The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1919, Page 8

MAIL CLERKS 10 DISCUSS WAGES AT ST. PAUL SOON Delegates From Wisconsin, Min- nesota, North and South Dakota to Attend BISMARCK IS INTERESTED St, Paul, Minn., Sept. 13—Increase| in salaries to adequately meet the high cost of living; reduction of the number of grades from ten to five; increased help in handling the ma: that the acts of Congress be not ema culated and that the rulings of the postmaster general be subject to some other, provisions, and that all = fication of routes be under a single classification are among the demands that will be presented to the wage commission by delegates representing the Railway Mail Association at St. Paul Sept. 19 and 20, Delegates from Chicago, Milwaukee, Portage, La Crosse, Fargo, Jamestown, Aberdeen. Sioux City, Minneapolis, and St. Paul representing the organizations will be present at the hearing. According to officers of the associa- tion the recent system of grading the mail clerks that time for proper rec- ognition of service and promotion re- quires too long a time before an em- ploye is given the maximum wage. They also assert that the increased volume of mail since the end of the world war is now ‘being handled by a war force, and that it makes it necessary for the clerks to do extra work. Regarding the classification of work officials state, that a clerk who is de- tailed. to a certain district with a cer- tain classification he is unable to ad- vance himself to a maximum salary paid in the service, unless he is grant- ed a transfer. The following is the proposed salary scale-to be recommended Substitutes . . $1,700 per annum 1 Grade 1,900 per annum} 2 Grade ,000 per annum) 3 Grade 2,100 per annum} 4 Grade 2,300 per annum 5 Grade . 2,500 per annum , Clerks in charge .... 2,800 per annum! The wage commission will devote one day to the hearing and examin-| ation of testimony of the railway mail clerks. The other day will be given over to hearing of testimony of the traffi¢, department of the mail divi-; sion. No Delegates From Here It was announced that no men would) attend the St. Paul meeting from the Bismarck postoffice as they felt their interests would be amply protected) by the delegates from other parts of the state. It is confidently predicted here ‘that the increases requested in a large measure will ‘be granted. | Old Timers Wonder | at Calgary’s Large Jump in Population City: of 80,000 Built Up in 18 Years From Struggling ~ .’ Town of 5,000 Calgary, Alta., Sept. 13.—Old-timers who attended the Stampede which} closed here recently, rubbed their] eyes in amazement when they real- ized that Calgary, a city of 80,000 | people, had a population of only 5,000 in 1901 and that eight years previous only a few prairie huts marked the site of the metropolis of Alberta. Prior to 1883, Calgary was merely; jferent class a post for mounted police and two fur trading companies, Then the rail- road came to replace the prairie schooner. For the next ten years, Calgary was known as a Cow town. Uprisings by Cree Indians caused considerable trouble but the mounted police gradually obtained the upper hand, In 1874, the Scarlet Riders built the’ first log hut on the site of Cal- gary. WILL MAKE RECORD OF PREDOMINATING BREEDS OF CATTLE Federal Agricultural Department to Obtain Census by Counties In the nation-wide campaign to pro- mote the general use of purebred sires and better live stock, the United States department of agriculture will keep records of the agricultural coun- ties according to the breeds of live stock which pyedominate in them. Practical experience has demonstrat- ed the desirability of communities con centrating on the production of only a few breeds and types of the dif- s of live stock, Such management not only enables the in- dividual farmers to aid each other in improving and upgrading their stock, but also gains for the communities wide reputations as centers for certain breeds, The ing of several domi- nant, breeds in any community makes that locality the mecca for prospect- ive purchasers who are desirous of buying animals of those breeds, and also makes it possible for buyers to obtain stock in large quartities. For the service of persons interested in examining or selecting live stock, the department will keep a record 0! the different kinds of live stock in each county where such information is obtained trom accurate and depend- able sources. Pending future develop- ments in this work, a breed or variety will be considered dominant if 100 or more good’ purebred sires of that breed of variety are owned and used for breeding in a county. Sources of} information concerning these farm animals will include county agents, officers of state agricultural colleges, and representatives of state boards of agriculture. The department requests the state and county live stock asso- ciations transmit figures and all data available on the purebred sires of their region to their local county agent or the state agricultural college. This material should include a state- ment of the number of purebred sires in the county, together with the date when the information was gathered. Initiative in collecting and reporting these data rests entirely with the county and state officials. | Information gathered in this way by the department of agriculture will be available to the public. Thus per- sons wishing to purchase any kind of live stock may ascertain readily what counties in the United States ac- cording to the records, have pure- bred sires of the various breeds in which they are interested, Naturally where as many as 100 purebred sires are used in a community, these herd | headers will stamp their quality to a considerable extent on the live stock of that county and lead to the pro- duction of many desirable grade fe- males, as well as purebred stock of both sexes. Furthermore, in counties where a certain breed is consdered dominant, even though there are less than 100 purebred sires, such facts should be reported and will be kept as supplementary records. Are you interested in service? Come to the Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 10:30, Adv. Big dance at Armory Satur- WARNS FARMERS NOT TO DISPOSE THEIR HOLDINGS | Department of Agriculture Says j That Speculators Are | Very Active Washington, D. C., Sept. 13.—Prices of farming Jands in many sections of the United Stat in Iowa and the other cor ,» have risen with such rapidity that serious ecnsequences: be expected, espe- cially with the return of normal con- ditions, This is a warning to farmers jissued by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. Speculators, many of them business {men of the cities, in many cases have reaped big profits by buying and re- ling without making any substantial contribution in return, Farmers have isold land at. prices that seemed high, and then haye bought again at still higher figures, losing thousands of dollars in the exchange. The bona fide farmer who pureh: land at present high prices may find the returns jon his investment abnormally small if earnings should decline when normal conditions are restored, and may find himself seriously embarrassed if he has financed the purchase largely on credit, That is @ summary or the situation as it Is viewed by investigators of the bureau of farm management sent by the department into the regions of most marked speculative activity, Here is the dominent breeds and varieties of}, summary of their advice which is broadly applicable to the majority of farmers in the regions affected, though it may not fit every individual case. Much of the present speculative ac- tivity has been due to the fact that speculators have been able to catch seme farmers unawares, buying their their farms at a much lower figure than was justified in relation to prices in adjoining regions, Therefore’ you hhould be careful about selling: to a speculator who is buying to sell ‘again. 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