The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1917, Page 4

BISMARCK. DAILY TRIBUNE THE TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter, IS8UED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY | SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, by carrier, per month... , by mail, per year... we , by mall, per year... Member Audit Bureau of Circulation THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1878) LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN For the 24 hours ending at 12 noon | Jan. 9, 1917. | Temperature at 7 a. m. ... Temperature at 12 noon . Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity Forecast For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; colder Wed-| nesday and west portion tonight; fresh | to strong northwest winds tonight. Temperature | Calgary 30 | Chicago 26 | Galveston 62 Kansas City 36 Moorhead 8 Pierre .... 36 Prince Albert St. Paul 30 Williston 27 Winnipeg . —12 ORRIS W. ROBERTS Meteorologist NOT THE FIRST ONE. Of course, there was a “leak” into Wall street about the president's peace message; no more doubt of that than there is of the Stock Exchange. Of course, somebody got hold of the news that had no right to have it. and, of course, millions upon millions were made by stock gamblers who were thus tipped off to bet on a sure thing. Everybody with any more experi- ence than a babe in arms knew this on the day it happened and has known | it ever since. The exasperating thing is the sight of the various political mummers and fakers that go about talking as if the thing were absolutely unheard of. For fifty years the business of the government has been so full of leaks that every world capital has been sloppy!, Thére--have been leaks about big court decisions, leaks about laws to be Passed, leaks about messages of presidents and-governors, leaks about committee findings, leaks about exec- utive and cabinet ° sessions, leaks about diplomacy and rulers’ intrigues. All this “preposterous nonsense” and “ridiculous mirage” and “outrage- ous slander” stuff they pull just causes weariness in anybody that stops to think. Thomas W. Lawson offered to give the names if the horrified Henry of the house’ rules committee would make a genuine investigation. The horrified Henry said he could not make a genuine investigation be- cause Lawson hadn't given him the names, This was pretty cheap guff, but it seems to have been thought that they could stall along thus until next week, when the country would have forgotten all about the subject. The majority of the house of rep- resentatives took a different view and ordered Henry to get busy with an investigation. Discerning persons sojourning that night in Washington thought they perceived a pungent but familiar odor abroad in the air. It was whitewash, brethren, white wash in which Congress has a spe cialty, and unless all signs fail, {1s about to do a particularly neat and tasty job. Sometimes the rude, rough will of the nation jolts the hand of the white- wash artist and spoils a work that would otherwise be a world beater. If it is going to do so in this case it will have to take swift action. The “leak” is a shameful, rotten thing and ought to be put out of busi- ness, but to get rid of it will not be like pulling up a weed in the back} ‘ yard. THE GOLDEN RULE. We-ve been told that there's no such thing as “the golden rule” in business—that it’s all a question of doing the other fellow, and doing it first. And those who have quoted this saying of David Harum’s have thought it “decuedly” clever! Well—it sounds smart, and there js a certain type ot men who think it’s smart. But they have another guess coming. It would be too much to say that the golden rule—to “do unto others as you would have them do unto. you” —dominates business life. But there’s more kindliness and manhood and ‘square dealing in business than most of us think. cae, : For instance, some time ago a big paint maker's plant burned out—just as the season was to begin. It was hard luck, for there wasn’t time to secure and equip another building which would be at all adequate. But:the chief rival of this concern competitor that it had a ‘was mot in use, and calves, $9.00 to$13.25. i the business went right on without very much interruption. And the firm that had been so gen- erously assisted by its rival, with equal generosity purchased pages of advertising matter in trade journals telling about this spirit of the golden rule which had been exhibited in such a practical fashion. Don't you suppose that this entire transaction made a fine impression upon the trade, and that it brought to the surface the better instincts of everybody who heard or read about it? Don't be deceived into Setevius | that the compartively few sharks in business life are typical. They aren't! There's more downright good fellowship and decency among the mass of men than we know. It isn’t preached about or exploited nor is there a pletistic attitude as sumed by those who might be credited with the real stuff—but it’s there! And the rest of us may be glad. i “Good will among men” is increas | ing. It's a poor observer of the tend ency of the times who doesn't see it. TO TELL WOODROW THAT NORTH DAKOTA GAVE HIM FIVE ELECTORAL VOTES David F. Gorman of Grand Forks | yesterday was delegated the duty of ng to Washington North Dako- ta’s five electoral votes and depositing them at the feet of Woodrow Wilson. | North Dakota's Democratic electors— | Mr. Gorman, George A. Gilmore of Williams county, John Mahon of Cav-| alier, Samuel L. Nuchols of Morton } and John A. Wright of Cass—met in Secretary of State Hall's office yes- terday as required by law and elected Mr. Gorman their messenger. Mr.| Gorman when he leaves for the na-|{ tional capital may be truly said to have the vote of North Dakota in his | pocket. He carries with him a cer-| tificate from the board of presidential | electors, whose qualifications already have been certified to Washington ex-Governor L. B. Hanna and Seere-| tary of State Hall. i U.S. CAN'T SHIP | CARS TO INDIA, American automobile manufacturers will lose out on the India market in 1917, the British government having | issued a ruling forbidding the impor- | tation of cars into India which have | been shipped after January 1 | The ruling covers all vehicles using gasoline as a motor power and the occasion for the ruling is said to be} the shortage of gasoline in India. India has been a good market for American cars, between 400 and 500 | having been shipped there monthly during the last few years. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUI- NINE Tablets. Druggists refund mon- ey if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE’S! signature is on each box. 25c. 9 9 | __QRAIN MARKETS | DULUTH May Wheat ............ 191% July Wheat ++. 183 No, hard*on trak . + 193% No. 1, Nor, on trk - 192% | No. 2. + 188% @191% | No. 3. Nor. + 179% @186% | To Arrive .. seee es 198% | Mont. No. 2. hard and arr. on track ves 188% 1 July Durum . » 197%, | May Durum . + 190% | No. 1 Spot Durum on trk 199% @200% No. 2, Durum + 1924%@195% | No. 1. Durum to arrive.. 199% @200% Oats on trk and arr .... 53%@ 554 Rye on trk and arr.... 142 @143 Barley on trk ... . 85 Flax on trk and Arr .... 287% Choice on trk ween. 288%) May Flax .. + 129% July Flax « 293% High May + 194% | Low May . - 191% | Closed at 1:53 p. m. | MINNEAPOLIS. No. 1. hard .. No. 1. Northern « 19236 @195% | Choice ...... + 198% | Regular to arr. wees 191%@193% | Choice Arr. . 196% | No, 2. Nor. . 189% @195% No. Whe: + 179%, @191% No. 2. Mont. hard + 191% @193% | Arrive ....-.++ + 1903% @192% No. 1. Durum . 201% H Choice oe «ee 206% | + 200% | Choice iu { No, 2. Durum .. 192% 199% | No. 3 Yellow Corn ...... 92%@93 | Yelliw Corn Arrive . 9% i Other Grades ...... . 85 92 | No. 4. Yellow Corn Arr 9014 No. 2. Mont. Wild Ooats %@ 60% No, 3. Wild Oats ...... Arrive : j | No. 4. V * % Barley - 90 @118 Choice - 113° @122 Rye . ~ 143 @144 | Flax 285% @2891%4 Flax Arrive . May Flax . TTLE MARKETS ST. PAUL, «28544 @28914 | . 191% | T| 0| HOGS—Receipts, 13,000, Market. | 15 to 20c higher. Range, $: to; $10.40; bulk, $19.10 to $19.20. | CATTLu—Receipts, 2,900. Killers, steady. Steer 25 to $10.25; cows and heifers, $4. to $7.50; calves, steady, at $4.50 to $12.00; stockers and | feeders, 10 to 15c higher, at $3.50 to} $7.75. | SHEEP—Receipts, 400. Market, | strong.’ Lambs, $7.50 to $15.00; weth- ers, $6.00 to $9.50; ewes, $5.50 to $9.00. CHICAGO. | HOGS—Receipts, 40,000. ‘Market, | | strong. Bulk, $10.40 to $10.80; light, $10.00 to $10.70; mixed, $10.25 to} $10.85; heavy, $10.35. to $10.90; rough, | $10.35 to $10.50; pigs, $7.85 to $9.75. CATTLE—Receipts, 6,000. Market, | strong. Native beef steers, $7.60 to| $11.80; western steers, $7.50 to $10.10; | stockers and feeders, $5.50 to $8.50: cows and heifers, $4.40 to $10.00; | SHEEP—Receipts, 10,000. Market, strong. ‘Wethers, $9.40 to $10.50; lambs, $11.50 to $13.85. BiG AUDIENCE FOR FRAZIER'S TAK TOMORROW Anticipated That at Least 200 Will Attend Commercial Club Banquet cena | DIRECTORS FOR ENSUING YEAR WILL BE SELECTED One of the biggest gatherings which ever has attended an informal re- ception tendered an incoming gover- nor is anticipated for the Bismarck commercial clubs luncheon at the Grand Pacific hotel tomorrow noon, when Governor Lynn J. Frazier will be the speaker. Governor Frazier. prior to his elec- tion did comparatively little campaign ing in the vicinity of Bismarck, and he is not so well known here as in many other large cities of the state. Tomorow’s function will give all of the business men of the Capital City an opportunity to get acquainted with the governor and at the same time listen to a message which will deal with matters in which every town- builder is interested, The luncheon will be the usual sim- ple noon-day affair, with only the ordinary luncheon fee, and no business man need be detained more than an hour. The commercial club urges that everyone interested in town development attend, whether a member of the club or not, and not only as a mark of respect to our new | governor, but because of the import- ant bearing which this mecting will have upon the year's commercial ac- tivities of the city. NORTH DATA AL INTERESTS IL BE WELL SHFEUABDED Commissioner Johnson and Rate Expert Little Report on Kansas City Hearing North Dakota milling interests were well safeguarded at the hearing of the interstate commerce commission on the--petition -of -southwestern..millers, held in Kansas City last week. The Flickertail state was. represent- ed by Commissioner (M. P. Johnson, who is a man of wide experience in © | Equity affairs, production and market-| at the end of a decade the call of the ing, and by Rate Expert James A. Lit- tle, who has had-much to do with mill-| returned to the farm. Farming, in ling tariffs in Duluth, Superior and) which he has been profitably engaged other Minnesota and Wisconsin points.! since 1900, near Merrifield, has e-er Twelve states were represented. The ' southwestern millers had petitioned for an adjustment of intrastate mini-| held a public office. mum carload rates on flour on a basis ; with interstate minimum rates. The intrastate minimum in North Dakota; state senator. and a number of other northwestern | in Fargo the league gave the Grand | states is 24,000 pounds, while the in-|Forks county man its endorsement for terstate minimum is 40,000 pounds. The southwestern millers claimed that (8 \this discriminatiqn in favor of intra-|senate, Stenmo declined the other S \state shippers was unfair. The intra-| honor. 8 |state shippers, consisting largely of | !smaller millers who seldom would! Anna Johnson of Thompson, a teacher have occasion to use a 40,000-pound | in the normal department of the state |carload, defended the 24,000 pound} university, and who, with the imp>rt- minimum as a just differential. based | ant remainder of the family, is here lupon the relative size an abilities of; enjoying the statesman’s triumphs, + | present and prospective. the hearing that} North Dakota's interests may not i) the industry. It developed at be affected. There is, mediately however. a probability that this and named A. G. Jacobson to succeed him-; , nai lother northwestern states ultimately | self as clerk and expert printer for « 1995 @ 200% | may be involved, and taking into con- the insuing two years. sideration this fact, the interstate commerce commission took the south- western millers’ protest under -advise- ment, and it is anticipated will. con- sider evidence to presented; by the milling interests ‘of other states at hearings to be conducted by their re- spective railway commissions. It is probable that such a hearing will be conducted in the near future by the North Dakota rail board, in Bismarck or some other central point. W. C. Helm of the Kussell-Miller Milling company, also attended the hearing to represent North Dakota’s interests. SENATOR STENMO (OWA PRODUGT--IN THE STATE FOR MAJORITY OF LIFE Able Member from Seventh Dis- trict Never Has Served in Public Office Before Atbert Seer) of firand yver house | Senator Forks, member of the from the Seventh district, like many of North Dakota's foreciost citizens, 13 a native son of Iowa. He \ born in Worth couniy, Iowa, in 1 Six years later he came with his parents to this land of promise, then a part of Dakota territory. The Stenmos settled 1 in southern Grand Forks county, where the present senator attended the public schools, and in 1898 gradu- Senator Stenmo ated from the collegiate department of the University of*North Dakota. There followed:several years of suc- cessful teaching, with graduate werk in higher institutions of learning, and soil proved its mastery, and Stenmo since held his principal interest. Senator Stennjo never before has} At the district | convention of thé Nonpartisan league! last year Mr. Stenmo was endorsed for At the state convention lieutenant-governor, but, preferring to; represent his own district in the state The senator in 1902 wedded Miss JACOBSON RETAINS The state printing commission has With the Legislative Members OBSERVANCES OF BLUE SUNDAY WAS GENERAL THROUGHOUT DAKOTA No Arrests Reported to Attorney General Langer—Reason for the Lid “The observance of the Sunday clos- ing laws was general throughout the state,” said Attorney General William Langer today. “No arrests have been reported today, and 1 am of the im- pression that none was necessary.” While the attorney general does not say in as many words, he intimates that his purpose in clamping on the lid Sunday was to accomplish the end which undoubtedly has ‘been gained— that of bringing forcibly to the atten- tion of the present legislature the puri- tanical laws which are on North Da- kota’s statute books and what their strict enforcement means to the man who is Sundaying away from home or who chances to be caught en route by a Sabbath day. The result probably will be the re- vision of the Sunday closing acts, at least to a point which will admit of the sale of confections, tobaccos and newspapers, the operation of taxis and the performance of other needful acts. ———— INSURANCE MEASURE COPIED AFTER GOPHER STATUTE ADVOGATED in Connection with State Commissioner Office A general insurance bill which is said to have the approval of the ad- ministration, and which is copied after a similar measure whica has proven very effective in Minnesota, probably will be introduced early in the’ ses- sion. The author of the bill is ¥. D. Austin, deputy commissioner of insurance, whose mary: years inthe state service have convinced him of the inadequacy of present regalatory measures in North Dakota. : became effective June 9, 1915, gives the state commissioner of insurance power to review any rate established by any fire insurance company. All rates must be published with a .ating must establish such a bureau or be: come a member of one already estab- lished. All schedules of such rating bureaus must be filed with the ccm- missioner of insurance. Under this law the Minnesota insut- ance commissioner has reduced the rate on country grain elevat from $1.95 on buildings add $1.70 of con- 35 tents to $1.55 on buildings and $: on contents. In other classes of ri reductions have been ordered rani ing from fourteen cents to $1.39 per! hundred, and the base rates in :nany; instances have been adjusted. | REPORT FOR PASSAGE TWO SENATE BLLS The report of the senate judiciary committee, of which M. L. MoBride of Dickinson is chairman, recommend: ed for passage senate ‘ills Nos. 4 and 15. The report of the committee was made shortly before the noon hour. + Senate Bill 4, introduced by F. T. Gronvold of Rugby, is a concurrent resolution amending section 185 of the Tra-La-La! Would Establish Rating Bureau. The Minnesota insurance law, which | | ‘bureau, and each insurance company |,_ ‘| there is one other important member constitution relating to loans, giving credit. or aid by the state or its po- litical subdivisions, and to .agricultur- al ‘loang popularly known as rural credits.” * | Senate Bill 15, introduced, by Beck, is to amend and re-enact section 10) 059 of compiled laws of the state, re lating to. malicious mischief, in the burning of buildings, grain, hay, threshing machines and autdémobiles. The bill provides punishment by im- prisonment in the penitentiary not ex- ceeding four years and not less than) one year, or by imprisonment in the county jail not. exceeding one yedt. Bills to Sub-committees. Senate Bill 17, by Kirkeide, amend- ing section 287 of the compiled laws for, 1913, relating to the investment of school funds on farm lands, and Bill 6, by Ellingson, relating to com- pensation for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons and making ap- propriation therefor, were both re- ferred to the sub-committees by the state affairs committee of the senate. TAUGHT SCHOOL AND HOMESTEADED ON THE SIDE~-NOW A BANKER Senator H. W. Allen’s Principal Equipment in Early Days Was Yoke of Oxen Senator H. W. Allen of Braddock, representing the 26th district, com- posed of Emmons and Kidder, settled | in Emmons county before there was a county, and before the land had been surveyed. and when his princi- paj and_ practic: only equipment and capital consisted of a yoke of oxen which had been driven fourteen days overland, Today Senator Allen is cashier and a heavy stock holder in the Braddock | State bank, is president of the Brad-| dock, Elevator Co., owning elevators at Braddock and Kintyre, and is own- er of 1.400 acres of fine land, closely adjoining Braddock, which he farms cessfully in addition to looking Senator Allen {after his other: interests. Naturally, having pyramided one yoke of oxen into a tidy fortune in about three dec- ades, Senator Allen has a very de- cided idea that North Dakota gener- ally, and Emmons county particularly, stand alone in: this great world of ours. Biographical. Senator H. W. Allen, now serving his second term from the 26th, was born in Monroe county, Michigan, in 1861, his father and grandfather hav- ing migrated thither from Vermont in 1832. After finishing studies in the district school and a year in the Ann Arbor high school, young Allen suc- cumbed to the Dakota fever, arriving near Steele in the spring of 1883. That summer he worked on a farm in Kid- der county and the following fall he squatted on unsurveyed land in Em- mons county. The following winter was ‘spent school-teaching in Michi- gan, with another summer on the farm near Steele. In the winter of '84-'85, Mr. Allen sought to sell nursery stock to folk in the southern end of the ter- ritory. He did not succeed very well, but the next spring had enough to pick up a boney yoke of oxen and a second-hand wagon. with which he treked overland fourteen days to his homestead in Emmons. Forty acres were broken that summer and seeded to flax, hauled from Bismarck at $2 the bushel. That fall, he delivered 100 bushels- of flax to Steele and pocketed $48 for his season’s work. Then he hied back to Michigan, ‘where he taught school another winter and in 1886 married Martha J. Clark, a neighbor girl, who had been “waiting” since early school days. Having an anchor, the senator now permanently settled: on his Emmons county estate, bringing his brother and a neighbor with him. There he has resided ever since. He was elected treasurer of Emmons county in 1896 and re-elected in 1898. In 1901 he re- turned to -the farm expecting to re- main there,. but, in 1902. the stock- holders of the Emmons County State bank offered him the position of as- sistant cashier and manager, which he accepted in June, 1902. He has been connected with this institution ever since, three years ago interest- ing more local stockholders, acquiring additional shares himself. and becom- ing-.eashier. As already stated, he also is president of the Braddock Ele- vator Co., and his land holdings have grown to 1,400 acres. He was first elected to the senate in 1910 and re- elected in 1914; and he has given his district excellent, conservative service. Aside from Senator and Mrs. Allen of the family, Miss Lucille M. Allen, born at ‘Lifton while her father was serving as.county treasurer., BUYS ADAMS COUNTY BONDS The state board. of university and .school lands at its meeting yester- | Burleigh and TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 3917. a BURLEIGH AND MORTON BE HEARD REGARDING WELFORD'S BRIDGE BILL Effect of Measure Upon Plans for Spanning Missouri To Be Considered i Burleigh and Morton counties are to have a hearing before the highways committee cf the senate on Senator Welford’s bill increasing the amount which any county may spend on @ wagon bridge spanning @ navigable stream to $200,000. Should this measure become a law, it will affect the locul situation, as at present each county is restricted to and expenditure of $150,000 for bridge Senator Carol D. King of Senator Walter Welford of Pembina, the author of the bill, have been named a sub-committee to confer with the committee on bridges of the Bismarck Commercial club, headed by E. A. Hughes, and a sim- ilar committee of the Mandan Com- mercial club, of which L. A. Tavis is chiirman. purposes. ' HOUSE BILLS | e——_— ————— H. B. 13.—Miller to amend ‘and’ re- enact section 6,073 of the compiled laws of North Dakota as amended by the session of 1915. H. B. 14.—Mees, relating to sum moning of jurors and witnesses. H. B. 15.—Walton, to declare the law and to settle any question con: cerning the time for the commence- ment of the term of office for judges of the supreme court. H. B. 16.—(Wood, to amend section 6,877 of the compiled, lawg, of North Dakota for a lien for repairs upon personality. H. B. 17.—Miller, to amend and re-enact section 6,76 of the compiled laws of the state of North Dakota for 1913. H. B. 18.—Sinclair, to provide for the payment of premiums on state official bonds. H. B. 19.—Smith of Kidder, to re- peal section 672 of the compiled laws of North Dakota for the year 1913 re- lating to fee charge by county auditor for filing township bonds. iH. B. 20.—Quam, to amend and re-enact sections 2976g, 2976h and 2976p of the compiled laws of the state for 1913, relating to the regis- tration fees of motor vehicles and the expenditures and moneys so received. H.B. 21—A. M. Hagan and E. EB. Kurtz, to prevent any foreclosure proceedings without first giving due notice to the mortgagor. diuoe H. B. 22—J. ®. T. O'Connor, to amend. and re-enact section 20236 of the revised code of 1913 being chapter 108, relating. to the observance of memorial day and prohibiting ball games, horse races, sports and enter- tainments that interfere with the proper observance of the day.;; H. B. 23—Noltimier—To amend, and re-enact article 75 of section,.3539 of compiled laws of state of North Da- kota for year 1913, relating to powers of city councils. H. B. 24—C. P. Peterson, Towner— To amend and re-enact section 2986 of compiled laws of 1913, relating to the appointment of the duties of the inspector of hotels and making the duties of the inspector the work of the food commissioner at the Agri- cultural college. o———___--————_0 | SENATE BILLS d S. B. 19.—IMostad, to repeal sections of compiled laws of 1913 relating to taxation for promotion of diversified farming and providing for the dis- position of accumulated funds. Re- ferred to committee on taxes and tax- ation. .- SS Catt ety S. B. 20.—McBride, concurrent reso- lution for submitting to the electors ‘of ‘North. Dakota .the proposition of calling a constitutional convention to revise the constitution, fixing the time for election of delegates .to the con- vention, fixing the time and place for holding such convention and prescrib- ing the time and manner of ratifying the revised constitution. Referred to committee on judiciary. P| T‘HE high ‘= cost of liv- ing has not yet struck . and the same good mince meat “Like Mother Used to Make.’’ MERRELL-SOULE CO., Syracese, N. Y. ea] ady authorized the purchase of $25,000 worth of Adams county refunding bonds. a «J. AND T. COUSINS’ ff famous New York made_ shoes for ‘women. Exclusive Tee < Expert Phonography . and Typewriting Phone'774