The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1919, Page 2

| é 1 | Trac not knot inte well Flo; $25, rels, sanc the proj forr like last a mot wat Qdell, “being all of the directors of | CONSUMERS’ UNITED. STORES CO. WANTS HALF-MILLION MORE BUT HALL SAYS THERE’S NO CHANCE Secretary of State Can See No Possibility of Big Bond Issue by ~ Corporation With But $1,000 Capital Stock Paid In—Sudden Need for Such Large Sum Not Explaineg—Certifi icate-Holders to Be Told About Affairs of Concern. at Meetings April 3. : . A. The Consumers’ United Stores Co., with a capital of $10,000, of which, according“to its own statement, but $1,000 has been issued,-today filed with the secretary of state notice that it in- tends to issue $500,000 worth of bonds, The notice is signed by J. J. Hast- ings, J. W. Brinton and W. G. Joh son, “directors of the Consumer: United. Stores Co.” and it is to tie ef foct that: “We, the undersigned, be ing the directors of the Consumers United Stores Co., chairman and se retary, respectively of the speci stockholders meeting of March 13. / 1919, at which a bond issue of $500,000 | was xuthorized, do hereby certi etc, tho certificate being to the | fect that all of the stockholders re- velved a notice that on the thirdeenth | day of March there would be a spe efal stockholders’ meeting of the Con sumérs' United Stores Co., in Fargo for the purpose of voting upon the issuance of $500,000 of bonds by the’ cofhpany for the purpose of devlop- Ing and extending its business. This; jevertheless | can truthfully state . notice Was signed by Hastings, Brin-} that at all times | wag sensible to ton and Johnson, as directors. the tremendous responsibilities Stockholders’ Meeting. jlaced upon me by the voters of Fred G. Miller, chairman of the spe-| Morton county, to the fulest ex- cial stockholders’ meeting; W. G.; ten of my ability. If, in my best Johnson, secretary, and Fred G. Mil-{ judgment 1! have been in ‘error, : Jer, Wo G, Johns and Spurgeou} jit is YOUR DUTY MR. VATER to so express yourself in the com- ing referendum election. tire state. -1 propose at all times to! be able to make my own defence, for! anything | may say or do, anywhere anduyinder all conditions.” 1 opposed with all my ability a number of bills which were pass- ed. | shall keep my pledge to | give to ghe people who have plac- | ed me in the position to represent not only their collective views politically, but their social views ae well (I recognize fully that this is by no means a eémple task, a complete explanation of these ob- jectionable ts, through the col- umns of the Farmers Press. 1 frankly confess that in my limit- ed capacity, it is possible for me to only approach these qualifications the Consumers’ United Stores Co.,| further certify: NOT support, ‘and one-of-the reasons | small son, her parents and_ mast why the Courier News, under date of other relatives in this city. Funeral March 21st, as well as the North Da- \ of Mrs. Conrad will be held tomorrow kota Leader of ithe 22nd, in an article signed by President’ A. C. sTowmley, condemn us as “traitors, fols)’ and We will discuss the bill cowards.” on its. merits later. While the matter is: still fresh in our mind, wil.Ithe Courier News kind- ly divulge to us its source of informa- tion, to which it. had access during This. would surely be interesting to the rank and file; of By way: of explanation I may say that I was a member of the committee on state af- # under consideration Senate, Bill No. 134. ‘o consider Senate Bill No. 134 was : riday i | called by the chairman on the 14th Conrad, passed away Friday afternoon } of February, however, the Courier- 4 ‘ News on the 5th of February contain- f Sele 5 2, 2 | ployed ed the following bit of information, lowing en atinck:of influenza, and the | thé session? the league membership. fafrs, which committee bad The first meeting. of thi: under the caption: ; “Kept Press by Lies’ Attempts... to Fool State.” Furthermore when \this bill is reported’ out of com- mittee it wil be found that it has been amended so that ‘the stae superintendent of public instruc: “tion and one other elective state , oficial have ben made ex-officio members of ,the board of admin- istration.” Just how the Courier News could know the /exact amendment that our commitee would offer, ten days prior to the first meeting on this gill would make interesting reading. In its issue of the 21st of March, over the signature | the Courier News, of A. C. Townley, says: “Of course the traitors will not opose the whole: program; flour mills, elevators and all. They will oppose four or five league ‘meas- ures’ kigned by Governor Frazier and agreed\ upon almost unani- mously by the league lawmak-.. ers? These four or five ‘league meas- >“That the meeting was held at the | It is regrettable in the extreme, time agd place specified in the notice; that a portion of the press of the that all of - the stockholders hid Ts periatencs could render inestimable resent and voting in person, and|service to the people of the state by . % J . {nat the following resolution, “that |discussing these issues on their mer-| Ures” were the same identical meas the company by and through the pres-jits in a fair and impartial way—has| ine peginning ‘of this article, and ident and secretary issue $500,000 in} seen fit to PROSTITUTE its columns} which | challenge Townley or any one five-year six per cent bonds in two]with deliberate lies and personal) gice to show when and by what man: series of $250,000 each, said bonds tol slander, for the purpose of Mtisfying]| ner they became “league measures.” be secured by mambership notes:|the personal ambitions and private! Knowing that they cannot. convince which are to be deposited as cothiter-! gain of a few-radieats who have eX-| the membership that these are part al with the Scandinavian-American | ploited this great farmers organiza-| o¢ the league program will Mr, Town- bank of Fargo, in the proportion of|tion dy forcing legislation under thé}igy and the league press céme out 1 18 dollars of face value of the} guise of “League Program.” T chall-|nonestiy and confess that they pro- notes tO each dollar of face value of|enge The Courier-News or ary other posed to use the league. program to the bonds, and that the directors of league publication, to point to one in-| pat thse bills aero 4 the company sell said bonds or use the | stance, any time since the inception) “Ty this same a same in making loans and that the! of the league organisation, up to and | collowing: ij ‘i money derived from such loans oF) including the convening of the ses-} “It those who think their influ- salés be dy the directors used inj sion just closed, wheredy the board] once in League ciceles sutti- financing tha extension and develop: | of administration Bil, the one-man taXy int with the help of the gang Oe ment of the Consumers’ United Stores! commissioner diN* ths printing bil have defeated, time and: gain to Co, system. Provided. | ¢ all) the immigration bill and the judici ‘result in those five bills being moneys collected upon such colateral) redistriction bill. were snowed under. xe not out 4G notes, upon the deduction of collection | “league measures.” 1 will go fart doudle croas. those who have expenses, shall de covred into a sink-/er, T challenge sted them, they: wauld have ing fund in the Scand ian Ameri! dent tax payers in the ne defore: the. league’ caucus can bank to pay the principal and in-| Dakota outside of those in the employ? gna give the legistators the bene terest on said bonds, was moved and) of the league, who Knew that these) fie of their cism at the time slick cle we find the ‘i es : a a iene t ame seconded, Bod ae a pote Dy Baltot) bills were to de probes eae gna tenes | the bills were under diseussion.” | Was unanimously adopted every | you further to § end or deny, that in Mr. To positively why. Ned tification meetings” purposely refrained from vove mentlongd bills, share of stockjWas Voted in favor of|/the soc Sald résdlutiong and the issuance of} you $400,090 worthia® bands. “The reselu- “these” ‘officials did “NOT appear be- {fore the ¢aucts. Mr: Townley knows. {that the legislators. snd not the state afternoon’ at 2 o'clock from! the Luth- leran church, Rev. B. F. Fylling, offi- ciating. ‘ OF FLU FATAL (sae sa TOMRS. CONRAD "20TH PAGKING , Beloved Young Matron of Man-! D. B.C. : PUP ILS) dan Passes—Was be of {Misses Nellie Prior and Mabel} Publlgher of The } Rosel Employed by Co-oper- Mauish NTE, March ’29—One. of] 24Ye Fim of Fargo, N. D: their course at the Dakota Business College, Fargo, N. D., Miss Nellie Death was} 5); ‘due to’ inflammation of the heart fol- Erik and Slee Mabel, Roset were’ em ‘ = # ; Packing Co., atso of Fargo. immediatercause of death was due to/ ‘EO. lthe settliig of a blood clot on the| The supply of D. B. C. graduates) rain. Mrs. Conrad had been sick for |™@ver seems quite- to équal the de- ‘several months but her many friends |™@nd. Here are a few just engaged: | {were hoping against hope that she | Gordon Bergeson hy First Nasional | i would soon be on the road to recovery. | Bank, Litchfield, N-D.; Rachael Stire- | | Ts. ral was the daughter of Walt by J. A. Marsh, Registrar ofj |Mr. and '\Mrs. Albert Larson. and | Deeds, Steeles N. D.; Stassia Goreski j grew to-womanhood:in Mandan. She | by Bismarck Grocery Co., Bismarck, attended:the public schools here and | N. D.! Helen Burnham by Crary-Turn- jgraduated from the Mandan high |er Insurance: Co., Fargo, N. D. Bere- school Shoptly after her graduation | Niece Kelling. goes to the Fairview | from high sehool she was wedded to/ Mill Co., Fairview, Mont., and Jesste Everett J. Conrad, editor of the Man-| Irvine to the Farmers’ Grain Seed dan, News. Mrs. Conrad has been a/Co., Mangador, N. D. i devoted member, and faithful worker | It is a real asset sto be a D. B. c. in the Lutheran’ church of this city! pupil. Inquires regarding enrollment Land leaves a host of friends to mourn | should be addressed to F. &. Watkins, her:loss. | Prest. Dakota Business College, S06 Besides her husband she léaves a‘ Frant Street, Fargo, N. D. _ Advt. after.a lingering illness. | AWATET SERVICE STATION Give it a Chance’ There are only two-places:in-your- whole car that need water. One is the radiator. The other is the battery. ° ~ If you forget your radiator you'll hear from it right away. ; If you forget your battery, it keeps on ~ -working for a while, but it is damaged just as Surely as‘your engine would be if you let the radiator go dry. x a3 “s,.Give your battery a chance to make good i tlon was by the chairman declared) instead you diseu: Suh | orcs ~erielee te: i 5 : rie ; adopted. Dong, this 20th ay of} eauermeashres which You KAO. nate laws. ay copresstaa: 10, geek hg < “By having us‘add distilled water everyweek * “W eee atte we penet Soe eee cues cad petwont a raf Peay Aumajority. of the les yor} OF so, and. test éach cell with the Hydrom- jeonfuse the issues and prevent a ref- The notice fs being returned to the|erendum of gho obdjectionadle pills. Consumers’ United Stores Co., for] 1 chantlenge the Courier-News to three reasons: First, because it was} deny that they were not aware not accompanied by of the fact that their “news” ing fee of $8; see story written under a Bismare! 4543 of the corporatic date of February 3rd, under th! Dakota, compiled~laws of 191 caption “Rural Schools ing of corporations. “Nor must they Dragged into Politigs” was @Bso- ate debts beyond the lutely false and uftrue, in “that ital stoc portion of the article commencing C.b, 191 with the sub-title, “New Bilb is thirds of the ntire capi s introduced” stating “in the mean- de represented by the vote i time while these attacks weres - the fsSusnce of bonds.” | being made, Senator Cahill, chair | 1 — W. MEES It is contended that inasmuch as man of the State's affairs commit- ~s “an: _ according to the compa’ tee, has prepared a bill introduc- North | ed Saturday which prevides——" | “pay, jed to pass these bills. j Townley omit from his list Jors” ag the capitol the .Governor's Iname?" Did not. Governor. Frazier | VETO the “league mé@asures” Senate Bills No. 159 te 165 ‘inclusive. all of ed the Sa oyed to ps ment, published in thi Headaches and Rody Pains sMr.| ' Colds Cause Headaches and Pains. | Dakota Leader, but $1,000 worth of! st0ck has been i sue could not wed, the bond is-! exceed this amount, / which is $499,000 less than the amount specified in the notice. It is 3 held that $1,000 worth of stoc! ing dut one-tenth of the wNole the required two-thirds of the ¢ stock “Was not represented at 0 stockholders’ meeting which voted favor of the half-million bond issue. Meeting To Be Held. | Notice is given in this week's North] ti- Dakota Leader of a meeting of certi cate holdersrof the stores company their stores’ April S$. The certific: holders are not shareholders in the company and have no voting power or; other Interest in it. Tis notice st that “the, Consumers Co, holds approsimately worth of farmers’ Jnited Store $800,000 notes of $108 apiece” John J. Hastings? late presi-! Gent of the concern, recently told the} board, which now has the! es Consumers’ Co. under investigation. that the company had resoure 92,600,000 and quick assets of $ O00. Whether the proposed bond ua has any connection with the cer | tificate holders’-meting calld for Ap-! Til 3 or the investigation now pend- ing nefore the blue sky commission:! whose edicts the company has to date ignored, cannot be stated. = * SENATOR MEES CARRIES FIGHT TO BIG Boss! (Continued from Page One) meat fn a fair and impartial way on th@se, momentuous questions Perbonally the writer has been very While it is true that the bill bore Senator Cahill's name, it is also true that Senator Cahill was absent on the day this bill was introduced, and did not re turn until Monday after the con vening of the senate. It is also true that he denied all knowledge of having previously seen this bill as weil as knowing how his name became attached to the bill. You continue the article with the following: “This bill is in line with the recommendations made in’ Governor Frazier’s annual mee- sage——" Will the Courier News reprint’ the particular part of Governor Frazier's message? Here it is: BOARD OF CONTROL. “Also recommend one salaried man and two state officials to compose the Board of Controt— saving another six thousand dol- lars and having one directly re sponsible head.” BOARD OF EDUCATION. = * “t therefore recommend that the present state board of regents and the state board of education be abolished ang that their powers and duties and cer. tain powers and duties of the state superintendent of pubtic instruction Se transfgered to and exercised by a single state board of education, to consist of not more than five members.” jdust, overhauled, good itires; a real bargain for i Just what did Senate BIN No. 134) provide then as well as row( this is’ the board of administration MINT “* * The deard of administra- tion shall succeed and perfornt all the duties of the board of education, board of regents. beard of control, nermal beard of control, and the ‘ceard of trustees of the said several ed- ucational instituions of the State, and it shall succeed to and | possess on behalf of the state, or fer any political subdivision thereof, all records, documents, reports and appurtenances of all H cau from a cold are NE Tablets. There's ‘Bromo Quinine.” E. Signature on the box. FOR SALE Buick Roadster someone. 0. KOBER ©) Finney's Drug Store MR. CAR OWNER | Within the next few weeks you will be getting out your auto- | mobile and preparing for the sea- son's run. Doubtless one of the ings that you will have to! first In our line of Kelly-Springfield , mn relieved | y taking LAXATIVE BROMO QUI only - one GROVES | > | } iconsider will be your tires. = kinds now held by each or all of casings and tubes we believe that said boards. we have something that will portance, effect the individual inter) Does Senate Bil No. 1M carry out | Merit your investigation. That atta of every citizen to such an ex-ithe recomemndations of the Govern-| they cost mores true,but as has RENE Be to absolutely prohidit anything or? Adsolutely nothing of the kind—| been said before—“the recollec- BRE everything, not absolutely true and the Courier News Frows their tion of quality remains long after enter inte the discue-| statement is just as talse in this Te the price is forgotten.” spect, as their statement that this oS brief for any) dill is part of the league program. Drop in our store, or call us up Rot my intewtiens to de} Where the governor recommended aland we be pleased to show any person ofithreaman board of control, (one to! you why. : my own)actions/be salaried and two to be state offi- a just clored. onlf/ciais) and a fire member board of may “have / educationsSenate Bill No. 134 pro- eter to make'sure that you are. keeping up - ELECTRIC SHOP B. 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