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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-02-18
CORN TROPHY WON
BY FRED SMITH

By winning first on ten ears of
Wis. No 7, or Silver King, and
first on a single ear exhibit and al
SO winning the Sweepstakes at the
Corn and Dairy show at Roberts
last week, Fred Smith gets perman-
ent possession of the silver trophy
offered by the Manufacturers Bank
of New Richmond. Mr. Smith now
has permanent possession of the
trophy by winning three years in
succession.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-02-18
She Liked Silk Hosiery.

Susan B. Anthony was a woman OF
simple taste in dress, but her close
friends knew of one pretty feminine
vanity that she always held to. She
had a weakness for silk stockings. Be
ing pressed on one occasion for an ex-
PLANTATION of what most women at one
time regarded as an entirely unneces-
sary extravaganza, she laughingly ex-
claimed:
''Oh, just love 'em! They are an
inspiration. If 1 have my silk stock
angs on when rise to make an address
] feel just as if I am walking among
the clouds. They help me to soar away
On flights Of eloquence. l wouldn't be
without them"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-02-18
HOME CULTURE CLUB
F, bruary "a, 1915.

Local Topics
Leader, Mrs. Ella Taylor
Travels in England. Cam bridge
Town: General features; Univer-
sity as a whole: History and ira
dition, government, life, customs
literary associations; Trinity Col
lege: Fitzwilliam Museum.
Leader, Mrs. Nealie Chapman
Hostess, Mrs. Celia Sylvester.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21

sought to impose obligations upon the
state which it was in no position to
discharge.
On terminal elevators Mr.. Bratton
says: " .... .....-
so the mere fact that a constitu-
tional amendment is carried by a pop.
ular vote is not of itself Of sufficient
weight with US to cause us to shut
our eyes and jump in without first
ascertaining how deep the water is"
However, in espousing the state in
surance bill, when there was not a
dollar in the treasury to pay losses,
Mr.. Bratton shut his eyes and plugged
his ears so as not to near the small
splash he made when he hit the deep
water.
There was much more merit to the
terminal elevator bill than to the
Gronvold insurance measure. Cover
nor Hanna's veto was not against
state insurance, but against the kind
proposed by the Gronvo]1 bill.
If Representative Bratton had
studied closely the history Of state
insurance and, in fact, the plan fol-
lowed by large corporations carrying
their own insurance, he would know
that no state or corporation assumes
all its risks at once. State insurance
Of public buildings, if carried on at
all, should be done gradually. If the
Gronvold bill had been scientifically
drawn SO as to protect the state and
It's tax payers, there would have been
no veto. But to assume some $780,
900 of risks without a dollar in sight
to pay losses would be worse busi-
ness policy than to blow in $4,000 on
a terminal elevator.
As Governor Hanna well pointed
out and which Mr.. Bratton ignores,
there is no insurance sinking fund to
restore buildings destroyed. On the
basis Of the premiums paid by the
state now, 1t would take ten years to
acquire a fund to pay ven a loss of
100000.
Some of the state buildings, the
capitol, for instance, are very poor
risks. This is another urgent reason
why the state should not engage in
the insurance business without the
necessary capital.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
BRATTON KNOWS BETTER.

l.. H. Bratton, Rugby, editor of the
Optimist and member OF the recent
legislature, without regard to the is
sues, attempts to impeach the mo-
tives of Governor Hanna in vetoing
the GronvOld insurance measure, but
in the same breath defends his own
vote on the terminal elevator issue.
The Inconsistency Of the Optimist's
position must be apparent to all fair
minded readers. Mr.. Bratton went
on record rightfully against the state
launching into the elevator business
without any capital, but he wants the
state to engage in the insurance bust
ness on less capital than was avail.
able for terminal elevators. .
The state insurance and bonding
bill belonged to the same general
class of legislation as the terminal
elevator measure. All these bills
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
WHEN is A

That England should be able to sus-
pend arbitrarily, all rules Of interna-
tional law relative to shipping be-
tween neutrals is certainly an un-
p~recedented situation. The recent
order.in-council is couched in terms
too positive for misunderstanding
and the document extraordinary
strikes at existing agreements, mari
time laws and usages of long stand
ing. England, as it were, imposes
martial law at sea. 'f y H
With but few exceptions, the press
0fthe United States is opposed to
tile ~fetters which England thus puts
upon the commerce of the sea. Great
Britain wants to wage war and still
Carry the trade OF the world. Such
a situation is hardly compatible with
q state of war.
England avoids the use of the term
blockade, thus creating a trade EN-.
barge unique in the annals of inter.
national law. She imposes her own
rules and regulations, regardless of
existing rules, practices and interna-
tional obligations.
London's replies to the various
notes from Washington are vague
and evasive. The state department
is in the dark as t. the nature of
the blockade England proposes, but
the business men of the country are
keenly alive to what the Allies ulti-
matum means to commerce.
If Prime Minister AsQuith intends
to- establish a blockade why not use
the term blockade and prescribe the
limits? Whether rightly or wrongly
is not at issue, but before this ex-
IRENE order-in-council was issued
sentiment in America favored slightly
the, Allies. It is shifting rapidly now
as England attempts to create an al
most intolerable situation upon the
high sea- s.t .a. .3-Es
England evidently has mistaken
public opinion in United States. Her
statesmen evidently believe that this
nation covertly wishes that success
will honor the Allies. The strength
Of our neutrality, however, will be
tested on this latest issue of the war.
The Allies must proceed in an order
ly way whore neutrals are concerned.
To a layman the order-in-council looks
like an attempt to paralyze the trade
OF neutrals, as we'll as to Danish Ger
man commerce from the seas.
There is a law OF nations govern.
ing the blockade, but nothing but the
whim Of the Allies governs the order.
in-council. England and Great Brit
ain, ipsi dixit, are court, judge, jury
and all.
Is it surprising that the United
States objects to a blockade which
has little substance?
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
State News and Comment
\ new -four mill will locate at Can.

A new -four mill will locate at Can
do.
IA ladies' band has been organized
at CandO; 25 members are enrolled
-
Pisek is in for a long drouth. Thu
thirst parlors Of that place, three il
number, are devoid Of the liquit
which both cheers and inebriates.
50
M. B. Foster, freight engineer or
the Brandon branch of the Great Nor
thern, began the first of the week his
eleventh year of service on this same
run.
Gov. l.. B. Hanna will deliver his
Lecture on Norway" at the Portland
Opera House next Monday evening
March 22nd at S:15 p. m. The pro
ceeds will 60 to .he Academy and the
Governor has donated his services
here.
Enough stock has been subscribed
by farmers of the vicinity for the
purchase of the Carpio creamery
Some so farmers have each subscrib
ed $25 and this concentrated actor
of the dairymen means much for the
future of the creamery and its back
ers.
- 4
S. J. Rognlie and Carr Neshmire Of
Minot have just received a patent or
their daylight developing machine
FROM the German government, which
was applied for, some weeks ago
This means that this patent is now
protected in the United States and
Germany and patents have been ap
piled for in Great Britain, Canada
and France.
The Devils Lake World says: Geo.
J. Smith, who runs a string of "final
proof sheets" in the western part of
the state, and who takes himself very
serious at times, says that the Farm
ers Elevator that does not ship to the
Equity is a joke. Well, we believe
that the Farmers Elevator, that ships
to the Equity under its present man.
agement is a bigger joke. Smith is
is a feal wind jammer, but hose who
know him best do not take him SER
iously."
On Thursday afternoon, while
City Electrician Karl J.. Smith was
under the Grafton National bank
making preparations to connect up
wires for some new electric light fix.
lures, he ran across some objects
which made him sit up and take no.
tice. The objects in question were a
pickaxe. short crowbar, large auger,
and a saw with teeth on either side
Further examination disclosed the
fact thet Immediately under the door
of the vault an attempt had been
made to work a hole through the
vault foundation.
The resolution introduced by Rep.
resentative G.. C. Turner in the legis.
lature and passed without opposition,
asking congress to set aside a land
grant of 100000 acres for each of the
public land states, has a very encour.
aging outlook at the present time.
Senators A. j. Gronna and 2. J. MIC.
Cumber, as we'll as Congressman p,
D. Norton, have signified their will.
ingness to do everything in their pow
er to secure national legislation along
this line.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21

enough paper to print these pamph
let's for sixteen years, or for an issue
Of nearly 100000 books.
There was so much paper bought
that private properly was rented fol
storage. 1t was testified that one
barn was rented for $500 a month tt
carry this paper, and despite the high
rental, the barn is so old that its roo
leaks and most of the paper stored
there has been ruined. There were in
all ten carloads Of this paper.
Another story of printing extrava
gance was told of a university pro
lessor who wrote a bulletin and pro
cured a state order for it's publication
at state expense as a public docu'
ment. He specified a kind of paper
that was not in stock, so the authors
Ties, for economy in buying in quaint
ties it was explained, bought a car
load, Of which only a fifth would be
used. After the paper had been
bought, it was testified, the professor
did not like it's appearance, and ask
ed for something else. This paper
has not been found disable for any
other purpose.
investigators believe that the state
printing bill can be cut to one.third
it's present figures, or a saving of
nearly $175,000 a year.
"The committee has found another
case of extravaganza in the duplica-
ton Of salaries. There is a report,
not yet run down by the committee,
that one state university man, 10y a
series of various jobs for different de-
p%artments, has an income Of about
$1,000 a year. F.
One university professor, in. the
dead language department, with a sal
airy Of $4,000 a year, already has been
found to be drawing $1,000 a year as
a clerk in a capitol department, and
his name was found also as approved
for proof reader at S. a day for the
state assembly. When this was dis
covered his mamie was removed from
the list of certified men for the job.
The next day 1t was discovered that
with the removal of his name FROM
the assembly certified list it had
been placed on the certified list Of the
Senate. 1t was removed from that
list also, through a peremptory de-
mand from the governors office.
The governors Office has instruct
ed the superintendent of public prop.
erty to stop a movement to destroy
1000, 900 embossed envelopes which
the various departments wished put
on the Obsolete list, because they
were not of the size preferred by
some of the departments. The de.
partments we're notified to use the old
envelopes until the supply had been
exhausted.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
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On pleasant days during the past
week baseball practice has been going
on vigorously and when the weather
forbids outdoor work the men are
taking special gymnasium drill. There
are ten men trying out for pitcher
and catcher positions. Coach Dougan
is giving the boys the limit, caetully
considering the weather, OF course,
and a craze OF Instructions ina is suc-
prlSlng tnell. mere Is giesL euInus-
lasm ana high nope or an unusuaii!,
sIrOng team.
The preliminary TO choose debators
for the t,argo-JamestOWn lntercolegi-
ate deDaIe was neld III me collese
chapel THURSDAY evening. six ucJat-
OrS were CHOSEN, lnroe or WilOm ~l.l
meet the Fargo team mere, ana tnree
who Will meet a can at Fargo. IAo
date OF this DEBATE is April y. Iha
lOlIuWlng will rep eScnt JanlSSluWi
college, all but one Oelng freshmen:
William Lands OF WcllOrd, Alfred
Dale or Rugby, Anna Granam ol Ky
der, Lewis Orlady OF Jamestown, Roy
kaIe OF Stanley, Earl Ericsson OF Cat
rlsOn.
MIR. and Mrs. A. &. Loughesa arr:v-
ed Monday from Michigan. 70 visit
their daughter, Lillian. 'IheyIwill re.
main until the end OF the, .scn9Ntyear,
when all will return to tnel Hul hYae'
MIR. P. c.. Parker wentfto~ Fargo
Friday evening, to meet with the ex-
ecutlye committee OF the State Ora
torical association, h being secretary
OF the association. The committee
Twill arrange Tor the oratorlcal con-
test, which will probably be set for an
early date in May.
Mr.. r. S. Hunt OF l-aMoure visited.
his daughter, Miss Ruth H Ff4n5,. Fri.
day. p
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. McMilleA[3f Hes
per visited their daughter, Miss Nell
lie McMillen, during the past Week.
% Mrs. VIM. Frederick ofcHFlasher
spent Sunday last with her daughter,
Miss Margaret Frederick.
President Kroeze left Friday for IL
oga, where he will assist in the dedi-
cation of a new Presbyterian church
on Sunday and deliver a lecture Mon.
day evening. lie will De absent on
college business most Of next week.
The members Of the faculty enjoy.
I'd a. st. Patrick Day party, given by
the Teachers club on Thursday even.
ing. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Colburn gave one Of
their musical recitals at Edgeley last
week, which proved a great success
They have several other dates in the
near future.
Walter Gran gave n entertainment
at Wimbledon on Friday evening.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
teachers Entertain.
Surprise Their Teacher.

The algebra students gave a sur
prise party in the high school gym
nasium Friday evening in honor OF
Miss Brennecke, who is soon to sever
her connection with the high school
on account of poor health. Afte1
games and songs in the gymnasium
the party adjourned to the domestic
science rooms, where delightful re
freshpents were. served. The stud
.ents presented Miss Brennecke with
a large lhermos bottle as a token
Of their esteem.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21

Fred Kelley, former states attor-
ney of Nelson county, will take up the
practice of law at Dunn Center.
Mrs. c.. w. Isham has been ap
pointed to succeed herself as post
master at Manning. according to adj
vices received from. Washington.
Waterworks in Sykeston is now an
assured thing. At Tuesdays election
it was clearly demonstrated that the
majority of the voters OF that village
| wants a city water plant.
Just who the intended robber was
or who made this attempt, no one
will likely ever know, but that some
cracksman had designs Oh the vault
Of the Grafton National Bank is a
certainty.
The Aberdeen American publishes a
news story to the effect that w. r
Lanxon of the H%ettinger sub.station
has been elected to the position OF
instructor In agriculture at the North
ern Normal and Industrial school. :
Williams county has received notice
of the February apportionment of the
state money for schools and the coun.
ty and city comes in for a nice sum.
The entire county gets $7,S32.S8 and
of this amount the Williston schools
gets $1,7O8.74.
"A ihucinocc nhonVo of moro thar
ordinary interest occurred this week.
when Gustav Erecke became the own
err of the D. H. B'eecher interests in
the State bank of Milton. Br. Brecke
then in turn disposed Of some Of his
newly acquired holdings to his cousin
Otto P. Hoff, of Lengthy, MINI.
waldo Leonhardy, williston post.
master-elect, will assume the duties
of the office on April l, according to
announcement made this week. Mr..
Leonhardy has been visiting the east
ern portion of the state to close up
his business affairs, preparatory to
taking over his new Office and also to
study the methods IN USE in the vari.
GUS postofices.
49, Usr| .@
Sam Baldwin, freight engineer on
the N. p, operating between Dick.
inson and Glendive, received a mes.
sage last Saturday conveying the sad
news of the death of his father. Mr.,
Baldwin Immediately secured leave of
absence and left on No. 4 the next
morning for the home in Evansville,
Ind. Mr.. Baldwin's father was a pas.
senger engineer on the G.. & ID. l.,
running into st. Louis, and lost his
life in a wreck.
Mr.. Tweit of Straubville was taken
to the hospital at jamestown last
week. He had. been fasting for II
day and was compelling his wife to
fast. He, allowed her to eat a little
at y o'clock in the morning and
threatened her if she left the house
house for aid. He gave his horses
the same treatment. One of a valu-
able team had it's nose muzzled and
it's head tied so it could not gnaw
the stable, was found dead, an the
other nearly dead. Levi Perry went
over to the home to see if all was
right, as noFone had been seen about
the place for some days. and found
the conditions named. lt
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
Supt. Taylor Back.

Superintendent d. j. Taylor of the
department of public instruction re-
turned Yesterday from the regular
monthly meeting of the Normal
board. Routine business was trans
acted at the meeting. The board will
meet in Valley City next month and
will consider faculty appointments
FOR the next school year and possibly
elect the instructors. rs
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21

remedied the same. Each case must
rest upon it's own facts and be govern.
ed by it's W equities, and it is &C
cordingly held, that defendant did not
make positive assertions in a manner
not warranted by the information In
his possession at the time of making
the statements, and plaintiff could not
rescind the contract.
(2) Further held, that there was
no failure of consideration of the or
iginal contract.
Appeal from the District Court of
Stark County, Crawford, j.
Affirmed. Opinion of the court by
Burke, J.
Thomas H. Pugh, of Dickinson, N.
D., Attorney for Plaintiff and Appel
liant.
G. H. Starke and w. F. Bennett,
both Of Dickinson, N. D., Attorneys
for Defendant and Respondent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
REFORM RIDDEN WISCONSIN.

After being saddled for years by
the LaFollette regime, Madison, the
home of the 'Wiscons1n Idea," is
waking up to one of the liveliest scan
dals of years. The reformers, il
seems, are as e~xtravagant and care
less with public funds as the regulars
were in the palmiest days.
A legislative committee has been
investigating irregularities for sever
al weeks and the disclosures r SC
serious that civil suits for the restora
ton of money illegally used, if not
criminal suits, are in prospect.
We quote from a recent Madison
dispatch:
"The disclosures that have stimu'
lated inquiry were made in a star
chamber session, and the committee
is holding the name of one official
secret, pending investigation of his
charge that other officials have con
stantly %practiced his method of &C.
quiring too much expense money.
"The committee declares that this
man is a high state official and is
a leader of the forces of Senator Rob
ert IN. LaFollette.
Investigation of his expense vouch'
ers has disclosed that he charged the
state with hotel bills in Madison while
maintaining his home in another city;
that he charged his state with hit
travelling expenses back and forth
from his home at week-end;; that nc
maintained a summer home on a Wis
consin lake. and that he charged the
state with his railroad fare to and
from this summer home on his vaca'
ton trips, and with summer resort
board for the time he spent at his
own cottage. In other words, the
state paid him board for living at his
summer home. T. F'r.., ~
"When asked why he did this, he
said: "9
"'That's nothing; everybody else
was doing it, so why shouldn't I"
THE railroad commission officers
are quoted as a fragrant example for
this condition. This commission alone
is paying for %thirty-ive tele.
phones. The state superintendent
Of public property finds only
thirty-one of these, and is still
trying to find where the other
four are located, and why the state
is paying for them. In this Office the
office boy has a telephone. At desks
of the 1at-top, two.side variety, where
two employees work, face to, face, at
opposite sides of one big desk, each
employee is provided with a separate
telephone.
This is a condition of also other Of.
fees about the building.
state printing bills, it has been
shown have averaged almost $780, O0
a year, but most startling Of all dis
closures was the testimony of the pur'
chase Of paper for the publication OF
the state election pamphlets. The
pamphlet law, which is planned to be
repealed by this legislature, provides
for the publication at each state pri
mary election, of a pamphlet giving
~pedigrees and records of candidates
for state Offices, each edition being
400, 900 copies. The state, under the
Progressive administrations, bought
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
Supreme Court
FROM WILLIAMS U

TnOW "IIeIAmS NOON 7.
Austin Johanna, Plaintiff and Res
pondent; VS..
A. L.. Larson and Thomas Lennon, De-
PENDANTS and Appellants.
Syllabus: Motion to dismiss ap'
peal for lack of prosecution. Motion
granted >c~onditionally.
Unless appellant causes the record
on appeal to be flied with the clerk of
this court within so days from the
date of filing this opinion and pays to
respondents counsel the sum of $25;
also serve his brief on appeal on or
before May LIST next and enter into a
stipulation with respondents counsel
consenting that the may be
placed upon the short cause calendar
of this court, such appeal will be dis.
missed.
Appeal from District Court, Will
liams County; F. E. Fisk, ].
Motion to dismiss for failure to dill
igently prosecute the appeal.
Motion granted c~onditionally. Opin'
ion of the Court by Fisk, c. J..
r. NJ. Cooney and Burdick & Muir
ply, Williston, n. D., for the Motion,
VIM. G. Owens. Williston, N. D.
Contra.
FROM COUNTY COURT, STUTS
MAN COUNTY.
Samuel ]. Rabinowitz and Jacob Her
man, Plaintiffs and Respondents,
VS..
W. s.. Crabtree, Defendant and Ap
pellant.
! Syllabus: Cd 1t is not an abuse
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
Want Some Farm HELD!

The department Of immigration has
a list of Is, or more, good, industrious
people who want farm work or any
other kind Of work in this state and
who will move here and make their
homes here If work is to be obtained.
Notify the immigration department If
in need of such help. g.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21
Patrons Day Dates.

Superintendent Root announces the
following dates when Patrons Day
dates will be observed in the various
school of the city and when parents
and friends will be cordially welcom
ed at the schools:
Will aSchool-Thursday afternoon.
North Ward School-Friday after
noon.
High School and Fifth and Sixth
Grades-Friday evening.
HOn Friday evening the high schoo.
will be thrown open from 700 tc
Hoo p. m. and the work Of the stud
tents will be exhibited. Parents are
asked to remember the above dates
and visit the schools.