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The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
THE INCOME TAX.

The man with an income of more than $4,000 has been going
through his annual attack of income-tax report; like the influenza
it grows worse each year. Contrary to a somewhat general belief,
the small percentage of citizens thus honored do not whine and
fuss so much about the tax itself-nost Of them pay it even cheer
fully-but they do fume and blow up at the complications, eXasper-
ations and inpossibilites imposed. AS an exhibit of crude, in
consistent, and amateursh complexities this latest report is a
we'll known lawyer, after trying to fathom the law, gave it up in
despair with the remark, 1T is impossible to understand its mean
ing save by consulting q palnist."
AS interpreted by the department it is a case, for the govern
rent, of heads win, tails you lose. For instance, a man in mod
crate circumstances sells a piece of land at a profit. That profit
must be declared as a part of his income for the year. That's all
right. But should he through necessity be compelled to sell that
land, and, in order to raise money, be forced to sell at an actual loss,
then he cannot deduct from his net income for the year that loss.
unless he is recognized real estate dealer, specializing in property
as well as making sales for other people. In other words he prsc-
all other things in which the seller is not a recognized dealer, be
it stocks, bonds, hay, grain, or whatever it may.
The government also imposes an unfair burden in making it's
collections. Thousands Of small investors and widows who do not
pay any tax, but cash the interest coupon at a bank, cause a lot
of work which the bank must do at its own expense. The holder
of IS interest coupon wants to cash it. Stores will not take it as
money. The holder goes to a bank. In order to comply, the bank
must first get a signed statement that the client has OF has not
an income in excess Of $4,000. The bank makes no charge for
cashing the coupon, but must do a lot of bookkeeping for the gov
eminent. One bank in Chicago alone spent $4,000 last year for
clerks to do this work.
The foregoing is not a discussion of the justice or merits Of the
tax, but offers only a suggestion Of the numerous Inconsistencies
in the governments method of applying and collecting the tax.
No time should be lost in revising the law which was passed hastily
and without suitable consideration, and providing in it's stead one
which shall be definite and CONSISTENT as the regulations governing
the payment of customs, tobacco, and spirits taXes-H. II. Wind
ssr, in the April Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25

will be supplied by your board of
health, your health officer or any ply
stefan who practices in your town. If
it has housed a tuberculosis patient,
don't take that house, find another.
No matter what the health history
of the house, have the plumbing ex-
amined, the drains flushed and the en-
tire house disinfected.
If the walls are to be repapered,
have the old paper removed.
Do not move into any house where
the cellar has been flooded and is
moldy.
In towns where there is neither city
water nor sewerage system, make sure
that the we'll and the eesspoel are
widely separated.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
DO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REALLY EDUCATE?

In the April Woman's Home Com
panion Anne Morgan, daughter Of the
late J. Pierpont Morgan, writing \
"Talk to American Girls" comments
as follows on the New York public
schools:
"In the year ending July 81, 1914,
over thirty-fve thousand children left
the New York City schools to enter
some form of gainful occupation.
What equipment are the girls taking
with them, what standards have they
acquired to help them face the future
and its problems? Go to employer
after employer, and the answer is al
ways the same: "The average girl
who comes to us for a position is to-
tally uneducated, her years of school
life have failed to teach her the mere
rudiments Of a business career" The
primary tools of reading, writing and
arithmetic have been placed in her
hands with such blunted edges that
they r Of little value, and the basic
qualities of accuracy, concentration,
thoroughness, and ambition are son-
spicuous by their absense."
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
CITIZENS
Can VOTE
WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT
REVERSES ITS DECISION OF
ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO.

Madison, Wis, March 25.-The su-
preme court of Wisconsin today re-
versed itself and decided that foreign
born residents can not vote in Wiscon-
sin without being fully qualified cit
liens.
In this, the court set aside it's own
opinion Of two months ago, when it
decided the constitutional amendment,
restricting suffrage to full citizens,
was not properly adopted, and today
held the amendment legally adopted
and in full force and effect.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25

Pacific railway, on his return
from a two weeks inspection trip Of
the road.
Predicts Larger Acreage.
"The northwest will see a larger
acreage planted to wheat this year."
said Mr.. Hannaford. "The high price
of grain will tend to extend the acre
age under cultivation and divert land
from other useage.
Cause For Optimism.
"The lumbermen of this section tell
me they are looking forward to an in
creased business. Fundamentally
there is nothing wrong with u part
of the country, and every material
consideration gives cause for optimism
Much Work Planned.
"Our property is in excellent con-
dition and stood the winter well.
Maintenance work this summer will
be devoted to keeping the line up to
this standard. In addition several
large projects will be carried forward
including the separation of grades and
the st. Paul Union depot work. The
10000 tons of steel rails, we are pur.
chasing will be used in regular re.
placement work.
At Portland Mr.. Hannaford met
George F. Baker, Jr., of New York, E
director of the Northern Pacific, who
came to st. Paul with him. Mr.. Baker
spent the day in company with James
j. Hill and in the Northern Pacific Of
fees.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
SHIP FREIGHT
BY The water
FLEET, BARGES WITH FREIGHT
FOR PACIFIC COAST, TO LEAVE
LA SALE, ILL.,, MAY 1.

Chicago, March 25.-A fleet of bar
ges will leave La Sale, ILL.,, for New
Orleans May 1, ianugurating water
freight service with San Francisco and
other points on the coast, according to
an announcement of officers of the
Chicago, St. Louis & Gulf Transport
tation company.
Freight from this city will be ship
ped by rail to La. Sale, 100 miles, and
there put on the barges.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
inspect THE HOUSE
IN WHICH YOU LIVE

This being moving time with a good
many families, the following good ad-
vice is taken from the Better Babies
department Of the April Woman's
Home Companion:
Guard your family from contagious
disease germs in the new house. It
has been proved that thousands Of tu-
%bercliosis and scarlet fever cases an
nually IRE tie result of moving into
houses which, have not been disinfect-
ed.
Secar2 Is t.aalth history Of the
house you expect to buy or rent. It
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
SEEDING STARTS \
III THE vALLAY
EARLIEST WHEAT SOWN IN
WORLDS BREAD BASKET IN
YEARS.

Crookston, MIMI, March 25.-Ths
first 1915 seeding in the Red River
valley began yesterday, when Charles
Ditman, in Andover township, SOUTH
west of Crookston, started his drags
and sowed a few acres of wheat.
While this is not a record date, only
once or twice in the history of Polk
county has grain been sown at as ear
ly a date.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25

Express and railroad company lines
are as much concerned over the prop
er construction Of the law as over the
question Of validity. Liquor dealers
throughout the country have gone into
the courts to compel carriers to accept
shipments for persona usel" into dry
territory.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
NORTHWEST IN
GOOD CONDITION

:. St. Paul, March 25.-The northwest
is in better condition financially, COM
niercially an in an agricultural way
than even before. This is the optmis-
tic report brought to St. Paul Monday
by j. N. Haanaford, president of the
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
THE TREASURY DEFICIT.

Chairman Fitzgerald Of the House Committee on Apnropria-
tons: and lH. Giilett, the ranking minority 3oty membel, Mt:e m that +
any in i:sty.v. M. Girett shows that the total approximations
amounted 10 92231 100000, which was 100000 more than
chartar Of faith 0: The Democracy, the Baltimore platform, which
the p~rasideata! candidate assured the people was mot Inolasses to
wrun@ from ce people by the oppressive taxation through the lay
ish a9vao lions 81 recent Republican congresses, which have
toll. We dallaad a return to that simplicity and economy which
BELTS q 3en.oe&tic government and a reduction il the number of
ri 1H sS->- - - '@.S@NS ~ @"S.~ ~- "~0 N~N~
Mr.. Eis1ss4ald estimates that the treasury def: IT, after the III
come "a" j. PAID, yin reach $1,000 5-3oSooeoo9 3 y y June aSo 81 T. H. S@l."s
feee;"s 5: . .1 5a.So r. f tGe g q va| any NJ : : :Sf 1G% :" e . tE ys ts35
terms and from the statement Of MI. Underwood ::ae tine i wz
enacted. It's purpose was to reduce the cost Of Lving. It might
have done this, though it would have r~eatly intr~ed American
the fact That att the rs osieeli ing i1nroSteTs D., seied nsoS, Of the money
they had formerly paid into the treasury. Until > very short time
ago the total value of imports was practically eqpel TO that Of the
imports Of the preceding year: Either there wss 4 serious mis-
calculation as to the revenue from the tariff o. 9 ross over-esti-
smaller number of returns and the general passing of dividends,
the income tax will yield still less this year. In spite of the so.
called war tax, the treasury deficit will probabl" greatly exceed
MI. Fitzgeralds modest estimate.
The Democratic administration might be partoncd for incompet-
ieace and great wisdom. But the lavish expenditures in the face
of falling revenuec cannot be 50 easily condoned; But for two fiji
1Sn@n IN IN q h rea q !, ~ oaa 4 +innn he av o1 +;s v Ou+ nao oe;n ne trn ne r.; e
affairs over to such bungers.
On Tuesday, April 9th, there will be a city election, and every
voter IN the city should get out and cast his vote for tn emsn Of his
until it is too late and then kick because this man or that man is
elected or defeated. Do your duty to yourself and the city by
voting on election day and then when the result is announced, don't
kick, but stand by the men who are elected and hell them in their
official work, thereby fulfilling the duties of a good American cit
lien.
If you do not want to swear in your vote at the coming city
is the day for registering and you should see to it that you are
~reeisteded on that day.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25

Let the World print your auction
posters. We will give you geea
work and reasonable prices.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25

The first essential toward a good crop is clean seed. See to i
that your seed is properly cleaned and graded, and then if you pu
it in the ground in good shape, we venture to say that you will
not be disappointed this fall, when harvest time rolls around.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-05

brand the Belgians as traitors because they
seeded Hollanders were one sort of folk,
and Belgians another-in religion and in
political ideals-and therefore separation
4Cds natural.
1t wasn't bad thing for Norway and
Sweden to separate, in 1905, nor did the
Swedes eternally prate about the TRAITORS"
who favored secession.
We Southern people had established our
separate governments, in sovereign States,
whose independence Great Britain ac-
lnowledged, before this third union of all
the States was agreed on, subject to condi-
ti0ns
Does the editor of the Wisconsin State
Journal happen to know that two confeder
acies of the States preceded this third and
last confederacy?
And does he know that the Abolition lead
ers who forced the South to secede, gloried
in the fact that they spurned the United
States Constitution and demanded vio-
lation of the conditions upon which this
third union was made? Without those con
ditions, the States would have remained as
loosely joined as are the States of the Swiss
lean State would probably have governed
themselves by direct legislation, as the
Swiss States now do.
Would that have been so very bad?
At this time, when the world is manifest
ing SO much pity for Belgium because Of
broken treaty-a torn up ''scrap of paper
is it out of place to remind our Wisconsin
editor that the "scrap of paper" which the
Abolitionists tore up, was the Constitution
of the United States?
AS the third Union had its birth in this
scrap Of paper, the Union died when the
paper was destroyed and no Gabriel will
ever blow resurrection into the Republic
which our fathers established, and the
fanatics of Abolition struck down.
What we have now, is not a rule of the
people, but a centralized despotism of Money
I@~a, in which the ordinary citizen has no
Is! 1oice, and the working classes are
V in off than the slaves were in ancient
I@,s.", ancient India, ancient Egypt, ancient
E""n, ancient Germany, ancient Britain
a the Southern States before the War.
- ~ tried to tear our flag in half and
bcca5oe traitors in an attenapt to
STF5IL LABOR"
Let US look into that a little Bit
3se labor was this that the Southern
tn 5 tried to steal?
were our brothers in black, of course,
an, + ~ had been snapped for New Eng
lal-d 'um, and other Boston delicacies, by
the African chiefs, who sometimes had more
prisoners than they could eat
These noble African chiefs were con-
stantly making war upon one another for
they had nothing much else to do; and in
making war, they not only enjoyed the ex-
citement of the combat, but were lured by
the hope of capturing fresh women, and
fresh victuals.
Everybody knows that the Southern peo-
ple-with whom there is something funda-
mentally wrong-never went down to the
sea in ships, as the more enterprising New
Englanders did; and, therefore, it was the
Christian of Massachusetts, who went abroad
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-05
THE eJEFFERSONTAN

the New Englanders, and you will find
those Zulus much improved.
(These Zulus, at Dalien, are the de-
scendants Of the last shtp-zodd Of negroes
imported into this country They were
brought to Savannah in tho lVonderer' and
when the Southern court got after Lanar
and others who were concerned in the cargo,
tho negroes were hurried to Darien.
If these Zulus had not been bought and
imported, Chaka would have b1tchered
them, as he had so often slaughtered his
captives.
And Of course Chala was typical negro
chief: If the captives sold from the begin
ming, achen the Spanish Catholics began the
s7ave tade, had not been sold, they would
have been killed.
The historic fact is, that the traffic in
negro slaves was of enormous and perma-
nent benefit to the negroes Even those who
persisted Oh the ocean, had lived longer than
they would have done, if they had been
left in Africa
Taken in the mass, the negroes in this
country are somewhat better off than those
in Liberia, Hayti, and Africa; but they were
much better off, in the mass, during the
days of Southern slavery.
Under the slaves system of the South, the
negro lived in healthful conditions, each
family having a separate cabin, each man
6e5ng required to marry: there was no
Fcstllentlal negro slum in every-toWn and
city, no promlscnoUs drunkenness and i'm
morality, no slothful living by the men on
the servant women, no devouring venereal
diseases, and no horde of black criminals
Freedom has sunk the mass of the negroes,
and, as a mass, they deteriorate year by
year; every close observerer will tell you so.
On the other hand, the white man and
his government and his ideals are menaced
by the free negro, of the type of the pro
fesslonal politician, the agitator for social
equality, the negro who marries the white
woman, and the negro who demands a
division of the offices.
azzs
S'The bleached race is the living evidence
of the Southern white mans crimes"
Why Southern white man, only? Is he
responsible for all the mulattoes?
And why confuse vices with crimes, and
implicitly, at least, accuse Southern white
men of raping black women?
There are no such crimes. There never
were any. There never had to be. The
negro woman who had any conception of
chastity was a freak-and it's that way vet.
Immoral white men can get all the negro
girls they want-just as in Africa, where
the European traveller, setting out upon a
journey to the interior, buys him girl or
two, as a part of his equipment.
Yes, we lynch negroes who rape white
women, and, what's more, we mean to keep
it up.
IF the Wisconsin State Journal prefers to
pity the black rapist, ne prefer to pity and
to avenge his victim.
If every young negro buck should get the
idea in his head that his race would place
itsa secret societies behind him-as the Jews
l., 4
in the courts, for two years, as Franks was
spun out; and then degrade a Governor
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-05
PAGE -FOUR
Georgia Stands DiSgraced!'
Where Justice is a Strange
"Tfe Stain is Upon the State !''
" Some thimQ is Fun q a m mt a ly
Wrong With the Southern
People,

n order that our readers may have the
benefit of correct idea of tho state of
mind produced by Big Money, in its sys-
tematic campaign against Impartial Law,
lay before them an editorial published in
the Wisconsin State Journal:
Prejudice is always strongest among the weak
eSt.-JOhnSOn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-03
BAND CONCET DREW
LARGE CROWD LAST NIGHT
NEW ORGANIZATION IMPROVING
RAPIDLY; PLAY HIGH CLASS
MUSIC; BOYS AMBITIOUS

Despite the coolness and dampness
OF the event large crowd enjoyed
the band G~ given last night by
the BoosterE inder the direction
of Prof. II. M The boys play
ed a good selet music. and the
different numbe,r e ,ght forth ap.
plause from ~ arge crowd
present These coz now given
regularly each Frids> Sevening are
growing in popularity as the season
advances, and are much enjoyed by
the citizens of the city.
Under the able direction of Prof.
Ryan, who has had many years Of
experience in band and musical or
ganization, the band is constantly i'm
proving, and will soon it is hoped.
be known as the best band in the
state.
The boys are certainly working hard
to that end, giving three nights each
week of their time in practice and
concert.
The expenses of the band are paid
through subscriptions from spirited
citizens of the city, and through the
dues paid by the members of the
Young Mems Booster club.
Much of the credit for the organ-
zation of the Boosters band, and the
maintenance of the same, 3 due to
R. G. Stiffey, who is chairman OF
the music committee OF the Young
Mems Booster club of this city He
has worked faithfully, spending prac
tically all of his spare time in the
interest OF the band, and the citizens
of the city are indebted to him more
than to anyone else. for making it
possible for the city to enjoy such a
splendid band
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-03
], P|ERPONT MORGAN IS
SHOT BY CORNELL PROFESSOR
PROGRAM FOR RURAL LET
CARRIERS CONVENTION
SESSION OPENS MONDAY MORN
ING; LARGE CROWD EXPECT
ed; GOOD PROGRAM

| The committee on arrangements OF
the Rural Letter Carriers convention
and the program will be as follows:
/ Headquarters and convention will
be held at lone hotel.
First Day, Monday, July S.
Convention called to order at $3.50
| by Jno. H. English. president of Logan
County association.
Song, america" by convention.
Invocation by Rev. Pittinger OF
Guthrie.
Address of Welcome by Mayor Mss
Hey of Guthrie.
Response by State President Drew
b. Thomas of Altus.
Solo by Miss Ethel Cohagen of
Guthrie.
Appointing of committees by State.
President Drew B. Thomas.
Address by w. M. Mccoy, Post
master of Guthrie.
Song, "Do the Best You Can, Boys"
by ]. It. Sandin of Hastings.
Carriers Duty to Patrons, discus
sion led by j. ID. Bland of Lexington.
NOON
Afternoon Session convenes at 1880.
Convention called to order by the
President.
Report of Credential committee and
seating of Delegates.
Address by George Halsted, Assist
ant Postmaster of Guthrie.
Solo by Miss Pittinger of Guthrie.
The New Road Law and the Carrier,
by Vice President II. G. Notson of
Wellston.
viii the Proposed 50-Mile Route
Give Satisfactory Service Over Dirt
Road? Discussion led by Geo. II.
Parker OF Nardin.
Our Future Depends on Our Effici-
ency. Discussion led by James l..
Garretson OF Adair.
Adjourn $50 p. m.
Visit through Masonic Temple.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-03
RACE MATINEE MONDAY;
SOME FAST EVENTS
SILK FLAGS FOR THE LADIES,
BOOSTER BAND WILL PLAY;
ALL WELCOME

Guthrie lovers of sport will be
treated to an unusually good race
matinee Monday afternoon. Billy
Wagner has arranged for number
of fast events to be staged at Cim-
arron Valley Fair Grounds at o'clock
Monday afternoon.
10 each lady who attends Mr. Wag-
ner will present beautiful silk flag.
Following is the race programs as
carded, five big events:
First Event: Free for all mixed
race, trot and pace-Boveka, Maiden
Blush, Seminole Chief Dividend
Second Event. 2:25 pace-Lady
Catherine, John B., Arc Light, Hal
wilkins.
Third Event. 2;3O Trot:--Sym Mo-
co. Prince B., Pat C.
Fourth Event: Mixed Race trot and
ace:-Bonny Featherbone, Edward
r.. Guthrie Girl.
Fifth Event: Romeo" will pace a
mile against time for the worlds rec
ord for two year olds, with running
mate, using the wind shield.
The Booster Band will play in the
grand stand. A good time is assur-
red to all who attend.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-03
ROAD AND ALLIES
NOT TO Be DISSOLVED
DEPARTMENT or JUSTICE
LOSES PRINCIPAL CASE
UNDER ANgI-TRUST LAW
(By hssociated Press. J

Philadelphia, Pa, July 3.-The
United States district court today de
cided in favor of the defendants in the
government suit to dissolve the Read
ing company.
This suit of the government against
the Reading company and allied cor
porations is probably the most inn
portant step the department of justice
has taken in its attack upon what it
contends is a monopoly in the anthra-
cite coal trade. In 1907 the govern
lnent filed suit against all the an
thracite coal carrying railroads ana
affiliated coal companies charging
that a general Illegal combination ex-
listed among them. This charge was
not sustained by the supreme court
bat the government won two other
material points in that suit. II then
decided to take action against many
of the companies in separate suits.
The case against the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad and its
allied coal company and that against
the Lehigh Valley railroad and the
coal company affiliated with II are
now in the federal courts.
George r. Baker, Edward r. Stotes-
bury, Henry G. Frick, Peter A. B.
Widener, Daniel Willard, Henry p,
Mexican and Samuel Dickson, direct
ors of the Reading company who are
also directors in one or more of the
other companies controlled by the
Reading.
Generally stated the objects Of the
suit decided today were to dissolve
what the government declared to be a
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