The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-01
Secular News Of the Week.

The celebration of the fortieth ami
versary of the settlement OF the Goose
river section of the Red river valley
and the old settlers reunion was held
at Hillsboro, N. D., on June ~. All
the old settlers and others living in
Trail and adjoining parts of Steele,
Grand Forks, Polk and Clay counties
were invited. Personal invitations
were sent to those who settled in 1871
whose names the committee were able
to obtain. An excellent program was
given Addresses were made by such
able speakers as President Worst of
the North Dakota Agricultural College,
Professor Tingelstad of the State Uni
versity and Judge Carmody of Hills
boro. A free dinner was served at
the park between II and 2 o'clock to
all visitors. An interesting feature of
the program were the "reminiscences
of the settlers.
Life insurance organizations of the
United States and Canada distributed
1858, 100000 in 1910, according to COM
putations by the Insurance Press.
The payments in the two countries to
beneficiaries for death claims, matured
endowments, and other benefits under
the policies of level premium compan-
les and the certificates of various life
insurance OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the like-amounted to 1881, 44O, 900.
The estimated total of the amounts
paid by regular companies in divi-
dends to policyholders, for surrender
values, to annuitants and on claims in
foreign countries was $1S2,0OO,OOO.
The seamen's strike was formally
declared June Il, at London, Glasgow,
Liverpool, Cardiff, Bristol Southamp-
ton, and other British ports, and also
at Belgian and Dutch ports, but the
chances of any real international
strike being declared seem remote.
So far as indications show, the conf
dence of the Shipping Federation is
well placed, for at hardly any of the
ports involved has enthusiasm been
displayed for the strike, and the ship
owners maintain an attitude of in
difference, seemingly satisfied that
they will have no trouble in filling the
places of the strikers, who thus far
can be counted by hundreds. Tom
Mann at Liverpool, Ben Tillett at Lon
don, and Havelock Wilson at South
ampton are doing their utmost to gall
vanize the movement, but with small
success. They demand chiefly con-
Citation board and the establishment
of minimum wage, and complain bit
ly of the wholesale employment of Ash
atics by the ship owners. There ap-
pears very small hope that the seamen
of either Germany, Norway or Den
mark will come into the movement.
The committee of the Northern Pa
cific Beneficial association, which has
been investigating the matter of a
site for company hospital between
Missoula and Brainerd, Mimi, has de.
cided to establish it at Miles City on
condition that the site selected can
be purchased for $4,000. It consists
of three acres of a seven-acre tract
for which the owner asks $4,000, and
which he will sell only as whole
Miles City has raised the $1,000 addi
tional to purchase this tract and viii
then sell the three-acre tract to the
beneficial association.
Classification and appraisement O
the lands on the Fort Berthold Indial
reservation near Ryder, N. D., ha.
been completed, and the appraiser
have sent their report to the Depart
ment of Indian Affairs at Washington
There will be $4,000 acres open tt
settlement on this reservation Angus
IA, 1911. Eleven hundred acres ar,
reserved to the Indians for timber
Of the total of $4,000 acres to b,
opened to homestead entry $4,000 il
underlaid with Ignite COAL This il
classed as, mineral land. Arrange
ments will be made for the openin,
OF the coal rights in the land to tn,
Indians of the reservation. Commits
sioners G. H. Bates of Pine Ridge, S
D., B. A. Dickinson of Ryder, N. D
and T. M. Smith of Elbowoods, N. D
, for classifying and appraising this res
, ervation were appointed by Presiden
, Taft.
On June 81, the Minnesota Banker;
Association met in Bemidji, Minr
Resolutions, the most important TO
! years were adopted. Among many i
, the appointment of a committee t
consider and suggest improvement
| in the lettering of relations betwee
) banks and surety companies; tn
necessity of concerted action anon
) bankers to remove the restrictions o
5 the loaning of money on farm NOR
3 cages; the call of a conference {
D committees on agricultural educatio
) from all the Northwestern states wit
5 view of securing more and extent
! ed education in agriculture to be hel
{ in the Twin Cities some time in O
$ .tober this year; the safeguarding {
r. oil ao,,a N, oonor cwv