The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 8, 1921, Page 13

e “One of the Greatest _EconomicProblems | Is Distribution” declared that “one of the greatest economic problems, if not the greatest, is distribution. There can be no doubt of the position of the good roads movement in the solution of the problem. I believe that Federal and State Governments must not only create good roads but they must insist upon the maintenance of good roads. . A good road gone wrong is a streak of memorial to neglect and waste. The roads we build must be.built for use in the distribution of products rather than for merely .pleasure riding. e must foster the use of motor trucks.” PRESIDENT HARDING in a recent address The expression of the chief executive of our nation is but a confirmation of the experiences of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) in the conduct of its business. The problems of distribution are of paramount importance and in effecting this distribution, good roads are a primary essential. “The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has in operation more than 4000 motor trucks engaged in distributing gasoline, kerosene and lubricating oils to ultimate consumers in 11 Middle Western States. It is the business of this department to attempt to furnish Standard Oil products to who- ever may require them, wherever he may live. To supplement the tank wagon, the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) maintains a network of service stations, located on the main traveled high- ways, every few miles in the country and every few blocks in the city. : : - Through its highly specialized organization, the . Standard Oil Company (Indiana) manufactures from crude petroleum the three factors necessary to a solution of the problems of distribution. Stanolind Paving Affihalt for good roads—enduring roads. Red Crown, the high-grade gasoline, for power—tremendous power. Polarine, the perfect motor oil, for lubrication—correct lubrication. In the manufacture of these products, the Coms pany has set as a measure of value, specifications which it believes insure the user the utmost of service at a2 minimum of expense. Its products are made to exact standards, and these standards are based upon a careful, exhaustive study of the con- ditions under which they will be used. All are uniform in quality and go to the consumer with the Company’s guarantee that they are exactly as represented, : Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 910 So. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IIL Mention the Leader When Wuiting Advertisers ; . / will be used when the answers are prin FORECLOSURE Tha bank is foreclosing a mortgage on my personal property, consisting of grain and other personal property which is not- in my possession. The sheriff came to my place and persuaded me to give him a re- ceipt statmg that I was holding the prop- erty for him during the foreclosure. If I fail to deliver the property, am I bound by this receipt? 2. I am thinking of going through bankruptecy. I am. mortgaging my personal property. /'Would this mort- gage go ahead of the bank’s mortgage 7— 1. No, you can explain the circum- stances under which you gave the re- ceipt to the sheriff and show that you did not have the property at that time, but if your mortgage required you to secure the consent of the bank before you could move the property or sell it, the fact that it is not in your possession now would prove clearly that you had violated the terms of the And under these circum- stances you could be prosecuted for If you went into bankruptey within four months after the mortgage was exe- cuted, the mortgage would not be of The property would have to be turned over to your cred- mortgage. selling the property. 2. No. any validity. itors share and share alike. CHATTEL MORTGAGE 1. If T hold a chattel mortgage on live- stock and farm implements and the mort- gagor moves to Canada with them with- out my consent, what can I do about it? 2. Can a deficiency judgment in Montana be transferred to Canada and collected ? The party against whom it is recorded lives in Canada. 3. What is the law in regard to motes and bills contracted in Montana if the party owing the same has _ gone to Canada? 4. What use or rights has a mortgagor in the property covered by the mortgage? CanH he use it for his own purposes 7—A. L. T4, I your mortgage contains a pro- vision that the property was not to be ‘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 of the date in which the answer is to appear. 2 fee $1 will be charged. Persons asking questions must sign their full names, but only initials moved or sold without your consent, you can have the mortgagor arrested for fraud or larceny and brought back to Montana for trial. Or if you prefer you can file suit against him in Cana- da for the value of the property. 2. Yes, it can be transferred and collect- ed. 3. They can be collected in Cana- da if the party has any property. 4. ‘The rights of the mortgagor and mort- gagee in reference to personal prop- erty depends wholly and entirely upon . the terms of the mortgage given to secure the debt and for that reason I am unable to advise with reference to your other questiong without a copy of the mortgage. WIDOWER’S RIGHTS I was a widower and married a widow woman. We both had grown-up children when we married. I had some property; she had none. Now she is dead and what I want to know is, can her children hold a share of my property that I had when we were married? Neither she nor her fhiglr%l ever earned one cent of it.— No, her children have no rights in your property, but I would advise that you make a will disposing of your property in order that there may not be any confusion after you are dead. COMPENSATION LAW 1, Does the Minnesota workmen’s’ come Densation law apply to a thresher who furnishes the machine crew only and re- quires the farmer t6"pay the crew? 2. at is our liability when working at home for ourselves? 3. at is our lia- léi]ig xé we do not comply with the act.— 1. The act provides that it is not to | be construed or held to apply to any common carrier, domestic seryvants, farm laborers or persons whose em= ployment at the time of the injury is casual and not in the actual course of the business of the employer. Thresh- ers employed and paid by the farmer are not included in the act. If car- o PAGE FOURTEEN e 5 = If an answer by mail is required a fee of e ried on independent .of the farmer, the thresher is subject to the act. 2. This would be farm labor within the mean- ing of the act and would not come within the provisions of the law. 3. This law is elective. not compulsory. No employer is compelled to accept its- provisions. Those who do not accept its provisions in the event of an ac- cident are denied the right to defend against liability on the ground that the workman was negligent unless it appears that his negligence was will- ful. He is further denied the defense that the injury was caused by the neg- ligence of a fellow servant and also denied the defense that the workman assumed the risk. - FAMILY EXEMPTIONS 1. married farmer with children fac- ing foreclosure after five crop failures wants to know if he can claim a family - - man’s exemption on his household goods if he moves it to another county? 2. If he moves to another state? married farmer’s exemption in North Da- kota? 4, Has a farmer a right to have flour ground from mortgaged wheat grown on his mortgaged farm for his own use? 5. What is bankruptey? 6. What are the gpfllslg’s of bankruptey proceedings?— 1. Yes. 2. No. 3. See the answer to C. K. in the Leader of July 25, 1921. 4. No, uqless permitted to do so by the terms of the mortgage. 5. A statutory plan under which an insol- vent debtor may either on his own pe- tition or that of his creditors be “ad- judged bankrupt” by court, which takes possession of/'his property, dis- tributes the property among his cred- itors and discharges the bankrupt and his after-acquired property from debts existing at the time of the bankruptey proceedings. 6. This depends on the size of the bankrupt estate. The ex- penses of administration, filing fees, including witness fees and attorney fees, are paid out of the estate sub- ject to the approval of the court. SCHOOL LAW Is there a law in Nebraska to the effect that children living some distance from school can have a way provided~or col- lect pay for their own conveyance to and “rom school 7—A. G. % There is a law permitting the school board to furnish transportation for children living more than one and one- half miles from the schoolhouse. The school board is not compelled to fur- nish such transportation except in the case of consolidated schools. There is no provision for collecting pay for their own conveyance. The matter should be taken up with the district. board. LABOR LIEN 1. According to South Dakota law can a man working for a farmer file a lien against a farmer’s crop or personal prop- erty for payment of his wages if, his crop and all of his personal property is mort- gaged? 2, Could he -collect it from the party who owns the mortgage on the ierop or personal’ property? 3. Can last year’s wages be collected this yea‘;v by fil- ing a lien against his crop 7—W. 1, No. 2. No. 3. No. ELECTION DISTRICTS Is there a8 law which gives county of- ficers a right to consolidate election dis- tricts in Nebraska?—W. M. T. % Yes, the board of county commis< sioners has such power and if you 3. What is .a ' are dissatisfied with the consolidation, you should ' petition’ the board to change the boundaries. ; PASTURE RENT Can a_ landowner collect cash rent for, pasture if the renter has moved off for over five months 7—F, B, rent. Yes, if the renter agreed to pay the - \