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CREWS PICKED TO FLY 0. S, PLANES OVER OCEAN In an open letter to the Courier-

News today, F. O. Helstroni, secre­tary of the defaeto council of defense created by proclamation of the gover­nor in 1P17, and which was succeed­ed by the council established by legis­lative enactment in 191$. calls the editor's attention to the fact that many of the good deeds for which the latter body was given credit in a recent news story carried by the Fargo league organ were in fact acts

| of the defaeto organization. The original council of defense went

! into action without an appropriation I and with 110 warrant ctlnv than con­tained in the governors power to pro* claim the establishment of sucli a

[body as a war necessity. The mem [bers pledged their own personal cred jit in a joint note for |4,f>00 to pro [cure funds with which to carry on the [council's work. It was this organ! Ization which entered into a contract (with the committee on public infor-fniation for the display of the war fiilins in North Dakota, and it was un (tier the direction of this council that Ithese films were exhibited in all parts (of North Dakota with great success.

It was to this council that Presi-leut Wilson wrote- on February 23, 1918, congratulating North Dakota up-an the patriotic spirit that led to a successful state-wide conference held jln Bismarck February 25 and 26 un­let' the auspiccs of the couucil, and vhich was declared by Charles Ed-

bvard Russell and Dr. Thomas Moran |o be the best war- conference they had attended.

Mr. Helstrom, who was secretary |>f the defaeto council, in benalf of liis associates takes exceptions to the L'ourier-News story giving the second couucil, which was mustered out of •orvice the first of this month, credit for a great many things which it did lot do.

Mr. Hellstrom's letter follows: Bismarck, N. D., May 3, 11)19.

Cditor Courier-News, Fargo, N. D.

)car Sir: Iu\y0iir issue of May 2 you devote colwnn to the valedictdry obituary

|f the'-SNorth Dakota Council of De­mise. The good-work of the couhcil

lauded and praised, which is Tig'.t |nd proper, but through an oversight,

ju have entirely overlooked the tact tiat North Dakota had a defaeto

Council of Defense. The defaeto auncil built the foundation of the forth Dakota State Council of De-ense. Governor Frazier, .upon the urg-bit request of the National Council of defense, invited, several of the citi-enS of the state to form a defaeto

|tare.Council ol National Defense and lllert them to Bismarck for that pur-»se. . All responded to the call and

|adly i»aid their own expenses and erved without pay for per diem, le council was organized as fojlows,

|1 officers and members serving with-it pay. ^Executive committee: Lynn J. Fra-

|cr, governor; Dr. V. H. Stickuey, hairman; Dorr H. Carroll, vice chair-Ian; F. O. Hellstrom, secretary; Dr.

S. Babcock, W. R. Kellogg, Prof. B. YValdron, Dr. H. <M. Wheeler,

. H. R. brush, Alary D. Weible and F. Dupuis.

[Dr. V. H. Stickney devoted prac-Rally all his time to the work of the luncil. There was no appropriation

avided by law to linance the ex­cise of the council.' Application was jule to the emergency board, but

pre was only-15(H) available, whiph Is not enough toi. prbvide postage Anting, clerk hire and other neces-ry expenses. The defaeto council Is doomed either to become a mere active name, or pass the hat around. |o members decided that neithor arse was in keeping with the war

^rit of the people of North Dakota, preforo tl/tf following citizeus of |irth Dakota signed a joint note for

sum of $4500, and borrowed the lids from tho First National bank [Bismarck for the purpose of iinanc-

the North Dakota State Council ; National Defense until the legisla­te could convene at the special sob? fo called by the governor. • "jpy of Note)

STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. PHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

BISMARCK*^. D. |5(H>.00 Bismarck, North Dakota,

August 1, 1917. )n or before July 1st, 1919,. for value

peived, 1 promise to pay to the. order • First National Bank of Bismarck, irth Dakota, Four Thousand Five jindred and no-100 Dollars With in-9st at the rate of 6 per cent per nun, payable semiannually on Jan-jry 1st and July 1st, of each year.

F. O. Hellstrom, Bismarck, N. D. V. H. Stickney, Dickinson, N. D. Dorr H. Carroll, Minot, N. D. C. F. Dupuis, Temple, N. D. E. P. Quain, Bismarck, N. D. W. R. Kellogg, Jamestown, X. D. J. C. Leum,'Mayville, N. D. C. B. Waldron, Fargo. f

V. J. LaRose, Bismarck. y

E. J. Babcock, Grand Forks. Henry R. Brush, Grand Forks.

by the defaeto council to put The j nlnis before the puJlic. How well he ! succeeded can. best be realiied when ! it is known thai six complete shows 'of six films each were working iuj | the state and at the time that the de J

j facto council turned over the books,!

: records and accounts to the state coun­cil, the whole state had been covered twice and enough bookings had been signed to run continuously until the following August. Under the de facto council, the tilms were shown at mat-{ inees free to school children and 25c admission was charged adults. The state council raised these rates not­withstanding that the arrangement of the de facto council was more than self sustaining, and was bringing in a handsome and satisfactory revenue.

The de facto council enjoyed the dis­tinction of being the first state coun­cil to undertake the showing of the,'

National League. Cincinnati S, Chicago 1. Philadelphia 4. New York 3. Brooklyn ti, Boston -. Pittsburgh 3. St. Louis 1. _

American Association. St. Paul 6. Toledo 2. Louisville 15. aKnsas City 2. Indianapolis 4, Minneapolis 3. Milwaukee 0, Columbus 4.

MONDAY'S GAMES. National League.

Chicago 7. Cincinnati t>. 12 inniugsg. Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 2. Others played yesterday.

American League. New York 5, Boston 1. , Washington 10. Philadelphia 6 Others ppostponed on account ol

cold. ^_ American Association.

government films and according to the j Minneapolis 3, Louisville 4. statement of Una National Cduncil oun St. Paul 0, Columbus 3. de facto council had made more show-: Kansas City 4, Indianapolis 9. . ings ot government films than all ot>i-} Milwaukee at Toledo, postponed a<» cr state council/Combined. * ! count of wet grounds.

The National council, called state- . ~~ wide war council to be held at Bis- National League marck on February 191$. The at­tendance at this council was such as. ChicSgo

Ho cause Prof. Thos. Moran and ] Cincinnati

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Crew No. 1—Commanding Officer, Commander John H. Towers: Pilots, Owuna&der H. CL .Richardson and Lieutenant David H. McCuilough; Radio Operator. Lieut, R. A. Lavender; Engineer, Machinist L. R. Moore; Reserve Pilot, Lieutenant B. Rhodes.

, Charles Edward Russell to complij Batteries — Douglas, aCrtor and I meat the state upon haring the best | Daly; Eller, Ring, Breslcr | war ccmference that thej; had attend- j and Rariderf.

jwi, and just prior to thlf iissemhling j - J1 £* ™ the conference, President Wilson j Pittsburgh , o < 1

• seat the secretary the foitowisg teio- tSt. Louis 2 !) 4 igrata. { Batteries: Adams and Schmidt; j ""Washington. D. C. "5 !Doak, Horstman, Tuero, Sherdel, aud

® 12:15 P. 2-23-1S jtleinmons. i-F. O Hdlsirom. American League. ( -"State Council of Defense, ; R H ES , "Bjsaaarci. X. D. t Washington' 10 It -1 «" "I congratulate Xortli Dakota upon i Philadelphia 6 1- 3 ithe jiatriotic spirit that has led to this' (Called iu eighth on accou.pt of ; w a r c o n t e r « i c e - F r o m t h e p e r s o n a l j - n u n - ' . . . . , , |coQtxcx iLx&oiig wir workers in such . Bfttteries—bhaw and Piciuich; Jolin* i nw!?iiags comes an understanding and ! ̂ on, Watkins and Perkns. t iasj^rsjioE that will soon be reflect-! ^ : ed ia like enthusiasm and unity of '• ^*ew ^ orli "

among taeir fellow citieens ] Boston 1 6 0 aad it is obJj- by ihe United and de-j - Quinn and Iluii; Dumont. Mays 'inniuej i^forts of all loyal Ameri- • ^°d ^ alters. ^ tics ihat this people will win its great; Jvgfcs ftor tair and honest dealings aaecag the nations of the world.

"Woodrow Wilson."'

v-w* -v ^ 11 ZIONIZING NORTH DAKOTA . • r 0 f l t I E d i t o r B f t m a r c k T r i b u n e , tacrpGag ihe touner News pub-; Pv n .

Bbi of coarse you were not m i r>pa, <!!?- ' * "

on the integrity of the responsible merchants who- constitute the busi-

, ness sections of the state. The men 1 comprising our business section live in the cities and .are responsible citi

I assume or presume tI>atthe8aleot •S-ciKarets would not be limited to adults ^Is another evidence of the '"tolerance

ot the Watkins and Andersonites. The writer seldom smoke* a pW}; JJj many of our representative citizens do, and instead of purcnasing thenl in their home town, the twin city deal­ers derive the benefit. This is un­fair to our citizen purveyors and ev­ery right thinking man is against nar-(

rowness of this type. The billiard room Question has evi­

dently been espoused by the same fra­ternity that filled the cigaret ques-tion and it is high time that this suiug and complaccnt element ftwak* ened to tho fact that the, young men of our cities whom parents have not the means to belong to clubs and who do not have thick blood in their veins are possessed of . a large quantity ol verHe red blood and seek some place to while awa/a pleasant hour or two iu recreation y rather than become street loafers -or hide themselves in some quiet room and either • throw dice or play cards, which is far wptpe.

It is high time that sottieipf^mr; well meaning, but incxporieneed'eltT* zens awake to the fact that our young men are not content to "Spend their leisure hours.'in the basement'of a church, reading psalms. A billiard room conducted under proper super­vision .and with a bond supplied „By the owner to guarantee proper con­duct, and eliminate gambling, would be a God send to many-young men, who otherwise would spt»j| their time playiSg rardsT; %tc. i-.£\

If we are going to Zionize this state, let us do the job properly, and the writer suggests that we ring the cur­few on all males up to 45 years di age, confine tlicir taste to peppermint stick candy, let no game more vicious than dominoes be played in the state, and that under the supervision of some of our misguided but estimable male or female women. -

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yea £)SMt ssectjosing the work aeeom--by ihe defaeto council under

lae *oeiade»cT and leadership of Dr v. £. SodQEj. -i am sure your omu-a® is fine to tact that you were a:-c £iJE2»j wiih the record.

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F. O. Helistrom. zens, and for the reform element to

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Fifteon thousand dollars was appro­priated by .the legislature. The ac­commodation note was paid out of these fundB, and the signers were re­lieved. I think that it is only an pet of justice that this fact should be re­corded in connection with the review of the work of the State Council of De­fense. Of course you cannot be cen­sured for overlooking this fact, be­cause thiB event liad passed into his­tory before you came to the state and the record only reveals the existance of the State Council as created by law. You, of course, could not be expected to know of these^ prior events.

It may be interesting to your read-efvto learn that the showing of the government war films, originated through the following contract made through the defaeto council.

A George Creel, Chairman, The Secretary of State, ^ The Secretary of War, The Secretary of the Navy. COMMITTEE OX PUBLIC INFORMA­

TION, Washingtoii D. C. November 17, 1917.

Mr. F. O. Hellstrom, Secretary State Council of Defense, Bismarck, North Dakota. Dear Sir: ,

The Committee on Public Informa­tion, through its division of films, hereby agreea to furnish to your com-] mittee one hundred and fortv reels! of official United Stater, filtiiB for a "YOUR BODYGUARD" - 30/. 60*

total payment of fourteen thousand ($14,000) dollars under the following terms and conditions.

Fifteen of said reels to be delivered in the week beginning November 2~> and five reels per week each week thereafter for a period of time cover-' ing twenty-five consecutive weeks.

The State Council of Defense of Bis-anirck. North Dakota, agrees to ac­cept the above material and in pay­ment thereof will remit to Louis W. Mack, director of division of films, committee on public information. Washington, D. C\, Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($15,000.00) on delivery of the first fifteen reels, and Five Hundred (

and promptly forward to them any atid all inquiries emanating from - ydur state addressed to any governmental department in Washington and advise the senders thereof to communicate with you regarding service.

Very truly yours, CHAS. P. WATSON,

Manager of Distribution, Division of FlIniM.

Accepted: F. O. Hellstrcini, • f

Accepted: . Clias. P. Wulson.

i And that George V. Ilalliduy, one of ! the best kiftwn theatrical advance

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It tastes better because it's good tobacco. Its quality saves you part of your tobacco ikioney. It goes further and lasts longer.

GET THE HABIT Got the habit to ship your

hides, furs and junk to<*the firm that pays the highest ^market price. Send for our price-list and tags. We pay the express and postage on furs. uWi 1I10 tan hides into Coats. Robaa

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$500) Dollars per week thereafter on I &gents in the Northwest, was retaine^ delivery of the above described five reels per week for \he full period of twenty-five consecutive weeks.

The Division, of Films will at all times be pleased to co-operate with your State Council of Defense, and furnish them with any assistance or Advice regarding a distribution plan

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