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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-15

fy the members either in writing or
by advertising of the date and plQce
Of all general meetings at least seven
days prior to such meeting. He shall
on all occasions, in the execution of
his duties, act under the superintend-
ence, control and direction OF the
board of directors. He shall pro-
vide list Of names and addresses Of
all members and furnish same 10
manager.
Sec 3. The treasurer shall be
required to attend all the general
meetings of the society and Of the
directors. He shall receive the re-
ceipts from the secretary and give
receipt for same He will be respon-
sible for such sums of money as may,
from time to time, be paid into his
hands by the secretary or by any
other person on account of the soci-
ETY. and for the investment and ap-
plication Of the same under the au-
thority of the directors in such man
ner as they shall direct. He shall
balance his cash account weekly and
supply the secretary with a duplicate
thereof
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ARTICLE V.
Withdrawals

Sec. l. Amy member may with
draw from this society on giving
notice in writing to the board of
directors who shall cause to be paid
to him the capital advanced by him.
Every member, shall, upon with
drawal, forfeit the sum of fifty cents
which shall be carried to the reserve
fund. Members may withdraw ac-
cordng to the following scale of
notice: Ten dollars on application;
twenty-five dollars on two weeks
notice; fifty dollars on one months
notice; one hundred dollars on two
months notice All monies shall be
payable on demand unless the direc~
tors see fit to demand the above
notice.
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ARTICLE VII.
Interest.

Sec. /. The share capital held
by the society to the amount of two
shares shall be non-interest bearing,
the remaining shares shall be paid
interest at the rate of 2 per cent per
annum. All interest shall be calcu-
lated quarterly; no interest shall be
calculated on monies deposited for
less than twelve weeks in any
quarter.
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REBEL ELEMENT
GROWING RAPIDLY


N. Yakima, March b, l9lI.
+ Dear Comrades:
The diabolical doings of Everett's
Russianized business men has done
more to awaken labor from the en-
trencing delusion of identity of in
terest" than anything they have yet
perpetrated. The little demonstration
last fall by our own Commercial Club,
drove home to many the thought that
the Commercial Clubs, Merchants q
Manufacturers Associations, Citizens
Alliance, Civic FakeratiOns, and all
mercenary organizations are the
breeding places of anarchy, violence
and murder.
AS result of the doings of mer-
cenary outlaws, the I. w. w. is in
a flourishing condition here, and our
Socialist local has the largest mem
bership we have ever had.
Sunday, March 4, the protest meet
ing held jointly by the I. w. W.,
Socialists and Labor Unions, filled the
large hall of the Industrial Workers
Noticeable was the expressions of
grim determination that comes with
an awakening consciousness that an
increasing despotism menaces our
very existence, and that labor must
meet the ruthless and lawless ele-
ment with organized effort.
The speakers representing the three
organizations were Comrade Ed.
Maurer for Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil; F. G. McMurry, for the Socialist
Party; and Chas. Ashleigh, for the
Industrial Workers.
If the depths Of infamy, to which
the Everett Chamber of Commerce
the Everett Commercial Club has
lowered itself, shall be sanctioned by
the courts, then the Commercial Clubs
throughout the land emboldened by
judicial precedent, may become ar
senals for the suppression of the few
remaining vestiges of our much
Wanted freedom.
It requires no seer or sage to read
in the facial expression of the aver
age business man, Especially the sue
cessful ones, and masters of huge
ndustries) the psychology of the
individual. That hard iron mask,
that firm yet ruthless determination,
that self~centered, grasping and ten
acious visage mirrors the soul of a
merciless votary of Mammon. Yet he
is not to blanche is victim of
a mad system of society that gives in
centive to the expression of those
traits. He is caught in the relent-
less machinery of capitalist ethics,
with its paltry conceptions, and its
narrowing influences. A system that
STILES the altruistic manifestations
of his better characteristics.
The song of life is drowned by the
made inordinate struggle for those
things that may help him to dazzle
for an evanescent moment in the
limelight of decadent society.
Yet, with all his expression of will
and determination, he lacks real
courage to direct his powers along
constructive lines for the general
good.
He is the inevitable reflex of the
destructive order that eliminates in
slaughter-because, the world has
always placed the laurels on the
brows of tyrants, and thorns on the
brows of those who have the vision
to see and the courage to herald the
coming of new and better regime.
FRANK G. McMURRY.
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ARTICLE XIII
Duties of Auditors

Sec. 1. The auditors shall at all
times have access to all books of the
society and shall audit the books at
least once every three months and
report their findings to the board of
directors. If in the judgment of the
directors, an expert accountant is re-
quired, they are hereby authorized
to employ one as often as they think
it necessary.
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ARTICLE ".
CAPITAL

Sec. /. The capital stock of this
society shall be limited to one hun
dred dollars per member which
shall be divided into twenty shares
Of five dollars each. 1t shall be
withdrawable, not transferable. Each
member must hold two shares, which
may be paid in advance or by in
stallments of $3.50 down and any
sum, $1.00 or more, or by leaving
his dividends to pay until his shares
are paid for
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ARTICLE XII.
Duties of Officers

Sec. 1. The president shall act
as chairman at all meetings of the
society and of the board of directors
but should he be absent the vice
president shall sign all contracts and
have a casting vote besides his own
as member.
Sec. 2. The secretary shall give
his attendance at all meetings of
the society and of the board of
directors of which he shall act as
secretary, and shall report the names
of the directors or members present
and the minutes of the proceeding.
He shall countersign checks and all
contracts sanctioned and entered in
to by the directors. He shall like
wise receive all proposals for ad-
mission into the society and demands
for payment of every description
granted in these rules. He shall
keep the accounts and documents
and papers of the society in such a
manner and for such purposes as the
directors may appoint. He shall
prepare a quarterly statement of the
affairs of the society and shall mott
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-15
POPULAR ENTERTAIN
MENTS IN N. YAKIMA

The dances and entertainments
being given by Local North Yakima
are rapidly becoming popularized.
Our crowds outgrew the Labor Tenn
pie, and we now have the Moose
Hall, and our last dance was a great
success. We have a seven piece or
chestra. all Socialists. Through this
means we are breaking down much
old prejudice.
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ARTICLE l.
Sec |. This Society shall be called
the Everett Cooperative Society of
Washington.
ARTICLE II.
Object
Sec. / The object of this Society
is to organize the working people in
to Il cooperative wholesale and re
tail society to be used as n means
of purchasing, producing or distribut-
ing the necossaries of life as econom-
ically ms possible.
Sec 2. If requisite for such pur-
pose, to purchase, hold, sell, mort
cage, rent, lease or suitcase lands
of any tenure, and to erect, pull
down, repair, alter or otherwise deal
with any building thereon.
Sec 3. 1t is one of the purposes
Of this society to purchase Union
Made goods and employ Union Labor
wherever it is possible to do so.
N'C' u III hdI HioIS WIN thc lol-
icies of the most successful CO.
operative societies, this society will
sell all goods and merchandise for
not less than the prevailing prices.
ARTICLE III.
Membership
Sec. l. This society shall consist
of the members of the aforemention-
ed society and all other persons who
may hereafter be admitted as mem
bers as provided by these bylaws.
Sec. 3 Any person desiring to be-
come member of this society shall
present to the secretary signed
application form provided to be en-
dorsed by a member in good stand
ing. Application shall be presented
to the board by the secretary at
the first meeting thereafter for
their approval and acceptance.
Sec. 3. Any person making such
application shall pay an initiation
fee of fifty cents which shall be
carried to the reserve fund and also
a share capital of five dollars be-
fore applicant shall be admitted to
full membership; provided that this
section shall not prevent applicant
from paying his two shares in in
Stallments within three months Of
acceptance of such application, but
applicant shall not be entitled to
membership until two shares are
paid for.
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ARTICLE VIII
Inspection of Accounts

Any member or person having an
interest in the funds of the society
may inspect the books at all reason
able hours at the registered office of
the society, or at any place where
same are kept, subject to such regu-
lations as to the time and manner of
such inspection as may be made from
time to time by the general meetings
of the society.
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ARTICLE XIX
Meetings
ARTICLE Xxx


Sec /, The voting on all occasions
shall be by a show of hands, but
should it be thought necessary at any
time to adopt the ballot. the same
shall be agreed upon before taking
any vote on the question at issue. A
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ARTICLE VI.
Lien on Capital.

Sec. /. This society shall have
an absolute lien on the shares, or
deposits of any member for any debt
due this society by him, and may set
off any sum credited to the member
therein toward the payment of such
debit
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tire before they become eligible for
further tgTVigc.
See. 3 The officers shall be
elected in rotation, as follows; At
the FIRST quarterly meeting, the pres
idcnl. and three directors shall be
erected for three months; the vice
president aud two directors for six
months; two directors for nine
months and two directors for twelve
months. and thereafter all officers
as their terms expire shall he elected
for one year
See. 4. The president, vice pres
idcnt and board of directors shall
select or employ the secretary, treas
urcr, auditors and managers of the
society
Sec. 5. If through resignation or
otherwise n vacancy should occur, the
directors may fill the vacancy or
vacancies until the first general meet
ing Of members, when such officers
shall be elected.
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ARTICLE XIV
Bonding of Officers

Sec. /. All officers and employees
of the society shall be bonded in q
reliable bond sufficient to cover the
amount of the moneys and other &C
cessories entrusted in their care.
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ARTICLE XIV
Reserve Fund

Sec. l. To meet any contingency
that may arise there shall be taken
from the profit each quarter a sum
of not less than one per cent
of the net profits which shall
be applied to the formation of
this fund which shall be held for any
emergency affecting the business of
the society and may be applied to
meet such losses as may from time
to time occur in the society, or for
such purpose as the members Of the
general meeting may direct.
Individual members leaving the
society shall have no claim whatso-
ever on this fund.
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Sec /. The officers of this So
ciety shall consist of a President,
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer
and nine directors, who shall be
elected for one year, and three
auditors who shall be elected for
one year.
See. ?. The officers, directors and
auditors shall be eligible to serve
two consecutive terms but must re-
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Local secretaries and members are
requested to send in to this office any
nsws or activity in their community
that Is Of interest to the organization
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ARTICLE XVII
Division of Profits


Sec. /. The net profits of all bust
ness carried on by the society, after
paying or providing for the expense
of carrying on the business of the
society, interest on shares according
to the rate agreed upon, depreciation
as per Article XVI, and such addi-
tons as required by Article XIV, for
the reserve fund shall be divided be-
tween
(a) The members who have made
purchases of the society during the
period to which the division relates,
according to the amount of their
purchases;
(b) The non-members who have
made purchases of the society during
such period, according to the amount
of their purchases, provided that the
sum so divided shall not exceed one
half of the sum to which they would
be entitled as members;
(c) The employees of the society, at
such rate, not less than one cent on
ten dollars, calculated on the net
! profits, as the ordinary business
meetings fix, to be divided among
them as the directors determine.
All dividends not withdrawn with
in one calender month after they be-
come receivable shall be applied in
or towards the payment of shares,
which shall be subject to the same
conditions as to withdrawal as are
in force in respect to other shares.
ARTICLE XVIII
Cash Business
Sec. |. The business of this So
ciety shall be conducted strictly or
cash basis. Members who may not
find it convenient to pay cash or
making their purchases shall be al
lowed credit to the extent of their
lpaidup share capital in excess OF
two shares or ten dollars. Any mem,
Der failing to pay his account at the
end of the current quarter shall moi
be allowed to withdraw any divi.
dends until his shares are in the
position they would have been hac
the debt not been deducted,
ARTICLE XIX
Meetings
Sec. /. All general meetings shall
be held at such places as the direc
tors may determine and no meeting
shall proceed with business unles:
twenty per cent of the members b.
present within one-half hour after
time of meeting.
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ARTICLE TX
Transmission of Interes

Sec. 1. The shares of deceased
members shall be paid to the legal
heirs; if any member of the society
dies leaving a will, such interest
shall be payable only to his ex-
ecutors or administrators.
n Mn Irt
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member shall on all occasions have
but one vote.
ARTICLE XXI
Injurious Conduct
Sec. |. The directors may suspend
any member who persists in any con-
duct they consider injurious to the
society. No person so expelled shall
be again admitted except by vote
of two-thirds of the members at a
general meeting.
ARTICLE XXI
Alteration of Bylaws
Sec. l. There shall be no altera-
tions of these laws either by amend
ment, repeal, or new law, except by
vote of the majority of two-thirds
of the members voting at a special
general meeting of the society called
for that purpose, but under no con-
sideration shall there be any changes
made which will conflict with the
State constitution of which this So
ciety is a member.
ARTICLE XIII
Fines
Sec. /. Members absent from quar-
terly and all general meetings and
not presenting an acceptable excuse,
shall be fined twenty-five cents,
which, if not paid, shall be deducted
from the members dividend and car
ried to the reserve fund. Directors
absent from board meetings and not
presenting an acceptable excuse, shall
be fined fifty cents.
ARTICLE XIV
Construction of Rules
Sec. /. In constituting these laws,
words importing the masculine gen
der shall be taken to apply to the
female. The word director" means
member of the board Of manage
ment and the words "the society
means the Everett Cooperative So
ciety. >e-s
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ARTICLE XVI
Depreciation

Sec. l. All buildings held by this
society and used for trade purposes
shall be reduced at the rate of two
and one-half per cent per annum;
fixtures, live stock and machinery,
not less than ten per cent per an
mum. All such reductions shall be
reckoned on and taken quarterly from
the nominal value of such buildings
and fixtures.
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member shall on all occasions have
but one vote.
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BYLAWS
IIN EREIT CO-OrERATINE
SOCIETY

ARTlCt r. /
Sec. |. This Society shall be called
the Everett Cooperative Society of
Wa shmptoi,
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appointing OF all salesman and other
employees, necessary for conducting
the business of the Society and they
shall assign to said employees such
duties and salaries as they may think
fit, and shall be empowered to
to hire and discharge all employees
subject to the approval Of the direc-
tors. The directors shall in all their
actions, be under the control and
direction of any quarterly meeting
Of the members Of the society. The
directors shall not make any alter
ations in building to the value of
more than one hundred dollars with
out the sanction Of a general meet
ing.
Sec. g. The directors shall meet
at least every two weeks, majority
to form quorum They shall ar
range themselves in ub-committees
and each committee shall super
intend one or more of the different
departments of business carried on
by the society, and shall lay before
the directors at their regular meet
ing detailed statement of the
business done in the departments dur
ing the past week, and at the end
of every quarter or oftener, if nee
essary, take along with the Manager
Of each department an inventory of
all stock. Every question at any
meeting of directors shall be de-
cided by majority of votes. Any
two, directors may call special
meeting by giving two days notice
in writing to the secretary, specifying
the object thereof, and signed by
them. The directors shall convene
all meetings of the society and shall
cause all accounts of the business
carried on in behalf of the society
to be regularly entered in the proper
books, and shall cause statement
of the accounts of the society with
all necessary vouchers up to the end
-of every quarter to be made out
and laid before the persons appointed
to audit the same.
Any director shall vacate his of
flee if he holds any other office or
place of profit under the society; if
he becomes bankrupt or insolvent; if
he is concerned in or participates in
the profits of any contract with the
society.
ANY member of the board of direc-
tors shall vacate his office if he has
relative-namely, father, son, bro
ther, daughter, or employed
by the society.
If at any time the members are
dissatisfied with the conduct of any
officer, majority shall have the
power to remove him and have an
other in his place, at a quarterly or
special meeting by a notice being
posted in the principle place of
business, giving six days notice in
writing of such meeting and it's
objects; provided that such offices,
together with the directors, have six
days notice of such meeting.
The directors shall see that proper
bonds are provided for officers and
employees as provided in these by
laws.
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sued III the above entitled action and
one certain Pullman automobile, 10.
Gi3G Model +. VI. G., North Dakota Ii.
cense No. 1854 has been levied upon
and is now in the hands Of the sheriff
Of Burleigh county, North Dakota; and
plaintiff demands that he have jung-
ment against you for the said sum Of
Thirty-one and 39-lOO dollars ($3l.3O
I'aEd that said automobile be sold in
accordance with law to pay the costs
Of this proceeding and to satisfy the
said claim.
And you arc hereby notified that I'M
less you appear and answer judgment
will be taken against you accordingly.
Dated this 10Th day OF October,
1917.
ANTON BEER
Justice of the Peace, Burleigh
County, North Dakota.
1913, 80; 1T.
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SUM MONS,

STATE or NORTH DAKOTA, County
OF !Irlrigh.
In Justice Court, I'cfore Anton Beer
Justice Of the Peace
S. W. COrwin, doing business as Cor
win Motor company, plaintiff, VS.. HUI
go Mella, defendant
The State of North Dakota to the
ahove-namcd defendant:
Fly this second summons you are
hereby directed to appp.,: before me
at my office in the city Of Bismarck.
Burleigh county, North Dak' ,, at the
city hall, on the 18th day Of NOvem-
Der. A. D. 1917, at the hour of ten
O'Clock in tn" forenoon then and there
to answer to the complaint of the
plaintiff who complains that you arc
indebted to him for materials, repairs
and supplies in the sum of Thirtv-One
and 39-loO dollars (S31,39) and that a
warrant Of attachment has been is
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NOIiCE 10 BIDDERS.

Sealed bids viii be received by the
board OF cOUH'N commissioners Of Eur
leigh county, Nurlh Dakota, up to 10
O'Clock on Nov. .th, 1917. for the sale
Of n9Eotia Die nnds in the sum Of $ 49,
GCU0J. bearing interest at the rate OF
-. per cent. $-@.G00.00 payable in i've
years and 81, 10000 payable. in ten
wears, for the purpose OF funding cut
standing ind Dtcdness Of said county,
represented b. county warrants which
are not paid and for the payment Of
which no funds are now available, in
accordance with a resolution Of the
board Of county commissioners of Bur-
leigh county, y. Oak, passed Oct. 4th,
1917. HOth principal and interest pay
able at he First National bank in the
city of Bismarck, y. ID. All bids must
DO addressed to the County Auditor,
at Bismarck, n. D., and marked Bids
for EOnds.'
r. f.. FLAHEFTY,
Auditor. Burleigh County, y. d.
1O--2J, ~ 30, Ill.
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D. T. OWENS.
Real Estate and Farm Loans.

Real Estate and Farm Loans.
FOR SALE OR RENT room cot
tage partly modern close in. Price
2,23o.0o $1,000 cash. immediate pos
session
FOR SALE--5 room modern house
with bath. Maple floors, hot water
heat. Price $4,000 with terms.
FOR SALE-lmproVeu lG0 acres with
buildings close to city or will rent
to reliable party.
SMALL COTTAGE on corner lot for
for sale. Partly modern. In very
good repair. Price $l,300OO Part
cash Terms on balance
D. T. OWENS & co.
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WAIVED Dressmaking Expert
cnced. Phone 464N BIG 3rd street
10 80 ct
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DRESSMAKING
D. T. OWENS T. co.

WANTED-Sewing at home or work
by hour. Phone SOB w.
1860 ma
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FOR SALE-One six II. p. 1nterna-
tonal engine, one 50-lb. trip hammer
and one drill Call at NCssbeck &
Son Phone 49, 1929
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WANTED TO BUY-!'iye or six room
modern house Of bungalow. J. X.
no,,, 90 r.