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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13
PAINTS PICTURE
OF PROSPERITY
War Finance Head Breathes Optimism
as to Future in Speech at
Fargo This Week
STEADY IMPROVEMENT SHOWN
Has Toured Country from One End
to the Other

"The country is not poor; the coun-
try is not broke; the country never
looked so promising and the future
never held out brighter or more hope
full prospects than it does now, and l
am not speaking only Of the east but
of that section of the country lying
west of the Mississippe river"
Thus said Eugene Meyer, Jr., of
New York, managing director of the
United States War Finance corpora
tion, in an address delivered at Fargo
Monday evening.
The speaker is on his way back to
Washington after trip, taken at the
request Of President Harding, for the
purpose of getting information at first
hand from all sections of the United
States which he will lay before the
chief executive. He has visited many
southern and western states, and will
visit northern and central states on
his return.
"Of this section west of the Missis-
sippi, no part looks any better than
North Dakota" he said. 1--WE have
no misgivings about the loans that
have been placed here. Most of these
loans have gone to the smaller coun-
try banks that most directly serve the
farmer. We have been told that with
a good crop we shall be surprised
at the speed with which repayments
will be made. We wish you to un-
derstand that we realize your condi-
tion here. We know you are largely
one crop country and we know that
you cannot obtain money to any great
degree until that crop is sold. We
are therefore not expecting liquida-
tion in the immediate future. wish
to bring you that assurance.
"The big crisis that we have exper-
fenced is past. The people are no
longer thinking about their troubles
and the difficulties of the past. They
are looking to the future with great
deal of confidence. Their confidence
is based on good, sound, economic
grounds. They have right to be
confident, based on the condition of
the times. The country never looked
so capable of making constructive
progress as it does at present. l feel
that l can say this with some author
ity. l can say it, having as compre-
hensive view of the situation as any
one in the country, for have been in
contact with as wide sweep of the
citizenship of the nation as any man
in recent months.
"Our work has been largely to help
restore confidence. We have attempt
ed to get the financial machinery back
into running order, and we attempted
to do this as quickly as possible. We
could not stop to organize an entirely
new machine. That is why we could
not make loans directly to the farm
ers. We had to use the machinery
that was already in existence in order
to get immediate results. If we had
not used the existing machinery, if we
had stopped to organize new system,
we would perhaps still be organizing
instead Of having actually loaned over
$500, 100000.
eve have received tangible evidence
Continued on page ~
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13


Governor Nestos has appointed Fred
B. Ingstad of this city delegate to
the national good roads convention to
be held at Phoenix, Arizona, April "a
to 29. The appointment comes as one
of the results of letter written by
Mr.. Ingstad to the governor, upon
which he was highly complimented by
the state good roads secretary and
which contained a most comprehensive
outline of the states needs in regard
to highways. It is merely a proper
recognition Of Mr.. Ingstad's ability.
And that isn't all. The other day
the Dickey county democrats assem-
bled in convention and selected Fred
to make the race for the state legis-
lature this fall.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL
Minutes of Special and Regular Meet
ings as Reported by Auditor
March. 8, 1922.


The finance committee of the city
council met on March 8, 1922. Upon
roll call the following members re-
sponded as present:
A. G. Anderson, aye; T. H. Ferber,
aye; S. Bergenthal, aye. City Attor-
ney A. P. Guy was present.
Mr.. Girton appeared before the
committee and made protest against
the valuation placed. on the property
of the Midwest Power Company by
the city in 1921 for taxation purposes.
The committee requested the Power
company to present written request
for reduction in amount of tax for the
year.
Upon motion the committee ad-
journed.
w. R. Whitver,
City Auditor.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13

Word has reached Oakes that VIM.
Mills, who left here some time ago
for California, is seriously i'll. For
the benefit of those of his friends who
may wish to write him or offer COM
fort in any way, we wish to state
that his address is Park View Hotel,
Long Beach, Calf. Mail will be for
warded to the hospital from the hotel.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13
MAKES REPORT
ON CONDITIONS
Nurse Sent Here to Investigate Health
of School Children Makes Some
Startling Disclosures
2oae HAVE DEFECTIVE VISION
Majority Of Pupils Urgently in Need
of Dental Attention

A4AoS 0OASs HoAASyS CllS uuISS VIII
was sent to Dakes BY The North Da-
ikota tuberculosis association, has
completed her examination of the
health and child welfare conditions of
Oakes. Monday evening she spoke to
a crowd of parents and citizens that
filled the high school assembly room
beyond the point of comfort, giving
the results of her findings, and her
suggestions for improvement.
She spoke highly of the discipline
and school spirit maintained in the
city schools, which reflected credit
upon both the parents and teachers.
In this respect she assured us that
Oakes ranks high among the schools
of the state in which she has worked.
She found much smaller percentage
than usual here of children who are
underweight and undernourished. She
attributed this fact to the regular
practice that has been in vogue for
nearly two years Of weighing the
children each month. The systematic
weighing and measuring has called
the attention Of pupils and parents to
problems of nourishment, and evident
ly with good results.
For our buildings she had not one
good word to say. Some IS pupils
out Of the 400 odd, or over 20es, have
defective vision. This is percentage
several times as great as that of the
average school, and is undoubtedly
due to the insufficient and improper
lighting of the old school buildings
here, one Of the principal reasons why
these buildings were condemned by
the. state authorities some time ago.
A majority of the pupils are in need
of dental attention. This was dis
closed by the examinations made by
the dentists of the city during "show
your teeth" week last spring, but evil
IDENTIFY in many cases the troubles that
were discovered have not been recti-
fled. The sale of tooth brushes took
a big jump as a result of Miss Farley's
recommendations to the children and
their parents, and more care has been
evidenced in such matters of personal
hygiene since her investigation.
She urged that the community as a
unit stand behind all movements for
the welfare Of the children Of Cakes.
Among the things needed she en-
phasized more stringent curfew laws,
and more thorough enforcement Of
such ordinances. She also suggested
that the under-nourished children be
provided with fresh milk during the
day at school as the most effective
means of getting up to normal health
and efficiency.
Miss Farley is apparently fearless,
and a tireless worker. She stepped on
a few toes during the week Of her in
vestigations here, but there is no
question that the community as q
whole was aroused to an interest in
health conditions and proper environ
ment for it's young people as result
Of her activities, that has not been
felt for many a moon. This was real
ly the objective for which she waa
working.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13

Earl Romsdal Of York, Nebr., who
visited relatives at Glover for some
time, passed through Oakes Monday
on his way home.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13

m April 3, 1922.
Regular meeting of the city council
Of the city of Oakes, North Dakota,
held April 8, 1922.
Upon roll call the following men,
bers of the city council responded as
present:
Mayor C. E. Knox, Aldermen T. H.
Ferber, A. G. Anderson, S. Bergen
thai, j. d. Scott, P. j. Aasen and M.
o. Jacobs.
Minutes of regular meeting of Mch.
6, 1922, and of meeting of finance
committee of Mch. 8, 1922, read and
record of committee meeting approved
as read.
Objection was made to the record of
the meeting held on March 6, 1922,
and the auditor was instructed to make
note Of correction as follows:
cat the meeting Of March 6, 1922,
Hoar and Peterson made application
to have permission to erect q frame
building 24x50 feet, clad with steel.
on lot 21, block 9, of the Original
Plat of the city. Alderman 7. H. Fer
ber moved that such application be
approved and that Hoar and Peter
son be granted permission to erect
such building. Motion was duly Sec
onded by Alderman M. o. Jacobs and
ruled out Of order by Mayor C. E.
Knox for the reason that application
specified building Of a type the or
dinances of the city prohibit within
the fire limits of the city,"
Alderman S. Bergenthal moved to
adjourn for the purpose of assembling
as a canvassing board. Motion sec
onded by Alderman ]. D. Scott and
upon roll call carried, the vote being:
Alderman T. H. Ferber, aye; Alder
man A. G. Anderson, aye; Alderman
S. Bergenthal, aye; Alderman ]. D.
Scott, aye; Alderman P. ]. Aasen, aye;
Alderman M. o. Jacobs, aye.
The city cuncil convened as a cam
vassing board for the purpose of can
vassing the result Of the city election
held on April 8, 1922.
Upon roll call the following men,
bers responded as present:
Mayor c. E. Knox, Aldermen T. H.
Ferber, S. Bergenthal, A. G. Ander-
son, j. d. Scott, p. j. Aasen and M. O.
Jacobs.
The ballots cast at the election held
on April 8, 1922, were counted and the
books Of the election board checked.
The result Of the election was found
to be:
First Ward
Fer alderman-C. o. johnson 80.
L. A. Sieberg /. For park commits
sioner-Sara Ferber AZ, A. P. Guy as.
Second Ward
For Alderman-P. ]. Aasen, mems
vote 36, women's vote 8, total IA: for
park commissioner-A. P. Guy, mems
vote %, women's vote s, total 33; Sara
Ferber, mems vote 8, women's vote 8.
total IL.
Continued on page 81
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13

For Alderman. ]. Aasen, mems
vote 36, women's vote 8, total a.; for
park commissioner-A. p. Guy, mems
vote %, women's vote s, total SO; Sara
Ferber, mems vote 8, women's vote 8,
total IL.
(Continued on papa AZ
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-13

Fred Roney, j. H. Coulter and Char
ley johnson, assessors Of Bear Creek
township, Oakes city and Riverdale
township, respectively, went to Ellen
dale Wednesday morning to get the
tax books preparatory to beginning
the work Of assessing.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

!, Liberal and Conservative parties,
There is, however, no agreement among
the followers of Lloyd George about
their attitude towards the Labor Party.
Mr.. Llevd George himself has said
nothing against the party, while Mr..
Chamberlain has been Joined by Mr..
Churchill In appealing against the al-
legged socialist and communist ten-
denotes of that party.
What position the Labor party will
hold in the new Parliament Is among
the most interesting questions. They
number seventy-scven in the present
Parliament, but are now much better
organized, and expect to return at least
15O members to tho new House and
possibly as many as $50 The Labor
ties and Asaaithian Liberals might
have much greater success If they could
arrive at working agreement and not
fight each other but the Laborites have
always refused such an arrangement,
and as both parties insist upon running
candidates the result Is number of
threc-cernered contests, In which the
Conservative wins on minority vote
through the splitting of the progress
slve vote between Labor and Liberals.
Another interesting point is what
part Lord Robert Cecil will take in the
coming campaign. He is a Unionist,
but has long opposed the whole coaH-
tion policy, and has in his political OUT
look more affinity with the Liberals and
Labor than with the policy represented
by Lloyd George or the late Coalition.
If he would be content to throw in his
lot with the Free Liberals or Labor he
could almost certainly count upon
being accepted as q leader.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Banker Adds Details to
Alleged Auto Fraud Plot

Leonard w Simmons, member of the
20 Broadway, gave some additional de-
tails yesterday of the alleged attempt
to draw his firm into S6,00O,000 deal
which was said to have been based
upon an automobile theft swindle en-
gineered from Detroit, Edward J.
Sweeney was arrested in Detroit Satur-
day just as he was about to accept a
check for $40 900 from a representative
of the Richard bank as first payment
Of capital to promote a huge automo-
bile export plan.
Sweeney represented himself to be
an agent Of the General Motors Cor
poration and really was connected with
that company for long time," said
Mr.. Simmons. HE was we'll known in
Detroit and New York. In Detroit he
had made the best Of his General Mo-
tors Corporation connection, we will
charge, to gain social standing and
business reference. That he was sue
cessful in this we are able to show by
the references he offered to us.
"He agreed to furnish large num-
bers of General Motors cars in all
styles at attractive prices, and we be-
lieved in his ability to do so. We were
interested az exporters. AS bank we
were willing to finance the plan within
reasonable limits. Then we learned
that sample car submitted and sold
Immediately in New York had been
stolen in Detroit.
"The Detroit police are now looking
for a large number of stolen cars Of
General Motors make"
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Harding Sends Out
Near East Appeal,
Naming Sponsors
Every State and Possession
Is Represented ON the
Committee to Promote
Extension of II e / e {

WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-Appoint-
raent by President Harding Of COM
mittee Of sponsors, representing every
state, territory and insular possession
Of the Union, to aid in the extension
of Near East relief, was announced
tonight ut the White House.
The President, in appointing these
Sponsors, the White House announce
nent said, informed them that he de-
sired them ito cooperate with the
American Red Cross and the Near East
Relief and with the co-ordinating COM,
nittee made up of the heads of the
organizations interested in relief work
in the Near East, Of which Mr.. VIII
II. Hays is chairman, in making known
to all OF our sountrymen the great call
which has come out of the Near East
"More than half million suffering
human beings, the ajority women and
children, are dependert on the beneyo-
lence of America the Presidents mes
sage said. "The Red Cross and Near
East relief committees, working in
harmony and supported by all benevo-
lent organizations, are responding to
the CALL The co-ordinating committee
is helping develop the money-raising
campaign and bringing into concerted
action all the forces possible. Yoa
will not be burdened with details, but
the association of your name will be
great influence in their work in your
community"
Governors of the various states, ter
ritories and insular possessions have
been selected as ex ofIicio members of
the committee on which more than $50
private citizens have been named. Of
the latter the largest number are from
New York City and are as follows:
John &. Agar, Mrs. August Belmont,
Cornelius N. Bliss Sr., Mrs. Nicholas F.
Brady, Edwin M. Bulkley, Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, Judge John p Clarke,
Barron Collier, Mrs. Henry P. Dawson,
Cleveland H. Dodge, Mrs. William X.
Draper, Maurice Francis Egan, Abram
I. Elkus, DR.. John H. Finley, Raymond
Fosdick, Mrs. John French, Wilfred
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

the Department of Justice, also as
sailed the speech of the Attorney Gem
erai. Captain Scaife now is counsel
for the Woman's Clean Government
organization.
THAT MIR. Daagherty and other Of
ticials," said Captain Scaife, 'had no
intention to prosecute the big graft
ers is evidenced by the fact that il
was nearly three years after the ar
mistice before the Department of Jus
tice would recommend to Congress
the passage of an act to extend the
statute of limitations in cases of at
tempts to defraud the United States;
and when such an act was finally
passed the initiative was taken in this
matter by private individuals, and not
by any official of the government.
"This ought effectively TO answer
the claims Of the Attorney General as
TO the great work which was proceed
ing in his department when the situa.
tion was carried to Congress and TO
the people"
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Two Called Perjurers
I'm Trial of Union Agent

CHICAGO, Oct. % Confessions that
they perjured themselves III the trial
OF Thomas Walsh, business agent of
the Sheet Metal Workers Union, who
was charged with the murder OF AdoIph
Georg, saloonkeeper. ard his bartender
George Cast, are alleged to have been
made to-day by Martin Byrne. u bar
tender, and John Norton, clerk in the
municipal court, according to announce
ment tonight by NJ. S. Stewart, Assist
ant States Attorney. Dennis Mackey,
an employee in the County Treasurer's
Office, also Is being held as the result
of the alleged confessions.
Georg and Cast were killed in
Georg's saloon last December 10 and
it was charged that number of labor
leaders and politicians were present
when the shooting occurred. Walsh
was acquitted Of the Georg murder
charge and is now facing trial on the
charge Of killing CAST.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Slashes Wife, Breaks Leg
Negro Falls Down Stairs After
Argument and lis Arrested

Dennis Washington, negro, wen!
to call on his wife ar 66 West 1880
Street yesterday evening, and in the
course Of an argument slashed her
arm and check. She complained 80
loudly that Dennis cut short his call
and departed.
An ambulance surgeon attended to
Mrs. Washington and Patrolman
Sinners and Detective Scott, surmising
that Dennis might return to resume
the argument, sat down to wait for
him. They were only midway in their
first cigar when there was clatter
and thump on the stairs.
Their surmise was correct. Dennis
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Clothing Makers W ork
Better In Easy Chairs

AS q man sits, SO shall he
work
This anatomical discovery was
announced yesterday by the Joint
Board Of Sanitary Control of the
Ladies Garment Industry. fol-
towing the completion OF an in
vestigation Of seating and light
ing in $50 New York garment
manufacturing shops.
Experiments conducted in con-
nection with the inquiry showed
that clothing workers provided
with special chairs having saddle
shaped seats and adjustable backs
suffered far less from fatigue
and were able to do better work
than workers forced to sit on or
diaary cane or kitchen chairs.
Bad seating, it was discovered,
produces round shoulders, sunken
chests, deyiations of the spine
and similar troubles.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

Funk. Edward s. Hardness, Mrs. e. III.
Hartman, Will H. Hays, the Most Rev.
Patrick j. Hayes, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss
James, Mrs. John s. Kennedy, Thomas
w. Lamont, the Right Rev. William 7.
Manning, William Fesiowes Morgan,
Henry Morgenthau, DR.. John r.. Mott,
Frank Al. Munsey, George A.. plimpton,
Frank j.. Polk, DR.. Henry Pritehett,
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, John b. Rockefeller
ir.. Franklin d. Roosevelt, Elihu Root,
John y. Ryan, Mortimer l.. schiff, Al
bert Shaw, daniel Smiley, DR.. Robert
Il. speer, Melville 4. Stone, Mrs.
Willard d. Straight, Oscar $. Straus,
Lucien /. Thomas, Mrs. Frank A.
Vanderlip, Mrs. Henry Willard, George
E. Vincent. Felix M. Warburg, George
w. Wickcrsham, DR.. Talcott Williams
and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

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v1ollnlst, to quartettes, bands, orchesras,
etc, IS experienced when listening to the
Vocation. Its powers of reproduction are
extraordinary Its tone rich, full, pure and
distinctive.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
51ade by a Great S,lnsical Instrument House

The Vocation is the Aeolian Company's
phonograph. Built with the fine care, skill
and experience which are back Of ali Aeolian
instruments, it attains perfection in tone
reproduction to be found in no other
phonograph. All Of the pleasure received
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

had returned. He was ,v,an
foot Of the stairs, down JAZZ q the
fallen, with his right antias "a as had
broken. The same doctor wv snd leg
his wife took him to Harlem Enesd
q prisoner. nespisal
Evening star., 1922-01-03
DRY ENFORCEMENT
DECLARED SUCCESS
Prohibitionists Report Nine
Tenths of Country Almost
Wholly Under Ban.

BY the Associated Press,
CHICAGO, January 3.-Prohibition
Is excellently enforced in nine-tenths
of the area of the country and In the
remainder Is sufficiently well en-
forced to be very great improve
ment over the license system.
This is the result of an inyestiga-
tion covering several months, through
official channels and direct inquiry. as
announced today by Deets Pickett,
research secretary Of the board of
prohibition, temperance and public
morals of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The organization of the
church was used as one OF the
agencies of information. which was
obtained from 10000 heads Of churches
and with numerous leaders Of the
1 100000 lay adherents. The state
ment includes no figures not per-
senally verified. Mr.. Pickett states.
Decrease In Consumption.
The investigation showed that
there has been an enormous de-
crease in the consumption of liquor.
decrease not less than S5 and pos
sibly more than 80 per cent" accord
ing to Mr.. Pickett. This has re-
suited in a very large decrease In the
number of arrests for drunkenness
and in a very considerable increase
in the purchasing power OF the poor
and of the skilled and unskilled
laborers." says the report.
I'm San Francisco prohibition de-
creased arrests for drunkenness in its
first year from 1854 to 1874. In Los
Angeles. from 1880 to 2.689 IN bos-
ton 1t was from 52.6S2 to 16.487. In
Baltimore, in the last wet October.
there were 1.165 arrests for drunken
ness and in the first dry October. l!S.
We have similar reports from the
heads Of police of Washington. st.
Paul. Lincoln, Galveston, St Louis and
other cities.
THE fact of increased purchasing
power is attested by signed state
ments of the secretaries of chambers
Of commerce. real estate dealers. FUR
niture and musical instrument deal
ers and merchants Of many kinds.
Fewer Petty Crimes
There has also been large de-
crease in petty crimes. In Boston
prohibition brought about decrease
t, in the number of cases of assault from
2,127 to 1913 IN one year. In st. Louis
petit larceny declined from 6,167 to
3.5O3.
There has also been decrease in
more serious crimes in many cities.
The wet propagandists have spoken
much of a crime wave in New York.
] have it on the authority of the COM
missioner of police of the city of New
York that in 1918 there were 1l,6ll
Evening star., 1922-01-03

burglaries and in 1920 only $3.50. He
makes similar statements as to COM
missions of crime of serious nature on
other charges. #
Even better results have been OBJ
tained in rural and small town dis
tricts.
Less Financial Distress.
There has been a startling decrease
In poverty and financial distress. The
hospitals have been relieved. In
Philadelphia In six months Of the last
wet year there were 1,1S4 cases of
alcoholism in general hospitals, and
in the same months of the next year
276. Similar reports have been re-
ceived from other cities.
1T Is frequently stated by alcohol
propagandists that there Is in the
United States enormous Illicit dis
tillation,- that nearly every family
makes alcohol. Obviously, this Is sim
ply an expression of opinion. In
America only few families Of Ger
man extraction know how to make
palatable beer. Whisky. llllcitly pro-
duced. IS SO nearly non palatable that
only habitual alcoholics can consume
1t. Private distillation and brewing,
while 1t worries the prohibition Of
fcers by necessitating many arrests,
Is an insignificant factor.
prohibition Ia q relative success
now, and is on the road to complete
success"