The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1920, Page 4

PAGE FOUR F {THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN : - : . Editor ‘ Foreign Representatives G LOGAN. PAYNE COMPANY womnete Bid PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH DETROIT NEW YORK - Fifth Ave. Bldg. ————————————— The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use lication “t all news credited to it or not otherwise ited in this paper and also the local news published for a herein. Al also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN: ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (i x Daily by mail, per year (in state out: Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota : THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1878) > MEXICO UNRUFFLED In some minds it was believed the republican platform would rub the Mexican fur in the wrong direction, that the possibility of a republican elec- tion victory might widen the breach between this country and the republic south of the Rio Grande. If the breach is widened, the widening, it ap- pears, must be done by those who live north of the border. For, in President Huerta’s eyes, “Mr. Harding is a perfect gentleman.” And General Obregon, power behind the Mex- ican government, believes “a republican policy to- ward Mexico will be dictated, in the last analysis, by American public opinion, and I am confident the American people desire to live in peace with Mexico.” It is to be hoped General Obregon’s prediction is verified, that the people, not the party, will dic- tate this nation’s policy toward a sister republic. THE CUBS Winslow Kellogg, a Trinity county, California, hunter, trapped a mountain lion. Today that lion is as tame and faithful as any well-trained dog and is the man’s hunting companion. This trans- formation was brought about by kindly words, Kindly treatment and kindly training. No beat- ing, no punishing, no imprisonment turned the cub of a fierce mountain lion into a pet. But there are boys and girls who aren’t treated as fairly, as kindly, as the lion cub was. ‘These are boys and girls who “have gone wrong.” They did something others frowned upon. Probably they aren’t “bad,” but they are headed that way. And does society take them as the hunter did the lion cub, teach them the better way, train them to go that way, and reward them for their effort? Or does society shut them up in cells with older, more vicious, more criminal, and permit the youth to be trained by those experienced in crime and vice. : o POLAND’S FAILURE It is America’s duty in friendship to warn Po- land against the disastrous imperialism of her government. Whenever there is excitement in eastern Europe it is usually because another Po- lish adventure in militarism is afoot. Poland is becoming the new Prussia of Europes: Domineer- ing sabre rattling seems to be the ambition of her most conspicuous public men. America has long sympathized with Poland. It was the insistence of this country’s representa- tives at the peace conference that gained for Po- land her Baltic port of entry at Danzig. Without America’s aid, Poland would still be partitioned among Russia, Germany and Austro-Hungary. Free Poland has stirred America’s imagination. » But, America cannot approve the Germanized spirit which has grown in Warsaw since the Poles were given their independence. The latest of Poland’s mad adventures is end- ing disastrously. The belief of the Polish army that it could successfully invade Russia after the European powers had failed to destroy Russia’s ever renewed military strength, has met with its predicted failure.” After a spectacular dash into Ukraine and the capture of Kieff, the Ukrainian capital, the Poles have had to abandon the city and retreat toward their own territory. They are reported to have committed many acts of vandalism, including the destruction of the Kieff cathedral. Whether or not reports of Savagery are true, there was never any legiti- mate reason for the Ukraine campaign. It was purely a raid for more territory and power. It has still further delayel the opening of Russia’s grain ports to the world: It has needlessly added to the suffering of eastern Europe. SLOVENLY WORK In the administration of the state hail insur- ance department there has been slovenly and in- efficient management. Despite the fact. that Mr. Olsness in a ‘statement to the Tribune and to the Courier News states that “not a cent or a single warrant has been paid twice,” he should have stated that it was not the insurance commission er’s fault. that some warrants were not paid twice. State Auditor Kositzky discovered most of the discrepancies himself. Mr. Olsness offers no con- clusive proof that he is not to blame for the un- businesslike manner in which the hail loss claims were handled. Isak Nystul of Bordulac, N. D., on Jan. 9, 1920, wrote State Auditor Kositzky the following: “Dear Sir:— ; “Iam returning herewith State Hail Warrant Krebge Bldg. ll rights of publication of special dispatches herein are | get you that audit and reveal to you whether No. 4361 for. $516.25 for the reason that.on De- Dakota —Minneapolis Journal... BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE cember 17th you mailed me warrant No. 1905|¥ for like amount and you evidently made an error as certified to him from the state hail depart- SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONLY ment and drew the warrants as directed by law. This is not the only case of duplication. State Auditor Kositzky discovered many in his office and avoided duplication in several instances. Mr. Olsness should have related in his statement of defense that duplications were made. He should have commended Kositzky for discovering the mistakes, rather than assailing him. “The voters know the facts. They know under league’ con- trol that many. departments are loosely, ineffi- ciently and extravagantly managed. If Langer is nominated and elected the first step to take is a careful audit of offices now closed to Mr. Kositzky and the attorney general’s office. Mr. Voter, your ballot, if it is cast right will your money is being squandered or efficiently ex- ‘pended on public business. The man who is following a plow wonders why in thunder Wilhelm raised such a row about a place in the sun. The defeated candidate who is filled with an honest desire to save the country might try plow- ing. Comments reproduced in this column may or may sented here in order vhat our readers may ,ha' aldes of im nt issues which are being discussed is the press of the day. The official figures show that the Nonpartisan league more than doubled the state property tax of North Dakota for 1919 over 1918. The exact percentage of increase was 111.5, and the amount of increase was only a little less than two million Page No. Name 401 D. J.’ McMahon 403 D. J. MeMahon dollars. 405 D. J. McMahon This was actual cash taken out of the pockets| 407 D. J. McMahon. of the people of North Dakota.. It was part of] 563 _p. the price of Nonpartisan league government. A vast amount of explanation and theorizing has been indulged in by the tax experts imported by the league. But none of them has been able to escape from this fact, or to explain it as a bless- ing to the taxpayer. The farmer’s tax statement was irrefutable evi- dence to him of what it has cost and is: costing to maintain Townleyism and its works in North Dakota. And it must be remembered that this does not include all the farmer has had to pay to support the organization “formed in his interests.” There is a hail insurance tax of three cents an acre on all tillable-land. That amounted to $857,760.19 for 1919. Since it had to be paid and was paid, it should be included in the total state property tax.’. It brings the total’increase in state taxes up to $2,831,084.62, or ‘almost exactly 160 per cent over 1918. For every dollar of state taxes paid in 1918, the North Dakota taxpayer had to produce $2.60 in 1919—and all for the doubtful advantage of trying a lot of’ expensive experi- ments in state ownership. Nor is this all.» The Townley regime contrived to shift a heavier share of the tax burden on to are hardly “fillin’”. Turn the bank zation, professedly formed to aid the farmer, en- gaged in piling on him extra tax burdens. Here] pank bulletin. are the figures:" In 1918 farm lands, exclusive of improvements, paid more than eleven of the twenty million dol- lars in general taxes, that is, they bore 54.89 per In 1919 farm lands, exclusive: of improvements, cent ef the total tax burden—slightly over half. paid nearly twenty of the slightly more than twentq-eight million dollars in general taxes, that is, they bore 70.36 per cent of the total tax burden—ranging toward three-quarters of it. . This involved a shift to farm lands of more than eight and a half million dollars of the whole tax burden. There was an offset to the extent of less than a million and a half dollars, due to the fact that the farmer’s improvements, and personal property are exempted. But this still left more than seven millions in extra taxes—or a net increase of 64.65 per cent, passed over to the North Dakota farmer in 1919 by his good pupils attending will be given certifi. friend and special champion, the Nonpartisan] cates attesting to their proficiency. A league. commencement program will also be : i Pa ened held in the Auditorium Sunday, Jul: This extraordinary shifting ‘of the burden of|4h. ree taxation was accomplished b: new system of} The following are the teachers: luati h e Ds ey Kindergarten, Mrs. Catherine Jones; valuation on a hundred per cent basis. It was} first grade, Mrs. R. S. Wilcox; second supposed to be,extremely scientific, but its real grade, Miss Hffie -Campbell; third armen) se . L. J. 3 t! a purpose was to evade the constitutional limita-| 12¢%™"s: & J. Wehe fourth grade, tion on the tax rate. four years ago? Echo answers, where? BIBLE SCHOOL ATTRACTS 200 CITY PUPILS Enrollment is Highly Pleasing to Mrs. Pearl Johnson, Sup- erintendent of School. More than 200 hundred school chil- dren between the ages of 5 and 14 years are attending the local. daily vacation Bible schools according to information from Mrs. Pearl Johr- son, superintendent of the school. The school, which opened Monday. will continue two weeks when the Mrs. E. P. Quain; fifth grade, Miss Carrie Haugen; sixth grade; Mrs. F. nDti: ; C. Hanson; the upper grades, IMrs. A Exemption of farm improvements has resulted W. A. Anderson, for the Will school. in some glaring injustices as between individual] The teachers at the Wachter bulla: ; : * ing school are: Miss Ruth Staley, farmers. The struggling farmer with his bare] \8. °G''3. Nupen, and Mrs. H. C. land and few improvements yet made pays a large | Postlethwaite. t&x, while the prosperous farmer with varied and . ay aaa valuable improvements escapes with a compara- HONOLULU IN tively small tax. NEED OF HELP All of which is enlightening and instructive] jronoliu, T. H., June 23.—Honolulu reading for the farmers of Minnesota, who are| will appeal to the chambers at col G . merce of cities in Sweden an en- now being besought to let the.Nonpartisan league} mark for house servants, according to do to them and to Minnesota, what it has done an jannoune i t atts A lonolulu Housewives’ league. to their North Dakota farmers. league will send circulars to the Scan- It will be a sorry day if Townleyism gets the ainerian countries, reciting: the dearth * $ . ere of domestic help and asking if power to tax this state and use her sound credit | there are any working women avail- for the socialistic schemes it has foisted on North | able who would appreciate emplo: pyes Eid YOU MUST REMEMBER, MY FRIEND, WE HAVE A PAY ROLL OF $ 7.000 A MONTH AND MANY OTHER” EXPENSES A . «ao? MR. CATHRO, WILL YOU PLEASE and igsued warrant for this loss twice. ; EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHARGE Mr. Kositzky took the list of insurance claims ME GYINTEREST AND PAY OUIR INTEREST ON THAT 22300" CATHRO’S EXP EDITORIAL REVIEW Mr. F. W. Cathro would not be so busy explaining attacks against the Bank of North Dakota if he threw the doors wide open ior an honest ex sminption y State Auditor Kositzky*elected by : y; the people of North Dakota to check appointive as well as elective officials. Rented? hare I, order what our. readers: may shave. both It is idle for him to consume so much: perfectly good print paper when it is so high and so scarce upon idle dissertations guaranteed by no one and applauded only by league organizers who are Se trained in the art Sf appleuee. ick “CRU 4 : r i The Red Flame, a monthly publication whic! athro is reported to read religiously when he is MINNESOTA FARMERS IN DANGE not busy writing bulletins and orders to country bankers, gives the following information taken (Written Previous to Minnesota Primaries) | from the public records—not the files of the Cathro news service: LOANS MADE BY THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA IN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY ; . ALL OF THESE LOANS ARE RECORDED IN BOOK NO. 13 OF MORTGAGES Vy SEY SE% of Sec. 25, N . J. McMahon........ All 3-15-23-27; Nu, SWy,, Wie SW% SE% SE% of 25, N% of’ 35 McMahon is a relativé of Congressman Baer, Townley’s first district congressman, and car- toonist extraordinary for the soviet press of America. When Cathro explained News about the McMahon loan he doubtless failed. to consult the records of the register of deeds of Golden Valley county, the native heath of Arthur C. Townley. Publishers of the Red Flame got these figures from the county official. In the light of the various conflicting statements, it is more than ever imperative that an im- mediate audit of the books of the Bank of North Dakota be made. in these amounts as Cathro intimates in his statement in the Fargo Courier-News, it is time the books were thrown open to an inspection. ‘While the examination is. going: on, t! ‘all work. The rheumatism was all over my body but it was worst.in my shoulders, arms, back, neck and legs. . |My arms and shoulders pained’ me just about all the time and the mus- cles became so sore and stiff that at times I was unable to raise my hands to my head. Why, of mornings it any rheumatism at all. I am going ‘back to my old work again and I wouldn’t take anything in the worid for the good Tanlac has done me.” If the loans were not made he taxpayers could ascertain how much of the personal expense such as room and board has been-paid the members of the “We Are From Bottineau Club.” Of course between friends a little personal expense slip for meals and rooms means little. Cathro’s local expenses at the local league refuge have been paid out of the public funds of the Bank of North Dakota. We do not need an audit for that. been state fed and state bedded. Why the other consideration is left to the imagination. : E After an examination Mr. Cathro may be able to defend his expense slips, salary increases to the Bottineau club and loans made to political favorites and relatives and league office holders. The public merely wants to know the facts. Your bulletins don’t seem to satisfy the-popular clamor for information. They are perfectly good soviet campaign dodgers, but like skimmed milk they This $10,000 a year beauty from Bottineau has soviet managers have not been accorded the same inside out and let the public see how you are handling the money. Let us see how Townley is keeping his promise to crucify ‘Big Biz” and put the money put to farmers at alow rate. Lets see how Comrade “Bill” Lemke is throttling the octopus by drawing those bal- ances from the centers of “Big Biz” in Minneapolis, Chicago and St. Paul. the farmers who secured loans. Tell us how much you have taken from the farmers in appraisal fees. Did you turn back the fee to Mr. Farmer after you turned down his loan? Does Mr. Farmer deal direct with you Mr. Cathro or does he have to “kick in’ with a commission before he can get a loan? é Lets get busy: Mr. Cathro. You have got a lot to answer in seven days. - There are fifty-seven the farmer than he had borne before. The sing-| more varieties of questions pressing for an answer. cular spectacle is presented of a political organi- Marshall the names of go to a local bank and Don’t sulk in your tent like a wounded Achilles. Take your pen in hand and tell it to the world. But much better, Mr.‘Cathro, let Mr. Kositzky examine your books and edit one edition of the ‘And in conclusion where is that cheap money Townley promised the North Dakota farmer EVERETT: TRUE SAY, EVERETT, OPEN THAT WINDOW ALL THS WAY UP, WILL YOU % BECAOSS §F WANT To THROW OUT MY CHEST — HAL-HA! —HA an announcement by officers of the) .WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1920 SAVINGS OF LIFE TIME WAS SPENT IN VAIN SEARCH “It’s a fact, I have not been able to hit a lick of work in two years, but since taking Tanlac I have been restored to complete health and ain feeling so fine I am going back to my old job again,” said Edward Canu' of 2826 Girard avenue, North, Min- neapofis, Minn., recently. “About two years ago the rheuma- tism got the best of me and laid me. out completely and I had to give uy was all I could do to dress myself. My . | back: hurt me so that it was agony for me to stoop down or even bend over. Sometimes my legs were swoll- en so I could hardly walk, in fact, every move I made caused’ me ia- tense suffering. I could get no ease either standing up, sitting down or lying down and 1 don’t .remember getting a single good night’s rest during the past two years. I was al- most helpless and was in pain of some kind all the time and I knew I couldn’t hold out much longer. Noth- ing I tried did me any good and I . spent the savings of a life-time but it was all money thrown away. “When I commenced taking Tanlac I couldn’t see how it could do me much good after everything else had failed, but I soon changed my mind for it was only a few days until | felt my pains easing up. In all I took five ‘bottles of Tanlac, and it’s a fact, T actually believe the rheumatism has entirely left me for good, for I never feel a sign of it. The swelling has all gone from my legs and the stiff- ness has left my joints and muscles and I haven’t a pain of any kind. I am ‘stronger and more active than I have been in many years and T am feeling. so fine I can’t tell I ever had Tanlac is sold in Bismarck by Jos. Breslow, in Driscoll by N. D. and J. H. Barette, in Wing by H. P. Ho- man, and in Strausburg by Straus- burg Drug Co. —advt BRITONS GREET DOUG AND MARY Southampton, June 23.—Delegations from all parts of England, mostly con- nected with film interests, arrived here to greet Mary Pickford and Doug- las Fairbanks, who are to arrive on the liner Lapland. Mary and “Doug” will motor to London. f ‘ & | MODERN CHICKEN THIEVES QUIET s . BIDDIES BY DOPE > ad Minneapolis, June 23.—Gone are the days when the widely crowning rooster and the cackling hen was the signal for the release of a shotgun charge containing a mixture of pep- per and rock salt. The modern chicken: thief has ap- peared, advanced with the times. He uses chloroform and the chicken is given a happy dream while its home ties are severed. The owners of four chicken coops .missed 68 chickens when they went out to count noses today. And they all_reported a faint of chloroform.’ ’ The modern thieves took 35. chick- ens from a coop owned by J. Frange, 3309 Sedar avenue; 9 from John Hal- lick, 4249 Thirty-ninth avenue south; 6 from: W. Burton, 4253 Thirty-ninth avenue south, and 18 from O. W. Gab- rielson, 4142 Forty-second avenue south, 7 $f i Here’s the Ticket for You to Vote in Primary on June 30 Voters in the June 30 primary must vote on more than one bal- lot to vote on all measures. To vote for the Victory Ticket, | headed by William Langer, call | for the Republican ballot. Vote also the nonpartisan judiciary and the nonpartisan | educational ballot. Vote also on: the referred and ° initiated measures. : If you will be absent from } your polling place on June 30 you may vote the absent ballot, get- ting them now at the county au- ditor’s office. THIS IS THE TICKET Senator—A. J. Gronna. | Congressman— First district—O. B. Burtness. Second district—Geo. Young. | Third district—P. D. Norton. Governor—William Langer. Lieut. Gov.—F. B. Streeter. Secretary of State—Thomas |. Hall. State auditor—Carl Kositzky. Commissioner of Agriculture— Arthur H. White. Commissioner of Insurance—H. T. Quanbeck. State treasurer—John Steen. Attorney general—R, F.pGalla- gher. | Justice of superme court—A. | M. Christianson. Superintendent of Instruction— | Miss Minnie J. Nielson. Railroad commissioners — J. Williams, W. H. Stutsman and E. J. Kruger. For the state senate from Bur- ' ! leigh cointy—L. J. Sperry. i | For the legislature—from Bur- i leigh county—Victor Anderson, L. E. Heaton and Harold Sem- ling. | Vote “no” three times on the | ‘smelling committee,” the state | sheriff and the absent. voter re- ferred yaws. | Vote “yes” on the anti red flag law. _ Women may vote for superin- intendent of public instruction. Clip this ticket and take it to ; the polls with you. It will appear each day in The Tribune. Clip it and pass it on ment at the cross roads of the Pa- to other voters when’ you have supplied yourself.