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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-12

e ''SH1 iltlic Isle oil manhattan
nolds out to the prospector the man
who is after wealth, as much as the
1oid Coast of Africa, the frozen Yukon
country or the gold fields Of the West.
Wealth that may be fittinrlv termed
fabulous has been taken out of this
little isle and some of its neighbors.
such rs The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens
and Richmond in the last twelve
month. To correctly estimate the find
Tor that Is what it is, is not within the
power of any one man. Some saw it
is as much as S25,00o,Oo0 while others
place the total at twice that. and soma
more even at three times the first esti-
mate. Which, if any, of these est;-
mates Is nearly accurate Will never be
known. but the fact remains that New
York City for the last twelve months
has been treasure Atorc.
When gold was discovered in the
Yukon and in Africa and Western
America. folks from every. corner of
the world came streaming to the snot
Literally speaking, this is what is hap
pening in New York at this time. Folks
are laying aside lifetime businesses to
enter the realty field, which has proved
as profitable to many during the last
year as the Klondike or the Gold Coast
could ever be.
Big Profits Made
Men are known to have made from
$l'OoO.o0o to $25O0,00O in the last
eight months. There are scores whose
prospecting in the property field has
brought them snug little fortunes
ranging from 100000 to s50o.ooo
Above tho murmur of the market no
matter in what section one may go. Will
be heard clearly the word "proft."
Real estate men will recount nom
chalently transaction after transaction
where profits OF more than 81 900 have
been made in the lapse Of pertains a
Few hours. 1t is common gossip that
Si,ooO,0OO has come into the pockets OF
one enterprising ycurg man from a
property which he had held but few
months. Fortunes that sound of the
hiondike and other yellow metal de-
posts of the world have been taken
out OF New York land. and without anv
physical effort whatevsra A little iudg-
ment, some money and a good guide
real estate broker, in other words
and the road to riches is apparently
easy these days.
Ine romance Of this prospecting In
new York real estate has been over
looked because it has none OF tho
thrills which go with prospecting in
the lonely Yukon and the sun baked
fields OF the West and Africa whero
men sweat and suffer untold hardshins
and privations for riches-that same
thing which comes so easily hero
Fortunes have been made overnight IN
New York real estate.
Through the real estate columns Of
the newspapers and by word of mouth
The tales Of prosperity have been car
Tied into every corner Of the city and
Tar afeld, with the result that many
have decided TO take chance. The
ranks Of tho real estate prospcctors
~"1' never 80 large or representative
- now.
Many Newcomers
Lawyers have set aside practicea
which took years 70 develop to devote
al their time 80 real estate. They
mAde 10000 year at law, but now
they make that much, perhaps. in a
day or week. as the case may be. Tho
men and the women Who have dcvo.ed
their lives 70 the teaching Of the young
of the city are 20 be found in large
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arace will bring 81 a foot in the next
lew years unless the construction of
commercial buildings is entered into
with rush that will break all previous
building records in this city.
Lott buildings encountered with long
leases made a year or two back have
no attraction for spectators. On the
other hand, the building which is COW
cred by leases expiring within year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-12

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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03

The gowns were made of silk and the
colors do not appear to have faded
trifle, showing that the dyes of that
period were excellent. In the display
there is child's low neck dress with
short sleeves.
This afternoon the Fair Store man
agement held their first Easter OPP
ening and Style Show Hundreds of
ladies from the city and adjoining
towns attended in force. An orches-
ira concealed in the balcony of this
beautiful store discoursed pleasing
strains as the living models displayed
the very, latest creations in. garments,
millinery and footwear. The models
paraded the elevated centre section Of
the store and the exhibition was both
instructive as we'll as entertaining.
The store was crowded from the time
Of opening until the doors were closed
at six. Nothing approaching the
splendor and beauty Of this novel and
unique method of impressing the pub
lie with the elegance and beauty of
special tailored and handsome wear
ing apparel has ever before been at
tempted by our merchants but it is
safe to say that the Fair has initial
ed an idea that will become prevalent
turnout the coming years. Taken all
in all the Style Show at the Fair this
year is by far the most popular idea in
merchandising ever introduced in our
CITY.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03
YOUMANS WAS
HOST TO IMMENSE CROWD

ducts will be taken care Of. The
stock yards will hold IS cars of
stock. There are AZ departments in
the plant. The buyers have been in
structed to pay all that critter is
worth and on account of the short
haul, less feeding, no yardage charges
and no commission to pay, The propo.
sition ought to be success. He stat
ed that it is estimated thai <here, will
be saving Of from $40 to S45 on a
car. This plant will help to develop
the state faster than ever, he said.
Lieut.. Paul Mcconnell, who was 16
months in the service, was the next
speaker. He said that he had heard
so much about the state while away
that he was afraid to return as he ex-
pected to see no one but the Bolsheviki
with their long whiskers. The boys
who went out of the state are proud
of the people here, he said, for their
loyalty He recited what had been
done by the state officials in the in
terests Of the soldiers. For one thing,
they were protected from mortgages
and liens while in the service.
The Stacker acres were controlled
the same as the Stacker men and were
made to work. Almost four out of
every ten acres in the state are held
by non-residents and we raised mil
lions of bushels Of wheat that other
wise would not have been raised.
Rev. P. w. Erickson spoke briefly
concerning the coming Victory Loan
drive, being heartily applauded.
Leon Durocher, who is connected
with the First Farmers Bank, gave
an excellent address. He is an ex-
perienced platform speaker and his
remarks were well received ut is
hard to tell just who are the farmers
and who are the townspeople here
today. for of late years the townspeo-
pie have become almost as good look
ing as the farmers he remarked.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03

He spoke in favor of cooperation and
pointed with pride to the 26O0 farm
ers who are stockholders of the First
Farmers bank. He referred to the
fight that was made on the farmers a
few years ago when they organized
cooperative elevators, but they won
out.
Walter Liggett Of Fargo who is
connected with the publicity depart
ment of the nonpartisan league, was
the next speaker.
Those who went expecting to hear
a debate on certain measures enact
ed by the recent legislature, between
Mr.. Liggett and Attorney General
LANCER, were doomed to disappoint-
ment, for while a difference Of opin-
ion does exist between these two men
on certain measures that are. in no
wise part of the league program,
both men are advocates of the league
principles. Mr.. Liggett referred to
the hail insurance bill, the flour mill
bill, the home building act and the in
dustrial bill, which he declared no one
dared to oppose.
Mr.. Liggett explained that the
CdAcS WSIc SOlliS w NC ouIiiC iiSHSA
next year but not double as some
claim. The income tax law, which
will become effective in 1920, is a
good one, he says, for those who ben
eft the most pay the most. Speaking
of the $17,000,000 proposed bonds, he
said that the state was already bond
ed for 5000 ,OO0,0O0.O0 in farm mort
cages given by farmers, the average
interest rate being 81 per cent. The
interest amounts to $26,883,0O0 a
year. OF the $17,0O0,0OO, two million
dollars are to supply credit for the
hank of North Dakota; $5,000,0OO for
the terminal elevators and flour mills,
and 100000 for farm mortgage
bonds. The total bonded indebted
ness of all the cities Of the state am
cunts to S27,O00,000,, yet the polite
ians say the farmers are fools for
bonding the state for $17,0O0O00. eft
I were a businessman of North Dako-
ia, I should welcome the nonpartisan
league as social shock absorber,"
he said 81 observe that where you
have a revolution you have long
period Of oppression with conditions
SO bad that reaction is necessary. !
don't blame the misguided Bolsheviki
for the Russian revolution. but if |
could would haul the late Gear Mich
olas before the bar of justice and say,
You scoundrel, you are to blame"
Attorney General LANCER created
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03
81 WILL CONTINUE TO DO MY
DUTY" SAYS LANCER
sae state looted by a bunch of Social

the state looted by a bunch Of Social
sists. -
ssThe time has come when either
myself or Mr. Townley will have to
step down and out. would rather be
a private citizen free to express my
honest American opinion than to be
Attorney General, compelled to accept
Nsffe dictStion of such a leader as
Townley.
81 was born in Cass county, and
have. lived in North Dakota all of my
life. I love this great state and will
neevr permit myself to become a tool
IN footing Of our state.
call was we'll between myself and
sMr. Townley as long as he attended
s5o his business and did not try to in
Eerfere with the manner in which I
conducted my office. When he came
20 me and asked that l give an opin-
ion that Miss Nelson, who defeated
Mr.. Macdonald for Superintendent of
Public Instruction. was not qualified
for the position, emphatically re-
fused because | know that she is
qualified He then made threats but
Z am free American citizen and will
never give an opinion which I know
SO be not honest
"And then the daylight bank rob
berry case from Valley City turned
up. You know how the farmers down
in Barnes county were deceived. As
a member of the Blue Sky board of
tnis state | feel that it is my duty to
treat everyone honestly and if I can
have my way. every man who is prov
ed dishonest lin his transactions must
go to iail. I am Attorney General for
all of the people Of, North Dakota.
The Consumers United Stores Co. will
receive just as square deal at nv
hands as any other concern. but I
must give an honest account of my
actions to the people of North Dako-
"a and the provisions of the Blue Sky
law must be observed
Il nredict that the immigration
Dill, the redistricting of the judicial
districts bill the newspaper BILL the
educational bill and the board of adj
fninistration bill will be killed when
fhe fest comes. These are in no wise
league measures and besides that are
undemocratic measures.
The members of the league have
awakened. They are becoming aware
nf the great danger of several of the
measures enacted by the recent legis-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03
LIVING MODELS At
THE FAIR ATTRACT
LARGE CROWD
e
Most Unique Style Show in the His
tory Of Minot Was in Progress
This Afternoon.

The display windows Of the Fair
store are attracting great deal Of
attention this week, as a number of
silk gowns and coat sixty years old
are on display. They were once the
proDerty Of the grandmother Of Mrs.
JsK *. Woodward, wife Of the display
manager Of the Fair, Store. The
grandmother was concert singer at
Keene. New Hampshire, during the
period OF sixty years ago. The gowns
were Gent from New Hampshire to
Minot especially for this display.
There are four silk dresses, made
~ course according to the styles Of
that dry, with provision for hustle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03

favorable impression and held his
audience with rapt interest. Il take
great pleasure in coming to Minot.
l like the Ward county farmer and the
people of Minot," he declared. "Thls
is the place where the greatest man
in North Dakota often came. refer
to Geo. S. Lotus, who taught US that
competition is not the life of trade,
but cooperation" Lotus saved North
Dakota $1O,OOO,OOO in freight bills in
one year. He started the famous ex-
press case. A short time before he
died he gave the organizers OF the
League permission to use his name to
assist in building up our wonderful
organization and we owe him debt
we never can pay"
Some of the league measures are
among the best in the United States,
he declared. Referring to the grain
grading bill, he said that elevators at
Walhalla were reported to have been
paying farmers cents bushel less
than those Of other towns. McGov-
ern visited that town and ordered
them to pay more. They said they
were paying all they could afford. He
told them to pay as much as the
fother elevators and when he left town
the price had gone up cents a bush
ell.
| Mr.. LANCER referred to the feed and
seed bonding act and how $4,000, 600
in federal loans in the state were held
up. LANCER and Brennan went to
Washington and got the matter
Strengthened out
"The men who have been elected
to go to Bismarck are there to do
what they can for the people of
North Dakota-not for any corpora
tion--not for the Fargo Forum, the
Grand Forks Herald-but for you
We have too much to do to play poll
tics.
Il am one of the three men chosen
to carry out the states industrial pro-
gram and we will back that industrial
program until He'll freezes over
(Applause.)
"We will be able to loan money to
| farmers at lower rate of interest
We feel that all the people should
prosper together. forth Dakota has
800, 900 stockholders and we will see
tHdI everyone OIL LHem gets QOHQr'
worth for every 100 cents invested.
We are going to treat the rich man
and the poor man alike. We will treat
everyone alike at Bismarck. We rep
resent all Of the people. At Bpmarck,
we are back Of your program. If we
at times disagree, each man must fol-
low the dictates of his own conscience.
As long as state officer feels that
he is doing his duty, what in the name
of God could you ask more Of men
who want to live up to their oath of
office 2"
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lature and you can trust the people of
North Dakota to do just the right
thing when they have once had an OPP
portunity of giving it the proper con-
sideration. want to repeat that l
am for the Nonpartisan league and
the true league measures, but l will
never let up in my fight until such
men as the self appointed leader, Mr..
Townley. have been retired. Only
then will the danger that confronts
this great organization be removed"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03

drillers worked breathlessly and final
ly succeeded in hooking onto the tools
and bringing them up out of the 14O0
foot hole. H. S. johnson, the man
ager, estimates that had the tools not
loss Of $4,000 to the company.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03
Green Sailed Hides
Green Hides
Recovered Drilling Tools

The drilling tools were lost for
about two hours in the oil we'll Of the
Des Laos Western OiLCo. the first Of
the week and for a time it was feared
that the well had been ruined. The
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of inc feeling that i will be mutual adj
OF
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respectfully lt continuation the public
to
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-08-15
GREENLEE COUNTY BOY DIES HERO
 IN FRANCE
A Letter From A Second Lieutenant Gives an Account of the Death Of Jake McNair Who Volunteered in 1916.

A letter has been received by Mrs H. c. Caddell of Con Can, Texas, sister of Jake McNair, reported killed in act ion, which gives light on the manner in which the young man met death on the bloody fields Of France. Young McNair was a son of MT. and Mrs. Ben McNair of York, Arizona, and vol untered at Douglas, Arizona in 1916, when the border trouble promised in- terventfon. The letter follows:
 11th Inf. Machine Gun Co.,,
 A. P. O. No. 745, A. B. F.
 Mrs H. c. Caddel,
 Con Can, Texas;
 Dear Madam
 In answer to your inquiry about your brother who was reported to you as killed in action. The lieutenant who commanded Sergt. Jake McNair's platoon is still in the hospital, but I have questioned the men who were with your brother. At Madelaine Farm about Oct. IS, the company encounter ed very strong resistance and was twice forced to withdraw from ground that it had gained before it's objectives were finally reached and held. In one of the earlier advances, Sergt. McNafr led a squad and one machine gun to a position which was thereafter strongly attacked by the Germans. The enemy came in on both sides as well as the front. Sergt. McNair was in advance of his men. He order ed a retirement which was effected, but he remained alone in the advance position and covered the withdrawal by firing on the Germans with his pistol. He signaled for the machine gun to resume action from it's new position, but the gun itself had been hit and could not open fire. One other man was killed and all the others except one were casualties. One of the survivors reports seeing your brother lying behind the low bank of narrow guage railway and picking of Ger mans with his pistol. He was seen to get four. When last observed he had been struck by shrapnel and about 3e of the enemy had closed to within 25 yards of him. So he died covering the withdrawal Of his gun crew and not until he. had taken a good account of the enemy. His body could not be recovered. I am sorry not to be abld to en- courage you to think there is any doubt about the end. But his family can be proud of the way he died. Few soldiers left as good a record. He was a fine soldier, and was admired and liked by all the men. His loss was keenly felt by officers and men throughout the company, and if oth- CTS were to write to you they would express, as I should like to, the sin cerest sympathy with the family in it's bereavement.
 Yours very truly,
 2nd It. 11th Inf. M. G. Go.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-08-15
HOW WE LEAD IN SWINE

Of cattle the world contains prob ably AIS million head, of which the United States has about one seventh.
 Of sheep the world lontains approx imately 500 million head, of which the United States has about one tenth.
 Of Swine the world contains in the neighborhood of 1SO million head, of which the United States contains con- siderably more than one-third.
 In other words, swine are less num- erous than either sheep or cattle in the world at large, but are more numer- ous than either in the United States.
 Or the same classes may be consid- cred in this way.
 In cattle the United States is sec. ond to India, with three other coun. tries, Russia, Brazil and Argentina, following.
 In sheep the United States is sec. ond to Australia, with Argentina, Rus sia mad New Zealand, the principal sheepraising competitors.
 In swine the United States is easily first, and this year has more hogs than her 10 nearest competitors all combined The closest of these are Brazil, Germany and Russia.
 So the greater abundance of swine is perhaps the mst noteworthy differ ence between the meat resources of the United States and most other coun- tries.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-08-15

was neither fair nor the law that our races of wages were to conform to the sliding scale of the copper companies, and upon this point MT. Brooks ad- vised us that we should pay in excess
 of what was then paid by the com panies for common labor for the rea- son that a rise in copper was anti cipated which would raise such labor and give cause for complaint among our men. Upon this advice we de cided that we would pay $3.03 per day for this class of labor. In doing this we were actuated by desire to be fair and to avoid trouble in the
 future. The rate was gladly accept ed by our employees and became the current rate of wage per day for that class of work in this vicinity. Subse- quently MT. Hoyt in commencing the Eagle Road, adopted as he was requir- ed by law to do, the scale which had
 been established on the Springerville- road which was being paid by him at the time his employees made demand upon him for a 50 cent per day raise. basing their demand upon increases in wages under the sliding scale of the copper companies. MT. Hoyt refused this demand, and the strike on the Eagle road was declared. The con- tention is now made that the law com pels MT. Hyot to pay on his county road contract on the basis of the slid ing sclae of the copper companies. Tho fact is that the copper companies are not doing any road work in the dis trict and that there is no scale of wages provided for in the sliding scale agreement in effect between the cop per companies and their employees
 The only current rate of per diem wages in the county for road work is
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