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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-28
TONGUE RIVER.

Mr.. E. Coutu arrived this week from
Wstson, Sask., where he has a farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. a.. j. Restameyer were
guests at the home Of Nh. VIM. Surerus
at Backoo, on Sunday last.
The Misses Laura and Anna Clark
spent part Of last week at the home Of
Mr.. F. Simons in st. Thomas.
Most of the grain is cut in this section
except the late barley, and threshing
will be general the last of the week.
Mr.. s. Gibney lost fine horse a few
days ago. The animal was valuable
one and was sick only few days with
influenza.
Our school building has been in the
hands of Mr.. Fisher of Cavalier for the
past few weeks, and has been moved
back from the road about thirty feet and
twelve feet added to its length. A new
cement foundation also has been added,
The additional room was needed to
accommodate helarge number of scholars
in the district. s2nl
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-28
PROPOSED AMENDMENT


That section 1853 of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota be a.
mended to read as follows:
Sec. 15o.-No land shall be sold for
less than it's appraised value and in no
case for less than ten dollars per acre.
The purchaser shall pay one fifth down
of the price in cash and the remaining
four-fifths as follows: One-fiifth in five
years, one-tifth on or before the expira.
ton of ten years, one.fifth on or before
the expiration of fifteen years, and one
fifth on or before the expiration of TWEEN
ty years, with interest at.the rate of not
less than five per cent. per annum pay
able annually in advance; provided,
that when payments are made before
due they shall be made at interest pay
ing date, and one years interest in ad-
vance shall be paid on all moneys so
paid. All sales shall be held at the
county seat of the county in which the
land to be sold is situated, and all be at
public auction and to the highest bidder
after. sixty days, advertisements the
same in a newspaper of general circula-
ton in the vicinity of the land to be
sold, and also published in newspaper
published at the county seat and also
in a newspaper published at the seat of
government. Such lands as shall not
have been especially subdivided shall be
offered in tracts of one quarter section
and those subdivided in the smallest
subdivision. All lands designated for
sale and not sold within two years after
appraisal shall be reappraised before
theyl are sold. No grant or patent for
such lands shall issue until payment is
made for the same; provided, that the
lands contracted to be sold by the state
shall be subject to taxation from the
date of such contract. In case the
taxes assessed against any of said lands
for any year remain unpaid until the
first Monday in October of the follow
ing year, then and thereupon the con-
tract of sale for such lands shall, if the
board of university and school lauds SO
determine, become null and void.
Any lands under the provisions of
section 1853 of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota that have hereto
fore been sold may be paid for, except
as to interest, as provided herein; pro-
vided, further, that any school or insti-
tuition lands that may be required for
townsite purposes may be paid for at
any time and patent issued therefor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-28
itabas Inssitutio;iaiis' \ Is allotted BY law,

Eitabas inssitutioalss Is allotted BY, Law,
nsmely: IS ~ Y
Nrst.-A soldiers hsme, when To-
Gated, or such other charitable inatitu-
ton as the legislative assembly may de.
termine. at Lisbon, in the county Of
Ransom, with a grant of forty thousand
acres Of land.
Second.-A. blind asylum, or such
other institution as the legislative as
sembly may determine. at such place
in the comfy Of Pembina as the quail
fed electors Of said county may deter
mine at. an election to be held as pre-
scribed by the legislative assembly,
with a grant Of thirty thousand acres.
Third.-An industrial school and
school for manual training, or such
other educational or charitable institu-
ton as the legislative assembly may
provide, at the town of Glendale, in the
county of Dickey, with grant of forty
thousand acres.
Fourth.-A school of forestry, or
such other institution as the legislative
assembly may determine, at such place
in one of the counties of McHenry,
Ward, Bottineau or Rolette as the cleo
tors of said counties may determine by
an election for that purpose, to be held
as provided by the legislative assem-
bly,.
Fifth.-A scientific school, or such
other educational or charitable institu-
ton as the legislative assembly may
prescribe,at the city of Wahpeton, coun-
ty Of Richlaud, with grant of forty
thousand acres.
Sixth.-A state normal school, at the
city of Minot, in the county of Ward;
provided, that no other institution of a
character similar to any one of those
located by this article shall be esta-
blished or maintained without q revision
of this constitution.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-28
PROPOSED AMENDMENT

That section 176 of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota be a.
mended so as to read as follows:
Sec. l76. Laws shall be passed tax
ing by uniform rule all property accord
ing. to its true value in money. and the
legislature may pass laws taxing in
comes, but the property of the United
States and the state, county and munic-
ipal corporations, both real and personal
shall be exempt from taxation, and the
legislative assembly shall by general
law exempt from taxation property
used exclusively for school, religious,
fraternal, cemetery or charitable pur-
poses, public hospitals under the con-
troll Of religious or charitable societies,
used wholly or in part for public chari-
and personal property to any amount
not exceeding in value two hundred dol
lars for each individual liable to taxa.
ton; but the legislative assembly may,
by law, provide for the payment Of .
per centum Of gross earnings Of railroad
companies to be paid in lieu Of all state.
county, townships and school taxes on
exclusively used in and about
the prosecution Of the business Of such
as common carriers, but no
real estate Of. said corporation shall be
exempted from taxation in the same
manner and on the same basis as other
real estate is taxed, except road-bed,
right of-way, shops and buildings, used
exclusively in the business as common
carrlers, and whenever, and so long ISL
such Law providing for the payment Of .
per centum on earnings shall be IN force
that part o. section 10 o. this article
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-28
PRoPosEp AMENDMKNY

That section 218 Of the constitution Of
the stats Of North Dakota be amended.
to read as follows:
SEQ. 2l8. The following named pub.
lic institutions are hereby permanently
located 8 hereinafter provided, each to
have % much 81 the remaining grant Of
ono hundred and. seventy thousand
acres q land made ~ tho United
States NJ ''other educat ional and char
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-28
PROPOSED AMENDMENT

PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Section Is of article 2 of the constitu-
ton of the state of North Dakota shall
be and hereby is amended to read as
follows:N
Sec. &.-The legislative authority of
the state of North Dakota shall be vested
in legislative assembly consisting of a
senate and house of representatives, but
the people reserve to themselves power
to propose laws and amendments to the
constitution, and to enact or reject the
same at the polls, independent of the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-28
Proposed Amendments to consti-
tuition.

The following proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the state of North
Dakota, having passed the Tenth Legis-
lative Assembly; will be submitted to
the Eleventh Legislative Assembly for
approval or rejection.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
That section 14O of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 40. Amendment. Railroad cor
porations and common carriers required.
to keep Office in the state and make re
ports.] Every railroad corporation and
common carrier organized in, or doing
business in this state, under the laws or
authority thereof, shall have and main
tain public Office or place in the state
for the transaction of its business where
record of the transfers of it's stock
shall be made and in which shall be
kept for public inspection, books IN
which shall be recorded the amount of
capital stock subscribed and by whom,
0AAO uSsAAOo Va GA0 OWu0ES VI. Lu0 SGOCh
and the amount owned by them respec-
lively, the amount of stock paid in and
by whnn;@ and tha transfers Of said.
stocks. the amount of it's assets and
liabilities and the names and place of
residence of it's officers. The directors
of every railroad corporation and of
every common carrier doing business in
this state shall annually make report,
under oath, to the auditor of public
accounts, or some officer or officers to be
designated by law, of all their acts and
doings, which report shall include such
matters relating to railroads and COM
mon carriers as may be prescribed by
law. Similar reports shall be made to
such other officers and at such times
and places as may be required by law
and the legislative assembly shall pass
laws enforcing by suitable penalties the
provisions of this section.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-10-20
..'Shall the People Rule?"

These campaign issues undefi,e Nj!
Bryan's proposition that this year sc
heretofore II IS a question of: "Shall
the people rule?"
1. Popular election Of Senators.
2. Publicity of campaign cont ibu-
lions before election.
9. Valuation of railroad properties
ny the government.
q. Lowering of the tariff.
5. mi motions.
6. The trusts.
On No. the Republican platform
is sflRRt the Democratic faVofs.
On Nc 3 the Republican platform il
silent; the Democratic is for pubIicitJ
before electiorf.'
On No. the Rt5pa2dican platform is
silent; the Democrats declares for it,
besides covering evefV eommendable
pbffqf set forth in the Repibtican utter
atiea..
On No the Republican piszSrm is
sileAh 1.-The Democratic favors.
On No.. 5 the Republican platltFn
makes Tagse promise; the Democratic
offers proteczios to labor by preventio1
of issuance Of DEGREES when in other
sHan labor disputes they would not
sAssssue.
0s No. the Republican platform
acaiRIIy proposes TO EegalIze trusts
the Democratic to- prevent private
monopoiy.
If the foregoing omissions be en-
dorsed and the Republican, parry re-
turned to power, these issues havfng
been openly raised, what colIplai.ai
can the people make if their rrtiIe be
further prevented, as it has BEER in
the past?
Could conclusions be pIainert!'
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-10-20

while in the first instance it is your
country that may gain or lose by your
action, you must remember that in
the long run your own position in poll
tics will depend upon your conduct.
You can not fool the people always.
You may lead them estray if you dare,
but they will punish you when they
find you out. You may work for the
people without their recognizing it at
first, but you can trust them to dis
J cover the character of your work and
to reward you accordingly.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-10-20
Not So Much Needed

Like most minister's families, they
were not extensively blessed with this
worlds goods. She, however, was the
Youngest Of ten children until her "a
ther explained to her of the baby sis.
ter who had come in the night Well
she said, after due thought, 81 'spose
it's all right, papa, but there's many
thing we needed worse. define
ator.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-10-20
Do Ycu Open Your Mouth

Like young bird and gulp down what
ever food or medicine may be offered you +?
Or, do you want to know something Of the
composition and character of that which
you take into your stomach whether as
food or medicine?
Most intelligent and sensible people
nowadays insist on knowing what they
sfnEloy whether as food or as medicine.
Dr.: Pierce believes they have perfect
right to insist upon such knowledge. So he
publishes @Soadcast and On each bottle
wrapper, what BIS MEDICINES are made of
at1divexlies, iry1hder eath This he feels
ne can MeeEAfford 20 do because The more
The. ingredicnte nf which his medicines
are made are Studied and understood the
n.ore viii their snperior curative virtues
be a1lreciaLsJ.
For the cure OF woman's peculiar weak
neSSes, Irregularities and arrangements.
giving rise TO frequent headaches. back
ache, dragging-down pain or distress in
lower abdominal or pelvic region. accom-
panied, ofttimeS, with a facilitating.
pelvic, catarrhal drain and kindred symp-
toms of weakness, DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is a most efficient remedy
1t is equally effective in curing painful
peIIOuS, III giving strength 10 nursing
mothers and in preparing the system of
the expectant mother for baby's coming.
thus rendering childbirth safe and COM
carbohydrates. The rFavorite Pre-
scriptiOu" IS most potent, STRENGTHENING
tonic to the general system and to the
organs distinctly feminine in particular.
1t IS also "a soothing and invigorating
nervine and cures nervous exhaustion'
nervous prostration. neuralgia. hysteria.
spaSms, chorea or st. VituS's dance. and
other distressing nervous symptoms at
tendant upon functional and organic dis
eases Of the distinctly feminine organs.
A host of medical authorities of all the
several schools of practice, recommend
each of the several ingredients of which
"Favorite Prescription is made for the
cure of the diseases for which it is claimed
to be cure. You may read what they
say for yourself by sending a postal card
request for free booklet of extracts
from the leading authorities, to DIR. r. V.
Pierce, InvalidS' Hotel and Surgical IN
stitute, Buffalo, N. u, aud it will come to
you by return post.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
NATIONAL VAR ON THE
 WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC

same magazine, another article Why Girls Go Astray," from the facts dis covered by the government recently. The letters which have poured into the office of George W. Currier, the publisher, have shown how wide spread and how pitiful have been the cases of betrayal in the great system atic hunt for girl victims. Evidently tae villainous work extends to the rail way stations of cities and small towns, and to the cafes of the city" Mir Currier has said. In his report Secretary Straus stated, Tt is highly necessary that this diabolical traffic, which has attained international pro- portions, should be dealt with in a manner adequate to compass its sup pression. No punishment is too sc we're to inflict upon the pTocurers il- this vile traffic Under the terms of the arrangement I have designated d. tue authority which will be directed to centralize all information proviueL for therein, the commissioner general Of immigration, with a right to cor respond directly with similar services established in each of the other con tTacting states.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
EXCESSIVE Is
 THE BULL|SH
 M ! VE M ENI
Speculative Public Can Not Be Induced To Load Up On Boosted Securities, Says Henry cIews.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-For sonIt time past it has been evident that the rise in stocks had been excessively pushed The big trading element which now carires much larger share of floating stocks than is gener ally supposed, showed no disposition to enlarge fits commitments on thu long side. While the investing ana speculative public, profiting by past experience, could not be induced tC absorb any Important portion of ths stocks offered by the big holders, whC have been energeticaIly lifting th, market ever since the panic. Along with this cessation of home buying came free foreign selling London openly encouraged realizing upon American stocks, and conservative for eign bankers have been very explicit in their disapproyal of our stock nIsII ket manipulations. To their clients they freely expressed the opinion that the rise in this market had been alto gether too rapid and out of all propor ton to the improvement in business coalitions on this side of the Atlantic In consequence there has been a re turn of American stocks and bonds al q considerable profit to foreign hold CTS and on scale not witnessed iI many months It so happened that some of our own leading bankers held similar opinions, though possibly from different motives. They had no de sire to sec another speculative debaucf such as proceeded the collapse of 1907; because they recognized that a second panic would not only definitely post pone recovery, but might invite q wider. deeper and more lasting deprea. sion than the first. Moreover, last years violent derangement of credit had brought to an abrupt standstil many of the extensive railroad i'm pToyenents rendered imperative by in adequate railroad facilities For these increased facilities there was a most urgent demand, which could moi be satisfied until the money market aud security market admitted of fresh cap ital issues which had been tempora rily suspended It is well known tha our railroads must now come into the market with many new important is sues, which could not be successful! fioated in an excited and dangerously high stock market All conservative
 
 forces, therefore, were united in dis couraging a speculative furore, and il is to be hoped they will succeed. Ever many of the speculative leaders 1avt wisely moderated their efforts to force prices to higher level at this time recognizing that it is more prudent to wait until the present level nas beer well established or until a further i'm provenent in conditions warrant still better prices. One thing is certain there are few, if any. bargains in the New York stock market, and shTewd investors who begin to look around al this season are not unlikely to pick uI many stocks for their strcng boxes al present prices; bonds and some of the new issues being more likely to re ceive the preference as affording safel and profitable returns on their money
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
U. s. District Attorney Sims Declares Traffic Has Been Reduced To National and International Art.

CHICAGO, Dec. 12,-The war on the white slave trade" which was de clared by Secretary Straus, of the de part:nent of commerce and labor, in his recent report is an encouraging re- suit of tae fight which government officials in Chicago have had on tneir hands, one so appalling that UniteG States District Attorney F.. W. Sims declared in an article published by a Chicago monthly magazine which has fought the traffic, that traders had re duced the art Of running young girls to Q national and international system.
 Discoveries were made here in Chica- go of the astounding proportions which this menace of society has as sumed, and when the whole aDomina- ble system was exposed by Mir. Sims in September, in the Woman's World it created a sensation. He has writ ten for the December issue of the
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13

Hayden. Stone & Company's weekly market letter contains some Temarka- ble information of our military eco monies policy, and finds the money market easier than for months. Of the general market it says:
 A pethora of money and its usual aecompaniment-a heavy investment demand-are unquestionably the feat ures of this market. and give every sign of so continuing. Now that the political uncertainty is eliminated, this permits the financing of numer- GUS important projects, which have had to lie over until now.
 First was the successful sale of New York city bonds, followed by the eager absorption of s5O,000,000 telephone bonds. and the much-needed financing of several western railroads. All this time there has been a steady invest ment buying of high grade stocks, ana added to this, several score of mil lions have gone into new corpora tions. The capital of the new com Pan'es formed during November ex- ceeded by $12,0O0,0 900 those of the corresponding month in 1907. after all lowing for the new S50,000,000 fertil- iZer company.
 The abundance of money is really astonishing. Crops have been moved: bond isSues-totalling hundreds Of millions-have been fioated; stocks have been absorbed; new companies have been incorporated; there has been fair recovery in business, and still there is hardly ripple in the money market. So the country has had to resort to foreign shipments to employ it's surplus capital.
 The use to which this export money will be put abroad is of doubtful eco homie value. Probably it will be hoarded against some enormous loan
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
1908
POINT OUT ECONOMIC DANGER RESUL TING FROM MILITARY
 EXPENDITURE IN THIS COUNTRY

Exports of copper show decided decrease. This may be attributed either to increased domestic demand, or decreased fore gn demand. The failure of the metal to rise on heavy transactions would indicate that 1t Is probably the latter. Even the limited rise has cut off-to some extent-de- mand from foreign consumers, who bought as much with an eye to the fu- ture as for immediate consumption. for these are shrewd enough to limit their speculative purchases to very low-priced copper only.
 There can be no getting away from the fact that improvement in business the last few weeks has been slow. On some railroads there has been posl tive increase of ilde cars, while even such virile systems as Union Pacific and Southern Pacific show decrease in gross for October, after gain in September. The only justification of the decided advance in stocks has been as a forerunner of a business Io- coyery of equal proportions. There has been recovery, but not of equal proportion, and until this recovery ma terializes further, there is no reason to expect further general advance in stocks. Any further rise could have as justification only the probability O positive boom" times in the near fu- ture, and this is hardly likely, when We still nave some distance to go to get back to merely normal conditions.
 Not that we are bearish-a serious break, with money so easy, is almost impossible, but while we still think well of the market for a long pull, for the next month or two, it seems probable that stocks will hardly do more than mark time, with decided advances only in special issues; Tn short, a good trading market.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13

to one of the European powers for military purposes. Hence, instead of flowing into commercial channels, where it would multiply and redouble. it will go to support armies-multi- tudes of men, no longer producers, but consumers, living on the production of others
 In this connection it is pertinent to note-that of the Sl,000. .000.000 appro- priated by the last congress, no less than half, $5O0.000,00O. was for mili- tary or semi military purposes. Think Of it-s50O. .0O0, ,000-more than half the national debt, 20 per cent of the gross annual earnings of all the rail roads in this country, enough to build two Panama canals, or provide this country with a splendid system of inland waterways. This huge sum expended every year, and not a cent of it Feproduced-a dead economic loss. Some economists have traced the depression to the destruction of wealth caused by the Russo-Japanese war and the San Francisco earth quake. Here is an annual dissipation of wealth equivalent to two San Fran cisco earthquakes, and an expenditure whose logical result is the destruction Of stiIl more wealth. Some day our descendants will wake up to the colos- sal folly of this tremendous waste, and there will be realized, in part Tennyson's dream of a Parliament of Man, the Federation of the World"
 The metal market is decidedly more active, particularly abroad. On the London metal exchange last month, transactions were the largest in ten years. These, of course, are largely speculative, still they have for basis more active inquiry for the metal, and are. therefore. by inference, encourag- ing.