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Ats local subdivisions to bear a. stated
portion of the expense while the state
contributes from a fund raised for that
purpose, the amount necessary to pay
the balance. In some cases, washing
ton, Ohio, Vermont, Colorado and New
Mexico, the states pay all the costs.
I'm others they pay half. He went on
TO show the amount paid by the diff
ferent states for this purpose and said
that the assessed valuation for North
Dakota for last year was $3.50, 900, 900
and compared the amount each state
paid as compared to North Dakota for
good roads.
Must Change Constitution.
He said that section 1856 of the state
constitution Of North Dakota provides
that the state shall not engage in any
work Of internal improvement unless
authorized by two-thirds vote of the
people, and he said that this would
have to be changed before the state
3 can undertake to appropriate money in
the aid of road construction. He then
described the different systems by
which the roads were looked after in
different states, but that every state
that made any pretensions of road
making had provided for an officer in
every county who had charge of the
work in that county, and he is gener-
ally required to be a civil engineer.
and he believed that the system was
q good one. notwithstanding the fact
that the people as a general thing
were not favorable to the creation of
new offices. He then went on to de-
scribe the qualifications a good road
superintendent should have.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-23
water ways and good roads.
He said in part:

water ways and good roads.
He said in part:
'It is a remarkable thing in THU
country where we have the creates
amount of wealth and greatest pro.
ducing capacity we have the wors
roads in the whole world. There ii
reason for this Go away back Il
colonial days, when the settlers To-
Gated by the sea coast, or by the rivers
and the settlements were far apart, the
roads were looked upon as a loca
matter and woe betide any outsider
| like the state or nation that interfer-
! ed They raised their own necessities
and so didn't need much in the way
of good roads. But all this has chang
ed.
Railroads Worked a Change.
1.-THE railroads came and with them
| came the big cities which had to be fed
because they did not produce food
stuffs, and they had to have their eat
ables carried to them. The colonial
people made what they ate and wore
But now it is different / can have
here in Fargo fruits from California
and Florida, watermelons from Georgia
canteloupe from Colorado, bananas
from the islands of the south. The
general system of transportation has
changed and now the wagon roads be-
come feeder for the great railroad
systems of the land.
''The city man must depend upon
transportation for his very life, and
the country highways have become
very essential to all. But the trouble
has been, that the system of road af-
fairs have not changed to any marked
degree since colonial days. They are
still matter of local interest, which
the township or county handles. A
very large percentage of the taxes that
are collected for road building is
money simply thrown to the winds,
because the supervisors do not know
how to expend 1t. Most Of the work
on the country road Is done either
in the fall or winter, when it should
be the first thing done in the spring.
SO that the rains of the spring can
settle and pack 1t down
Charles Sumner, the senator from
Massachusetts once said there were
two great forces that would build up
nation. one was it's schools and the
other its public highways.
OF Benefit to Farmer.
Men and women on the farm should
be part Of the social life Of the
town or can reach those town or cities,
and thus in the winter months when
the roads are not passable the woman
and the man loses his or her social
gatherings In. the cities and finally
drifts into the don't care for such
things class. The country needs the
city and the city the country and there
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-23
Clearance Gain

The bank clearances for this week
amounted to the sum of 1892 125.s4,
which was $85.S3S.76 more than they
were for the corresponding week Of
last year when the clearances were
$746,7s70s. The clearances for today
amount to $113,03162.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-23
Highway Experts Sound Call
for Improved Road Making

He said that it was clear that in or
der to place North Dakota in the front
rank of states which nave successfully
undertaken to supervise or assist in
the improvement of their wagon roads
1t will not be necessary to create a
new office in the counties, but simply
enlarge or expand the duties and raise
| the qualifications of the officers at
| present provided for In closing Mr..
Johnson said:
without presuming to suggest what
course Of action should be taken by
this body, it appears to me that one
or great service could be rendered the
state by a codif1cation of it's highway
laws and an elimination therefrom of
conflicting and obsolete provisions.
But whatever you may decide to do,
the field Of service before you is large
from which a rich harvest Of achieve
ment may be reaped to the great and
lasting benefit of this commonwealth"
He was given very generous applause
when he had concluded.
Mr.. Atkinson's Remarks.
The next speaker of the morning
was t. r. Atkinson, state engineer, of
Bismarck, and his subject was Road
Making as an Engineering Proposition.
tie complimented George w. Cooley.
state engineer of Minnesota, for his
address Of yesterday afternoon and
stated that what he said might be APP
piled to the state of North Dakota, for
the conditions were much the same in
the two states. He then took up the
subject of engineering and good road
making and said that the practical en-
gtneer was essential to the making and
care of a good road. He said that
common sense was also good requi-
site for road building and that the sci
entific idea when joined to common
sense always produced the best of re-
suits. He gave practical talk on the
question and was greeted with great
applause.
A Star Speaker.
Fl. TT. Gross, the well known road
expert Of Chicago was the next speak,
er. He is one of the most celebrated
authors and speakers on the good roads
question in the country and is the man
who was sent my President Roosevelt
to Paris to represent this government
In the international good roads con-
gress that met there some years ago.
He has but recently been In consuIta-
ton with President Taft In regard to
z
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-23

Farmers are organizing to cut out
the middlemen. That old reliable end
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because water was a great road de-
stroyer.
The talk of Mr.. Cox was plain and to
the point and he was listened to with
the closest attention.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-23

should be no barrier like a bad road
to separate them.
The country school should be so the
| boy or girl can go winters as well as
| summers and 1t should not be so that
the boy or girl would be obliged to leave
1.-THE country school at the age of
IL or Is and go to town to finish
| his or her education. 1t is not right
that the farm boy or girl should be
| Isolated. The great need of North
Dakota and other states is a system
Of good highways which could be used
every day in the year.
Advocates Consolidated Schools.
He then advocated the consolidated
| schools for the country and said how
much better 1t would be lie each town
ship had one good big school where
even a high school education could be
had Than to have dozen or SO
smaller isolated schools, hard of ac-
cess, and he showed that the costs of
maintaining such central school
would not be much greater than the
present system, and that the bene-
fits would be immense. He hoped that
laws could be passed that would
guarantee 800 worth of good road
work for 800 of road taxes. He
showed that the farmers could save
from to 10 percent on their wheat
which now under the road system has
to be placed In elevators or sold at
the earliest opportunity by being able
to hold 1t for a favorable market
without having to pay elevator costs.
II the roads were so that it could be
hauled to the railroad at any time OF
the year.
In closing he said: Good roads
means higher social life; a better
education; improved living condition:
great economic saving and a higher
civilization" Mr.. Cross address was
mastery effort and he was listened
to with the closet attention The con-
Yention adjourned shortly before noon
ror the afternoon session. when Mr.
Gross will deliver another address.
Afternoon Session.
The principal addresses yesterday
afternoon were given by George
w. Cooley state engineer of Minnesota
whose home Is in st. Paul, and s. r..
Cox, of Arcola, ILL.,, and Governor John
Burke.
Inc feature OF the afternoon meeting
was the attendance OF about 200 stu
dents Of the summer school for engi-
neers at the A. G. and they were at
tentive listeners.
The address OF Engineer Cooley was
given in the dark a lantern being used
TO show many illustrations on a big
screen OF good road building In Mime
sofa and other states. He showed the
roads before being treated and in
stantly after the same roads were
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27
THE RAILWAY CLERKS GRIEV
ANCF

The Railway Clerks of the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific having failed to
secure an increase in their wages and
other concessions, to which they be-
lieve they are entitled, have left their
positions. The company pleads that it
can not at this time consider the de-
nands of its employees. The company
also declares that its business is being
conducted with little interruption. Elk
perience has taught that strikes, as they
are called, are never profitable, but en-
tail losses which should and could be
avoided If such contentious were sub
mitted TO arbitration. Strikes should
be made impossible by providing by law
some method Of adjusting the differ
ences arising, for instance between en-
ployers and employees, especially when
the service of many men is involved
and the public1as well has an indirect if
not direct concern in the dispute or
dlifersnce. which should be settled fair
W all in interest.
1t is to be hoped that this estrange-
ment between the employees Of the
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific and
the company win only be temporary and
that there viii soon be reached a settle
ment that will be satisfactory to all in
interest.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27
KAISER is MONEY MAKER.
Permits Names Use as Beer Adj,
Though No Drinker.

Though No Drinker.
1t appears that what leisure time re-
mains to the kaiser after the affairs
of empire have been seen to is not en-.
tirely devoted TO the arts He finds
opportunity to interest himself in the
material things of life.
He has commercial mind and is
keen on money making. Unable to re-
sist the tips of that practical man of
affairs Prince Max Egon Won Fursten.
berg, his intimate friend, the emperor
has recently become identified with
several enterprises. He is in fact a
member of syndicate which is run
ming all sorts of concerns. Estates,
the ground rents of towns, railways.
street tramways. lines of steamers
castles, colonial produce-these are
some of the things in which the kaiser
has been induced to invest on the ad
vice of Won Furstenberg.
The kaiser is even interested in q
modern hotel, holding most of the
shares in it. The beer consumed in
the hotel is brewed by Prince Max Won
Furstenberg and every bottle which
leaves the brewery bears this inscrip-
ton: "T'his beer is drunk by his ma
iesty the kaiser"
The advertisement is good, though so
far as the kaiser is concerned it is
scarcely truthful, for it is well known
that he no longer drinks alcoholic bev.
erages. He is not a bigoted teetotaler.
He profits from thirsts which are
quenehed by the beer brewed by his
friend
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27
BUNS ARE THE SIGNS OF A
TIvF TOMN0

OF late Shreveport has been having
some peculiar. if not extraordinary, ex-
perience, and Il would seem that only
recently when the attention of the chief
of police vas directed to men sleeping
and lounging on the court house square,
he remarked that BUNS are the signs
Of i i've town. If these were not his
words, he has been given credit for
their expression. but such words are
not original with the chief Indeed,
there are citizens of Shreveport who
entertain such opinion, but fortunately
these are in the minority. In a sense
the expression, while inelegant is true,
that is 'bums, thieves, loafers. the demi-
mondess never go to nor congregate in
what is called a dead town. therefore
buns are the signs of a live town.
but because such idlers and vagabonds
and the undesirabIes viii come to "a live
town IS no reason why they should not
Be restrained in their license and be
compelled to conform to the mandates
Of the law, as is expected Of all good
citizens.
OF what purpose are laws il they are
disregarded with iinpunity or are so
construed as to become ineffective, null
and void. and as If never written, adopt
ed and promulgated
# The prosperity of a town be de-
pendent on buns and lourgers and law
breakers who have money to spend and
Do spend Il, il contempt Of law, then
the sooaer such a town is wiped from
existence the better II viii be for the
good of the town and all its inllabi-
ianss. Yef there are some men in this
as IN other Communities who are adyo-
Gates Of what they style ''an open town.
where all laws which restrain the license
of men aud of women should be re-
pealed, OF if active should be regarded
Is Ineffective. practically dead.
e Is ridiculous TO intimate that bus
mess and prosperity sustain damage BY
hot enforcing the laws against buns.
81 law-breakers having money to spend.
E Shreveport were an "opsn town.
the asylum Of thieves and crooks with
plenty Of money to spend, what self
respecting citizen, what virtuous woman
would be safe on the streets or at their
homes
Safety to every citizen of high and
low degree, irrespective of color or
creed. lies in the enforcement of the
laN
= = u the enforcement of the law
that business interests are promoted,
that safety Of life and property is as
ssifed every citizen. and it is about time
alat this principle OF protection were
being carried into effect, fairly and
feaEIessIy
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27
LONDON NON. TIP HOTEL
PROVES GREAT SUCCESS.
Principle Upheld by Plenty of Guests
and Employees.

The experiment of non-tip hotel in
the Strand, in London, has proved a
success. Since the establishment was
opened year ago there has not been
vacant bedroom, a record which
could not be equaled by any other
London hotel Every day the manage
ment has had to refuse visitors. Al
together nearly quarter of million
guests have stayed at the hotel in the
344 days 1t has been open.
The success of the hotel, the direc-
tors believe, is mainly due to the non
tip rule. Guests are forbidden to offer
any servant of the hotel a gratufty,
and servants found accepting them
are instantly dismissed. People know
exactly what it is going to cost them
before they set foot in the hotel, and
when they pay their bill there is no
need for them TO put their hands into
their pockets to tip anybody.
Although the rule against tipping is
rigidly enforced by the management.
there have been visitors who have in
sisted upon offering gratuities. In or
der to protect the servants from temp
tation the management has had to re-
quest these visitors either to abide by
the regulations or to seek accommoda-
ton elsewhere.
The management has had no diff
Guilty in securing plenty of walters
and chambermaids despite the fact
that they receive no tips.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27
NEEDS MAYOR; ADvERTIsEs.
Magdeburs, Germany, Views II as Pure
Business Proposition.

Magdeburg, Germany, Views Ii as Pure
Business Proposition.
German cities are claimed to be the
best governed in the world How far
apart are the ideas of Germans and
Americans on the subject Of city gov
eminent may be seen from reading an
advertisement which lately appeared
In a number of German papers:
The place of mayor of Magdeburg
Is vacant. The salary is a,00o marks
[S5, 500 a year, including the rental of
a dwelling in the city hall. Besides
his salary the incumbent will receive
1000 marks (S1 900 for his official ex-
penses. Candidates should apply be-
fore Sept. |.
Can any one imagine an American
city advertising for mayor? The
German idea is that municipality Is
a business. to be conducted on bust
ness lines. The Office of mayor is one
requiring knowledge aud skill Of
technical. professional character A
man who has proved himself a good
mayor in one German town is fire.
quently invited to another.
The larger towns look to the smaller
towns to train municipal officers for
them. It frequently happens that two
cities bid In competition for a particu-
larry expert man. SO when their chief
burgomaster, DR.. Lentz. was appointed
Prussian minister of finance the good
people of Magdeburg gave public no
tice of their need of a capable man.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27
PAGOPAGO NAVAL DEPOT
STRATEGIC POINT IN WAR.
Government Occupies Landlocted Bay
of Pacific Island.

Pagopago is undoubtedly the finest
island harbor in the Pacific, either
north or south of the line. Ages ago
the bay was undoubtedly huge crater
occupying the center of the island.
One day the water must have broken
through into the lava, causing an eX-
plosion which, in addition to settling
the island a thousand feet, or more,
blew out a big slice of the cratef's
rim and dropped it out of sight some
where in the deep sea.
The place where the slice blew out
is the present entrance to the harbor,
and 1t is wide and deep enough to hold
the capitol at Washington without in
terfering with navigation.
So completely landlocked Is the har
Dor, and so smooth are its waters in
all weathers that from anywhere in
the inner bay, except for the tropical
vegetation which clothes the noun
tains, it might pass for a Swiss lake.
The high mountain walls cut OFF the
rays of the morning and evening sun.
and the velvety green of the wonder,
full tropic tapestry which covers them.
rejecting scarcely any light and heat.
makes the harbor several degrees cool
er than any other place of similar lati
tude, either north or south of the
equator.
At noon on the warmest day of 8
month spent there the thermometer
registered 70 degrees #. The coolest
day was "A degrees at noon and 72 de
grees at midnight, while the water
held around an even so degrees all
the time.
The naval reservation, with its dock
coal pile, ice plant and warehouses, oc-
cupies the only extensive piece of level
land on the bay.
Above, on jutting promontory
which commands the entrance to the
bay and every foot of the harbor line
is the residence of the governor of
the island, position usually filled by
the commanding officer of the naval
station. At the end of the bay, half
submerged in q forest of cocoanuts,
breadfruit. bananas and mangoes. Is
the village of Pagopago, the most i'm
portant native settlement on the is
land
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27

ceedings of stockholders, each share of
stock present or represented by written
proxy shall be entitled to one vote. No
tiee of all elections or meetings or stock
holders shall be advertised ten days in
daily paper; directors to be chosen at
the Office of the company.
ARTICLE v.
No stakeholder shall be liable on ac-
count of any obligation to this corpora
ton in any further sum than the amount
of unpaid balance due by him on stock
subscribed for. No irregularity nor any
infornality in organization shall have
the effect of rendering this charter null
or of exposing any stockho1der to any
liability beyond such unpaid balance.
ARTICLE ".
This charter may be amended Except
as 10 increasing or decreasing its capital
stock) by a two-thirds vote of stock,
represented at meeting of the stockhoId-
ers convened for such purpose, after ten
days previous notice by publication in
any one of the newspapers of the City
CT Shreveport, Louisiana. Whenever
tits corporation is dissolved by lirnita-
ton or otherwise, its affairs shall be
liquidated by three commissioners, elect
ed at stockholders meetings, who shall
have full power to wind up its affairs
and settle its indebtedness.
In testimony of all of which, the said
above named parties have hereunto af-
fixed their signatures in the presence of
S. |. Herold and Miss S. w. Pearce,
competent witnesses, on this the 18th day
of September A. D. 1910.
H. H. SIMPSON.
CHARLES L. SCHMIDT.
c. w. BESANCON.
E. D. WALSHE.
T. E. HARBOUR,
per H. Fl. Simpson, Agt.
Attest:
S. L. HEROLD.
SARA w. PEARCE.
j. A. lf1lGPEN,
Notary Public.
approve above charter this 18th day
of September 1910.
J. NJ. FOSTER.
District Attorney First Judicial District
of Louisiana.
Endorsed; Filed and recorded Sep
tember ID. 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-oficio Deputy Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
hereby certify that the above and fore
gong IS true and correct copy of the
act, as the same now appears on
HE and of record in my Office. Given
under my hand and seal of Office this
18th day of September 1910.
S. O. WILLIAMS,
deputy Clerk and ex-oficio Deputy Re,
corder. o-1r
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27
FRANCE TOO FULL OF ORDERS
Government Shuts Down on Wholesale
Ribbon Wearing.


Ribbon Wearing.
In order to uphold the dignity of the
legion of honor NJ BRAND. the French
premier has found 1t necessary to is
sue d strict injunction against the
many individuals who consider their
toilet incomplete without the adorn-
ment of a piece of ribbon in the but
tonhole of their coat lapel.
In France the Society for the Pro-
motion of Virtue bestows a black and
green ribbon; the Last Farewell Life
Saving society, black and red; the Ma
tional Humane society, red, white and
blue; the Society of the Public Veal,
blue and green; the Dispensary of
Boyer. blue and red; the Pantin Help
society, violet with a red edge; the HUI
manitarian league. red edged with
blue; the Polytechnic Life Saving so
ciety, red and white. and a score or
more Of other bodies give ribbons of
many colors.
NJ. BRAND, backed by NJ. Lepine. pro-
claims the wearing of any of these coli
ors to be illegal, although some au-
thorities are doubtful IL the premier
and the chief Of police could quote
any law in support of their action
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-27
ocToGENARlAN AT COLLEGE
No Use Sitting IN Corner Awaiting
Death, Her View.


An eighty ear-old woman is one Of
the most enthusiastic Of the 2.40e pu-
pills at the Ohio State university. She
Is Mrs. A. D. Winship. widow who
has recently returned from a summer
school in Michigan. where she kept up
her studies.
Mrs. Winship when registering at
the university declared she was going
to lake an optional course. among her
Studies being psychology.
4 am going TO college said Mrs
Winship. simply because want to
learn all TINT / possibly can before I
die. can't see why 50 much fuss Is
made because want to improve my
mind. even though | am eighty years
old. No one thar old should simply
step everything and sit in the corner
awaiting death. It's all foolishness .