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Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

1 3566, ,60606 would have to be pro
vided. These estimates are erroneous
because the entire $1,000, 900 Of bonds
viii not be issued In 1919. The bond
ing acts provide for $4,000, 900 for the
Bank Of North Dakota, 5000, 600 for
the terminal elevator and SO 1900
Tor / rural credit fund. 1t is possible
that the @7,0O0.000 for the bank and
the terminal elevator fund will be Is.
sued in 1919 and the 100000 op the
rural credits fund may BE- issued but
In any event these bonds will not be
issued until the year 10 fairly we'll
advanced and the interest at the out.
side figure cannot exceed more than
$4,000 in 1919 assuming that there
are no profits on these enterprises.
Another Error.
It also has been stated In hostile
press articles that 'the 2 mill school
levy will apply on the increased valu.
alton, producing @2,471, ,S01 for school
purposes" Senate Bill No. 220 amend
Ing and re.enacting section 1924 Of the
compiled laws of 1918 changes the 2
mill school levy provided by said sec.
ton to one mill levy which will mean
an increase of only $30S,OOO.
increase >6.e1 Per Quarter Section.
The opponents Of the Nonpartisan
league have attempted to alarm the
farmers by showing that last years
valuation on farm lands would be In.
creased three and one-third times and
intimating that the taxation would
also be three times as great. It 10
true that the valuation Of farm lands
has been increased from 30 to 100 per
cent, but it Is not true that the total
tax will be trebled as consequence,
for q certain fixed sum Is to be raised
and 1t is immaterial whether that sum
Is raised on q valuation Of 10, 80, 50
or 100 per cent. The amount Of the
tax to be raised is what interests the
farmers, not the assessed valuation OF
his land or the rate Of levy. And in
stead Of being compelled to pay twice
or three times the amount Of his total
taxes last year, the average farmer
next year will only have to pay about
1851 a quarter section more than he
had to pay in 1918.
Increase 3 Cents Per Acre.
Last year the farm lands Of the
state were assessed on the average
valuation of $5.4S per acre or $876.8O
per quarter section. This year, as
suming that land will be raised from
q 80 per cent valuation to q 100 per
cent valuation. the average valuation
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03
'CIAIM THAT LEAGUE PROGRAM
WILL Make BIG TAX INCREASE
PROVED FALSE BY REAL FIGURES
''Kept Press" Of State Overlooks Many Salient
!; Points In Attempting to Establish Contention
That People Are to Be Overburdened With
Taxes.

Assertions that the local tax COL
Jocted for all purposes In the State Of
North Dakota would be increased from
421, 100000 in 1918 to $40,0OO,00O In
1919, and that the amount Of taxes
paid by Individual citizens would be
doubled, are proved false by detailed
statement Of the North Dakota tax
commission which shows that the total
increase In taxes for all purposes will
be less than 5000 900 In 1919 and that
this means the average farmer will
only be called upon to pay 1851 a
quarter section more than he paid in
lois. ~
The tax commission thoroughly ana
1yzes the situation and utterly refutes
unsubstantiated charges given out by
State Auditor Kositzky and reprinted
broadcast by the newspapers which
have been fighting the farmers move
uent. The figures Of the tax commits
sdon are absolutely accurate, and their
conclusions cannot be successfully
challenged. Opponents to the Nom
partisan league have not dared openly
20 attack the elevator and -four mill,
{he state hail insurance act, the home
Suilders' bill, or the Bank of North
Dakota, for they realize these meas
ures are meritOrious and are desired
BY majority Of the people, but In
order to create prejudice and arouse
hostility to the Nonpartisan league
program they have attempted a flank
attack and are directing most Of their
criticism at the taxation program of
the last legislature.
Tax 9ooy Used.
Nearly everyone pays taxes and
most persons are quick to resent any
0tin increase in this burden. There
fore, IL the opposition can make the
people Of the state feel the taxes will
he much higher az Z result Of the
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

VIII 8 $1626 an acre 6F |2.o2S per
quarter section. IN 1913 the state levy
was 4.S mills and the state tax on IN
average quarter section was @S.77. In
1919 the probable state levy will -
3.21 mills and the state tax on ths
average quarter section viii bs $o.8S,
an increase Of 1861 per quarter Sec
ton. In other words the tax On land
has increased from 2.83 cents 70 6.e6
cents per acre.
Prove Ot Yourself.
The accuracy Of these figures can be
checked by the following test: The
total sum to be raised next year by
taxation Is $3,s6S, ,O21.05. The valua-
ton Of farm lands 10 placed at S799.-
CONTINUED on page 81
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md road district and state affairs.
That 10. for the city council, the county
commissioners and the school or road
district board, or the state legislature
to first make appropriations. In other
words the legislative board must orst
draw up 4 budget and when the
amount Of expenditures are decided
upon according to that budget thea the
Valuation Of the taxing district % ds-
termined by the board Of equalization
and the rate Of that levy 10 axed 20
that It will raise an amount Il taxes
equal to the Appropriation. That 10
how city, c0uDty and school taxes Are
raised and state taxes are nxe0 u
oxactly the same manner. In oil cases
the appropriation governs the amount
Of taxes and the state cannot possa6ly
collect any taxes that are not provided
for by some appropriation act Of the
egislature-except that an additional
tax mast be levied to raise interest and
20 create interest on and to create q
sinking fund for state indebtedness.
False etatemsnts.
The Forum and the Herald declare
the total tax for state purposes alone
would run between fourteen ono
eighteen million dollars each year.
These statements are shown to bs
false aud prepostorous when It 10 con-
sidered that the appropriations made
by the last legislature only aggregated
50, ,1OO,284.70 for the biennial period.
In other words the legislature only
appropriated $4,55O,O00 for each year,
and yet these papers have the effron-
terry to maintain that the state admin
istration Is going to raise between
fourteen and eighteen millions Of dol
lars in taxation each year although it
Is impossible for the amount of taxes
to exceed the appropriations and in
terest on the state debt. a.
Here Are the Appropriations.
The appropriations made by the 1919
legislature follow:
Appropriations for normal
expense Of state Tin
Guiding salaries Of state
officials and employees,
maintenance Of state in
st:tutions and new build
! ings for various state in
stitutions) were. sc, ,O56, ,5S1.77
out Of ex-
listing funds for exten-
sion Of street car line
and memorial building. 24OOOO.OO
Revolving appropriations
out Of fees and license
funds ................. 6t6, ,242.o0
Deficiency and emergency
appropriation Ito July 1,
1919, not including new
industries) ............ 2564o0.33
for new in
dustries s............... 6S7, 10000
appropriations .. 100000
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

Continued on page 81
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

the state levy Tor 1913:
Appropriations for normal
expense Of state govern
menC ...........
Appropriations for new In
duStrieS ............... :.
Deficiency and emergency
appropriations .........,
Standing appropriations 80
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

The estimates by state officials and
hostile newspaper correspondents have
all assumed that the state would be
compelled to pay interest on the entire
$17,OOO,OOO bond issue ut the rate Of
per cent for the entire year 1919
and that in addition a sinking fund
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IRA N PORT TATI ION

transportation devel cpen of the Alaska Territory confronting people of this and other district matched with view to nea ing local production and industry they cannot reach more than stage conditions This should be business and bo who possesses an in district
 n sua there is prospect of greatly altering them to our own benefit Alaska ''eS Transportation Alaska controlled by primary object of which the making of profits for greedy stockholders There IS nothing or the % a ~ ., % @ @ public measured solely by the standard of how monopoly of Alaska apms ao mop' nna " m "" @ @ f h @ Ti M
 
 slight reduction current traffic tolls would their business by promoting the production helping granting decrease in on the commodities belonging thereto apacy and short sight attitude of the steamship fishing industry Here have vast potential inhntesma possib which would by leaps and bounds the costs or anpong supplies ana mfke pro foreign packers in traffic packed fish and fishing supplies would enable many fisherman immense increase in the a doubled rebed % n .u ~ h 'as .s. ,s @ @ dns s ~ uh t ~ nat with siua r  essential modest reduction in the shipping charges on crude ores and reindeer meat of benefits cerns as well as the producers
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 to
  
 
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the Exclusive Dsrach The Pro- v;ona paying Berlner Zeiung highest authority and ayers securities basis quotations
  industrial PROPERTY NOMINATED ATTORNEY eENL WASHINGTON Feb 27The of A. Mitchell Palmer present 
  confirmation the
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TR-wEEKLY NUGGET WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1919

be lifted before to deceive ourselves "ith big in development line ht
 incubus commodity produce undesirable tnss
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04
THE MEN IN !.
GLASS AL

A sound, healthy man is never back
number. A man can be as vigorous and
able at seventy as at twenty. Condition,
not years, puts you in the discard A
system weakened By overwork and care
less living brings old age prematurely.
The bodily functions are impaired and
unpleasant symptoms appear. The weak
spot is generally the kidneys. Keep
them clean and in proper working cons
dition and you will generally find your
self in Glass A. Take GOLD MEDAL.
Haarlem Oil Capsules periodically and
your system will always be in working
order. Your spirits will be enlivened,
your muscles supple, your mind active,
and your body capable of hard work.
Don't wait until you have been reject
ed. Commence to be a first-class man
now. Go. to your druggist at once.
Get trial box Of GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules. They are made
OF the pure. original, imported Haar-
lem Oil-the kind your great grandfath-
er used. Two capsules each day will
keep you toned up and feeling fine.
Money refunded il they do not help you.
Remember to ask for the imported
GOLD MEDAL Brand. In three sizes,
sealed packages.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

nothing but things to be lived, that
every hour was a golden moment and
time but some thing to pass quickly
and bear US nearer and nearer with
each evening to Never, Never Land
of our Youthful Anticipation.
But the days have come and the
days have passed. Each one, some
how, has been not very unlike the
one which went before. TIE super
nSn or the superwoman did not
come; the person with whom we fin
ally shared our joys and sorrows and
failures and successes did not appear
for the first time in any halo of
glo1ifed mist.
If we are women we married the
young fellow who worked beside US
in the shop OF the Office or whom
we met while visiting Aunt Janet or
Cousin Elizabeth, whose necktie per-
sisted in working around under one
ear and who was in perpetual e1nbar-
rassment because somewhere down
his legs were knees. But somehow
we couldn't resist his attentions OF
ignore his ambition, and we drifted
on and on toward the moment when
the Great Question was asked and
was answered The wedding day lay
in the past and he bacame the father
of oun.children. And he rolls his eli
gars around in his mouth, and likes
to go around the house with his shoes
e.,
our dependency and humiliation in
having to work like yeggman to pry
two dollars loose to pay the ice man.
If we are men there came a day
when we encountered girl in the
place where we went to apply for a
or at the Oddfellows' dance. And
there came a night when we sat un-
der the summer stars beside her and
the witchery of faint perfumery, a
strand of truant hair against a rough
shaven cheek, the leap of hot pulse
against the touch of a soft hand, told
US that this girl-somehow, was diff
ferent than all other women and with
out her life would be hollow life
less thing. And we married her with
out knowing exactly why excepting
that the heart called and the blood
answered and to find her at home
when twilight came and our work
was done seemed very good and sat
isfying and much to be desired.
As is has been with marriage so
it has been with other things Of life.
There came a day when we awoke to
the fact that the only dreams which
come true and the only air-castlcs
which materialize are those which we
construct ourselves with effort and
care and infinite toll. And if, indeed,
we come finally to stand on pinnacle
and view the world from the heights
to which we once aspired, along with
the grim emulation has come the
bitter recollection of the price which
we have paid to get there, the dam
nable and inhuman opposition it has
been ours to overcome, the care and
the worry and the planning and the
| fighting which have left their scars
upon our souls
The year which at first babe te
be the Golgotha of the girls life
passed by magic. There were church
entertainments and sleighride parties
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They went out of the Opera House
and across the street and into the
Common" where the moths were
pleasant shadows amid the shrubbery
They found a settee-a hideous fancy
iron settee-and they sat down anc
Mary waited anxiously. Across the
street, high in the hall, the music
81 struck up in another waltz.
give got to be going back, Her
bert" she said. slack will be sur
] prised not to find me when he returns,
What was it you wanted?o
He took off his cap and the cowlick
rose terrifcally. He twisted the cap
in his hands. He was pitiful in his
! diversified lumberous misery. "You!'
he blurted out.
"Me? What do you mean, Her
bert?'
your he cried doggedly. "You
kissed him on the stage in
front o. everybody. You been lettin'
him dance most every dance with
you! know got awful feet but
She wanted to laugh but could not
you've forgotten me since he came
to work over to the Telegraph Office,
s Herb said, his eyes averted.
"Oh, Herbert" cried the girl softly
f'what can 1 say? What can ! do?'
81 kind O. thought, when you lem
ne kiss you that night in my house
"Dear Herbert, it was wicked OF
ine to have done that,-to have en-
couraged you. I've thought about il
and thought about it and wondered
what 1 could do to make amends
But I've always decided that to try to
make amends would only fix bad
matter worse. l just hoped you'd
forgive me and overlook it?
"Then | take it there amt nc
chance"
"If you want to know it, yes. :.
i love Jack, it would be wicked to
s Eeny it. But what can l do wher
my heart is that way, HERBERT"
eyes, / know. He amt a clumsy
Zummox like me always putin his
hoof in it, He's good-looin' and has
bot nice ways with the ladies. Look
bit the way he played the hero part
n that show"
at isn't that at all, Herbert. Il
WAS that Jack and / seemed like ole
s Friends from the Start, although We
both knew we never had seen one
another before in our lives. L could
ut help falling in love with him.
n xlidn't mean to treat you stability;
lust couldn't help it,
you'll be marryin' him, l sup
bose?"
ale hasn't asked me yet but
But
.s'But you expect he will. That
It, isn't it,"
She avcrted her face and toyec
with a little pile of sand between tn,
Bricks of the walk.
"Perhaps!" she said. "But it can
be for long time, you know. Jack
Father failed in business and his cred
tors lost lot of money. Jacks go
10 pay that money back, he-think
he's morally bound to do it; the.
trusted him and his father and there
10 reason why they should lose. Per
EtdfDo dIlCI. the uiOftSS = P"fN " -
begin to save for our home and whel
he get enough" -
"If Purse owes as much as hea
c. does, you'll be an awful long TIM
tcttin' married."
Were young yet. There's ampl'
xime. Meanwhile we're together
Eyes, said Herb sadly, YOUR
kogether. That's a lot. I'm SORT,
rs him, Mary. l was hopin' {
bright be me. / was hopin' coul,
bsc. the money I'm COMM into t,
Riakc nice girl like you-happy
Wouldn't you, Mary? Wouldn'
Sou?"
Momehtarify a vision Of. that lux
lrious front room in the Truman
home fled before the girl! She CAV
hought, too, of her mothers exper
enee with poor man. But she wa
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

FOR SALE-Glenwood Parlor
stove and Estey organ. No reasonable
offer refused. Must be sold at once to
save storage charges. Bert U. Wells,
St. Johnsbury, VT Inquire Harold
Wells. Tel. 6I7W. 207-2O9
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

FOR SALE-Quartered oak and
mahogany furniture offered for quick
sale on account of giving up house
keeping. Bureaus, chiffoniers, brass
bed, parlor and dining room goods in
cluded. Apply at residence, Is
Charles street, ST. Johnsbury. 208-13
pd
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CLASSIFIED DEPT
WANTED

WANTED SALESMAN-Active, en-
ergetic man owning car Opportunity
to establish in own community, bust
ness paying 81 to So per day. Stet-
son Oil Co., Station e, Cleveland, O..
2O7
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TO RENT

TO RENT-Upper tenement at %
Cliff street. Five rooms and bath.
SIG until repaired, Address F. B.
Nelson. Wheelock.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Prairie State incubator,
100 egg; 2 portable lamp hovers, all
in good condition. C. E. Merrill,
Elliott street. 207-212.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04
CHAPTER *.

So Here, Then, We Have the Same
Old AS Eden Itself, AS To Which
1t Is Better To Do, Choose Poverty
With Love or Riches With Dissat-
isfaction-Which the Wood Girl
Solves After the Manner of Her
Heart, with Results Far-Reach-
ing in After Years Because OF
Which We Have Story.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04
FOR SALE

4aF+
No. 161. Farm containing
$50 acres, 3 miles from rail
road, near neighbors and
school, land level, smooth
and free from stones, cuts
40 tons of hay, plenty of
wood for home use. Large
ten-r00m house with hot and
cold water and full bath.
Stock barn 40x50, high drive
and basement, silO and stab
lie for 20 head of stock.
Price $4,000. Will exchange
for house in village.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

IF IN NEED of anything for the
cemetery this spring, write or phone
534-M. ]. e. Walker. If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Mrs. w. A. Kicker, "a Summer
street. 207 t f
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

FOR SALE-A safe, by feet at
a bargain. Mclean Music Store.
1877 f
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

.Tomorrow's chapter tells Of the time
when the Hearts of Friends are
Young and the World is Fair. Sc
cure a copy and read of the hopes
and heart throbs Of the young.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04
A. S. HAsKzNs

Eyes Examined Glasses Furnished
SPECIALIST IN OPEOMETRY
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
MERCHANTS BANK BLOCK
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

plays at the Opera House and dances
in Moses hall
To work each day with one another
in the office was something to be
looked forward to each bedtime. To
go to the harmless and inexpensive
rounds of the community's phases of
winter recreation together changed
all the world and made life very full
of happy things to remember in years
when hands were palsied and eyes
had lost their Iustre
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

WANTED-Kitchen woman at the
Star Restaurant. 204 If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

WANTED-For St. Johnsbury and
vicinity experienced man to sell Life
Insurance. Provident Life and Trust
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Commissions
and renewals guaranteed For infor-
nation write Henry C. Falrow, Gen.
Agent, Rutland, Vt. pd 203-2t5.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-04

WANTED-Caretaker for six girls.
One who understands sewing and
able to teach it. Salary $35 per month
and maintenance. w. G. Fancher,
Supt., Training school, Lawrence,
Mass.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-12

needed Each citizen IS asked to bring
or send either glas. ball, a yard OF tnscl or
a novelty to the athletic ofiicie OF the
Community Service in the Church build
ing, Tenth and Market streets beginning
on Monday next. The office will be open
from noon until Q o'clock at night AND IN
this ma tier, every boy and girl and o'tihen
can take part in this celebration. IL
will take plenty of decorations for such
big tree as is being planned. Ana the
municipal stocking IS not gong 20 De
ovnrlooked. Miss Aida L. Arms trong
director of the Chrildrens Bureau of
Delaware has accepted the responsib ility
OF the stocking. 1t has been planned to
make q stocking of net and place in this
stocking small bags that win contain
gifts of TOYS and other articles that will
be distributed among the fourteen in
stitutions for the sick, aged and infirm
about the city. The hospltsls and the
homes and the places OF refuge for the
shut-ins will oil be remembered If the
public fills this stocking.
The goods Will be received in the base
ment of the Church building every day
beginning on Monday and there will be
bag for each institution. Persons wish
ing to contribute to one particular in
stitution can crafty their wish. For
the children, nothing but gifts ranging
from ten TO twenty-five cents should be
gwen. No fruits or candy will be accept
cd for obvious reasons
All inquiries about the gifts and saw
dust and eyergreens should be made ut
community Service headquarters, Ninth
and Orange streets, or telephone 50