Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10
GRAF In PERSIA.

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u ,LAMU lHUU f LAW YERS.l
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And Yet That Extraordinary Exemp-
!; ton Does Not Help the Unfortunate
BID Who Gets Into sTrouble-coaxin the
M Accused to Confess: 4t, u. So ~; nj
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II would be difficult for a Persian
who has not Travelled Is understand
American VI excitement over yts what the
newspapers here ca,, S.. .e,rrsft J. ~ NJ
nd pars; j 81 Z, ~ - III
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80 psy NJ, .6sll; a ?
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salary ana taking nothing more. 4. In
stt,ers s tneyt take ltt for granted that
every onceh % q {: VIII VII .gougeHFpeople
whenever ne gets a chance. s{l .ss2$j<;
mere lte;salr are no no lawyers In ~ Persia, 80
mere are no JOKES ABOUT lawyers ap
petlte TOE goid ana silver yer IL you have
ever ever, mao al,Ecostly lawsuit On your
nands you may think hin that at makes mat
E}ters SIMPLER but getting into trouble
means leans Fl pee1ng rs squeezed (; for money,
Wrru ll'g f 19ss money ION as # youl were
PIECE tt s q wet CLOTH IN WasherWomaln's
slrong grip: as,;,. u s,,sffs.fE. &, ,s4
=, Ih 1i. 1s now 1t Is managed: First.
you see. the governor OF q city or OF a
province never hassfa5 definite salary
+ from the :state=-not at5alisa On the con-
trary, ne pays the state treasury sew
eral thousand Brr dollars more or less for
q tne privilege 0f being governor and Of
making what ne can out OF the enter
prise. He is not an elected officer; he
IS more like a "concessionaire" at one
or yourHsbig expositions,; who offers a
Large sum foE a achanceato run ares
t tsll Of toi provide Ice cream soda or
candy. 4s,,s, }s,gs an aq5,f...} sEizf :;
The governor Tor mayor Of q large
Persian town may have perhaps 100 to
$50. employees under him, OF these
only "a few u house servants Cook.
coachman and the 3hke) 3have fixed
wages The incomes Of the others de
pend upon ln the amount, Of money which
they can an. help; turn into the great
mans hands In the form Of fines and
taxes. @Yot1 can guess whether the
netghbors are fond of them! ". -.
Suppose now you live in Persia: You
have leased q piece OF ground orSyou
have sold some goods and the other
man does not pay. You dun him,
Then you threaten aim. Then, you go
to the governor and make . complaint
An officer arrests your debtor and
takes him before the governors sec.
rotary for examination. Possibly he
can convince that important parsonage
that # Is not "A just debit 1.-The can.
not do that he would better put; all bis
wits to work to COW ince the secretary
that poverty makes It quite tmpossa.
bic to pay up. .s . y. :1 I. = 8 5.s.,z d
This Is where many Of the $50 under
employees get their chance. = * large
part Of their Occupa tion Isl hunting NJ
facts about every body 9 property
every body's business, rybody's i: ~
come. They know an amazing mum l1l,l
Der Of things which your debtor sup
posed were safely secret. they pro
duce Information whefeyer ninform ma
ton 10 wanted. $]t;2ze n. f 81 f2:S2s 2
Your mans pretense that business u
bad ana that he}1s al znqtfS bankrupt y
brushed aside. and ne IS mace 20 PEG
duce an amount OF money CONSIDER
any larger tnan tne or ae a, aeDt
| ''Made 20 produce III les ls@ lnere
are shocking tlmlngs enatt Gan oe uche
70 n1:fl = ne nesitates too long, ana ne
KNOWS slt' II. go, hke cnlld aWare ma -.
there 1s an ugly selck Waitlng ~ tn !
corner ne usuahy Goes, not .se st :
100 long. ne sast t'sI nus AAin anu nauo ~
oyer IL lug nioney. ..Iuu ~. ~, ~ =
y ~ PEI. eenl = saushy , syul aaa -,
tna. Y, tns o.neel - !usu sth,p = - 81 :,
eahy coneets iron -, KY sun = ~ ~,
ms own serviees - te il soss = -.