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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
ARMS PASS.

The two treaties limiting the naval armament
OF the five great naval powers have been approved BY
the senate by an almost unanimous vote, and these
treaties Will be ready to be put into effect as soon as
ratification has been completed by other powers.
The United States executive department has long
would become effective, and has suspended work on
much naval construction in anticipation of general
ratification. Great Britain followed a like course.
Generally it is expected that all the powers will rati-
fv, although objections have been raised III both
French and Japanese legislative bodies.
1t IS easy to see how futile acceptance of these
two treaties by the United States would have been
had this action not been preceded by acceptance of
the four-power treaty which has just been approved
by the senate. The four-power treaty creates the
conditions which make the other agreements pos
slble. Not one of the nations affected would have
been willing to disarm if there had remained condi-
tons which seemed likely to make the use of arma-
ment necessary. And even the slight reservations
attached by our senate to the earlier treaty, modify
ing it in no essential, are seized upon by irreconciali-
able lnlnorltles i'll other countries as all excuse for
opposition to the acceptance of any of the confer
ence treaties without. such changes as would make
them worthless for any purpose whatever.
II the earlier treaty had been tinkcred as was
suggested by some of those who protested them
selves to be iii favor of the program of armament
reduction there would, in all probability, have been
not a treaty approved, and if any of them had been
given a. qualified approval, there would have been
left a situation which would throw an atmosphere
operation and early abandonment. AS it, is, the
world is started on the road to a sane military and
naval policy which will give every possible assur-
ancc of peace, and which will make it safe for all
peoples to devote themselves earnestly to peaceful
activities.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
GAMBLERS.

In a recent trial IN New York city involving a
man who in earlier days had conducted gambling
houses IN Alaska and elsewhere, witnesses, some of
them quite eminent, were placed on the stand to
testify as to the character OF the man on trial. De
scribing him as an honest gambler, their testimony
OF gambling, and the possibility of a professional
gambler being honest is by some discredited.
One paper suggests that inasmucl as the pro
tesslonal gambler has his hazards so arranged that
there IS always a mathematical percentage in his
favor, he IS betting on a sure thing, and his occupa-
ton is thereby deprived of the element of good
craftsmanship, and he must be taken out of the
class Of square dealers.
Those who take that view overlook the fact
that professional gambling, that is. the operation of
a regular gambling establishment, is not a sport. but
a business. 1t is not a business that is desirable
either from the standpoint Of the operator or of the
that should be encouraged. But it is a business,
nevertheless, and one which requires the observ-
ance OF certain business principles for it's success.
When two individuals gamble in a straight
game neither has an advantage over the other. One
wins what the other loses, no more and no less.
But if these men do their gambling in an establish
ment maintained for that purpose a part of the
stakes are left with the management, according to
a percentage which is fixed and known. REGARDED
solely from the business standpoint, the owner pro
v1des a place where his patrons may gamble, and
charges a certain percentage of the receipts for the
use Of his building and equipment and the services
of his employees. Whatever improperly or I'M
morality there is, is in the business itself and it's sur
roundings, and not in the percentage of the receipts
collected as compensation for the operation Of the
business.
As to straight" gamblers, there have been
some Of them, doubtless, but very few.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
MONEY AND CAMPAIGNS.

NOBODY has yet discovered i way to carry on d
political campaign without money. There was
spent III the NewberTy campaign in Michigan some
93oO,O0O, Whercat there was a great scandal. 1t
was not shown that a vote was bought or improper
ly influenced, or that d dollar had been spent for
an lllegitimate purpose. But more money had been
spent than the statute-afterwards declared uncon-
stltutiona-said should be spent.
Mr.. Ford spent his money before he became
officially a candidate for office. With millions al
his disposal he had spent money freely to bring him.
self and his political views to the favorable atten-
ton of the public. and by the time his candidacy
was announced most Of his publicity work had been
done. The money spent on behalf of his opponent
was spent after his candidacy had been announced
In Indiana former Senator Beveridgc has been
carrying on an intensive campaign all over the
state for the past year. Hc has been delivering lee
lures and political speeches, and clubs having
"Beveridgc for senator" as their motto have sprung
up all along his trail. Mr.. Bcveridgc has been do
ing what any private citizen. has a perfect right to
do, travelling up and down his state, meeting old
friends and making new ones, preaching certain po-
litical doctrines, and creating a popular demand
that he be sent to the senate in place of Senator
New, whose term is about to expire. How much
money MIR. Beveridgc has spent the public does not
know, and it has no right to inquire. He has not
been-ottlclally-a political candidate, hence his
expenditures arc nobody's business but his own.
Nov, having covered the state thoroughly, he
has complied with the demand that his own activi-
ties have inspired, and has announced himself a
candidate. He proposes to Senator New Il strict
limitation of expenses. Senator New, apparently,
has not had the iorethougi1t to complete hiss cam
palgn before it became official, and he is now in a
quandary.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
LIVESTOCK.

Livestock marketed recently at Chicago paid
the farmer far more fol. the corn used as feed than
he could have realized in selling the grain. This is
shown by figures of actual transactions compiled by
the Iowa Experiment Station and made public here.
Lambs which sold for SIG per hundred returned
1928 a bushel for the corn they consumed, hogs
which brought $40 paid S1.35 a bushel, while 1915
steers put "a cents in the feeders pocket for every
bushel of corn thus used.
The various lots Of animals were sold through
regular marketing agencies at the Chicago Union
Stockyards and the results announced represent the
actual returns after the usual expenses of shipping
and selling on the open, competitive market had
been deducted. The poor showing made by the cat
tie as compared with the hogs and lambs is explain
ed as being due to the fact that no credit was al
lowed them for the supplementary pork produced
or for the tons Of fertilizer they had left behind on
the farm.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
DANIEL BOONE'S
FIRST HOME IS
GOING TO RUIN

Reading. Pa.-Deteriorated by the
elements 1t has withstood for 1872
years, the stone house in the foot
hills Of Exeter township. Berks county. {
where Daniel Boone. the Kentucky
pioneer, was born. is slowly failing
to ruin from lack Of care. Until two
years & the house had been Ten
anted and the necessary repairs made,
but now it is deserted, the cellar full
Of water, windows broken, floors de-
caying and the 100 acres OF cstate arc
uncared for.
. The farm is situated about one and
a half miles from Stonersville. The
lane leading to the premises is
marked by a large white rock placed
county, on which is the inscription 4
"One quarter mile to the birthplace
of Daniel Boone, Oct. %. 1888"
In this connection it may be said
that some authorities give the date
Of his birth as 1874 and 1875, and his
birthplace, Bucks. county, Penpsyl-
vania.
According to history, Boone stayed
here until he was II years Of age,
when he went to Kentucky. Tradi-
ton has it hat it was nearby that J .
killed his first bear when he was II
years old and he was SO proud OF his
achievement that he carved an in
SCrlpClOn on q tree Win MS n0ntlQ&
knife. reading: ID. Boone killed 4
bar near here" ' z.
The house has four. rooms on the
first floor, six on the second and an
attic. The original Boone dwelling
had two rooms on the first floor and
three on the second, but an addition
similar to the original in every re-
spect was made after the family mi
grated. 80
One of the original rooms contains
a large fireplace made OF stones and
still in good condition. Here it was
on the mantlepiece, according to ira
dttion, that young Boone carved a
notch indicating his height when he
went to Kentucky, and pom his ref
turn In middle age was interested tA
see how much he had grown How
ever, the historic notch cannot be
discovered on the m~antlepiece.
The shutters and doors OF the dwell
ling are hung on wrought iron hinges
and still r in good condition, but
many Of the windows are broken, per-
hitting rain and snow to enter and
causing the floor to decay.
Efforts have been made to have the
state purchase the house where the
pioneer was born, and still more re-
Gently there have been reports that
the Historical society Of Clarke
county. KY, has Interested itself in the
possible purchase OF the farm for his
tOrical purposes. The farm Is valued
at $4,000, according ia. late estimateA
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
THE UNIT RULE.

In the call for the Republican convention to be
held at Jamestown, Chairman Spalding recommends
that in the proceedings of the convention the unit
rule be not enforced. 1t is SO long since there has
been any discussion of the unit rule that many
people have almost forgotten it, and there may be
others who have never learned what it is.
The unit rule was familiar as a political device
for keeping the control Of delegations in the hands
Of astute managers. A county convention, for in
stance, over which one faction had established con-
troll, would elect as members of its delegation to
the state convention a majority who could be relied
on to stay hitched, and the remaining places would
be distributed wherever such appointments were
likely to smooth out some of the friction which had
developed$ The delegation would be instructed to
vote as a unit on all questions. Under that instruc-
ton the delegation would be polled and its entire
vote would be cast by the chairman in favor Of the
action favored by the majority. The minority mem
bers had nothing to say.
Attempts have been made on several occasions
70 invoke the unit rule at Republican national CON
~yentions, bnt in each elsewhere this has been at.
tempted the plan was blocked BY the decision 81 the
convention thai, any instructions BY state conven-
tions TO the contrary notwithstanding the unit rule
vas contfsry IL the principles of the Republican
partky z0dSthat under no rctlnstsnee would any
MMAM M AA&N LT GT
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
JUGO-SLAWA is
LACKING IN &c.
COOPERATION

Belgrade-The political consolida-
ton Of the new kingdom of JuKo-
slavla Is not proceeding Is rapidly or
satisfactorily as friends Of the coun-
try might wish. despite the fact that
1t has a unified constitution t o which
most of the parties of the state have
subscribed.
There. not lacking among the
various racial elements in the popula-
ton evidences Of antagonism and lack
of cooperation.
One racial group feels itself su-
perior to the other, and thinks in con-
SEQUENCE it ought to have a greater
voice IN the affairs of the country.
The 'Serbtans, for example, feel that
by reason of their numbers and their
experience In government and state
craft, they N the most important
element In Jugosnvh and should have
the dominant part In ending the
country's destinies.
Feel Superior. =.
The Croats and Slovenes, on the
other hand, feel tR1at the education.
culture and modern training they re-
ceived under the Austrtans, gives them
An Intellectual and cultural superiority
over their brother Slavs to the south
and that therefore thky are the best
4uesAAACN W lEAA LILO 0AILOn nrOORn
the difficult days of Organisation, re-
construction and consolidation.
The old Austrian empire systenn-
ticRlly encouraged discord between
the Serbs and Croats, and held out to
the Croats as a reward the hope of q
great Croatiap state within the Haps-
burg monarchy. In some parts of
Croatia that hope still persists.
Frequent Ofiees."
In the. Jugoslav cabinet there are
no less than 10 members representing
all political and racial groups and i'm
portant geographical areas equal rem
r~esentation. Even the Mohammedan
population Of Bosnia and Macedonia
have a Voice in the ministry, there
being four Moslem members. The
sittings of the cabinet often are char
acterized by bitter acrimony and par
,tisan strife. Cabinet "crises'' occur
But while all, this party discord
and racial discord exist, few doubt
that the nation ultimately will reach
its goal Of political and social unifica-
ton. The process will necessarily be
slow, probably fraught with many
difficulties $50
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
OLD WRECKAGE FOUND.

acknowledgements Of a wreck be-
lieved to date. back to a Dutch-Span-
ish battle in 1641 have been brought
to the surface by salvage workers in
Lerwick harbor.
FOUR ancient cannon, each seven
feet long with three inch bore, have
been salvaged and these have been
supplemented by massinge oak tim
bers, which r in q good state of
preservation:
It is believed that the -wreck is that
Of a Dutch warship which, with three
East Indiamen. was attacked by 10
armed ships Of Dnnkirk Chen. Span
fsh) in Bressay Sound, on June IL,
1e41. After a fierce engagement. two
Of the Indiar1en were sunk and the
third escaped hile tho Dutch war
ship. was coEnpelled to surrender.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
DIV. why haven't you been up?"
OIL don't know. 1 was COM

lllS .'..... .-... .-. .. .'
well, l. had to come" she said.
He made no reply. He could thinS
OF none to make. 81
h turned sharply away from the
window and came towards him, a
diant again. as at e entry.
Well, l X you best when you're
thinking. You puzzle, don't you
MarKo? You've got a funny old
head. I believe you live in your old
head, you know. Puzzling things
Clever beast! l wish 1 could live in
mine" And she gave a note OF
laughter.
Where do you live, Nona"'
i don't live. I Just go on"-she
paused-'flotsam."
Strange word to use, strangely
spoken! g ~
1t seemed to Sabre to drop with a
strange. detached effect into the con-
versahon between them. His habi,
of visualizing inanimate thing caused
him to see as it were a pool between
them at their feet, MI from the word
dropped into it, ripples that came to
his feet upon his margin of the pool
n to her feet upon5hers.
He tool h word away from its
personal application. = II believe
tnatS rather what I swast thinking
about when you came Mona. About
how we just &c on-flotsam. Don't
know on a river where it's tidal,
I or on the seashore at the turn. The
mass Of stuff you see there, driftwood
n spent foam and stuff, just float
ing there. ~uneasily, brought in and
left there-from somewhere; and
then presently the tide begins to take
It and it's drawn off and moves away
and goes-souaewhere. Arrives and
loo n goes. That's mysterious,
Nona?"
r. Continued Tomorrow Evening.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31

1p
E26arl6uezd
PETER N PAUL.

" 4DAASb AMI fAO1A
Peters the fellow I go to whenever
Paul presses his claim.
Peter is easy to deal with, Peters
not ready. with blame:
Paul has a wav Of insisting I shall be
true to my word,
And hints OF a Anal accounting when
ever a debt is incurred.
Peter is pleasant. and smiling and
ready to lend when he can,
Paul oders counsel and caution and
talks OF the ways Of a man,
And whenever Paul's debts must be
settled 2 l must return what T
And haven't the money Il promised.
to borrow from Peter I 30.
But the more that I think about
Peter. the greater my fancy for
I know he'd be first to defend me il
ever disaster should fall, ~
For Peter thinks only Of money aid
smtlingly reckons his fee.
While, Paul, when he whispers of
caution, thinks not Of himself but
Paul would defend me from trouble,
you'd shield and protect my re-
noWn,
But Peter would add to my burdens
n smiAngly let me 30 down.
les, Peter the pleasant would wreck
me, and gloat when I rode TO my
So the more that I learn shout Peter.
q greater my fondne@ for Paul.
TO squeeze metal plates, together,
and close a large rivet on them, a
pressure OF between $50 andSzNo tons
The .houaehoid expenses 81 the
ops exceeded I'VE thousand dollars
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
NAME AN

Neither Senator McCumber nor MI. Gronna has
any claim on Independent votes in this. campaign.
Senator McCunber5 has never raised a hand to pro-
tect the state from the raids made upon it BY Mr..
Iownley and his cohorts, but on the contrary has
kept himself in a position to cooperate quietly with
the Townley machine whenever and however it
to his advantage to do so. Mr.. Gronna was
turned down cold by Townley two years ago, and
naturally did not like it. This year he made a d.
rect bid for the support of the element within the
league antagonistic to Townley, and he has the sup
port of a very considerable element within that
group now, although he failed to receive the official
nomination of the convention.
The campaign to be waged by McCumber,
Gronna and Frazier is likely to develop into a cut
throat game in which it will be a case of the devil
take the hindmost. AS a plain case of practical pol
tics it seems now that the prospects of the indie
%pendents have been bettered materially by the do
|1ngs at the Fargo convention, and if there'is selected
tor this candidacy a man who is thoroughly COM
initted to the principles for which the independents
stand, whose record is clear and beyond question, he
should be able to walk off with the nomination at
the June primary. 1t would be foolish to assert that
any man could go into such a campaign with any
certainty of success. A contest for the United States
senatorship in a state like North Dakota, with four
candidates struggling for the nomination of one
party, with perhaps 100000 votes to be divided
among the four, is no certainty for anybody. But
as the situation stands today the chances of an in
dependent candidate. appear to be decidedly better
than those of-any Of the other three men now in. the
field.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31
DEau HERE TODAY.

-~~~ ~N~ 4O~A
After eight years Of married life
Mark Sabre gradually realizes that he
Is neither understood by his prosaic and
snobbish wife, Mabel. nor by his col:
Sabre. A promised partnership in the
business has been denied him and prom.
Used to Twyning. jealous associate
Suddenly an old sweetheart. Mona, now
comes suspicious when Mona writes
Sabre an informal invitation to visit her
GO ON WITH THE STORY.
AN invitation? Whyever didn't
she write me?" "Whyever' again.
May 1 see it?"
He took the letter from his pocket
and handed it to her. IT'S not ex.
actly an invitation-not formal"
She did what he called clicked
the letter out Of its envelope. He
watched her reading it and in his
mind he could e as perfectly as she
with her eyes, the odd, neat script; ir
his mind he read it with her, word b,
word.
Dear Marko-We're back. We've
been from China to Peru-almost
Come up n day and be bored abou,
1t. How are you? Mona.
His thought was, Damn the let.
ter!",
Mabel handed it back, without re.
turning it to its envelope. She said
NO, it's not formal"
She shipped three roses with as.
tonishing swiftness-snip, snip, snip!
In half an hour the shallow baske,
was beautiful with fragrant bloom,
and Mabel thought she had enough
We'll, that's that said Sabre al
they re-entered the morning room.
b took up a creamy rose an6
shipped of a fragment Of stalk ovel
the saucer. why does she call yor
'Marko'?'"
He was utterly taken aback. I,
but Mabel, he would have quite failed
to connect it with the letter. Blu,
here had distinctly been en- incident
over the letter, though so far closed
as he had imagined, that he was com.
pletely surprised.
He said, Who? Nona?"
Yes, Mona, il you like. Lady Ty.
bar"
why. she always has. You know
that"
Mabel put the rose into a specimen
a speck off of it's petals with her fin.
"n. "HnnS s ~.
MaDe,, YOU knp" you 40 1ou
A'u .sW5a .rSv1 nealu ne.'
weh = Mss nave. but !ons 9
letters" !, - ~ ~,
He felt he was growing angry.
What on rearth's the d~iference2"
se1a.s ~ me sneres q grea,
ueai " u!Ielence ! otohI Aho" snt
"lute YOU le IE .9-
1Iaa was ansry. Damn H. sn'
ooesn ! wna.e me .ettel .x
Sae = ler snouiue,s' 1ot
Sem 70 ~ tneAn' anyway.
M~aoaenins:
Ana 'neh ne not 80.
ims r. 10 We - Mtns. 1nas y
Just what happens, sae SAID, wei
TINS as slly. kn3wn ner-weve
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31

No matter what statcsmcntdo, it will take some
time tn establish brotherly love in Belfast 81
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31

Nomattcr what statesmen do, it will take some
time to establish brotherly love in Belfast.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31

The department Of agriculture is trying out an
herb that will take the place Of tea. What is it,
hay?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-31

Continued Tomorrow Evening.
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We'll, J. had to come she said.
He made no reply. He could think
of none to make. 81
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-17
nUlLp Nor BONG

One Of tho easiest and most cheer.
full Jobs in life Is to toll the world
that Vermont ought to have tho best
roads in tho country, hard surface
roads, dustless roads, wide roads,
we ! graded roads, and all other yir.
tues in roads that imaginat on can
contemplate and which an expendi.
ture OF $50 900 per mile might pro
vide.
II 10 very nearly certain, too. that
Vermonters are pretty we agreed as
to what they would like in the mat.
tor 0. road construction. We read
occasionally OF advocates OF gravel
roads, partisans o. cement roads sup.
porte.s Of dirt roads, etc, but there
is no real difference and certainly no
dividing line All arc for the best
roads o6tanabIe cement roads
where no other material viii stand
the traffic, gravel roads as next best,
and well drained dirt roads for those
thoroughfares where II ia impossible
70 provide anything better
The only real di ference OF opin-
ion Is how best to 30 to work to get
what all want, whether by bonding the
state or by paying for what we have
as We 90 along. 1t is our op!nic9 that
bonding the state would be tie most
eXtrayagant and Wasteful method the
state could adopt and that Vermont
can secure the very best modern, i'm.
proved system OF highways more
quickly and for half the money by
paying as 1t proceeds rather than by
bonding the state.
1t Is probably rather generally
agreed that any acceptable system Of
hard surface roads wou d include one
trunk line up each side Of the state,
one from White River Junction 10
Burlington and not less than three
crossstate lines. Let US see what
win be required,
! The distance rom the Mas sacnus,
etts line to the Canada line on IRE
west side OF the state Is ia miles
and on the east side Is us miles.
Cali It $50 for the two. From White
( River Junction TO Burlington IS az.
proxinately 100 miles, From White
; River Junction to Ponltney( via Ru;-
and, 70 miles. From Springfield or
Bellows Fails 10 Manchester 90 miles,
I From St. Johnsbury to either ESSEX
Junction or st, Adams 100 mites.
From St. Adams to RIchford 80
mi OK. These distances are not all
Ipreciseiy acctrate but not far from
correct. Anyhow the total viii not
vary nue. from 700 miles and this