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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

HE Pittsburg Post is unnecessarily
alarmed about the financial condition of
North Dakota. It winds MP an editorial
with the statement that "it is proposed to
close the public schools and many of the
public institutions and thereby cut down
expenses" North Dakota proposes to
do nothing of the sort. She has only
three public institutions besides the cap
itol to maintain, and the idea of closing
the public schools is too preposterous to
talk about. North Dakota may be short
in finances temporarily but she will find
some meal of increasing the taxable
property and adding to the revenues of
the state. The Walsh revenue bill will
help some, and other revenue measures
can and will be adopted that will add
large sums to the revenue without in
creaslng the burden of taxation to the
farmer.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
A Never Endin" Slavery,

There is one kind of physical wear and tear
i'll the matter Of clothes which man escapes.
He may work himself into q frenzy because
his tailor has not finished his new dress coat
in time, has made it too long in the body or
too short in the skirts, or he may shatter his
health in trying to satisfy the demands for
sealskin and velvet of IN extravaganza wife,
but of the olnniprescent needle and tho gar
ments which must be made, mended or al.
tered he is happily oblivious. Not SO with
the woman. Among all classes but the very
wealthy this to her is a never ending slavery.
Women who nave a multiplicity Of household
cares, girls who need much active exercise,
tired teachers, who should feel free as air
when the school room door closes behind
them, shop girls, saleswomen, typewriters.
all spend hours of painful struggle over sew
ing when they should be exercising, reading
or sleeping. A specter of unfinished gar.
ments follows them everywhere, and the pa
thetic phrase, ~ have such piles of sewing to
do" is always on their lips. An enormous
amount Of female vitality is wasted in this
Lucy N. Hall, NJ. D. IT,"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
Shutting Out Drafts.

In almost every kitchen there are drafts
from the cracks between tho bottom OF the
doors and the floor. The cold air passing
over ones feet on a freezing day soon chills
them, and this should be avoided. To pro-
tect the kitchen from these drafts, tack a
strip of old carpet brussels, being stiff, is
best) across the bottom of each door. Cut,
the carpet four and a half inches wide, and
two inches longer than the width of the door
on which it is to be fastened, so that the car,
pet may extend an inch beyond the door on
each side.
Tack the strip of carpet across the bottom
of the door, placing the carpet so that half OF
its width will lie on the floor while the other
half is attached to the door. It is not neces.
sary to have the tacks near together; place
them three inches apart in a straight line
near the top of the carpet. If these carpet
capes are fastened on all the doors in the kitch.
Ell, the room will be far more comfortable
and pleasant. The carpet should always be
tackled on the inside of the door, that it may
not interfere with the opening and closing Of
the door.-Montreal Star.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

HOUSE bill No. 265, a bill for an act to
regulate warehouses, inspection, weigh
ing and handling of grain, introduced by
Mr.. Bowen, is one of the most important
bills introduced this session. It pro-
yides for the establishment of a system
of grading of North Dakota's world-re-
nowned grade of wheat and protects our
interests therein by the establishment of
export markets at all our ports of ex-
port, thus maintaining our supremacy
and building up a business of our own
and keeping the cost Of inspection at
home. It is estimated that $25,O0O can
thus be kept in the state, besides all in
cidental advantages arising therefrom.
Much of our business is now transacted
outside Of the state. It is to be hoped
this bill will pass.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS has intro
duced a bill, No. PSI, which, if passed,
would effect a large saving to the state.
It is an act providing for a board of man
agement and control for the state institu-
tions. The bill provides that the gov
ernor, acknowledgement, secretary of
state and state treasurer shall constitute
such board and the governor shall be
president of the same. The present
board system-fve for each of the three
institutions-is abolished. If economy
is desired, here is a measure in that line.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

A CAREFUL estimate of the revenues
and probable expenses of the state gov.
eminent for the fiscal year of 1890, has
been made by the state officers for the
use of the appropriation committees in
the legislature, and it is found that the
legitimate expenses will amount in round
figures to $43O,000, while the estimated
revenue based on maximum rate on
$67,000,00O valuation will amount to
only $268,O0O, leaving a net deficiency of
$163,O00. This does not include the
railroad tax as it is understood the COM
panies will resist the payment on the
entire gross earnings system.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
Partisan Head Gear.

Nine. Weatherby, a noted London milliner,
asserts that the most excellent and refined
taste i'll head gear is now reigning supreme
in Paris. The days of formidable towering
feathered monstrosities are past, and the new
bonnets are most simple and unexaggerated.
The modern theatre goer should doff his hat
to Dame Fashion, who has abolished the
Eiffel tower tendency and established the
reign of what might be called the Queen
Anne style of architecture in bonnets. The
nearer a hat or bonnet resembles the proven
pancake, the more correct and swell 1t is
considered. In toques only the slightly.
rufied brim, and in large hats only the rib
bons, are slightly raised, and bewitching
little Low capotes are raised q little by the
upward slant Of a stiff wing. Brims' Of a;
different color from the crowns are quite the
thing, and, except in the few large felt shapes
with low crowns and wide brims, the mar
rover they are the better.-Exchange.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
great mining industry and keep the thou
sands of dollars now being sent to the
coal barons of the east at home.
FOR REVENUE.

The Sandager bill is a lottery rev.
enue bill, and revenue resources to
an impoverished treasury are mighty
attractive. It is argued that the
lottery proposition will relieve the state
of the necessity of excessive bonding and
borrowing and when the state does bor-
row that it will secure a lower rate Of in
terest and the bonds will sell for a
higher premium; that it will relieve the
state of the necessity for extraordinary
or excessive taxation; that the revenue
received from this source will make up
for the lost revenue through the enforce
ment of prohibition; that the income
from the institutions earnings will
be invested in northwestern securities,
public improvements and afford cheaper
money and on the most favorable terms
to the settlers who are struggling to de-
velop the soil of North Dakota. In short
the passage of this bill, the passage of
the Walsh revenue bill, proper railroad
taxation, the funds from the sale and
lease of school lands, the development of
the state coal mines and general use of
native coal, the regulation of transporta-
ton rates, the federal appropriations for
irrigation and other purposes, the change
from all-grain raising to diversified
farming and stock raising, together with
the hoped for Improvement in the prices
of farm products-prudence, economy,
industry, pluck, public spirit and bust
ness tact--all these combined would
place North Dakota among the most
prosperous states in the west.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

THERE was practical wisdom in Sena-
tor Worst's objections to house bill No.
lSO, providing for the display of the flag
of the United States on all public insti-
buttons, between certain hours every
day in the year except Sundays. The
rafting on the roof of the capitol over
the heads of the senators to a degree
that rendered the reading of the bill
almost inaudible by a sudden caprice of
the chinook" gave rise to the remark
that no flag could outride such a storm,
and that public institution scudding
under bare poles and dilapidated rags,
would go far to neutralize the sentiment
in the bill. Besides no one was
made responsible by pro-
visions of the bill, to proclaim at all hours
that "the flag is still there" Seriously,
it will make a very pretty statute brist-
ling with patriotism, but the winds
though supposed to be tempered to the
shorn lamb" are no respector of senti-
ment, and it might have been we'll to
have added a weather proviso to the bill.
At least its patriotic author might have
gone as far as the %itinerant clergyman
did, who announced at the close of a
school house service that zone week from
tonight, the Lord willing, I shall preach
in this house again; two weeks from to-
night whether or no.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
!. 1QQeWaukanS

With differtntal rates of Is cents a ton
against Dickinson to all points east of
Crystal Springs.
These rates to be put in operation by the
Northern Pacific railroad at once, with the
understanding the board of railroad COM
changes as may be necessary to meet
change of conditions, or to prevent unjust
discrimination.
We also further report that this schedule
OF rates was shown to the officials Of the
Manitoba railroad who assured us that like
rates would be adopted by their road as
soon as approved by our board; and that
further they would place sidetracks
wherever practicable for the accommoda-
ton of coal mines On their line.
It will be seen that Bismarck and
Mandan, which have done so much to-
wards the development of the coal min
ing industry, get no benefits whatever
voluntarily--from the railroad company
on rates as agreed upon by the commits
sioners. These rates will not do. The
rate from Sims for the first so miles or
fractional part of so miles, should be one
and a half cents per ton per
mile, and say three-quarters of a cent per
mile thereafter. The TRIBUNE is not pre-
pared to say just what the actual cost is
to the railroad company per ton per
mile to haul this coal, but it is prepared
to say that this coal should be hauled at
actual cost, whatever it may be, for the
coming year, in order that a great indus
try may be fostered and built up-an in
dustry that must, in the future, result in
inestimable benefits to the railroad COM
pany, because of it's encouragement and
saving to the settlers along it's line.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

NOTHING is easier than the obtaining
of signatures to any petition circulated
in any community on either side of any
question. For that reason very little at
tention is usually paid to documents of
this nature. There were, however, a
number of petitions received Wednesday
by members of the senate in advocacy Of
the Sandager revenue lottery bill of
more than ordinary Importance. For in
a~tance, Senator Haggart received one
letter signed by six persons who were
opposed to the bill, and on the other side
was receiving kilograms of approval all
day-one Of them signedby the president
of the board of trade and over 100 other
prominent citizens and taxpayers Of Far
go. From Valley City, Sanborn, Man
dan, Dickinson, jamestown and other
cities come the most favorable reports.
Mr.. Winship, from Grand Forks, re-
ceived one dispatch quite numerously
signed in defense of his position On the
bill, while others from the same
city expressed satisfaction. So it
goes - petitions pro and con.
It must be admitted on all sides that the
state needs revenue, and the bill in ques-
ton supplies a large amount annually.
1t is a business proposition, the accept
ance of which will relieve the state of it's
present and prospective embarrassment.
The bill passed the senate by more than
a two-thirds vote and goes to the house
fo-1py
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

ACCORDING to the jamestown Alert,
some of Senator Casey's friends do not
believe that he has endorsed Attorney
F. Ball for the United States judge
ship. 1t is limited that Casey would be
glad to see Judge Corliss give up his
present job for a life position. There is
such a deadlock on this judgeship that
it is possible the president may go out
side of all recommendations and appoint
q man of his own choice.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

The railroad commissioners and the
railroads have agreed upon a coal rate
schedule, but it is not just what the peo-
pie want. It is better than the present
schedule, but it will not accomplish the
desired result-popularize the use of
Dakota coal. The TRIBUNE will publish
the figures in full tomorrow. The rate
agreed upon from Sims, forty-one miles
west from Bismarck, is practically one
and a half cents per ton per mile for the
first 100 miles, and one cent per ton per
mile thereafter. This would make the
transportation on a ton of coal from Sims
to Fargo, 235 miles, 1925, and 10 Bis
marck no change from the present rate,
$1.OO per ton for forty-one miles. This
will not do. 1t should not be over rs
cents to Bismarck and $500 to Fargo.
The railroads should haul this coal for
the bare cost Of hauling, and depend on
transportation of other articles for profit.
That's business. Grocers often sell sta
pie articles at or below cost; the TR1-
BUNE issues its daily edition at a loss
Just to help the town and courtyard
depends on the weekly and job rooms to
help out. Why shouldn't the railroads
figure the anne way? We won't kick.if
the railroad doubles its rates on luxur-
les, but let the poor settlers have native
coal at cost. Give manufactures a chance
--popularize Dakota coal, build up q
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
large revenu to the state without taxing

large revenue to the state without taxing
the property-holders.
Revenue secured by lottery is better
than by begging-better than bonding or
borrowing-better than confiscatory tax
ation-better than the delinquent tax
list-better than extending the time
for the payment Of taxes-better than
mortgage foreclosure-better than seed
wheat liens or chattel mortgages-better
than a continuation of the present de-
plorable condition Of affairs and impend-
ng deficiency in the state treasury.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

MANY of the citizens of North Dakota
who are temperate and we're not radi-
cally opposed to prohibition, voted
against prohibition for the reason that a
large revenue paid to cities, towns and
counties in licenses would be cut off and
The expense Of government would fall
upon property-holders and business en-
terprises-at a time they could not we'll
bear the burden. New that prohibition
is the law of the state, and the usual tax
and the inevitable additional tax caused
by the machinery necessary to enforce
the ~prohibitory law-must be collected
from the property-holders and business
enterprises, it is now very proper for the
business men, farmers, and all tax
payers, to turn their attention to
all reasonable methods to secure
a revenue to pay the running ex-
penses of the state, county, city and
town and to guard against an increase in
state and municipal indebtedness. It
must be admitted that the drift of the
state and municipal financial matters
is at present toward the "rocky."
The outlook is not encouraging,
and unless vigorous measures are
adopted taxation will soon become con-
fscation and force an exodus Of many
good people. All revenue bills intro
duced in the present Legislature have
been introduced by their authors to pro-
vide for the payment of the states hon
est debts and pay the expenses of all the
state institutions economically and hon
estly conducted. But none Of such bills
have been based on any other plan than
direct taxation except the Sandager state
lottery BILLIARD this bill viewed from q
business standpoint - secures q very
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

IT is beginning to dawn upon the
people that statehood-in the early ex-
istence of a state-1s an expensive lux
ury. The constitution of North Dakota
restricts the debt limit to 5000, 900 and
the maximum tax rate on the present
assessed valuation will not yield the
necessary revenue to pay the running
expenses of the state and maintain her
public institutions. The present de-
preston in realty values precludes the
disposal of school lands, except in a few
populous localities, at any thing like a
proper figure and only the interest on
the principal obtained from this source
can be used anyhow.
The question of the hour is then, how
can the of the state be in
creased without adding to the burdens
of the already over-taxed settler?
It is this phase of the dilemma that adds
to the significance of the bill introduced
n the senate Monday by Senator
Sandager. This bill authorizes the in
corporation and regulation of lottery
companies SO as to raise revenue to de-
fray the expenses of the state. It re-
quires any company incorporating under
this act to have a paid up capital of
100000 or over, and exacts about $780,
600 to be paid into the state treasury at
once and $4,000 annually thereafter.
1t costs III round figures $85,OOO a
year to maintain the state offices. Thus
it will be seen that here is one enterprise,
the license of which will nearly pay the
running expenses of the state, leaving
the support of the public institutions
only for the people, by direct taxation to
pay.
The lottery system has been a ia
miliar mode of raising revenue in many
countries, and in the early history Of the
majority of the states of this union. The
Suez canal, the payment of the debt of
France, the Worlds fair last year,
all owe their success to the lot
terry. In this country, in the eastern
states, many of our leading instit utions
of learning, and scores of institutions of
a charitable nature were established by
lottery. It is as legitimate an institution
as u grain and produce exchanges,
where millions of dollars change hands
daily.
A lottery company is no more nor less
than a syndicate or voluntary associa-
ton of persons who unite in contributing
a certain sum of money to be distributed
among themselves by a company author
lied so to do. ~ 43~t
Such a company desires to- do bust
ness in this state and is willing to pay
literally for it. So far as the moral side
of the question is concerned, such a
scheme, properly restricted, is no worse
than the usual church fair where numer-
u chances are sold on an article to
raise funds for the church.
The bill has been referred to the COM
mittee on state affairs. So far as can be
learned the sentiment of the legislature
is strongly in favor Of this scheme. The
committee may, however, recommend
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

DoBMIER, the Grand Forks brewer.
who now wants pay for losses he will
sustain because of prohibition, is the
mar who, in October last, when the re-
turns were coming in and it began to
look a little shaky for the saloons-tele-
graphed to Bismarck parties to hold back
the returns from the Missouri slope.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

REPRESENTATIVE HANK1NsoN wants to
protect the people against crooked COM
mission merchants. who take the farm
ers' products to sell on commission and
fail to make proper return. His bill, No.
24S, is calculated to stop such business.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
His objectionable Sin.

Mime. Beamonde-Tell me Of your fance,
dear. What are his traits2
Fiancee-I fear he isdreadfully wild.
Nine. B.-Tut, childlN Such men make the
best husbands.
Fiancee-And-they say he is devoted to-
roulette, rouge-et-noir and all that.
Mime. B.-Not worth mentioning.
Fiancee-He is awfully rich.
Nine. B.-Good.
Nanceo-He has been accused Of smniilsussirng
funds intrusted to his care.
Nine. B.-A mere error.
Observation-Disclosures his knife in
eating.
Mime. B.-Give him his conge!-Pittsburg
Bulletin. $
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

In order that the mortgage may
know the condition of the stock of goods
on which he may hold a chattel mort
gage, Representative Williams bill No.
$50 provides that the m~ortgagor shall be
required to file an inventory of sales and
additions to his stock every sixty days
together with the value of additional
stock, if any, to the original stock of
goods on which the mortgage was laid.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

REPRESENTATIVE HANK1NsoN's bill Nc,
249, offers a bounty to manufacturers of
starch in the state from native grown
potatoes. A bounty of 81 for each 100
pounds of starch SO manufactured is
guaranteed for the period of five years.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

A BILL for the inspection of illuminat-
ing oils has been introduced in the
house by Mr.. Currier, by request. A
law has been passed providing for inspec-
tion of steam boilers; others are pro-
posed for the protection of the people
against impure meats, butter, ETC., and
one are more important than a bill that
will provide against impure oils.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

REPRESENTATIVE Cole has introduced
a bill providing for the establishment of
an industrial school at Glendale, as
contemplated by the constitution. The
bill provides that forty acres for a site
for the scool be furnished by the citizens
of Glendale. No appropriation at this
time is asked for.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

SOMEBODY has been "joshing" the
Park River Gazette, and it publishes the
that Representative Mccullough
introduced a bill prohibiting the mercury
from going below zero in North Dakota.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

By the recent changes IN the North
Dakota land districts, about nineteen
and a half sections, 100000 acres, are
added to the Fargo district, and about
twelve sections, 276,4SO acres, to the
Bismarck district.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

ONE of the sensations of last week,
which in the rush of other business the
TRIBUNE has thus far failed to notice was
the marriage on Tuesday last Of Ward
Bill, formerly of jamestown, to Miss
Norton, of Fargo. tt was a semi-elope-
meDt. The couple went to st. Paul to
have the ceremony performed. Ward
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

REPRESENTATIVE STADELMAN has in
troduced q bill, No. 242, taxing sleeping
and drawing room cars. It differs from
Senator Little's bill, in that it authorizes
the collection of a license fee on gross
earnings instead of a stated sum per car.
The Stadelman bill calls for two per
cent. of the gross earnings, while the
Little bill calls for 300 per car.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

Coal BARON Cotton is receiving scores
of long petitions for lower coal rates
daily. 1t is now approaching 500 feet in
length. He will make it q thousand be-
fore he fires it into the legislature.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

SENATOR SANDAGER is a happy man
because he has been successful
in getting through the senate q
bill that brings to the state an immediate
and continuous revenue greater than
any measure yet proposed in either body.
Mr.. Sandagers policy is to stop crying
poverty and proceed to intelligent
revenue legislation.