The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-21
THE BoTTTNEAU CoURANT. BUrT1NEAU, NORTH DAKOTA
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ownership OF olecCr1c nRnC ana or gas plduCS. COMMISSION govern
A t 6itl, DECADE 5 : has i nox passed 1,u Direct primaries have be
complete application in twelve states; partial application in many
s ao,s; and nd i + meds ststi is E Psnding to Sas make Sesn i il n;fect ~, : D re- :
Direct taxation, though not a good kind, is partly applied to rails
%ferendum; two more have the referendum alone, while the cities
that have it for local purposes are too numerous to count. The Re-
n1ent for cities is widespread and city managers, not necessarily
residents of the town or even the state, are being employed to
49,, In several stats, cities may now frame e, their own charters
has been adopted BY a number Of them and proportional represen-
tation by two. Home rule in taxation has been authorized in three
North Dakota in the cities Of Pittsburgh and Scranton, Pennsyl-
has just gone into effect. Mineral lands on the public domain
are now les wstai instead ntmsr Of sad sold Id Ad sjmiar Policy " will ls soon prevail prevail
ton to apply it to lands for settlement. '
of all these changes: But that is not the point Here are seven
teen propositions which, with perhaps one or two exceptions,
S1sts al sdtsy within KfirS the he0 lifetime fe i'm of OF any a p PERSON rnsnu then iiv nePe'e Ye{,
it only needs continuation Of the rate of progress of the past decade
ECONOMIC system, as the Australian ballot, for instance, has be-
than were at least ten Of these measures ten years ago. Another
decade may see Single Takers, their special mission accomplished,
which only a World emancipated from poverty and the df. Of Of It
can deal. But tt reforners must not make the mistake of being
advance during the past ten years: A long pull, a strong pull and
a pull together will bring the end into sight.
Under the present rules and regulations a receipt for money
from payment of a fine for operating a machine without a license.
Unless the license number for the current year is attached to the
machine the owner is liable to arrest and fine. The authorities
all over the state are vigorously enforcing the law and fnes-one
or two here in Bottineau, as we are given to understand. Moral:
Get your number and take no chances.
The editor of the Antler American, with refreshing frank
ness, asserts that he thinks the leaders of the Nonpartisan move
ment are a bunch of crooks and ~grafters." Harsh words, indeed,
but as the local Nonpartisans are equally pronounced and entire
Y unanimous in giving it as their unqualified opinion that editor
Lee is simply a hopeless damphoo, honors at the present writing
would.appear to be $3.50, or Whereabouts.
But ten days time remains in which to make income tax re-
turns Tor 1917 1t is a we'll known fact that there ap manv nnOn1n
in North Dakota, and not "a few in Bottineau county, who have
thus far neglected to make the required returns, and if they fail
to do SO before April LIST they will have no one to blame but them
selves for the penalties, fine and possible Imprisonment as the GER
tain result of their delinquency. ..@