set OF officials whose position is so conspicuous
and whose duties are so clearly understood that
there can be no question of where the responsibility
lies for the condition of the states roads.
The worst system of road control known to man
is the old township system, with it's local pathmas-
ter or overseer, and with the road tax worked out
by the taxpayers. That system has been tried for a
great many years, and in a great many localities.
Almost invariably its results have been abominable.
he tendency in recent years has been to withdraw
control from the townships or small districts and
place it in varying degrees in the county, the state
and the federal government. We believe it to be
generally true that the higher up in the scale we go
the better do the results become: The system of
federal aid, with joint federal and state control
which is now in vogue may be in need of amend
ment in spots, but the country is getting better roads
under that system than it ever got before, and the
hope OF the country for a real road system seems to
lie in the further development of that system.
If the people of North Dakotafare not yet ready
for such a system of road construction-o a scale
adapted to the needs and capacity of the state-as
has been inaugurated in Minnesota, for instance,
there is all the greater need that all the local bodies
having charge of our road work should be alert and
progressive in their own attitude toward the subject.
1t would be a mistake to call the mud road an
expensive luxury. 1t is expensive, but it is an en-
cunnbrance, not a luxury. 1t costs money to build
do without them. If that portion of the repairs an
nually necessary on North Dakota's hundred thou
sand automobiles which is directly due to the differ
ence between bad roads and good were placed in a
separate fund and used solely for road purposes, we
should have under way Immediately such a program
OF road construction as has never been proposed BY
the most enthusiastic good roads advocate.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09

held by Samuel l.. Mitchill of Column
bia college and was established in
1892. @
.. Should varieties, of apples be
mixed for making cider? r. H. r.
A. Winesap apples are practically
the only ones that contain sugar, tan
min and acid in such proportion hat
the cider made from them needs no
notification. Usually a,blend of sew
eral kinds is best. since each con-
tributes a special characteristic which
improves the mixture.
O.. How many different eau 4es Of
death are there? S. =. G.
A. Fifteen principal causes of
death are listed by statisticians. as
follows: Pneumonia. consumption,
heart disease, diarrhoeal diseases, kid
ney diseases, apoplexy. cancer, old
age. bronchitis. cholera infantun1, de-
bility. inflammation of the brain and
meninx, d~iphtheria, typhoid and
premature birth.
G. Is there any country that meas
ures di stance by the days walk ?
w. T.
A. The Ii, a Chinese measure of
length, is the equivalent Of one one
hundredth of a days walk. very
slightly exceeding one-third of an
English mile on the level, but in a
hilly country it might be as little as
one eighth of a mile.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
Keen disa ppointment's bitter sting.
And seek through lfe's long wander.

Keen disappointment's bitter sting,
And seek through life's long wander.
ing "1E, r,s -"
What oft but very vague appears.
The purpose Of mans term -of yearh
Stripped Of the pomp Of outward
NJ pride. IA -
In city walls. by country side.
All men piece out of pain and strife
Some patchwork of the joy of life. ?
A few to leadership attain,
But most of us uncheered remain,
Bearing the duties of the day,
Checking the years that pass away,
Adding, our little mites unto
The work OF mankind is called to do
What do we reap from all the year,
OF strife and bitterness and tears?
A bit of laughter here and there,
A ribbon for the wife to wear.
Her smile of welcome and caress.
These are the threads of happiness.
True friends whose voices ring with
cheer
Make sweet the days of toiling herd,
And to possess a baby's smile
Makes every hour of care worth
while.
We should regret a baby's birth
If care and anguish ruled the earth.
Yet world wide over smiles of JOY
Welcome the newborn girl or boy
Into this Iealm of life where tears
And pain and burdens c a the years,
Because, with all we've known and
met,
The trials hat have, made US fret,
The disappointment and defeat.
Life to the human heart Is sweet.
Copyright, 1922, by~Edgar "A. Gucst.)
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

@. Is there life on Venus? b. C..
A. The question cannot be an
swered definitely. DR.. c.. 6. Abbot
of the Smithsonian In stitution says
that it seems more probable that life
corresponding to life on the earth, ex-
lists on Venus than on. Mars. The
conditions on Venus are similar to
those on earth, while Mars probably
differs in many ways.
@. Has New York or New Orleans
the smaller percentage of Roman
Catholics? p. B. c.
A. While New York, city contains
about four times az many, Catholics
as New Orleans, the percentage is
much smaller. Out Of New Orlean.'
population Of 3S7,219, the Roman
Catholic estimate of their members
is }327,144.
@. Why did the miners gay that
they had won the strike when they
declined President Harding's arbitra-
ton plan I? G. DIN.
A.. The miners had not wonSin the
sense that they had been conceded
all of which they went on, strike.
However, they regarded it as q sue
ces full demonstration of what labor
terms the assertion of economic force
- AASSy AtNA POoSLUlS sIkl6
production OF coal In the union fields
for q period yof over 16 weeks.
g Doesn't an eel have scales? r.
IS The eel does have scales en-
bedded insgsits shiny skin. They are
ARRANGED In little groups set obliquely
and alright angles, TO each other.
G. Isl a. debt really q debt before
~ adue? =. a. J. 45
a. A debt exists when 81 certain
sum Of mOneyifs owing from one per-
son8t0 another, and a debt is notsthG
less owing because II is not vet due.
g What was the first agricultural
schools? T. N. &c. s5sy
"a The two earliest agricultural
colleges to be sestablished were Ri
Hnfwyl IN switzerlgnd and Kruinau
in Bohemia In ff747. The first pro-
ffesscrshtp Of agriculture In q collect
Ate institution in this country was
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
II

Typhoid has become such an infre-
quent disease in the cities that health
departments become agitated about
any little flareup. =
In New Haven they only had seven
cases of typhoid and one fatality
therefrom in the first five months Of
this year. In juno there were
enough cases reported to bring THE to-
tai for six months to three more than
the total for the same period in 1921.
An increase of three cases of typhoid
now throws a health department into
a cold sweat, and it is we'll for YOU
and for me that it is so.
The New Haven department got
pussy. They feel that they have elm
i?ated all possible causes except
clans, and they found that practically
all OF the cases had been eating
claims. Several of them had bought
clans obtained from one dealer. IN
several instances the clans had been
foateds in a "crib" where the water
was historically pollutedi'
This is not final and complete
proof. but the department was not
able to go farther and they thoughl
the evidence justified them in warn
ing n people to stop eating clans.
through some conflict of authority.
tney had no power to prevent floating
9, clans In this polluted water. They
taneu up ms legal point, and. IN
tne name Of the, people, secured the
~ - throw around the consumer
P uenense
Lhemy de. Gourrhont says that the
kin,,notts va pasis OF the custom that
n,nrths .n e lung Or oysters 40 3
~ ms Is me 1act that the sbivalvess
e. th h Jpreahs tnem. In thts. Kenny
tnraiists sou q : = wwrong. gtner na.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
FINGER PRINTING.

The plan Of the postofice department is to
finger-print all of its $4,000 employees, and this
plan is said to be vigorously opposed by the rank
and file Of the employees. The fnger-print plan,
however il, may have originated, came into promi-
nent notice whehsi it was discovered that certain en-
ployes in the New York ~postoffice had criminal rec
sords. It was then proposed that the fnger-prints
of all employees should be taken in order that there
might be less chance of getting undesirables into the
service because of the greater possibility of detec-
ton .25.
The publicity department Of the employees or
sganization makes the point that it is humiliating to
the peopfeengaged in this work to have their finger.
prints taken and placed in the rogues' gallery, and
further that il is an insult to men who have been
IN the service for years, and who are citizens of the
highest standing to demand that they be treated in
this manner. sS
II 81 easy til understand the. sentiment which
inspires this objection. But il not the fact that the
prints bf these land highly respected men are to
Isl taken and fled An indication that the plan is not
: reflection on the integriN Of anyone The young
ests sons the jjobs need feel no humiliation when
he8is asked tos submit to aaprocess of Identification
which has been used ins dhc ease 81 Ills honored
ssnior. nh @the sole purpose sof which III to make
certain that ii shall 50 kept free from undesirables
IHs6essld iof opposing hngerr5prirts sfn p~articuiar
beiiexe that theapian should ~ extended
nd mMaAaks aanniivyeefssa These sre thous1sds ofscases
81 Jli3y1Mdb enous sappeasanceyS mistake ors eor.
SfpSe4s l4Eatityy ssinypaxin ssisablsS SpropeftySfis hts
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09

- tr' D.. .&a'-E.'T-
any n OF the three routes, theirs
would be no typhoid.
.. 10 prevent typhoid, adopt thu
logan Never kissed by either fly
or unclean hand""for every 'morsel OF
1000, raw or cooked. served TO human
oe,ngs; i.
on the basis of cleanliness Of the at.
'tendants and freedom from hies..1r
g., Flies may travel more than 4
mile. Every fly issa potential trans
porter Of typhoid" bacteria.
8. Summer complaint As frequent4
~ typical of typhoid fever.
before going on your vacation
=
BOY is ROUND sHoUIDERED.
to know what exercises, etc. would
cure a boy of round shoulders. He Il
- years Old, 5 feet 4 inches tall. and
.ders' and sAortness OF breath.
p I would like to know what
could cure the latter gs.s4ss
REPLY. s. Il
The exercises 3muAts be rthossSStdsd de
yelop the great muscles Of the j8Seck
ana ppe PACK
Amonss LnsMl are OWING, wins
M!nauAInlky, Wresti!ns. work on
me ne Dais. tauasrs, and Moth
y ) ! y 20 = y sh IN, cMnnpihg.
~ 9 me boy examined. especi-
whc bava M usess mahy5 cnii1ren
Epains' rhenmatism ana s,
Be found II ave ia+antu cnorea sMalA
r.u 1870
4. n q writss. ~u Wi ILL., skiN.
atata az ~ Use. VIII
such as the standard c1 qltn aron3
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
HOW the Language Spreads.

nOSV INC SpTCfNS,
The non-flapper element of the pop
ulation has small place in it's vocab-
ulary for such terms and so they do
not become general property. All
over the country, however. the Ian
guaGe Of a flapper is similar. The
newest phrases travel by letters. by
word Of mouth, and in lists occasion
ally printed in magazines and news
papers. One magazine devOtes it's
pages entirely to the interests of the
tribe.
A few phrases that have possibili-
tie for use in the conversation of the
general public have become popular
American slang. There always seems
to be a demand for slang tags to ex-
press greeting. approval, disapproval,
and to replace a simple yes or no..
Just now the flapper, and slang
talking America as well, refers to
anything pleasing as the berries. The
weird natural history allusions-that'.s
the frogs eyebrows. or the bees
whiskers, or the ducks quack, or the
snakes hips, and the rest-used to
express approval, are also epidemic.
Anything unpleasant is appropriately
blaah, blaah being one of those sen Sc
less words that express an idea clear
y ~ Ak4u IA u wi
stitute for yes is II hope to tell you
These Tags are lDmusing for only a
short time. Theysare soon stale and
must be replaced. How a phrase has
a meteoric career and sputters out is
seen by recalling the same type of
slang expression, such as the now his
toric Il should worry" and I'll tell
the world"
Occasionally one of these shelved
sayings stages, a comeback. We note
in the latest flapper vocabulary print
ed in The Flapper magazine the an
cient word w~hangdoodle. Our grand
mothers used this word humorously
to describe mournful, whining mu-
sic, or a ranting speaker. Modern
youth has adopted the term and made
it a synonym for a jazz band 1t is
rare, however. that the slang. of a
generation ago can be busted off and
applied to current topics. General,
there is nothing more conspicuousl3
l~ifeless than a defunct slang phares
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
Washington, D. c.. Aug. Gust v

Washington. D. c., Aug. 6.-Just
when Henry Mencken almost made
slang look respectable along comes
the flapper to inject a complex into
the American language. If you walk
aloof from the flapper tribe you may
be peacefully that there is
an elaborate flapper patois, as much
a part Of the outfit Of the snappy
young thing as her roll tops, sport
hat, and sweater.
Like the uniform. the language of
the flapper IL peculiar to her type.
The only exception is hat the flap
per language is also spoken by the
cake eater and other male contem-
poraries of the modern girl. TO the
rest Of the population, including al
most everyone over rs years. flapper
talk m close to being incompre-
hensible. Not many of the terms are
in general use.
Few full Pledged adults. for in
stance. wouldtbe able to use correctly
in their flapper meaning tomato, egg,
potato, mustard plaster, lemon squeez-
err, squirrel, berries, alarm clock. and
flat tire. Thee are perfectly respec-
table English words in their establish
ed sense. In flapper language they
are used as metaphors. Some are apt,
while others seem forced.
Flat tire>is certainly an expressive
term for a maidenly flapper over 80.
Alarm clock, for chaperon, is not far
ae. o eho u1'n on,iar an5 ~. 1ittle'
haadad 81 tho "a uilv sle,n cha .er.
n1..,a. - ,;ated IN ono
e. 80. h,,ia ~, "an ,,nweicome
a"pp. 49, 800. ,round" lemon
sly e. f,annar for elevator
.hho,eh tho torn might he applied
an,,a 11v veil 70 a street car or crowd
al ~a,,fomohi,e
-
Truck Patch Terminology.
The AGRICULTURAL terms are the
ha rdest fo u%nravel. WHY brainless
girl who is pretty and dances we'll
sho,,,d he q tomato il not explained.
Nor ia It perfectly clear why q youth
who let's, his girl paw her own way
should he an egg. unless perhap
s,,ch a nerson is considered, hard
ho;iad + isytrue that to call a per-
SON an egg has a family Insulting
sound. even If thu meaning is un-
known B11t the same might be said
Of most AGRICULTURAL terms. Yet the
meaning that we associate with them
ne nate them seem COMPLIMENTARY.
peeoh ana ninnin have long -teen
nsed to exnress praise. On the other
hand lemnn fish. and purple COW
ca ~ mearfnr Of disparaeernent.
A notato IN IL latest n is the
ma1e Of the tomato
h~ra less, hoy. TO add to the con
fusion soIirrel becomes a verb in
ths nav ma % and means to hide.
ria iarpon seems to he some.
,,ha t dim.nert from the slang that or.
IIinari1v epiivens everyday speech,
Tha ~ slang nhrase is the hap
~ ~ a INV thought Of come Wit,
~ ~ r,iln q need r~enlacea some duil
ah..-aat;on ~ = vivid mentairnfctur
u.s. T. hacone. nonnIar> n time ii
~ a;.h ~ worn o,,t nv too much nse
and vdisca rded ~ il becomes respec.
TN. Mneitsh ~recoen;zad Nv the so1.
emn maHara ~ d~icfnnaries.
Tha =sianner talk annears "a b. an
.tt.mnt ~ AZ a Mole ale iob. Ia turn
~ apt,ro Hnr,fsh vocah ,,lary 4,
,,a..h ,nto n;ct,,rasnue and snorty
na tois fet NO noun ar verb reraaif
pa.H.s. .aenas ~ W me .,nean q
rna,seu se arssn,1a d = .nd IN ores nized
NJ tarre. e-a hssresaddad everv IA,
NJ -aarns.t rnms Young phii.
I ~ AAO0SH - 1850
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and the most sacred family relations, or the freedom
of individuals wrongfully suspected of crime, which.
could have been cleared up had there been a uni
|versal system Of fnger-printing, The method is the
one single one which is generally accepted as in
fallible..
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09
THE PURPOSE.

Ten thousand born to hew and haul.
To dig the trench and build the wall,
Face dreary duties day by day. /
Fashion the steel and mold the clay,
Bear sorrows hurt Inc failures blow,
Summers hot sun and winters snow,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09

whole assortment of terms refer to
this activity in it's various aspects.
Thus a moving picture auditorium be-
comes a petting pantry; the affection
ate type of flapper is Il biscuit or a
cuddler; a peter who likes to hang
IN a boys neck is a nccker: and a
necker of the male species is a snug
|glepup.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-11-24
Thought He Couldn't Rad


Sir Arthur Balfour, at a dinner in
Washington, praised the American col.
ored people.
Il often judge Americans by the cri.
terion,' he said. IF they like col.
ored people, then l know they are Xix.
able themselves-and vice versa.
Once I visited Washington a good
many years ago. All the hotel wait.
ers were colored then, and l confess
l preferred the quaint colored service
to the present sophisticated and elab.
crate service Of the whites.
"The day Of my arrival. when NV
waiter, an old cOlored man with snowv
wool, brought me the menu. I nut a
coin In his hand and said, Just bring
me a good dinner, uncle
He brought me an exquisite dinner
and during my f~Ortnights STAY we fol.
lowed out this program daily. BY push.
Ing aside the menu and handing him
the coin, he selected a much better
Inner for me than I could have chos.
en- myself.
"The day of my departure, as 7 tool,
leave Of him, he said;
"Goodby, sir. and good luck ana
when you or any of your friends what
can't read the bill Of fare comes 70
Washington, just ask for old calbonn
Clay. "-EverybOdy's Magazine.