Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21

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Secretary: Yeomen meeting Tues.
day evening. The short business session
will be followed by social and dance
Tickets one dollar couple, including
supper. Yeomen and their friends in
vited. F/E ~
A Citizen: The trouble with the
dogs running after teams at the corner
of Avenue B and Sixth street is easily
explained, A small boy living il; zone Of
the corner houses has been noticed sick
ing the dogs atteams as they pass, and
it is probable that in this way the dogs
have come to believe it is their duty
to bark and run after every team tina,
comes along. The kid should be sup.
pressed with a shingle. 80, >,"
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N. c. Jensen, Wydmere, N. D.: !
saw an: article in, your: paper, an adj
dress delivered by Mr.. CooB, and
while there is lot Of truth in what
Mr.. Cody said, yet he is surely not a
farmer, and l wondered if he had ever
worked on road. 49,. ...,~.. r..
Now, we all like good roads, and !
believe that every farmer would apprc.
ciate better roads, but who is it that
built the roads that we already have?
Who is it that has built the schools and
cities? 1sfit the bankers, or is it the
business. man? No. it is the; farmer.
The farmers have ever done all in their
power to make good roads, and is ii not
the farmer that foots all bills? Well,
you will say, the business man and the
people that live in the towns, in our
stead, should be willing to help make
better roads, Very we'll, does not the
business man tax up to his business
profit So he can pay his, taxes? Surely
he does Does not also the. business
man want better roads? Why are they
so interested in the farmers welfare
that they are working so hard to have
a bill~passed so as to make the farmers
make better roads? Is there not some
thing back of this? Oh, yes, our bust
ness man has an auto and in the sum-
mer's sunny day he likes to take his
family out for. ride to see how the
crops look, and he has taxed up enough
to his business so he can afford to buy
an auto Then the farmer must also
see that there are nice smooth roads
for them so they won't get Jared and
there be some sore spots, < but have
these men ever thought that most Of US
farmers ride in lumber wagon? i n
have a section farm and / work
from IL tq Is days every year on the
road with one man and team. How
much more do you want farmer to do,
besides all the cash tax? 1Ssss b
! Yes, It would be nice thing Is
have an engineer so. we could have all
the roads surveyed. We have had lit
tie experience in that line in our part
Of the county. We have had number
Of bitches made and it takes twenty
Eve per cent of all the cost of makingl
a ditch to have it surveyed. When it |
costs 1000 to get fye-mile ditch sur
veyed, what would be the cost to each
farmer to have our whole section line
surveyed? Of course these engineers
IAN tell the farmers that the water rims
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have done a lot of road work free
IF charge and would be glad to- do |
more, but when the farmers burden is
already so large that they can hardly
AIRY it, it would be good thing to I
lend out some of the students to sur
icy the road. 4. i
Two years ago I was taxed 1896 for
ditch two and half miles away and
!. got any benefit from that ditch /
would have to pump water up hill, and
know of man that had that ditch
'longside Of his farm for one-half mile
VIC. did not pay cent. IL .sss|
And so it is, the farmer builds the
Dad, but he is not the only one that
lses it. ~ ~ n. y. ~
There are many other things which
believe to be of more importance to
ne farmer than good roads legislature.
AT the present time the whole state
ooks to the farmer for its prosperity,
nd in a great many ways the farm isI|
ot protected at ALL In many cases the
money man takes advantage Of the
armer. When ! farmer wants a loanj
2 his farm he sends in his applications
Or 9 s; loan, and the money man 81 trust
ompany says: yes, you can have the
'osney. Them they prolong the time
ust as long as they think they can make
he farmer and make him pay interest
ome times from sixty to hundred !
avs. n many cases the farmer wants
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