The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1917, Page 8

‘ H ZIGHT. BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE TEST SUIT T0 FIX VALIDITY OF STAMP ACT Arguments on Today in Contest That Attracts National Attention. BIG STAKES ARE AT ISSUE S. & H. Co. If It Loses Must Pay Huge Fee or Get Out of State. A test suit which will attract nation- al attention will be argued this after- noon in the North Dakota supreme court, where the Sperry & Hutcheson Co., owners of the well known “Green Trading Stamp” enterprise, will con- test the constitutionality of a statute enacted at the last session of the state legislature assessing an annual license fee of $6,000 against trading stamp concerns and premium schemes oper- ated in North Dakota in connection with merchandising. The North Dakota act does not at- tack coupons or certificates directly redeemable by the manufacturer or jobber, distributor, packer or retailer of goods, but provides that “no per- son, firm or corporation shall furnish or sell to any other person, firm or corporation, to use, in, with, or for the sale of any goods, wares or mer- chandise, any such stamps, coupons, tickets, certificates, cards or other similar devices for use in any town, city or county in this state, other than that in which such furnishing or sell- ing shall take place.” To operate in any county in North Dakota the Sperry & Hutcheson Co. ; or any similar organization, must pay to the treasurer of that county an an- nual license fee of $6,000. To operate in all of North Dakota’s 53 counties would cost the company annually $218,000. The act is attacked through baheas corpus proceedings to release from| the custody of the sheriff of C: county the Fargo agent of the Sperry) & Hutcheson people. The attorney general's office is defending the action | and former Attorney General Andrew Miller is representing the _ plaintiff. James Manahan of St. Paul, general counsel for Sperry & Hutcheson in Minesota, is here in connection with; the ¢ The trading stamp’ bill intro- duced last winter by Representative lé, of Fargo,’at the request of the} Fargo Retail Merchants’ a: ation, | and it is reported thatthe Retail Mer-| chants’ a ation. of New York city, which has its general counsel here, back of a nation-wide fight on trading stamp schemes, in which the present case will play an important part. MAJOR QUAIN ASKS CLOTHES FOR SAMMIES Tells of Suffering of Men in Hospital Corps at Fort Oglethorpe. THEY MAY SAVE YOUR BOY Youngsters Who Go Into Battle- fields for Wounded Need Help Now. The following is taken from a let- ter from Major E. P. Quain, received | Tuesday: “About two weeks ago we were in- fomed from headquarters that hun- dreds or more of the newly arrived en- listed men in this great encampment were suffering from lack of sufficient | clothing. We were advised as officers to do all we could to help the men by giving them any surplus articles we could spare, and to urge others’to do the same. The government has been unable to obiain all the necessary clothing for the army, although con- tracts were let in plenty of time and in many places, because of manufac- turing shortage. Many men had come here with only one suit of B. V. D.’s, cotton socks, no overcoat, poor shoes, etc. Since that time (two weeks ago) this part of the “Sunny South” (?) has gone through a severe cold wave, snow, sleet and finally a temperature | drop to near zero. The suffering has been great and there is reason to thir’ that similar cold spells may Continue to come for the next two devises. “I feel sure that many people in Bismarck would be glad to send ar- ticles of clothing for the relief of these boys whom I am compelled to see suffer daily in the cause, and for the protection of those at home. They need underwear, socks, mittens, wrist- lets, etc., of wool, and made strong. These men are those who when fully trained, will go to France to enter MOTHERS, LISTEN! When ok exhausts your | strength, when your nerves are irritable and restless, when am- bition lags and you feel rundown, you need and need quickly the rich, creamy, nourishing food in SCOTT S EMULSION to check your wasting powers, en- liven your blood and build up your Nerve force. Scott's is help- ing thousands and will give you the strength you need. j Sastt @ Bowne, Bloomfield, NJ. 17-05 No Man's Land at night, carry our wounded from the battlefield, put on the first aid dressings, and take them in ambulances back to the hospitals. Of all our forces, these need our full- est sympathy and succor. pose should be expressed, prepaid, to, “Co. Page, Commandant, Camp Green- leaf, . Oglethorpe, Georgia. “I should be glad to help pay for this express. Each article should have the name of the giver on it, and the men will write their appreciation. If it were stated that it was sent at by suggestion, the supply would go to the men in whom I am most interested, but that is not necessary. It will be given to those who need it the most in any event. real demonstration of the value of the Y. M. C. A. activities in this war. The boys have had scarcely could sit down in comfort. The Y. M buildings, and there are many of them, have been fairly warm and al- ways inviting to the boys. Good movie shows, singing, speaking, games and recreations of various sorts have done more to keep up the physical comfort and good cheer, and let me say there are no pikers here even though the weather has been tough. The Y. M. C. A. is one of the great factors in helping to make the world safe for Democracy—help it along.” TWENTY MORE GO TO JOIN NATIONAL ARMY THURSDAY Twenty Burleigh county boys who reported for duty to the county draft board at 4 o'clock this afternoon leave some time Thursday for Camp Stevens, Ore. With this third increment, Burleigh county will have sent to the front 66 men out of her net quota of 89. Forty-six Burleigh county men now are ai Camp Dodge, or points whence they have been transferred from that post. MINNESOTAN TELLS OF TORPEDOING HIS SHIP BY GERMAN SUB Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 19.—Maith- ew Trenda, a member of the gun crew of the torpedo steamship Antill on sick leave at his home here, hav: ing just returned from a hospital in Brest, France, where he was taken for treatment after being picked up at sea, October 17, following the sinking of the vessel. The Antilles was torpedoed shortly after dawn, and because of the foggy weather the submarine was not sighted. “We heard the torpedo coming,” said Trenda. ‘When it hit we rushed below and got on our life belts. 1 had just put on my belt when the maga- zine exploded. I was blown through the hatch and into the “The next I knew I was being given first aid treatment on a destroyer which picked me up about three hours later.” Trenda was employed in a local bank before enlisting in the navy nine months ago. HUNS KNOW CAUSE IS LOST BUT RETAIN | HOPE IN U-BOATS Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 19.—The German people know their cause is a hopeless one but they still have faith in the submarine, according to Rich- ard Jente, formerly a student at Heid- | elberg university, who has just joined the faculty of the University of Min- nesota. After graduating from Yale in 1911 Mr. Jente went to Heidelberg university, receiving the degree of doc- tor of philosophy there on May 17, ast. “While there are many malcontents all over Germany, there is no public outcry against the government,” said Mr. Jente. “Yet the German people feel they are fighting a losing battle with their only possible chance rest- ing in the subniarine. This sentiment is privately discussed in all circles though no one dares say so publicly. “Women have taken the place of men in all the industries and you see them running street cars, working in ‘the fields and in the factories. At Heidelberg university most of the stu- dents are women. The majority of men students are wounded soldiers not fit for active service again. “The population of Germany has lost 15 pounds per person through government food regulations, but no one looks-any the worse for it. Every of for months. “All the church bells in the empire government to be used for ammuni- tion as were all household utensils of copper, aluminum and lead. The Sun- day before the church bells were ta- ken impressive services were held all over the country. “Around the university I attended jthere were hundreds of Russian, | French and English prisoners at work |in the fields. In the Heidelberg hos- pitals the wounded allies prisoners are placed side by side with the German injured.” STRAW FOR STOCK Northern Minnesota | St. Paul, Minn., Dee. 19.—Straw will! be supplied to districts in Northern Minnesota where forage crops failed because of last summer's drouth, it is planned by S. W. Frasier, an aide of | the state public safety commission. He | tried to get farmers who havi surplus to bale straw and ship it to Cass, Bel- trami and other counties so that farm- ers in the drouth stricken distric will not be forced to sell their stock. | “All articles intended for this pur- I “In this cold spell there has been a immense } another place in camp where they! were requisitioned last April by the a Effori Will Be Made to Care for | po T The Model | Main St. and old-fashioned. —<rs. Romanoff and everybody, very homely. The fad i: but we don't know where thai is. ladys Brockw a light in a white bowl. Sure, a wash Eppinger Bldg. Have it taken this way girls, if you don’t wish to ell pes tt for this one. HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS PHOTOS TAKEN LIKE THIS—LATEST THING appear fogeyized This is the latest fad in the wa: of Christmas gift photographs. Prom: inent women, beautiful and not beau iful, have taken it up, we are assur2d Th» effect is striking if the sudject is Pgs said to have been startd by the queen of Karnotabit Isle, howl will do. 35TH ANNUAL CATA Will & Co., the pioneer seed house of ficials but there has been no great|presses. The front cover, unusually suffering come to my attention. Cof-| artistic, shows a viéw of the iate fee, tea and cocoa have been unheard ap EV founder of this well known ent seated in his study, colors are pictured mixed Indian corn and at their hite flint and it, hardy types of the Perthold Lad side Wills Will's bred ical North to $0 days menenil | be It f the development than a third-century sce] which this more ot progressive H of the LADDER relieved in. 24 HOURS Fach Cap- sule bears the name &g- Berrare of counterfeits CAPSULES MIDY _ ne of the pro: breeding has | LOGUE OF WILL CO. REVEALS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT The 85th annual catalog of Oscar H. brougiut. needs and the pos: | ties | perate zones. Fruit Is Featured. beam raspberry, advertised Lie fo. FA Ls The | Northwest Hotel | A High-Ciass Herel at Reasonable Rater ees SOc per day and up Running het and cold water The Seventh St Tmicraly hort fice Linge Copeste MeKeane Had | SOG B80 y EUROPEAN a) The lighting effect is simple— The house is one which ca- ters especially to the northwest. Its ounce of food is doled out by the of-|the northwest, is just off The Tribune | seeds are bred with a view to the of the , horthwe ern country, and because of ‘their virility and’ productiveaess they have become popular in the more tem- Having proven that\North Dakota ow all manner of Vegetables and the Will company has of late {years devoted much atteation to fruit. ucts of its research is ed in the new catalog in the the fe Le S ON HOTELS Stile room wi RSS| PG McKenzie day and vi.tt opposite 400 roouss w wots INFOURDAYS We Close This Store Forever $7000.00 worth of men’s and Boys Suits, Overcoats Shoes, Hats, Caps, Underwear, Shirts, and Mackinaws at a sacrifice. only sort which reqhires no winter covering in this state. The catalog, with cover, embraces 84 pages, teeming with valuable in- formation for the grain-grower, the diversified farmer, the truck-gardener, the floriculturist and the horticultur- ist. The booklet is profusely illustrat- ed with actual photographs and sketches from life, and it is so conven- jently indexed that the prospective purchaser may turn at a glance to the items in-wiich he is mos: interested. Bismarck comes in for some good publicity’ through attractive cuts of the new high school, with its spacious lawns, and of near-by farm scenes. Fears that seed-wheat might be out of sight are settled by the fixing of a for all standard varieties at “50 the bushel, and the best seed " is advertised at $6. The catalog throughout is a credit to the Will Co. and to the Tribune Printery, which is responsible for its typographical excellence. ANAMOOSE SEWER J0B FINISHED BY FARGO BUILDER Anamoose, N. D. | ing sewer contra es been complet- - 19.—The orig- jed by the, Aiken’ Construction Com-| | pany of Fargo, N. D. ‘The work has} been approved hy Engineer T. R. At- | kinson of Bismarck and accepted by | the trustees of the village council. The high school has already been connect- jed up, and several other connecting rermits have been issued. Work onthe water tank and tower is being rushgdand with a few more days of favdrable weather, wih: be completed. .The laying of water;main , Will’ be; started .early next sori Sinée wotk' on the sewer system was started, only about three months ago, the village council has been pe- titioned for three extensions, for both water and sewer, which petitions have been favorably acted upon by the vil- lage council. And the necessary steps will be taken for letting the ad- ditional contracts. Anamoose is growing rapidly and with the water and sewer system com- pleted, Anamcose can be classed with ‘Stop that Colt at the fy iscevery for Coughs ¢ Colds does it. Also scatters the con- gestion and clears up the head. ‘breaks the fever and makes for ease and restful sleep. |Your druggist’s father sold Dr. King’s New Discovery 59 years ago and for a half century it has been the standard cough and cold remedy. If millions had not used it to vantage it would not to-day enjoy national popularity. keep it somarantly on hand. Your druggist sclls it, The Evils val Constipation Teaving waste material in the body, poisons the system and blood and makes you liable to sick headaches, Liliousness, nervousness and muddy etin, Try Dr. Life Pills. Prompt relicf. Soo Hotel $1.00 . the best of the larger cities in the! state. Had it not been for the poor crops and the war—Anamoose would have | experienced a material growth in fir WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19, 1917 BUY NOW— THE MODEL proof and modern buildings. oe z Lahr Motor Sales Company - pay The BISMARCK jing for the better. But on | —— “Exclusive Service” Phone 490 Model North Dakota account of the high cost of all build- material, these operations are be- ing deferred until conditions change Wanted—CGunnysacks at Gussner’s. Notice to the Public The Woodmen of the World will give a big Opening dance at the K. C. Hall Thursday evening, December the 20th. The affair promises to be the most popular and long waited for event of the social season. Nothing has been left undone by the Entertainment Committe event. Refreshments will be i p ariag forsthe rved free ‘to dvery- body, and in order to defray the expenses a small charge of 75c per couple will be made. A large attendance is expected. Tickets will be on sale at the door. Dancing will commence at 8 o’clock and a seiect six-piece orchestra will fur- nish the music. A GOOD TIME IS PROMISED TO ALL. DON’T MISS IT. Signed: M. C. Price, Frank Hayes, H. A. Mclntyre, OF the Entertainment Committe. orv of North Dakota. proof. European, fied Toms, ‘Dairy lunch open Park. ith bail The NORTHWEST, 190 Rooérs — The McKENZIE, 210 Rooms The SOO, 125 Reeans THE HOTEL CLNI'R IN” BISMARCK, N. D. EDW.c. PATTERSON, Owner and Prep. = MG he Bank with the loc. You may be debating in your mind the question as to what is the best means for you to employ in attaining Success. Unless you already possess a large sum of money there is only one answer, and that is save and be ready for opportunities that are sure to come. What you save will be the factor which will fin- ally end the debate in your favor. TheFirst National Bank BISMARCK, N.D. wv: 8 » rie ) war 4 » > at ‘es