The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1921, Page 1

W0G CONTINUES AS A SENATOR; DIVIDED REPORT Majority Holds Irregularities in | Election Do Not Indicate Fraud. NEW LAWS MAY RESULT Gust. Wog will continue as a state; senator. By a peculiar twist of politics. the | voters of three townships—90 per cent of whom are said to be ‘unable to read and write English—decide the political control of the North Dakota ; senate. The elections committee, after hear- | | | Chief Justice Robinson in his weekly j letter, addressed, to the legislators, | Says that certain remedial legislation | | i | First Duty to Remedy Condi- | ° xe LAST EDITION BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. - FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1921 ~ REFORM LAWS New York, Jan. 14.— ; arasencte: do oe cere hate Robinson Tells Legislators They Must Get Together for Best blue eyes? - Pity ‘them—“home, sweet home” Interests of State. shall be theirs only by the best o’ luck! Here's the dope: : , “One .out of every nine drummers gets divorced,” says Prof. Rudolph M. Binder ‘of’ the ‘Department of Sociolo- gy of New York University. “Just compare this: figure with the average of one farmer out of 92!” On top of that, Thomas Lumsden, chiet relieving officer of Leeds, Eng., discovera) by research that 90 percent ‘of all unfaithful husbands have blue yes. It's suggested to wives of blue-eyed drummers that ‘they keep them away trom. the west—for the west leads in { divorces, according to Prot. Bindér. ASSESSMENTS ARE TOO BIG tions—Be Slow on Appropria- tions for All Purposes in this order: Other sections of the country follow i ing the, contest instituted by R. J. List for-the seat of Seriator Wog. of | the Golden Valley district. voted that | Senator Wog should-be seated. Five | Nonpartisans and one Independent on | the committee voted for Wog. Three Independents voted to unseat Wog. The contest hinged on three pre-| cincts—Indian Springs, Saddle Butte | and Green River—in Billings county. | Social note: Willie Hohe * { S : ZO) It was agreed that’the majority of (himself), former crown prince. ot the voters in the precincts were na- Germany, takes a daily walk at Wi f ‘central and eastern Europel inven. Ho nllycwellt at Wicks tives ol ingen, Holland, where he is in exile. and were unable to speak English. He dresaés all up for it, as you can Were Irregularities see for yourself. Says hé has noth- There were irregularities, all mem-! ing else t6 do. “I’m bored to death bers of the committee agreed. {t was here,” he says. ij said. The majority held to the con-| pre tention of counsel for Wog that there! was rio fraud showh, and that the! ) proper remedial ‘legislation has been |is needed especially tax reform bills, and if the two ‘houses cannot get to- | gether it will be necessary to initiate | the measures. ‘The letter follows, January 14, 1921. As the judges of ithe supreme court have about com- | pleted the work of the January Term, | the Chief Justice finds time to write ;some letters to the lawmakers. The |message of the Governor, is, in effect, | | to pass the ‘appropriations and ad- Journ. He does not consider that the |tax system of 1919 has become un- | bearable. In some way there must }be remedial legislation. If you law- | makers and the Governor cannot agree }to pass the proper, measures the only ‘remedy is by initiative petitions. But under the system now prevailing until ‘and other countries North central states, south Atlantic states, north Atlantic states. The perils that beset the path of the blue-eyed drummer are pointed out by Councillor ‘Clark of Ton Bridge, | Eng. Quoth the councillor: “God made thé world and_ rested; God made man and rested; then God, ;made woman—since then neither God nor man has rested. “Much of the;grave unrest in this is due to the barbarous licenge in: woman's dress.” ‘HOUSE ALMOST UNANIMOUS ON though there were irregular methods | used. The minority held that gross| irregularities existed and that under| the law the votes of the precinct | should be thrown out, which would} seat List. --. ‘ sore] While the committee did not re-| port on the-List-Wog contest this af-| ternoon, it is known that a majority: report favors seating Wog, but an- other meeting of the committee will | be held in' an ‘attempt to arrive at a unanimous decision. | CHANGE TOGET © AN AUTO FREE Measure Would Give Proceeds | of Sale of Whisker Runner’s | Car to Captor | secured you should go very slow about year, and of course the tax levies based . cessive. _ ANTI-GAMBLING House Gets Together—Almost —on Anti‘Grain Gambling Resolution passing any appropriation bills. : Grossly Excessive In the years 1919 and 1920 the as- sessments were grossly execessive, | about five times that of any former on such assessments ‘were grossly ex- And in addition there has been levied several kinds of newfang- led and excessive taxes, just as if the way to make men happy were to tax them out of their lands and their liv- MR. WATT PROPOSES IT ‘The -house found one mensure yes- ‘ngs, The conditions have become un- May “Ask New Laws Some members of the committee! felt that’ tlie ‘contest disclosed how | ‘ easy it is to commit election. frauds | THE SCHOOL HOUSE BILL in precincts; /patticularly where there | are many foreigners. and feel that) Senate Bill No. 16, introduced by | bearable and your moSt important duty ‘is to remedy the same. It may.be that |ander the circumstances you can do | nothing; but in that event, I think you i should go very slow about passing any | appropriation bills., It may become | terday on which it was unanimous— almost. Only one vote was cast aganist the resolution offered by Representative Watt, independent, denouncing grain gambling and asking Congress to the legislature ought to revise the| Senator Miklethun at the request of/ necessary to refer the whole matter to election ‘laws, to prevent such occur- rences. 3 ; Members, of the committee, it was Said, held Wog_ personally. without blame in thematter. SENATE ADOPTS “HARMONY PLAN’ OF NONPARTISAN Liederbach’s Resolution Carries —Independents Say Its Steering Plan Tilt Over Remarks Both factions in the senate yester- day afternoon’ voted their. solid strength. on & motion to adopt the majority report of the state affairs committee’ which recommended for passage the so-called harmony reso: lution introduced by Senator Baker. The vote was 25 to 24 for adoption. , The resolution proposed that th speaker of the house appoint five in- dependents and the president of the senate appoint five leaguérs to act as a joint committee of ten to consider all bills affecting’ the industrial pro- | gram. Independents on the state af. fairs committee opposed the resolution + claiming it, in effect, would be noth- ing more nor less than the creation ot an old-time: steering committee. The minority report to indefinitely ; postpone action was killed by a 24 to 25 vote. ~~ _ Mees in Tilt A tilt between’ Fred Mees of Morton, independent, -and A. A.: Liederbach, Killdeer, leaguer, over a request by Mees for correction of remarks.he had made in explaining his vote on the + Lemke, appropriation bill, was the only bright “feature of the day. Mees in- sisted that his remarks had been mis- quoted, and, read from prepared copy what He claimed to have'said.' Lieder- bach opposed his motion to correct the remarks in the journal. On 4 vote’ to change the remarks, MeNair and Oksendahl, leaguers, voted with fhe independents and against Liederbach. Senator Porter, independent, pre- sented a communication from the com- , missioners of Cavalier county asking | that legislation be prepared to regu- late the fees charged by sheriffs. The commissioners iftsisted that a sheriff was not entitled to both mileage and livery fees. The Nonpartisan league organization of Benson county presented a resolu- tion urging legislation that would prevent the sale by elevator company’s of grain which they might hold in storage, and to prohibit storage in any elevators except those of the Equity Co-operative society. It was argued that elevator companies now use grain held in ‘storage to manipulate the markets. The resolution was read in- to the journal. Senator Whitman, Grand Forks, In- dependent, asked unanimous consent to withdraw his Senate Bill No. 2. He explained; “There have been so many amend- | ments suggested, that’ I believe it would be advisable to introduce an en- tirely new bill, I-have had many con- ferences with officers of the state highway commission and others and | 99 in whith two men were killed were} Mr. Fox, such a measure ig ready,” he said. The new measure differs from the original bill only in matters relative to the operation of the proposed trunk highway system which it creates. and providing for the form in which the | pysiness man of that city, has r question shall appear on the ballot at | eq to his home after spending the next general election in Novem- | gays in Bismarck, yer, 1922. enact a law prohibiting speculation. jofficers of the North Dakota Law En-/ the people by initiative petitions. In |forcement league would give to per-| the western half of the state, as you | sons connected with the capture of @ iaow, a large portion of the taxes for whiskey runner’s vehicle, all of the/the year 1919 have not been paid. The proceeds obtained from the sale of lands have been advertised for sale the property after’ the expenses had| and bid in by the several counties for’ been deducted. : the taxes, with penalties and costs. The bill is “An act providing for a! And unless something is done to pre- award for.the arrest and conviction} yent°it, the same lands will’be; adver- of persons. charged with violation of; tised for sale for the taxes of 1920, the prohibition laws of the state and) with penaltfes and costs, and the peo- tor the appointment of spécial deputy | ple. will .bé driven out of the state. The one representative who voted against it—Harding—said he opposed action until the resolution was print- ed and members jhad an opportunity to study it. The resolution follows: , Whereas the agricultural pro- ducers of this.state, and of the nation ‘generally have’ been ‘néed- lessly and’unjustifiably deprived of their returns from their labor, and investment during the past sheriffs to enforce such prohibition! laws.” The act provides further that a per- | son securing the arrest and convic- | |tfon of any one violating the prohibi- | tion laws shall be entitled “to the full) proceeds resulting from the sale, as; provided by law, of any wagon, buggy, | vutomobile, water or aircraft or other | vehicle after deducting the expenses land cost of such sale as provided by law.” | The bill further provides for thes appointment of special deputy sher \iffs by the several county sheriff who shall furnish penal bonds of $2, 00. The act further. arranges for an/ qual distribution of profits gained | dy the sale of confiscated property to; !all who are concerned in the capture; Here is a draft of remedial bills: Proposes Bill A bill to reduce or cancel the land assessments. Tax levies, penalties and sales for the year 1919. fl Whereas, in the year 1919 the as- segsed valuations of land was grossly excessive and about five times that of any former year, and of consequence the tax levies were excessive and a arge portion of the taxes remained lelinquent and in December, 1920, for such taxes with’ penalties and costs, he lands were sold and bid in by the counties. ‘ Be it enacted, etc.: That for the year 1919 the assessed aluations of all lands and city lots be reduced twenty-five per cent; also, season’ because of the unwarrant- *.ed slump in grain prices, largely attributable to unfair marketing conditions, and particularly due as ig generally supposed, and we verily believe, to the vicious prac- tice ‘of speculating in grain and other food production, and Whereas; Immediate and drastic action is necessary in order to re- lieve this situation, and encour- ‘age the farmers of the nation to increase the productiveness of the soil to its highest state and Whereas, the evil of grain gambling prevails oVer so large a territory that it is impossible to suppress it by state measures. Therefor Be it resolved that the legislative assembly of the state of such whiskey runners, in case more - | that all tax levies made in any county, |than one is interested. leity, township, village, school district, Would Cut Bond igchool board or other taxing body! enate Bill No. 15, introduced by | shall be reduced twenty-five per cent, | | testad, would amend the present as the state taxes were reduced. of North Dakota hereby demands of congress and strongly urges that it enact such stringent and effective measures #8 shall en- tirely suppress short selling - of grain and food products of all i construction of; Sec. 2. That for the taxes of 1919 Fe re ne toe eee all sales of lands and city lots shall | be void and the same shall be marked “cancelled” on the records of the pro- per county auditor. Sec. 3: That the reduced taxes of | 1919 may, be paid without penalty or | interest at any time prior to the first | day-of November, 1921, and if not then | paid, the property shall be advertised | for sale and sold at the regular de- | linquent tax sale in, December, 1921. | Sec. 4. “That any party who. may { have paid the excessive tax levies for | 1919 shall be allowed a rebate of ; twenty-five per cent. to apply on the taxes for the year 1920. Reduce All Taxes | Furthermore, you will please note | well that in the year 1920 the assess- | ments and tax levies are just as ex- | the opportunity in explaining his vote cessive as in 1919. Hence, by a sim-|to denounce grain gambling in no ilar act, all state and local taxes fon | uncertain terms. 1920 should be reduced tweny-five per | school houses. Under the present law a contractor must furnish bond to the xtent of double the amount of the choo] contract. The Ettestad meas- ure would make the bond requirement of the contractor “at least equal to ‘the amount of the contract.” It is held, by the senator, that under the present laws, the school district is really charged for the premium on the double bond that is necessary. | Ask $10,000 for T. B. * Senate Bill 17, Byrne, calls for an appropriation of $10,000 to be used, in the educational work being carried on by the North Dakota Anti-Tuber- eulosis association and for the pre- yention of the spread of the disease. It provides $7,000 for two years sgl- ary of\a state nurse and assistants | and $3,000 for traveling expenses. i Third House Heads Appoint Committees The two-third houses, one of senate employees and one of the house em- sployees, through a conference have ‘placed themselves on fair to middling | * | terms with the dove of peace and have | ,announced joint committees, and also ithe first dance for next Tuesday night | lat the Patterson hall. | The committees are: { |. Entertainment, Mose Rosenweig, Miss Harvey, Miss Pannebaker. | |. Refreshment—Mrs. Hall, Mr. Clark, | Mr. Skinner and Miss Williamson. | | Reception—Miss Dakin, Mr. Thomas, | Mr. Paulson, Miss Nelson, Senator) |Liederbach, Senator Bond, Senator | \Ployhar, Rep. Maddock, Rep. Shipley | land Rep, Bjorge. | | Treasurer—Mr. Terhorst. i | Invitation—Miss Ross, Miss Marx, | Mr. Tucker and Mr. Elliott. GUILTY OF MURDER | | Chicago, Jan. 14—Grover Redding | land- Oscar McGavic, alleged ring- | ileaders in the Abyssi riot last June | ‘|found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang. | | Returns Home | | Balzer Wald, of Linton, well known | eturn- [well doing, for in due time you shall jed: \thirty days for charter members. The} No. 1607 be co everal | next meeting will be held on the call) porary rates, loft Mr, Fox. : kinds, to the end that the price of such products, may be regulated and controlled hy the supply and demand of such products without artificial interference from any source. 5 Be it further resolved that. the chief-clerk of the house and the secretary of the senate be in structed to forward copies of this resolution to our senators and reprsentatives in Congress and that copies also. bé sent to the federal board of farm organiza tions, and the American Federa- tion of Farm Bureau at Washing- ton, D.C., . Representative Del Patterson got cent. | |. Then there should be an act that in | | future all assessments and tax levies shall be made on some such basis as in 1918and prior years. In a future letter [ may try to give emphasis to what has been said concerning a re- peal of the newfangled tax levies not based on ‘any assessment. The chan- ces are there can be no repeal only by. initiative petitions and a vote of the people. However, do not weary in “RATEINCREASE IS CONTINUED reap your reward if you fail not. \ JAMES. E, ROBINSON. I. 0. F. COURT INSTITUTED Last evening Mr. Charles Rose, Deputy Vice Supreme Chief Ranger of | the Independert Order of Foresters, of Fargo, N. D., instituted the Bis- marck Court of I. O. F., and the fol- lowing temporary officers were elect- Same Rate Until May First The increased rate authorized for the Bismarck gas company last Aug- ust has been continued by the commis- sion until May 1, 1921. The surcharge was granted as of company was ordered to make month- ly reports. The railroad commission, after consideration of the monthly re- ports, ordered the new charges con- tinued until May 1. The order, issued \under the signature of Frank Milhol Han, president of the commission, 8i L. J. Wehe, Chief Ranger, J. R. Falconer, Vice Chief Ranger, Roy D. Young, Recording Secretary, Mrs. Charlebois, Financial Secre- tary, Mrs. Harry Clooten, Treasurer, Vice Supreme Deputy Chief Ranger, assisted Mr. Rose in|says: the institution of the Court, and will| That’ the rates, eharges, surcharges, remain in Bismarck for the next week | and all other provisions contained i or 80 closing up the charter. It was/this commission's order No. 153 issue decided to hold the charter open for | August 21, 1920, in disposition of case ntinued in effect as tem- charges, surcharge, and ju other pro Railroad Commission Provides | | August 21, as temporary rates, and the | visions until May 1; 1921.” | HOUSE DEMANDS INDUSTRY BODY EXPLAIN ACTION Committee Proposal Was “Summarily Rejected” Nonpartisan League Floor Lead- ers Denounce Resolution as “Propaganda” | In a resolution, passed by a vote of /58 to 53 ‘after bitter debate and charges of propaganda on the part of {the Independents, Governor it | Attorney General Lemke and | missioner of Labor J. N. Hagan, com-| iprising the industrial commission, ‘are called on by the house of repre- {sentatives to point out “some real reason why the proposition of th bankers’ committee was | rejected and waved aside with the j flippant and baseless charge that {such proposition was made at the | dictation of Wall street or some oth- ;er mythical power alleged to be op- posed ta North Dakota.” | The resolution, introduced by Rep- resentative Joseph A. Kitchen of | Sentinel Butte, lays the blame for | present conditions in the state on ‘what he says is a “breaking down of {our state financial system” and says \that the only hope of alleviating pres- jent conditions “rests in our ability {to so conduct ourselves and our af-} | fairs as to regain as.speedily as pos- ; sible the confidence of others which iwe have lost.” | Points Out Proposition. It points out that as a result of the conference called by the state bank examiner, 2 committee of bank- jers proposed to make “immediately available $6,250,000 and in all prob- ‘ability $7,000,000 more if such sums ‘should be needed to fairly try out the mill and elevator projects now iciation and restore to every public [have available and to make the Bank of North Dakota a serviceable rural credits bank and a banking institu- tion for the state as well as for state jinstitutions and industries; all with- out any other requirement than that | they should limit the operation of our so-called farmers’ industrial pro- ‘gram, for the present, to the several projects it: is. thus: proposed to fi- mance.” = s Kitchen said the situation was fur- ther aggravated by the drop in prices for grain; that the state needs at “farm standing.” Patterson Assails It The first speaker after Kitchen Renville. He held that it was a di- rect slam at the state officials and the people of the state. “This is nothing more nor less than political propaganda”, he said. “It is an attempt to poison people so they will think that the state is be- ing ‘looted by a bunch of carpethag- gers. We have set about to mend jconditions in this state and that is why this backfire is started. I ab- solutely approve of the industrial commission in its refusal to sell out \to Wall street.” t Patterson began to ‘discuss the} | program in general, and Speaker ‘Twitchell at this point asked him to/ ‘limit his remarks to the matter un-| der consideration. | | Patterson took exception and asked jif the speaker meant to be discour- teous. | “No”, replied the speaker, “but the rules must be obeyed”. Patterson started again and the speaker summarily ordered him sit down. Kitchen was the next speaker. “{ am in favor of this resolution’, ihe said, “because the only people to emergency were the bankers of the iBast. They were requested to make the offer as that we might get the money. In it they stated just what i they could do if we did certain things. fore starting anything new. But the industrial commission treated these bankers when they responded to its request not only disrespectfully but | published statements which would have been all right: if they had ‘not come in an arrogant manner to but as it was were contemptible.” Vogel of Ward, maintained that the bankers did not say they would be able to furnish the $6,250,000, but that they would try and sell the jonds- " Where’s Wall Street Cash Johnson of Pembina, asserted that the didn’t know of any money that ever came from Wall street and he | wanted to know where the gentle- man who had preceded him intended to get the money- Vogel replied that he did not know. Maddock here moved a motion to defer, which was lost by a vote of 159 to 52. Maddock then spoke to the motion. “It isin part untrue’, he said. alt am opposed to the industrial com- | mission binding itself to any body lof men. It is absurd. This is not a state financial crisis. It ig nation- | wide, world-wide. It is absurd to ‘give the impression that this state lone is facing financial difficulties. ‘It is a world-wide condition.” | “Watt wanted to know what state- ents were untrue. Maddock replied jthat as he had only heard the reso- jlution read once he was unable to | speak with certainty, but that he be- ‘lieved the resolution stated that our (Continued on page 2) Wants to Know Why Bankers; FINANCE TALK UPPERMOST, CK TRIBUNE BEWARE PRICE FIVE CENTS LIVESTOCK MEN RECOMMEND TARIFF LAWS Demand That War Prices on Re- tail Meat Products Be Re- duced at Once INDUSTRY FACES A CRISIS National Association Makes Vig- orous Appeal for Rate Reductions El Paso, Tex., Jan. 14—Enactment of a tariff for the protection of the summarily | | A warning that applies to you pocketbook: i out t None !genuine without ; this signature!’ It must be on all the | ;new paper. money. of the United | | States. President Wilson has appoint- | jed G. F. Allen treasurer of the United ates to succeed Johw Burke, who | quit to go into business. If you don’t | believe John signed all the old ones, look at the bills you have in your | pocket. | TAXCHANGEIS | Was expected. livestock: industry, the gradual estab- \lishment of municipal retail markets ;and the enactment by Congress of | “construction federal legislation” reg- ulating the packers, commission men and traders was recommended in reso- lutions presented to the American Livestock Converition in meeting here today, by its resolutions committee. Delegates opposed to any expression in favor of legislation regulatnig the packing industry would oppose the re- port of the resolution committee on the question and a lively discussion on this phase of the committee’s report The committee recommended that the association demand that prices at hotels, on restaurants, dining cars, retail butcher shops, prices of farm machinery, leather goods, etc., be re- duced proportionately with the reduc- tion in prices of livestock and farm products “which have reached a pre- war hasis.” Faces Critical Period Discussing the tariff the, commit- tee said: nisi Ke is tee Wwenltay of the country urlei ive | sed upon the products of the soil ig) ‘ounty Representative | and fertility cannot be maintained Would Classify Prop- without livestock. The livestock in- dustry is facing the most critical per- erty iod in its history. The products of the tarm should receive the same: protec- URGED IN HOUSE: ~ BY. ANDERSON t under way, the home. builders’ asso-| ‘treasury the cash which each should | least $35,000,000 in credits and that| it must be prepared to give property| security in order to regain the state’s | moved its adoption was Patterson of | 50 PERCENT VALUATION Representative Anderson of Bur- leigh county yesterday introduced two j bills concerned with taxation, propos- | ‘ing in one the abolishment of all ex- | emptions provided for under laws | Passed at the instance of the Nonpar- |tisan league two years ago, returning jto the constitutional exemption of $200 | | On personal property, and exemptions (on church, lodge, and similar property. heretofore exempted. In the other he. ; Proposés~a ‘new system ‘of classifying~ | property for the purpose of taxation, the most important feature being the jelimination of ‘the’ present provision for assessment of lands at full value by providing that they shall be assess- ed_at 50 per cent. of their value. | .H. B. 24, the first of the Anderson bill, proposes the following new classi- fications: Class 1—All land, town and city lots, railroads, bank stock, express, telephone, telegraph property, elec- tric light plants, gas plants, water- works and all other utilities; flour mills ,elevators, warehouses and store- houses of all kinds; buildings and im- | provements upon leased sites; assess- }ed at 50 per cent. of their value. tion accorded manufacturing interests. _ “Such protection,” it added, “would place the American farmer on an equality with his foreign competitor. Open Competition On meat packer legislation the com- mittee reported itself definitely com- mitted to an open competition system. Other resolutions include an appeal to federal reserve banks to instruct | member banks that livestock produc- ars already given credit are not to be torced to make payments on loans un- til livestock can. properly be market- |.2d, and that credit should be extended wherever possible to take care of stocker and feeder cattle, | Direct proceedings for reductions of Tailroad rates, endorsing plans for the 2stablishment of a $100,000,000 export finance corporation and endorsing the war finance board. Endorsing the work of the American Farm Bureau. federation. Endorsing plans for co-operativ> sales agencies at. central livestock markets. Favoring repeal of war pro- fits excess taxes and substitution of a system of taxation as could be thor- oughly distributed. | Class 2—All live stock, agricultural | and other tools and machinery; gas | land other engines, threshing machines, | j automobiles, motor trucks, vehicles of | jall kinds, boats, stocks of merchan- idise, structures and improvements | JOHNGERLING — CE CUTTER NEAR upon city town and city lots, and all | property not otherwise specifically | listed; assessed at 33 1/3 per cent. of | WATERY GRAVE Class 8—Al! household goods, house | Swims 200 Yards in Opening of to! \ which the people could turn in this, I believe in trying what we have be-! cram something down our throats.) equipment, wearing apparel, structure j;and’ improvements upon farm lan | stocks other than banks, bonds, money | ‘and credits, provided they are not! otherwise assessed; assessed at 20 per | cent. of true value. ig This bill, if passed, would material- | ily decrease the assessed valuation of | ‘the state, and would operate to bring | about lower taxes and a more equit- | able distribution of the tax burden, | according to the author. | In H. B. 25, the exemption. bill, Mr. | Anderson ptoposes that the exemption on all classes of farm improvements, the $1,000 exemption on residences costing less than $4,000; the special exemptions on personal property, etc., | provided by the legislature two years | ago, shall be done away with. This | | would result in the assessment of all | property for the purpose of taxation, | except such property as has been or- dinarily exempt because it was used | for purely charitable or fraternal pur- | poses. £ | In support of this bill, it is urged | ‘that the exemption act passed two | /years ago by the league controlled | legislature has resulted in throwing | an exceptionally large portion of the | tax burden on farm ‘lands. This is | | particularly true in the matter of lo- | cal school taxes, where a town and / country districts are combined in a | single district. | GIVES $500,000 MORTGAGE Fessenden, N. D., Jan. 14.—A_ $500,- | ‘000 mortgage on farm lands owned by | T. L. Beiseker, of Fessenden, tg the | Minnesota Loan and Trust company, | is said to be the largest mortgage ever | given in the state on the farm lands of one man. The loan bears 6 per cent. interest and matures in 1925. DISPENSE WITH AGENT | Linton, Jan. 14.—After a three-year | trial, the county cémmissioners of ‘Emmons county have decided not to re-employ a county. agent. H. 0. Sauer held the post for the three | years. The commissioners said there was complaint from people in the county of the expense of the office. SH TONIGHT New York, Jan. 14.—Benny Leonard (the lightweight champion and Richie | Mitchell, of Milwaukee, clash here to- [night in a 15-round bout to a decision. \ {New Orleans, Gets \ Missouri River an to Shore It pays to know how to swim! That’s what John Gerling, 306 Four- Peon street, is telling the world to- lay: This morning while cutting ‘ ice on Missouri river near the new bridge, he fell into a large hole made by the ice hhrvesters and by dint of hard swimming for 200 feet, managed to scramble to the shore. Five men,'rushed to his assistancd and helped to pull him out. “If I fad not been a good swim- mer”, said Mr. Gerling, “I would have been carried down under the Ice, “I want The Tribune to tell the boys to get busy and learn to swim No, not néw, but along about May 1. ARRIVE FOR LEAGUE MEET Delegates from ajl over the state are here today for the meeting of the Nonpartisan league to select a state committee. George A. Totten, Jr., temporary state manager of the league, arrived last night from Fargo, to take charge. The meeting is not open to the public. HERMAN GETS DECISION London, Jan. 14.—Pete Herman, of was overweight and Jimmy Wilde, flyweight champion of Europe, claimed the championship. The referee stopped the fighting last night in the 17th round and awarded the decision to Herman. PAPER SUSPENDS Napoleon, N. D., Jan. 14—The Lo- gan County Farmer, Nonpartisan league newspaper, has suspended pub- lication. The paper, which had been the official paper of its county, was defeated by the Napoleon-Homestead in the election... It. is not known whether the paper will resume pub- lication.