The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-29

"A cOlOny nOmeSteading more than |
two thousand acres and bringing eight
carloads Of stock, including more than
thirty head Of horses, two steam pillow,
ing outfits, and farming implements
and household equipment, has just
settled at Manchester, about nine
miles out of Great Falls, Mont: the
colonists being from Harvey, ". D. |
and Spring Valley, Mimi.
The postal savings bank system is
proving greater success than it's
| friends have thought it would be.
Postmaster General Hitchcock in a |
statement made public last week |
shows that the interest in postal saw
| ings banks is steadily increasing. 1t
is shown in his statement that $201,-
| 961 was on deposit at the forty-eightl
postal savings banks at the close of
| business March 81, compared with |
$133, 1863 on February 28 an increase of
$68,O92. The number of open &C
counts increased from 1864 to 4,3O7
during March, and the average bal
ance per depositor from 1864 to
l
open for the receipt of deposits since
January 8.
| London has taxicab strike due 10
the determination of cab owners and
cab drivers alike to make more
money. The drivers, it seems, have
been pocketing the extra sixpenses
| noid for ovory poccopoor rooro +hop
two in each cab, but they declare that
they could not otherwise make enough
to live. The owners want the extra
sixpenses, and they also want to charge
| tenpense instead of eightpence for
the first half mile. That is to say,
they ask 20 cents for service for
which so cents is willingly paid in
New York, and feel with that charge
permitted they could pay their driv-
ers better wages and still make
good profit.
Without warning, a new lid (which
is to fit tight if the orders of States
Attorney Bartlett are carried into eff
fect) came down with a bang in the
Standing Rock agency country of
South Dakota last week. Simultane-
ously with the order came instruc-
tons from the new Indian agent for
4 his charges to go to work. The In
dian has had nice time watching the
white man do things; and sat thank
ing his stars that his wants were so
} few he did not need to labor. Lately
he has been selling his lands and the
Great Father in Washington has been
taking care of him. With the arrival
of new agent the Indians had Wis
ions of greater allowances and more
liberal policy; instead they were in
formed kindly but firmly, that they
would have to plow their fields and
make good before they could sell any
more land or have their allowances
increased.
Andrew Carnegie has taken an &C.
tive interest in the efforts to insure
payment in full to depositors in the
Carnegie Trust Company and he has
asked the State Banking Department
for list of the securities he would
have to take over should lie consent
to come to the rescue of the institution
which bears his name. Mr.. Carnegie
has been informed that it would re-
|, quire about 100000 in cash to
guarantee the payment. in full of all
Carnegie Trust Company creditors.
t He has also been assured that should
{ he advance that sum he would proba-
7 bly, be able to make at least 4 per
) cent on the investment, and would be
J able without loss to secure control
} should he decide to assume the debts
{ of the Carnegie Trust Company
) Business men of the Northwest are
enthusiastic over the development
. show to be held at Helena, Mont,
May and S. The movement, while
it is designed to stimulate interest
in and development of the whole
Northwest, will be of especial bene-
fit to the Twin Cities. At the meet
J ing great plans will be put into mo.
ton for the directing into Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Washington and Oregon, which
states comprise the natural trade
L
domain of the Twin Cities, of the
great stream of people seeking new
homes that annually moves westward
and is now lost, in part, to the Twin
Cities, by diversion north and south
The drainage of the Thief River
watershed at a cost of $1,OOO,OOO is
being done under what is known as
the judicial ditch system. The full
benefits of the work are to be assessed
n against the land, state and private
owners paying alike for benefits. No
} payments will be made by landowners
J until five years, and then they pay in
) fifteen annual instruments The cost
/ per acre has been estimated to be
} about $3.50. The bonds, bearing per
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