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' the state’s history, reaching a total of 8.05 mills tiring the soldier’s bonus certificates of indebted- “188 : BISMARCK DAILY TRIBOND THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE —————————————————— Entered at the Eerie, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Matter, Editor GEORGE D. MANN, _ Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, CHICAGO, - DETROIT, Marquette Bldg. - : - Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK, : - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to: the use apologists for the A. C. Townley system of govern- ment are diligently calling to public attention. But there is another feature they are not saying so much about. They have raised the assessed valuation in North Dakota from $401,659,615 to $1,510,310,719. Thus North Dakota with less than a third of the population, has an assessed valua- tion nearly equal to that of this state. And North Dakota has no iron mines. : So while the rate of levy in North Dakota has for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise |} jon, reduced, the actual taxes for state purposes eredited in this paper and also the local news published | herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT SUBSCRIPTION Daily by carrier, per Daily by mail, per Daily by mail, per year Daily by mail, outside of North Dak! THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1878) { JREAU OF CIRCULATION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BEHIND THE TIMES With all of his recent stirring experiences, President H. J. Hagen of the Scandinavian-Ameri- can bank seems to persist in holding old-fashioned views on the subject of post-dated checks. Ac- cording to The Courier-News he wrote a South Dakota friend last Saturday that ‘the post-dated checks” (referring to those held by the Scandi- navian-American as collateral for loans of approx- imately a half-million to Mr. Townley and his sev- eral enterprises) “are being paid, and our bank today is in the best possible financial condition.” What has the payment of these post-dated checks to do with the financial condition of your} bank, Mr. Hagen? , “Post-dated checks are negotiable instruments | similar to bills of exchange payable at a future} date and may be used as collateral paper the same as any other negotiable instruments.” We have the supreme court’s word for that, so if we were in your place, Mr. Hagen, we would-| n’t worry about those post-dated checks but would} direct our attention to Mr. Townley and that, $500,000 of the public funds of our good state | which were promised to tide you over this “dan- gerous period” and to save you from fear of “em- barrassment and disgrace.” MERCY AND MEN “Severity in punishment is what we need,” asserts Judge M. A. Kavanagh of Chicago, “in- stead of the plentiful instances of mercy and parole that encourages criminals to repeat.” In years now long gone by, they used to hang a man convicted of stealing a sheep, a loaf of bread, or an article of clothing. They whipped | men accused of still lesser crimes and they penned them up in black holes. No, method of torture inventable but was tried on men, women and even children, accused of violating laws then existing. Criminals were drawn and quartered, buried alive, and burned at the stake. Mercy was unknown. And still criminals followed in each other’s footsteps. Men went from the whipping post to} repeat their crimes. Escape from dungeon cell hardly ever meant reformation. It doesn’t seem that severity of punishment or extraordinary leniency has had much to do with] the prevention of crime, the making of criminals, or the reformation of the evil doer. What the world needs most to understand is: What causes crime? That known, it will be neces- sary to remove the causes before the criminal be- comes an extinct species of mankind. It has been demonstrated that neither merciful treatment of ; criminals nor cruel punishment get at the cause. After that supreme court decision State Ex- aminer Lofthus’ protestation that “The Scandi- navian-American is and was one of the strongest banks in the state” is decidedly anti-climax. A Fargo Boy Scout has eaten‘Equity weiners and is alive to tell the tale. nh WITH THE EDITORS ee HOW IT WORKS McGovern, the mill and elevator king of North Dakota, so the story runs, recently sent out circu- lar letters to farmers’ elevators stating, that, while the Drake mill could not grind all the wheat in the state, still it could aid the farmers’ eleva- tors in seeing that they were not skinned by the chamber of commerce or by local mills and if they would send in samples of wheat the Drake mill would test same and report what they should re- ceive for the wheat. Accordingly several farmers’ elevators sent in samples to the Drake mill and at the same time sent samples of the same wheat to local mills. Nothing was said either to the Drake mill or the local mills about samples having been sent elsewhere. When the reports came in the local mills offered, in every instance, from 5 to 6 cents above the price indicated by the Drake mill—Gackle Republican. » i . STATE TAX LEVIES! Minnesota’s rate of tax levy is the highest in for all purposes, compared: with 3.45 mills last ear. The increase includes 1.75 mills toward re- have been increased at one jump from $1,727,136 to $4,511,260, or 161 per cent, The increase in North Dakota shows a bigger percentage than Minnesota for the assessment in this state stands practically still, while the rate goes up 133 per The comparison does not end here. The in- creased tax in North Dakota is needed mainly to meet the extravagant outlay of the Townley re- gime for high salaried employes and the state ventures into socialism. Only half a mill is levied for the soldiers’ bonus purposes less than a third of the rate levied in Minnesota. This half mill, even on North Dakota’s inflated assessment, will yield less than eight hundred thousand dollars. Thus the returned service men of that state will receive next year only about twenty-seven dollars apiece. Minnesota is preparing to raise twenty returned soldiers by selling certificates of indebt- edness, and will raise'three million dollars of it by taxation next year. Minnesota service men will get an average of two hundred dollars each at once. Minnesota will distribute $7,349,670 of the money raised by direct tax during the current biennium to the common schools of the state, an increase of $2,300,000 over the amount handed out in the past two years. Here is an increase in state taxation that goes right back to the local communities. Most of the increased state tax, however, is toy be used for the erection of buildings for state in- stitutions, sorely needed for years but postponed because of war conditions. They will represent permanent additions to the assets of the state. The increased levy in Minnesota is unwelcome jto the taxpayers of course, but they can take some comfort in comparison with their neighbor on the west. Minnesotans are getting value received for their money, and are not piling up untold burdens for the future by experiments in state socialism.— Minneapolis Journel. AN IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHY It is curious about Theodore Roosevelt. Just a few months ago one could hear almost anything about him that was belittling, according to the temperaments and prejudices of those who dis- liked or feared him. But now that the man has been dead less than a year, practically any intelli- gent person will agree that Roosevelt, right or wrong, was a great man and that his place in our national history is permanent. Roosevelt had certain qualities that are univer- sally recognized as heroic, and his personality was such as to manifest itself in strikingly picturesque ways, well calculated to appeal to the imagination. Life was, in a very real sense, a great adventure to him, and he lived as though he were conscious of being a leading character in some heroic tale. Accordingly his biography by William Roscoe Thayer (Houghton) reads like a story; and men are going to remember him for that reason, even though the memory of his statesmanship may grow dim. ‘ Mr. Thayer tells the Roosevelt story from the standpoint of one who was a lifelong friend; and when the reader closes the book, he has the curious sense of having read about somebody ancient— some hero out of Plutarch reborn on Manhattan Island! Mr. Thayer’s biography is in the nature of an appreciation; but the biographer disclaims any in- tention to write eulogy. Though he knew Roose- velt for forty years, he was not a political fol- lower. “But,” writes Mr. Thayer, “when I came to review Roosevelt’s career consecutively, for the purpose of biography, I saw that many of his acts and policies, which had been misunderstood or misjudged at the time, were all the inevitable expressions of the principle which was the master motive of his life. What we had‘imagined to be shrewd devices for winning a partisan advantage, or for overthrowing a political adversary, or for gratifying his personal ambition, had a nobler source.” It is in this mood that the biography is written. No one is likely to claim that we have here anything like a final appraisal of the man; but we do‘have a very valuable contemporary view, which the future historian will be obliged to consult along with many other sources. What makes the present volume compelling is its story quality, its intense human appeal, and the picturesqueness of the personality that is por- trayed. Mr. Thayer tells, many anecdotes in the course of his narrative, by way of illustrating the Roosevelt character and temperament. The themes of these range from clashes with “bad men” in the ranching country of the, Dakotas in the eighties, to romps with his children, and his relations with a diplomat, an emperor, a Pope. After finishing Mr. Thayer’s glowing book, one feels that Roosevelt’s greatest contribution to the ness, but the levy for general state purposes -is raised from one mill to 3.5 mills. ; cent, Noi crate from 4.3 inills to 2.98 mills;-a'feat. which world was not any particular thing he did—though he did some great things—but rather the general While Minnesota was raising her rate of levy|mood of high courage and {ndomitable will that n h Dakota actualy détreased tier |one associates with his name.—Minneapolis } million dollars for immediate distribution to her'| Ba csr sy a BY THE SOME BENEF GUYS ? LAST YEAR YOU CHARGED ME 5O¢ FOR A MEAL AND NOW YOU CHARGE GOLLY, JOHN, WHAT'S MATTER. WITH YOU CITY A D) ae dh ae Major Frayne Baker Returning From Kansas City Meeting Is Positive Government Will Rec- ommend Clearance of 32.5) Feet Effecting Saving = of $100,000. 3 A bridge 17.5 feet lower than that originally planned to span the Mis- souri river from Bismarck to Morton county wit undoubtedly be finally ap- proved by the United States author- ities controlling the height over navigatable rivers. ys This is the ‘impression brought home by Major Frayne Baker and Capt. I. P: Baker who. have: just) re- turned from Kansas City, Mo., where a hearing was conducted on this sub- ject. If officially ‘approved it will mean an initial . saving of at least $100,000. Major Baker represented the state highway commission and Capt. Baker the Burleigh county commissioners. The hearing was called by the chief engineer of the army who has super- vision over such structures and was for the purpose of hearing publicly and protest against. the $1,000,000 proposed bridge being 32.5 feet above high water during seasonable naviga- tion instead of being 50: feet high as regulations provide. No Material Protests “There were no material protests presented against a 32.5 bridge,’ said Major Baker today, “and the only opposition aired was that of some up- per Mississippi -river men ‘who thought that at some time they might want to use the upper Missouri river with their boats and that a bridge only 32.5 feet above water level would be too low to permit their vessels to pass underneath, P “The regulations provide that 50 feet shall be the, minimum, but we showed how senseless this would be inasmuch as no, boats have ‘used the Missouri river as far as records show that would require such a high struc- ture. We originally asked for a 34.7 foot clearance, but’ the chief of en- gineers at Washington made an even further reduction to 32.5 feet: Reduce Costs “The leyel on the Bismarck side of the river where’ the ‘proposed bridge will take off is sufficiently high for a 34,7 foot clearance, but on the Morton county side it will’ be necessary to build: a fill to approach the bridge. The Hier enneaeen provided. by the chief of engineers of 2.2 feet will reduce the ultimate cost of the bridge and its maintenance considerably. “The height of 32.5 feet proposed by the federal authorities is based: on the Alleghany bridge at Pittsburgh which has this clearance. Inasmurh as there were no material arguments protesting against this height, we are sure that the goyernment’.will allow our $1,000,000 bridge to have this clearance,” The 50.foot clearance would require a 15 foot grade on the Bismarck side and a 45 foot fill on the western bank, both of which would be expense to build and maintain and would mean additional expense for. every vehicle using the bridge to climb’ 'these, ap- proaches. This in itself would amount |' to a great deal every year) but with the 32.5 foot clearance proposed, this expense would be eliminated, is Decision’ Soon. 4 ‘The decision of theféderal offielals will be made very, bromptly, Major Baker expects and hee sure, that work can be started thig/fall and con- |. tinued throughout the winter. The] papers covering the Kansas City hear- ing will be forwarded to), Washington for final action by the ¢ jef of en- gineers and thi id by the’ secreta} ery) wa ich i ite chief engineers originally’ recom- mended a, 32,5 foob: clearance . and there were no protests of # serious is assumed that the. matter will be ppc as now proposed,. ‘ e plans for the ‘bridge le for three spans_of 2 ge in rs four .. yo ity y river and pee ite bao, Bound: FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FAVOR LOWER BRIDGE OVER MISSOURI IMPRESSION OF THOSE WHO ATTEND THE HEARING street railway ‘lines and other, public vature lodged aaginat thik helght, it) ? ings for the piers to be located on the! banks have already been started and{ when the river freezes over the river soundings will be made. There will be a 30 foot driveway across the bridge and also pathways on each side for pedestrians. This will be the only vehicle bridge. be- tween Sioux Falls, S. D., and Great Falls Montana, and will be the only} permanent ‘span across the Missouri river in this state. CONTRAST BETW. SCREEN In Frank Keenan’s third production ot his series, made under contract with ‘athe, “The World, Aflame,” the dis- tinguished actor shows most brilliantly in achievement the difference, between theart/of the stageahd the art of the screen, In. the photodrama by F. James—Mr, Keenan’s non de cin —there action, feeling and’ expres: sion to supply fully a spoken drama a long Jength novel. No detail is missed and: it, is this quality: of com- pleteness in character and setting that s the production notable.- In it} is embodied the idals of which Mr. ]keenan’s Spoke When on the-eve of be- coming an independent producer... And he is confident. that “The World) Afiame” will: combine the attractive- ness of a powerfully written and pow- erfully. acted drama with a “message” to every wage earner in 'America—the wage earners constitute more than 90 per. cent of our adult population, “The World Aflame” has been booked by: Manager Vesperpian for a two-day ivn at the Auditorium theater, com- mencing tonight. ED STAGE AND Country Awaits Reply of Miners to President Wilson’s Protest! Against Nationwide Coal Strike (Continued From Page One) by a strike of this character and its xictims would not-be the rich only; but the poor and the needy as well—those least able to provide in advance a fuel supply for domestic use. It would in- volve the shutting down of countless induStries and the throwing out of em- ployment of a large number. of the in- dustries of the:country. It would in- yolve stopping the operation of the rail- voads, electric light and gas plants, utilities, and the shipping to and from this country, thus preventing our giv- ing ald to the allied countries with supplies. which they so seriously need. the country is confronted with this; prospect at a time when the war itself till a fact, when the world is still in suspense as to the negotiations for peace, when our troops are still being transported and when their means of transport is in urgent need of fuel. CALLS STRIKE UNLAWFUL “Prom whatever angle the subject may be viewed, it is apparent that such a-strike in. such circumstances would le ‘the most far-reaching plan ever pre- sented in this country to limit:the fa- cilities of production and distribution uf-a necessity of life and thus indirectly to restrict the production and. distri- ution ‘of all necessaries of life. A QUICK RELIEF ~ FROM CONSTIPATION. Get Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets Mire open Se ees odiced Olive Tablets the substitutefor calorie! Ne RENE oto tse deer iy WONG ee “NEVER MIND, HIRAM, NEVER _ MIND, WE ARE. LIVING UNDER meroncon AAD TO SIT WA WY IN NORTH BAIKO' EW 0S LOOK AT THE EXTRAS YOU HAVE. TO PAV--- EIGHT HOUR DAY LAW, WORKMENS’ COMPENSATION LAW, CREASE ear Ss, strike under these circumstances is not only unjustified, it is unlawful. “The action proposed has apparently been taken without any vote upon the specific proposition by the individual iwembers of the United Mine Workers of America throughout the United States, an almost unprecedented pro- ceeding. I cannot believe that right of any American worker needs for its pro- ‘ection the taking of this extraordinary step, and I am convinced that when the time and money are considered it con- stitutes'a fundamental attack, which is wrong both morally and legally, upon the rights of society and upon. the wel- fare of our country. - I feel convinced that individual members of the United Mine Workers would not vote, upon full consideration, in favor of such a strike under these circumstances, “When a movement reaches the the point where it appears’ to involve prac- tically the‘ entire productive capacity of the country with respect to one of the most vital necessities of daily do- mestic, and, industrial life, and . when: the movement is asserted in the cir- cumstances I have stated, and at a time and in a manner calculated to involve he maximum of dangers in the public welfare in’ the critical hour of our ccuntry’s life, the public interest be- comes the paramount consideration, “In these circumstances I solemnly request both the national and local of- ficers and also the individual members of the United Mine Workers of Amer- lica to recall. all orders looking to a strike on November 1 and to take what- ever steps may be necessary to prevent “ny stoppage of work. “It is time for plain speaking. These matters with which we now deal touch not only the welfare of a class, but vi- tally concern the well being and com- fort and the’ very life of all the. peo- rie. I féelsit is my duty in the public interest to declare that any attempt to carry out the purpose of this strike and thus ‘to patalyze the industry of the country with the consequent suffering and distress of all our people, must be considered ;a grave moral and legal wrong against the government and the people of’ the United States, I can de nothing else than to say that the law will be enforced, and the means will be found to protect the interests of the-nation in any emergency that may arise out of this unhappy business, *“T express no opinion on the merits of the controversy, I have already sug: gested’ a plan by which a settlement may be reached, and I hold myself in readiness at the request of either or both sides to appoint at once a tribunal to investigate all the facts with a view to alding in the earliest possible ord- crly settlement of the questions at is- sue between the coal operators and the coal miners, to the end that the just rights, not only of these interests, but also of the general public, may be fully rrotected.” STEAMSHIP LINE FROM VANCOUVER TO LONDON TO HANDLE FRUIT ONLY Vancouver, B. C. Oct. 27—British fruit dealers are said to be considering ja proposal ‘to establish a steamer line from Vancouver to England, via the Panama canal, partly to provide a di- rect route for shipment of Canada’s fruit crop and partly to develop settle- ment of western Canada lands, which are adapted for fruit growing. DRUGGISTS BAN BOOZE Winnipeg, Man. Oct. 27—Among im- pertant a istons reached at the recent convention! of Canadian pharmacists here were declarations in favor of dis- pensing no liquor in drug stores if Some other means could possibly be de- vised to handle it for medicinal pur- poses; of reserving the Canadian mar- ket for Canadian-made goods; of ac- ccrding to returned soldier graduates the ‘most generous treatment possible in the matter +of inter-provincial recip- rocity of diplomas; and of combatting, in a strenuous’ manner, alleged efforts to re-introduce German remedies in Canada. 4 ‘A game of card is said to have suggested the system of life insur- ance pow 80 universal, ‘MONDAY, OCT. 27, 1919. CHAIR ALL NIGHT ‘Clark Was So Run Down And /Nerv- ous—Gains Eighteen Pounds Taking Tanlac “I know that Tanlac is something extraordinary because it restored me to health after everything else failed,” was the statement made by Mrs. E. E. Clark of 1200 Chestnut Ave., North Minneapolis, Minn., to a Tanlac repre- sentative recently. For twelve years. Mr, Clark was @ well known and high- ly respectéd harness ‘maker in (Minne- apolis, but he is retired now, ~ “I suffered,from a general run down condition which had been ‘brought on by a severe attack of the ‘Flu’ con- tinued Mr. Clark, “It left me in a very weakened condition and kept me confined to the house from December last until the middle of June.* 1 was too weak to even start to do any work, and when I would walk around the house a little 1 would become so exhausted I would almost fall over. T was so nervous at times that I was afraid to shave myself, and finally I had to quit altogether, I had trouble with gas forming on my stom- ach, and with a peculiar flutter just under my heart. ‘At one time I had awful pains, especially across my chest, and for three weeks I had to sit up every night in a chair. I lost in weight: rapidly, gofng from, one hundred and ninety-eight to. one hundred and forty-five, an actual loss of fifty-three pounds. I tried all kinds of medicines and treatments: but got enly temporary relief. “A friend of mine noticed about Tanlac in a Davenport, Iowa, paper, tried. it and improved wonderfully and advised me to take it. Well, sir, I began to geti better on my first bottle but I thought it would be only temporary just like I had gotten from all the other medicine I -had tried; but not a bit of it—I kept on improv- ing until now I've taken three bottles and feel like a different man -entire- ly. Tanlac built up my strength and nerves, until now I’ve gained eighteen pounds and can shave myself with- out being the least bit nervous, I’m not troubled with gas any. more, and don’t have any pains across my chest or stomach at all. I. feel’hale and hearty all the time and can eat any- thing I want, in fact I can hardly get enough to eat. I take a long walk in the morning and one in the after- noon, late, and when I get back home I don’t feel tired. Tanlac has cer- tainly lived up to its reputation and I’m glad to endorse it.” Tanlac is sold in Bismarck by Jos. Breslow, in Driscoll by N. D. and J. H. Barette and in Wing by H. P. Homan. Advt. LOS ANGELES MAN HAS RAIN-MAKER Foremost, Alta., Oct. 27—Fearful drought which ruined crops in South- ern Alberta this year, has come to the attention of Charles M. Hatfield, of ‘Los Angeles, Cal., who has agreed to ‘produce rain for the Foremost: region during the growing season of 1920. ‘Hatfield’s proposition, as outlined to local officials, includes a “no rain, no pay” proviso.. He must produce. pre- cipitation in excess of the average for the three summer months Of the five preceding years. His charge is $1,000 per excess inch,and if he should pro- duce $10,000 worth of rain, he agrees to throw in any further excess as goo] measure. + ‘Hatfield. claims to have been suc- cesful in conduting rain producing ex- periments in arid region of Southern California. His proposition. is being considered by the farmers of this dis- trict. : Spring Tonic Ts Too Much; Patient Has Just Woke Up Helena, Mont. Oct. 27—County of- ficials, suppressing names, have bared cne of the most unusual incidents in connection with prohibition that. has * come to light since Montana went dry last. January, During state fair week, in Septem- ber, a Butte man who had come come to the exposition, was unable to‘get a room, . arriying. late, Hotels © and houses were crowded. He happened to think of an abandoned building, once a prosperous business block, where 25 years ago a friend, a druggist, had his business, ‘ The Butte man made his way in by a rear window and by a pocket flash found several chairs. “Then, a packing ‘case in a corner caught his eye. That was a month and more ago. The victim has just come to his senses in a Montana institution, The packing case contained some spring tonic, overlooked by the drug- gist when he abandoned the place, 20 years since,, The Butte man, who was dry, drank Some of the tonic.and knew \ no-more, ‘Tribune Want Ade Bring Results. ° Fresh Fruit Desserts—2c. Jiffy-Jell desserts, rich and fruity, cost but 2 cents per serving. Kies Each package contains a vial of fruit essence, made from _ condensed fruit juice. Add boiling water, then this flavor, and you havea * fresh-fruit dainty. Compare Jiffy-Jell with: the old-style quick gela- tine’ desserts, You will find it five times better, yet it costs no more. 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