The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 25, 1915, Page 12

- PAGE PHIERR Washington, Nov. 23.—Another de- terstate commerce commission advanc- ing railroad rates. The action is re- markable, because the decision pur- ports to 'be adverse to -the railroads, although really in their ‘favor. The effect of the ruling is that all the increases in rates which were granted by the former decision go into -effect at once, while the com- mission ‘agrees to ‘examine further the reasonableness of the rates which; .| they refused ‘to increase in the form- {er decision. : It will be remembered that fol-: I'lowing the first hearing on the ap- ‘increase in ‘rates, ‘the commlssxon, re- fused absolutely to sanctlon a sin- 1]gle advance. Largely as the result of presxden-. tial mfluence, the commission was ‘| prevailed upon ‘to grant the easterd: roads a rehearing, and upon thls in- | creases ‘were ‘granted. | |'eot Advancy; to ‘Bolster ‘Up Credit. At the time it was declared that poor 'business, due ,it was believed, |to the war in BEurope had affected credit .and reduced the value of rall- road securities. With the acknowledged purpose of bolstering up railroad credit, and not of adjusting rates upon a reason- able basis as required by the law, the commission authorized a general ad- vance in rates. g When the ‘application of the west- ern railroads for iprivileges exactly similar ‘to these granted the eastern railroads ‘was made ‘the wonderful growth in railroad ‘business, which has proceeded steadily for nearly .a year, had already become apparent. Western ‘Roads :Prosperous, The commission, could not give.the States Attorney Lan- ger Wants Children . In School and ‘Protected John Doe No. 104, alias Austin Mc- :CIeary. as he ‘was ‘cdlled when he ~was a homeless ‘waif, 'i8 :nowiromping 'arouml Lyndhurst, 2 at Irvington.on- Hudson, the -estate ‘of Mr. and Mrs, |Finley J. Shepard, :now ‘known as Fin. lley Jay Shepard, Jr.,heirito the Gould millions. Mr. Shepard and ‘his wife, who ‘was Miss ‘Helen -Gould, formally adopted the four-year-oid ‘boy who was fount ‘on ‘the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral ‘by ‘a policeman. _ISSUES NEW WARNINQ « The ‘department -of azriculture also. gives: warning ‘that, notwithstanding: that ‘this year's ‘¢rop ‘of ‘oats in un-: usually ‘high in moisture content,the;| transportation and sale“in interstate commerce of damaged' oats or oats . of inferior .quality which have been, bleached or otherwise ‘treated so as to ‘conc:al darage or inferority, or of oats which have lad their weight increased ‘by -the addition of water,| : x - will be regraded as in violation of| Mandan, Nov. 23.—William Langer; . the federal food and drugs aet. ‘| state’s attorney, has declared war on . | the rural school - CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS county the district court 290 alternative Here is a chance for farmers to do 3 business with ‘farmers. you Jo fancy breeding, of = horses, _cattle, hogs, chickens, ‘put your ad in this department. f ‘you have anything to sell or: " trade to farmers, insert your .ad. in " this department. If you want to buy anything that other farmers have to sell put your ad ‘in ‘this department. is the paper that reaches the live ‘and np-to-date rarmers of North Dakota. ) Rates in ‘this deg:st;hnent ‘are '20' cents ‘per line for insertion, 10 &e‘nts per line For 'mbsequerfl; iinser- ery school board in the county to show cause why they had not dis- played the American flag over school ‘Copy must reach ‘us by 'Monday to insure its appearance in ithe current Address, N ischool or suffer arrest, ‘Poor School System. ieader, iBox 819,55 Far;go. North: Dakou. FOR SALE—Duroc’ Jersey -Boars and Gilts. = Five fall boars, 15 ‘spring ‘boars’and 10 gilts, ‘of ‘good ‘breed- - ing and quality; peaigree furnish- ed A. R. JONGEWAARD, Litchville, ‘North Dakota. ! 83t 'makmg careful investigation of rural ischool ‘conditions in Morton county ‘and in a statement given ‘to the press ton county is ‘one of the ‘doubt the pooredt ‘system of rural schools, In his investigation ke found many children .of 10 and 11| ‘years:of age whom had never attend- | ed ‘school . . FOR SALE: Mammoth Bronze Tur- ' 'keys. Pure bred from 40 lb toms, 920 1b. hens. Toms §$5, hens 250, ‘Mrs. E. F. Barnes, Sunny Brook Farm, ‘Upham, N. D. : FOR SALE Three thorough - Berkshire Boars, out a ‘school ‘house or -any ‘school fi cilities; ‘he ‘found ‘Aany school diss Iy failed ‘to maintain school as pro- vided hy. law. .In’his judgment con- sxdersbly more than 2;,000.scheol ohi 'dren in. Morton :counfy iare mot iih . | public: sehools at @l ‘and in $he By Angus McSween cision was given recently by the in-' | lowed, hy ‘the commission for the priv- plication ‘of the eastern roads for an| -another hearing of the whole case, Jthey put into effect the increase ‘in‘| 'and they grant.a rehearing upon the )| President “Wilson. ‘| school districts and where school ‘was: {| school, -and any ' parents who. failed. system of Morton |, Yesterday He ‘secured ‘from |’ writs of mandamus -calling upon ev- | ‘buildings during seasoanble weather and, while school ‘was :in session, as|: the law requires; also why they have |/ failed to provide fire-breaks, as.'the |} law requires around school ‘houses of |; the county; he also directed a reg-|i istered letter to the parents of 1-|. 716 children of school age in Morton |i cbunty, who are mot in ‘attendance at school, 'giving ‘them five days in ] ‘which to place their ‘children m? Mr. . Langer spent three weéeks in | yesterday ‘e declares that while Mor- | largest | counties in the state, it has without i ~In' some -‘instances’ he'| found :districts organized, ‘but: with- || |tricts in which the “directors utter-|: western roads the same increase giv~ en the” eastern railroads upon the pretext that their credit needed bols- tering, because railroad credit was responding to the mcrease in rallroad ‘business. s { Consequently, the commission gave: the railroadds only partial increases and refused to advance rates upon: livestock, meats and other packing- house products. H Failing to-obtain the increase upon these commodities, the railroads were ‘willing 'to forego all the increases al- ilege of making another fight for an advance upon livestock and meats. They asked the commission to set: aside its ‘entire decision, includingy that portion which had. given the .1 roads increased rates, and to permit Put ‘Increases in Effect. = This -proposition the commission: rejected ‘today. But in 'rejeéting: it [ rates which would ‘have ‘been set a- side had the rehearing been granted,| ‘Henry Prather Fletcher, dt present : : ' | American anibassador ‘to ‘Chille, s ‘con, sidered the most ‘probable «choice of * ‘the ‘president for .ambassador to fMexn Ico. - Mz, Fletcher-is.a native of Penn. #-sylvania, and has 'been .in the dlplo-, matic service nbout ‘twelve years. very .commodities for which the rail- roads were willing to risk all they had won in the former :proceedings. Certainly since the day the presi- ‘dent made it known that he wanted railroad rates increased so that there might ‘be a show of prosperity in the country for the benefit of ‘the then languishing fortunes of the Democra-’ tic party, until the present time, the railroads have had no reason to com- plain that the interstate commerce commission has ‘been unfnendly to: railroad interests. Three ‘of the present members of: the ‘commission were appointed by Two -others 'will be appoined before the presment's term expires. which he extended, to ‘them, will be arrested and dealt with according to law. He found that more than -one- half ‘of the: :school directors in, Mor- ton county were not sending their. children ‘to school. Laws Will Be Enforced. Mr. Langer declares that the com-, | pulsory law will ‘be enforced in Mor~: ton -county to ‘the letter—that the: children of school age in ‘that ‘coun~ ty will attend school; and ‘that ‘they will attend school in a school house over. which the American, flag is fly- ing 'during. ‘seasonable weather, .and: | if "exposed ‘to prairie fire, surround-. led by & suitable fire-break. erican flag displayed and that in: the. city of Mandan. Visits 200 Districts. Mr. Langer ‘visited ithe :entire 290; e Tt | ‘The. average banker thinks 'he i$§ working under the initiative and ul- timatum. . in session arranged ‘with the teacher to report directly to him all cases where children were not attending Argentina is going to build govern-: to place their children in school .at|ment ‘elevators ‘in ‘order ‘to protect the expiration of five days’ grace, | its farmers ‘from the grain sharks. e L SR R T, L D TS e SRR S ). 3 0Of 35 Thoroughbred Dumc Jer- sey Boars and Sows ‘at il:he Resebud Durec ‘Farm, Three Miles West-and- tFom' " Miles North-of Litchville, N. Dak.,on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, 1915 Oommencmg at 1 o'clock P. M. ity 1 tried Boar, Grundell, 5 fall Boars Prize 2 N. D,, No. 15 spring Boars 146995. : 4 fall Gilts 4 ‘tried brood Sows 6 spring Gilts Also ‘one Pare. Bred Percheron Stallion, ‘Nelson, No. 43431 TERM S: Cash or bankable ‘paper bmr- - ing 10 per cent Interest FREE LUNCH AT N’OON ,R A. JONGEWAARD; Owaer thchvfle," Nat& *Daketa