The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1919, Page 2

PAGE 2, BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE TOWNLEY HAD PLANNED SCHEME FOR CONFISCATION F. FE. PACKARD State Tax Commissioner inte It is strange that so little is said teenth legislative assembly. Boys! Girls! Win $5 in Gold VACATION MONEY Think of it —$5 for 50 words—$5 in Gold! And so easy for any boy—any git! This is All You Have to Do Ask your mother why she thinks Calumet Baking Powder is the best Baking Powder she ever used. Mother knows why Calumet is better —if she has ever used it—and she can tell you. Then when she tells you, just write in 50 words or less the veason—“ Why mother likes Calumet best.” Sign your name and address, and mail to us. That’s all. The boy or girl who sends in the best answer—in 50 or less words —why mother likes Calumet best, will receive a $5 Cash Prize. The Only “Rules” Are These — Only boys and girls in or “urider” the 8th grade in any school are allowed to enter the contest. Your answer must not have - more than 50 words. Contest closes June 23rd. Your answer must be, in our office on or before that ‘date. i Bismarck Tribune Co. OF FARMING LANDS Dakota as indicated by measures pre- pared and introduced into the Six- There in this campaign concerning the in- were a number of measures, which if tent pf the leaders of the Nonpartisan taken together, clearly evince a pur- league to force socialism upon North pose on the part of Townley and’ his associates to fasten upon this state “simon pure” socialism. It was an attempt to so amend and model the tax and revenue statutes ‘of the state so that private property would grad- ually come into the possession of the state. This seems so plain'from a consideration of the measures in ques- tion, that it is a matter of wonder that little or no attention has been paid to tt. : Many of these measures were not passed in the form in which they were drafted. Some of them were defeated entirely and others were never intro- ducd. But that they were approved by the league authorities and drafted and brought to the state for introduc- tion, is beyond question. Wanted a Ground Rent’ The tax measures, submitted to ‘the state tax commissioner unused; and one exempting city prop- erty. ground rent, if land rented for $2.60 or made a re- proper percentage ‘for capitalization, then $25.00 an acre would he added to the assessible value of the land. To this was to be applied the average general property tax. If this was forty mills then there would be an ‘addi- tional tax of $1.00'an acre upon such land. . If the land’ made a: return ‘of $5.00, there would be gn additional tax of $2.00 gn acre. This in addition to the general property tax, in itself, would be confiscatory of land. ” Classification Act the division of Ignd into used and un- used, the used to be valued at 60 per- cent and the unused at 100 percent of its actual value. Anyone’ owning 320 acres of land could claim it- as used, although in fact‘it was not used, if he made his home upon it. Thisi-was afterwards increased to 640 acres, No exemption was made of gny land above that amount so that unused land jn the hand of small Jand owners was assessable at 60 percent and: ynused land in the hands of large owners was assessable at 100 percent. Ne eX: emption act provided that’ structures and improvements upon city realty of a value of $2500.00'or ‘less was tax free, Those ‘valued at’more tha $2500.00 and less than $8500.00 paid a tax upon a $1,000.000° ‘valuation, while property valued ‘at $3504.00 was taxed upon its’ full value: ‘A’ careful computation reveals the |: fact’ that in the’ ordinary town, the | owner of a house‘worth between $3500 or $4,000 would: have to pay a tax in} the neighborhood of $600.00. A house of that kind‘ could ‘not be rented for that’ amount—the taxes would - b greater’ than any possible income ‘and the result would he the confiseation of that class’of property. ‘This: measure made quite'a hit with'the small -prop- ty owner both in the towns and in ORENESS ,, ¢s K {n Joints ‘or mus- ¢ massage with— : ® ' cles, give o ibrisk The Allover Overall Adequate protection with complete freedoms Te covers and adequately proteéts your cloth- ing, yet leaves your arms free, Excellent fit because it’s made in all leg lengths and waist measures, and can be adjusted at the shoulders. Comfort in hot weather. Made strong, durable, roomy and good-looking. In either khaki or heavy-weight Eastern indigo- dyed blue denim. Our famous Guarantee backs up every Oshkosh B’Gosh Overall— They must make good or we will, OSHKOSH OVERALL CO., OSHKOSH, WIS. SH, OVERALLS THEY MUST MAKE ——SOLD BY—— CUSTOM. TAILORING EXPERT REPAIRING wa ililiias! Within GOOD OR _W HAND PRESSING DRY CLEANI BERGESON. Ne NG rior to the|for revenue and practically all reve- assembling of the legislature, con-|nues have to be met by taxes upon tained the ‘following measure which| property. ‘The first ‘class passing into could have no other object than the|the hands of ‘the state, a very heavy confiscation of, private property; a| burden would fall upon the next class bill provided for ground rent; one pro-| of property, which ‘in the city would be viding that at the expiration of three| houses from $2500 to $3500 in value. years, if taxes were not paid, fee title| After these have been confiscated and would vest in the state; an act classi-| become the property of the state, the fying land into two classes, used and/ little fellows would go rapidly. The purpose of the ground rent tax| complete file of the bills are kept, and was to levy a tax upon capitalized/the ground rent measure, which This would mean that| submitted to all three tax commission- ers, leads to the unavoidable conclu- turn of that sum per acre and the tax| sion ‘that it was a trick to foist so- commissioner chose ten percent as the|cialism upon an unsuspecting state. The classification act provided for| Experts Show How Extermina- the ‘cduntry but a Tittle consideration ought to/have revealed to them -t danger of such an arrangement. When- ever you take more than the income from property for taxes, then confis- cation begins and it is only a question of time until the owner abandons the property. Under such an arrangement he could use the property tax free for three ‘years ‘and at the end of three years it would become the property of the state and he would become a ten- ant of the state. State to Confiscate This would prove true of greater areas of used land where the owner had more than 640 acres. These two elasses of property would pass into the hands of the state. The state pays no taxes upon its property and yet there is an ever increasing demand A careful reading of these original bills, which may be found wherever a BISMARCK MAN ~ HEAD OF NORTH DAKOTA MASONS Anil P. Lenhart of ‘Capital City Elected Grand Master at Grand Forks ROYAL ARCH IN SESSION Grand Forks, N. Di, June 20.—Amil P, Lenhart of Bismarck was elected Grand Master of the North Dakota Grand Lodge of Masons at the’ busi- ness session this morning when the election of officers was held. Other important business matters were dis- cussed during the session and action will be taken in many of the matters before ‘the close of the Grand Lodge communication, Mr. Lenhart who was elected grand was KILLING HOPPERS NOT INDIVIDUAL ATE TASK i tion of Pests Is Incumbent on Whole Townships The grasshopper.campaign in North Dakota is being pushed vigorously. The four experts, who are in the field are. cooperating . with the county agents and, county commissioners in organizing .to. fight the hoppers. The method most commonly used is for the county commissioners to author; ize the-county agent to purchase the necessary ingredients for making up the poison which ig then mixed at ¢entral points. where the farmers come and gét it. Se Na ‘Stewart’ Lockwood, wo is in charge ofthe canipaign, states that the’ grass- hoppers are’ still hatching, but that at present they are small and ‘thelr only ‘method ‘of traveling is walking so that’ they cannot move’ more than a ‘rod or two a'day..°By July, however they will be able “to take to their wings‘an can then’ cover considerable be | territory and especially with the wind. This gives the reason why the pofson- ing should’ be’ pushed at the present time ‘as ‘they are ‘now in limited areas and‘ it' they ‘cai’ be’ poisoned at the present time as they are now in limit- ed. areas and if thes can be poisoned there it will be a much simpler prob- lem than ‘if they are allowed to get large’ enough to fly,‘and then there is of course the other reason that every day that they are allowed to live they are: voraciously consuming crops. The: killing of the ‘grasshoppers is not an individual problem but rather a township, 6f county problem; that is why so much emplfiasis is laid on organization. Good progress has been made in the counties that ‘started early and they are also’ being able to get the white arsenic, which is about as effective as Paris green, and only costs from one-fourth’ to one-fifth as much. * However, there has been trou- ble in securing the arsenic lately as the Anaconda copper smelters have been shut down. These were the source of the arsenic that has been used in North Dakota. The counties without county agents are having a rather hard time in this grasshopper fight. as they have no-one to organize and take charge of the campaigi. One county without a county agent at- tempted to put on a campaign. They were a little late in getting started, however, and had to purchase Paris green instead of arsenic which they could have secured a ‘little earlier. This‘cost them some $2,500 more than the arsenic would have come to and as the ‘start was made late the four tons of Paris green had to come by express which added a considerable sum to the amount paid out; in other Words, through not getting started on time this county had had ‘to pay out enough additional for the poison to have. pdid the expenses of a county agent for more than a year to say hothing of the loss due’ to the “grass- hopper ravages in not ‘getting started Killing them’ off promptly. REED BACK TO CAMP TRAVIS AND ARMY Andrew Reed of Fort Berthold res- ervation, a perfectly good Indian once more, reported to the local recruiting station’ this week for transportation to Camp Travis, Tex., where he is'to enter upon his second term of enlist- ment as a soldiér for Uncle Sam.’ An- drew overstaid his ‘30 days’ leave and a technical ‘charge of desertion was filed against him. ~ This was with- drawn, however, and the young “Arick- ara returned to Camp Travis ‘of his own volition and unattended. ‘Col. Ross of Aberdeen, héad of this re- eruiting district, visited the Bismarck offices this week. ‘ Opposition to Knox’ Plan ,Develops Washington, June 19.—Adoption of the Knox resolution with regard to the. treaty, would be an uncalled for effort upon the ‘part ‘of congréss to dictate to the peace conference, said Senator Thomas of: Colorado, demo- orat, today in opposing ‘the measure. ‘Fhe: Colorado senator, declared the proposal that the senate declare itself new against ‘accepting -the league as intertwined with the ‘peace -terms was improper and unwise: Before Senator Thomas © spoke, Senator Spencer, republican, of Mis- souri, introduced a resolution propos- ing that the senate declare that under any “league ‘plan adopted application of the Monroe doctrine must Te- séfved’ entirely for national determi- nation: The ‘resoliition went over without action, © ; ee master has served during the last year as deputy grand master and is well up on the work of this new office. Oth- er officers elected this morning are: Charles E. Best, Lisbon, deputy grand master; Allan V. Haig, Devils Lake, senior grand warden; Henry E. Byor- um, ‘Minot, junior grand warden; Clin- ton’ D. Lord of Park River was re- elected grand treasurer and Walter L. Stockwell of Fargo was re-elected grand secretary. Appoint Officers. The selection of the following ap- polntive officers was, announced last night: Edwin’ A, Ripley, Mandan, Senior Grand Deacon; Oscar St. C. Chenery, Jamestown, junior grand deacon; Frank W. BPhred, Courteney, senior grand steward; Albert Weber, Towner, Junior Grand Steward; Ralph L, Miller, Melville, grand marshal; T. S. Henry, Valley City, grand sword ‘bearer; T. B. Elton, Grand Forks, grand pursuivant; Frank -€, Falken- stein, Bottineau, grand tyler; Dy. H. P. Cooper, Edgeley, grand chaplain; Lawrence G. Moultrie, Valley City, grand chaplain; Henry H. Bergh, Towner, Grand’ Lecturer and Auditor. Royal Arch Masons, With delegates present. from prac- tically every chapter, the North Da- kota Chapter Royal Arch Masons’ an- nual convention was’ opened in the Masonic temple last night by Grand High Priest Dr. G. Roy Ringo of Mi- not. Preliminary grand chapter bus- iness and the address of the grand high priest was disposed of before the chapter recessed to 10 o'clock this morning. Many delegates to the North Dakota Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star arrived in the city last night for the twenty-fifth annual (silyer anniversary) meeting which opens this morning. The Super-Excel- lent Masters degree was conferred on a class of about thirty last night by Rae Council No. 5 Royal and Select Masters. A ‘banquet for the grand council followed the initiatory work. Discuss New Ritual. Chief among this morning’s items comes the proposed new constitution of the general grand chapter. The new ritual was adopted at the general grand chapter meeting last October and probably will be approved at this morning’s conference. It was stated, following last night’s meeting, that it is probable that here- after the Grand Chapter R. A. M. of North Dakota will meet with the Grand Council of Royal and Select ‘Masters and that an effort will be FRIDAY, JUNE 20,1919, made to’have the séssions: hel the winter. This -matter;- : pected, will be taken up this morning, as delegates expect to complete ai work before tonight, ig Prolong Communication. Among the important business cared for yesterday morning at the closing session of the North Dakota Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. annual com; munication was the action On the re port of a special committee, in which the grand lodge decided to prolong their annual meetings from two to three days. A complete revision of the Grand Lodge Ritual, Monitor ‘and Manual will be made during the next year, in accordance with action of the. grand lodge, W.. L. Stockwell, grand geere- tary, announced last night. Instead of May 1 to April 30, the present Masonic year, the ‘grand lodg decided to change the Masonic year hereafter to correspond with the cal- endar year. This action, Mr. Stock- well said, would not interfere with the time of the annual meetings, as, fer as he could ascertain, Bhat Help University “Y.” 5, The action of Grand Master Henry G. Vick in contributing $3,000 to the Young Men’s Christian association at the university as a permanent endow- ment fund in lieu of the hut which was to have been, built for the “U,” and a similar amount’ for the North Dakota Agricultural college at Fargo, was approved. 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