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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28
BY Herbert S.. Blgelow, Cincinnati, Q.

BY Herbert S.. Blgelow, Cincinnati, O.
Promoters of public utility corpor-
ations, not infrequently, have been
financial pirates. The public invested
it's savings in the stocks and bonds of
street railway, gas and electric light
companies, without a suspicion o, the
inherent unsoundness of these in vest
lnents. 1t is not until franchises be-
sin to expire that investors wake up
to the fact that they have been VIC
TINS of misplaced confidence and that
serious loss is inevitable.
Now what have investors a right to
expect from those who manage public
utility properties? They have a right
to expect this, that when the fran
chises expire there will be enough
tangible property to support at par
both their bonds and stock.
A Palpable Fraud.
In other words, any capitalization
of the franchise itself, is palpable
fraud, for when the franchise expires
the capitalization based upon the
franchise must collapse.
Every dollar secured by the sale o1
bonds or stock should be put into the
property and enough should be sci
aside from the revenues, to keep the
property unimpaired, so that when
4 the, franchise reverts to the public
the physical assets will equal in value
all outstanding securities.
But this is never done. On the
4~contrary, the universal practice has
Il been to capitalize and sell, as though
lit were a permanent asset of the com.
pany the franchise, which is only
loaned to the company, and. which
sooner or later must be returned tc
the community without compensa.
ton. Invariably these franchises are
capitalized and sold and treated al
Il q part OF the property with the in.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28

lily concealed in a mass of figures that
to- the unframed mind its presence
would not be suspected. The horse
will not be seen, it will not be- heard,
perhaps we should say that it will not
be smeiled, for Bion J. Afford made a
valuation of: the street car property
in Kansas City and the mayor OF the
city declared that 1t smelled of dead
mules. s.as> }:',:, M '9s2as z;s
Odd Names for the Horse.
One OF the tricks Of hiding tho
horse is to get name for it that does
rot sound bit like q horse name.
They will not call this horse "Joey b.
They will not call it Charley or
|"Clarence', or anything of the sort
One Of their favorite names is over
head charges They sometimes call
| 1t going concern Obsolescence''
| is a; favorite pet name for the nag.
is still another. Yes, and
the lawyers will tell you solemnly we
must expect to pay something for the
history of the company; that is yet
another name for the horse.
During the coming year in Cincin-
natl as this work Of valuins the prop
erty proceeds, much will be heard OF
these nannes, but whatever the learn
ed counsel speak of overhead
charges. going concern, obselescence,
goodwill the public should be ad-
vised that what they are really talk.
Ing about Is this horse this fourteen
milton dollar horse 81 our own, and
that these fancy names are invented
Tor the purpose Of fooling us into
paying Tor our own. property.
Some Of this old horse will get into
the valuation, IN spit Of anything any
body can do; such q the Inference
that is paid to vel ca PIT alized wrongs
Besides II is 30 easy to take pennies
from poor people ~ pay nndll lions td
lrich peoItle,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28

all such companies sell the horse.
When the day of settlement arrives
they all try to get a valuation put up
on the old wagon to equal to the val
ue of both a new wagon and the
horse. The grim joke Of it is the
public is usually stupid enough to pay
the price.
:. Horses and Wagons.
In the Cincinnati street railway sit.
uation, the horse in the case is the
legal right to charge five. cents fare
until April 22nd, 1915. The wagon
is the physical property which the
company has,. In April, 1916, this
horse must be returned. After this
date the company has no right in the
streets with it's wagon, unless it will
agree to a reduction in it's fares 50
that it may pay interest in the future
on the wagon without demanding any
further interest on the horse.
We know by comparing the prop
erty in other cities where physical
valuations have been. made, that in
this case the wagon iB worth from ten
to fifteen millions. Fifteen millions
would be an excessive price for 1t.
The rest of. the twenty-nine million
capitalization is the horse---our horse
Z The President Of the Traction com.
pany says there is not a dollar I q:
water in the stock, but / submit that
there Is q fourteen million dollar horse
In 1t. 5s4a.' q. ;. -; !; ~.
That fourteen million dollar horse
belongs to the people, or will belong
to them in two years time. If the
President Of the, Traction company
can cajole the people into paying him
fourteen million dollars for their own
horse which they loaned him for
nothing, and which he is q legally
bound 10 return to them without. com
pensation, that Will be q horse On 10.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28
.ATTACK ON PARCE'[l
POST. IS OLD. CAME
It Worked Smoothly Once Be
fore, But It Will Not Go Now.
People Are Awakened.
PRESENT OPPONENTS ,-:z
DUE FOR GOOD SWAT
How Hannibal Hamlin Killed
Parcel Post BY Innocent"
Amendment in 1876.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The pres
ent attempted assassination of the
parcel post by Senators, Bankhead
Bryan, Bristow, Hoke Smith, ct al,
is only a repetition of history.
The same kind of deal was slipped
over back in 1875. The artist in that
case was the Hon. Hannibal Hamlin,
United States senator from Maine. In
that case the trick worked--in this
case the people are awake in time.
In the summer Of 1874 congress
adopted a weak. lame and hating
apology for parcel post; but still it
was something. It had an eight-pound
weight limit and the rate was l cent
an ounce fiat, and the classification in
cluded all kinds of merchandise. 1T
immediately aroused the opposition
OF the express companies, and Post
master General JEWELS annual report
for that year rather discredited the
service, taking the position that the
service was "trenching upon private
business = ~
i, How 1t Was Done.
:, So on March 3, 1875, the last day of
the session of that congress, Hon.
Hannibal Hamlin proposed an amend
ment to the postoffice appropriation
bill which changed the rate to 1 cent
an ounce in place of II cent for each
two ounces" thus adding 100 per cent
to the cost of the service at one full
swoop.5
z. The amendment slipped through
without debate and without a dissent
ing vote. The parcel post was dead and
buried, Afterwards book publishers
got through special bill exempting
printed matter from this classification,
and the seed men secured a special
rate for seeds, bulbs, shoots, plants,
.scions, etc" But the people never got
back their parcel post until Dave
Lewis got busy two years ago. r. ..:.->
: Now Messrs. Bristow and Smith
aided by the Bankhead. committee, are
trying to work the same old game. In
the afirst case the service had not been
in operatiop long enough for the peo.
pie to realize what It meant to- them:
in this, case it IS different. Messrs
Bristow, Smith, st al, are due to pe
swatted good and hard
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28

not the. same. Questions of public
health and public safety are here in
volved. Their licenses are not grant
ed by city officials, but by fellow
ira desmen. appointed as examiners,
and the only test is that of compet-
ency. This principle is not involved
in the Hicken ordinance. ', = =
-; Mr. Hicken's friends say that he
does not expect to be reelected, but
that while he is on the job he will
give the people such law enforcement
as will go down in history He is am
bilious, like: Napoleon, to have his
name handed down to posterity: for
setting the mark in doing things. -
81: Extremes Produce Opposites.:
: But if Mr. Hicken is as interested in
the permanency of law enforcement
as he seems to be in having his name
handed down to posterity as a pace
maker, he should remember that ex-
tremes produce opposites, and so sure
as fate the pendulum he has swung
far out, will, when he is compelled to
release his grasp of it,. swing the other
way. ,
Enemies of law enforcement, know
ing that they can. not induce Mr..
Hicken to loosen up, are now glory
ing in the fact that he is going so far:
they hope he will go further. As one
of them said the other day: "Give him
full swing; the faster he goes, the
quicker, the come back" This is the
very thing they are looking for.
The bartenders want saloons closed
at the hours flxed by law It gives
them more leisure time; it makes
them more free; and a mistake will be
made If they are forced, in defense
Of their simple right to work without
police permission, to take sides against
law enforcement. s,. -
| Kill the ordinance, and kill it with
vengeance! Mr.. Hicken ought to
take the initiative and move that il
be indefinitely postponed. ~-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28

Sick Insurance 50 Be Extended
- to Provide ter Care of
.-...= -. !. Young Mothers. $. !.

The *Norwegfanf government rs
about to, revise the Sick Insurance
Laws; and o:sprovide a.! motherhood
insurance. - .-,.1.
The whole Of, the insured women
and the wives of the insured workers
will receive a benefit in the case <o1
confinement amounting :. to -s1o--in
the case Of women not actually in.
;sured themselves and a weekly bene-
fit of $780, in the case Of insured
women.
Besides this; the mother receive:
the services of a midwife free, &
woman being specially appointed to
act in the capacity in, every district
The annual expenditure Of the
motherhood insurance is estimated. Al
100000 Kr., of which amount 81
per cent is met by the State, 10 per
cent by both the municipality and
the employer and the remainder by
the insured.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28
CANADIAN LABOR AND
FARMERS TO UNITE

TORONTO, Can, Feb. 27. Declar-
ing that the producer and consumer
must come together, delegates to the
Trades and Labor Council instructed
a committee, which has been holding
meetings with farmers, to again con-
fer with the agriculturalists and at
tempt to work out some scheme
whereby the workers Of this city
might receive the products of the
farm direct.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28

STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES. =:
MONTPELIER, VT, Feb. 20.-After
repeated efforts to secure concessions,
conductors and motormen on. the
Barre and Montpelier Traction COM
pany lines went on strike for increased
pay and better working conditions.
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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
NORTHGATE FARMERS
UNABLE TO GET COAL
ARE BURNING FENCE POSTS
AND OTHER WOOD ON
THEIR FARNISTEADS.

Farmers residing near Northgate
tell The Tribune that during the
past ten days or so they have been
unable to get any coal, and that
the cold spell which came on a
short time ago is causing many
people much suffering. Fence
posts and other wood around the
farms are being burned while sew
eral cars Of Ignite coal which were
shipped some time ago were de-
layed in transit. Pat Walsh, the
coal dealer there, is doing every
thing in his power to keep his GUS
toners supplied, but is experience
ing much trouble in getting fuel
shipped in. a carload OF coal con-
signed to the Great Northern Rail
way Co. arrived at Northgate a
few days ago and the farmers arc
threatening to confiscate this un-
less they are able to get fuel else
where pretty quick. Every day
during the past week or more far
mers have been driving into town
expecting to be @ablento get load;
but have been compelled to go
back home empty handed.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
TWO MEN ENTER BUILDING IN
DAYTIME AND DEMAND THE
BANKS CASH.
Officers Of Bank Are Held
Up al Point Of Big Guns
ROBBERS ARE CAPTURED RY
THE CITIES BEFORE THEY
GET AWAY.

Denbigh, N. d., Feb. 12.-One OF
the boldest attempts at bank rob-
reby in the history of North Dako
ia was made at 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon when two men, be-
lieved to be John and Roger Carol
entered the Denbigh State Bank. at
Denbigh. and endeavored to make
Assistant Cashier H. f. Cartschaf-
ner turn over the funds of the
bank at the point of a pistol.
Cartschafner was in the bank
alone at the time, Cashier Pollock
having gone out. The two men
entered by the front door and when
Cartschafner looked up he found
himself looking into the muzzle of
a big gun.
The would-be robbers backed
him to the rear Of the bank and
while one of them covered him the
other entered the vault.
Just at this time Cashier F.. f..
Pollock entered and he too was
covered and backed into the rear
Of the bank. Grabbing an oppor
tune moment, however, he sudden.
ly grappled with one of the men
iand during the scuffle Cartschaf
escaped to the street, where he
summoned assistance.
Several citizens who were passing
at the time Immediately rushed in
to the bank with him and the
would-be bandits were soon over
powered and locked III the vault
pending the arrival of the sheriff.
When the sheriff arrived later he
took them TO Towner and lodged
them in Jail. where charge of at
tempted bank robber will undoubt-
edly he lodged against them.
John and Roger Carol. who are
believed to be the men who at
tempted to rob the State Bank.
have been hanging around Denbigi,
for some time They are said TO
be we'll known in Minot.
If the attempt to rob the bank
yesterday had proved successful a
large amount of currency would
have probably been secured, as
there was quite a sum of money on
hand.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
PLACES OF BAZlII ZENlA AND
W. A. HURI1Y AND WM. AN
DERSON UNDER BAN.
First in Burke County 10
Come Under The New Law
EVIDENCE is GATHERED BY
REV. WATKINS OF STATE
ENFORCEMENT LEAGUE.

The pool halls of BAIL Zema
at Portal and w. A. Hurry and
VIM. Anderson of the same place
were ordered closed by Judge
Leighton last Friday after a trial
in district court. It was charged
that gambling had taken place IN
both buildings, and Rev Watkins
Of Bismarck, the grmshoe man OF
the North Dakota Enforcement
League, made the complaints aftei
spending some time in getting evil
dence together The defendants
were given 80 days in which to
ask for a new trial or make AL
appeal to the supreme court, and
tft>N~ have the privilege Of asking
for. more time.
These buildings are the first in
Burke county to be closed under
the new law which requires that
all places where gambling has talk
On place should be closed for one
year by the sheriff on orders CT
the court. 1t is understood that
either one or both of the defend
ants in this case will appeal the
case to the supreme court.
These cases were the last to be
tried at the term OF court which
adjourned last Friday. Many court
cases were continued over to the
next term of court, while others
will be tried before Judge Leighton
at the district court chambers at
MinOt.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
BRIDGE TO Be RE:
PAIRED At ONCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DONO-
VAN APPOINTED TO LOOK
AFTER THE WORK.

County Commissioner Jerry Dou
ovan journeyed to Minot last Fri
day and met with the board OF
Ward county commissioners to maSe
arrangements for fixing up the
bridge across the DesLacs lake east
of Bowbells. In it's present state
this bridge is unsafe for travel OH
account Of it's heaving since the
water on the lake froze up. Many
of the big wood piles are split.
Mr.. Donovan was appointed COM
mittee of one to employ someone
to fix the structure up, either by
wiring the broken piles together,
or placing new piles, as the case
may be. The expense of this wori:
is to be borne equally by Burke
and Ward counties. and the ne
cessary repairs will be made as
soon as the weather permits.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
CONSCIENCE TROUBLES
GAME Law BREAKER

Mandan, N. D., Feb. 12.-Chiel
Game Warden Reko contends he is
now in possession of indisputable
evidence that the game laws of
this state are being respected by
the public. Not only is he certain
that there is state and national
recognition, but that there is even
International appreciation of the
fact. From Klintonel, saskatch-
evan, Can, he has a letter which
reads: "Dear Sir: am trying
to serve God and the Bible says
that we shall make restitution to
our fellow men to the best Of our
ability and opportunity. When I
was living in North Dakota I shot
some game out Of season for which
I ask forgiveness for my wronging
the state by not obeying its laws.
I remain, yours truly, William e.
Sherman"
It is the most unique letter ever
received by any one connected with
game enforcement in this state.
The writer did not state where in
this state he had formerly resided
or what was the kind Of game
killed.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
CONSOLIDATION Of
-. THE: RURAL SCHOOLS
SCHOOL INSPECTOR GIVES
STATEMENT CONCERNING
, , CONSOLIDATION,
The Status of the ConsOlida,

The Status of the Consolidat"
ed School:
(D There are now IS open
country and 115 town consolidated
schools, making a total of 1870.
This number represents 43 coun-
ties, and is an increase of 4S such
schools in one year.
2 The Major Benefits Of the
Consolidated School,:
$ "a Better attendance-A .
months term with rs per rent at
tendance instead Of a Z months
term with so per cent attendance
as: in the average rhral school.
.(2) Better teachers.-A normal
school graduate teaching "a good
school in place of an eighth grade
student keeping poor rural school.
(3) Better School Work in the
Grades. times the number
completing the eighth grade and
doing work Of twice the quality
when compared with rural school.
results.
(4) Better High School Privil-
eges Fifteen times The 81 number
of country pupils completing the
high school and at one-third the
cost when compared with the old
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
WARREN HEATH TO
-. Be A CANDIDATE
ROWBELLS MAN ANNOUNCES
HIMSELF AS CANDIDATE
FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

Warren Heath of this city, who
during the past year has acted as
deputy sheriff under Sheriff Stain
hofer, announces himself as cam
didate for the Office OF sheriff Of
Burke county, and intends to make
a hard fight for the place. lie
has been resident of Bowbe!ls
something like IA years, and has
as many friends in Burke count;
as any other person here. His at
Quaintance extends to every poo
ton OF this part of the state, and
he can count his supporters by
the hundreds. AS a p e a c G
officer, we doubt if there is a bet
ter qualified man in the county
He has demonstrated his worth as
an officer time and again while
acting as deputy, always getting his
man. Mr.. Heath will be a hard
man to beat. J. w. Moore Of Bow
bells will probably be the next man
to announce himself as candidate
for this office.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
HORSES DIE FROM
STRANGE DISEASE

Earl Crcpper of northwest Of
town is puzzled over the disease
which has been attacking bis
horses during the past year, and
from which two of his best animals
have died and another is near
death. He tells US that without
any apparent reason the horses be-
came lame and continued to gro"
worse until one Of their hind legs
up to the hip was badly swollcr,
after which they die. He lost one
horse in this way last summer, an
other last month, and a third is
in such a condition that it is liable
to croak most any minute. He has
had veterinary surgeons look at
the animals, bat they seem to be
as much puzzled oyer the disease
as he is.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13

ing his horse loose on his arrival
there and taking the Great Nor
thern train to Bowbells to look
after what business required his
attention The horse always weIt
right straight home. Mr.. Noting
expected to do the same stunt on
Monday of this week, and as usual,
rode the horse to town and then
turned it loose and it went home.
After the horse had gone out OF
sight he learned that the train did
not leave Northgate on Mondays
and that he would have to wait un-
til next day before he could come
to Bowbells. Mr.. N. had not fig
ured that the train made its trips
every other day, and we're lie not
a pious man he no doubt would
have said things not fit to print
here, AS it. was. he made arrange
ments to spend "a hours in North
gate, and came on to Bowbells the
next day. In talking about the
affair with The Tribune Mr.. Nolt-
ing assured US that a. thing like
this would not happen to him
again
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
King Refused 10 Pay For
Message Selt BY \. D: Man

tend. Signed, Lloyd Young
The records in the local case
failed to show what the king said
or did on receipt of the cablegram,
The records, however, We're com-
plete as to what he did not do. He
refused very emphatically to pay
the $6.46 charges demanded by
the telegraph company.
y Mr.. Young Is a local hotel clerk
and it appears that the message
was written as q joke in the hotel
lobby and was later carried to the
office by a colored porter.
The defendant asserts that at the
time he refused to pay for the
message but that he approved Of
its being sent and collection made
from his highness In / London.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13

Devils Lake, N. d., Feb. 12.--
Demanding sixty day adjournment
in order that the deposition of King
George Of England might be OBJ
taiped, the defense in the case OF
/ The western Unicn Telegraph Co.,
against Lloyd Young made stern
fight in a local justice court to pro-
sstect themselves from a judgment
for $6.46 charges on a cabiegrnmn
sent. to King George a few months =
ago as a. practical Joke. Here IS
the message that was flashed across O
the Atlantic ocean, addressed to
King George Of England
Received your Invitation TO s
the reception but owing TO CON col -
ditions i will be unable to al
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
Court Orders bO(h Pool Halls
al Portal Closed fOr q Year
MACROOM WOMAN
TAKEN To ASYLUM
MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN Is
DECLARED INSANE MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

Sina Grindy, a married woman
and the mother of two children,
was examined by the insanity board
at the Flaxton hospital on Monday
of this week and was committed
to the insane hospital at James,
town. The woman is abiut oe
years old, and had been in poor
health for some weeks. She was
taken to the hospital at FlaXton a
short time ago in the hopes thai
her condition would improve, but
she grew worse. The board made
the trip to Flaxton and conducted
the examination there. The pa"
tient was taken to jamestown tho
same evening by Sheriff Stainhofer
and Mrs. NJ c. Hagen of this city.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13

The Yoeman lodge at Coteau is
to give one of the best dances it
knows how to give at the Coteau
hall in Saturday evening, Feb. 21,
and cordially invites everybody TO
come and help them have a good
time. This will without question
be the last dance to be given In
this hall before lent, and members
Of the lodge assure us that it will
be the best dance OF the season.
Supper will be served In the hall,
and the Coteau- Bowbells orchestra
will furnish the music.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-02-13
CHICKEN COOP HOUSES
INSANE INMATES
THIRTY PATIENTS AT STATE
HOSPITAL SLEEP IN POUL-
TRY HOUSE.

Jamestown, N. D., Feb. H.
Superintendent Hotchkiss last night
TRANSFORMED newly completed
poultry shed into sleeping quarters
for thirty inmates of the state hos
pital for the insane, the crowded
condition Of the institution making
it necessary.
In the meantime, poultry will
have to be content with former
quarters.
Over nine hundred inmates tax
the institutions capacity, with no
relief in sight till completion of
the Colonization ward building,
next fall.