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Lobbying at Montana Capital Treasure State Paper Discusses Methods of Cor- porations as Explained by a Man Who Saw It (Editorial in the Billings Gazette) EPORTS from Helena indicate that never in the history of the state have agents of the so-called invisible govern- ment been so bald, so brazen or so temerarious. The lobbies of the leading hotels fairly swarm with lobby- ists, and they are deeply imbued with the idea that the end justifies any means conceivable. (Mont.) Espionage is especially repugnant to [ an persons, but particularly to Mon- tanans, but if Capital city reports are to be credited, it is the order of the day. Visitors to the city are shadowed and if one engages in conversation { with another person it apparently be- comes the duty of some of these sleuths to draw nearer in an effort to learn the nature of the conversation. Remarkable indeed is the interview published in a Libby exchange upon the return of Leo H. Faust to that place from Helena, where he attended a meeting of the state board of edu- cation. Conditions pictured at the Capital city "are such as to bring the blush of shame to the face of every loyal Montanan. Read the statement of Mr. Faust and think what it means: “I had occasion to meet many mem- bers of the legislature and from them I got~the information that not since the days of the great industrial and political warfare between Heinze and the Amalgamated has there been such a brazen exhibition of corporation meddling with the legislative branch of the government. And appearances certainly seemed to warrant the state- ment. “On every hand is found some rep- resentative of the Anaconda Copper Mining company. Their lawyers are there in force. These heads of de- partments are from all sections of the state; the spy and the sPotter and all are on the job. When it is recalled that this great concern pays taxes in something like 20 of the 41 counties in Montana, its ramifications and its in- fluence will be appreciated. They get a direct bearing on members from many counties and believe me, they Ancient Order United Workmen are not making bones about being on hand to let those representatives know that they are on the job. “‘One would think they had moved the headquarters of the Anaconda Copper Mining company from the Hen- nessy building in Butte to Helena,’ is the way one of the members expressed his notions to me. ‘And this great force is apparently being directed from the lobby of the Placer hotel by Roy Alley himself,’ continued my inform- ant. ‘I have attended many sessions of the legislature, either as a mem- ber or an onlooker, but I have mever, seen such a cold blooded, card-index system as this great concern is play- ing this session. And they may get away with it, but to me it looks too cheap and too much like child's play. It's so raw that unless there is ab- solutely no self-respect left in the members of the two houses it will fall of its own weight’ “While there is absolutely no dan- ger of a Montana legislature doing anything which would in any way ma- terially injure the Anaconda Copper Mining company or any other con- cern, big or little, yet the stockholders of that company would be doing them- selves and the state a splendi® service if they would call off this system of petty espionage of members and this cheap and worn-out system of ‘work- ing’ the members of the Ilegislature. I: isn’'t deceiving anyone but those who are operating it" Oh, shades of <California, in the palmy days of the Southern Pacific, thou sinkest into insignificance. FROM COLORADO The way those North Dakota farm- ers are going down the line for the scalps is certainly refreshing to any- body who has been getting tired and more tired of corporation rule. 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VALUATION New York, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1917. To the Grand. Lodge of the-Ancient - Order of United Workmen of North Dakota. Gentlemen: ation of your certificates outstand- ing on Detember 31, 1916, as sub- mitted to me, by the A. O. U. W. (5) Mortality Table and four per cent interest, by the Select and Ulti- mate Method and I find the aggre- gate Reserve Liability, as so com- ’ puted, to be One Million Three "Hundred and Seventeen Thousand, Four Hundred and Three ($1,317,- 403.00) Dollars. MILES M. DAWSON, Consulting Actuary. Mention Leader when writing advertisers PPYpYuopuy ..Great Falls, Mont. CERTIFICATE OF This will certify that I have this day completed the valu-'" Home Office: Total Assets .......... Total Liabilities Sin "SURPLUS PR P Y (o, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, County of Cass—ss. Financial Statement,Jan.1,1917 2 ASSETS Real Istate (book .value)..... First Mortgage Loans on Real Estate............ Bonds and Warrants (book valtue) ......e....... . 456,278.79 Cash on deposit in DepoSitory...eeeecees e 31,731.05 Certificate Lioans to Members ...eiveeeesvenaan 311,883.10 Furniture ‘and Fixtures @i mmnsii, b ieiive s dasoe 2,244.02 Interest dué and acérued on Farm Mortgages...... 11,640.90 Interest acerued on Bonds and Warrants........ 14,405.32 Interest acerued on Certificate Loans ............ 10,865:70 Rentsndue i G R e 385.00 . Assessments actually collected by Subordinate Lodges, ~ not yet turned over to Grand Tiodge.......... 30,142.17 Loans to members on ‘‘Half-Cash’’ payment plan.. 30,308.05 ; _ LIABILITIES Death Claims, not yet adjusted (awaiting proofs).. Salaries, rents, expenses, commissions, ete., accrued Taxes due, not delinquent ................ “Advance Assessments paid by members .. Rents paid in advance ........eceec.con. TReserves, as per calculation of' Actuary Total Liabilities and Surplus .....'seu.......$1,424,034.10 Fargo, N. D. ceveeeeen.$ 46,000.00 478,150.00 Cereeeeranae el $1,424034.10 5,006.00 3.758.20 408.07. : 1,690.72 ' 12.50 .+ 1,317,403.00 ..$1,328,278.49 vawesy - 95,755.61 E. J. Moore, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is t} ; Recorder of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen :)ef Cli‘%%‘?fl Dalcota; that the aforegoing Statement is a true and Correct Statement in every particular of the Financial Condition of said Grand Lodge on the 31st. day ‘of Decemshe';‘, 1911)6,dt0 téle best céf lgsflinowledgel\gund belief, o ubscribed and sworn to before me, a-Notary Public within and f. County, North Dakota, this 20th day of’February 1917, dforatass E. J. MOORE, CHARLES S. FOSTER, Notary Public Cass County, North Dak My commission expires August 25, 1922, Y r akotd. A PURELY HOME INSTITUTION Organized 1895. Incorporated 1907 Over $12,000,000.00 of g i e $ of insurance in Nearly 11 per cent of its entire in- ilégmce in force securely invested at e. Certificates issued f by rom $1,000 to The only Order doing busine. these states, which subgits tol a!slsazixe nual valuation of its liabilities on certificate contracts b: actuary. Ty omnctent Certificates issued on (Whole life) 20-, 15- limited payment plans. All certificates provide for a fi legal reserve, and such optionS':lé cash loan, paid-up, and extended in- surance are granted thereon. Members admitted fro: § 4 years inclusive. e e level or and 10-year Death claims are paid promptl the day satisfactory proof gf éggthyagg proper identification of “the deceased member are filed with membe the Grand A record of twenty years of ho dealing, of claims promptly paid, r;elfé a membership including citizens of the highest standing, in nearly all professions ~and avocations of life, a Home institution, collecting, invest. ing and disbursing its funds at home, . It is absolutely on the square lctosn g;}g&egfi - '{‘}}:ere lis nothing t‘o‘.i\t)}é € whol i foteaied an e truth is told Do you believe in building u industry? ' If so, do you notgthir;fl?o;glel ought to become a member of this splendid growing Society? Literature and infor; i nished .on request = ° Hkon fur-J “ Mention Leader when writing advertisers | i