The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-07-15
SIX AHEAD.

SIX DOLLARS AHEAD.
Six dollars a head is the price at which it is proposed to save
the state. For that sum the contributor is to receive for a year
subscription to a newspaper which is not named, and which may or
may not now be in existence, and membership in a new political
islation at Bismarck year from next winter and, presumably, Of
electing persons to the various offices to be filled.
There is now in progress Throughout; the state a campaign of this
sort sort Its Its organ organizers liz nsw and nd;d managers GERS kept Kept have n2 tsd pretty rett ny well under
connected with the movement are men who have aspired to state
or local positions, without success. The plan of operation is for
on + presumably eu nsiGSG a farmer, Of local prominence 5rani in en- and With his as Sis
tance a canvass of the township or larger district is made. Six
andl Newspaper vs. ape p: are to to start ar' next Dece nj Silver + or r paper mon
ey is accepted: : Ct Checks aeea4, which 5e1 CO can be Immediately me die sG,s cash led are re also fo
the bank, as a last resort checks dated in the fall will be accepted.
day, which would bring in $40. The magazine which is being
peddled has a retail price Of 81 ;5o. Various magazines of its class
1 # the M maximum be pc allowed lowe and another dollar b be added ! for the
tSm sgent WHY mHi be 500. weekly fhst P %s 1:a tne h affG $4! 6SS 6S ct d %f f5s $s.t tS
with which to pay his own salary, commission, travelling expenses,
pected, will be given attention before a deposit is made in the
treasury tha k?nya of tn the enc new tl party ntg: n The lab or a is worthy of his hire, and
ms nes psid ff faan So to ?S ssS a y S"she if for a 6 SGSe @o oa{s' 'N3 &o% m ias!
p rS~ eorers. f'g How i the H thonght of nfd those th} R9ys brn a?f bseK t i@o dear sRr
timated by a man who VIII says that he is an authority on the subject
would Hssd reach ra y from IN New York S{ to San FRA Francisco GO and sdG stick &c out out s som
distance into the Pacific ocean.
machines, and gold mines, we we have the dolla IA magazine
brand mechanically new p0itie Pur party Tsnd th51wn in " fSf good &do measure 41s1s no,+.,s hs %
Phineas +: Ba1num, in language less classical, but equally forceful,
observed that the American people liked to be humbugged-Grand
Even the most resourceful mathematician finds it extremely diff
Il a' %y If as n to ' bans eredi to to s5f t any pf sempar sdmini Stataft5ss i? so eush
however, make desperate efforts to put the figures together in
In an attempt Of this iind;Sone. Democratic newspaper refers to
the o fact that rally railway &y1 e s99 7a3 for TO April n I'LL, 1915 2,o were S $$$ 1921 1921 ,s os
increase Of a million and a half.
and dy ther {aaf is pf fempa notgi1 Gge the psl apesrsnt @ good sh %5tA gn IS en!
tirely reversed l.. when the Democratic editor finds himself forced
in gross but to a decrease inoperating expenses" That decrease
*1 pur eRsras5n er e redaced e @n5t y msam e't M a nsde eveat w f mea Geaq lesa
money for the workers on railroads or in railroad shops. Nor is
earnings sar n4 . were r down doH!a only only s2 zoo % + for a' the month mo %priD they they
While most people will be glad to know that the railroads, aided
wal, are not as badly off as they We're, it is difficult to comprehend
what satisfaction a Democrat can get out of presentation Of sta
within recent months.
North Dakota may well consider herself fortunate in these war
days in that financial conditions in our state are constantly i'm
proving PROV gnol Bank AXIS ate tents show y steady and substantial gains in
to the fact that the people are coming to this state to buy land and
are Th ben eonGi tes'1 % of BANKS te IN m0f Tor Raf psfd to- be eem inrsstsd fa an 1aaSS
with the condition Of banks in other states Of the union, in fact,
as 16si present IN N war has Di been f sis i zu 8nsnes u ci iaIss in in a m grsst s msny
stats Th ss BsGR de1 5o tas o 5fo oe city alone in North Dakota. (cr.Dd
Forks have increased over. a half million dollars in the past year,
going from $500. 548.3 in June 1914 to S., 504, ASSOC in June
1915, and other cities in proportion.
Many new laws passed by the last legislature went into effect July
], but how many people know what these laws are? If the av-
erage citizen wants to keep up with the procession he will have to
purchase sl a copy Of the session laws every two years and spend a
whereby people might become familiar with new laws without the
expense n and trouble Of buying q book and reading it through: A
Least one newspaper in each county, and a nominal sum paid for
the work. In the long run it would be much cheaper and better
to the taxpayers.