The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 11, 1921, Page 10

WHAT IS THE LAW? Under this head legal questions of general interest will be answered...No charge is made for this service. Questions must be addressed to Vince A. Day, care of Nonpartisan Leader, Box 2072, Minneapolis, and must reach this office at least three weeks in advance If an answer by mail is required a fee of $1 will be charged. Persons asking questions must sign their full names, but only initials will be used when the answers are printed. of the date in which the answer is to appear. BIRTH CONTROL (1) What are the state laws in reference to information concerning birth control? (2) What is the Comstock law? (8) Does a physician make himself liable for giving nfoeratmn regarding same?—MRS. E. H (1) All persons distributing litera- ture on this subject are subject to prosecution for gross misdemeanor, cnd punished by a term in the county ;ail for not more than one year or a “ne of not more than $500, or both. :2) This is the title given to an act of congress passed in 1873, authoriz- ing the postmaster general to exclude all mail matter dealing with such sub- jects. (3) No, if given for the pur- pose of safeguarding the health of the patient. CLOSED BANK (1) I made a time deposit in a state * bank in North Dakota for six months. The bank closed its doors. Can I collect damages for their failure to pay thig certificate? (2) How long can a state bank be closed before a person can get a time certificate of deposit cashed under the guarantee fund law? (8) Does said cer- tificate draw interest on principal and in- terest since date it became due? (4) Is a note issued on Sunday, but dated back, good in North Dakota? (5) Is a note is- sued on a week day, but dated back, good ? (6) How long is a judgment good before renewing 7—C. R. O. (1) No. You can recover interest on principal but nothing further. (2) This is determined by the court and the guarantee fund commission. (3) It draws interest on principal only. (4) Yes, in the hands of a bona fide holder for value. (5) Yes. (6) A judgment directing the payment of money when properly filed is a lien on real property of the debtor for a period of 10 years. LIEN FOR WAGES (1) A certain person, A, owes me for work done during threshing season last fall. Can I lay claim against his grain now? (2) Or saying another person, B, owes this person, A, money, can I put a bill for money to B against A, and have B hold back that amount out of the money he owes A? (3) Or if I work for this person A in the fall, can I put the last ~ year’s bill with the one for this coming fall in one bill and then put a lien against the grain this coming fall?—M. M, (1) No. (2) You should sue A and garnishee the money that B owes to A. (3) No. You can only file a lien for the work you did this year. HOTEL BILL I stayed over night in a hotel. They asked me if I wanted breakfast in the morning, and I said yes, but I did not eat any in the morning and they told me I had to pay for breakfast just the same. They said the hotel was run on the American plan. I would like to know if they had the right to collect this.—A. P. Yes, hotels operating on this plan have the right to make such charges. OFFICE QUALIFICATION (1) Must a voter be a frecholder to be elected director of a common school dis- trict in North Dakota? (2) Must he be to hold any other office in this state? (3) Has a man living with his wife and chil- dren in North Dakota a right to sell his land without the signature of his wife, in this state, simply because he owned the land before he was marned part of which he homesteaded 7—MRS. (3) A husband (1) No. (2) No. must support himself and his wife out of his property or labor. Subject to this he may sell his separate property without the consent of his wife. FENCE LAW Which half of the, fence does the Wis- consin law require me to put up 2—M. B. The law does not specify which half. It leaves that to the agreement of the parties. It requires farmers to keep and maintain partition fences between their own and adjoining premises upon equal shares when the land is used for farming purposes. such fence may be compelled to do so upon complaint to two or more fence viewers and if he fails to do so within a reasonable time after being ordered to do it, the- party injured may re- pair or build and recover the expense thereof. THE FARM BUREAU Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I see in your last paper views on the Farm Bureau. I myself do not know much Any per-. son refusing to prepare and build any - about the ¢ Farm Bureau federation, but I see it so strongly advertised by all the newspapers that are opposed to the League that I really and honestly believe big business is going to try to use it to fight the Nonpartisan league. They must, of course, work along about the same lines, too, as the League to make it look good. Why have half a dozen organizations when one is enough if we will stick to it? HENRY BORGMANN. Osmond, Neb. At least the open shop movement will have no effect on the wages of sin. ADVERTISEMENTS Farmers and Threshermen, Attention! GRAIN Send for Circular Scobey, Montana “It Can’t Help but ITelp Save Graia” Automatic Fan Blast Co. SAVER ] wreL i : Hamie e can oo b : B AQATEss Lt : L I S T PR ) " | s S S St e ] What Right Power Means on Your Farm Now. THE proper application of power, be it man, horse or machine, means everything to suc- cessful agriculture. Tracing back through history we find that horse vower, replacing ox power,brought increased production and better quality crops. And, like- wise, tractor power has given to agriculture still greater advantages—greater production, greater economy and greater farm profits. A Department of Agriculture study of the horse power problem on the farm from which the chart reproduced above was taken, particularly emphasizes a few of these advantages. On an average 180-acre farm, operated with 9 horses, it was found that the total horse hours worked during a year was only 8,492, This left a wast- age of 23,908 horse hours that cost the farmer aproximately $1,000.00. This sum is based on a figure of $150 for a years up-keep of a horse which is given in a very recent report cf a government investigation. What a waste of power, paid for but never used! But in addition to this the tractor enables the farmer to overcome that greatest of handicaps to farming—the weather. With a tractor, the jobs can be done on time and in time which nearly always results in greater production per acre and greater insurance of successful crops. While this example, given by the Department of Agriucutureis of a single farm, the same facts hold true in a comparative degree on all farms in all sections of the country—on your farm. This year is the year when you must obtain the greatest ecomomy in your farm production. This is the year for you to have a Rumely QilPull tractor on your farm. o From the standpoint of long life, smallest de- - preciation and greatest fuel economy, the OilPull is easily a leader in the tractor field. This subject means so much to you right now that we want to send more information for you to think about. Write today. ADVANCE-RUMELY THRESHER COMPANY In&, LaPorte, Indiana Minneapolis, Minn. Aberdeen, S. Dek. Billings, TMont. Lincoln, Mebr, Great Falls, Mont a Rumely gra: and farm alfafa and owes i hullskr: steam — Fargo, N. D. Madison, Wis. 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