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ment given the press this morning.
1--WE are ready to proceed whenever
the Fargo city commission furnishes
us with the accountants report COW
ering the operations of the gas COM
pany. This report was asked for by
the railway commission and promised
by the city commission some time ago.
We have been anxiously awaiting the
receipt of this report and ,vo WIZ pro-
ceed Immediately that it is in our
hands
"The railway commission is power
less so far as any immediate action
in this matteris concerned" said Ratz
Expert James A. Little. In our bien
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not happen again and that in the fu-
ture the Commonwealth will not have
to rely on British ships that grea,
shipbuildins program has hcen inau-
gurated Heretofore small vessels
only have been built, and for the
larger work the necessity of Il suitable
industrial organization has been rec
Ognized Necessary materials for
shipbuilding are at hand. There are
huge deposits Of iron ore. Coke and
limestone are readily available for the
manufacture of pig from Coal fields
are large and the product is of good
quality. Indeed, it is asserted that the
materials for turning out ship-plates
can be assembled at Newcastle, in
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nial report we are recommending that
every public utility in the state be
required to file a published schedule
of its rates with the railway commits
sion and that this body be given pow
er to sspend rate increases pending
a hearing. We have not that power
now, and we cannot act in the Far
go matter until hearing has been
held. We now are awaiting the re-
port of special accountant which
the Fargo city commission has prom
ised u.s. There is no disposition up
on the part of this board to delay mat
ters and we absolutely are not re-
sponsible for the delay which has oc'
cured
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have been seized and steps have been
taken to prevent tleir return. Oil
bearing shale exists in large quanti-
ties, and a considerable export bust
ness in this product was done with
Great Britain and America. The only
oil refinery IN the country was In New
South Wales, but in the'belief that de-
posits exist elsewhere the Common
wealth Government has offered boun.
ty totaling $337,5OO for. a period Of
four years. An American expert Is
now exploring the oil resources in
New Guinea, which the Australians
seized from the Germans. and which
they are determined to keep.
The output Of the Australian metal
industries for the next ten years has
been contracted for. The second larg-
est electro-zinc plant in the world has
been established, and it is reported
that Great Britain has arranged to
take the surplus Of zinc concentrates
for the next ten years. Queensland
has an abundance Of copper and tin.
More coal than gold has been mined
there, Of late, and large deposits Of
wolfram have been discovered. New
South Wales has coal. silver lead and
gold. Much copper was produced there
in 1917, and plant for the manufac-
ture Of copper wire and other goods
has been established at Port, Kimble,
sixty miles from sydney. In Victoria
forty gold mining companies have com
hined to insure more economical pro.
dur1ion. ->sf-. ..... .t.-.
Having m ample supply Of wool
Aust !rlIin secs m' reason why her tex
tile industries should NOT br expanded.
Considerable progress in Tie ,nnnuiac-
tue "f hosiery and wooIen underwear
las hecn uafle since tile Ouii,reak Of
the war These Industries have been
separated from the woOlen and tweed
Mills. and an effort to expand them Is
h"iII= made. The cane sugar industry
has hM'n expanded because of the fiX.
in. of high prices. With the result that
there is an uneNl'ortnl'Ie' surplus Of
thousands Of tons ut The present time.
!. Australia is naturally an ayricuitur-
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ladscy yreln lie puadsHfdSFF dsHfdSFF port r,i It

ndsscly.rcla ie%,llkASthe ipl1ahse Ia port Sort
Improvement. "a cAm.nission (which re,
Gently completed a Survey reported
, u4at pnrl l'irie, Adelaide. brisbane,
FrerlM,nlle. Hobart, Melbourne ;s,,l
sydney Were all cal,aihle Of ext" SiolL
The investigators constantly kepl he
fore. them the possibility of l'er1hins
l,OO0-fool ships in lh,'se llAt,nrs. Al
Port ririe modern co,l r"''yeyrr$lf,s
recently been erected 10 expedite the
unloading Of coal rnf ,slhrtrr work in
tEat,vicinily. Plans ln,yt been made
fnl, the extension, Of other nlctnlIurgi-
c:I works there. fu
rRalr0nd extensions, are likewise
contemplated. The Australian Trans.
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New South Wales, more economically
per unit llan they can he assembled
anywhere in the United States.
Shipl'uil'ling projects are nloot in
many places, and :he Commonwealth
\rrnneni. which has already taken
over The Victoria State yards. is pre-
pared to support them fnaIrialIy
Yards for building ocran-gOing vessels
are being made ready At Melbourne.
Newcastle Walsh Island, New South
Wales. WilliamStOwn. Victoria in
Queensland unh in Tasmania. The
placed orders for ships in the iE tee!
States. 1t is proposed to build steel.
concrete and wooden vessels.
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continental Railway from Port Angus
lu.E S"'lh Australia, TO k;I%o"?Iie.
West AustraIia. Il diS al:ce CT 1903
miles, WIS completed last 'Arrli; and
IT is believed that It will form. The
backbone OF. y system that will event
vmllys,Opcn up to development as.vast
tcrrilnry''rirl, in mineral 'l'n'slis. We
: Australia is rnr:ihIe Of Industrial
expansion on Il great scale. Hrr nat
ul;,l resources have never hrpE sub
jta.lru Ia the exploitation easily pnSSi-
BILE IN lands iweI u provided with rail
roads. aud Waterways. The A;ernlan>
were making some iH'dr Ay in mining
and in rrl;ied metal industries when
the war broke out. but their holdings
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THURSDAY, SEPT. II, 1915

n country, however, and her plans FOR
Industrial expansion will not he allow
ed TO Interfere with her standard
sources OF wealth. In the United
Slales there Is one sheep to every
three persons; In Australia there are
twenty sheep to every one person.
Only . per cent. OF the wool clip -
consumed III Australia, although there
are now twenty-five textile mills. and
some effort is being made to increase
local sales. Great Britain may decide
to take the exportable surplus.
Cattle raising hOurishes In Queens
land and the Northern Territory. ana
much beef is frozen for export. Ih's
output of beef products and OF butter
and cheese is to receive stimulation
under the Governments plans FOR ex'
tending export business. Australia has
an apnual surplus OF 10000 tons VI
butter for export.
Plans for enIarging the orchard
areas Of the country are being maze,
and New South Wales expects that the
evaporation Of fruit will become an
important industry there. jam to the
value Of millions OF dollars Is now ex-
ported. Closely related to- these agrl'
cultural projects is the purpose to ex-
tend the timber industry and sisal
growing. Australia now Imports
great deal OF pine from the United
States and hopes to find market here
for her own large quantities OF hard
wood. 1t is proposed to encourage
sis:l growing through the establish
ment of cooperative COMMUNITIES or
discharged soldiers. Communities Will
he 1omposed Of about twenty men. and
each soldier is expected to be respo''-
sihle for the output Of thirty acres. 1t
is proposed also to use the ex-s0ldiers
in developing the fruit farms and or
chards. A Minister of Repatriation has
been appointed and he Is working out
plans TO re-estabIish the soldiers rs
farmers, poultry-lnen and cattle rails
erS. .,- H.. ...,. .
Early this year there assembled at
Melbourne delegates from all parts OF
the country, and representing all
shades of opinion, to consider an or
yaniZation through which these enortS
Of Australia to develop her resources
and expand her foreign trade might he
coortlinated and increased In effec-
tivencss. Premier Hughes suggested
such an organization of trade and In.
dustry, and an outline Of it's character
and purposes as they have SO far tax
en- form should be inspiring and In
slructive for America. just now be-
ginning to realize the necessity Tor
preparing to hold her place In world
affairs 80. 80:
Industrial associations Of industry
will he the units of the scheme OF Or
.anizatOn. The producers in an In
dustry will form themselves into an
association. They will elect council
.or board, with g permanent general
secretary, and probably. in the case OF
most industries. with branch secreta-
rieS in each state. The objects OF
each association will he, economic and
confined within the limits of its par
ticular industry. The Association will
ACT through Its cOuncil-Whtcll will he
directly in touch with. the General
Council Of Science and Industry, com.
posed of representatives from oil in
,.Siries-and the Department OF Com.
merce and Industry. under the preSi.
dency Of the Minister for Commerce
and InluStrvs n II. =.
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BUSINESS CENTER
Of THE THRIVING CITY
MELBOURNE.
BY FRANCIS II. SlSSON,
Vice.Fresident Guaranty Trust Com.
pany OF New York.

BY FRANCIS n. SlSSON,
Vice.Fresident Guaranty Trust Com.
pany Of New York.
Nowhere in the world was there
quicker understanding of this wars
significance than in Australia. 1t Is
because the services formerly rem
dered to Australia by the Mother
Country have been withdrawn, be-
cause man-power has been reduced.
because her lack Of facilities has pre-
vented her from supplying out of her
great store the things which her allies
so urgently need, and because her sat
isfactiOn with things as they were has
given way to realization Of things
as they are going to be- that the aston
ishingly cooperative mind of Australia
has bent to the task of preparation for
the future.
The war has shown how useless re-
SOURCES Of wealth are, either for serv.
Ice oreprotit, unless facilities exist for
making them available when ana
where they are wanted. With enor-
NOUS surplusase Of wheat. wool,
sugar, beef, and fruits, Australia has
been forced to erect stOrage-hOuses
and to risk Millions in losses because
OF lack of transportation. For the i'm
Eortatiop Of mech needed manufac-
turCl :,rt!Clcs She has had to rely 10 a
grest extent upon tie uncertain visits
of saili2g-vcsses. Coal and metals
have remained comparatively undevel-
Cped bc"Muse OF insufficient rail-
ways, wcterways, and coastwise YES
sells.
IT !s 10 make sure that tLis shall
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LET NE PROVE THIS FREE.

y
My internal method for the treat.
ment OF piles is the correct one. Thou
sands upon thousands of cured cases
testify to this, and want you to try
this method at my expense
No matter whether your case is of
long standing or recent development
whether it is chronic or acute
whether it is occasional or permanent
you should send for this free trial
treatment
No matter where you live-no mat,
ter what your age or occupation-if
you are troubled with piles, my meth.
cd will relieve you promptly
especially want to send it to those
apparently hopeless cases where al.
forms of ointment, salves. and other
local applications have failed.
want you to realize that my meth.
Cd Of treating piles is the one infall.
ible treatment.
This liberal offer Of free treatment
n TOO important for you to neg;e:.
single day. Write now. Send no mon
". Simply mail the coupon-but do
this nOw-TODAY.
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bert, Wilton, n. D.; James Parks, Far
go. n. D.; George E. Ti5betts, Fox.
holm. n. D.: Louis Tollifson, War
wick, N D.; Carl B. Trove, Brantford,
n. d.; Edwar o. Fischer Fessenden,
n. d.; Edward B. Forelich, FoxhoIm,
n. d.
Wounded degree undetermined: Pri-
Yates Eugene F. Boyle, Fargo, n. D.;
Christian w. Christianson. Epping, N.
D.; Leo J. Adams, Parishville, n. D.;
Curl Josephson, Ambrose, n. D.
--BUi W. :. S.
WANTED-Position as clerk or office
girl. Write No. $50, Tribune
IL st
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SEC. NO. 2.

SEC. NO. 2.
Killed in action, 30; missing in ac-
ton, III; wounded severely, 175;
died of wounds. 70; died from accident
and other causes, |; died of disease.
.: wounded, degree undetermined, );
total, 33S.
Wounded severely: Privates Alex
ander Lahon, Neche. n. D.: John c..
Daer, Underwood, n. D.; Harry Lam
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FINE PICTURES
OF STATE FAIR

The Publicity Film Co. of Bis.
marck has completed several hundred
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CITY OF. FARGO
is BLAMED FOR
HEARING DELAY
Railway Commission Says II
Will Act When 1t Receives
,u.. Needed Report

Blame for delays in the Fargo pub
lie utility hearing is placed on the
Gate City commission by the North
Dakota railway commission in state
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FREE TO
Pile Sufferers

Don't Be cut-Until You Try This
New Home Cure That Anyone Can
= Use Without Discomfort or Loss of
Time. Simply Chew Up Pleasant
Tasting Tablet Occasionally and
Kid Yourself Permanently of Piles.
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FOR RENT-Steam heated room in
private home. Breakfast if desired.
Phone 144K. r.s 9 IL 3ts
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feet of film taken during the state
fair at Fargo, and this picture soon
will be displayed in North Dakota
picture houses. The film is unusually
clear, and it shows to good advantage
the bloodel stock agricultural exhib-
it's and farm machinery which were
displayed during the recent fair.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
REF0REST BARE HILLSIDES
Scarcity of Timber Moves Mining
Companies in Pennsylvania to
Take Action.

HazeltOn, Pa.-The scarcity Of lum-
Der for mine pillars and other mine
uses has led to the creation of a for
estry department by several of the
large mining companies, one of
which has just reforested Bear Creek
watershed with 5000 white pine and
5000 Norway spruce trees.
Thirty thousand more trees are in
process of cultivation at Hugo, Pa, in
the Panther Greek valley. When tim
Der is ready to cut in the vicinity Of
the mines troublesome waits and long
hauls will be eliminated.
More timber in the anthracite region
would stop floods, add to the water
supply, reduce the drought periods
and enable the anthracite industry to
add to its output. Many thousands of
acres are available about the mines
for reforestation.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
Queer Country House.

Lord Lucas owns the most remark
able country house in England. Its
strangest feature is a queer, three
stored tower of wood and glass. but
mostly glass, which rises from the
main buildings.
Each story of the tower Is smaller
than the one beneath 1t. and each had
it's own peculiar use In the lifetime Of
Lord Lucas father. the brilliant es-
sayist, Auberon Herbert. The lowest
and largest story was fitted with a
carpenters bench. at which he worked.
The second story was furnished with
only a table and a chair; and here he
used to read and study. On the top Of
this story, before the third was added,
there used TO be a comfortable reyolv-
ing chair, in which Herbert would sit
for hours at a time, turning IT as ne
wished TO any point of the glorious
New Forest landscape.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT SIGHT
For One THING, the Pupil Of the Eye
Adjusts Itself to the Light
Surrounding II.

An observant chauffeur, passing an
automobile with glaring headlights
noted that objects at the side Of he
road which had been distinctly visible
dropped out of sight when the bright
lights were thrown upon them. Since
one can see better In a little light than
in no light, he wondered. why can one
not see better In bright light than In
moderate light?
The answer is. pa~radoxieally. that
the Iess light there is the better one
sees, for the brighter the object the
less efficient is the eyesight. II, after
we have been in darkness, we sudden
ly turf on Il bright light and look at
our eyes In the mirror, we can see the
pupil of the eye rapidly growing small
err. II we reduce the light the pupil
dilates again. What happens Is the
same as In the camera when we adjust
the shutter to the intensity Of the light.
The colored iris OF the eye CORE
spends to the shutter. II consists
chiefly of a muscle which, as the light
Increases, is stimulated to contract,
thus drawing the curtain and shutting
out some of the superfiuous light. II
usually takes a few seconds for this
adjustment to take place. Thus when
we emerge from darkness into light we
are blinded until the iris a shut out
some of the light from the eyes.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20

An old London firm Of booksellers
rejoiced In a five-barreled appellation
-Longman, Hurst, Rees, 0rme and
Brown. A book published In 1926 by
this firm, recently picked up at auc
ton in New York city, brings to mem
DRY this story: Archibald Constable.
the famous publisher Of Edinburgh.
was fond of a joke. Mr.. Longman of
the aforementioned firm once visited
Constable's palatial home. During con
versation he remarked: "What fine
swans you have in your pond there p
swans !" cried Constable; they are
only geese. man There are just five
OF them. II you please 10 observe, and
their names are Longman, Hurst, Rees.
Orme and Brown" This skit Is said 10
have cost Constable a fat contract with
Longman.-Outlook.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
GO ON Cash BASIS
Chinese Merchants Forced to
Change Methods.
Restricted Credits Since War Began
Puts Stop to Aee-oId
Custom.

New York.-The beneficial effects of
restricted credits in China since the
war started in 1914, which have forced
h Chinese merchants to do business
pretty much on a cash basis, were
particularly noticeable in the unusual
ly small number of failures on Chi
nese New Years day, which is the
annual settlement day in the Chinese
commercial world.
According to Consul General George
K. Anderson of Hongkong, banking In
terests In China have found that the
demand for accommodations has
fallen off tremendously during the last
three years.
Prior to the war ard from time inn
memorial this annual settlement day
has entailed efforts of every sort on
the part of the Chinese to raise money
for liquidating their debts accumulated
during the year.
Frequently they have had to sell
much of their stock in business at a
great loss, wen personal property as
well. in order to raise sufficient funds
to "save their face" as it is called.
An annual street fair for the sale of
all sorts of property, personal and
otherwise, has been an old-established
custom In Hongkong for generations,
almost for centuries, while at the same
time both foreign and domestic banks
have placed large sums on accommo.
dalton. In the last three years, how
ever, loans have been small, property
sales have been light In comparison,
and the street fair has become the
occasion for sales to Chinese instead
Of sales by Chinese to foreigners.
Though the Chinese merchants vol
ume of business has in some in.
stances been somewhat curtailed, as
a result of his having had to operate
on much shorter credits than he has
been accustomed to, his net profits at
the end of the year, through not hav.
ing been forced to sacrifice merchan'
disc at a loss, have been materially
increased.
1t Is said also that the Chinese bust
ness men have come to see the advan'
tages Of the new system, and that in
all probability they win never go back
to the old.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
AUTO HAD HUMBLE BEGINNING
First "HorseIess Carriage" Would Be
Regarded With Broad Smile by
the Drivers of Today.

According to Ernest Saul, a FRENCH
journalist. who has made a study or
the history of the automobile more
than six centuries ago a man endeav-
ored To build a "hOrseless carriage.
As early as the thirteenth century a
Partisan carriage maker worked upon
II. and while not successful. his IDEAS
were seized upon by noted scientists
of the day, and much study was De
voted to a fruitless research INTO tne
mechanical arts for machinery that
would drive a vehicle by a series OF
springs and cords wound up Ike the
works of a clock.
In 1869 a French mechanic, Joseph
Cugnot, succeeded in propelling by
steam d small wooden car OF his own
design, and developed 1t to a point
where 1t drew a piece of artillery a
mile in twenty minutes. This car
burned wood and was able TO carry
enough fuel to keep IL In motion for
more than an hour. The unwieldy ma
chine wrecked itself, however, and
Cugnot lost heart In his work. A few
years ago France erected a statue to
him as the inventor of the hOrseless
vehicle.
After the failure of numerous ex-
periments In England and France
shortly after the appearance OF Cug-
not's invention, the horseless vehicle
appeared to have been a perpetual mo-
ton proposition until 1880, when new
discoveries in steam machinery direct
ed renewed attention to ii. From 1880
TO 1880 much progress was made, and
some promising results were obtained.
The invention Of the four-cycle gaso-
line engine by the Frenchman, Lenoir.
paved the way for the successful auto
mobile.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
ADOPT WAR ORPHANS
American Soldiers Plan to Help
Destitute French.
Interesting SideIieht on the Fine Spirit
of Our Army In
France.

Washington. = Soldiers are to
adopt French war orphans and chill
dren of families made destitute by the
war, through a plan proposed by the
Stars and Stripes, the soldiers news
paper over there, and approved by the
American Red Cross.
While full details of the plan are
not available, it is interesting as a
sidelight on the fine spirit of our army
and undoubtedly will have a most pro-
found effect upon French public opin-
ion. The men will find the money they
put into this service the sweetest sac
rifice of their military careers, for
they are now where they can see the
full of suffering France has
borne.
Generations hence some French man
or woman eminent in art, literature,
commerce, religion, politics or other
lines will publicly testify that he or
she was sustained back in 1918 as a
child by the generous action of some
American soldier.
Thus the United States is welding
indissoluble links of friendship, not
only in France, but in Italy, Great
Britain, Russia, Serbia, Greece, Rou-
mania and all other allied countries.
If our soldiers and sailors, already
pledged to give their lives for their
country, are willing also to share their
small pay with the needy civilians of
France, Belgium and Italy, the people
safe at home will amply support the
next Red Cross fund campaign for
S1O0,000,O00 in May.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
Proxerb. Of LITTLE Merit.

"a bird I'm the hand Is worth two In
the bush" does injustice to the song
that zones only from the bird un-
caught-distorts the value Of distance
and the virtues OF anticipation and
pursuit, and serves as an excuse for
inexcusable acquisition. Similarly. ut
is never too late TO mend" lures many
feet too far along the path OF folly
and sin-for there can be no mending
when delay has allowed the tattered
garments to fall apart. Beware of the
habit of mind that leads you to put re-
lance In half-truth proverbs. The age
of a proverb, or the frequency of It's
usage. Is no guarantee that IL IL sound
at the core.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
"See 'Geis.lt' Peel
Off This Corn"
Leaves The Toe as Smooth as the
Palm of Your Hand.

The corn never grew that Gets
1T viii not get. IL never i%rritates
the hesh. never makes your toe sore.
Just two drops of "Gets-It" and
presto! the eorn-pain vanishes.
Shortly you can peel the corn right
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20

Become a stakeholder in the United
States-buy War Savings Stamps.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-20
John Plans Return With
One of Kaiser'S Buttons

Kingman, Kan.-When John
Barheld, colored, comes home
from France, If he ever does,
and brings a button off the coat
or trousers of Kaiser Bill he will
have paid a fine assessed against
him by Police Judge Harlow.
John recently hung a shovel"
around the neck Of a fellow
worker. He was fined a few dol
lars. Before he paid the fine he
was called TO the colors. The
Judge told him what he could do,
and the negro replied:
THAT'S sho' fair 'nough, boss.
I'll do nah best to bring back
dat button"