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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

eminent as taxes, which increased
SIS, S35,221, Or 127.7S per cent.
The statement shows that public
services rendered by the railways in
creased during the ten-year period
60.S3 per cent as ITO passenger SER
vice, and 65.21 per- cent as to freight
service, for which the railways re-
ceived 54.27 per cent additional gross
revenue, paid out-5S,62 per cent more
for operating expenses. other than
wages, but paid in wages 67.9S per
cent more, and for taxes 127.7S per
cent more, the result of the undue
increase in the latter items being to
reduce the increased return for CAPT
tai purposes to an increase OF only
%. 80 per cent. This is much less that
the railways had a reasonable right
to expect, and is entirely Inadequate
to reimburse them for the increase
of Alb per cent in investment IN
road and equipment"
Complaint Of Social Reformers.
The Railway Age Gazette, in COM
menting upon Mr.. Worthington's fig.
ures. says:
1.-THE complaint is heard constantly
from social reformers, politicians and
representatives Of organized labor
that labor does not receive in wages
it's fair share Of the product of in,
dustry or of the increase Of that
product. The increase in the invest
ment of capital is what creates tle
increase in the demand for labor;
and. if capital, when invested in any
business, is not adequately remuner-
ated. it will cease to be invested in
| that business, and thereby the in.
crease in the demand for labor in
that business will be arrested. To a
certain extent this is what has been
happening in the railway industry,
The decrease in the reward of capita
invested in railways has caused
marked reduction in recent years III
the amount invested; and in ccnse
quence the number of men emp oved
on railways is no larger now than
it was eight years ago.
increases in wages are an unm!X
ed blessing to labor only When they
do not encroach on a reasonable re
turn to capital. When they begin tc
do that, as they already have done
in the railway business, they cause
periods of retrenchment and of slow
ing down in the rate of investment
which throw men out Of employment
thereby multiplying the advantages de
rived NV labor from the advance il
it's wages"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
PRISON REFORM.

Warden Allen of Illinois has resign
ed partly because Governor Dunno
and he have clashed on the honor sys'
TEN. In New York Governor Whit
man and Warden Osborne are at log
gerheads yer the same thing.
Sing Sing land Joliet have carried
the latest fads of prison reform to
the nth degree. Probably Sing Sing
has outdistanced Joliet in the race to
reform criminals by the new route.
Conditions in New York and Hi
noiy have resulted in putting the hon
or system on trial. That it has been
carried too far in both places is ad'
mitted. Aliens wife was a victim OF
it and at Sing Sing, Becker in the
death house was able to converse
with Murphy, another inmate, in VIC
lation of the statutes.
That there is some merit to the
honor system has been proved, but
like all good things, it can be car
ried too far, until its application
handicaps rather than furthcrs refor.
nation.
Just where to draw the line is diff
cult to determine. 1t must be said
that prison conditions have improv-
ed in the last decade and with tie
new ideas have come better SAM
tary conditions, n of the first aids
to reform criminals.
Each individual case must be stud
led and the application of the honor
system suited to the %eXigency. DIFF
ference in prisoners makes a uniform
system difficult and many are often
forced to suffer because of the dere-
Lotions Of the few.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY.

college and university education
has outgrown the boom STAGE de-
clares DR.. Samuel P. Capen. in the
annual report. of the United States
Commissioner of Education, just is.
sued.
1.-The day of the academic promot.
or of the imitation of values is over
continues DR.. Capen. ~"Expansion is
still going on, but for the most part
unacompanied by the frenzied adver-
tizing so common in the past and en-.
couraging ly free from the optimistic
confusion of prospects and realities.
The developments of the year streng.
then the condition watch has been
ripening for some time that higher
education is now looking to it's fcun-
dation and setting its house in or
der.
Colleges and universities have
come under the sway of the slogan,
efficiency Surveys undertaken by
outsiders and by officials of the in.
stitution to be examined have become
increasingly frequent. There has
been vigorous activity on the part of
several voluntary associations that
concern themselves with standards of
entrance graduation, and constitu.
tional equipment. Some of this &C
tivity has c~rystalized in the form of
recommendations that will affect ed
vocational procedure over c%onsidera-
BILE areas. The adoption of some form
of group system has been reported
to the United States Bureau of Ed.
ucation by twenty.one institutions,
undoubtedly only a fraction of the
whole number of colleges that have
taken this STEP"
The idea that it is quality rather
than quantity of work done by a col.
1ege student that counts toward ef-
fective education, has already receiv-
ed tangible recognition in a few in
situations through the granting of ex-
ira credit for quality. says DR.. Ca.
pen. Several prominent institutions
have been recognized and other new
departments have been formed; and
several others are experimenting with
new types of vocational courses re-
lated to local industrial activities.
DR.. Capen mentions Montana, Kan
sas and Idaho as three more states
where the administration of state in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

A serious hailstorm passed over a
strip Of land near Plaza last week
and did considerable damage.
A small army of nearly three hun
dred harvest hands and tourists came
into jamestown from the south Sat
urday on Il of the Northern Pacific
freights from Cakes. The men scat
tered into different parts Of the town
and left for other parts of the state
Sunday and Monday.
81
Minot is to have a gas plant. A
franchise for it's construction and Op.
GRAFTON has passed its first reading be-
fore the city commissioners and with
some ,immaterial amendments will, in
all probability, be passed. The appli'
cants for the franchise are Robert e.
Barron, Samuel J. La Due and Halvor
l.. Halvorson.
Henry Nier!ing, Of Jamestown died
al 7 p. m. Tuesday in Mayo Bros. hos.
pital at Rochester, Mimi, where a few
days before he underwent a surgical
operation. The information va re-
ceived here as a distinct shock to his
family and friends as all reports from
the hospital up to that day were to
the effect that he was getting along
as we'll as could be expected. But
the change for the worse came in the
middle of the day and he sank rap
idly until the end came about Z p. m.
With him was his wife and his broth
er, A. Z. Nierling Of Waukon, Iowa.
G.. r. Very still is on the stand in
the district court at Grand Forks in
the suit brought by the Farmers Sc
curity bank of Park River, in which
an effort is being made to secure
judgment against Very for notes,
mortgages, etc, accepted by the bank
during the period that Very Was
cashier of the same. The plea is made
by the bank that Very. through neg
ligence and fraud, made the bank
liable for certain sums, end it is the
purpose OF this action to place sucn
financial responsibility back upon
Very. Today. as we'll as yesterday,
Very has been giving d detailed re-
cital C. his matlod Of handling var.
ious accounts and. claims that are
now iiil aGairst him.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
GOLD VS.. HUMAN LIVES.

What are human lives Wien weigh,
ed against gold?
We guard and defend our treasures
from the enemy's attack, but human
life is the cheapest thing in the world
today.
1t was only a few weeks age that
nearly; 1000 lives were sacrificed 80
that a lake excursion line could
squeeze out a few more dollars for
the stockholders. ~.
The Lusitania. with its human
freight moved through the danger
zone unprotected by torpedo destroy,
ers or battleships. Great Britain has
refused to admit that she was remiss
in not guarding the giant Cunarder
as it was picking its way into Liver,
pool, an easy target for the lurking
submarine.
But a few days ago another ship
lett the English coast. 1t carried
$52,O O0, 900 in gold. A notilla of gun.
boats and other craft guarded it as
carefully as though the fate of Great
Britain rested upon its safe convoy.
The precautions denied the Lusi.
tania were taken when the treasure
ship put out to sea.
But what are humans worth?
The gold of a nation must not tray.
ell the high seas without an, escort.
Does England place the safety of
her gold above that of human lives?
The trip of the gold ship and the
Lusitania offer a striking contrast in
values.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
cM6me:2&
S
The UnmarriedMan Who '.Sponge.
on" His Married Friends

We don't say that his married
friends don't want him. On the
contrary, they like to have him
come. The young married man, hav-
ing given up the club habit, likes
to hear about "the boys" from him;
the young wife, anxious to keep her
husband satisfied with home life, is
only too glad to entertain him. And
this is just where he wins; he can
get without giving! He can take
and take and take without a thought
Of returning! Though he chugs up
to their door in an automobile, he
needn't bother his head about offer.
ing them a ride in return for some
Of their dinners. Though he sees a
need Of this or that little piece of
silver on their table, he doesn't feel
compelled to make them a gift; let
them get it out of their next months
money. He sometimes even hints to
the young matron that she could
make 1t mighty nice for him" by In
viting this or that girl for him to
meet He's sts1ssg ktmseH.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
Repealed

"SISSA<N
@. Kindly tell me aUhethcr en- CT
Which WaS passed By the Illinois
legislature in 1911 regulating cypress
companies is still in force?
A. No. It vas expressly repealed
by the law creating the State Pub
lie Utilities Commission.
~, 1t All Depends
@. An acquaintance Of mine, ".
NJ, has occasion to employ q Nam
Der OF men. One of these men COM
mitted q trespdss on another mars
property. M. n. did not knoD asY-
thing about it at the time. Is III.
NJ. liable? s.' r. sr'
A. He will be liable If the tres.
pass was committed in the ordinary
and usual course of the employ.
ment and not as a result of a Wilt:
departure from such employment:
and business.
Assigning A Bond
Q. Please inform nc whcfhcr q
bond may be assigned by means OF
an Endorsement on the back of it.!
A. Yes.
Chattel Mortgage Affidavit
@. Is it necessary to make an ca
fdaUh OF title Whcre one gives q
chattel mortgage?
A.. 1t is customary, but it is ..a
required in all states.
iii ~. The Boy Is Liable
9. Where one is under age, 1, 10
liable for acts OF trespass com mit!rS
By him.? .. .
A. Yes. 81. .' ss..,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
FORMER RESIDENT
VISITING FRIENDS

Mr.. L. S. Vandever arrived in the
city Yesterday and will be here a few
weeks, visiting friends anG looking
after business interests. Mr.. and Mrs.
Vandever left Bismarck about a year
ago to take up farming about go miles
south of Miles City, Mont.
Mr. Vandever reports plenty rain and
a bumper crop IN all grains. He says
wheat will average about 40 bushels
to the acre in his county and will pro-.
badly go much more closer to Miles
City.
The season there is fully two weeks
ahead of us, as harvesting has been in
full swing for ten days or more
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
GAINING DISTINCTION.

1AIINJlV0 Ol0 sJNS SsSN
"Cholly does put away a lot Of LEM
ade and soda water" /
III. Eyes; he's a hard drinker Of
~. soft drinks"
NEIGHBOURS.
I'm glad l don't live in that dear old
Guerrero, =
With all The insurgents and ladies'
therero,-
1t may be exciting but L don't
carero.
Hohokus is better, I think, than Chi
huahua;
1 It may be some quieter, but -ou.la-
la-labua, D
You won't be shot dead for a sin.
gle rah-rahua! .i
So, though l detest and abhor old Por'
\ firio, =
" And shed for his victims the salt.
| Favored teariO, IT,.
I'll keep on detesting and shed.
ding right herio! ,# SEED
i sa '.D EASY FOR THEM. - 4
Mrs. Dorcas-This is a harder world
for women than it is for men.
Dorcas-Don't you believe it. A
woman can find relief any time by,
merely taking off her shoes and ulr
lacing her corsets. --
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
LWe PEOPLES# Vkf:;}M
LEGAL i, ]EE;K!5,l |
She Bought Shoes On False
~ E.R.BRANSON

DIG DOukIlt ollO0o III aAASO
Pretense ,ss
Q. A Woman came to my store
for the purpose of buying a pair Of
shoes. At the same time she Vanted
nc to charge them to her account.
'ASnrshe had no account 1oith the
store, I asked her something about
references. Sc then said that she
had Wedlthy relatives and, further,
that she had a bank account OF $500.
I then told her she could haze the
shoes. Later, upon attempting to
collect the bill, I found that the state
ments made to me acre untrue.
Please tell me Uhether she aOaS
guilty of any criminal otense?
A. The facts as you give them
show that she obtained goods by
false %pretenses. This is a criminal
Offense. ..u.- .. 3, .... .4.s.9. ,'.a
When The Rent Is Due
Q. Does a landlord haze to de-
mand rent the day it is due to be en-.
titled to it? .... .
A. 1t is not necessary, under the
Illinois law, for a landlord, in order
to protect himself, to make a demand
for rent on the very day it becomes
DUE.
Yes-If?
Q. Will a tenant be liable for
failing to Keep the premises IN re-
pair and good condition?
A. He will If the lease so pro.
yideS. '' .&,,.,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
Insurance Companies And Mutual
Benefits Association

o ar. sA1(AAO11So lASSOl1ullOn
O. Is there any especial differ
cnce, as far as the contract is con-
cerncd, bctWeen an insurance po7icy
issued by a regular lite insurance
company and the certificate of mem
bership issued By a mutual benefit
association or life indemnity
co1npany? sM r. ...' .,.. .u..
A. Yes. In the case of the regu.
lar life insurance company, the con-
tract Is made with the beneficiary
named in the policy. In the case Of
a mutual benefit association or life
Indemnity company, the certificate of
membership constitutes a contract
between the association or company
and the member to whom it is
issued. 54
Q. Isn't the right to vote a
natural right
A. 1t has been held to be a DOLL.
tlcal rather than a natural right.
Q. Please inform me why primarv
election laos. are so often knocked
out by the courts.
A.. They are held invalid when.
ever they conflict with the state Con.
stltution. The Constitution Is the
basic or fundamental law.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

situations Of higher education has
been further centralized through re.
cent legislative action"
He might have added North Dako-
ia.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
~AR:::6a
a Galley O. Fun!
LITERATURE.


Friend-Make any money on your
nst novel? I!
Author-You bet!. l sold that de.
,cription of the Palisades in Chapter
Three to the Quickline Railroad for
Eve thousand dollars; my tribute TO
The Plaster de Paris Hotel in New
York, Chapter Ten, brought me three
thousand dollars from the hotel PEG.
pie; and the United Resorts. Ltd.
paid me another thousand for my
rhapsody on the sunset in the VAN.
pegog mountains, Chapter Thirty;
where the hero takes her in! his arms.
What's left of it l think / can boil
down into a, short story and make i
tcn-spOt on it. % !
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
SNAPSHOTS
RND.JHXE ?H0UsE


A man may take your word fo-
1t IN other matters, but he desires to
personally investigate tho fresh
paint.
A good many cases OF love IN a.
cottage turn out badly through ,scx
of the cottage.
A widower with children has no
trouble IN marrying again. Blu. a
widow with children often zoe, to
her grave without having had 4
Art, as construed hy the maya.
zines, appears to be "a picture Ola
woman wearing only one or two
articles Of clothing.
You can't attract much attention
Dy finishing in the first division. n
you want people to notice YOU. you
must be a pennant winner.
It was a Kansas woman, Of q :
VINO traded the family Refrigerator
1or a pair Of roller skates. 4 Kan.
sas nan would have dicAered for 4
different kind of skate.
II Is often hard to de:e.s...,s
whether a man is on his way to pl..y
cness, or merely is returning from
EVERY farmer thinks. the ncigilbor
~ tne other side Of the line feuce
You have not read all the news ID.
you have read the want ads.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

No wonder American tourists in
Europe are not allowed at the front.
The hotels need the money.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

Indictments of Eastland officials
may bring some OF the guilty to an
accounting, but what about the fed
eral inspection?
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

Probably the lack of activity along
the western front is due to the fact
that the Allies are bracing them
selves for the next German offensive.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN.
Forecast.

For North Dakota: Showers to-
night and probably Friday; not much
change in temperature.
ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Section Director.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

Geography is one of the speculative
sciences just now.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

If we must 60 into Mexico, better
the plunge without the A.. B. c. and
the B. U. G.. powers on our backs.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1915.


, WHERE THE TRIBUNE CAN .
. BE BOUGHT. Q
Fargo, N. ..
8a1dnor Hotel.
Grand Forks. N. ..
Lotol Frederick.
Devils Lake. N. D.
q. D. Rosenburg, News agent
6. J. b. Turner, News agent
Minot, NJ. D.
NAnso1 Bros.
Dickinson, N. 3.
Charles Hotel.
Minneapolis, Mlnn.
Kemp & Cohen. News agsntA
Hotel Dyckman.
HOt0l RAdisson.
St. Paul. Mics.
Merchants Hotel.
0t Marie. Fifth St.. News agent
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
JUST ABOUT.

wife-John, l haven't a skirt At to
wear.
Husband-well. that's the style,
Isn't It?
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
A SPECIAL OCCASION.

A SPECIAL OCCASION.
! Dinah-Dat Mistah Sam Jackson
seems to be a puhson OBJ de mos
Claiming manners.
Pete-Betcherlife! You'd orter seen
him when he was tryin' to tech me
for two dollars! .--
THE SOCIETY cHILD's LAMENT.
Mother has gone to Reno,
i Father lives at the club: :
Sister is over in Europe Z :
Hunting a titled dub. .
I'm left alone with the servants;
l sit here and wonder all day
II l am Fathers or Mothers
: Kind Judge, won't you hurry and
say?
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
NEW

NEW DISAPPOINTMENT.
First Summer Girl-So you thought
q man was coming?
Second Summer Girl-Yes; but as
we got a closer view we saw it was
only a bird.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

a mar may take your word fo-
1t IN other matters, but he. desires to
personally investigate tho fresh
paint.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

AN IDEAL SUMMER RESORT.
Not to the glen o the mountains
they,
Not to the beach nor the high
lands:-
Had the kids their choice they
would sail away.
To the Ice Cream Sandwich Islands.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

A good many cases Of love In a.
cottage turn out badly through lack
of the cottage.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13
UP TO DATE.

, Notwithstanding for anything,
sir?
Customer-Yes, my wife.
Floorwalker-All right, sir. Put up
a notice in the Lost" column Of our
daily paper published on the thirty
third floor, second counter, by thee
o'clock, and it, will be on the CORR.
doris before four.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

1t Is often hard to determine
whether a man is on his way to pl.y
cness, or merely Is returning from .
funeral.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

Art, as construed ty the mag.
zines, appears to be "a picture. Ola
Woman wearing only oae or two
articles of clothing.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

Every farmer thinks. the ncigibof
on the other side Of the line fence
mas q little OF his land.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-13

You have not read all the news un.
I'll you have read the want ads.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-16
The Spiritual Life,

Spiritual music can only come
from discords set in unison said
Carlyle. 1t would be worth the time
and space of a whole sermon to d.
late upon that wonderful truth. Good
comes not from an easy, languishing
life, where virtue meets no opposition
and where courage encounters no de-
fiance. All discords are created by
divine love to make spiritual music
out of. Those who do not meet with
such discords will not hear such mu-
sic. Such experience is left for sac
rifice to turn into harmony. Do you
meet a friend who may seem to turn
against you, don't leave him till the
harmony is restored, not by appeal
or instruction, but by the union OF
your own life. This may seem senti-
ment, but remember the spiritual life
is as harsh and exacting as the ma
terial life. These are days that need
so much of this fine philosophy, not
to say religion, that there is a sweep
ing tendency toward the dalliance OF
life that would escape all discords
and therefore never hear any spirit
ual music.-Ohio State Journal.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-16

pruning Is done, the effect on tree
growth will be the same. However,
there Is q certain advantage in delay
ing the pruning until late winter.
There Is always danger Of a certain
amount of winter killing of twigs and
smaller limbs. Pruning after this dan
ger is over will obviate any necessity
of pruning twice. Then, too, where
wounds are made early in the winter
the freezing and thawing is apt to
check wood growth and to dry the It's
sues so that a prompt healing is him
dered and sometimes prevented.
In case trees are making too vigor-
Gus q growth, it is sometimes desir-
able to prune them in summer. How
ever, summer pruning. to be effective,
must take place just after the terminal
buds have completed their growth.
This is usually during the latter part
of June. Later pruning simply starts
new wood growth and defeats the
primers objects.
These general principles Of pruning
apply to all fruit trees Of all classes
and ages.