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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-16
WORTH $4,000.

What investment of 800 and
less than a years time at Dako-
Ia Business college could Miss
have made that would have been
the same as $24, 900 in savings
bank? d. B. c. thoroughness paid
her-pays her employer. It will
pay you-publicity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-16

1t is a peculiar .coincidence that
the same men who wrote the recent
hit, America, Here's Ny Boy" also
created the present song-Andrew B.
Sterling and Arthur LANCE. Although
the present song has only been issued.
the various monographs are already
putting it out.-Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-16
PUMP LOTS OF WATER.
Nearly 1875 Million Gallons Pumped
in Six Months.

in Six Months.
A total of 1O6,966,O 900 gallons of
water, worth $s,026.45, was supplied
on residence meter basis, and &C.
777.O0O gallons. worth $2,O08.27. were
supplied on a commercial rate to wa
ter users in Fargo during the six
months preceding Oct. /, according
to a report by r. B. Blakemore,
commissioner OF waterworks, Mon
day. Service charges will total an
amount nearly equal to the receipts.
Receipts for the next six months.
starting Oct. l, will be higher as the
lO-cent per thousand gallon rate is
now in effect.
Closing out sale Of wall paper and
IA NITnnAknn.n 4.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-16

Closing out sale of wall paper and
paints. Westberg e. Jacobsen.-Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-16
Land Transfers
warranty Deeds

N. P. Dodge and wife to Alwine
Lau. lot 1877 Belmont Park; $l49.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-16
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-16

Closing out sale OF wall paper and
paints. Westberg g. Jacobsen.-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22
STATE NORMAL SCH00
RIVER FALLS. WIS.

Special courses of study are pro-
vided for High School graduates
as we'll as for those who have
completed the common schools and
grades in city schools.
The Diploma or the school be-
comes Life State Certificate af-
ter the holder has taught success
fully for one year and received
approval of the State Superintend-
ent of Public instruction.
An Elementary course of two
and one-half years is offered which
leads to the Certificate which is
valid for five years, after the
holder has taught successfully for
one year.
The school has large reference
and textbook libraries and well
equipped physical and biological
laboratories. Excellept facilities
are provided for special work in
Manual Training. Domestic Science,
Music Drawing and Physical Train
ing.
Tuition is free in the Model
Grades. The pupils in these grades
have the advantages of the cours-
es in Music, Drawing, Domestic
Science. Manual Training and Phys
zeal Training.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22
Resolutions of Respect

In memory of Brother F. M. VI
rich who died November IL, 1917.
Once again Brother Mason, hav-
ing completed the designs written
for him on LIES tressle board, has
passed through the portals of Eter.
nifty and entered the Grand Lodge Of
the New Jerusalem and hath receiv-
ed, as his reward, the white stone
with the new name written thereon.
And whereas. the all-wise and
merciful Master of the universe has
called from labor to refreshments
our beloved and respected brother.
And, whereas, he having been a
true and faithful brother of our be-
loved Order, therefore be it:
Resolved, that River Falls Lodge,
No. 100, F. & A. M. in testimony of
her loss, be draped in mourning for
thirty days and that we tender to
the family Of our deceased brother
our sincere coincidence in their deep
affliction, and that copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family.
C. w. Jensen,
Joseph Stephens,
Leroy F. Knapp,
Committee
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22
STATE OF WISCONSIN

In Circuit Court for Pierce County.
Farmers & Merchants State Bank,
a Cooperation, Plaintiff.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22
WHAT'S DOING IN
OTHER TOWNS

The minstrel show, given last
week by the Saltwater Elks lodge,
netted over $500 for the orders
charity fund.
They're catching tsome fish" in
Comedian lake, near saltwater. Last
week a great northern pike was
speared that weighed Sc pounds.
Two other big pickerel that weighed
around 80 pounds were also taken.
Floyd Leseman of Prescott is now
in France with the Minnesota Field
Artillery, of which he is a member.
Postmaster Frank johnson of
Spring Valley died on Nov. 18th,
aged 65 years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22
First Publication Nov 8, 1917
NOTICE TO PROVE WILL AND NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT
FOR PIERCE COUNTY-In Probate

STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT
FOR PIERCE COUNTY-In Probate
In Re Estate of Joanna Weberg, deceased
Notice is hereby given, that at the special
term of said court to be held ON the End Tues
day of Dec, A. D. 1917, at the Court House in
the village of Ellsworth, County of Pierce,
and State of Wisconsin, there will be heard
and considered. the application of Oscar
j. Weberg to admit to probate the last Will
and Testament of Joanna Weberg, late Of
the City of River Falls, in said county, de-
ceased, and for the appointment Of an ex-
eculo (or administrator with will annexed);
Notice is hereby further given, that at the
regular term of said court to be held at said
Court House. on the first Tuesday of April. A.
D. 19lS there will be heard, considered and ad-
justed all claims against said Joanna Weberg
deceased;
And notice is hereby further given, that all
such claims for examination and allowance
must be presented to said county court at the
Court House in the Village of Ellsworth, in
said county and state on or before the first
day Of April. A. d. 1918, or be barred
Dated Nov.7, 1917.
BY the Court,
Warren p Knowles Judge.
r. NJ. White Attorney.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22

q OOPOA NCAOus 1I1Cl1A :
VS.
George M. Richardson and Anna
Richardson, his wife,.
NOTICE of FORECLOSURE SALE
By virtue of a Judgement of for
closure and sale made in the above
entitled action on the 18th day of
October, A. D. 1917, the under
signed, Sheriff of Pierce County,
State Of Wisconsin will sell at the
front door of the Court House in
the Village o f Ellsworth, Pierce
County, Wisconsin on the 9th day
of January, A. D. 1918 at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon of said day
the real estate and premises direct
ed by said Judgement to be sold and
therein described as follows, to-wit:
The West One-half of the East One
half (W1 of the Ell and the East
One-half of the West One-half (W3
of the Ell of the Northwest quarter
of the Southeast quarter (NW4 of
SE4) of Section Thirty-four (34),
Township Twenty-seven (27) Range
Eighteen (18) West Pierce County,
Wisconsin.
Terms of sale, cash.
Dated October oath A. d. 1917.
Toby Halverson.
Sheriff, Pierce County, Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22
Local Happenings
OF the Week

the CITY on business FRIDAY.
William Baird wife spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in the Twin
Cities
Mrs. D B Names and daughter,
Miss Frances, spent Tuesday at
Hudson.
Charles Pettee and family spent
Saturday and Sunday with relatives
at st. Paul.
Attention is called to the attrac-
tive ad of the Bank of Ellsworth in
this paper today.
Mrs r L. Williams of Minneapo-
lis visited relatives in the city the
forepart of the week,
Why bother to bake one-order
your Thanksgiving fruit cake
Wenzel's Bakery.-adv.
Mrs. Robert Simpson and little
daughter departed Tuesday on
visit with her parents at Emerald.
4
Otis Hay, express messenger on
the local passenger train, left Tues
day on his annual hunting trip near
Gordon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. North returned
to Woodville Tuesday after visit
of several days with River Falls
friends.
Miss Evelyn Ellis re turned to
Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon af-
ter visit of several days with Mrs.
E. G. Smith
Now is the time to buy your 1918
Oakland "6''. before the raise which
is bound to come. 1920, f. O. b.
Bjerstedt Garage. adv.
Robert Hurd left Sunday for
New Richmond, where he joined
party of hunters enroute to Sulli-
van.
Miss Alta Jensen of Martell was
the winner of the Overland touring
car in the recent St. Paul Daily
News contest. She received the car
last week.
Mrs. w A. Parker and son George
of St. Paul and George Mallory Of
Minneapolis motored here Sunday in
J the formers car and visited at the
Mallory home.
r. K. Frost and wife of Mimi
eapolis and Mrs. Bert Jacobson of
ST. Paul were visitors at the home
of E. B Jacobson last Sunday. Mr..
Frost was operator at the local de-
pot some eight or nine years ago.
Howard Crawford of Louisville,
KY formerly Of this city, has en-
listed in the Aviation Corps and re-
ceived orders to report at Urbana,
ILL.,, on Nov. oath. Howard has been
employed by the Du Pont Powder
Co., at Louisville.
Mrs. T. Bailey of Bemidji, MINI.
visited relatives in the city the first
of the week, Mrs. Bailey was on
her way to Jacksonville, Fla, O
join her husband, who is in the
Quartermaster Corps of the Nation
al Army.
The members Of the County Board
were royalty entertained at dinner
on Tuesday evening at the County
Farm and Home by Supt. and Mrs.
M. L. Sparks. AS one member re-
marked, 1T was a regular Thanks
giving feast. "-Ellsworth Herald.
The Cast-Stone Construction Co.
is making rapid progress on the
Main Street sewer at present and
with good luck will complete the
system in couple Of weeks. Mostly
shell rock is being encountered now
and very little blasting is necessary.
Pratt's orchestra as been en-
gagged to furnish the music for
big Thanksgiving ball given by the
Alton Mimi, band in the Auditor
ium at that place next Wednesday
evening. The orchestra will play
here for the Firemen's Ball next
Thursday evening.
Charles A. Melander of Clifton
and Miss Hilda Rosenquist of Alton
were united in marriage on Nov.
14th at Saltwater, Rev. Benson per-
forming the ceremony. They were
attended by Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Bjerstedt. The young couple will
make their home on the grOOm's
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22
Tuesday Club

Nov. &c
The Russian 'Ides Of March"
Mrs. Weld
Mrs. Swenson
Living Landmarks of the Russian
Revolution
Kerensky Mrs. Whitenack
Iliodor, 'The Mad Monk" Mrs.
Collins
Catherine Breshkovsky Mrs. Bald
win
Hostess, Mrs. Collins
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22
DRS. ASHLEY { DAWSON

PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
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OFFICE HOURS
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Up. m to p. n
IN; I. w. ASHLEY DR. G. A. DAWSON
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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02

it stands today and assumed exclus-
i've jurisdiction in accordance with
the specifically delegated powers con-
ferred upon 1t by the fundamental
law.
State regulation is now an anach-
ronism. The carriers are, practical
ly without exception, interstate.
Eighty-five per cent of the whole ma
tional traffic Is among the states.
over this entire field Congress Is adj
mittedly supreme. BY the simplest
common sense 1t must be supreme
also with respect to the outlying
field, which cannot in effect be dis
tinguished or separated.
All this is clear both in law and in
reason. 1t is equally clear in fact.
States are not agreed on methods or
standards of regulation; their laws
and rules and decisions are various
and frequently conflicting. 1t is
next to impossible for an interstate
carrier to comply with all. A typical
executive wasted 200 days in a year
attending hearings that involved
measures in regulation of his rail
road in several states.
One states requirement as to bond
issues may and does conflict with
another's; one state has a full crew
law, another not; one state has a
seasonably liberal policy with re-
spect to rates or fares, another is
guided solely by local interest or pro-
Judice; corporation laws change at
the state line. Even If every state
enactment or regulation were in it.
self reasonable, the mere conflict of
laws and rules would be disastrous
to efficient and economical transpor-
tation.
But the outstanding difficulty Is
that state regulations are commonly
one might have said prevailingly,
conceived in spirit Indifferent or
positively hostile to the best inter
ests of the carriers. They are dictat-
ed by local considerations, and by
local political pressure; they are
provincial. jealous. self-centered;
they aim at competitive advantage,
regardless of the just claims of 9TH
er states, Of the real cost OF the ser
vice. OF the general financial position
of the carriers.
For the most part the state COIN
missions are political in their per-
sonnet, and where this is not the
case there is commonly work enough
cut out for them in the effective re-
gulation Of strictly state utilities
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02

Throughout Cache Valley no name
In railroad circles is as much of
household word as Daniel S. Spen-
Ger. In fact he is the one man to
whom we all appeal when in need
OF consideration from the railroads.
ana upon whom we force our troub-
les and burdens. While not posses
sed of a large physical makeup he
Is a giant when ii comes to transact
ing the general routine business of
MS Office, and is man to whom
all citizens of the state can appeal
Win the assurance that he will be
treated right, and If within the
sphere of righteous possibility have
MS desires favorably acted upon.
since the retirement of d. T.. Bur-
ley as general passenger agent of the
o. 5. L., Mr.. Spencer has held this
important position, and IL is safe to
say that at the time General Manag-
er Calvin announced d. S. Spencer
as Mr.. Burley's successor he voiced
the name of the man that was on
the lips OF hundreds OF citizens from
ST. George to Logan. Mr.. Spencer
Is thorough railroad man with
ripe experience that is a distinct as
set to the road he represents, and
possesses the confidence and enjoys
the good will Of the entire citizen
ship OF the state.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02

low limit of rates. In fat times
there must be a margin out of which
to build up credit for lean times, or
transportation will forever be lag
ging behind the shippers demands
for service.
And the argument for investors
and for shippers is also an argument
for the public at large The pas
senger who is honest will not seek
to insist upon fares that make of
him parasite upon a system which
he refuses to support but is willing
to live on. The consumer who wants
goods, wants them delivered, and he
cannot get them delivered without
cars, motive power and terminals
sufficient for the service.
What the consumer pays in price
for the difference between excessive
ly low rates and reasonable rates
is so slight sum when distributed
over the bulk of TRANSPORTED com
modities that he cannot notice II.
but If he could notice it he would
not begruge 1t in consideration or
the service rendered.
The states and state commissions
nave demonstrated that they are
hostile to such rates and regulations
as viii enable the carriers to go for
ward upon a sound credit basis, For
TINS one reason alone, IL for no
other' exclusive federal regulation 10
pound to come. For the carriers in
the long run will stand or fall upon
the question whether they find the
cost of capital prohibitive or NOT
II they find it prohibltive, service
must be crippled and public resent
ment VIII force their appropriation
Unless the transportation svstem
or the country shall be dealt wit,
III " broader spirit than that which
'he states, through their regulatory
u'e'hods' have thus far evlnced, pri-
Vate operation cannot endure.
Ihis country has maenifcar,
opportunity to show that regulation
may be SO applied as to achieve 20
SUITS better than those which flow
from public ownership. Most other
countries have failed with regula-
tion and have adopted public owner
snip II the United States is TO be
an exception 1t will be through Civ
ing regulation more effective trial
than 1t has elsewhere received. Such
trial is possible only through exclus-
I've federal control of the entire svs-
tenn.
II the Newlands inquiry forces
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02

whose operations are conducted
within state lines. State regulation
has its own domain, with which the
Federal Government has no concern.
Ii is in many cases a highly import
ant one, as for example in the case
of the Public Service Commission,
Second District, of New York, which
is crowded with purely local work.
This domain should be vigilantly
tended, and that is yet another rea-
son why the regulation of interstate
carriers should be left to the FEEDER
al Government.
AS to questions of taxation, grade
crossings, adequate local service,
satisfactory station accommodations
it would seem that states might well
preserve the power of initiative, but
even in such instances the right of
appeal to the federal body should
be granted to the carriers; for other
wise unjust and onerous exactions
might easily be imposed and main.
tanned.
But instead of restricting them
selves to their own legitimate fields.
the state commissions, as the meet
ings in Washington last week show
ed, are reaching out for ever wider
powers in the interstate field. They
desire to check up the rulings of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
They are backing the Sheppard bill,
which would annul the Supreme
Courts decision in the Shreveport
rate case. They are opposing the
federal regulation of security issues.
to which, it is believed, the admin
istratlon is committed.
Not merely does diffused and con-
hicting state regulation harass the
carriers out of all reason; 1t hurt,
the service over the entire system
OF transportation. The shippers are
feeling this at last. They have come
to realize that II they would get
their goods to market the carriers
must have the capital with which to
provide the needed facilities-con-
struction, motive power, cars, ter
minals. This capital they can secure
only upon basis Of adequate rates.
Adequate rates are rates that will
provide net revenues such that in
vestors are attracted to new secur
ity Issues. The shippers now see
that satisfactory credit is as essen
tial for the manufacture of transpor-
tation as for the manufacture of
commodities.
Satisfactory credit forbids the
starving Of the carrier down to the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02

The Cache Auto company, the
home fthe invincible Ford, with
W. w. Lowe and Henry Theurer as
proprietOrs, has enjoyed a pheno-
menal business during the year just
closed, and like all good boosters is
hooking forward to an increased bust
ness during the year 1917. The out
look is so proming that the company
rs not satisfied with its sale of 1862
cars during the seven months they
have been in business in 1916, but
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02
CONTROL OF OUR
RAIL ROADS is
FEDERAL GOV. RIGHT

The railroad inquiry in Washing
tun is not an investigation into the
carriers of the country, but an inyes-
tisation into the manner in which
they are now regulated and the way
oy which the present methods of re-
gulatiou may be improved. The rail
roads are not on trial; the national
policy of dealing with the railroads
Is.
What led to the inquiry was the
question whether regulation Of the
railroads can permanently succeed,
or must give place to public owner
ship. This is the big issue before
the Newlands joint committee Of
Congress, called into being at Presi-
dent Wilson's suggestion. Regula-
zion must so regulate as to promote
the public interest through salts
factory transportation, or regulation
Eust go,
Regulation cannot be permanently
successful while the work OF regula-
zion is scattered among forty-nine
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FO2DS
FOR 1917 SAY CACHE AUTO CO.

has put in its initial order for ESQ
cars to start with for the year 1917.
1t expects to move into new quarters
in the near future where it will have
steam heat, and storage rooln for
the convenience of its patrons and
friends. Under the present prosper
Gus times the Cache Auto company
feels that everybody can afford a
Ford, in consequence of which its
1917 business will be record break
err.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02

masters, the Federal Government
and the states. That is now the con-
dition, and it cannot last 1t is too
absurd, too costly, too harassing to
the railroads, too damaging to the
public. The control of the nations
rail transportation system must be
centralized where it logically be-
longs, in the Federal Government,
and the states must cede the field.
1t is only by historical accident,
and by haphazard, that interstate
carriers ever came to be regulated
by state authority. The arrange
ment no longer has the least econo-
mic justification. Control of COM
merce between the states was repos-
ed in the Federal Government by
the Constitution, and the Supreme
Court OF the United States, in a Min
nesota rate case, has held that Con-
gress may extend that control to the
uttermost in response to a convlc-
ton OF public need. II is high time
that Congress faced the situation as
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-25
UNREASONABLE PROFITS.
Boston Coal Dealers Took Advantage
of Their Customers.

/ WASHINGTON, August 25. - Boston
.oal dealers, the federal trade commits
sion reported today, with few notable
Exceptions "did not hesitate during
the spring months this year ''to take
advantage of the necessities of the pub
lie and to charge for anthracite a price
shat Melted them unreasonable mar
gins
The commissions report resulting
from the investigation it made of the re-
tail coal situation i'll several large cities
said individual dealers in Boston made
margins far exceeding the average and
hat on egg coal alone five large retail
ers and three small dealers made profits
greater than $3.50 ton. The same
profits were taken by certain dealers
during May and one large retailer,
who increased his supply by 81 pei
cent in the face of a considerable short
tage made profits ranging from 1885 t.
| p4.42 a ton on various sizes.
The receipts of coal for all Boston
however, during April and May, wer,
below those of the preceding year fo
the same period. Favoritism i'll dis
tributing coal to dealers is shown b,
the report which says that, while Il
| favored retailers got more coal thi
year than last, IS got less. One Of tn
favored retailers got more than hal
of the increases