The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1919, Page 8

GOVERNOR STILL HAS NOT KEPT today from the Independent Voters’ as- sociation headquarters: fect that he will call a special ele tion on any measure for wh promises that were made by the part that put him in power.at the last eral election. out to the people that the present 1 lature would prepare law ‘so-called league platform, ‘them to the people for ratification cr {tion from now on, for some time stejeetion. firs SERVICE—That’s our middle name. Lahr Motor Sales Company = DISTRIBUTORS OF OVERLAND CARS ‘ederal Tires—Vesta Batteries and Western Electric Power and Light Plants BISMARCK ‘DATLY ‘TRIBUNE * If you are offered “something off” the chances are 100 to one that you are getting “something on.” | Rest assured that the price you are paying amply covers what you think you are getting for nothing. You can also be ninety-nine per cent sure that somebody else is:getting more “off” than you are. Any concession at all is evidence ef weakness. It is'evidence that the bars are down so why stcp at a small concession; why not get the limit? Somebody else will get it, why not you? If a dealer is handling*an automobile that is honestly built and listed at an honest price, the discount he gets fromthe maker 1s no more than suf- ficient to allow him the legitimate margin of profit to which he is entitled and to enable him to render to the purchaser the service which any automo- bile owner needs. : The automobile dealer who gets no more than the legitimate discount cannot afford to divide it with the customer and stay in business. An automobile dealer is in business for the same purpose that other people are—to make money. He will either. make money or he will have to go out of business. > To be able to remain in business, he must selt’his cars at a profit... Lf he is not going to remain in business his car would be a poor investment at any price. The cut ‘price dealer is not infrequently a feflection of the concern * whose car he sells. He usually has but a small inyestment, if any. He sel- dom has an organization worthy the name. He has no reputation to main- tain, neither does he expect to build one. He sells the cars for as much above cost as possible, two hundred dcllars profit or more, if he can get it, twenty-five dollars or less if he has to take it.- His motto is, “Make hay while the sun shines.” . After the car is sold, his interest in the customer ceases. The buyer must get along as best he can. No assistance, no service, just shift for himself and. make the best of it. 5 The time was when there may have been some excuse for one’s mak- ing a mistake in buying a motor car. But that time is past. There is no excuse for going wrong now. : All you have to do is to make a common sense investigation and post yourself concerning the various cars, the same as you would post yourself cn any other business proposition, and not go at it with your eyes shut. You can learn of the successes. 45 “4? ° Automobiles At Cut Prices Sounds Inviting ,Doesn’t Jt? But Is There Any Such Thing In Reality? You can learn of the failures. 3 bs . You can learn of the cars which stand up and give real service. You can learn of those which do not. You can learn of the cars which are actually manufactured.’ Un You can learn of those which are bought piecemeal and “put together. You can learn of the makers who have a reputation and want to maintain it. . You can learn of those who have-no. reputation and never expect to earn one. 4 You can learn of the cars which are always in service. : You can learn of those which are much of the time in the repair shop. » You can learn of the cars which are-a source of constant comfort and enjoyment. * You can learn of those which are a source of constant annoyance and expense. : You can learn of the dealers who have made a legitimate business of the sale of motor cars and expect to continue in it. . You can léarn of those who are “here today, and gone tomorrow.” You can learn of the dealers: who do business on business principles. - You can learn of those whose sole object is to'trade automobiles for dollars, and the transaction ends with the exchange. f Ycu can learn of the dealers who carry stocks of supplies, who are. : ready to take care of your slightest wants. You can learn of those who must send to the fa¢tory for everything needed, while you—you wait, and usually continue to wait. 2 You can learn of the dealers. who have organizations capable of ren- dering any service you may need. ik moe can learn of those to whom it is useless to look for service of any Kind, i You can learn of the dealers who handle the same line cf cars year after year. we 7 You can learn of those who seldom handle one line two years in succes- , sion. And when a user wants anything, he gets the reply, “Well, I aminot handling that car any more. You had better write to the factory.” : You can learn by investigation the things it will pay you to know and which will save you money and contribute to your mgtor car, satisfaction arid content. ener ape er Or, you can go at it blindly, pay out yor aorey and live in regrets. PROMISE TO PEOPLE, SAYS I. V. A. The following statement was is: campaigns on the whole of. | {han if it were put ruthle: ‘without a thorough anal, The governor's statement to the % and care- approved by a majority. It was positivels . jis apparent that we in North Dakota under the} must’ choose between government and submit} appointment and government by el an instrument of autocr: second un instrument of democracy The question might properly be a ed: "Do:the leaders of the leag | Prior to the general ‘election tw FeaTS., Ugo, Ne suid peaking of the BY olutlo) us Ghahg roposed by sub-divisions of our state are not com-| 000. petent to manage their own affa: If not, why have repeated efforts made to provide for a-~ointment of so : many officials that have edjafter an election and the pro and con} peen elected? proposition, | may seriou: y over, | We expec out of a reform movement that has i been conceived in a pa nt refer-| ful consideration. The cost of such an] dice and hatred: can we expect sweep- endum petition, bearing 15.000 signa-| election will be a minor item, as com- jng changes that are made in. a hurry ‘tures ‘is filed, is only half fulfilling the| pared with the importance of having ¢o produce anything but a government | tine dn this. state hole proposition. thoroughly wn- that will be noted in history for its | op rath y all the people. and va intolerance, impatience and mista y DIVERGENCE OF Some of these risks are now cov- DISPERSION ered in full by the Fargo company. Certain of the more drastic features! scale on Wednesday, heretofore | Of the league insurance bills _ would; home on the farm sk ourselves now: “Can} panies—that “is, to’ concerns whose successful democracy to CoMe| ome offices ure outside the state— t is tip-top grade. which may also account for the com-| placency with which these gentlemen | view proposed legislation, say repre- sentatives. of old line companies oper- ion of preju- dispersion 3 |. The American National, in any event, | “| seems determined to have its lightning rods up and ready if any busines: 'dropped by companies withdrawing |. {from ‘the state should come its way, | OPINION FOUND | as it is planning: to increase’ its cap- ital to a half million. E | sutumee a bas had re =a n believe | MEN r com-t roi bik Keep your clothes dry cleaned, pressed Amos Ives will hold = big public}dolar a few years ago and. by hard one mile It seems to me that we]seem to, apply ‘only to foreign com. | West, of epee Aub pation: eipae a a lot of stock to dispose of and all o : . y i He will remain on| Phone 75, City Fuel Co, the farm this year and this sale is but of his surplus stock. This shows what a live farmer can do in North Dakoia, as Mr. Ives and” his good wife came here without a SALE. March 5, at his] work and right living have now at- north-| tained a fine lot of property. He has 608 First Avenue North, Minneapolts, Minx. MORSE WIRELESS Write for'our booklet showing splendid advan- tages and big salaries for telearaphers. The Gov- ernment is using thousands of women in lis tele- graph service. For the Beulah. Coal of obeg TL, Teague), interests here involv ‘ find neGesctsy einendiments to the con-|counties, townsti stitution, would have to be pr 508 i 4 Saraten: would have to be proposed in | inerty in: self-government, or do they state, through. its fire session, before they could become Jaws,” Everybody knows that this} statement was ignored when he urged} the legislature to, put over house bill | Filia he. eueril el the party put in power went, on record to the effect mitjority of these who voted at that! + flection would have to vote for all| amendments in order to ke them | garry; but the same i ‘men later ignored th statement. and declared ments pnss did not have a majority o} that election. In fact. fiv Shad some 7,000 or 8.000 less than igovernor received himself. The statement should not be t because judging from us indicated above, he might change his mind on some technigal ground. © If one-half of thos to radical soci: iktand out publicly for what t yately believe to be right. there \ho trouble in getting 30,000 on referendum petitions. Changi qwill’ be brought about undef the | fecas-nom- penning are so.trem n their scope in gree portets weome the idea of having the whe Proposition thoroughly threshed out. be- | re the people; and then have it eith- r ratified or rejected by a majority, | as the case may be. ie the league rogram as now before | some instan is in definite legislative ac ound it will meet with more su CAUSE | f being more thoroughly understood! DESK ROOM Including light, tele- }phone and janitor ser- tvice at a reasonable }} rent. . | City Insurance Agency || Under City National Bank ; Phone 220-R Texas Oil The San Antonio district is the F mext focus of greatiactivity in OIL |; vand offers wonderful opportunities ighted investor. If you AS SOKO IU DOS ee I=DO=DO 2 ods which the urance fund, ; think that the citizens of our various can protect only to the extent of $100, 1 | KLEI Donse Brorwers BUSINESS CAR Dodge Brothers offer their Busi 3 _ Car to business men as an invest- i ment on which they can depend.’ | 11 will pay you to visit us and ecamine this car. ‘The haulage cost is unusually low. M. B. GILMAN CO., 212 Main St., BISMARCK, N. D. ness: Oh RE ; . and repaired. Only/experts in my employ. mechanical’ work, bring ‘your You will be interested in com- | MISSOURI VALLEY! Bismarck Luck, change or advertising neyer made. the Buick famous. je, “watt Me devel- eater pov I an other of eriual, s roplahes defbubmarines, where motor’mistakes invite destruction, unit alye-in-Head motors for the same. reasons. Valve-in-Head Motor Cars have and will run 10,000 miles or 100,000 miles over hills or any. roads with more certainty, and less fuel than any other motor cars that receive thé same care. f : A Buick Holds the World’s Greatest Mileage Record—302,000 Miles Corwin Motor Co BISMARC. expert car to us. Look over our battery department, it is the most completely equipped in the state. AUTOMOBILE PAINTING paring our work with that of other shops. _-MOTOR. CO. 7ARL PEDERSON; Man. North. Dakota . with LALLEY LIGHT AND. POWER The world’s lowest priced six was one of the centers of interest at the Minneapolis Auto- mobile Show. Seventeen agency. contracts were written by the Minneapolis Branch on Wednesday alone, and many retail or- ders taken. We are not going to have enough cars by half this spring, and sug- . gest to the prospective Oakland purchaser that he place his order early. & Dealers Wanted. for the Southwest - > Quarter of the State. es Corwin Motor Co. | Bismarck "North Dakoia The day you install a Lalley Light and Power plant on your farm, your fire risk from oil and gas lights comes to an end. Lalley electricity is safe —it can’t hurt you, and it can’t burn down your house or buildings." = | Let us show you why. “Corwin Motor Co. _ Bismarck, N. D. vein: Hear Motor a |