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The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-05-05

TAFFETA IN a beautiful coral shade
and cut with an outstanding,
pointed peplum gives this smart
gown The bottom OF the skirt and
drape and all OF the bodice except a
tiny bolero and CUTS are OF georgette
Grape In a nstchlnG tone. Accentuat.
Ing the ,sasta bOiero " hand embrold.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21
HIGH TEST OF CIVILIZATION
Man Is Road Maker and Progressive
ness OF Community MAY BE Gagged
by Its Highways.

A man driving in the country came
to a stone which had rolled into the
road. He could have gone around the
stone, but, instead of doing that, he
stopped and got out and rolled the
stone away; not for his own sake, for
he never expected to pass along that
road again, but for the sake of others
who would come after him.
'That man." says the Farm and
Fireside, which told the story, ire
sponded to a high, very high test Of
civilization. He felt socially" Saw
ages do not make roads; their paths
follow the lines Of least resistance
and go around distractions. Civilized
man is a road maker, and the progress
s~iveness Of a community may be
gagged by it's roads. The higher the
state Of civilization the better the
roads.
A man may be judged, too, by his
attitude toward roads.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21
f0B[1C.
ROADS
KEEPING UP COUNTRY ROADS
Road Drag, Applied at Right Time and
in Proper Manner Will Do the
Trick Every Time.

That country roads can be kept dur
Ing most of the year equal to or bet
ter than piked or macadam roads has
been proved time and again. The road
drag applied at the right time and in
the right way will do the trick every
time. OF course, the road must be
properly drained and rounded up first.
But demonstrations all over the coun-
try have shown that in most instances
this can be done at a comparatively
small cost.
The great need today is for the
farmer to realize the value of good
roads. The cost of poor roads to the
farmer in dollars and cents has been
figured out. Every rut and mud hole
uses so much strength Of the team
and wears out the wagon so much
sooner than if the road was good.
The size of the load is limited by the
piece of bad road or the hill which
uses the strength Of the team to the
limit. A ten-mile he Il may be limited
by an eighth of a mile of bad road.
A two-ton load may have to be re-
duced to n ton because of a single
hill.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21
ESTIMATE OF AVERAGE LOAD
In This Country It Is About 1,400
Pounds, While Over European
Roads It is $500 Pounds.

It is estimated that over our dirt
roads, when level, the average load
drawn by one horse is about 1,4OO
pounds and, when the roads are billy,
about 1000 pounds. In France and
Germany, with improved roads, the av-
erage load is about $500 pounds. Other
estimates show that 5,OOO,OOO,OOO tons
Of freight pass over the highways every
year, with an average haul of less than
ten miles. The average cost is % cents
a ton a mile. On good roads the cost
would not exceed eight cents a ton a
mile.
The greater part Of such freight con-
sists of farm products and the un-
necessary cost of transportation is not
only lost to the farmer but added to
the cost paid by the consumers.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21

THE Souris Messenger, and likewise the
Omemee Herald, are still cropping along in the
Stone Age when people were scared stiff by the
cry of Socialism. These two publications., both
claiming to be of the Republican vintage,
are now denouncing as Socialistic the PROPOSE
ton of state owned terminal elevators, packing
plants and flour mills. They have apparently
forgotten that this is one of the principal planks
in the Republican party platform. They loyalty
supported the ticket committed to that program
even to the exclusion of Casey. Then why
lay back on the whiffletrees at this stage of the
game? 1t is more than a suspicion that right
down in the bottom of their little souls these
two editors are praying for a fight between the
Equity and the League with the disastrous re-
suits of the Kilkenny cats nill-and again per-
NIT better shedding to a Legislative seat for
those who are on the outside looking in.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21

brother has already been given seven and one
half years. Now some of the formers fool
friends are trying to get a pardon for him be-
fore he is even sentenced, and we note that
Gov. Hanna is among the number signing the
petition for the pardon. We are of the opinion
that Mr.. kittel is deserving of all he is to get
and we think he should be made to serve time
in punishment for the wrecking of the bank.
The greatest trouble with our people is, as Bar
mum said, they like to be humbugged. Why
should w.. F. Kittel be pardoned' any more than
some poor dub who gets a term for doing the
same thing, but has not a pull with the powers
that be.-Valley City Courier.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21
go SLOP YOUR HOGS"

AFTER the people of North Dakota had twice
voted to build a terminal elevator to be owned
by the state, and the legislature had refused to
appropriate the money, the farmers got together
and went to the capitol of the state to argue the
thing out with their representatives.
There were many meetings and a long de-
bate.
The details are not here essential. What
the farmers got out of the conference is said to
have been this advice:
60 home and slop your hogs"
They went home, and no doubt they slop-
ped their hogs, but they also did some other
things.
They decided, for instance, that the time
had arrived when it was up to them to do more
than just slop hogs.
A man can't live on hogs alone, and so the
North Dakota farmers decided that they would
do this:
They would continue to slop their four
legged hogs, but that they would quit stopping
their political hogs.'
That's what raised the dickens in North
Dakota.
When the farmers decided to quit stopping
the political hogs these hogs had to go and root
for themselves and the roofing was poor, for
the farmers had all put up signs that read some.
thing like this:
No roofing on this FARM
Well that fixed it. The farmers of North
Dakota had made up their minds to stick to-
getler and for once see what could be done with
a political machine operated by the farmers in
stead of those who farmed the farmers.
They picked a farmer for Governor. BY the
way an educated farmer, a man who has been
graduated from the University of NorthDakota
and IS not too top heavy to live on, and operate
a farm.
They elected their man. They also elected
many others.
They will start with the new bunch on or
about the first of January, 1917.
The result will be watched with interest,"
Minneota (Minn.) Mascot.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21

Good Road 10 Cheapest.
A good country road costs less than
doing without Il.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21
MATT saws the Courant editor has been

MATT says the Courant editor has been
consistently inconsistent ever since he came
to Bottineau county, We are genuinely
grateful for that, and shall also gladly bear testi-
mony that Matt has been "inconsis'e ntly con-
sistent' during the same period-dating back
to about the time he started batting traps for
the Nonpartisan League. But he hasn't been
getting away with it very we'll: -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21

TO show how sentimental people are getting
we just want to show what a little it takes to
work up public sympathy. whether for the
right or the wrong. w. F. Kittle, of Casselton,
who was one of the two brothers who wrecked
the Casselton bank, has been convicted, but up
to this time has not received sentence. His
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21

The Omemee Herald chortles over the fact
that the voters forgot Casey to the extent
that Steen was elected by a Matt Johnson ma.
jority. At least the Bottineau county voters
did not forget the league candidate--and the
Courant does not claim the statewide influence
of the Omemee publication.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21
Roads Are Not Fit

The farmer isSgood enough and often
rich enough to ride in an automobile
whenever he wants to, but the roads
are not fit to ride over much Of the
time.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21

Now that the Omemee Herald and the
Souris Messenger have started the second great
drive on the Nonpartisan League, the absolute
annihilation of that organization is only a ques-
ton of moments. Get on your gas masks, you
Rubes!
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21

If Matt Johnson thinks the Courant editor
is not earning his salary, he is welcome to hire
another.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21

THE COURANT wishes all it's readers a Merry
Christmas and a New Year more prosperous
and happy than any of it's predecessors.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21
Of Beans.

Be sure not to cultivate beans when
they are wet. Such is likely to spread
blight ana anthracnose.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-21
Good Roads Mean.

Better farmers and greater ;
I farm efficiency.
!. Larger production, cheaper j
{ distribution; hence cheaper COM ;
: modjties.
I Purer milk and fresher vege- +;
!, tables.
More work accomplished and ;
: more time for pleasure.
More tourists and more money ;
: spent at home.
Less gasoline, less tire trou- ;
I BILE, more comfort.
! Better rural schools, better J
{ school attendance.
: Better rural churches and bet !
{ ter social conditions.
: More attractive rural homes, !,
{ and more boys staying on the ;
! farm.
: Greater progress, better citi- ;
! zenship.
: Who a doubt the urgency Of ;
! an Improvement that will tend ;
. toward these conditions?-S. e. ;
|; Bradt.
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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

We reproduce this week, from
that excellent agricultural paper,
the Home and Farm. an article I'M
der the caption Next Years Cotton
Acreage" To plead with the Southern
farmer, who is away from the GER
tain hurt of the boil weevil, not
to plant cotton next year, will be
breath wasted, but to ask him to
first plant food for all his family
and all his stock and then plant all
the cotton he can, may avail some
thing. The Memphis Commercial
Appeal continues to do fine work in
insisting that the farmer shall not
depend wholly on cotton and at the
same time have his smokehouse in
the North. The farmer who first
makes a plenty Of hogs, cattle, corn,
potatoes and other garden truck,
may then put every available
foot of land in cotton.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

Since Lucien Rhodes and his
friends are using no stationery with
the word Republican" printed on
it, we have been wonnerine what he
really is-aud now our wonder has
been gratified. The Tennessee Re-
publican says he is the "Cincin-
natus" of this district. We are glad
to know that the gentleman has
been located. We took it for grant
ed that he had at one time been a
real farmer, then he got to be a
wind farmer. and finally, after he
had refused a nomination which he
fully intended to accept, he was
made the Republican standard bear
er for Congress, we thought maybe
ne was member Of that party, but
now that the Republican comes
along with the information, and
doubtless speaks with authority, we
see that we are wrong and tip our
chapeau to Mr.. Cincinnatus, alias
Rhodes.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

The Republican nomination Of
Lucien Rhodes for Congress, in a
district having within its bounds
several gentlemen who. are profess
siopally and Intellectually equipped
to fill that Office and who would
jump at the nominationg if there
were ghost Of a chance to elect a
Republican in the same election in
which Presidential! electors are to be
voted for, is an advance reflection
on the intelligence Of the Democratic
voters Of the Eighth Congressional
district. The truth Of the business
is that Rhodes is the poorest piece
Of bait ever thrown in the political
stream for the purpose of catching
Democrats whom the Republicans
regard as suckers"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

The town of Tullahoma had a
little stir up last week, when the
Rev. James R. Crawford, who was
on his way to the annual conference
in Maury county, was arrested on
the charge Of having made an inn
proper proposition to a lady who
was showing him a house he thought
of renting. The preacher denied
the charge made against him and
if he is innocent he has been done
very great injustice, for the reason
that innocent or guilty he will be
tainted" man for the balance Of his
life.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

The Nashville Banner has been
raising all sorts Of a row over the
local Democratic machine" putting
out ticket for the Legislature. We
are not posted as to the political
machines in Nashville, but we do
know that the ticket nominated in
Nashville last Saturday and opposed
by the Nashville Banner, has some
mighty good men on it, notably,
Col. John Thompson, for the Senate
and j. E. Sparkman for the House.
Col. Thompson is most pleasantly re-
membered as the State Commits
sioner of Agriculture a few years
ago, and Mr. Sparkman is Zone
of the best known and most highly
esteemed comparatively young bust.
ness men of Nashville, being a
member of the wholesale dry
goods firm of j. S. Reeves g. Co.
We feel sure that Col. Thomp-
son and Mr.. Sparkman, when elected,
will stand for both temperance and
honest government, both in the
cities and the country. Later we
note that heavy business obliga-
tons will prevent Mr.. Sparkman
from accepting the nomination.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

In these days Of strikes and ru.
mors Of strikes, it is fact worthy
of note that the South is generally
at peace with labor. 1t is said that
as the result of a strike in New
York City, the American Tobacco
Company is going tc move one
branch of its great manufacturing
business to Durham, North Carolina
and Richmond, Virginia, which bu-
siness CARRIES about 1000 employ
es in one way and another. 1t is
said that the example Of the tobac-
co company will be followed by
Others. In this connection 1t is a
fact known for a long time that
Birmingham, Alabama, produces
such cheap iron that it fixes the
price in the United States. The
cheap and more tractable labor of
the South, its wonderfully abundant
water power and other natural adj
vantages, causes Leslie's Weekly to
call attention to the fact that the
South is attracting the attention on
capital now as it never did did be-
fore. Leslie's says further: The
greatest industrial development and
the largest urban growth and COM
mercial expansion of the future will
take place in the Southern States.
Go South, young man, and do it
right away"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27
lDloTIc DRIyEl

The Democratic prosperity it is
said we are enjoying, due to the
high prices Of everything, is result
tant of the insatiate demand for our
products. When the war ceases
look for the conditions as they ex-
listed before the war in Europe
: stamp tax and deficit in the
national treasury. Better vote for
Rhodes to avoid this. Tennessee
Republican. Is Rhodes going to
have the war prolonged If elected?
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

ALI. Taylor is credited with say
ing that Rhodes ought to be elected
to Congress because he is related by
blood to the Taylor family. ALI,
like Rhodes himself, has laid no spe-
cial stress on the fact that Rhodes
is Republican. AS a matter of
fact, does anybody claim that
Rhodes IS a Republication is he
just a farmer who built himself up
in the Farmers Union by his word
picture ST the palace Of the magnate
who was made rich@by Republican
protection. and the howell Of the
poor farmer, made poorer by the
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

More than four months ago when
Charles Evan Hughes stepped down
from the Supreme bench and ac-
cepted the Republican nomination
for the Presidency, he said that a
national EFFICIENCY" had something
to do with his taking the step, but
right up to now no 'exigency" has
been made apparent except the de-
sire of the old Guard" of the Re-
publican party toresume their form
er places as the manipulators Of the
government for the benefit Of them.
selves and the fellows who foot the
election bills.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

The Rev. Dr.. Ira Landrith spoke
right out in meeting in his Nash
vile speech when he declared that
the drunkard was much better
man than the miser. The drunkard
has good qualities. and is usually OF
a social and generous disposition,
while the tightwad is the incarna-
ton Of selfshness, and thinks of no
one but himself. The drunkard in
jures himself and destroys his own
usefulness, while the tightwad in
jures and destroys every one that
he can when it benefits him.
Memphis News Scimitar.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

Memphis is to have a local op-
ton ticket for the Legislature and
it was given out several days ago
that Harry B. Anderson, former Bull
Moose State chairman, was to be
one Of the candidates. The remain
der Of the ticket is to be made upof
Republicans and Democrats, with a
"Dago" thrown in to complete the
Ticker" sandwich. The platform Of
tbs ticket ought to indorse the two
other businesses which are absolute
ly necessary to make the saloon a
first class success,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

The Colonel says that Wilson is a
coward" Possibly so, but it is a
matter Of record that Mr.. Wilson
had the courage to tell the hyphe-
mates that he neither sought their
favor nor feared their disloyalty.'
We have yet to see any newspaper
account of Mr.. Hughes handing out
any such a challenge to the Kaiser
vote-Hope (Ark.) Herald.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

The Benton Countian, published
over at Camden is asking if Camden
is doomed to remain in the dark
and if there is no way by which the
light plant Of that town may be re-
vived. We sympathize with our
brother of the Benton Countain, for
we know that it must be awful to
ever have good lights and then
lose them and have 60 back to the
old coal oil lamp. Cheer up, broth
er, Camden will come out all right,
for we notice that you have mer-
chants who advertise a whole page
at a time.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

Hugh Wilson, a Carroll County
farmer, while carrying a load OF
seed cotton to market last week.
and while lighting his pipe, dropped
a spark which cost him the price of
$50 pounds Of cotton besides lot
of hard work to save the remainder
Of the load of cotton.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27
The Weakley County Fair held at

The Weakley County Fair held at
Dresden week before last. is report
ed by the Dresden Enterprise to
have been the biggest fair in the
history of the country and that the
fair is judiciously managed, the En-
terprise claims was proven by the
exhibits made in it. Weakley coun-
" Ehas 104 Corn Club boys who
joined in the exhibit made in the
air Of this year.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

Headlines: The Scene ifShifted;
Hooper is in Middle and Overall in
East Tennessee at the present time,
Tennessee Republican. The scene
will be shifted again on the 7th Of
November, as follows: Hooper back
to Newport, and Overall back to
Nashville, to their respective homes.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

sale Of his products without protec-
ton, in the open markets of the
world, and the purchase Of protect
ed American made implements,
machinery and goods?
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27

When We editor was a boy he found
it uncomfortable to play around on
the streets and in fact he had no
time for such things. His teacher
also gave him a forceful argument
against it. We still believe this was
good for us and we believe that it
would be good for boys in Camden.
Countian.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-10-27
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
President
WOODROW WILSON
Vice-President
THOS. R. MARSHALL
Governor
TOM C. RYE
Railroad Commissioner
(Western Division)
B. A. ENLOE
Senator from the 18th Senatorial
District
EUGENE FULGHUM
Representative from the 25th Flo
terial District
A.. S. MONTGOMERY
Congress
T. w. SIMS
United States Senator
X. D. MCCLELLAN
Presidential Electors
State at Large-Hill McAlister,
Ben H. Taylor
First District. M. Harris
Second District-Sam Johnson
Third District--Geotge E. Banks
Fourth District-Woodall Murray
Fifth District George W. Sutton
Sixth District. W. Rice
Seventh District Tyler Berry
Eighth District. H. Shelton
Ninth District -G. C. Sherrod
Tenth District N. Prewitt
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-29

only to the normal tax.
We have seen that the income Of
persons who should pay income tax
is 6,425, 100000 It is certain that
at least one-half of this amount is
received by persons with incomes
over $4,000 and should therefore
pay a super-tax. AS I shall show in
detail in a later article in a large
number of corporations, including
those whose stock is most widely
held, such as the steel corporation,
the Pennsylvania railroad, ETC.,
which 1 analysed for this inVestiga-
ton, the holders of blocks of 1000
shares and over own 81, POP, 545, 410,
or 5O.7 per cent of the $2,368, 735, 800
outstanding stock of those cOmpa-
MES. It seems obvious that persons
owning 1000 shares in a single cor
pOTation must have enough other.
property to make their incomes
more than $4,000. This is only one
third of all property income and in
estates appraised in New York in
1915 there was a not a single estate
of less than $35O,OO0, which at per
cent would produce an income of
more than $4,000, in which a block
of 1000 shares or more in a SINCE
corporation appeared.
1t would seem almost certain,
therefore, that so per cent of all cor
porate net earnings goes to persons
with incomes over $4,000 AS the
proportion in the case of other prop
erty is probably somewhat less we
will assume that only one-half of the
income from the property held by in
come taxpayers goes to perOsns who
should pay the super-tax. This is
only one-third of all property income
and is surely a most conservative
figure. Allowing for all exemptions
and deductions for taxes and depre-
citation, this would be $8,2OO,OOO,0OO
come taxpayers goes to persons who
Z IL L =.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-29
.S4,446,OOO,OOO

Total .......... .$4, 446, 000,0
Net income subject
to tax .......$16, 42O, 100000
Now, as we have seen, the law al
lows the exemption from the normal
tax Of $4,000 in the case of Unmar-
ried persons and $4,000 in the case
Of married persons. Under this ex-
emption we may allow for the deduc-
ton Of $1,875, 100000, leaving $14,-
525,0O0,OOO upon which the normal
tax should be collected. At one per
cent this would yield $1,452, OOO,O 900.
1t may be noted that income de-
rived from dividends upon which the
tax will be paid at the source has
been included above. This has been
done wholly for the sake of COnve-
nience and cleaTness and proper al
Iowance for the dividends received
by persons subject to the tax upon
individuals will be made when we
come to consider the corporation
tax.
We have now to ascertain the
amount of income which should be
subject to sUper-tax. This is the
greatest source of loss, not only be-
cause the amount evading taxation
is propOrtionately very great, but be-
cause every dollar subject to the SUI.