The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 18, 1917, Page 20

WeManufacture Barn Ventilating Cupolas, Hog Troughs, Watering Troughs, Eave Troughs, Etc. One-Pipe Warm Air Heating MAGNETOS AND BATTERIES Howard B. Tilden Magneto and Battery Expert Plants. Klinsmann CO Winter storaig;:u:éesl'.n makes of FARGO N.Dis 71 Fifth St.N. FARGO, N.D. SCAN DIN AVIAN AMERICAN BANK FARGO, N. D. A BANK OF SERVICE AND SATISFACTION A.J. OSHEA ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA First Class Cafeteria in Connection. POWERS HOTEL FARGO’S ONLY MODERN-FIRE PROOF HOTEL Hot and Cold Runing Water and Telephone in Every Room On Broadway, One Block South of Great Northern Depot FARGO, N. D. 1 The Plow-Boy 10-20 all standard tractor is the only light farm tractor that gives entire satis- faction in all kinds of farm work. This is due to the manner in which it is designed, constructed, etc., which our complete new illustrated catalog tells you about. Price $775.00 . o. b. Waterloo, Iowa. Palda-Morse Motors, Inc. Distributors NORTH DAKOTA ‘Write for it today. MINOT Did It Pay This Man To Advertise? We are going to give you the details and leave the answer to you: : Mr. O. S. Hadeland desired to create a larger market for his fish trade. He decided to do it through advertising, and used a two-inch ad in the. Nonpartisan Leader. Here is just one of several instances of the results he received: : ' AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EQUITY Nome Local Union No. 169 Eastedge, N. D., Dec. 22, 1916. Mr. O. S. Hadeland, Fargo, N. D. Dear Mr. Hadeland:—I herewith enclose draft to the amount of $85.00 as per part pay- ment of Ludefisk order. You’ll receive the balance $19.50 in a short time, as soon as all of them get their fish. Every tub arrived in good shape. Thank- ing you for your co-operation, I am ; Respectfully, A. A. Zacharias, Secy.-Treas. Did it pay"Mr. Hadeland to advertise? If you have any article or service, regardless of what it is, that would interest the Rural population of North Dakota, why don’t YOU cash in, on this won- derful field. The people want your goods; they have the money to pay for it, and most. important of all: ¢hey are watching for it in the Nonpartisan I.eader. Mention Leader when writing advertisers The Nonpartisan Leader PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVIRY THURSDAY Advertising rates on application. The Leader is the supreme rural population of North Dakod in the state. advertising columns, / National Paper of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political Leagus. Entered as second-class matter September 3, 1915, at the post- office at Fargo, North Dakota, under the Act of Mareh 3, 1879. OLIVER S. MORRIS, EDITOR Subscription, one year, in advance, $2.50; six months, $1.50. Communications intended for the paper should be addressed to the Nonpar- tisan Leader, Box 941, Fargo, North Dakota, and not to any individual vertising medium through which to reach the as it goes into practically every farm home The Leader solleits advertisements of meritorious articles needed by farmers, Quack, fraudulent and irresponsible firms are not knowingly ad will take it as a favor if any readers will advise us promptly shoul occasion to doubt or question the reliability of any firm which" Copy for advertisements must reach the Leader office by Saturday previous to publication in order to insure insertion in curremt Guaranteed Weekly Circulation in excess of 55,000 Copies = and we d they have patronizes our issue. League Drafts a Constitution (Continued from page 5) every election, and the senate” would have no greater power than the house. The second provision is to make possible the adoption of what is com- monly called “the short ballot.” That is if the people or the - legislature at some future time decided that they did not wish to vote for every state and county official, but preferred to elect a governor and a few other important officials, and make them responsible to the people, allowing them to appoint their subordinates, this could be done. The constitution does not make any such’ offices appointive, but makes it possible that the change could be in- corporated if ever desired. This would give a short ballot and a chance for the people to know' every elective can- didate. The third provision is for the pur- pose of keeping North Dakota funds at home, unless the legislature should determine that for some reason it de- sired to pass a law allowing state funds or funds of other subdivisions, such as counties and cities, to be in- vested in outside securities. All such funds invested in North Dakota would have to be 'secured by first mortgages upon land. As the constitution stands now the boards having control of finances may iavest them in United States bonds, bonds of other states or cities, if they wish, depriving North Dakota of this much needed capital. EXEMPTS TAXES ON IMPROVEMENTS The fourth provision makes possible the exemption of farm improvements in accordance with the TLeague pro- gram. It says the legislature could provide for the classification of all property for purposes of taxation or exemption from taxation. This can not be done now. But with this League plank made part of the constitution the " barrier to passing such a law would be removed. The legislature could then -enact the will of the farmers into statute law. The fifth is the recall made work- able and practical. It provides that if the voters wished to recall an unfaith- ful public official they could call an election for that purpose by getting 10 per cent of the voters in a majority of the counties of the state. The 10 per cent would be based upon the last vote for governor. The sixth provision applies the same terms to the initiative and referendum. If the legislature refused, as past legis- latures have done, to enact the kind of a law the people wanted, 10 per cent of them in a majority of the counties could start this kind of a law them- selves. If the legislature passed an obnoxious law, the same number could MR. FARMER ATTENTION! Your children need a typewriter as well as yourself, TAKE advantage of this opportunity: 500 ma- chines of all makes such © as Underwoods, Reming tons, Olivers, etc., from $10 to $55, guaranteed . FIVE years. Write for FRER trial offer. A. M. MFG. CO., 162 N. Dearborn St. .Dept. MPL, ‘Chicago, Iil. have it referred to ‘the people at the next primary or general election. The petitions bearing 10 per cent of the names would have to be filed with the secretary of state at least 90 days be- fore such election. JUDICIAL RED TAPE TO BE ELIMINATED The seventh provision would make the will of the people supreme over judicial technicality and red tape. It would take away the power of the su- preme court to say that a law the peo- ple wanted and passed themselves, they could not have because it did not fit in with the notions of a majority of the court as to what the people ought to have. There are a number of other minor provisions, but these are the ones that would permit the League program to go into’effect. Besides these changes, a number of clauses of the old consti- tution are proposed to be omitted from the new constitution.’ Some of them are dead timber, such as clauses re- ferring to territorial days, and to dates now long past, apd the terms of officers to be elected at the next election after the constitution was adopted (in 1889). Some of the omitted sections refer to laws that have long since been put in the statute books, and are therefore dead now just as the sections referring to long pats dates A few changés were made to cut out o.atory and state plain facts in plain language. The constitution provides that all the laws now in effect shall remain in effect unless they conflict with the new constitution, or until they shall have been repealed or expire by their own terms. AMENDMENTS CAN BE MADE EASILY An important feature 1s the method provided for amending the new con- stitution. Amendments could be adopt= ed in exactly the same way as initia- tive or referendum laws could be adopted. Thus the people would never again be confronted with reactionary legislatures playing horse with them. If they wanted the constitution amend- ed the people could amend. it, without red tape, and without begging the per- mission of a domineering legislature. The new constitution provides that the debt limit could be raised to $500,- 000 more than it is when the constitu- tion is adopted. The present limit is legally $200,000, but the state has ex- ceeded this, and gone as high as $900,= 000. This is one of the conservative features of the document, which oppo= nents have said they feared would be cast aside. Instead of raising the debt limit to several million dollars to build state packing plants, flour mills, and so forth, the Nonpartisan League members propose to hold it down to $500,000. If the state should decide to build such plants as it could decide after this constitution was adopted, then the plans_of financing it would be determined upon, but ne such plants could be built and paid for out of di= rect taxation that would load the peo=- ple with a great burden. ; REGISTERED STOCK SALE AT WILLISTON, FEB. 27 AND 28, 24 Percheron Stallions—2 to 6 years. 22 Percheron Mares 2 to 10 years 4 Shires Mares 1 Shire Stallion 1 Belgian Stallion This stock is all registered in the correct books and 12 Hereford Bulls 14 Shorthorn Bulis 5 Shetland Ponles 10 Bred Sows—Poland China and Duroc-Jersey. will be sold as repre- sented. To those who want good, young, sound mares and stallions or bulls, will be offered.-an unusual opportunity. climate. These animals are just right to go qh;'f_inq;do"s’ervlce in this western Remember this stock will be at the Great Northern barn the day before the sale and we ask buyers to come on that day and go over the stock. Remember also that Williston is a Percheron Horse and C Beef Cattle centre and buyers will have a chance to get the best of the young stock. Terms of sale, Cash; credit- may-be obtained b Yy responsible parties at the following banks: First National, Williams County State, Williston St 5 Hon. Frank Hyland, W. W. Keltner, Harry Brown, Auctloneerss. i The Pure-Bred Live Stock Assoclation of Williams and McKenzie Owners. : Counties, J Mention Leader when writing advertisers