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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-09
NEW OFFICERS OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Annual Election Was Held Last
Wednesday Night and Farms
worth is President,
GILBREATH is REELECTED
To the important Office Of Sec
retary, and Barber Will Have
Charge of Funds.

The Commercial Club held its
annual election last "Wednesday
night and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
w. a. Farnsworth, president; o.
j. Olson and H. Oppenheimer were
elected vice presidents; r.. Il.
Barber. treasurer, and +. M. Gill
breath. secretary.
The new board of directors is
composed of w. b. Aspinwall, Il.
s. Cameron, A. J. Connolly. A. G..
DiNet, Frank Eberley. WA. Farms
worth, Nick Klein, j. II. Mccoy,
o. J. Olson, H.. Oppenheimer, p.
a. Peschel. G.. r. Reeder, w. J.
Robinson. d. d. Swank. j. j.
Noves. Jr.
The committees appointed for
the ensuing year are as follows:
Auditing. p. Reeder. S. H.
Snyder. S. H. Murray, w. +.
Eckes, J. Kelly.
Houses. H. Snyder. w. b.
Aspinwall. C. d. Rittenhouse. +.
Wauxneux, C. E. Lounsbury.
Railroads.&c.. l.. Harris. G.. N.
Moses, j: H. Mccoy, w. C. Pro-
bert, Nick Eckes. Jr.
Civic Improvement-L. Fligel-
man. j. G. Forbes. l.. w. Meek
stroth. O. a. Leach. w. S. Lauder.
Legislation-A. G.. Divet. c.. f..
Wolfe. H. 7. Connolly. F. M. Gill
breath. &. A. Schuler.
Retail Trade-V. C. Fandel. r..
a. Grout. J. w. Worner, J. P.
Murray. j. J. Wolfe.
COnventions-F. E. Smith. r.
Q. Milton. w. p. Robbins, w. F.
Eckes. E. H. Mvhra.
Publicity-T. r. Mahan. f. w.
Spencer. A. f. Johnson. F. Eber-
ley. Harry Stern.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-09
NOTICE

DR.. Devine has formed a part
nership with DR.. N. j. Shields OF
Lidgerwood. This will permit the
doctors to answer all calls promt-
lv especially country and night
calls. DR.. Devine will continue to
reside at st. Francis hospital
where he NAV be found night and
morning. In the afternoon and
by appointment he will be at the
office of Devine a. Shields in Wah-
peton. DR.. Shields will reside at
the Merchants Hotel where he
may be called at night. During
the day he will be at the office of
Devine & Shields or at st. Francis
hospital by appointment.
The Medical and Surgical work
at the hospital will continue to
be honest and conservative.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-09
A QUIET ELECTION

The election in this city last
Monday was an unusually quiet
one. and it passed off without q
ripple ON the municipal sea. The
Citizens ticket was elected in its
entirety. no opposition having
developed in any quarter. AS a
result. Louis Fligelman will be-
come mayor and +. b. Schneider
as police magistrate. w. f. Eckes
as city treasurer and Folsom Dow
as city Justice will all succeed
themselves, as will the aldermen
in the First Second and Third
Wards. j. H. Mccoy was elected
alderman in the Fourth ward.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-09
the 12 BANKING pIsrRlcrs

Ihe U. 5. has been divided into
II banking districts. ours being
district No. 8. with Minneapolis
as its banking center. 1t en-
braces 687 National Banks. and
its TERRITORY includes Montana.
North and South Dakota. Mime
sofa. Wisconsin and part of
Michigan.
The twelve regional banks are
located as follows: No. 1. Boston.
No. 2. New York; No. ). Phila-
delphia: No. 4. Cleveland: No. S,
Richmond, No. 6. Atlanta; No. Z,
Chicago: No. 8. st. Louis: No. 8,
Minneapolis; No 10. Kansas City;
No. t2, San Francisco.
WANTED-A second cook-a
woman preferred. Apply STRAIT
ford Hotel. Breckenridge. 4-9-tf.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-09
CITY COUNCIL s
PROCEEDINGS
At Their Regular April Meeting
Held Last Monday Evening In
Council Chambers.
RESULT OF THE ELECTION
As It Was Declared by the Can.
vassers and Officially An
nounced.

Regular meeting of the Wah-
Deton City Council held April I,
1914. at 1880 o. m., with Mayor
Eberley presiding.
Meeting called to order by
Mayor Eberley.
Aldermen present: Norris,
Fricke, Harris. Mahan. Hodel.
Simonsen and Braun. Absent:
Gillen.
Minutes of the last regular and
special meetings read and ap-
proved as read.
Motion made and carried that
the monthly report of L. b. Sch
heller. Police Magistrate. be ac-
cepted and placed on file.
Motion made and carried that
the monthly report of w. l.. Fork
ner. superintendent of Water
works. be accepted and placed ON
file.
Motion made and carried that
the monthly report of w. i. Eckes
Treasurer, be accepted and plac-
ed on file.
Motion made and carried that
the Finance Committee order the
City Treasurer to pay off $500 90
of the outstanding City Hall
Bonds.
Ordinance number 10, relating
to City Electric Inspector, was
read for the second time and a
motion was made md seconded
that the same be approved and
adopted as read.
Motion carried by the following
vote: Ayes Fricke. Harris, Ma
han. and Morris. Nos: Simonsen
and Braun.
Ordinance number 20. relating
to the use and construction Of
buildings in which public gather
ings or assemblages are held, was
read for the second time and a
motion was made and seconded
that the same be approved and a.
dopted as read.
siMotiGn catired bv the following
vote: Ayes: Fricke. Hodel,
Braun. Simonsen, Mahan, Harris
and Morris. Nos: None.
Ordinance number 2i was read
for the first time and on motion
was referred to the ordinance
committee.
Motion made and carried that
the City Auditor be instructed to
pay the annual sewer taxes of the
city.
Motion made and carried that
the following resolution be adop..
ted: 1T appearing that the City
Auditor has failed to advertise for
bids for the construction of the
various kinds of sidewalks in the
city during the ensuing year in
accordance with section 27S7 of
revised codes of North Dakota
1905. and no contract has been a.
warded for the construction of
such sidewalks. Resolved that the
said City Auditor be and he here
by is directed to forthwith adver
tise for such bids as required by
law: such bids to be FLED or re~
cc:ved in time to be opened and
nsidered at the regular meet
ing of this council to be he'd May
att. 1914"
Motion made and carried that
:he council proceed to select fou.
jurors to help complete tile lur
Gr. list for the 1914 June tern
of court. The following names
were selected: First Ward. Alex
Hay. Second Ward. A. E. Nc
Michael. Third Ward. d. d.
Swank. Fourth Ward. Frank Eb-
erley.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-09
LADIES, ATTENTION.

The program Tor the Fourth
District Federation of Womer'S
clubs Of the state will meet in tho
First Conversational church of
this city all day and evening ot
Friday. April "a. Miss Minnie
Nelson of Valley City and Mrs.
Minnie Budlonp of Bismarck will
both he present and speak. The
former has q special message for
the rural ladies. who are esnec-
ially urged to coma. Remanhn.
the date and everybody come.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-09
Motion made and carried that
the following bills be allowed and
paid out of their respective funds:
GENERAL FUND

GENERAL FUND
M. Peschel. Mdse. for
poor. Mrs. Walleen. IS 2. ii
Voves Grocery, Mdse. for
poor, Mrs. Wallee,..
S2.85; Mrs. KirAlan.
$4.33 ............ 7.iS
j. B. Lotzer. fuel for
poor, VIM. Drew 5000. $50
ID. ID. Swank, Mdse. for
poor. Mrs. Walleen 49,. I.lO
ID. D. Swank. Oil 75c: Joe
Maxwell order. $500. 5.75
Joe Maxwell. labor at
dumping grounds -. 1l.SO
Joseph Dietz, load of hay 9.SS
H.~F. Lieber. two pair of
Rubber Boots ...... 100
G. A. R. Nickel. black
smith work k.......... i.35
Otter Tail Power Com
pany, March lights. 80. 4O2. 80
Reliance Hose Co.. Fire
wahpeton @ Times. March o. ~
printing and supplies 1891
Globe Gazette Printing
Company. election sup
plies 23.32
y. Hodel, inspector of
election ............. 10. 90
W. u. Fricke. same. 300
N. r. SlmOnsen. same... 10. 90
j. E. Morris. same ..... 90
Math kraker. Judge of
election 600
John JacObchick, same. 100
}. N. JurgensOn. same. 800
y. A. SwensOn, same.... 600
ID. ID. SWank. same ..... 600
Jas Purdon. same ...... 4. 90
J. j. Richter. same. ..... 600
TheO. Fink. same ....... 600
Ed. Hoffman. Clerk of
election ...:........~ 2."0
Herman Boetcher. same. 300
J. M. Weimer. same. 49,. 3.uu
A. E. McMichael. same. 200
II. J. korf. same. ..... 200
}. r.. POWrie. same. ..... 200
E. A. Mirick. same. ..... 200
w. A. Farnsworth. same. 200
j. f. Morris. H. C. Brandt
order for rent of Com
mercial hotel for vot-
ing place ........... IS. 90
Mrs. Jas. Mahegan. rent
of WahpetOn hotel for
voting place ......... 500
Bills 1926
j. j. Keen. Drugs $1,000. 1855
Jos. Gleason, rent of pest
house and lodging. $3.50
Mrs. Sadie Assad. rent of
pest hOuSe & 50
John Maresh. labor on
street 2i.63
Jos. Vodova. labor on
SIfeet 49,. SU
Matt Hamerlik. labor on
street 2i.5O
John Rischard. repairing
gutter LOO
Jos. G. Forbes. March
salary .............. 2O.83
F. b. Schneider. same... so. .O0
w. f. Eckes. same ...... 25. .OO
S. H.. Murray. same. 80. 500
Otto Bebbler. same. 900. so. 90
VIM. Junge, same. 60. 90
VIM. J. DietZ. same. .... 1900
DR.. L. O'Brien, salary
one year as health Of
Frank Eberley. six mon
tbs salary ........... $50. 90
John Powrie. services as
Chief of Police. ...... 8O.25
w. p. Robbins. services
as night watchman. 90. 1900
WATERWoRKs FUND
Otter Tail Power Co..
power for month of
March IS 90. SO
Womack FOoshe Coal Co..
car of coal l........... $500
Chandler and Taylor Co..
supplies ............ t2.j:
S. R. Skies and Co.. belt
ing .... 1t6.75
Zenith Furnace Co.. car
of coal ............. 1885
Fairbanks. Morse and
Co.. supplies ........ i.fg
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-09
HoTIcE!

The directors Of the Richland
County Fair association will meet
(, at the court house. Saturday.
F., April II, at 2 D. m. Let there be
, a full attendance.
j B. +. LoUNsBuRY,
Sec'y.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22
STRESS AND STORM PERIOD.

This the period in the American Socialist
movement confusion of tongues dsenton reer
nation suspicion injustice unndnesS bitterness
of spirit This constitutes only the paryS growing
sudden have developed with
ont noise and the strength of proper coordination awkward
and wobby stumbling and falling around like babe learning to
walk Well of t employer has little use Tor man
who mistake Your mistakeeSs man lacks ma
tive more he apt spneess coores static We don want
Socialist We're
revolutionary nothing That of us should err
should plunge into paths 1t is enough
that we pnnge at all Apathy these the
only things Blaze all the paths like comrades
de last why simply have
steps and begin again KEEP GOING some
where anywhere into the devious paths of political error
rather than STILL merely marking time other fellow
drumming Inactivity only danger our only real toe II you
else FERMENT Kick row. Do anything but
hibernate HARMONY There plenty
harmony Are afraid OF little dis
cord little wangmg little fighting? Better out of revo
tonay party We're organized especially to fight to fight err
especially ''haftuhs get into the fight
then AND QUIT CRYING OUT FOR THE PEACE THAT SPELLS
STAGNATION
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22
EIGHT HOUR WORK DAY
INITIATIVE BILL FILED

The initiative bin printed below has
boon rilcd with the secretary of state
at Olympia Wash, hy the Socialist
party W a. kiugery. our roprosen-
lativo Ina the legislature, did the i'll
ing aud appeared before the annual
convention of the international Union
OF shiugle Weayors. Millmen and
Woodsmon aud received the ndorse-
ment Of that body by unanimous
vote lie will appear before the
state Federation convention this week
at Raymond, Wash, to ask for ndorse-
ment aud moral support
The Bill.
1t shall be unlawful for any person,
corporation, company or joint stock
association to cause, require or per
init any male or female employee to
work more than eight hours during
any day of twenty-four hours, nor
more than forty-eight hours during
any week of seven days, except that
i'm agricultural labor an additional two
hours per day may be allowed for work
which is unavoidably and necessarily
incidental to farm management.
Provided, however, that in case of
extraordinary emergency, such as
danger to life or property, or where
such eight hour limit would unavoid-
ably and necessarily prevent other
workers in the same mine, mill, fac
tory or other industrial unit from
working the full eight hour day the
hours for work may be further extend
ed, but in such cases the rate of pay
for time employed in excess of eight
hours of each calendar day shall be
one and one-half the rate of pay al
lowed for the same amount of time
during eight hours service.
If for any reason any of the provi
sions of this act shall be adjudged
unconstitutional and invalid it shall
not affect the validity of the act as
whole or any other part thereof,
Any employer, overseer, superintend-
ent or other agent of any such en-
ployer, who shall violate any of the
provisions of this act, shall, upon con-
viction thereof be fined for each Of
Tense in sum not less than ten dol
lars nor more than one hundred dol
lars for each day during which such
violation continues.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22

an aristocracy, and the political fights
between the two old parties, will hast
en- the spread of Socialist sentiment
among the government employees, and
will do so all the more strongly, the
more the old party politicians try to
prevent industrial labor organization
in the government departments. Even
the building up of great reactionary
bureaucracy will be impossible in the
United States at this late date. The
old party politicians have waited too
long with the Inauguration of govern
ment ownership. Now that t enforces
its demands upon them, they cannot
stamp the bureaucracy out of the
ground that would effectively prevent
the rank and file of government en-
ployes from organizing in the interest
of their own class.
The Steady Drift Toward Socialism.
Roosevelt may issue rules against
industrial labor organizations of gov
eminent employees, Wilson may ere
form" the civil service by lengthening
the hours of labor, every attempt of
the old party politicians to stop the
growth of class intelligence among the
government employees will drive them
all the more surely into the Socialist
party.
1t is far more likely, in view of re-
cent developments, that the more far
seeing old party politicians will work
through the existing labor organiza-
tons for government ownership. Old
party wire pulling in the existing la
Dor organizations is already a well
developed system. From the time that
drift toward government ownership
becomes irresistible, we may look for
old party statesmen to use the Am
erican Federation of Labor as part
of their regular system of fighting for
national power through the control Of
the branches of nationalized industry
But in the labor organizations, the So
.oialist party is already strongly rep
resented The Inauguration of a
policy Of government ownership will
not stop the growth of Socialist senti-
ment any more than the organization
of the Bull Moose party did. On the
contrary, once that the government
owned industries are fairly under way
everything will tend 10 give more
power 10 the government employees
and less power to the politicians who
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22

have created the policy of government
ownership The power to tie up
government industry by means of a
great mass strike backed by the power
to remove tyrannical politicians by a
strike at the ballot box then becomes
so irresistible that few American poll
ticians will care to invoke military
despotism as a last resort. So the
greatest power of European aristo-
cracy, the power to call the govern
ment employees to the colors, to work
the strikers under martial law, to
stamp out vestiges of labor organiza-
lions by drumhead trials, will fail in
the hands of the American business
politicians, in spite of their Dick
Militia Law, in spite of all Bourbon
ranting. For military authorities can
not take charge of government indus
tries and run them under martial law
without coming in conflict immediate
ly with the civil authorities and with
the national constitution. Few old
party politicians would dare to try
the experiment, and none would try it
more than once. A greater boost for
the Socialist party would not be inn
aginable.
What Naturalization Must Lead To-
The working people of the United
States have every reason to welcome
the drift toward national ownership of
trust industries. With the initiative,
the referendum, the right of recall in
full operation, a goVernment-owned
industry cannot remain very long in
the hands of any usurping and despo-
tic bureaucrat The longer the old
party politicians delay action in this
matter, the less will it be possible for
them to use government ownership for
despotic ends. The intelligence of the
voting majority will increase all the
time, whether they are government
employees or not. If the old parties
recoil from a consistent policy of gov
eminent ownership the Socialist
party will inaugwate such a policy
and if they try TO carry out such
program, the Socialist party viii com
plete H. For a little while the old
party politicians may rule the govern
ment employees, but the more tyranni-
cally they rule, the more they will
speed the dag when the employees shall
rule the government
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22
The New Age

The New Age.
OF the iron age we often hear
And the tabled age of gold
But now the income tax brings near
An age of wealth untold.
New voe7r Sun
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

at is very curious to me-" said
what a musical voice Mrs.
has, and yet whenever she
speaks in French it is hard and rasp-
ing almost metallic"
"Oh, that's only natural!" said
Bingo. "You see, Mrs. Brighteyes
learned French by photograph, and
she has mistaken the imperfections of
the records for accent Judge.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22


There cannot be the least doubt that
government ownefship of trust in
dustries in the United States will lead
far more rapidly to Socialism than
government ownership of railroads.
mines, telegraphs, telephones and
similar monopolies has in Europe.
Government ownership in Europe
has strengthened the position of the
aristocracy not the Socialist move
ment The European aristocracy has
intrenched itself in the government
owned industries. has converted them
into an annex to military and bureau
cratic departments. and has prevented
the rise of effective organizations
among the employees But i'm the
United States it viii be impossible to
prevent the government employees
from organizing and voting for their
own interests The very absence Of
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22

The senate committee on education
and labor will shortly begin public
hearings on the Kenyon anti-child
labor and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bills.
These measures have been before con-
gress for many years without affirma-
tive action by either house. They
strike at the evils of child labor and
overwork for women through the in
terstate commerce clause of the con-
stitution.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22

An agreement has been reached
whereby eight hours will constitute
a days work for carpenters in Mon
treal after June 1 of this year.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22

They that can give up essential lib
erty to obtain a little temporary safe
ty, deserve neither liberty or safety
Benjamin Franklin.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22

Reading makes a full man, confer
ence a ready man, and writing an ex-
act man.-Bacon.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-22
The Kind We Want.

In spite of all this proyerb cant
I think twill be agreed
II is a friend in funds we want
And not a friend in need.
New York Sun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

There has been in the past much in
difference on the part of consumers
with respect to the cleanliness of
milk: too many OF them desire TO buy
milk at = low price and do not give
any consideration to quality. Dirty
milk may prove expensive as gift.
while clean milk may be economical
even at a high price: the cheapest ar
ticle is often the most expensive. A
higher price for clean milk may be
cheap insurance against some form OF
sickness.
In recent Farmers bulletin the
United States department of agricul-
ture has outlined the main factors that
should go TO favor the production OF
clean. safe milk. These include clean.
healthy COWS kept in light, well ven
tilated stables that may be easily
cleaned: well-drained barnyard;
thoroughly sterilized utensils. and
healthy mixers that milk with dry
hands; a small-top milking pail; a
separate house for handling the milk.
an abundant supply of pure water.
The temperature at which the milk is
kept is also an important feature. as
bacteria multiply very rapidly when
the temperature is above 80 degrees
Fahrenheit. The milk should be cool
ed Immediately after milking. to so
degrees Fahrenheit or lower. and stor-
ed, until delivered. at low tempera-
ture.
An increasing demand for good,
clean milk among consumers is graft
flying Indication that there is n more
general realization of the importance
of this item. This demand has re-
suited in more stringent regulations
concerning the sanitary conditions as
ISOLATED with the milk supply. Com
pliance with these sanitary rules re-
quires additional care. attention, and
extra expense on the part of the pro-
Queer of the milk. and while this ex-
pense may not be large. it is only fair
that the consumer should pay his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22
WAR EMERGENCY MET.

BY promptly adopting a program or
action, the administration has enabled
the United States TO meet the unequal
ed commercial and financial strain i'm
posed by the sudden blaze OF war
throughout Europe.
Demands OF the present have been
met and the inevitable needs OF the
future safeguarded. The administra-
tons proposals have all been unani-
mously approved by congress. These
were the big steps taken:
Absolute neutrality declared.
OFFER to mediate transmitted to the
five principal warning powers-Great
Britain, France and Russia on the one
hand, and Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary on the other hand.
Appropriations OF S2.750.000 secured
to relieve the necessities Of and pro-
vide transportation home for the
thousands Of Americans stranded in
the warning countries.
Cruiser Tennessee dispatched with
relief funds and gold coin to take care
Of the foreign obligations of American
bankers.
Unlimited issue OF emergency cur
rency authorized. thus meeting the
immediate demands for currency in
this country's domestic transactions
and stopping the outflow of gold TO
ErOpe.
Shipping laws so amended as TO en-
able the United States to acquire yes
sels in which TO transport the coun-
try's huge grain crop TO needy and
stricken peoples.
Provisions made to use available
naval vessels to carry mails and
freight both TO Europe and South
America.
Settlement Of the threatened strike
or middle west railway men effected,
thus assuring railway service during
the crisis.
President Wilson met the emergency
with his usual cool. clear-thinking de-
cisiveness.