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THE BEACH, N. D., ADVANCE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,
THE BEACH ADVANCE
W. IF. ~SIHNG, EDITOR AND PUBLISIlER
A~ BEACIL NORTH DAKOTA, EVERY THURSDAY
at Beach, North Dakota, on May 8, 1908 as second
~la~s matter
STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATIONS
tions in North Dakota, South Dakota. Montana and Minnesota.
$2.00. To all otTaer states, $..50.
OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY NEWSPAPER
WHY WE "HORN IN"
In its issue of last week the Wibaux Pioneer-Gazette
~w a fit in an editorial,entitled "Territorial Rights," and
~d off with saying: The Advance would like to make
Wibaux a suburb of Beach." And further that "It (presum-
z~dy the Advance) thinks the Pioneer-Gazette is not covering
the news of its own locality sufficiently and finds some
excuse to horn in on our territory." Continuing, the Gazette
~ maya:
"If we were as partial in our news coverage as the
Advance has been there would have been no need for a
second paper in Beach, which is very regretable. Nobody
hated to see this more than we, because two papers in
a town the size of Beach is a double tax on the merchants
and people generally.
"But then, if an editor stirs up faction he must
expect to meet with opposition. But let him keep his
factional tendencies to his own town and to his own
state, There is no faction to be appeased here, and no
interest to be served outside of Wibaux's own COM-
MUNITY paper, which it is proud to say stands out in
dress and appearance above many weeklies in any of our
surrounding territory. And we have tried to keep
within our own backyard and have respected the ethics
which belongs to editors and the rights of others."
We don't know what this is all about, and sympathise
with the Gazette's fit of indigestion.
We have a large number of subscribers between here
and Wibaux and north and south of that town. These have
frequently asked us to place a correspondent at Wibaux to
give them news from that side of the state line as well as
from east of the line. This we have done as an accommoda-
tion to them and are pleased to say the news service from
over there has brought us a number more subscribers, and
~rhaps it is this fact that "irates" the erudite publisher of
eGazette, whom we hope will feel better after working the
cussedness out of his system.
We might tell of our readers' comparisons made between
the two papers as one of the reasons for added subscriptions
from that direction, some saying that with our solidly set
type and absence of slugs, wide spacing and dashes, we have
more local news than the home paper, but we won't mention
that, nor some other comments that float in to this office,
lest we again hurt the feelings of our fellow publisher over
the~ line arid lessen the high estimation he has of his own
uct.
It has been the policy of the Advance to have a news
~rage in all localities where it has readers, and regret that
policy has run counter to the ethical make-up of our
hbor over the way, and if we happen to furnish more
ux news than he does, it is plainly up to him to remedy
that oversight and lessen the desire of Wibaux county people
to pay good money for the Advance in order to keep posted
on home affairs.
LOOKING BACKWARD
In the new Billings County Pioneer we saw a final
homestead proof notice by a party at Mikkelson. It has
been many years since we have seen any such notice, as about
all the good government land in this state has been taken up.
We can remember, however, when such notices occupied a
great space in the local newspapers and the claimants were
reaping the reward of their trials and tribulations as pioneers
of the country.
We can also remember when the raihvay land depart-
ment offered us the pick of land in this west-river section
for $1 an acre, 25c paid down and almost eternity in which
to pay the balance, which kindly offer, in our blindness, we
turned down. We of the Red River Valley counties in those
early days wanted all the immigrants to locate with us and
the way we talked of this part of the future state was some-
thing scandalous, as we only considered it fit for the Indians
and their buffalo and really no place for a white man.
Since then we have seen the land fill up with a hardy
race of pioneers, who today enjoy all the best that goes with
farm and town life, except, perhaps, that prosperity that
we are waiting to see come around the corner.
And in our particular section we have seemed more
blessed in our people, in our fertile land, our successful farm-
iug and general progressive spirit, and as the writer looks
back to those early years, when the toot of the first train
scattered the buffalo and antelope from the tracks, to the
he realizes that he has seen a march of develop-
dreamed of years ago by those of us whose only
mode of travel was a cow pony or the hard seat on the chuck
wagon.
BITTER BATTLE IS PREDICTED
At this writing it looks very probable there will be a
f initiated measures submitted to the voters at the
election, if present plans of those in the League
administration are carried out. These
will, if submitted, deal with dipping the powers
by the last legislature, and while they
of Nonpartisans, all others will view
them with interest and many may be glad to have a chance
to furLher the good work by their favorable votes.
Also at the present writing, it appears, as we have
before predicted, that the coming elections will be a fight
' the Nonpartisans at the primary, and then
m and the Democrats and free lances at the gen-
fall.
But heretofore the Leaguers have been happy in being
their troubles of the spring in their fight in
a common enemy, and it is altogether prob-
will repeat itself. Still, the present internecine
the League-has never before been so bitter,
the Nemesis who will drive many of the
from his banner and he be the
an edifice~ builded by
in the League program a
of mankind.
at Bismarck, while not yet
not one of the hand-
also one of the
the
will be ample for
for many years to com~ it is now uu to the
, and the le~~
DII;{;IN6"EM UIP.
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RECALL HAS AN UNPLEASANT SOUND
That it was the intent of the League county chairmen
who have been meeting in the governor's office several times
recently, to oust the League state executive committee and
place other men more friendly to the administration on the
committee goes beyond saying. But those in the know say
talk of recall is not pleasing music in the governor's ears
because there has been altogether too much talk of his own
recall to be enjoyable, and the executive is wise enough to
know that it is easy to start a back fire. At any rate the
meeting of county chairmen in the executive offices last
Saturday, it is said on good authority, adjourned without
starting the recall of the committee.
Recalls are the bunk, anyway. Most of them are born
of political desires that the promoters of the recall think
they cannot achieve gratification for otherwise, and oft times
have little else to back them, unless it is that some pet theory
of some small clique has been trod on. In this particular case
the governor seems to have swallowed the League organiza-
tion. body soul and breeches, and doubtless can work his will
in the short time existing between now and the Nonpartisan
convention, for the plans to capture that convention are all
made, oiled and just rarin' to go.
We are in receipt of the Billings County Pioneer, printed
for the first time at Medora, the plant having been removed
from Fryburg and the present issue got out the same week,
so the first copy is not up to what Editor Moffatt promises
for the future. However, it is a very creditable sheet at that,
and we are pleased that our neighboring county seat has
again a newspaper. In this instance it is notable that friend
Moffatt moved his building and plant intact from the old
location to the new, but he does not say whether or not the
wheels of industry were working as the plant wended its way
around the curves and down dales of the highway between the
two towns. Anyway we wish Editor Moffatt success in his
new home and better yet, we hope the people of Medora and
the county will patronize the paper as it deserves.
Nearly every town in the state has taken advantage of
the CWA program to gravel or otherwise improve its streets,
and if this improvement is maintained no towns anywhere
will be better than those in North Dakota.
Views of the Press
FOOLISH WASTE OF LIFE
Hillsboro Banner: We point with
pride to the fact that nearly 26,-
000,000 motor cars are in use in the
United States, and it is something
of which the country may be proud.
But the further fact that these cars
are now killing people at the rate
of 30,000 a year and injuring 800,000
more, is almost a national disgrace.
Tt]e amazing thing is that most
automobile accidents might be pre-
vented by taking ordinary precau-
tions. Obviously there are only two
principal causes of accidents--
careless driving and defective car
equipment. Even the most careful
driver is helpless when his car fails
to function in an emergency.
It seems almost impossible to drill
common sense into a reckless driv-
er's head, but it would be perfectly
easy to avoid most mechanical
breakdowns by frequent inspections.
Pennsylvania and several other
states are getting excellent results
by the enforcement of compulsory
automobile inspection laws, and
motorists" associations are urging
their members to have frequent in-
spections made voluntarily.
Any means whereby the present
foolish waste of life may be reduced
worthy of consideration and sup-
SILVER DOLLARS
Lenmaon, S. D., Leader: Eastern-
ers are now throwing small spasms
over the plans of the administration
to coin more silver to place in dis-
tribution. To say that they are
disturbed would be putting it too
mildly. They are more than con-
cerned. They are excited. Particu-
larly so are the editorial writers.
Silver dollars, they point out. are
bulky, unwieldly and too heavy.
They wear holes in the trouser
pockets and thusly often cause their
owners a poignant sense of loss.
From such arguments we assume
that easterners have but one pair
of trousers the same as the rest of
us. They should feel lucky at that
in times such as these.
But ask any westerner, any he-
man from the wide open spaces,-re-
publican, democrat or hybrid what
he thinks about silver and he will
say that it is O. K It gives him
the sense and security of having
real money in his Jeans. To him a
dollar bill is a scrap of paper that
means little in these perilous times
C'RN-HOG FARM-
ERS TO MANAGE
OWN PROGRAM
Most of Work In This Plan Is
To Be In Hands of Local
Committeemen, N. D. Gor-
man Says.
and buys less. But let him acquire
a handful of silver dollars, halves,
quarters or dimes, and he feels that
he really has something.
North Dakota corn and hog pro-
ducers themselves, through their
county and community committees,
largely will be in charge of the corn-
hog reduction program.
The administrative set-up devel-
oped by the Agricultural Adjustment
administration for handling the
corn-hog sign-up campaign is com-
paratively simple and leaves most
of the importan~ work in the hands
of the local committeemen. N. D.
Gorman, s~ate supervisor of the
NDAC extension service, m a d e
known
In the early part of the campaign,
the local work will be handled by
temporary county and community
committees, of from three to seven
members each. These temporary
committees will help arrange for
necessary educational meetings, will
distribute contract forms and other
material received from the corn-hog
section of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment administration, and will direct
the initial phase of the contract
sign -up.
After the temporary local commit-
tees have given every producer an
opportunity to sign a contract,
those who have signed will meet to
set up the permanent local organiz-
ations, including the community
committees and the county corn-
hog control association. The per-
[ manent community committee
[elected by producers will consist of
three to five members, one of whom
will be designated to represent the
community in the organization of
the countycorn-hog control associa-
tion and to serve on the associa-
tion's board of directors.
These permanent community com-
mittees will complete the work of
handling contracts, appraise corn
yield on land offered as contracted
acres, check and correct data offer-
eel by producers, obtain execution of
regular contracts after any neces-
sary Correction and adjustment fig-
ures, certify production records, and
otherwise complete the work of car-
rying out the corn-hog program
locally.
The county association will be the
main body of authority in the local
area and will include in its mem-
bership all contracting producers. Its
board of directors will consist of
the community representatives, one
each from the several community
committees. The board will elect
county allotment committee of
three to five persons, whose duty
largely will be the checking and ad-
justment of all contracts within the
county before passing them on to
the secretary of agriculture with
If we are to have more dollars let Irecommendation f o r acceptance.
the majority of them be of sliver[The county association will be set
for the west s sake. I up uniformly in accordance with
l arvticles furnished by the Secretary
. . ~of agriculture. The association will
~ever did advert~g ~ave mum a [also have charge of the campaign
story to tell as it ~ today. ; expenditures within the county,
THE STUDENT CRY
A Chronicle of Beach High Sehoel Activities
Letter to the Editor:
We want to congratulate the
basketball team upon the two games
played last weekend. We know we
don't, as we should, always tell the
members individually that we appre-
ciate their playing, or that they have
done well. May we do so now?
"Did they win?" did we hear some-
one kuestion. No, but defeats aren't
always disgraces. The team played
fine basketball, putting up a game
fight from beginning to end against
big odds. Furthermore. we firmly
believe that it's the team losing
some games that turns out the best
men after all--real men who can
grit their teeth, stick up their chins,
and fight--and keep on fighting no
matter what the outcome because,
unhampered by praise and too much
self-confidence, they have learned
self-reliance, grit, courage, and the
ability to smile in a losing game.
And believe me it takes real men to
keep on grinning, holding their
heads up under the bombardment
of sarcasm generously handed out
by the sideliners after defeats. Any-
way we think you're great, and we're
for you--a hundred percent. Come
on. you onlookers. Give 'era a big
cheer***We want to congratulate
the new cheer leaders. We know
they'll do fine work. but we hope
the old ones don't desert the ranks.
We have a soft place in our hearts
]for them***Well, well--so a few of
I the boys are having some little dif-
ficultY, with history. ~um--evi-
]dently the younger generation does
not r~cognize a good story when it
hears one***We're certainly glad to
have our good friend "Hoot" back
with us. We always have had a
particular fascination for his pecu-
liar type of humor***Who do you
think ever inspired book reports?
Each time we think of them our
minds are flooded simultaneously
with pictures of ancient forms of
torture. We have a a hard time
deciding between a ducking stool
and a sword suspended by a thread
over the poor unfortunate's head***
Isn't it remarkable how some stu-
dents can be so nonchalent? We
are reminded of those who, "Guess
we'll drift down the hall and see
how badly we failed in the next
subject,"***What's this we hear---of
all, at least twelve of the faculty
members attending "The Dancing
Lady," but not en masse? Appar-
ently they enjoyed it ~co. Can it
be possible they're human? Oh,
well! But while we're about it, we
month periods? Is it fair to 13~
stamp of non-promotion or
upon a pupil because he has
succeeded in meeting the
standards imposed by the public
its schools even though the
tions responsible may be
beyond his control? Is it not
sible that parents and
be aroused to the extent that
will rewse a plan that causes
injustice? There is no such
as failure to develop. The child
only in comparison with other
dren as measured by a standard
up by the school and not
to his own standards.
his own abilities, the child can
velop normally, achieve success
his own rate and develop
in his ability to continue to
Would this not be a better
to have prevailing in our
Two obstacles must be
however, in bringing this
about. One is a public, bound
tradition, that is inclined to
with disfavor upon any change
methods to which they have
accustomed. Tl~ other, is a
ling force, also bound to
self-satisfied with things as
are, unwilling ~o give the added
ergy required in pioneering
not firmly established by
pioneers, or fearing to risk the
icism that may be made by
who do not understand. The
limited possibilities offered
each will work and develop
hampered by restrictions due
organization merit constructive
icism of a change in the
practice.
--Mr.
PERSONAL
I wish to thank those who
cooperated in behalf of the
Cry during this last semester~
make it a success. N~lt~x~lly
are some who deserve "extra
as a result of willingness to
part each week. To those
who have helped us, I wish
press my appreciation.
the material was not as good
might have been several
hope that some enjoyment was
i tained from it by our readers.
new Student Cry members,
luck !
--Helen Rober~on,
BABY SHOW
The Pep Squad will present
couldn't advise any man to marry a stunt for the enjoyment (we
school teacher. The reasons are of the spectators between
obvious---unless said man has no the Wibaux game here
chin and a perfect love for being
bossed***Listen to this. We have
no particular love for teachers, in
general, but this one. in particular,
touched our flinty old hearts Could
you call an instructor hard hearted
who first adds five to your grade,
then multiplies it by eight-and then
divides by =four? Try it[ Some of
those grades must be beautiful to
begin with! Personally we feel that
that pedagogue must belong to the
Humane Society and certainly ought
to be made an honorary member of
all student organizations. And then,
there's this diary business. We
wonder just who wrote that. Do
you really think a teacher could be
so desl~rate as to answer a matri-
monial ad? But still we know a
person who did answer one. Butter
watch the mails, O. C.I A baby
show! Don't make me laugh! Just
who in this school could ever be
starry-eyed and starey-eyed enough
to be a baby? Another mystery~
Who's the Girl with the Smile?
Which reminds us. Isn't it remark-
able the way romance thrives under
adverse conditions? We're thinking
of all the little barques that put out
to sea (in the assembly) invariably
coming to smash sooner or later on
the rocks. Unconsciously we breathe
a sigh of relief each time one sinks,
We never could abide serious people.
We're sure we have said enough
for this time. Thanks, editor, old
boy, for listening to us so long.
--"Annie" and "Elmer."
OUR GRADING SYSTEM
Our established practice in the
public schools, backed by tradition
and decades of usefulness, is to be
seriously questioned in the light of
recent experimentation and progres-
sive thought on the part of those
interested in a full development of
each individual within our sehooIs.
That practice is the so-called grade
system now in use. FOr nine months
the teacher works with a group of
pupils of a similar age in a certain
grade. The horizon is limited, the
goal is fixed. In June, the momen-
tum of their progress may or may
not carry them over the barrier that
sepraates them from the following
grade. Some are pushed, cajoled,
coaxed, punished, gold-starred in an
effort to get them to the hurdle
within the required time. Others
are held back, overlooked, or per-
haps discouraged as it is inconven-
ient to have them reach the hurdle
before the alloted time. And so they
reach the hurdle simultaneously.
Some to take it with an easy stride
that gives them a running start for
the following work; others, to falter
and stumble over to start the next
grade under a serious handicap; and
still others to be sen back to the
last starting point for another try
at the same barrier.
Is it possible to divide the natural
development of a child into nine
We assure you we have some
babies !
ATHLETICS
Beach Hi basketball tear~
Wiba~x Friday night at 7:30 in
high school gymnasium.
Mr. Reimch~'s physical
class, composed of 22 boys,
completed a nine-game series
basketball. The class was
into four teams and played
ing teams. Here is the final
Bear Cats won 6, lost 1, tied
Phantoms won 3, lost 3, tied
Panthers won 3, lost 3, tied
Tigers won L lost 5, tied 3.
Space does not permit us
the names of members of each
but much interest is
anticipation of the next
begin soon.
D.
First door east of
Hardware. Look for street
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